1. Your relationship with INDBC
1.1 Your use of INDBC’s products, software,
services and web sites (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this
document and excluding any services provided to you by INDBC under a separate
written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and
INDBC. “INDBC” means INDBC.com, whose principal place of business is at
Hyderabad, INDIA. This document explains how the agreement is made up, and sets
out some of the terms of that agreement.
1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with
INDBC, your agreement with INDBC will always include, at a minimum, the terms
and conditions set out in this document. These are referred to below as the
“Universal Terms”.
1.3 Your agreement with INDBC will also
include the terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in addition
to the Universal Terms. All of these are referred to below as the “Additional
Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for
you to read either within, or through your use of, that Service.
1.4 The Universal Terms, together with the
Additional Terms, form a legally binding agreement between you and INDBC in
relation to your use of the Services. It is important that you take the time to
read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as
the “Terms”.
1.5 If there is any contradiction between
what the Additional Terms say and what the Universal Terms say, then the
Additional Terms shall take precedence in relation to that Service.
2. Accepting the Terms
2.1 In order to use the Services, you must
first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the
Terms.
2.2 You can accept the Terms by:
(A) Clicking to accept or agree to the Terms,
where this option is made available to you by INDBC in the user interface for
any Service; or
(B) By actually using the Services. In this
case, you understand and agree that INDBC will treat your use of the Services
as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.
2.3 You may not use the Services and may not
accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract
with INDBC, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under
the laws of the INDIA or other countries including the country in which you are
resident or from which you use the Services.
2.4 Before you continue, you should print off
or save a local copy of the Universal Terms for your records.
3. Language of the Terms
3.1 Where INDBC has provided you with a
translation of the English language version of the Terms, then you agree that
the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English
language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with INDBC.
3.2 If there is any contradiction between
what the English language version of the Terms says and what a translation
says, then the English language version shall take precedence.
4. Provision of the Services by INDBC
4.1 INDBC has subsidiaries and affiliated
legal entities around the world (“Subsidiaries and Affiliates”). Sometimes,
these companies will be providing the Services to you on behalf of INDBC
itself. You acknowledge and agree that Subsidiaries and Affiliates will be
entitled to provide the Services to you.
4.2 INDBC is constantly innovating in order
to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and
agree that the form and nature of the Services which INDBC provides may change
from time to time without prior notice to you.
4.3 As part of this continuing innovation,
you acknowledge and agree that INDBC may stop (permanently or temporarily)
providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users
generally at INDBC’s sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop
using the Services at any time. You do not need to specifically inform INDBC
when you stop using the Services.
4.4 You acknowledge and agree that if INDBC
disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the
Services, your account details or any files or other content which is contained
in your account.
4.5 You acknowledge and agree that while
INDBC may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of
transmissions you may send or receive through the Services or on the amount of
storage space used for the provision of any Service,
such fixed upper limits may be set by INDBC at any time, at INDBC’s sole
discretion.
5. Use of the Services by you
5.1 In order to access certain Services, you
may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification
or contact details) as part of the registration process for the Service, or as
part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any registration
information you give to INDBC will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
5.2 You agree to use the Services only for
purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law,
regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant
jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to
and from the INDIA or other relevant countries).
5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to
access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that
is provided by INDBC, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a
separate agreement with INDBC. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt
to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of
scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions
set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
5.4 You agree that you will not engage in any
activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and
networks which are connected to the Services).
5.5 Unless you have been specifically
permitted to do so in a separate agreement with INDBC, you agree that you will
not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any
purpose.
5.6 You agree that you are solely responsible
for (and that INDBC has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any
breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including
any loss or damage which INDBC may suffer) of any such breach.
6. Your passwords and account security
6.1 You agree and understand that you are
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with
any account you use to access the Services.
6.2 Accordingly, you agree that you will be
solely responsible to INDBC for all activities that occur under your account.
6.3 If you become aware of any unauthorized
use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify INDBC immediately
at contact [at] indbc [dot] com.
7. Privacy and your personal information
7.1 For information about INDBC’s data
protection practices, please read INDBC’s privacy policy at http://www.indbc.com/accounts/help/accounts-pp.html. This policy explains how INDBC treats your personal
information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.
