PRIVACY POLICY- MANGALDEEP PUJAS, BHAJANS, MANTRAS AND MORE APPLICATION
ITC Limited respects an individual’s right to privacy. This policy lays down our practices with respect to confidentiality and disclosure of personal information. Please familiarize yourself with our privacy practices, as given below. Should you choose to share your personal information with ITC Limited, it will be assumed that you have no objection to the terms of this privacy policy.
This Privacy Policy covers the information ITC Limited (“Platform” and/or “We”) collects from the user(s) (“User(s)” and/or “You”) of Mangaldeep Pujas, Bhajans, Mantras and More Application (“Application”) and any associated mobile sites, and/or the Services provided by the Platform on the Application (as defined in the Terms of Use of the Application – “Terms of Use”), which Services can be used or accessed on the Application (as defined in the Terms of Use).
The Application inter alia provides its users detailed information on ‘How to Perform’ everyday pujas and festival pujas. Users can find all popular pujas with just a few clicks, anytime, anywhere. It allows the User to learn to recite various mantras and shlokas, understand the meaning and significance of all the popular ones, choose the favourite mantra and start counting the chants with an innovative simulation of a japa mala. Pause and restart chants at your convenience. Additionally, the Application provides the collection of popular devotional songs and bhajans. You can also choose to download your favourite bhajans and enjoy them offline. The Temples of India section of the Application helps You get to know about the stories behind these famous shrines. Additionally, the architecture section provides information about the unique architecture style of the temples and temple locator provides information and directions to temples near you. You may search for temples by name or by deity. The panchang calendar gives the daily and monthly views of basic information in the Hindu calendar. The Naivedyam videos provides recipes for creating food offered to Gods during festivals. You can also choose to get notified about rahu kala and yama kanda kala. Finally, the editorial section contains interesting stories about upcoming festivals, trivia on temples and related events. You can even save them for offline reading. With the Mangaldeep Videos Section, you will be able to view an extensive video library of Live Pujas, Bhajans & Mantras, Naivedyam, Temples & Stories in English, Hindi and other regional languages. Users can also search for content through the search bar provided in homepage
ITC Limited has also adopted reasonable security practices and procedures comprising of managerial, technical, operational and physical security control measures with a view to ensure confidentiality and prevent unauthorized disclosure of personal information. ITC Limited uses the personal information only for the purpose for which the same has been furnished.
This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction and together with the Terms of Use available on the Application. Personal Information of a User(s) is collected if the User(s) registers with the application, accesses the application or takes any action on the application or uses or accesses the Services as defined in the Terms of Use. The terms ‘Personal Information’, and ‘Information’ shall have the meaning ascribed to it under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (India) and the Rules and Regulations framed thereunder. Your use of our services offered on the Application is constructed to mean that You consent to our collection, storage, processing and transfer of your Personal Information or Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and you consent to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. ITC Limited shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for any violation or misuse of your personal information by unauthorised persons consequent to misuse of the internet environment.
Here are our privacy principles:
1. Collection Of Information
And Use
The Personal Information or Information which You may provide to the Platform and/or which We may collect as part of the information provided is or could be the following:
Your usage behaviour of the Application or interests, other traceable activities online, on apps and on mobile such as destinations visited, viewed advertisements or content consumed. details of the mobile operating system or mobile operating network which you use to visit the application and undertake any activity on the application, such as a unique device identifier session identifiers from device id, commercially available services, data aggregator platforms. user preferences (e.g., preferred language settings); operating system, and other types of mobile and connection related information relevant to identifying your type of device, connecting to the application, enabling data exchange with you and your device, and ensuring a convenient use of the application.
Our primary purposes in collecting Personal Information or Information from You is to allow You to use the Application and various features and Services on or in relation to the Application or any Sites, contact you for any Services provided by the Platform or its affiliates or its various service providers or Platform business partners to record Your information and details as permitted and required under applicable laws, statutory direction or judicial orders; to serve various promotional materials and advertising materials to You; and such other uses as provided in the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy. We may also use the Personal Information or Information provided by You or collected by the Platform for content recommendations, transactional emails or to provide You with information, direct marketing, online and offline advertising and other materials regarding products, services and other offers from time to time in connection with the Platform or its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies (“Platform Entities”) and its joint ventures.
