TERMS & CONDITIONS

TERMS & CONDITIONS 

Indian Startup Times (the “Site”) is owned, managed and operated by TBWC Media Pvt Ltd (from now on referred to as the “Company”, “we,” or “our”, which expression shall, unless the same, be repugnant to the context or meaning thereof be deemed to mean and include its affiliates, successors in business and assigns).

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE

Please read the following terms and conditions as these terms of use (“Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you and the Company regarding your browsing, access and use of the Site and any functionalities, features, information, contests, services, products offered by the Company including but not limited to delivery of specialized Content, subscription-based services, Content and premium services via the Site, any mobile or internet connected device or otherwise (the “Service “). “User”, “you,” or “your” means any person who is accessing the Site in any manner whatsoever and is 18 years of age or older, capable of entering into a legally binding agreement under the laws of India. You agree to be bound by these Terms by using the Site or Service. You are representing and warrant to the Company that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age or above, capable of entering, performing and adhering to these Terms, and that you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions. While individuals under 18 may access and use the site, they shall do so only with the involvement & guidance of their parents and legal guardians. You agree to register before uploading any content and comment and any other use or Services of this Site and give your details, including but not limited to complete name, age, email address, residential address, and contact number. At its discretion, the Company reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms at any time by posting the amended Terms. Please check these Terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of the site or Services after posting changes is the only way you accept these changes. Also, when using any particular services, you may be subject to any posted guidelines, rules, product requirements or sometimes additional terms applicable to such services. All such guidelines, regulations, product requirements or sometimes other terms are incorporated by reference into the Terms.

I’D LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS. BY ACCESSING OR USING ANY WEBSITE OR SERVICES, YOU ALSO REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY AS PER APPLICABLE LAW (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AGE REQUIREMENT) TO ACCEPT THE TERMS ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF AND ANY OTHER PERSON YOU REPRESENT IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SITE OR SERVICES. CONTENT OWNERSHIP AND LIMITED LICENSE

