Terms of Service and Downloads

Please read these terms and conditions of service and Downloads (“terms”, “terms of service and downloads”) carefully before using the website (https://catalysttsc.com) operated by Catalyst Talent Strategy Pte Ltd (“us”, ‘we”, “our”, “Catalyst”). The following terms and conditions govern your access to and/or use of the downloads, website and Catalyst’s content, services available at and/or through the website, including, but not limited to, HR Consultation services and Downloads (collectively, the “Services”). You explicitly indicate and accepts that the Services are for professional use only and that this is a business transaction to which consumer rules do not apply.

1. Conditions of Use and acceptance of terms 

The Services and downloads are offered and provided subject to your acceptance of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, Catalyst’s Privacy Notice) and procedures that may be published from time to time by Catalyst related to the Services which shall be incorporated herein by reference. By accessing, registering for and/or using the Services in any manner, you agree to the Terms herein. Every time you visit this website, use its services or make a purchase or download a file, you accept the following conditions. If you do not agree to the Terms, do not use the Services.

2. Changes

We may make changes to the Terms and/or our other operating rules, policies and/or procedures from time to time, in our sole and absolute discretion. We will notify you of any changes to the Terms by posting the updated Terms on Catalyst’s website and/or the Services, and we will revise the “Updated” date above. Any changes to our operating rules, policies and/or procedures shall be incorporated by reference herein. It is your responsibility to review the Terms frequently and to remain informed of any changes to them. We may also provide you with additional forms of notice of modifications and/or updates as appropriate under the circumstances including but not limited to sending you an email informing you of the changes and/or by prominently posting notice of the changes on Catalyst’s website and/or Services. If you do not agree with the changes and/or modifications, you shall not use the Services after the effective date of the changes. The then-current version of the Terms will supersede all earlier versions. You agree that your continued use of the Services after such changes have been published will constitute your acceptance of such revised Terms and operating rules, policies and/or procedures (as applicable).

3. License to use our Services

3.1. Ownership and Rights to Access and/or Use the Services. By using the Services and subject to your compliance with the Terms: (i) Catalyst and our licensors grant to you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to use and/or access the Services; and (ii) you agree not to reproduce, distribute, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, license, sell and/or re-sell any content, software, products and/or services obtained from and/or through the Services without the express prior written permission of Catalyst. Neither the Terms nor your access to and/or use of the Services transfers to you and/or any third-party any rights, title and/or interest in any intellectual property rights related to the Services.

3.2. Reservation of rights. Our Services and those of our licensors are protected by applicable intellectual property laws, including Singapore copyright law and international treaties. Subject to the limited rights expressly granted hereunder,Catalyst and/or its third-party providers, licensors, and suppliers reserve all rights, title, and interest in and to the Services, including without limitation, all related worldwide intellectual property rights. No rights are granted to you hereunder other than as expressly set forth herein.

3.3. Availability of content. We do not guarantee that any content will be made available on the Services. We reserve the right to, but do not have any obligation to, (i) remove, edit and/or modify any content in our sole discretion, at any time, without notice to you and for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims and/or allegations from third parties and/or authorities relating to such content and/or if we are concerned that you may have violated the Terms), and/or for no reason at all and (ii) remove or block any content from the Services.

3.4. Marketing of services, products, and/or events. As part of the registration process, customers may be provided the opportunity to receive relevant information about the Service – including related advisory and training – as well as information about other products and services that may interest them. In this instance, Catalyst may reach out to the customer through e-mail provided at registration. Acceptance is optional and declining to opt-in will not impact the Service. Should customer opt-in to receiving marketing materials, etc., that consent may be revoked at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link provided in the email and also as described in Catalyst’s Privacy Policy. Revocation of consent will not impact our ability to contact you regarding transactional and/or service support, unrelated to marketing.

4. Scope of use 

Restrictions. Except as expressly specified in the Terms, you shall not (i) modify, and/or make derivative works of, disassemble, reverse compile and/or reverse engineer any part of the Services; (ii) copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, download, distribute, disclose, encumber, time-share, license, sell, distribute, display, post and/or transmit any part of the Services in any form and/or by any means use or permit the use of, reproduce or otherwise duplicate, disclose, distribute, modify, encumber, time-share, license, sublicense, sell, distribute, assign, rent, lease, or transfer any Services, any portion thereof, and/or otherwise commercially exploit the Services, in whole or in part; (iii) frame and/or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, and/or other portion of the Services (including images, text, page layout, and/or form); (iv) use any metatags and/or other “hidden text” using Catalyst’s name and/or trademarks; (v) use any manual and/or automated software, devices and/or other processes (including but not limited to spiders, robots, scrapers, crawlers, avatars, data mining tools or the like) to “scrape” and/or download data from any pages contained in the Services (except that we grant the operators of public search engines revocable permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Services for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such); (vi) use and/or access the Services in order to build a similar and/or competitive website, product, and/or service; (vii) copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, download, display, post and/or transmit any part of the Services in any form and/or by any means; (viii) remove and/or destroy any copyright notices and/or other proprietary markings contained on and/or in the Services; (ix) intentionally hold Catalyst and/or their employees and/or directors up to public scorn, ridicule and/or defamation; (x) promote and/or provide information about illegal activities and/or physical harm and/or injury to any group, individual, institution and/or property; (xi) take any action that imposes or may impose (as determined by us in our sole and absolute discretion) an unreasonable and/or disproportionately large load on our (and/or our third party providers’) infrastructure; (xii) run any form of auto-responder and/or “spam” on the Services, or use the Services to conduct or forward illegal contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, or unsolicited e-mail or multi-level marketing campaigns ; (xiii) use the Services for any unlawful purpose and/or to violate any country, state, international law, code of conduct and/or other guidelines which may be applicable to the Services provided; (xiv) access, store, distribute or transmit any viruses, malware, or other harmful material during the course of your use of the Service; (xv) make the functionality of the Services available to multiple users through any means, including, but not limited to distribution of the Services or by uploading the Services to a network and/or file-sharing service and/or through any hosting, application services provider and/or any other type of service, and/or (xvi) circumvent or disable any security or technological features or measures of the Services. You will comply with any technical restrictions on the Services that allow you to use the Services only in certain ways. Any unauthorized use of the Services terminates the rights granted by Catalyst pursuant to the Terms.

