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Terms & Conditions

Welcome to Point of India ("Company," "we," "our," "us"). These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our website(s), mobile applications ("Apps"), and any related online properties owned or controlled by the Company (collectively referred to as the "Platforms"). By accessing or using our Platforms, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you must not use our Platforms.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By using our Platforms, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms, as well as our Privacy Policy. If you are using our Platforms on behalf of an organization, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

2. Use of Our Platforms

Our Platforms are intended for personal, non-commercial use. You agree to use our Platforms only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of others or restrict or inhibit their use and enjoyment of the Platforms. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:

Posting or transmitting any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, or offensive content.
Engaging in any activity that disrupts or interferes with the functioning of our Platforms.
Attempting to gain unauthorized access to our systems, networks, or user accounts.
Using any automated means, such as bots or scrapers, to access or collect data from our Platforms.

3. Registration and Termination

To use a Service you may need to register and create an account with a username and a password. You may need to provide us with certain personal and other information. The Company may verify your email address before your account can be used. You agree to provide truthful and complete information when you register for the Service and to keep that information updated. You must take due care to protect your username and password against misuse by others and promptly notify the Company about any misuse. You are personally responsible for any use of the Service. You may terminate your registration if you no longer wish to use the Service. After termination, you will no longer have access to the Service. The Company may terminate your registration or restrict your access to certain parts of the Service if the Company has reason to believe that you have breached these Terms.

4. Content

Before downloading or accessing any Content, please check whether the Content which you wish to access is restricted by age or marked as potentially ‘offensive’ or ‘explicit’. The Company shall not be responsible for any claims or offense caused or suffered by you accessing such Content. You agree: To use the Content only for your personal, non-commercial purposes; To use the Content in accordance with the restrictions set out in the applicable laws, additional terms, guidelines and policies or on the product pages that apply to that particular piece of the Content; Not to make copies, give, sell, resell, loan, rent, offer, broadcast, send, distribute, transfer, communicate to the public, reproduce, modify, display, perform, commercially exploit or make the Content available unless otherwise authorized in the applicable Terms and to advise the Company promptly of any such unauthorized use; Not to remove, circumvent, reverse engineer, decrypt, or otherwise alter or interfere with any applicable usage rules or attempt to circumvent digital rights management or copy protection features associated with the Content or any other technologies used to control the access to or use of the Content or its identifying information; Not to use any automated systems or means, except for those provided by us, for the selection or downloading of the Content; Not to give out your password or otherwise allow other people to access the Content. The restrictions on copying that apply to applicable media also apply to the Content accessed as part of this Service. The Content is owned and/or controlled by the Company and/or its respective licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. The third party Content provider is solely responsible for any Content it provides, any warranties to the extent that such warranties have not been disclaimed and for any claims you may have relating to that Content or your use of that Content. However, the Company reserves the right to enforce the third party Content license terms against you as a third party beneficiary of those terms. The third party Content providers are third-party beneficiaries under these Terms and may enforce the provisions that directly concern the Content in which they have rights. The Company may be acting as an agent for a third party Content provider in providing the Content to you. The Company is not a party to the transaction between you and the third party Content provider for such Content.

5. Social Activities and Location Sharing

You may use features in the Service to share your location, status, content, Materials or personal information or to interact with other users, sites and services. By using these features you agree that the Company may use and provide that information to other services and persons with whom you choose to interact or share this information. Users of these services and persons, such as your contacts, may see your location, status and/or personal information. In using these features you agree not to share information, Content or Material, or to link to any service or site containing information, Content or Material, that: (a) contains content or other material that is illegal or inappropriate; (b) exploits intellectual property rights without authorization or encourages users to piracy; or (c) contains sensitive personal data of others. Any interaction does not involve the Company and is solely between you and the other user(s).

6. Availability and Technical Requirements

The availability of Content and the Service may vary and is subject to the Company’s sole discretion. The Company expressly disclaims any representation or warranty that any particular Content or Service will be available. The Service, operations and some features may also be dependent on the network, compatibility of the devices used and the content formats supported. To access the Service, you may need to download a specific piece of software developed by the Company or by another party. The Company may, in its sole discretion, change, correct or discontinue the Service in whole or in part. The Company may disable any Content or Software contained in your Service account for any reason and remove any Content or Software and/or disable copies of any application on your device in order to protect the Service, application providers, wireless carriers over whose network you access the service or any other affected or potentially affected parties.

7. Intellectual Property

All content on our Platforms, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, videos, and software, is the property of Point of India or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, or create derivative works of any content without our prior written consent.

8. User-Generated Content

If you submit or post any content on our Platforms, such as comments, reviews, or feedback ("User-Generated Content"), you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute such content. You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to the User-Generated Content and that it does not violate any third-party rights or applicable laws.

9. Third-Party Links

We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties. Learn more about when and with whom we share your personal information.

10. Advertisements

Service may include advertisements. Advertisements may be targeted to the content or information stored on the Service, queries made through the Service, or other information.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

Our Platforms are provided on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, reliability, or availability of our Platforms. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Point of India and its affiliates, officers, employees, and agents shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, or use, arising out of or related to your use of our Platforms.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Point of India, its affiliates, officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or related to your use of our Platforms, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of any third-party rights.

14. Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting on our Platforms. Your continued use of our Platforms after the changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

15. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. Any disputes arising out of or related to these Terms or your use of our Platforms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in [Insert City/State], India.

16. Miscellaneous

Choice of Law: These Terms are governed by the laws of India. The Courts at New Delhi shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of your use of the Service. Changes in Terms: The Company may modify these Terms at any time without prior notice. If the Terms are changed in a material, adverse way, the Company will provide a separate notice advising of the change. In any case, you are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms. Your continued use of the Service constitutes your consent to any changes and modification.

17. Licenses

The Company grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license, revocable, at the Company’s sole discretion, right to access and use the Service strictly in accordance with the Terms. Use of the Service does not grant you any intellectual property rights in or to any information or content in the Service. As part of the Service, the Company may provide you with content developed by the Company or its licensors (“Content”). The Company grants you a non-exclusive license to use the Content for the purpose it is intended, unless otherwise defined in the Terms or an applicable purchase order. The Company, however, retains the right to withdraw the aforementioned license at its sole discretion. You are bound by any restrictions applicable to specific Content you obtain through the Service. Any license acquired to third-party Content is a binding agreement between you and the third-party Content provider. You only have such rights to the Content as are expressly granted herein. Any liability arising out of your use of the Content shall be solely to your account and the Company shall not take any responsibility for the same. As part of the Service, the Company may provide you with certain software developed by the Company or, its licensors (“Software”). Your use of Software may be subject to separate terms and conditions that you must accept before using the Software. If there are no separate terms and conditions applicable to such Software, the following terms shall apply:

(i) The Company grants to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to install and use the Software on your computer and/or mobile device in order to use the Service.
(ii) You may not distribute, transfer the right to use, modify, translate, reproduce, resell, sublicense, rent, lease, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of or make derivative works of the Software.
(iii) For open source licensed software, applicable open source license terms apply.

You may be able to submit information or content (“Material”) to the Service. The Company does not claim ownership in your Material. Your submission of Material does not transfer ownership of rights of the Material to the Company. The Company is only transmitting the Material and is not responsible for editorial control over it. