TERMS OF USE


This page states the Terms of Use ("Terms") under which you ("You") may use the Tech Edu Conference & Trade Show Website(s), and Your relationship with Connectkay Sdn Bhd and Fundkay Pte Ltd ("XploreTech", "we" or "us"). Please read them carefully as they affect Your rights and liabilities under the law. If You do not agree to these Terms, please do not register for or use the XploreTech Website(s). These Terms are effective as of 1 July 2022. If You have any questions about the Terms, please contact us at [email protected]

  1. Binding Agreement
  2. Definitions
  3. Registration
  4. Password and security
  5. Intellectual property
  6. Availability of the XploreTech Website(s)
  7. Your use of the XploreTech Website(s)
  8. Your use of the XploreTech Services
  9. Additional Terms applicable to Advertisers
  10. Additional Terms applicable to Visitors
  11. XploreTech’s right to suspend or cancel Your registration
  12. Term and Termination
  13. XploreTech’s liability
  14. Disclaimers
  15. Third-Party Website(s)
  16. Indemnity
  17. Applicable Law
  18. Site Security Rules
  19. Use Licence
  20. Miscellaneous
  21. General

  1. Binding Agreement

    1. This XploreTech Website(s) is provided to You for Your use subject to these Terms. These Terms form a binding agreement between You and XploreTech. By accessing or using the XploreTech Website(s) You agree to accept and/or to be bound by these Terms. You agree to use the XploreTech Website(s) at Your own risk.
    2. In the case of any conflict between these Terms and any contract You have with XploreTech, these Terms will take precedent.
    3. We may update these Terms from time to time for legal or regulatory reasons or to allow the proper operation of the XploreTech Website(s). Any changes will be notified to You via the e-mail address provided by You on registration or via a suitable announcement on the XploreTech Website(s). The changes will apply to the use of the XploreTech Website(s) after we have given You notice. If You do not wish to accept the new Terms You should not continue to use the XploreTech Website(s). If You continue to use the XploreTech Website(s) after the date on which the change comes into effect, Your use of the XploreTech Website(s) indicates Your agreement to be bound by the new Terms.
  2. Definitions

    1. "Advertiser" means a person or entity that is contracting to post advertisements on the XploreTech Website(s) and includes a sponsor.
    2. "Advertiser Materials" includes any brochures, course listings, scholarship listing, product or service promotions, editorial contributions, articles, Website(s) content, education material, audio, videos, photographs, logos, emails, trademarks, service marks, domain names, documents or other materials provided by the Advertiser, if any, for use in connection with the XploreTech Services.
    3. "Design" includes the color combinations and the page layout of the XploreTech Website(s).
    4. "Exhibitor" means a person or entity that is contracting to exhibit at the Event(s).
    5. "Event(s)" means the XploreTech Conference & Trade Show organized by XploreTech.
    6. "Graphics" includes all logos, button icons, and other graphical elements on the XploreTech Website(s), with the exception of paid advertising banners.
    7. "Programming" includes both client-side code (HTML, JavaScript, etc.) and server-side code (Active Server Pages, VBScript, databases, etc.) used on the XploreTech Website(s).
    8. "Visitor" means a User such as public visitors, employees; and/or agents of organizations, students, parents, and teachers who are accessing the XploreTech Website(s) to search for a course or any information relating to education, training, workshops, activities, and career except an Advertiser.
    9. "XploreTech" means Connectkay Sdn. Bhd. (1466168-X) and Fundkay Pte Ltd (202201385M).
    10. "XploreTech Content" includes all Text, Graphics, Design, Programming, information, images, video, audio files, software, and other content used on the XploreTech Website(s).
    11. "XploreTech Database" or "XploreTech Databases" includes all advertisements posted on the XploreTech Website(s) and/or all courses, scholarships, and/or other educational, education, and career information found on the XploreTech Website(s).
    12. "XploreTech Services" means the services provided by XploreTech or its agents including:-

      1. organizing the Event(s);
      2. providing Advertisers a platform to advertise their products/services;
      3. providing information relating to career, education, and/or education institutions; and
      4. maintaining the XploreTech Website(s).
    13. "XploreTech Website(s)" means https://xploretech.asia and https://app.xploretech.asia
    14. "Text" includes all text on every page of the XploreTech Website(s), whether editorial, navigational, or instructional.
    15. "User" refers to any individual or entity that uses any aspect of the XploreTech Website(s) and/or XploreTech Services.
    16. "You" or "you" means the person who (or the entity on behalf of whom you are acting) that is agreeing to these Terms.
  3. Registration

    1. To register on the XploreTech Website(s) You must be 15 years of age or above.
    2. You must ensure that the details provided by You on registration or at any time are correct and complete.
    3. You must inform us immediately of any changes to the information you provided when registering by updating Your personal details so we can communicate with You effectively.
  4. Password and security

    1. When You register to use the XploreTech Website(s) You will be asked to create a password. To prevent fraud, You must keep this password confidential and must not disclose it or share it with anyone. If You know or suspect that someone else knows Your password You should notify us by contacting us here immediately.
    2. If XploreTech has reason to believe that there is likely to be a breach of security or misuse of the XploreTech Website(s), we may require You to change Your password or we may suspend Your account.
    3. As a result of The loss of Your Password or the misuse of the XploreTech Website(s):

      1. all losses or damage incurred thereby shall be borne by You; and
      2. you shall fully indemnify XploreTech should XploreTech suffer any loss or damage.
  5. Intellectual Property

    1. XploreTech Website(s), XploreTech Content, and all rights, title, and interest in and to XploreTech Website(s) and XploreTech Content are the exclusive property of XploreTech or its licensors.
    2. XploreTech Website(s) and XploreTech Content are protected by copyright, trademark, database right, and other intellectual property rights.
    3. You may retrieve and display XploreTech Content of the XploreTech Website(s) on a computer screen, store such content in electronic form on disk (but not any server or other storage device connected to a network), or print one copy of such content for Your own personal, non-commercial use, provided You keep intact all and any copyright and proprietary notices. You may not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy or distribute or use for commercial purposes any of the materials or XploreTech Content on the XploreTech Website(s) without written permission from XploreTech.
  6. Availability of the XploreTech Website(s)

    1. Although we aim to offer You the best service possible, we make no promise that the services on the XploreTech Website(s) will meet Your requirements.
    2. We cannot guarantee that the XploreTech Website(s) will be fault-free, error-free, or that XploreTech Website(s) and servers are free of viruses or other harmful mechanisms. If a fault occurs with the XploreTech Website(s) You should report it here and we will attempt to correct the fault as soon as we can.
    3. Your access to the XploreTech Website(s) may be occasionally restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance, or the introduction of new content, facilities, or services. We will attempt to restore access and/or service as soon as we reasonably can.
  7. Your use of the XploreTech Website(s)

    1. XploreTech hereby grants You a limited, terminable, non-exclusive right to access and use XploreTech Website(s) only for Your personal use and/or advertisement purposes.
    2. You may not use the XploreTech Website(s) for any of the following purposes:-

      1. disseminating any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material or otherwise breaching any laws;
      2. aggregating, copying, or duplicating in any manner any of the XploreTech Content or information available from the XploreTech Website(s);
      3. reproducing any of the XploreTech Content for general use;
      4. link to any XploreTech Content or information available from XploreTech Website(s);
      5. transmitting material that encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offense, or otherwise breaches any applicable laws, regulations, or code of practice;
      6. interfering with any other person’s use or enjoyment of the XploreTech Website(s); or
      7. making, transmitting, or storing electronic copies of materials protected by copyright without the permission of the owner.
    3. You agree not to resell or assign Your rights or obligations under these Terms. You also agree not to make any unauthorized commercial use of the XploreTech Website(s).
  8. Your use of XploreTech Services

    1. XploreTech Services may be used only by

      1. Visitors seeking information in relation to career, employment, educational workshop, training, education courses, and/or scholarships;
      2. Sponsors;
      3. Advertisers; and
      4. Exhibitors.
    2. Your use of XploreTech Services is also subject to any other contracts You may have with XploreTech. In the case of any conflict between these Terms and any contract you have with XploreTech, these Terms will prevail.
    3. All Users agree to not:-

      1. transmit, post, distribute, store or destroy material, including without limitation XploreTech Content, in violation of any applicable law or regulation, including but not limited to laws or regulations governing the collection, processing, or transfer of personal information, or in breach of XploreTech’s Privacy Policy;
      2. violate or attempt to violate the security of the XploreTech Website(s);
      3. reverse engineer or decompile any parts of the XploreTech Website(s);
      4. aggregate, copy or duplicate in any matter any of the XploreTech Content or information available from the XploreTech Website(s), including expired pieces of information and/or any educational information, listings, and/or comparison results of all articles, other than as permitted by these Terms;
      5. post any content or material that facilitates, promotes, or endorses scams, false or misleading information, or illegal activities, OR endorses or provides instructional information about illegal activities or other activities prohibited by these Terms, such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, providing or creating computer viruses or pirating media, OR promotes or endorses any political views;
      6. share with a third party any login credentials to XploreTech Website(s);
      7. access data not intended for You or logging into a server or account which You are not authorized to access;
      8. post or submit to the XploreTech Website(s) any inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, false, not up-to-date biographical information or information which is not Your own;
      9. post content that contains restricted or password-only access pages, or hidden pages or images;
      10. solicit passwords or personally identifiable information from other Users;
      11. harass, incite harassment, or advocate harassment of any group, company, or individual;
      12. send unsolicited mail or email, make unsolicited phone calls or send unsolicited faxes promoting and/or advertising products or services to any User, or contact any users that have specifically requested not to be contacted by you;
      13. attempt to interfere with service to any User, host, or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the XploreTech Website(s), overloading, “flooding”, “spamming”, “mailbombing”, or “crashing”.
      14. use the XploreTech Services for any unlawful purpose or illegal activity, or post or submit any content that is defamatory, libelous, implicitly or explicitly offensive, vulgar, obscene, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, racist, discriminatory, of a menacing character or likely to cause annoyance, inconvenience, embarrassment, anxiety or could cause harassment to any person or include any links to pornographic, indecent or sexually explicit material of any kind, as determined by XploreTech’ discretion; or
    4. Violations of network security may result in civil and/or criminal liability. XploreTech will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting Users who are involved in such violations.
  9. Additional Terms applicable to Advertiser

    1. The Advertiser represents, warrants, and covenants that all Advertiser Materials provided by Advertiser for use in connection with XploreTech Services will not violate any laws or regulations or third-party proprietary rights, including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, obscenity, rights, or publicity or privacy, and defamation laws.
    2. The Advertiser is solely responsible for the Advertiser Materials on XploreTech Website(s). XploreTech is not to be considered to be an advertiser with respect to Your use of the XploreTech Website(s) and XploreTech shall not be responsible for any decision pertaining to the applications for courses and/or scholarships, for whatever reasons, made by the Advertiser.
    3. Advertiser Materials may not contain:-

      1. misleading, unreadable, or “hidden” keywords, repeated keywords, or keywords that are irrelevant to the services provided by the Advertiser being presented;
      2. names, logos, or trademarks of unaffiliated companies;
      3. inaccurate, false, or misleading information; and
      4. material or links to material that is discriminatory, sexually explicit, obscene, libelous, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or solicits personal information from anyone under 18.
    4. You may not use Your Advertiser Materials to:-

      1. sell, promote or advertise products or services in a manner that does not comply with applicable local, and national laws, including but not limited to laws relating to labor and employment, equal employment opportunity and employment eligibility requirements, data privacy, data access, and use, and intellectual property; or
      2. post any franchise, pyramid scheme, distributorship, or multi-level marketing opportunity.
    5. XploreTech is under no obligation to monitor the Advertiser Materials on XploreTech Website(s), but XploreTech may monitor the Advertiser Materials at random.
    6. XploreTech reserves the right to remove any Advertiser Materials or content from XploreTech Website(s), which in the reasonable exercise of XploreTech’s discretion, does not comply with this Section, or if any content is posted that XploreTech believes is not in the best interest of XploreTech.
    7. If any time during Your use of the XploreTech Services, You made a misrepresentation of fact to XploreTech or otherwise misled XploreTech in regards to the nature of Your business activities or breached the Terms herein, XploreTech may terminate Your use of the XploreTech Services and in such event, any payment made by You shall be forfeited.
  10. Additional Terms applicable to Visitors

