1. Introduction

Please read these Terms and conditions of service and the  Privacy Policy prior to registering for online course or using any portion of the Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective website (hereinafter referred to as the “Site” which consists of all content and pages located within and accessible at the cccsurgeryclinics.com  or Mobile APP (PLEXUS Surgery) including accessing or using any program material, program or cohort pages or platforms, directories or other electronic services. These Terms of Service are agreements (the “Agreement”) between you and Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective. By using the Site or the mobile application, you accept and agree to be legally bound by the Agreements, whether or not you are a registered user. If you do not understand or do not wish to be bound by the terms of the Agreements, do not use the Site.

2. Programs

Through the Site and mobile Application, Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective offers online courses, programs or other offerings in specific areas of study or on particular topics (each, a “Program”). Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective reserves the right to cancel, interrupt or reschedule any Program or modify its content as well as the point value or weight of any assignment, exam or other evaluation of progress that may be provided in connection with any Program. Programs are subject to the Agreements, including without limitation the Warranty Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability sections below.

3. About the app and what is included

Plexus Surgery is a specialist surgery academic app with video lectures catering to doctors or trainee surgeons.

The programs are catering to doctors and trainee surgeons for academic purposes only. The subscription is limited to a specific group of people. Users will not be able to access material without opting for a subscription.

PLEXUS is an app that contains lectures of LIVE Surgery Masterclasses by the CCC group, in an attempt to cover the postgraduate or specialist training in Surgery. The aim is to develop a deep understanding of the subject of surgery so that the user can increase their success in various specialist examinations and in their practice.

Lectures have been categorized by site
1. Upper GI
2. Lower GI
3. HPB
4. Hernia
5. Breast
6. Endocrine
7. Vascular
8. General
9. Allied (Uro, Neuro, Plastic)
10. Miscellaneous

It is also been categorized by type

1. Case Presentations
2. Theory
3. Ward Clinics
4. Operative
5. Concepts

The app does not contain the entire syllabus yet, but the developers will keep adding video lectures to that effect.

4. Conduct

You agree that you are responsible for your own use of the Site and for your User Content. “User Content” includes all content, in whatever format, submitted, posted, contributed, published or distributed on the Site by a user, including but not limited to all notes, questions, answers, comments, text, pictures, videos and file uploads. In some Programs, users may contribute by speaking or appearing on camera, and User Content may include transmissions or recordings of a user’s voice and/or image. You agree that you will use the Site in compliance with the Agreements and all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations, including privacy and copyright laws, any laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence.

THE FOLLOWING KINDS OF CONTENT (“PROHIBITED CONTENT”) ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED ON THE SITE:

• Content that defames, harasses, discriminates against, harms or threatens others;

• Content that discusses illegal activities, with the intent to commit them;

• Content that infringes or misappropriates intellectual property rights;

• Content that you do not have the right to disclose;

• Profane, pornographic, obscene, indecent or unlawful content;

• Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation;

• Content related to partisan political activities; and

• Content that contains intentionally inaccurate information or that is posted with the intent of misleading others.

Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective reserves the right to remove Prohibited Content of which it becomes aware, but is under no obligation to do so.

In addition, you agree not to (a) use the Site in any manner intended to damage, disable, overburden or impair any part of the Site or the computer equipment or network(s) connected to the Site or to disrupt or interfere with any Program or any other user’s use and enjoyment of the Site; (b) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, other accounts, computer equipment or networks connected to the Site through hacking, password mining or any other means; (c) obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information on or via the Site not intentionally made available through the Site; (d) copy or use any portion of the Site other than as expressly allowed under the Agreements; (e) use any high volume, automated, or electronic means to access the Site (including without limitation robots, spiders or scripts); (f) frame the Site, place pop-up windows over its pages, or otherwise affect the display of its pages; or (g) force headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any communication transmitted through the Site.

If you participate in any Program, you agree to complete all work, including any exams, associated with each Program in which you may be enrolled with your own, original work and only your own, original work, and you agree not to engage in any activity that would dishonestly improve your results, or improve or hurt the results of others. In addition, unless otherwise stated in the respective Program, you agree that any exams, materials, quizzes or questions provided in connection with each Program are for your individual use only. Copying, capturing, transmitting or providing all or any part of the program, training material, user content, exams, quizzes or questions to any other person is strictly prohibited. Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective reserves the right to pursue any and all legal remedies against you if you violate this Agreement.

4. User Accounts and User Registration

In order to participate in most Site activities or mobile applications, you must register for a personal account (a “User Account”) by providing an email address and a password for your User Account, as well as any additional information required herein or on the Site. You agree that you will never divulge or share access or access information to your User Account or Login Credentials with any third party for any reason. You also agree that you will create, use, and/or access only one User Account and that you will not access the Site using any User Account or Login Credentials other than your own.

You agree to notify us immediately upon becoming aware of or suspecting any unauthorized use of your User Account or Login Credentials. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage arising from unauthorized access to your User Account or Login Credentials.

In registering for a User Account or obtaining Login Credentials, or completing an application and registering for a Program, you may be prompted or required to enter additional information, including but not limited to your name and location. Additional information may be required to confirm your identity, and different or additional information may be required depending on your use of the Site or enrollment in Programs. You warrant that all such information provided by you is accurate, current, complete, and complies with your obligations under the Agreements. You also agree to maintain and update such information to keep it accurate, current and complete. You acknowledge that if any such information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we reserve the right to terminate your use of the Site or mobile application.

If you are admitted to Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective Programs, or as part of your registration, you may be required to submit a headshot photo of yourself (via webcam or such other method as Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective may require). You may also be subject to spontaneous identity verification checks throughout the applicable Program. The authentication of your identity may be performed by an third party service provider appointed by Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective.

5. License Grant to You.

In consideration for your agreement to these Terms of Service, Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Site or mobile application solely in accordance with the Agreements. Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective may make Content (as defined below) available to you on the Site or through the Programs. You may obtain and use Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective’s Content only for your own personal, non-commercial use in connection with browsing the Site or participating in Programs till such time at the discretion of the Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective. You shall not transfer, retransmit, distribute, publish, commercially exploit or create derivative works of Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective’s Content. You may not reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise access the source code for any software that may be used to operate the Site or the Programs. 

“Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective’s Content” means all content or other material, in whole or in part, available on the Site or through the Programs, including but not limited to lectures, speeches, discussions, comments, video lessons, quizzes, tests, presentation materials, homework assignments, programs, code, and other images, text, layouts, arrangements, displays, illustrations, documents, materials, audio and video clips, interactive diagrams, HTML and files. All Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective’s Content is the property of Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective and/or its affiliates or licensors and is protected by copyright, patent and/or other proprietary intellectual property rights under Indian and foreign law.

Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective’s logos, trademarks and service marks that may appear on the Site (“Marks”) are the property of Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective and are protected under Indian and foreign laws. 

7. User Submissions

The Site may provide you with the ability to upload or otherwise provide certain User Content. With respect to User Content you submit or otherwise make available in connection with your use of the Site, and subject to the Privacy Policy, you grant Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective a fully transferable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, make derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display and otherwise disseminate and make available such User Content, in any manner or medium now known or later developed, and to authorize others to do any of the foregoing. You expressly acknowledge that your User Content may be visible to others and may include Personally Identifiable Information, as defined in the Privacy Policy. To the extent that you provide User Content, you represent, warrant to Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective and agree that (a) you have all necessary rights to provide and use such User Content and permit Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective to use such User Content as provided above; (b) as between you and Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective, you shall be responsible for the payment of any third party fees related to the provision and use of such User Content; and (c) such User Content does not and will not infringe or misappropriate any third party rights.

The Site may also provide you with ability to upload or send information to AAA regarding the Site or related services (“Feedback”). By submitting Feedback, you hereby grant Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective an irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, make derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display and otherwise disseminate and make available such Feedback, in any manner or medium now known or later developed, and to authorize others to do the foregoing.

You acknowledge that we may screen User Content, and that we shall have the right (but not the obligation), in our sole discretion, to remove any User Content without any liability to you. Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to remove any User Content that violates the Agreements or is otherwise objectionable in our sole and absolute discretion. You agree and acknowledge that we may preserve User Content and may disclose User Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that any such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, enforce these Terms of Service, respond to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third parties, or protect our rights, property or personal safety or that of our Users and the public.

8. Payment

Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective, full payment for participation in a Program is required at the time of registration. Subscription is for 3, 6 and 12 months and has to be renewed based on user requirements. It is up to the sole discretion of the user if he/she wants to renew the subscription after the initial period.

9. Refunds & Cancellation

If you withdraw before the start of a Program, you may be eligible, at Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective’s discretion, for a refund of all or part of course expenses, minus a processing fee. If you withdraw after the start of the Program, or if you are found to be in violation of the Agreements or any other Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective or Program-specific policy, you will not be issued a refund unless Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective elects to do so. The subscription charges are 3 months – Rs. 8000 + GST, 6 months – Rs. 15000 + GST & 12 months – Rs. 28000 + GST and have to be renewed once the respective periods are over. For weekend classes charges will be Rs. 800+GST or USD 20 based on your location. Dates of the classes will be updated on the website periodically. Subscription can be cancelled within 48 hours of subscription. If you have not attended any classes then you will be eligible for a refund. In such a case please write to us and a refund will be initiated within 7 working days. For any queries write to us cccsurge@gmail.com. Failure to pay the applicable Program fee may result in withdrawal of your access to a Program. Depending on where you transact with us, the type of payment method used and where your payment was issued, your transaction with us may be subject to foreign exchange fees or exchange rates. We do not support all payment methods, currencies or locations for payment. All applicable taxes are calculated based on the billing information you provide to us at the time of enrolment/purchase.