We may also collect information or Personal Information to track User behavior and preferences for internal analytics of all Users of the Application. We may also use your information: (i) to evaluate your eligibility for certain types of offers, products or services; (ii) to perform analytics and conduct customer research, including general market research or surveying our customers' needs and opinions on specific issues, generating sales and traffic patterns, and to analyze advertising effectiveness, both on an anonymous basis (e.g., by aggregating data) or on an individual basis (if legally permissible);
This Personal Information or Information is collected through the use of server log files and tracking technologies to analyze certain types of technical information. We may also collect and process information about your location using GPS technology in the mobile. You can stop all collection of information by the Application easily by uninstalling the Application. You may use the standard uninstall processes as may be available as part of your mobile device or via the mobile application marketplace or network.
We may combine Your Personal Information or Information, other information and information collected from tracking technologies and aggregate it with information collected from other Users using our Application to attempt to provide You with the Services and a better experience on the Application.
You understand, agree and acknowledge that our collection, storage and processing of your Personal Information or Information is for a lawful purpose connected with a function or activity of the Platform Entities and its joint ventures. You hereby consent to the collection, storage, use, disclosure, transfer, of the Personal Information or Information by Platform for the purposes set out herein. You further understand, agree and acknowledge that Your Personal Information is considered necessary for the Platform to provide various services on its Application to You and for Your usage of the Application and other services provided by Platform in relation to the Application and you affirmatively consent to its collection, storage, transfer and processing.
2. Information Sharing And
Disclosure
Platform is the recipient of Your Personal Information or Information and shall exercise reasonable commercial endeavours for the prevention of unauthorized disclosure of the Personal Information including any Information provided by the Users. We may enable access of Your Personal Information or Information to the Platform Entities, joint ventures, business partners, agents or third parties for the purposes of the services provided by them, including third party analytics partners or for any other marketing related activity undertaken by or on behalf of the Platform Entities and/or its joint ventures, and/or for the purposes of enhancing the quality of the services provided to You on the Application, and You expressly consent to the same.
We shall endeavour that the third parties and agents engaged by us to whom we may provide access to Your Personal Information or Information for the purposes set out herein are under a contractual obligation to protect Your Personal Information or Information in accordance with the same standard as the Platform has agreed to be subject to in this Privacy Policy.
3. Compliance With Laws
And Law Enforcement
Platform cooperates with mandated government and law enforcement agencies or to any third parties by an order under law for the time being in force to enforce and comply with the law. We will also disclose any information including Information about You to government and law enforcement agencies without your permission as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to valid claims and legal process, to protect the property and rights of Platform or a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical or legally actionable activity. Platform may also provide Your Personal Information including Information to various governmental authorities including tax authorities upon any demand or request from them.
4. Data Security
We understand the importance of data security and we want your user experience with us to be as safe as possible. We have implemented reasonable safeguards and precautions to protect Your Personal Information or Information, including technical and organizational measures against unauthorized access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction, and accidental loss, both in an online and offline context.
We have adopted reasonable security practices and procedure and We maintain technical and organizational security measures and procedures to protect the security of Your Personal Information or Information, which are consistent with measures used by other similar Applications.
Please understand that, while we strive to protect Your Personal Information or Information against potential risks and exposures, there is no absolute security in the online sphere. Hence, we ask you to support our IT security efforts by not disclosing any of Your Personal Information or Information data on our Application that is particularly sensitive or not required in the specific context. Furthermore, you can help us protecting your personal data by signing off when you finish using login-protected areas of the Application.
5. Links To Other Sites /
Financial Data
We provide links to other websites and portals for your convenience and information (“Other Websites”). Please note that while you transact with other websites, the Platform does not directly collect any details from You. Such Other Websites are not controlled by us. When you visit such Other Website you do so at your own risk. These Other Websites may have their own privacy policies in place, which we recommend You review if You visit any such Other Websites. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for such Other Websites, the content of such Other Websites and their privacy practices, nor do we endorse them. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the privacy statements provided by such Other Websites prior to providing them with information about you or entering into any transactions on them.
