These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement
made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and Plugend Tech Labs LLC
("
Company
," “we," “us,"
or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the plugend.com website as
well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related,
linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”).
We are registered in
India
and have our registered office at Montzo Life Apparels LLP Building, Manjeri
.
You agree that by accessing the Site, you have read, understood,
and agreed to be bound by all of these Terms of Use. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS OF
USE, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SITE AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Site is
our proprietary
property and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website
designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site
(collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos
contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to
us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws and various other
intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws of the United States, international
copyright laws, and international conventions. The Content and the Marks are provided on the
Site “AS IS” for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided in these
Terms
of Use, no part of the Site and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced,
aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded,
translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited
for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written
permission.
You may not access
or use the Site for any purpose other than that for which we make the Site available. The
Site may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are
specifically endorsed or approved by us.
As a user
of the Site, you agree not to:
- Systematically
retrieve data or other content from the Site to create or compile, directly or
indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written
permission from us.
- Trick,
defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to
learn sensitive account information such as user
passwords.
- Circumvent,
disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of
the Site, including features that prevent or restrict the use or
copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Site
and/or the Content contained
therein.
- Disparage,
tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the
Site.
- Use
any information obtained from the Site in order to harass, abuse, or
harm another person.
- Make
improper use of our support services or submit false reports of
abuse or misconduct.
- Use
the Site in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or
regulations.
- Engage
in unauthorized framing of or linking to the
Site.
- Upload
or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan
horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital
letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that
interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the
Site or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the
use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the
Site.
- Engage
in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send
comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar
data gathering and extraction
tools.
- Delete
the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any
Content.
- Attempt
to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another
user.
- Upload
or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that
acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission
mechanism, including without limitation, clear graphics interchange
formats (“gifs”), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar
devices (sometimes referred to as “spyware” or “passive collection
mechanisms” or “pcms”).
- Interfere
with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Site or the networks
or services connected to the
Site.
- Harass,
annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents
engaged in providing any portion of the Site to
you.
- Attempt
to bypass any measures of the Site designed to prevent or restrict
access to the Site, or any portion of the
Site.
- Copy
or adapt the Site’s software, including but not limited to Flash,
PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other
code.
- Except
as permitted by applicable law, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or
reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making
up a part of the Site.
- Except
as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser
usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system,
including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility,
scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Site, or using or
launching any unauthorized script or other
software.
- Use
a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the
Site.
- Make
any unauthorized use of the Site, including collecting usernames
and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the
purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by
automated means or under false
pretenses.
- Use
the Site as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use
the Site and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or
commercial enterprise.
6. USER
GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS
The Site may invite you to chat, contribute
to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other
functionality, and may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post,
display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and
materials to us or on the Site, including but not limited to text, writings,
video, audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal
information or other material (collectively, "Contributions"). Contributions may
be viewable by other users of the Site and through third-party websites. As
such, any Contributions you transmit may be treated as non-confidential and
non-proprietary. When you create or make available any Contributions, you
thereby represent and warrant that:
- The creation, distribution,
transmission, public display, or performance, and the accessing,
downloading, or copying of your Contributions do not and will not
infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the
copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any third
party.
- You are the creator and
owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases, and
permissions to use and to authorize us, the Site, and other users of the
Site to use your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Site
and these Terms of Use.
- You have the written
consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable
individual person in your Contributions to use the name or likeness of each
and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of
your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Site and these Terms of
Use.
- Your Contributions are not
false, inaccurate, or misleading.
- Your Contributions are not
unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, pyramid
schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailings, or other forms of
solicitation.
- Your Contributions are not
obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing, libelous, slanderous,
or otherwise objectionable (as determined by us).
- Your Contributions do not
ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone.
- Your Contributions are not
used to harass or threaten (in the legal sense of those terms) any other
person and to promote violence against a specific person or class of
people.
- Your Contributions do not
violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule.
- Your Contributions do not
violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party.
- Your Contributions do not
violate any applicable law concerning child pornography, or otherwise
intended to protect the health or well-being of minors.
- Your Contributions do not
include any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin,
gender, sexual preference, or physical handicap.
- Your Contributions do not
otherwise violate, or link to material that violates, any provision of these
Terms of Use, or any applicable law or regulation.
Any use
of the Site in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms of Use and may
result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use
the Site.
By
posting your Contributions to any part of the Site
, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have
the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable,
perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide
right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell,
publish, broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly perform,
publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in
part), and distribute such Contributions (including, without limitation,
your image and voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or
otherwise, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other
works, such Contributions, and grant and authorize sublicenses of the
foregoing. The use and distribution may occur in any media formats and
through any media channels.
This
license will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter
developed, and includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise name,
as applicable, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and
personal and commercial images you provide. You waive all moral rights in your
Contributions, and you warrant that moral rights have not otherwise been
asserted in your Contributions.
We do
not assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full ownership of
all of your Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other
proprietary rights associated with your Contributions. We are not liable for any
statements or representations in your Contributions provided by you in any area
on the Site. You are solely responsible for your Contributions to the Site and
you expressly agree to exonerate us from any and all responsibility and to
refrain from any legal action against us regarding your Contributions.
We have the
right, in our sole and absolute discretion, (1) to edit, redact, or otherwise change any
Contributions; (2) to re-categorize any Contributions to place them in more appropriate
locations on the Site; and (3) to pre-screen or delete any Contributions at any time and for
any reason, without notice. We have no obligation to monitor your Contributions.