    1. XploreTech hereby grants You a limited, terminable, non-exclusive right to access and use XploreTech Website(s) only for Your personal use seeking information pertaining to education for Yourself. This authorizes You to view and create bookmarks of the XploreTech Content or material on XploreTech Website(s) solely for Your personal, non-commercial use.
    2. When You register with any XploreTech Website(s), You will be asked to create an account and provide XploreTech with certain information including a valid email address.
    3. Any Profile You submit must be accurate, complete, up to date, and not misleading. The Profile requires standard fields to be completed by You. You may not impersonate another person, living or dead.
    4. XploreTech reserves the right to offer third party services and products to You based on the preferences that You identify in Your registration and at any time thereafter or You have agreed to receive, such offers may be made by XploreTech or by third parties.
    5. Please see XploreTech’s Privacy Notice, for further details regarding Your Information. Please note, as set forth in XploreTech’s Privacy Notice, that XploreTech may collect certain User information and may contact Users periodically in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Notice. In addition, XploreTech reserves the right to comply, in its sole discretion, with legal requirements, requests from law enforcement agencies, or requests from government entities, even to the extent that such compliance may require disclosure of certain User Information. In addition, third parties may retain cached copies of User Information.
    6. You understand and acknowledge that all information provided by You and/or account information shall be disclosed to the Advertisers.
  11. XploreTech's right to suspend or cancel Your registration

    1. We may suspend or cancel Your registration immediately at our reasonable discretion or if You breach any of Your obligations under these Terms.
    2. You can cancel Your registration at any time by informing us in writing here. If You do so, You must stop using the XploreTech Website(s).
    3. The suspension or cancellation of Your registration and Your right to use the XploreTech Website(s) shall not affect either party’s statutory rights or liabilities.
  12. Term and Termination

    1. These Terms will remain in full force and effect while You are a user of the XploreTech Website(s).
    2. XploreTech reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies, including but not limited to removal of the Advertiser Material from the XploreTech Website(s) and/or any other services provided to You by XploreTech, upon any breach by You of these Terms.
    3. Even after You are no longer a User of the XploreTech Website(s), certain provisions of these Terms will remain in effect, including Sections 5, 11, 13, 14, 15, and 17, inclusive.
  13. XploreTech’s liability

    1. XploreTech Website(s) and XploreTech Services act as, among other things, venues for:-

      1. Visitors to search for courses scholarships any other information relating to education;
      2. Visitors to search for workshops, training any other information relating to educational learning. and/or experiences;
      3. Visitors to search for employment, internship any other information relating to career, and/or employment;
      4. Advertisers to post their advertisements; and
      5. Exhibitor to exhibit in the Event(s).
    2. XploreTech does not screen or censor the Advertiser Material. XploreTech is not involved in the actual transaction between the Visitor and the Advertiser/Exhibitor. As a result, XploreTech is not responsible for Advertiser Material, the quality, safety, or legality of all the materials posted, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of the Advertiser/Exhibitor to offer employment, training, workshops, courses and/or scholarships to Visitor or the ability of Visitor to apply for the employment, training, workshop, courses and/or scholarships and XploreTech makes no representation about any information relating on the XploreTech Website(s) and/ or in XploreTech Conference & Trade Show.
    3. XploreTech reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any Advertiser Material or other material from the XploreTech Website(s) and/ or XploreTech Conference & Trade Show from time to time. When XploreTech exercises this discretion and there is a breach of these Terms by the User, any payment made by the User will be forfeited.
    4. The XploreTech Website(s) also provides content from other internet sites or resources and while XploreTech tries to ensure that the material included on the XploreTech Website(s) is correct, reputable and of high quality, it does not make any warranties or guarantees in relation to that content. If XploreTech is informed of any inaccuracies in the material on the XploreTech Website(s) we will attempt to correct the inaccuracies as soon as we reasonably can.
    5. Note that there are risks, including but not limited to the risk of physical harm, of dealing with strangers, underage persons, or people acting under false pretenses. You assume all risks associated with dealing with other users with whom You come in contact through the XploreTech Website(s). By its very nature other people’s information may be offensive, harmful, or inaccurate, and in some cases will be mislabeled or deceptively labeled. We expect that You will use caution and common sense when using the XploreTech Website(s).
    6. XploreTech Website(s) and XploreTech Content may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. XploreTech makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of any XploreTech Website(s) or the XploreTech Content. The use of all XploreTech Website(s) and the XploreTech Content is at Your own risk.
    7. Nothing on XploreTech Website(s) shall be considered an endorsement, representation, or warranty with respect to any User or third party, whether in regards to its Website(s)s, products, services, or otherwise.
    8. If we are in breach of these Terms, we will only be responsible for any losses that You suffer as a direct result and to the extent that they are a foreseeable consequence to both of us at the time, You use the XploreTech Website(s). Our liability shall not in any event include business losses such as lost data, lost profits, or business interruption.
    9. The aggregate liability by the Company to You for all claims arising from Your use of XploreTech Website(s) and/or XploreTech Services shall be limited to the amount of the existing fee paid by You and operative at that time, or in the event, You are a Visitor, shall be limited to RM100.
  14. Disclaimers

    1. XploreTech shall not be liable for any loss of information howsoever caused as a result of any interruption, suspension, or termination of XploreTech Services or for XploreTech Content, accuracy, or quality of information available or transmitted through XploreTech Services.
    2. You acknowledge and agree that it is not XploreTech’s policy to exercise editorial control over and to edit or amend any data or contents of any emails or posting or any information that may be inserted or made available or transmitted to or from a third party in or through XploreTech Website(s) and/or XploreTech Services.
  15. Third-Party Website(s)

    1. As a convenience to customers, the XploreTech Website(s) includes links to other Website(s)s or material which are beyond its control. XploreTech is not responsible for content on any site outside the XploreTech Website(s).
  16. Indemnity

    1. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless XploreTech, and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents, from and against any claims, actions, or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from:-

      1. any Advertiser Material or other material You provide to XploreTech Website(s);
      2. Your use of any XploreTech Content; or
      3. Your breach of these Terms.
    2. XploreTech shall provide notice to You promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding.
  17. Applicable Law

    1. These Terms will be subject to the laws of Malaysia.
    2. We will try to solve any disagreements quickly and efficiently. If You are not happy with the way we deal with any disagreement and You want to take court proceedings, You must do so within Malaysia.
  18. Site Security Rules

    1. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of XploreTech, including, without limitation, (a) intercepting or accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without prior express written authorization, (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to XploreTech, overloading, "flooding", "denial of service attacking", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing", (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability.
  19. Use Licence

    1. You may be able to temporarily download one copy of the materials on XploreTech Website(s) for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license, you may not:

      1. modify or copy the materials;
      2. use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
      3. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on XploreTech Website(s);
      4. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials;
      5. transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server; or
      6. use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent, or other device or mechanism (including, without limitation, customized browsers, spiders, robots, avatars, or intelligent agents) to navigate or search XploreTech Website(s) other than the search engine and software available from XploreTech on such XploreTech Website(s) and other than generally available third party web browsers such as Microsoft Explorer.
    2. This license shall automatically terminate if You violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by XploreTech at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in Your possession whether in electronic or printed format.
  20. Miscellaneous

    1. You may not transfer any of Your rights under these Terms to any other person. We may transfer our rights under these Terms to another business where we reasonably believe Your rights will not be affected.
    2. If You breach these Terms and XploreTech chooses to ignore this, XploreTech will still be entitled to use its rights and remedies at a later date or in any other situation where You breach the Terms.
    3. XploreTech shall not be responsible for any breach of these Terms caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
    4. If any of these Terms shall be found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the other provisions of these Terms, and all provisions not affected by such invalidity or unenforceability shall remain in full force and effect.
  21. General

    1. If You have any queries please contact us at [email protected]
    2. Notices to XploreTech should be sent to the address listed on the XploreTech Website(s) and/or on this term of use.
    3. We will send notice to You at the address submitted by You or to such other address as XploreTech reasonably determines is an appropriate address for You.