While transacting with these Other Websites, You may provide Your financial information including without limitation Your bank account details, credit card account details or your details pertaining to any payment settlement or pre-paid instrument service provider. You understand, agree and acknowledge that the Application and Platform never receives any such information from these Other Websites. Your Personal Information and financial information will be dealt with by these Other Websites in accordance with their respective privacy policies and other terms and conditions and the Platform shall not be liable, accountable or responsible for Your Personal Information, Information and financial information which You provide to these Other Websites.
6. Security
We are concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. Platform uses commercially reasonable security practices and procedures designed to help keep your Personal Information or Information safe. For example, we limit access to this information to authorized employees and contractors who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our Application.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information over the Internet is not completely secure. Although We strive to protect your personal data, We cannot guarantee the security of your data while it is being transmitted to our Application; any transmission is at your own risk. Once We have received your information, We have commercially reasonable procedures and security practices in place to reasonably endeavour to prevent unauthorized access.
7. Changes In Privacy
Policy
ITC Limited reserves its right to revise this privacy policy from time to time at its sole discretion. Such policy will be available on the Application.
Your continued use of our Application and the Services constitutes Your acceptance of the then-current Privacy Policy and Terms of Use so We encourage You to visit this page periodically to review any changes.
8. Contact Us
If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Application, You can contact us at or via the links at the bottom of the page. Email id: mangaldeep@itc.in
9. Grievance Officer
In accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Rules framed thereunder, the name and contact details of the Grievance Officer (Data Protection Officer “DPO”) are provided below:-
Quality Manager
Matches and Agarbattis Strategic Business Unit office at No. 69 (Old No. 41), Chamiers Road, Chennai – 600 018
Email id: mangaldeep@itc.in
Phone no.: 1800 425 444 444
10 AM to 5 PM IST (on all working days)
TERMS OF USE- MANGALDEEP PUJAS, BHAJANS, MANTRAS AND MORE
Disclaimer- This Mobile Application is for general information and
use. The content contained herein is based on recommendations made by our
experts. However for any accurate advise and/or for
advise on any mantra, shloka, ashtothras,
pujas, panchang calendar, festival please consult
your religious advisor.
This page states the Terms and
Conditions under which you (Visitor) may use this Mangaldeep
Pujas, Bhajans, Mantras and More App (hereby referred to as
'Application'). Please read this page carefully. If you do not accept the Terms
and Conditions stated here, we would request you to exit this application. ITC
Limited, any of its business divisions and / or its subsidiaries, associate
companies or subsidiaries to subsidiaries or such other investment companies
(in India or abroad) reserve their respective rights to revise these Terms and
Conditions at any time by updating this posting.
This document is an electronic record in terms of
the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under as applicable and
various other statutes. This electronic record is generated by a computer
system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.
This is a legal and binding agreement between you,
the user (“User” or “You”) of the Services, as defined below, and ITC stating
the terms that govern Your use of the App or the
Platform, as defined below. By accepting these terms of use in any manner or
accessing this application, you consent, agree and undertake to abide, be bound
by and adhere to the terms of use and the Privacy Policy accessible at the App,
respectively and any other terms which govern the App (together referred to as
“Terms of Use” or “Terms” or “Terms and Conditions”) and if you do not agree to
these terms of use, you are not entitled to avail of / use the services and any
use thereafter shall be unauthorized.
Description of Service and Acceptance of Terms of
Use
ITC is a company within the meaning of Companies
Act, 2013, having its registered office at
37, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata –
700 071 and also having its Matches and
Agarbattis Strategic Business Unit office at No. 69, Chamiers Road, Chennai – 600 018,
(hereinafter referred to as ‘ITC’). ITC inter alia provides an online
Application
‘Mangaldeep
Pujas, Bhajans, Mantras and More’
as an interactive platform
for its users and any associated mobile Apps, applications (“App”) to
inter
alia
listen to devotional songs, chant mantras, know about stories of temple,
architectural significance of temples, locate temples, to learn recipes to cook naivedyam for festivals, count
chants, view panchang calendar,
get puja procedures, read editorials on the App and any other features, tools,
applications, materials, or other services offered from time to time by ITC in
connection with its business, provided on the App (“Content”) and
includes posting of comments, participation in contests (all such features of
the App collectively referred to as “Services”). Content will be made
available to You through different modes, at the
discretion of ITC, including via video on demand basis for using at the
User’s discretion at a time chosen by You and download for offline using by
You. For the Content that will be made available to You, You will be granted a
non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable
revocable limited permission to use the Content for your personal, non-commercial
using, and that no right, title or interest in any Content will be deemed
transferred to You. Please note that the availability of, and Your ability to access,
the Content or some part of Services, (a) is subject to ITC’s sole discretion and (b)
may be dependent upon Your geographical location and (c) is on the condition that not all
Content or Services will be available to all users. On account of the nature of the Internet,
this App and the Services may also be accessed in various geographical locations; and You hereby
agree and acknowledge that You are accessing this App and availing of the Services, at Your own
risk, choice and initiative and You agree and undertake to ensure that Your use of the App and
the Services complies with all applicable laws including the local laws in Your jurisdiction.
Further, such Services and Content may vary from place to place, time to time and device to
device and would be subject to various parameters such as specifications, device, Internet
availability and speed, bandwidth, etc. You agree and acknowledge that ITC may monitor or use
certain technologies for monitoring of activities including accessing the GPS technology in
the mobile to ascertain and verify Your geographical location.
The Service can be availed through platforms,
software and devices, which ITC approves from time to time, the current list
for which is as set out below (“Compatible System”). In some cases,
whether a device is (or remains) a Compatible System may depend on software or
platform provided or maintained by the device manufacturer or other third
parties. As a result, devices that are Compatible System at one time may cease
to be Compatible System in the future.
The application works best with:
Android v.4.3 and above iOS
5 and above
Please see details on the App and the particular
Content used. Subject to compatibility, You may be able to access the Services
including Content through mobile phones, tablets and other IP based connected
devices or any Compatible System offered by a partner authorized by ITC (“Partner”).
Use of the Services is subject to compliance with
these Terms of Use.
Your access to and use of the Services is subject
to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and all applicable laws, rules,
and regulations.
Participation in any contest and or game on the App
conducted by ITC or using of certain Content may be subject to further terms
and conditions as may be notified by ITC from time to time on the App or
otherwise.
Electronic Communications
When You use/avail the Services or send any data,
information or communication to ITC, You agree and understand that You are
communicating with ITC through electronic media/ records and You consent to
receive communications via electronic records from ITC periodically and as and
when required. ITC will communicate with You by email
or any push or other message or electronic records on the email address and or
mobile number available with ITC or made available to ITC through a Partner
which will be deemed adequate service of notice / electronic record.
You acknowledge that you consent to ITC or our respective affiliates contacting
you using the contact information you have provided to us at any time during your
association with us for any purpose including the following purposes:
To obtain feedback regarding the Service; To contact you for offering new products or services,
whether offered by us, or our respective affiliates or partners.
You acknowledge and agree that you may be contacted for the above purposes, through the email-id provided by you. .
In the event You have indicated any ‘do not
disturb’ preferences to Your telecom service provider, and registered Yourself
on the national customer preference register / ‘do not disturb’ or similar
list, We request You to ensure that Your registered preferences allow for
communications to be sent to You in accordance with the above provisions.
The Content contained in the Services including but
not limited to on the App is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade
secret and other laws, and shall not be used except as provided. While ITC shall
strive to maintain the accuracy of the data provided on the App, it is advised that
You use your discretion in using the information provided, including in relation to
the Panchang calendar.
Access and Use of the Services
ITC grants You a non-exclusive, limited, revocable, permission to use the
Services on the App for personal, non-commercial purposes during the subsistence
of Your Account with ITC or Partner for the territory of the world or limited
territories as applicable in respect of specified Content and as set forth in
these Terms and Conditions.
By agreeing to use/avail the Services:
You represent and confirm that you are of the age of 18 or above, or of the age of majority in your province, territory or country, to sign up as a registered user of the App.
You confirm and warrant that all the data and
information supplied by You when You register (if applicable) and provided by
You to ITC and or any ITC’s affiliates, distributors (“Registration Data”) is
true, current, complete and accurate in all respects.You
agree to promptly update Your Registration Data, so that Your information
remains true, current, complete, and accurate at all times. You acknowledge and
agree that Your Registration Data and any other personal data collected by ITC
is subject to ITC’s Mangaldeep App Privacy Policy.
For more information, see the
full Privacy Policy. ITC may collect information such as occupation, language, pincode, area code, unique device identifier, location, and
the time zone where the Services are used and may use these to target
advertising and make content recommendations.
You acknowledge, consent and agree that ITC may access, preserve, transfer
and disclose Your account information and/or User Material (see below) subject
to the Privacy Policy, if required to do so by law to co-operate with mandated
government and law enforcement agencies or to any private parties by an order
under law for the time being in force to enforce and comply with the law including
to various tax authorities upon any demand or request by them or in a good faith
belief that such access, preservation, or disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
(a) comply with legal process and/or any applicable law in the territory; (b)
enforce the Terms and Conditions; (c) respond to Your requests for customer
service; or (d) protect the rights, property or personal safety of ITC, affiliates,
its users and the public. You agree that ITC has the right to temporarily suspend
access to the whole or any part of the Services for any technical/operational reason
and shall be under no liability to You in such an event. ITC may, but shall not be
obliged to, give You as much notice of any interruption of access to the Services
as is reasonably practicable. ITC will restore access to the Services as soon as
reasonably practicable after temporary suspension. You agree that ITC shall be under
no liability whatsoever to You in the event of non-availability of the App or any
portion thereof occasioned by Act of God, war, disease, revolution, riot, civil
commotion, strike, lockout, flood, fire, satellite failure, failure of any public
utility, man-made disaster, satellite failure or any other cause whatsoever beyond
the control of ITC.
You acknowledge and agree not to either directly or through the use of any device,
software, App, web-based service, or other means remove, alter, bypass, avoid,
interfere with, violate, or circumvent any patent; trade secret; copyright, trademark,
or other proprietary notice marked on the Content or any digital rights management
mechanism or device; any content protection or access control measure associated with
the Content, including geo-filtering mechanisms; privacy; publicity; or other proprietary
right under applicable law. You agree not to either directly or through the use of any
device, software, internet App, web-based service, or other means copy, download, capture,
reproduce, duplicate, archive, distribute, upload, publish, modify, translate, broadcast,
perform, display, sell, transmit or retransmit the Content or create any work or material
that is derived from or based on the Content.
All logos, brands and marks appearing in this application, except as otherwise noted, are
properties either owned, or used under licence, by ITC Limited and / or its associate
entities who feature on this application. The use of these properties or any other content
on this application, except as provided in these terms and conditions or in the application
content, is strictly prohibited.
This prohibition applies regardless of whether such derivative works or materials are sold,
bartered, or given away. You agree that ITC and/or its affiliates or licensors owns and/or
retains all rights to the Services and the Content throughout the territory of the world in
perpetuity. You further agree that the Content You access and use as part of the Services is
owned or controlled by ITC, its affiliates and or its licensors. The Services and the Content
are protected by copyright, trademark, design, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual
property laws. Except as provided in these Terms (or otherwise expressly provided by ITC),
You may not copy, download, stream capture, reproduce, duplicate, archive, upload, modify,
translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, retransmit, distribute, perform, display, sell,
frame or deep-link, make available, or otherwise use any Content contained in the Services.
You further agree not to use the Services to:
- Post, upload or otherwise transmit or link to Content that is: unlawful; threatening;
abusive; obscene; vulgar; sexually explicit; pornographic or inclusive of nudity; hurts the
religious sentiments of others; offensive; excessively violent; invasive of another’s privacy,
publicity, contract or other rights; tortious; false or misleading; defamatory;
libelous; hateful; or discriminatory; or
- Harass or harm another person;
- Exploit or endanger a minor;
- Impersonate or attempt to impersonate any person
or entity;
- Violate any patent, trademark, trade secret,
copyright, privacy, publicity or other proprietary right;
- Introduce or engage in activity that involves the use of viruses, software
disabling codes, bots, worms, or any other computer code, files or programs
that interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software
or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorized
use of or access to a computer or a computer network;
- Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software,
applications and/or any element comprising the App, the application for accessing the
Content, or the ITC Services;
- Interfere with, damage, disable, disrupt, impair, create an undue burden on,
or gain unauthorized access to the ITC Services, including ITC’s servers,
networks or accounts;
- Cover, remove, disable, manipulate, block or obscure advertisements or
other portions of the ITC Services or the Content;
- Delete or revise any information provided by or pertaining to any other
user of the ITC Services.
Use technology or any automated system such as scripts, spiders, offline readers
or bots in order to collect or disseminate usernames, passwords, email addresses
or other data from the ITC Services, or to circumvent, delete, deactivate, decompile,
reverse engineer, disassemble or modify any security technology or software that
is part of the ITC Services or the App;
- Send or cause to send (directly or indirectly) unsolicited bulk messages or other
unsolicited bulk communications of any kind through the ITC Services. If You do so,
You acknowledge You will have caused substantial harm to ITC, but that the amount of
harm would be extremely difficult to measure in which case, ITC retains the right to
take appropriate legal recourse;
- Solicit, collect or request any personal information for commercial or
unlawful purposes;
- Engage in commercial activity (including but not limited to advertisements
or solicitations of business; sales; contests; sweepstakes; creating, recreating,
distributing or advertising an index of any significant portion of the Content; or
building a business using the Content) without ITC’s prior written consent;
- Use technology or other means to access, index, frame, or link to the App
(including the Content) that is not authorized by ITC;
- Access the App/application/Service (including the Content) through any automated
means, including “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers” (other than by individually
performed searches on publicly accessible search engines for the sole purpose of, and
solely to the extent necessary for, creating publicly available search indices – but
not caches or archives – of the App and excluding those search engines or indices that
host, promote, or link primarily to infringing or unauthorized content);
- Use the Services to advertise or promote
competing services;
- Use the Services in a manner inconsistent with
any and all applicable law;
- Attempt, facilitate, induce, aid and abet, or
encourage others to do any of the foregoing.
You are responsible for the security and proper use
of Your unique user ID and password that You enter while
registering on the App or application and must take all necessary steps to
ensure that they are kept confidential, used properly, and not disclosed to
unauthorized people. You agree that Your use of the
Services and the Content may give us the opportunity to use, publish, transmit,
submit posts and/or comment in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. You
agree that You will not misuse the Content and/or other user material You
access and use as part of the Service, including without limitation,
download/store the Content by illegal/non-permitted means, or infringe any of
ITC’s/ or its licensor’s copyright, trademark design, patent, and other
intellectual property including any rights of ITC or its licensors subsisting
in the Content. You further agree that You will not
copy/record/edit/modify any of the Content You access and use as part of the
Service, for any purpose, and/or copy/record/edit/modify any Content including
video, images etc., by using any means including software, spyware, etc., for
any purpose whatsoever. You further agree that You shall not post, publish,
transfer, upload, transmit or submit any of the Content, including without
limitation videos, images, comments, User Material (defined below) or articles,
of the App on any other Application, webpage or software, whatsoever which is
not owned by ITC. You agree that the Content provided on the App is strictly
for Your private using only and not for public
exhibition irrespective of whether the public is charged for such exhibition or
not. You hereby agree to refrain from further broadcasting or making available
the Content provided on the App to any other person(s), or in any manner
communicate such Content to the public.
In case the App allows You to download or stream any of the Content therein,
You agree that You will not use, sell, transfer or transmit the Content to any
person or upload the Content on any other Application, webpage or software,
which may violate/cause damages or injuries to any rights of ITC or its affiliates
or any third party including privacy rights, publicity rights, and intellectual
property rights.
Termination of Service
ITC reserves the right to immediately terminate, suspend, limit, or restrict
Your account or Your use of the Services or access to Content at any time,
without notice or liability, if ITC so determines in its sole discretion,
for any reason whatsoever, including that You have breached these Terms and
Conditions, the Privacy Policy, violated any law, rule, or regulation,
engaged in any inappropriate conduct, provided false or inaccurate information,
or for any other reason. You hereby agree and consent to the above and agree
and acknowledge that ITC can, at its sole discretion, exercise its right in
relation to any or all of the above, and that ITC, its directors, officers,
employees, affiliates, agents, contractors, principals or licensors shall
not be liable in any manner for the same; and You hereby agree, acknowledge
and consent to the same.
User Reviews, Comments and Other Material
You may have an opportunity to publish, transmit,
submit, or otherwise post (collectively, “Post”) only reviews or comments
(collectively, “ User Material”). As it concerns User
Material, without prejudice to Your obligation to
otherwise comply with applicable laws during the course of using the Services,
You agree to hereby comply with any and all applicable laws, as well as any
other rules and restrictions that may be set forth herein or on the App or
Services.
You agree that ITC shall have the right but have no obligation, to monitor
User Material and to restrict or remove User Material that ITC may determine,
in its sole discretion, is inappropriate or for any other reason. You
acknowledge that ITC reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate
legal action against anyone who, in ITC’s sole discretion, violates these
Terms, including, but not limited to, terminating their account, terminate,
suspend, limit, or use of the Services or access to Content and/or reporting
such User Material, conduct, or activity, to law enforcement authorities, in
addition to any other available remedies under law or equity. In addition to
the restrictions set forth above, You must adhere to the below terms and
conditions and not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update
or share any information /material/User Material that:
(a) belongs to another
person and to which You do not have any right to;
(b) is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous,
hurts the religious sentiments of others, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, 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 whatsoever;
(c) harms minors in any
way;
(d) infringes any patent,
trademark, design, copyright or other proprietary rights;
(e) violates any law for
the time being in force;
(f) deceives or misleads
the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any information
which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature;
(g) impersonates another
person;
(h) contains software viruses or any other computer
code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer resource;
(i) threatens
the unity, integrity, defense, security or
sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order
or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents
investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation. You also
represent and warrant that the Posting of Your User Material does not violate
any right of any party, including privacy rights, publicity rights, and
intellectual property rights.
You acknowledge that the User Material is not
confidential and that You have no expectation of
privacy in it.
By posting the User Material, You hereby grant ITC a license to use, display,
reproduce, distribute, modify, delete from, add to, prepare derivative works of,
publicly perform, and publish such User Material worldwide, including on or through
any property, in perpetuity, in any media formats and any media channels now known
or hereinafter created. The license You grant to ITC is non-exclusive, royalty-free,
irrevocable, and sub licensable. Additionally, ITC is free to use any ideas, concepts,
know-how, or techniques contained within such User Material for any purpose, including,
but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, marketing, and providing commercial
products and services, including the Services. ITC’s use of such User Material shall
not require any further notice of attribution to You and such use shall be without
requirement of any permission from or any payment to You or any other person or entity.
You hereby agree and confirm that the provisions of section 19(4) of the Indian Copyright
Act, 1957, shall not apply to this license.
In no event does ITC assume any responsibility or
liability whatsoever for any User Material, and You agree to waive any legal or
equitable rights or remedies You may have against ITC
with respect to such User Material.
If You have any complaints relating to any third
party User Material or Content uploaded on the App, then please contact: qmat@itc.in
Your email, which must bear Your digital signature
or a signed written complaint, which should include the following information:
Details Of The Objectionable User Material or
Content; Details Of The Basis Of The Objection; What Relief Is Being Requested;
All Other Relevant Information Required By ITC To Assess The Complaint.
ITC shall on examination of the complaint take all
reasonable measures, including taking down the objectionable User Material
expeditiously in accordance with applicable law. You agree and acknowledge that
ITC’s responsibility in relation to objectionable User Material is limited to
removing them post receipt of Your objections in
accordance with these Terms of Use and ITC shall not be responsible or liable
for any other damages or losses incurred by You of any nature whatsoever.
Linked Destinations and Advertising
Part of this App/Service contains advertising and other material submitted
to us by third parties and/or links to third party Apps and third party content.
Although display of advertisements on the App on request is subject to our terms
and conditions, we expressly disclaim any liability arising out of the usage of
these products or services advertised on our App or the (third party) content made
available / hosted on the third party Apps. You agree and acknowledge that ITC does
not endorse or sponsor such third party Apps, content, advertising or other material.
This App may contain articles contributed by several individuals. The views are
exclusively their own and do not represent the views of ITC, affiliates and/ or
its management. All liability in respect of the above is excluded to the extent
permitted by law including any implied terms. Indian law and jurisdiction applies
with respect to contents of this App. While using this Application for information
purposes or otherwise, users acknowledge and accept the above disclaimer.
If ITC provides links or pointers to other Applications or destinations, You should
not infer or assume that ITC operates, controls, or is otherwise connected with
these other Applications or destinations. When You click on a link within the Services,
ITC will not warn You that You have left the Services and are subject to the terms and
conditions (including privacy policies) of another Application or destination. In some
cases, it may be less obvious than others that You have left the Services and reached
another Application or destination. Please be careful to read the terms of use and
privacy policy of any other Application or destination before You provide any confidential
information or engage in any transactions. You should not rely on these Terms and
Conditions and/or Privacy Policy to govern Your use of another Application or destination.
ITC is not responsible for the content or practices
of any Application or destination other than the App, even if it links to the
App and even if the Application or destination is operated by a company
affiliated or otherwise connected with ITC. By using the Services, You
acknowledge and agree that ITC is not responsible or liable to You for any content or other materials hosted and served
from any Application or destination other than the App.ITC takes no responsibility for advertisements or
any third party material posted on the App nor does it take any responsibility
for the products or services provided by advertisers. Any dealings You have with advertisers found while using the Services are
between You and the advertiser, and You agree that ITC is not liable for any
loss or claim that You may have against an advertiser.
Support
If You have any questions,
complaints or claims with respect to the App and/or Services, then such
correspondence should be directed to the address as given below.
ITC Limited
Email id –
mangaldeep@itc.in
Disclaimer of Warranties
You agree that use of the Services and the access to the App is at Your own risk.
The Services including the App, the Content, the video player, User Material and
any other materials contained on or provided through the App are provided “AS IS”
and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, are provided without warranties of
any kind, either express or implied. Without limiting the foregoing, ITC does not
make any warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, title, merchantability,
completeness, availability, security, compatibility or non-infringement; or that
the Services will be uninterrupted, free of viruses and other harmful components,
accurate, error free or reliable.
Limitation of Liability
In no case shall ITC, its directors, officers, employees, affiliates,
agents, contractors, principals, or licensors be liable for any direct,
indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages arising
from your use of the services or any content or material thereof or for
any other claim related in any way to your access of the app or use of
the services or any content or material thereof, including, but not limited
to, any errors or omissions in any content or material, or any loss or
damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the services or any
content or material thereof, even if advised of their possibility. Where
the laws do not allow the exclusion or the limitation of liability for
consequential or incidental damages, in such jurisdictions, ITC’s
liability shall be limited to the extent permitted by law.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless
ITC, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents, from and
against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or
debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees) arising from:
(i) Your use of and access to the Services; (ii) Your
violation of any term of these Terms and Conditions; (iii) Your violation of
any third party right, including without limitation any publicity, privacy, or
intellectual property right; (iv) Your breach of any applicable laws; and (v)
any unauthorized, improper, illegal or wrongful use of Your Account by any
person, including a third party, whether or not authorized or permitted by You.
This indemnification obligation will survive the expiry or termination of these
Terms and Conditions and Your use of the Service.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The relationship between You
and ITC shall be governed by the laws of India without regard to its conflict
of law provisions and for resolution of any dispute arising out of Your use of
the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, You agree
that (i) ITC has the right to bring any proceedings
before any court/forum of competent jurisdiction and You irrevocably submit to
the jurisdiction of such courts or forum and (ii) any proceeding brought by You
shall be exclusively before the courts at Chennai, India.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held invalid, void, or
unenforceable, then that provision shall be considered severable from the
remaining provisions, and the remaining provisions given full force and effect.
Changes
ITC reserves the right, at any time and from time to time, without notice to
You, to update, revise, supplement, and otherwise modify these
Terms of Use and to impose new or additional rules, policies, terms, or
conditions on Your use of the Service. Any material updates, revisions,
supplements, modifications, and additional rules, policies, terms, and
conditions (collectively referred to in this Terms of Use as “Additional Terms”)
will be posted on the Application and will be effective immediately after
such posting and thereafter incorporated into these Terms and Conditions.
Your continued use of the Services will be deemed to constitute
Your acceptance of any and all such Additional Terms.
Survival
You acknowledge that Your
representations, undertakings, and warranties and the clauses relating to
indemnities, limitation of liability, grant of license, governing law,
confidentiality shall survive the efflux of time and the termination of these
Terms and Conditions.
Entire Agreement
These Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy
constitute the entire agreement between You and ITC
governing Your use of the Services, superseding any prior agreements between
You and ITC regarding such use.