Company Content means Company’s Content, including but not limited to Company trademarks and logos made available through the Site and Services, excluding Third Party Content and User Submissions. Third-Party Content You may be able to access, review, display or use third-party services, resources, Content or information via the Site or the Services. User Submissions “means the text, data, graphics, images, photos, video or audiovisual Content, hypertext links and any other content the Company allows its users to upload, post, flip, compile or otherwise provide to the Company via the Site and Services. Ownership:
The Site, Services and the Company Content are protected by copyright, trademark and other applicable laws. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, the Company and its licensors exclusively own all rights, title and interests in and to the Site, Services, and the Company Content, including all associated intellectual property rights. You may not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Site, Services or Company Content. The Company claims no ownership interest in any Third-Party Content and expressly disclaims any liability concerning those materials. Limited License:
If you comply with the Terms here, the Company gives you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, freely revocable license to use the Services for personal and non-commercial use only. No right, title, or interest shall be transferred to you except for the limited license. Content on the Site and the Services is provided to you “AS IS” for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to the Site, the Services, and the Content. These Terms do not authorize you to, and you may not reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, communicate to the public, make available, create derivative works of or otherwise use or exploit any Third-Party Content or User Submissions in violation of applicable copyright law. Any unauthorized use of the Contents or the Services will result in termination of the limited license granted by the Company and cancellation of your membership. Use of the Site or the Services for any unauthorized purpose may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. The Company does not promote, foster or condone the copying of Content or any other infringing activity, and the owners of Third-Party Content or User Submissions may have the right to seek damages against you for any such violation. Interactions between Users:
I want you to know that you are solely responsible for your interactions (including any disputes) with other users. You understand that the Company does not in any way screen Company users. You are solely responsible for and will exercise caution, discretion, common sense and judgment in using the Site and Services and disclosing personal information to other Company users. You agree to take reasonable precautions in all interactions with other Company users, especially if you decide to talk with Company users offline or meet them in person. Your use of the Site, Services, Company Content, and any other content made available through the Site or Services is at your sole risk and discretion, and the Company now disclaims any liability to you or any third party relating to it. Company reserves the right to contact Company users, in compliance with applicable law, to evaluate compliance with the rules and policies in this Terms. You can cooperate fully with the Company to investigate any suspected unlawful, fraudulent or improper activity via the Services. By making available any User Submissions through the Site and Services, you at this moment grant to the Company and its users a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, assignable, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast, make available, communicate to the public and otherwise use and exploit such User Submissions through or using the Site and the Services and to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed throughout the world. Company does not claim any ownership rights in any such User Submissions, and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any requests that you may have to use any such User Submissions. I am letting you know that the Company shall not be liable for any Uses of your User Submissions by any third party that had access to your User Submissions during the period in which your User Submissions were available on or through the Services. You acknowledge and agree that the Company does not want to publish, display the User Submissions or modify, amend or delete any User Submissions upon receiving any complaint that the User Submissions are infringing or violating any applicable laws. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for all User Submissions you make available through the Site or Services. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that:
  1. You either are the sole and exclusive owner of all User Submissions you make available through the Site or Services, or you have all the rights, licenses, consents and releases necessary to grant the Company the rights in these User Submissions, as outlined in these Terms.
  2. Neither the User Submissions nor your accessing, posting, submission or transmittal of the User Submissions or Company’s use of the User Submissions (or any portion thereof) on, through or using the Site and the Services or any other permitted use will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.
  3. No payments of any kind shall be due to any third party, whether a copyright owner or an agent thereof, for any use made of the User Submissions (or any portion thereof) on, through or using the Site and the Services.
By using the Site or the Services, you acknowledge the sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your access to, use of or reliance upon any such Third-Party Content or User Submissions and the Company disclaims any liability that you may incur arising from your access to, use of or reliance upon such Third-Party Content or User Submissions. You acknowledge and agree that the Company:
  1. Is not responsible for the availability or accuracy of such Third Party Content or User Submissions.
  2. Has no liability to you or any third party for any harm, injuries or losses caused by your access to, reliance on or use of such Third Party Content or User Submissions?
  3. Does not undertake or assume any duty to monitor for inappropriate or unlawful Content on third-party websites or User Submissions.
  4. Please don’t promise to remove Third Party Content from being accessed through the Site or the Services.
THE SERVICE REGISTRATION AND ACCESS TO USE
To register for the Services, you must open an account by completing the registration process (i.e. by providing us with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the registration form). You will also choose a password and a username. I want you to know that you are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. In particular, as a parent or legal guardian, you acknowledge and assume sole responsibility to ensure that children do not access Content meant for mature audiences (i.e., above the age of majority). So, you may be unable to share your login credentials with your children. You expressly agree to absolve the Company of any responsibility/liability.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
The Site or the Services may contain links or pointers to other websites, but you should not infer or assume that the Company operates, controls, or is otherwise connected with these other websites. When you click on a link within the Site, the Company may not warn you that you have left the Site and are subject to another website’s terms and conditions (including privacy policies). Please read the terms of use and privacy policy of any other website before you give any confidential information or engage in any transactions. It would help if you did not rely on these Terms to govern your use of another website. The Company is not responsible for the Content or practices of any other website, even if it links to the Site and even if the website is operated by a company affiliated or otherwise connected with the Company. You acknowledge and agree that the Company is not responsible or liable to you for any content or materials hosted and served from any website other than the Site.
ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Part of the Site or the Services may contain advertising information, promotion material, or other material submitted to the Company by third parties. Responsibility for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on the Site complies with applicable international and national law is exclusively on the party providing the information/material. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of advertisers, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with these dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. Before using any advertising material, you should independently verify its relevance for your purpose and obtain appropriate professional advice. The Company shall not be responsible nor liable for any loss or claim that you may have against an advertiser or any consequential damages arising from your reliance on the contents of the advertisement.
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
For information about the Company’s policies and practices regarding collecting and using your personally identifiable information, please read the Privacy Policy as available on the Site. The Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference and made part of these Terms. Thus, by agreeing to these Terms, you agree that the Company’s Privacy Policy governs your presence on the Site and use of the Services in effect at the time of your help. The Company reserves the right to disclose any information required to be shared, disclosed or made available to any governmental, administrative, regulatory or judicial authority under any law or regulation applicable to the Company. The Company can further disclose your name, street address, city, state, zip code, country, phone number, and email as it, in its sole discretion, believes necessary or appropriate to investigate fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy, or other unlawful activity. The company may also share certain filtered information, i.e. email ID or any additional relevant information, to the Company’s third-party business partners, who may contact you to enable you to have a better experience on the Site or to avail of specific benefits, specially made for you. The company may, if you so choose, send direct mailers to you at the address given by you. You can ‘opt out’ of this direct mailer through links provided at the bottom of each mailer. The company respects your privacy, and if you choose not to receive such mailers, the Company will take all steps to remove you from the list.
YOUR OBLIGATIONS
You agree and assure the Company that the Site and the Services will be used for lawful purposes only and that you will not violate laws, regulations, ordinances or other such requirements of any applicable Central, State or local government or other international laws. You agree to comply with the Information Technology Act, 2000, as well as rules, regulations, guidelines, by-laws, and notifications made thereunder while on the Site. You further concur that you shall not: Use the Site or the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair and not to undertake any action which is harmful or potentially harmful to any of the Company’s server, or the network(s), computer systems/resource connected to any the Company server, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site or the Services; obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Site/Services; perform any activity that is likely to cause such harm; carry out any “denial of service” (DoS, DDoS) or any other harmful attacks on the Site or internet service or; use the Site or the Services for illegal or unlawful purposes; disrupt, place unreasonable burdens or excessive loads on, interfere with or attempt to make or try any unauthorized access to the Site or any the Company website or the website of any of the Company’s customers; forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through the Site or the Services; attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services, other accounts and computer systems through hacking, password mining or any other means. You shall not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Site or the Services; incorporate the Site or Services into or retransmit via any hardware or software application or make it available via frames or in-line links unless expressly permitted by the Company in writing; create, recreate, distribute or advertise an index of any significant portion of the Site or Services unless authorized by the Company; use or launch any “robots”, “spiders”, “offline readers”, etc. or any other automated system that accesses the Site or the Services in a manner that sends numerous computerised requests to the Site’s servers in a given period, which a human cannot reasonably send in the same period by using conventional web browsing application or tool(s) for similar purposes; Send or post any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation like soliciting login information or accessing an account belonging to someone else; Use the Site, Services or Company Content for any commercial purpose or the benefit of any third party or in any manner not permitted by these Terms of Use; Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity; Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the preceding.