10. Termination of Services

You agree that Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use of the Site or your participation in any Program, for any reason or no reason, and that Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective shall not have any liability to you for any such action; provided, however, that if Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective terminates your participation in a Program other than for cause (including, without limitation, your failure to comply with any term of the Agreements), you will receive a pro-rata refund of any fees you paid in connection with the Program. Without limiting any of Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective’s other rights or remedies, it is Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective’s policy to terminate in appropriate circumstances users of the Site who are repeat copyright infringers. Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective will not be required to provide you any service or engage in any activity (including but not limited to providing you Programs and/or credentials or acknowledgements relating to same) if Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective believes that the service or activity may violate any applicable law or regulation. You further acknowledge that for the purpose of any Program your sole relationship with Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective is as defined in the Agreements. You agree that Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective has the right to cancel, delay, reschedule, or alter the format of any Program at any time. If you no longer wish to participate in any Program or use the Site, you may terminate your participation upon notice to Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective. The rights granted to you hereunder will terminate upon any termination of your right to use the Site or your participation in a Program, but the other provisions of the Agreements will survive any such termination.

11. Links

The Site may include hyperlinks to websites or applications maintained or controlled by others. Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective is not responsible for and does not routinely screen, approve, review or endorse the contents or use of any of the products or services that may be offered at these websites or applications. If you decide to access linked third-party websites or applications, you do so at your own risk.

12. Choice of Law; Dispute Resolution

You agree that the Agreements and any claim or dispute arising out of or relating to the Agreements, any Program or any content or service obtained from or through the Site will be governed by the laws of India and the Courts in Kolkata shall have exclusive jurisdiction to entertain and decide all claims and disputes arising out of or in connection with the instant agreement. 

13. Disclaimers of Warranty; Limitations of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the site, programs and any information, products or services therein or obtained thereby are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind (express, implied or otherwise), including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective does not warrant that the site or mobile application will operate in an uninterrupted or error-free manner or that the site is free of viruses or other harmful components. without limiting the foregoing, Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective  does not warrant that (a) the programs or site will meet your requirements or expectations or achieve the intended purposes, (b) the programs or site will not experience outages or otherwise will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, (c) the information or services obtained through or from the programs or site will be accurate, complete, current, error-free, secure or reliable, or (d) any defects in or on the programs or site will be corrected. Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective makes no representation regarding your ability to transmit and receive information from or through the site, and you agree and acknowledge that your ability to access the programs and site may be impaired.

While the site and the programs may include information concerning medical care, the information is provided for general educational purposes only and Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective shall not have any liability towards the third party for the same in any manner.

Except insofar as the following limitation may be prohibited by applicable law, Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any consequential, indirect, punitive, special or incidental damages, whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, (including, but not limited to, loss of profits or earning power, loss of data, losses due to errors or interruption in availability of the site, unavailability of any program, server or communications facility, or damages due to acts or omissions of others using the site or participating in a program), arising out of or relating to the agreements, the site or the programs, including without limitation your and others’ use of or inability to use the site, or your participation in any program, or your submission or use of user content, or others’ use of your user content, or your interaction with other program participants (whether online or in person), or your reliance upon information obtained from or through any program or the site, whether based in contract, tort, statutory or other law. Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective’s total cumulative liability to you arising out of or related to the agreements, the site or the programs (including, without limitation, in the ways described in the preceding sentence), whether based in contract, tort, statutory or other law, will not exceed the greater of (1) the total amount of fees received by Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective from you or on your behalf for or in connection with the site.

You acknowledge and agree that the warranty disclaimers and the limitations of liability set forth in these terms of use reflect a reasonable and fair allocation of risk between you and Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective, and that these limitations are essential to Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective willingness to make the site and programs available to you. each of these disclaimers and limitations is intended to be separately enforceable, regardless of whether any other remedy fails of its essential purpose.

For purposes of the foregoing disclaimers and limitations, as well as the indemnity herein, “calcutta chirurgiae collective” includes Directors.

14. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses, including reasonable Attorneys’ fees and costs, relating to or arising out of (a) your use or attempted use of the Site or Programs in violation of the Agreements; (b) your violation of any law or rights of any third party; or (c) information or content that you post or otherwise make available on the Site or through any Program, including without limitation any claim of infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property or other proprietary rights.

15. Copyright Policy

Copyright owners who believe their material has been infringed on the Site should contact Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective at  http://cccsurgeryclinics.com.

16. Integration

These Terms and the Privacy Policy together constitute the entire agreement between you and Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective with respect to your use of the Site, superseding any prior agreements between you and Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective regarding your use of the Site. Some terms applicable to your registration for Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective or your enrolment or participation in Programs may be provided to you at the time of registration or access or on Program-specific web pages. Those additional terms may include, among other things, terms relating to the act of registering, specific fees or Program requirements. Your registration, enrollment or participation shall be subject to your agreement and compliance with those additional terms.

17. Waiver

The failure of Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Agreements shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. 

18. Assignment

Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective may freely transfer or assign any portion of its rights or delegate its obligations under the Agreements. You may not transfer or assign, by operation of law or otherwise, any portion of your rights or delegate your obligations under the Agreements without the prior written consent of Calcutta Chirurgiae Collective, and any attempted such transfer or assignment shall be void and of no effect.