7.2 You agree to the use of your data in
accordance with INDBC’s privacy policies.
8. Content in the Services
8.1 You understand that all information (such
as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other
sounds, photographs, videos or other images) which you may have access to as
part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of
the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred
to below as the “Content”.
8.2 You should be aware that Content
presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to
advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be
protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or
advertisers who provide that Content to INDBC (or by other persons or companies
on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or
create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part)
unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by INDBC or by the
owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
8.3 INDBC reserves the right (but shall have
no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove
any or all Content from any Service. For some of the Services, INDBC may
provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content.
8.4 You understand that by using the Services
you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or
objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.
8.5 You agree that you are solely responsible
for (and that INDBC has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any
Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for
the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which INDBC may
suffer) by doing so.
9. Proprietary rights
9.1 You acknowledge and agree that INDBC (or
INDBC’s licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the
Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the
Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in
the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services
may contain information which is designated confidential by INDBC and that you
shall not disclose such information without INDBC’s prior written consent.
9.2 Unless you have agreed otherwise in
writing with INDBC, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of
INDBC’s trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other
distinctive brand features.
9.3 If you have been given an explicit right
to use any of these brand features in a separate written agreement with INDBC,
then you agree that your use of such features shall be in compliance with that
agreement, any applicable provisions of the Terms.
9.4 Other than the limited license set forth
in Section 11, INDBC acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or
interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content
that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services,
including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content
(whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world
those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with
INDBC, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those
rights and that INDBC has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
9.5 You agree that you shall not remove,
obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade
mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the Services.
9.6 Unless you have been expressly authorized
to do so in writing by INDBC, you agree that in using the Services, you will
not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or
organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the
owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
10. License from INDBC
10.1 INDBC gives you a personal, worldwide,
royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software
provided to you by INDBC as part of the Services as provided to you by INDBC
(referred to as the “Software” below). This license is
for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the
Services as provided by INDBC, in the manner permitted by the Terms.
10.2 You may not (and you may not permit
anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer,
decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Software or
any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or
unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by INDBC, in writing.
10.3 Unless INDBC has given you specific
written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-license of)
your rights to use the Software, grant a security interest in or over your
rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to
use the Software.
11. Content license from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other
rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or
through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you
give INDBC a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive
license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform,
publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display
on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling
INDBC to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for
certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
11.2 You agree that this license includes a
right for INDBC to make such Content available to other companies,
organizations or individuals with whom INDBC has relationships for the
provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with
the provision of those services.
11.3 You understand that INDBC, in performing
the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a)
transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various
media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform
and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks,
devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit INDBC to
take these actions.
11.4 You confirm and warrant to INDBC that
you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above
license.
12. Software updates
12.1 The Software which you use may
automatically download and install updates from time to time from INDBC. These
updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Services and
may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and
completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit INDBC to
deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.
13. Ending your relationship with INDBC
13.1 The Terms will continue to apply until
terminated by either you or INDBC as set out below.
13.2 If you want to terminate your legal
agreement with INDBC, you may do so by (a) notifying INDBC at any time and (b)
closing your accounts for all of the Services which you use, where INDBC has
made this option available to you. Your notice should be sent, in writing, to
INDBC’s address which is set out at the beginning of these Terms.
13.3 INDBC may at any time, terminate its
legal agreement with you if:
(A) you have
breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly
shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of
the Terms); or
(B) INDBC is required to do so by law (for
example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful);
or
(C) the partner with
whom INDBC offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with
INDBC or ceased to offer the Services to you; or
(D) INDBC is transitioning to no longer
providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident or
from which you use the service; or
(E) the provision of
the Services to you by INDBC is, in INDBC’s opinion, no longer commercially
viable.
13.4 Nothing in this Section shall affect
INDBC’s rights regarding provision of Services under Section 4 of the Terms.
13.5 When these Terms come to an end, all of
the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and INDBC have benefited
from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have
been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be
unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of paragraph 20.7 shall continue
to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.
14. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES
14.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS, INCLUDING
SECTIONS 14 AND 15, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT INDBC’S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR
LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR
THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY
NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN
YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE
LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
14.2 YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE.”
14.3 IN PARTICULAR, INDBC, ITS SUBSIDIARIES
AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT:
(A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS,
(B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR,
(C) ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A
RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, AND
(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR
FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE
CORRECTED.
14.4 ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE
OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND
RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER
SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY
SUCH MATERIAL.
14.5 NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL
OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM INDBC OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL
CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
14.6 INDBC FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
15.1 SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISION IN
PARAGRAPH 14.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT INDBC, ITS
SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
(A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL
CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER CAUSED
AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY.. THIS SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA
SUFFERED, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER
INTANGIBLE LOSS;
(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED
BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:
(I) ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE
COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY
RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE
ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;
(II) ANY CHANGES WHICH INDBC MAY MAKE TO THE
SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE
SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);
(III) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR
FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR
TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;
(III) YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE INDBC WITH
ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;
(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR
ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL;
15.2 THE LIMITATIONS ON INDBC’S LIABILITY TO
YOU IN PARAGRAPH 15.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT INDBC HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
16. Copyright and trade mark policies
16.1 It is INDBC’s policy to respond to
notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable
international intellectual property law (including, in the INDIA, the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act) and to terminating the accounts of repeat infringers.
INDBC accepts any complaints regarding alleged copyright infringement through
the email address complaints [at] indbc [dot] com.
16.2 INDBC operates a trade mark complaints
procedure in respect of INDBC’s advertising business, details can be sent to
complaints [at] indbc [dot] com.
17. Advertisements
17.1 Some of the Services are supported by
advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These
advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the
Services, queries made through the Services or other information.
17.2 The manner, mode and extent of
advertising by INDBC on the Services are subject to change without specific
notice to you.
17.3 In consideration for INDBC granting you access
to and use of the Services, you agree that INDBC may place such advertising on
the Services.
18. Other content
18.1 The Services may include hyperlinks to
other web sites or content or resources. INDBC may have no control over any web
sites or resources which are provided by companies or persons other than INDBC.
18.2 You acknowledge and agree that INDBC is
not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources,
and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or
available from such web sites or resources.
18.3 You acknowledge and agree that INDBC is
not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of
the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any
reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any
advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such web sites
or resources.
19. Changes to the Terms
19.1 INDBC may make changes to the Universal
Terms or Additional Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, INDBC
will make a new copy of the Universal Terms available at http://www.indbc.com/accounts/help/accounts-tos.html and any new Additional Terms will be made available
to you from within, or through, the affected Services.
19.2 You understand and agree that if you use
the Services after the date on which the Universal Terms or Additional Terms
have changed, INDBC will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Universal
Terms or Additional Terms.
20. General legal terms
20.1 Sometimes when you use the Services, you
may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services) use a service or
download a piece of software, or purchase goods, which are provided by another
person or company. Your use of these other services, software or goods may be
subject to separate terms between you and the company or person concerned. If
so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these other companies
or individuals.
20.2 The Terms constitute the whole legal
agreement between you and INDBC and govern your use of the Services (but
excluding any services which INDBC may provide to you under a separate written
agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and INDBC
in relation to the Services.
20.3 You agree that INDBC may provide you
with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular
mail, or postings on the Services.
20.4 You agree that if INDBC does not
exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms
(or which INDBC has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be
taken to be a formal waiver of INDBC’s rights and that those rights or remedies
will still be available to INDBC.
20.5 If any court of law, having the
jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms
is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without
affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will
continue to be valid and enforceable.
20.6 You acknowledge and agree that each
member of the group of companies of which INDBC is the parent shall be third
party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such other companies shall be entitled
to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms which confers a
benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this, no other person or
company shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.
20.7 The Terms, and your relationship with
INDBC under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Andhra
Pradesh, INDIA without regard to its conflict of laws
provisions. You and INDBC agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts located within the county of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh to resolve any
legal matter arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that INDBC
shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type
of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
June 10, 2010