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Non-Disclosure Agreement and General Terms of Use For Microsys Certification Exams

Updated: April 2019

This Non-Disclosure Agreement and General Terms of Use (the “Exam Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the electronic signature date below by and between Microsys Corporation (“Microsys”) and you (the “Examinee”). This Exam (the “Exam”) is Microsys confidential information and is protected by intellectual property laws. It is made available to the Examinee solely for the purpose of demonstrating competency in the content area referenced in the title of this Exam.

Exam security and integrity

Efforts to keep Exams secure help maintain the value of Microsys Certification and help ensure that only qualified information technology professionals are certified.

The Examinee may be prohibited from taking any Microsys Certification Exams, and/or may be decertified from Microsys Certification Program if Microsys believes the Examinee violated this Exam Agreement and/or engaged in any misconduct. Proctors are authorized to take immediate and appropriate measures against Examinees who violate testing rules. This policy is enforced to ensure the integrity of the Exams and Microsys Certification Program. Examples of misconduct and/or misuse of the Exam include, but are not limited to, the following:

Modifying and/or altering the original results/score report for this Exam or any other exam records.
Violation of the current exam retake policy.
Fraudulently impersonating another to gain access to the Exam.
Submission of any work that is not completely your own.
Providing or accepting improper assistance.
Using unauthorized materials in an attempt to satisfy Exam requirements (this includes using brain-dump material and/or unauthorized publication of Exam questions with or without answers).
Disseminating actual Exam content or answers.
Possession of non-authorized items at the testing center during an Exam.
Misconduct as determined by statistical analysis.
Copying, publishing, disclosing, transmitting, selling, offering to sell, posting, downloading, distributing in any way, or otherwise transferring, modifying, making derivative works of, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling or translating any Exam in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, verbal or written, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose.
Using the Exam content in any manner that violates applicable law.

Exam policies

Examinees are solely responsible for understanding and complying with Microsys’s Exam policies and procedures, as well as the Exam provider’s policies and procedures.

Examinees can review the Microsys Exam Retake Policy as well as other Exam and testing procedures on this page.

Examinees can learn more about the Exam provider’s policies and procedures at the Exam provider’s website.

Student and Faculty Examinees

If the Examinee is registered for the Exam as a student (“Student”) or a member of the faculty ( “Faculty”), the Examinee must provide the Exam provider with documentation that verifies the Examinee is currently enrolled as a Student or is a Faculty member at an accredited secondary academic institution at the time the Examinee takes the Exam.

By taking this Exam, the Examinee agrees that they are either a Student or a Faculty member at the academic institution that issued the Examinee the Exam voucher. If it is determined that the Examinee was not a Student or a member of the Faculty at the time he/she took the Exam, Microsys reserves the right to rescind and invalidate the Examinee’s Exam results. If Exam results are invalidated, no Exam refund will be provided.

Important privacy notice

Microsys is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy statement applies to the data collected by Microsoft during your exam session (the “Exam”); it does not apply to other online or offline Microsys sites, products, or services.

Collection of your information

We collect many kinds of information in order to operate effectively and provide you with the best pr services, and experiences we can. Some of this information you provide directly to us. Some of it we get by observing how you interact with our products and services. Some of it is available from other sources that we may combine with the data we collect directly. Regardless of the source, we believe it's important to treat that information with care and to help you maintain your privacy. The personal information we collect may include:

Personal information about you, such as your name, email address, and MSCS ID;
Information about the Exam such as your exam score, your time spent on the Exam, your answers given, Exam results, and usage data of our Exam website.

Use of your information

Microsys uses the information we collect to operate, improve, and personalize the services we offer and to provide the service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) you have requested or authorized. Information collected through one Microsys service may be combined with information collected through other Microsys services to give you a more consistent and personalized experience in your interactions with us.

Security of your information

Microsys is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit sensitive personal information (such as a password) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

If a password is used to help protect your accounts and personal information, it is your responsibility to keep your password confidential. Do not share it. If you are sharing a computer, you should always log out before leaving a site or service to protect access to your information from subsequent users.

Changes to this privacy statement

We will occasionally update our privacy statements to reflect customer feedback and changes in our services. When we post changes to a statement, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of the statement. If there are material changes to the statement or in how Microsoft will use your personal information, we will notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes before they take effect or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review the privacy statements for the products and services you use to learn how Microsys is protecting your information.

Contact information

Microsoft welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you have questions about this statement or believe that we have not adhered to it, please contact us by sending an email to service@mmicrosysolution.com.

In addition to any other rights and remedies provided by law or this Exam Agreement, Microsys hereby expressly reserves all of its rights and remedies arising out of a breach of this Exam Agreement and/or the infringement of any of Microsoft’s intellectual property rights.

Examinee acceptance or rejection of the Exam Agreement

Select Yes to acknowledge that the Examinee has the full right and authority to enter into this Exam Agreement and accepts and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Exam Agreement.

Select No if the Examinee does not accept the above terms.

The Examinee must select Yes to continue with the Exam.