5. Payment 

5.1 All payment made are not refundable.

5.2 Payment are made via a third party payment gateway (“Stripe”), owned and operated by an independent party over which Catalyst has no control (“3rd Party Website”). Any link you make to or from the 3rd Party Website will be at your own risk. Any use of the 3rd Party Website will be subject to and any information you provide will be governed by the terms of the 3rd Party Website, including those relating to confidentiality, data privacy and security.

5.3 Catalyst and its affiliates (collectively “Catalyst”) are not in any way associated with the owner or operator of the 3rd Party Website or responsible or liable for the goods and services offered by them or for anything in connection with such 3rd Party Website. Catalyst does not endorse or approve and makes no warranties, representations or undertakings relating to the content of the 3rd Party Website.

5.4 Catalyst disclaims liability for any loss, damage and any other consequence resulting directly or indirectly from or relating to your access to the 3rd Party Website or any information that you may provide or any transaction conducted on or via the 3rd Party Web site or the failure of any information, goods or services posted or offered at the 3rd Party Website or any error, omission or misrepresentation on the 3rd Party Website or any computer virus arising from or system failure associated with the 3rd Party Website.

6. No Legal Advice; Electronic Communication 

6.1. No legal advice. The Services do not contain legal advice and Catalyst is not a law firm. It does not offer legal advice, legal opinions, recommendations, referrals, and/or counseling. Part of the Services that Catalyst may provide could involve the construction of contracts, and/or other legal relations and although we attempt to ensure our information is accurate and useful, we recommend that you consult with an attorney of your choosing should you require legal assistance. Finally, other than the Services Catalyst provides, Catalyst plays no part in agreements between you and other users.

6.2. Local Laws. The use of the Services may be governed by the laws of different countries or regions, and you agree to abide by such local laws. You agree that your use of any electronic signatures will be as valid as any manual signatures if authorized by local law, and you will ensure that your use of electronic signatures is in conformance with local laws and regulations.

6.3. Electronic Communications. By using the Services, you agree to receive certain communications in connection with them. The communications between you and Catalyst use electronic means, whether you use the Services or send us emails, or whether Catalyst posts notices on the Services or communicates with you via email. For contractual purposes, you (i) consent to receive communications from Catalyst in an electronic form; and (ii) agree that all terms and conditions, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that Catalyst provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if it were to be a hardcopy in writing. The foregoing does not affect your non-waivable rights.

7. Disclaimer of Liability

7.1. Catalyst is under no obligation to become involved in any dispute that you have with other users and/or in any incident that you are party to with other users, or that are affected by and/or otherwise related to the Services.

7.2. Catalyst disclaims all liability relating to any User Content, including any error, virus, defamation, libel, obscenity or inaccuracy contained in any User Content, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy or otherwise, any prohibited User Content and any other User Content. You are solely responsible for any damage (including, without limitation, to the Services) resulting from use (and/or submission) of any User Content and/or the Services (including without limitation disputes and incidents described in the preceding sections) and related transactions and/or occurrences. Catalyst shall have no responsibility for unauthorized access to your Account, and/or automatic forwarding of messages and/or viruses (caused by viruses or otherwise).

8. Disclaimer of Warranties 

THE SERVICES, AND ANY CONTENT, ARE PROVIDED BY CATALYST TO YOU ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE TERMS. CATALYST DOES NOT MAKE ANY OTHER WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESS, STATUTORY AND/OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND FROM COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE AND/OR TRADE PRACTICE, ALL OF WHICH CATALYST EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, CATALYST AND/OR ITS LICENSORS, PARTNERS AND CONTENT PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SERVICES AND/OR CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND/OR WILL BE CONSTANTLY AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE AND/OR ERROR-FREE; (II) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE AND/OR RELIABLE; (III) ANY CONTENT AND/OR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE AT AND/OR THROUGH THE SERVICES IS FREE OF VIRUSES AND/OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS AND/OR (IV) CATALYST WILL BE LIABLE AND/OR OTHERWISE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAILURE AND/OR DELAY IN UPDATING THE SERVICES AND/OR ANY CONTENT. NO ADVICE AND/OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL AND/OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM CATALYST AND/OR THROUGH YOUR ACCESS TO AND/OR USE OF THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.

9. Limitation of Liability 

IN NO EVENT WILL CATALYST, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS, LICENSORS, AND/OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU AND/OR ANYONE ELSE FOR (I) ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL AND/OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA AND/OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), WARRANTY, STRICT LIABILITY, AND/OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, EVEN IF CATALYST HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN ADVANCE; AND/OR (II) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, AND/OR THE LIKE (REGARDLESS OF THE SOURCE OF ORIGINATION). THE FOREGOING SHALL APPLY DESPITE ANY NEGLIGENCE, MISCONDUCT, ERRORS AND/OR OMISSIONS BY CATALYST, ITS EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND/OR AGENTS.

10. Indemnity and waiver

10.1. Indemnification. You will defend, indemnify and hold Catalyst, our suppliers and licensors, and our respective subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, representatives, and assigns harmless from all demands, proceedings, losses, costs, damages, awards, fees, expenses, and/or liabilities of any nature including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, that arise from and/or relate to (i) your use of the Services and/or inability to use the Services; (ii) your User Content; (iii) your violation of the Terms, (iv) your violation of any rights of a third party through use of the Services or User Content; (v) fraud you commit and/or your intentional misconduct and/or negligence (vi) your interaction with any other user; and/or (vii) your use of the Services that is in violation of any applicable data protection/privacy law. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will assist and cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses. You agree not to settle any matter without the prior written consent of Catalyst. Catalyst will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.

14.2. Waiver. You hereby forever discharge and release us, our affiliates and each of our subsidiaries and their respective employees, contractors, directors, suppliers and representatives from, and hereby waive and relinquish, each and every past, present and future dispute, claim, controversy, demand, right, obligation, liability, action and cause of action of every kind and nature (including personal injuries, death, and property damage), that has arisen or arises directly or indirectly out of, and/or that relates directly or indirectly to: (i) the Services; (ii) any inaccurate, incomplete, unreliable, illegal or infringing content posted on the Services, whether caused by us or any user of the Services, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Services; (iii) the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user; (iv) any injury, loss or damage caused by another user or User Content posted on the Services, whether online or offline; and (v) any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation and/or transmission, communications line failure, theft and/or destruction and/or unauthorized access to, and/or alteration of, the Services users’ communications.

15. Privacy Policy

Before you continue using our website we advise you to read our privacy policy [link to privacy policy] regarding our user data collection. It will help you better understand our practices.

16. Copyright

Content published on this website (digital downloads, images, texts, graphics, logos) is the property of Catalyst and/or its content creators and protected by international copyright laws. The entire compilation of the content found on this website is the exclusive property of Catalyst, with copyright authorship for this compilation by Catalyst.

17. Communications

The entire communication with us is electronic. Every time you send us an email or visit our website, you are going to be communicating with us. You hereby consent to receive communications from us. If you subscribe to the news on our website, you are going to receive regular emails from us. We will continue to communicate with you by posting news and notices on our website and by sending you emails. You also agree that all notices, disclosures, agreements, and other communications we provide to you electronically meet the legal requirements that such communications be in writing.

18. Applicable Law

By visiting this website, you agree that the laws of the Republic of Singapore, without regard to principles of conflict laws, will govern these terms of service, or any dispute of any sort that might come between Catalyst and you, or its business partners and associates.

19. Reference.

You agree that we may reference you as our customer, and that we may reasonably use, on a royalty-free basis, your trademark and/or logo for such purpose.

20. Severability.

If any part of the Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of the Terms and/or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term and/or condition or any subsequent breach thereof.

21. Force Majeure.

Except for payment obligations, neither Catalyst nor Customer will be liable by reason of any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations on account of events beyond the reasonable control of a party, which may include denial-of-service attacks, a failure by a third-party hosting provider or utility provider, shortages, riots, pandemics, fires, acts of God, war, strikes, terrorism, and governmental action.

22. Survival.

All provisions of the Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, licenses of User Content, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity provisions and limitations of liability.

23. No Waiver.

No waiver by either you and/or Catalyst of any breach and/or default and/or failure to exercise any right allowed under the Terms is a waiver of any preceding and/or subsequent breach and/or default and/or a waiver and/or forfeiture of any similar and/or future rights under the Terms.

24. Disputes

Any dispute related in any way to your visit to this website or to products you purchase from us shall be arbitrated by state or federal court of Singapore and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts.

25. User Account

If you are an owner of an account on this website, you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your private user details (username and password). You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account or password.

We reserve all rights to terminate accounts, edit or remove content and cancel orders at their sole discretion.

26. Contact

If you would like to request additional information regarding the Terms or for any questions regarding a commercial relationship with Catalyst, please contact us at enquiry@catalysttsc.com.