In addition, you are strictly prohibited from creating derivative works or materials that otherwise are derived from or based on the Content in any way, including montages, mash-ups and similar videos, wallpaper, desktop themes, greeting cards, and merchandise, unless it is expressly permitted by the Company in writing. This prohibition applies even if you intend to give away the derivative materials free of charge. The Site may allow you to post user submissions, including but not limited to reviews of Content available through the Services, comments on such Content, etc. I understand that once you post these User Submissions to all members since it is a public forum. More specifically, when you review/rate any Content available on the Services (as per functionality made available on the Site), you give the Company express rights and consent to display your rating/review about the relevant Content on the Site, including making it available to other members for viewing. Do not use these features if you do not want your User Submissions/reviews/ratings to be shared in a public forum. These features may change without notice, and the degrees of associated information sharing and functionality may also vary. The Company is free to use any comments, information, ideas, concepts, reviews, techniques or any other material contained in any communication you may send to us (“User Feedback “), including responses to questionnaires or through postings to the Services / the Site and User Submissions, without further compensation, acknowledgement or payment to you for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products and creating, modifying or improving the Services. By posting/submitting any User Feedback / User Submission on the Site, you grant the Company a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, sub-licensable license and right in such User Feedback / User Submission to the Company, including the right to display, use, reproduce or modify the User Feedback / User Submission in any media, software or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future. Operators of public search engines have the permission to use functionalities like spiders to copy materials from the Site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. We’re correct to revoke these exceptions, generally or in specific cases. I just wanted to let you know that you agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Site nor to use the communication systems provided by the Site for any commercial solicitation purposes. I just wanted to let you know that you agree not to solicit, for commercial reasons, any Site users concerning its User Submissions. You shall be financially responsible for your use of the Services (as well as for the use of your account by others, including, without limitation, minors living with you). You should supervise and be responsible for all usage of children and access to the Site under your name or account and absolve the Company from any liability on this account. I would also like to let you know that all information supplied by you or members of your family for using the Services and accessing the Site, including, without limitation, your name, email address, street address, telephone number, mobile number, and credit card number is correct and accurate. Failure to provide accurate information may subject you to civil and criminal penalties. You shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment or ancillary services needed to connect to, access the Site or otherwise use the Services, including, without limitation, modems, hardware, software, and long-distance or local telephone service. Please ensure that such equipment or ancillary services are compatible with the Services. You agree that the Company may directly or through third-party service providers send you information about the various services offered by the Company from time to time. You agree that the Company will have the right to investigate and take all appropriate legal action to prevent, stop or deter violations of any of the above, including infringement of intellectual property rights and Site and Services security issues. The company may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who violate these Terms of Use or the rights of any third party. You acknowledge that the Company has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Site, Services or Company Content or to review or edit any User Submissions or Third-Party Materials but has the right to do so to operate the Site and Services, to ensure your compliance with these Terms of Use, or to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body. Company reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or restrict access to any Company Content, Third Party Materials, and any User Submissions that Company, in its sole discretion, considers to violate these Terms or otherwise harmful to the Site or Services.
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
You agree not to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information or User Submissions which belong to another person and to which the User does not have any right to; is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, libellous, 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 that is grossly offensive or menacing; impersonate 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 tao the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any crime or is insulting any other nation; contain misleading information regarding the origin of the Content or otherwise contains objectionable Content. You understand and agree that the Company may, but is not obligated to, review the User Submissions and may delete or remove it (without notice) in its sole and absolute discretion, for any reason or without assigning any reason. Suppose you are found to be in non-compliance with the laws and regulations, these terms, or the Site’s privacy policy. In that case, the Company shall have the right to immediately terminate/block your access and usage of the Site. The Company shall have the right to remove any non-compliant Content and comments uploaded by you directly. It shall further have the right to take recourse to such remedies as would be available to the Company under the applicable laws. TERMINATION OF ACCOUNT, SUSPENSION OR DISCONTINUATION OF THE SERVICE
The Company reserves the right to change, suspend, or discontinue temporarily or permanently some or all of the Services (including the Content and the devices through which the Services are accessed) concerning any or all users at any time without notice. I am confirming that the Company may do so at its sole discretion. You also agree that the Company will not be liable to you for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services. However, suppose you are a paid subscriber, and the Company suspends or discontinues the Services. In that case, the Company may, in its sole discretion, provide you with a credit, refund, discount or other form of consideration (for example, the Company may credit additional days of service to your account). However, suppose the Company terminates your account or suspends or discontinues your access to the Services because you violate these Terms. In that case, you will not be eligible for any such credit, refund, discount or other consideration.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
You understand and agree that the Company provides the Services on an ‘as-is’ ‘with all faults’ and ‘as available’ basis. You agree that using the Site or the Services is at your risk. All warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, for the title and non-infringement, are disclaimed and excluded. The Company makes no representations, warranties or guarantees whatsoever as to the following:
  1. Accuracy, adequacy, reliability, completeness, suitability or applicability of the information to a particular situation.
  2. That the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free.
  3. I want you to know that the quality of any services, Content, information, or other material on the Site will meet your expectations or requirements.
  4. Any errors in the Site will be corrected.
  5. Warranties against infringement of any third-party intellectual property or proprietary rights.
  6. Other warranties relating to performance, non-performance, or other acts or omissions of the Company, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, licensors, or suppliers.
The Company does not warrant that any of the software used and or licensed in connection with the Services will be compatible with other third-party software or devices, nor does it warrant that the operation of the Services and the associated software will not damage or disrupt other software or hardware. The Company, its affiliates, successors, and assigns, and each of their respective investors, directors, officers, employees, agents, and suppliers (including distributors and content licensors) shall not be liable, at any time, for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use of Site or the Services, whether based in contract, tort, strict liability, or other theory, even if the Company have been advised of the possibility of damages. Suppose any exclusion contained herein be held to be invalid for any reason, and the Company or any of its affiliate entities, officers, directors, or employees become liable for loss or damage. In that case, any such liability of the Company or any of its affiliate entities, officers, directors or employees shall be limited to not exceeding subscription charges paid by you in the month preceding the date of your claim for the particular subscription in question chosen by you.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, successors, and assigns, and each of their respective investors, directors, officers, employees, agents, and suppliers (including distributors and content licensors) from and against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of any claim due to or arising out of your violation of these Terms, including but not limited to a claim arising out of a breach of your representations or warranties made hereunder; your use or misuse of or access to the Site or the Services; your violation of any law, regulation or third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or any claim that you have caused damage to a third party.
At its own expense, the Company has the right to use separate counsel and assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter that is otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You agree to cooperate with the Company’s defence of these claims.
Notice of Copyright Infringement: Our policy is to comply with all Intellectual Property Laws and to act quickly upon receiving any notification of claimed infri gement. If you believe that any work has been reproduced on the Site in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide a notice of copyright infringement containing all of the following information: A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner for the co plaint. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been in the ring. Identification of the material on our Site claimed to be infringing or the subject of violating activity: the complaining party’s address, telephone number or e-mail address. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or he law. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice of copyright infringement is accurate and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the allegedly infringed right.
GENERAL TERMS