8. GUIDELINES
FOR REVIEWS
We may provide
you areas on the Site to leave reviews or ratings. When posting a review, you must comply
with the following criteria: (1) you should have firsthand experience with the person/entity
being reviewed; (2) your reviews should not contain offensive profanity, or abusive, racist,
offensive, or hate language; (3) your reviews should not contain discriminatory references
based on religion, race, gender, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation,
or disability; (4) your reviews should not contain references to illegal activity; (5) you
should not be affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews; (6) you should not
make any conclusions as to the legality of conduct; (7) you may not post any false or
misleading statements; and (8) you may not organize a campaign encouraging others to post
reviews, whether positive or negative.
We may accept,
reject, or remove reviews in our sole discretion. We have absolutely no obligation to screen
reviews or to delete reviews, even if anyone considers reviews objectionable or inaccurate.
Reviews are not endorsed by us, and do not necessarily represent our opinions or the views
of any of our affiliates or partners. We do not assume liability for any review or for any
claims, liabilities, or losses resulting from any review. By posting a review, you hereby
grant to us a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, assignable, and
sublicensable right and license to reproduce, modify, translate, transmit by any means,
display, perform, and/or distribute all content relating to reviews.
9. MOBILE
APPLICATION LICENSE
13. PRIVACY
POLICY
We
care about data privacy and security. By using the
Site, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy posted on the Site,
which is incorporated into these Terms of Use. Please be advised the
Site is hosted in
India
. If you access the Site from any other region of the
world with laws or other requirements governing personal data
collection, use, or disclosure that differ from applicable laws in
India
, then through your continued use of the Site, you are
transferring your data to
India
, and you agree to have your data transferred to and
processed in
India
.
14. COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENTS
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe
that any material available on or through the Site infringes upon any copyright you own or
control, please immediately notify us using the contact information provided below (a
“Notification”). A copy of your Notification will be sent to the person who posted or stored the
material addressed in the Notification. Please be advised that pursuant to applicable law you
may be held liable for damages if you make material misrepresentations in a Notification. Thus,
if you are not sure that material located on or linked to by the Site infringes your copyright,
you should consider first contacting an attorney.
These
Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Site. WITHOUT LIMITING
ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE TERMS OF USE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION
AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE (INCLUDING BLOCKING
CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS
OF USE OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN
THE SITE OR DELETE
YOUR ACCOUNT AND
ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME,
WITHOUT WARNING, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.
If
we terminate
or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and
creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of
any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In
addition to terminating or suspending your account, we reserve the right to
take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil,
criminal, and injunctive redress.
16. MODIFICATIONS
AND INTERRUPTIONS
We
reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Site at any time or for
any reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update
any information on our Site. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part
of the Site without notice at any time. We will not be liable to you or any third party for
any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Site.
We
cannot guarantee
the Site will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software,
or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Site, resulting
in interruptions, delays, or errors. We
reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise
modify the Site at any time or for any reason without notice to you. You agree that we have
no liability
whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to
access or use the Site during any downtime or discontinuance of the Site. Nothing in these
Terms of Use will be
construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Site or to supply any
corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.
These Terms
shall be governed by and defined following the laws of
India
. Plugend Tech Labs LLP
and yourself irrevocably consent that the courts of
India
shall have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any dispute which may arise
in connection with these terms.
You agree to
irrevocably submit all disputes related to Terms or the relationship established by this
Agreement to the jurisdiction of the
India
courts. Plugend Tech Labs LLP shall also maintain the right to bring
proceedings as to the substance of the matter in the courts of the country where you reside or,
if these Terms are entered into in the course of your trade or profession, the state of your
principal place of business.
There
may be
information on the Site that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or
omissions, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other
information. We reserve the right to
correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the
information on the Site at any time, without prior notice.
THE
SITE IS PROVIDED
ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU
AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND OUR SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT
THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SITE’S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY
WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITE AND WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS, (2)
PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM
YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE, (3) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF
OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL
INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (4) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION
TO OR FROM THE SITE, (5) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH
MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY
ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF
ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR
OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SITE. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE,
OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A
THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SITE, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE
APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A
PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU
AND ANY 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.
21. LIMITATIONS
OF LIABILITY
IN
NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM
YOUR USE OF THE SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
You
agree to
defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries,
affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and
employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or
arising out of:
(1) your Contributions;
(2) use of the Site; (3) breach of these Terms of Use; (4) any breach of your representations and
warranties set forth in these Terms of Use; (5)
your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual
property rights; or (6) any overt harmful act
toward any other user of the Site with whom you connected via the Site. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and
control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to
cooperate, at your expense, with our defense of such claims. We will use reasonable efforts
to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this
indemnification upon becoming aware of it.
We
will maintain
certain data that you transmit to the Site for the purpose of managing the
performance of the Site, as well as data relating to your use of the Site. Although we
perform regular routine backups
of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that
relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Site. You agree
that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such
data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such
loss or corruption of such data.
24. ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGNATURES
Visiting
the Site, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic
communications. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all
agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically,
via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in
writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER
RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS
INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE SITE. You hereby waive any rights or requirements
under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which
require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to
payments or the granting of credits by any means other than electronic means.
These
Terms of Use and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Site or in respect to
the Site constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure
to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not operate as a
waiver of such right or provision. These Terms of Use operate to the fullest extent
permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any
time. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act
caused by any cause beyond our reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision
of these Terms of Use is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision
or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms of Use and does not affect the
validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture,
partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of
these Terms of Use or use of the Site. You agree that these Terms of Use will not be
construed against us by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses
you may have based on the electronic form of these Terms of Use and the lack of signing by
the parties hereto to execute these Terms of Use.
In
order to resolve a complaint regarding the Site or to receive further information
regarding use of the Site, please contact us at:
Plugend Tech Labs LLP
Montzo Apparels LLP Building
Pandikkad Road
Manjeri, Kerala
India
info@plugend.com