Terms and Conditions
The following terms and conditions shall apply to this website owned by “Devyani International Limited”. Please read the statement carefully. If you [the User] do not wish to be bound by the terms and conditions mentioned herein, kindly refrain from accessing the website. Access to this site shall be deemed to be an acceptance of these terms and conditions. By using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions as applied to your use of the website and you are deemed to have read and understood all of its contents and implications.
Context
The terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) govern your use of this website and any content made available from or through this website. “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” may change the Terms and Conditions from time to time, at any time with or without notice to you, by posting such changes on the website.
Those who choose to access this site from locations other than India do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Grant of Access
When/While using the website in whatsoever manner, the end User shall also be subject to the “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” Privacy Policy and such other additional guidelines, policies or rules formulated in accordance with the laws prevalent in India, applicable to specific services and features, which may be posted by “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” from time to time (collectively, the “Guidelines”). All of these Guidelines are part of the terms and are hereby incorporated by reference.
General use of Information
- “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our programs, services and inquiries that we believe may be of interest to you. The information may also be used to communicate with you or to contact you about your account with us. We may also use this information to offer our products, programs, or services to the User. If you choose to submit content for publication in whatsoever manner, we may publish your name, screen name and other information you have provided.
- The information “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” collects in connection with our online forums and communities is used to provide an interactive experience. The information may also be used in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products, programs, or services.
- “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” shall disclose information we maintain when required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency’s request.
Integrity of Intellectual Property
- The End User is not permitted to directly or indirectly alter, reverse engineer, modify, or create any derivative works of the website and the platform, or any other “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” Intellectual Property.
- The End User shall not, directly or indirectly, attempt to discover or expose the source code underlying any “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” Intellectual Property.
- The End User agrees that, as between the End User and “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED”, all the intellectual property rights in the “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” Intellectual Property are owned solely and exclusively by “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED”.
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The End User shall not directly or indirectly, and shall ensure that all Users and Members do not:
- hack, deface or otherwise misuse the Website or attempt to gain unauthorized access to other parts of the website or the technology used to create it
- modify or copy any “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” Intellectual Property
- attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on the website
- remove any copyright or other proprietary notations or any legal notices from the website
- attempt to access the source code of the software underlying the website
- copy, archive, store, reproduce, rearrange, modify, adapt, download, upload, create derivate works from, display, perform, publish, distribute, redistribute or disseminate any “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Intellectual Property
- access the website to build a product using similar ideas, features, functions, interface or graphics
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” computer systems or engage in any activity that disrupts, diminishes the quality of, interferes with the performance of, or impairs the functionality of the website
- develop, invoke, or utilize any code to disrupt, diminish the quality of, interfere with the performance of, or impair the functionality of the website
- authorize or encourage or permit any third party to use the website to facilitate any of the foregoing prohibited conduct
- “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” trademarks, logos, images, service marks, trade names (collectively the “Trademarks”) and other distinctive branding features displayed on the website or on content available through the website are registered and unregistered Trademarks of “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” and shall not be used in connection with products and/or services that are not related to, associated with, or sponsored by their rights holders that are likely to cause customer confusion, or in any manner that disparages or discredits their rights holders. All Trademarks not owned by “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” that appear on the website or on or through the website’s services, if any, are the property of their respective owners. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on the website or on or through any of the website’s services is strictly prohibited.
- As between the end User and “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED”, “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” owns, solely and exclusively, all rights, title and interest in and to the website, all the content, code, data and materials thereon, the look and feel, design and organization of the website, and the compilation of the content, code, data and materials on the website, including but not limited to any copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights, database rights, moral rights and other intellectual property and proprietary rights therein, excluding third party content. Your use of the website does not grant to you ownership of any content, code, data or materials you may access on or through the website.
- Any commercial or promotional distribution, publishing or exploitation of the website, or any content, code, data or materials on the website, is strictly prohibited unless you have received the express prior written permission from authorized personnel of “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” or the otherwise applicable rights holder. Other than as expressly allowed herein, you shall not download, post, display, publish, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, modify, perform, broadcast, transfer, create derivative works from, sell or otherwise exploit any content, code, data or materials on or available through the website. You further agree that you shall not alter, edit, delete, remove, otherwise change the meaning or appearance of, or repurpose, any of the content, code, data, or other materials on or available through the website, including, without limitation, the alteration or removal of any trademarks, trade names, logos, service marks, or any other proprietary content or proprietary rights notices. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading any copyrighted material from or through the website. If you make other use of the website, or the content, code, data or materials thereon or available through the website, except as otherwise provided above, you may violate copyright and other laws of India, other countries, as well as applicable state laws and may be subject to liability for such unauthorized use.
- Any rights not expressly granted herein, are reserved to “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED”. The End User agrees to abide by all copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any part of the website. The End User must not alter, delete, or conceal any copyright, trademark, patent, or other notices contained on the website.
Fair Use
- As required by law, Users shall not, host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information that:
- belongs to another person and to which such User does not have any right to
- is grossly harmful , harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially , ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever
- harm minors in any way
- infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights
- violates any law for the time being in force
- deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature
- impersonates another person
- contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource
- threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation
- “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” shall not directly or indirectly; and shall ensure that Users do not:
- access (or attempt to access) any service by any means other than as permitted in this Agreement and by the law
- circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security related features or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or third party content or enforce limitations on use of the website or the Content and third party content therein
- Access the website to upload the Content to cause a breach of security or any Networks or interfere with the proper working of the website
- Delete the copyright and other proprietary rights notices.
User content on public forums
- You agree that “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” will not be liable for any content posted by you and you shall be solely liable for the same. You represent and warrant that the content posted by you is either owned by you or licensed to you.
- “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” may, from time to time, make messaging services, chat services, bulletin boards, message boards, blogs, other forums and other such services available on or through the website. You agree that you shall not upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish through the website any material which:
- restrict or inhibit any other User from using and enjoying the website or the website’s services
- are fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent
- constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law
- violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality, contract, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right
- contain a virus, spyware, or other harmful component
- contain embedded links, advertising, chain letters or pyramid schemes of any kind
- constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin, endorsement or statements of fact
- You further agree not to impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, including anyone from “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED”. You also shall not offer to buy or sell any product or service on or through your comments submitted to our forums. You alone are responsible for the content and consequences of any of your activities.
- “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” reserves the right, but does not have an obligation, to monitor and/or review all materials posted to the website or through the website’s services or features by Users, and “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” is not responsible for any such materials posted by Users. However, “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or government request.
- Please note that comments submitted to a forum may be recorded and stored in multiple places, both on our website and elsewhere on the Internet, which are likely to be accessible for a long time and you have no control over who will read them eventually. It is therefore important that you are careful and selective about the personal information that you disclose about yourself and others, and in particular, you should not disclose sensitive, embarrassing, proprietary or confidential information in your comments to our public forums.
Enforcement of Legal Obligations
- The User acknowledges that “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” may terminate the User’s account and remove the Content and other Network Data, as well as disable the User’s access to any and all Networks at any time for violations of this policy without notice and without any liability to the User. The User is solely responsible and liable for complying with all applicable laws including privacy laws.
- The User acknowledges that “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” may terminate the account of any User in accordance with the terms of this policy.
- The User acknowledges that “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” also reserves the right to remove, preserve, and disclose any information or Content or account it deems necessary or appropriate to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (b) enforce this policy, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues, (d) respond to User support requests, (e) protect the rights, property, or safety of “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED”, its Users, and the general public, or (f) investigate or defend ourselves against third-party claims or allegations.
Representations and Warranties
- The User represents and warrants to “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” that it is fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, representations and warranties set forth.
- The User represents and warrants to “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” that the User shall comply with all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules, and regulations in connection with the User’s use of the website.
- All other representations and warranties, whether express or implied, are explicitly disclaimed by both Parties hereto.
- The User warrants and agrees that, while using the website and the various services and features offered on or through the website, you shall not:
- impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity
- insert your own or a third party’s advertising, branding or other promotional content into any of the website’s content, materials or services, or use, redistribute, republish or exploit such content or service for any further commercial or promotional purposes
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems through the website.