Relationship None of the provisions of the Terms shall be deemed to constitute a partnership or agency between you and the company. You shall have no authority to bind the Company in any manner what soever. This agreement is solely for your and the Company’s benefit and not for any other person’s use except for permitted successors and assigns under this Agreement. Assignment You may not transfer any rights to use the Services or any part of the S services. Any attempt by you to do so is void. The Company may assign, transfer, delegate and grant all or any part of its rights, privileges and properties hereunder to any person or entity. Force Majeure Neither Party shall be liable for any interruption or delay to access the Site due to Force Majeur Event. For this clause, ‘Force Majeure Event’ means any event or circumstance or combination of events and circumstances which is reasonably beyond the control of the party affected thereby and which causes or results in default or delay in performance by such affected party of any of its obligations under this agreement and includes an act of God, war, hostilities, civil commotion, strikes, lockouts and other industrial disputes. Applicable Law These Terms are governed by and construed following the laws of India without giving effect to principles of conflict of law. If you have any dispute or claim against the Company, you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of courts in New Delhi. Limited Time To Bring Your Claim You and the Company agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Site or the Services must begin within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues; otherwise, such cause of action will be permanently barred. Survival Rights and obligations under the Terms, which should survive, will remain in full effect after termination or expiration of the subscription. Non-Waiver Any express waiver or failure to exercise promptly any right under this agreement will not create a continuing waiver or any expectation of non-enforcement. Entire Agreement These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter.