Please read these Terms of Service as they shall govern your use of The Hindu Editorial website. By using or visiting The Hindu Editorial website or products, software, data feeds, and services provided to you on, from, or through The Hindu Editorial website (collectively the “Service”) you signify your agreement to (1) these “Terms of Service”, (2) The Hindu Editorial Privacy Policy, found at https://thehindueditorial.com/privacy and incorporated herein by reference and any other terms that are updated from time to time. If you do not agree to any of these terms, the Privacy Policy, please do not use the Service.

These Terms of Service are published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 which require publishing the rules and regulations, privacy policy, and terms and conditions for access or usage of the Website.

Although we may attempt to notify you when major changes are made to these Terms of Service, you should periodically review the most up-to-date version www.thehindueditorial.com. The Hindu Editorial may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms of Service and policies at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. Your continued use of the Services post any modification of the Terms of Service shall be taken as your consent and acceptance to such modifications. Nothing in these Terms of Service shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits.

Service
These Terms of Service apply to all Users of the Service, including users, and partners who are also contributors of User Content on the Service. The Service includes all aspects of The Hindu Editorial website which includes but is not limited to products, software, and services offered via the Vishal Parihar website, such as the Content including questions, informative articles, and any other service that The Hindu Editorial introduces from time to time.
The Service may include or contain links to any third-party websites that may or may not be owned or controlled by The Hindu Editorial. The Hindu Editorial has no control over and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. In addition, The Hindu Editorial will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third-party site. By using the Service, you expressly relieve The Hindu Editorial from any and all liabilities arising from your use of any third-party website or services. However, we recommend that before you use any third-party service or website you read and understand the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each such website that you visit.
Subject to these Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy, Vishal Parihar hereby grants the user a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive, limited privilege to use this Website.
You agree and acknowledge that The Hindu Editorial shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Website, including, but not limited to, the User Content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use. Further, Vishal Parihar may discontinue disseminating any portion of information or category of information may change or eliminate any transmission method, and may change transmission speeds or other signal characteristics. The Hindu Editorial reserves the right to refuse access to the Website and remove or edit contents without any notice to You.

The Hindu Editorial takes no responsibility for any User Content, uploaded by Users on the Website, and further, the User shall be solely responsible for his or her own actions in utilizing such User Content, and availing the Services provided herein.

Access, Permissions and Restrictions

The Hindu Editorial hereby grants you permission to access and use the Service as set forth in these Terms of Service, provided that:

You agree not to distribute in any medium any part of the Service or the Content without The Hindu Editorial’s prior written authorization.
You agree not to alter or modify any part of the Service.
You agree not to access the Content of any other user through any technology or means.
You agree not to use the Service for any of the following commercial uses unless you obtain Vishal Parihar’s prior written approval.
You agree not to use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers,” that accesses the Service in a manner that sends more request messages to the The Hindu Editorial servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional on-line web browser. Vishal Parihar reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases at any time with or without providing any notice in this regard. You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Service, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Service (e.g., comments, email) for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any Users of the Service with respect to User Content.
You may post reviews, comments, and other content; send other communications; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information as long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringement of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any other form of spam. Further, you give The Hindu Editorial Consultancy, a royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive license to use the User Content and communication in developing its Service and in any of its marketing or promotional activities.
In your use of the Service, you will at all times comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
The Hindu Editorial reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of the Service at any time with or without notice at its sole discretion.
Content Use

In addition to the general restrictions mentioned above, the following limitations and conditions shall apply to your use of the Content.

The Hindu Editorial Content utilized in the Service which shall include but not be limited to trademarks, service marks and logos (“Marks”), process, images, software, and graphics on the Service, are owned by or licensed to The Hindu Editorial and subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under the law.
User Content is provided to you on an AS-IS basis. You may access Content for your information and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of the Service and as permitted under these Terms of Service. You shall not download any User Content unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by The Hindu Editorial on the Service for that User Content. You shall not copy, reproduce, make available online or electronically transmit, publish, adapt, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any User Content for any other purposes other than as provided herein without the prior written consent of The Hindu Editorial or the respective licensors of the User Content. The Hindu Editorial and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to the Service and the Content.
You agree not to circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Service or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the Service or the Content therein.
You understand that when using the Service, you will be exposed to User Content from a variety of sources and that The Hindu Editorial is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Content. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Content that is inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against The Hindu Editorial with respect thereto, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Hindu Editorial, its owners, operators, affiliates, licensors, and licensees to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of the Service.
Content and Conduct
As a The Hindu Editorial user, you may submit User Content on the Service, including personal data and user comments. You understand that Vishal Parihar does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Content you submit.
You shall be solely responsible for your own User Content and the consequences of submitting and publishing such User Content on the Service. You affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to publish the User Content that you submit; and you license to Vishal Parihar all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to such User Content for publication on the Service pursuant to these Terms of Service for the duration the said User Content is available on The Hindu Editorial Service platform.
Furthermore, you confirm that the Content uploaded by you is not:
False, inaccurate or misleading;
Infringe any third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
Violate any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation;
defamatory, unlawfully threatening, or unlawfully harassing;
obscene or contain pornography.
Contain any viruses, trojan horses, worms, cancelbots, or other computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or personal information.
You understand and confirm that you shall not during your use of the Services at any time post or publish any content, comments or act in any way which will amount to harassment of any other User, whether a learner or an educator. If at any given point it comes to the notice of The Hindu Editorial that you are engaged in any kind of harassment of other Users, then in such a case you agree that Vishal Parihar shall have the sole right to suspend/terminate your account with immediate effect and without any notice of such suspension or termination and we also reserve the right in our sole discretion to initiate any legal proceedings against you in such cases.
The Hindu Editorial Intellectual Property Rights

The Service, the processes, and their selection and arrangement, including but not limited to all text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, sounds and music (if any), artwork, and computer code on the Website and/or App is owned and controlled by The Hindu Editorial and the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, look and feel and arrangement of such content mentioned hereinabove is protected by copyright, patent and trademark laws, and various other national and international IPR laws and regulations. For clarity, the content in the above sentence shall not include User Content.

Electronic Communication

When you visit The Hindu Editorial or send an email to us, you are communicating with us electronically. By communicating with us, you consent to receive communication from us electronically. We will communicate with you by email or posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, disclaimers, offers and other communications that are provided to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communication should be in writing.

Copyright Infringement
The Hindu Editorial operates a clear copyright policy in relation to any Content alleged to infringe the copyright of a third party.
As part of The Hindu Editorial’s copyright policy, The Hindu Editorial will terminate user access to the Website if a user has been determined to be a repeat infringer. A repeat infringer is a user who has been notified of infringing activity more than twice.
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please refer to the instructions given in the copyright policy on how to make a claim of copyright infringement.

Please submit your notice to our Copyright Agent as follows:

Email us at hello@thehindueditorial.com

Confidentiality

You will not without obtaining prior written consent of The Hindu Editorial, disclose to a third party any Confidential Information (as defined below) that is disclosed to you during the term of your use of the Service.

For the purpose of this clause, Confidential Information shall include but shall not be limited to pricing, payment terms, employee details, user list, business model, processes, ideas, concepts, etc. relating to The Hindu Editorial which are not available in the public domain. You acknowledge and agree that the Confidential Information so provided to you shall at all times be the property of The Hindu Editorial and any breach of the same shall cause irreparable damage to us.

Disclaimer

YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE HINDU EDITORIAL, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES AND YOUR USE THEREOF. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE HINDU EDITORIAL EXCLUDES ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, TERMS, OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY SITES SO LINKED AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF USER CONTENT OR ANY CONTENT ON THE HINDU EDITORIAL, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SERVICES, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN. THE HINDU EDITORIAL DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SERVICES OR ANY HYPERLINKED SERVICES OR FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND THE HINDU EDITORIAL WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.

General

If any part of these Terms of Service is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. Any notice required to be given in connection with the Services shall be in writing to the registered office of The Hindu Editorial. We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted, or secure access to our Service, and the operation of the Service may be interfered with by numerous factors outside our control. Headings are for reference purposes only an in no way define, limit, construe, or describe the scope or extent of such section. Our failure to act with respect to any breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.