Linking to Third Party Websites
- You may be able to link from the website to third party websites and third party websites may link to the website (“Linked Sites”). You acknowledge and agree that “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” have no responsibility for the information, content, products, services, advertising, code or other materials which may or may not be provided by or through Linked Sites, even if they are owned or run by affiliates of ours.
- Links to Linked Sites do not constitute an endorsement or sponsorship by us of such websites or the information, content, products, services, advertising, code or other materials presented on or through such websites.
- You are not permitted to link directly to any image hosted on the website or our services, such as using an “in-line” linking method to cause the image hosted by us to be displayed on another website.
- You agree not to download or use images hosted on this website on another website, for any purpose, including, without limitation, posting such images on another site.
- “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” reserve all of our rights under the law to insist that any link to the website be discontinued, and to revoke your right to link to the website from any other website at any time upon written notice to you.
Third Party Products and Services
If you opt to order third party products or services made available through our site, we may fill in the required information on the order form for your convenience, using account data that you have previously provided us. This data is displayed for your review before the form is submitted, and you will have the option to delete or modify it before the data is sent. When you click to place your order, the data will be sent to those third parties. These third parties have agreed to hold this information in confidence, not use it for any purpose except to carry out the service they are providing us, and honor our organization’s privacy and security policies in the way this information is handled. DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED does screen and choose its business partners and affiliates with our privacy goals in mind.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
- DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED may disclose sensitive personal data or information to any third party in accordance with the laws prevalent in the Union of India.
- Disclosure of sensitive personal data or information by DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED to any third party requires prior permission from the provider of such information, who has provided such information under lawful contract or otherwise, unless such disclosure has been agreed to in the contract between DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED and provider of information, or where the disclosure is necessary for compliance of a legal obligation.
- Further, DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED or any person on its behalf shall not publish the sensitive personal data or information.
Transfer/Sharing of Information
DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED may transfer sensitive personal data or information including any information, to any other body corporate or a person in India, or located in any other country, that ensures the same level of data protection that is adhered to by the body corporate as provided for under these Rules. The transfer may be allowed only if it is necessary for the performance of the lawful contract between the body corporate or any person on its behalf and provider of information or where such person has consented to data transfer.
E-Commerce Transactions on the Website
- We may make subscription of magazines and purchase of certain products available to the Users of this website. You may register yourself on the website and purchase the required products.
- If you order any products, you hereby represent and warrant that you are 18 years old or older. For processing the payment for purchase of the products or subscription of the magazine, you will be directed to a recognized payment gateway.
- Delivery of the subscribed magazines and purchased merchandise are undertaken by third party agencies like courier services and postal services. DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED shall not be held liable with respect to damaged or lost/ misplaced issues or merchandise.
- Certain products that you purchase and/or download on or through the website may be subject to additional terms and conditions presented to you at the time of such purchase or download.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” and its affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising in any way from your use of the website, your placement or transmission of any message, content, information, software or other materials through the website, or your breach or violation of the law or of these Terms and Conditions. “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” defense of such claim.
Limited Personal Use
You may access and view the content on the website on your computer or other device and, unless otherwise indicated in these Terms and Conditions or on the website, make single copies or prints of the content on the website for your personal, internal use only. Use of the website and the services offered on or through the website, are only for your personal, non-commercial use.
Termination/Discontinuation of Services/Website
“DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the website or the website’s services at any time.
Amendment
“DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of the Terms and Conditions, in whole or in part, at any time. Changes in the Terms and Conditions will be effective when posted. Your continued use of the website and/or the services made available on or through the website after any changes to the Terms and Conditions are posted will be considered acceptance of those changes.
Disputes, Governing Law and Venue
- “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” shall not be held responsible for disputes arising out of interactions between members/Users. “DEVYANI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED” reserves the right, but has no obligation, to become involved in any way with these disputes.
- The terms shall be governed by the laws of India without regard to its conflict of law principles.
- The User agrees to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New Delhi, India for the purpose of litigating all such claims or disputes.