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Next Steps Career USER AGREEMENT

Important Notice to Next Steps Career Website/ Mobile application Users: By entering the Next Steps Career Website/ Mobile app and using its Resources,

you are agreeing to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions.

If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, please exit the Website immediately.

Terms and Conditions of Use

Next Steps Career reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. This Next Steps Career User Agreement ("Agreement") is a contract between you and Next Steps Career, Corp, owner and operator of the Next Steps Career Website), and applies to your subscription to and use of products, services, and other resources available through www.nextstepscareer.com (collectively the "Resources"). If you do not agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement, please do not use or access the Resources, and please exit the Next Steps Career Website immediately.

You must read, agree with, and accept all of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement before you may become a subscriber to and user of the Resources.

We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on our Website www.nextstepscareer.com (the "Website"). Except as stated below, all amended terms shall be effective immediately upon posting on our Website.

In this Agreement, "you" or "your" will refer to any person or entity subscribing to and/or using the Resources pursuant to the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement (each one a "User" and collectively "Users"). Unless otherwise stated, " Next Steps Career," "we," or "our" will each refer to NextSteps Career, Corp, a Wyoming Corporation.

License

In consideration of and subject to your payment of the appropriate subscription fee for the Resources you subscribe to, and your agreement to and compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Next Steps Career grants to you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable license to use and access the content posted at the Website (the "Licensed Materials") according to the Terms and Conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Term

The term of this Agreement and the license granted in this Agreement shall be concurrent with the term of your subscription to the Website ("Term") and may be terminated earlier than the expiration of your subscription as provided below.

Access

You may access the Website during the Term from multiple places, locations, and computers, but you are not allowed to access the Licensed Materials from more than one place, location, or computer at the same time. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website or mobile app and ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

Next Steps reserves the authority to permanently deactivate accounts without prior notice in the event of misuse, such as sharing login credentials with unauthorized parties. Users are advised against sharing their login details and are encouraged to ensure that access to Licensed Materials is only made from one device at a time.

Access to Licensed Materials

You shall be allowed to use the Licensed Materials for the specific product(s) to which you have subscribed. Each product has its own subscription fees and duration. You are not allowed to access the content of products that you have not subscribed to. Subscribing to one product does not mean that you will have access to all products.

Ownership

The licensed materials, including all intellectual property rights in and to the licensed materials (such as copyright), are the sole and exclusive property of Next Steps Career and its licensors. You have no rights in or to the licensed materials, but you are entitled to use them according to the terms of this agreement.

Fee Increase: Next Steps Career reserves the right to increase fees for any services, without any prior written notice, effective on the start date of your subsequent subscription term.

Refund Policy

If you have purchased an online course and have already accessed, downloaded all or part of the online course and/or started to use that online course then you shall have no right to cancel your order. If you have already accessed training material provided to you as part of your purchase you shall have no right to cancel your order.

Member Account/Password and Security

You must complete Next Steps Career’s registration process in order to subscribe to and use the Resources by providing us with current, complete, and accurate information as prompted by the registration form. You also will choose a password and a User name. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify Next Steps Career immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. Next Steps Career will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge. Furthermore, you could be held liable for losses incurred by Next Steps Career or another party due to someone else using your account or password.

Renewals

From time to time we offer special pricing for new and renewal subscriptions. Any special pricing for renewals applies only to active subscriptions. If you do not have an active subscription for a product, then a special renewal rate does not apply to it.

Pass the Boards Guarantee

If you fail the USMLE while using the corresponding Next Steps Career product, you may be eligible to receive a subscription extension for the product you purchased equal in length to your current Next Steps Career subscription. To be eligible, you must (1) contact us at usmle@nextstepscareer.com to make the request, (2) have an active, paid subscription of that product within 7 (seven) days of your USMLE test date, (3) provide us a copy of the failing score and the first NBME scheduling permit, and (4) provide us a copy of the second NBME scheduling permit for your next USMLE examination. Once we verify this information, you will receive a subscription extension to the same Next Steps Career product equal in length to your current Next Steps Career subscription. You may choose to take this extension in the form of an extension to your existing subscription (thus you will maintain your test histories), or as a new subscription. Limit one extension per paid subscription. Offer does not apply to gift or scholarship accounts. Offer void if you did not complete the USMLE

examination. Next Steps Career doesn’t guarantee the outcomes of the exam in any

form.

Linked Internet Sites

Next Steps Career is not responsible for the content available on any other Internet sites linked to the site. Accessing other Internet sites linked to the site is at your own risk.You may link to the home page of our website as long as the link does not cast us in a false or misleading light.

Postings

Next Steps Career is under no obligation to review any messages, information, or content ("postings") posted on the site by users and shall not be responsible for, or liable relating to, any such postings. Notwithstanding the above, Next Steps Career may from time to time review the postings on the site and may decline to accept and/or remove any postings, including the following:

Search Engines and Web Crawlers

The information that is posted on Next Steps Career Forums, Doubts Section, chat section,testimonials is routinely indexed by search engines and web crawlers (like Google, MSN, Yahoo, etc.). Therefore, when an online search is conducted, the information posted might appear in search results. If you do not wish for your posting to be made publicly available or indexed by third-party search engines, then do not make a post on our forums.

No warranties

Next Steps Career PROVIDES THE RESOURCES AND LICENSED MATERIALS "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

a User's reliance on content obtained through the Website, including but not limited to opinions, advice, information, or other content. It is the responsibility of the User to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice, or other content available through the Website. Please seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate, regarding the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice, or other content.

Limitation of liability

Next Steps Career specifically disclaims any liability (whether based in contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise) for any indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of or in any way connected with access to or use of the Website, this Agreement, the Resources, and/or the Licensed Materials (even if Next Steps Career has been advised of the possibility of such damages), including liability associated with any medical malpractice or viruses that may infect a User's computer equipment. Next Steps Career’s maximum liability arising out of or in connection with

your use of the Resources, the Licensed Materials, and the Website, regardless of the cause of action (whether in contract, tort, breach of warranty, or otherwise), will not exceed your subscription fee.

Confidentiality of User communications: Except as required by law, Next Steps Career will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the confidentiality of all User communications that contain personal User information and that are transmitted directly to Next Steps Career. Postings by a User on any public arena, such as a message board or in any chat room, will not be protected as confidential and Next Steps Career may use and disclose information contained in any such postings (including any ideas, concepts, know-how, or other intellectual property) for any purpose deemed appropriate by Next Steps Career.

Advertisements

The Website contains advertisements by third parties, and these advertisements may contain links to other websites. Unless otherwise specifically stated, Next Steps Career does not endorse any product or service or make any representation regarding the content or accuracy of any materials contained in, or linked to, any advertisement on the Website.

Links

The Website or Mobile application may contain links to third-party websites. If so, these links are provided solely as a convenience to you. Next Steps Career is not responsible for the content of any linked third-party sites, and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of any content or materials on such third-party websites. If you access any linked third-party web site, you do so at your own risk. Your use of third-party web sites is subject to the terms and conditions of use for those sites.

DMCA Guidelines

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Next Steps Career encourages all copyright infringement claims to be made in writing. Any registered user or visitor to the Next Steps Career website who believes they are a victim of copyright infringement should notify the Next Steps Career DMCA agent immediately.

If you are the copyright owner or an agent acting on behalf of the copyright owner, please provide us with the following information:

Note : If any user discovers content on the Next Steps Career website or Mobile Application that appears to be copied from other sources, they are encouraged to notify Next Steps management via email at nextstepscareer100@gmail.com. Upon receiving notification, the content will be evaluated, and if deemed necessary, it will be removed within 30 working days. While Next Steps does not endorse the use of content from other websites or study resources, should such content be inadvertently included, users are strongly advised to promptly inform us via email so that appropriate action can be taken.

Printing and Downloading

You may print only that portion of the Next Steps Career materials where Next Steps Career specifically provides a print icon, from the most current database version solely for your personal educational use and only if you include a source reference to Next Steps Career and its copyright notice. Next Steps Career reserves the right to restrict the printing of any licensed materials. Except as provided in this agreement, you may not print the licensed materials.

You may download only those Next Steps Career materials where Next Steps Career specifically provides a download icon, from the most current database version solely for your personal educational use and only if you do not remove any source reference to Next Steps Career or its copyright notice. Next Steps Career reserves the right to restrict the downloading of any licensed materials. Except as provided in this agreement, you may not download any licensed materials.

Prohibitions

While you are using the services, you shall not copy, or attempt in any way to copy, or capture the contents of any screen (including via any OEM-provided functionality or third- party applications), or upload Next Steps Career materials to any other application. Next Steps Career reserves the right to disable your account without refund if you copy or attempt to copy, screen shot, or reproduce any Next Steps Career copyrighted content. If you copy or attempt to copy any Next Steps Career copyrighted content for commercial use, then we reserve the right to pursue any and all legal remedies available to us.

You shall not reverse engineer or modify any of the licensed materials. No part of the licensed materials may be copied, printed, or reproduced for resale or other commercial use or offered for sale or reproduced on any bulletin boards, websites, discussion forums,

Internet domains, or online chat rooms. You shall not use any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the site or any activity being conducted at the site. You shall not disclose or share your password with any third parties or use your password for any unauthorized purpose.

You shall not sublicense, assign, share, sell, rent, lease, or otherwise transfer your right to use the licensed materials. All accounts at Next Steps Career are monitored for multiple logins and other potential violations. If Next Steps Career believes that an account is being used by multiple users at the same time, Next Steps Career reserves the right to terminate that account without any notice or refund, at its sole discretion. We also retain the right to sue on grounds of breach of contract. Therefore, please do not disclose your account details to anyone else.

Violations

If you breach any term of this agreement, Next Steps Career may, at its sole discretion, terminate this agreement, your access to the site, and its provision of services to you without refund. Next Steps Career reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for such breaches

Confidentiality of Communications

Except as required by law, Next Steps Career will maintain the confidentiality of all user communications, which contain personal user information and are transmitted directly to Next Steps Career. Your postings in any public forum or arena, such as a message board or a chat room, will not be protected as confidential, and Next Steps Career may use and disclose the information contained in any such postings (including any ideas, concepts, know-how, or other intellectual property) for any purpose deemed appropriate by Next Steps Career.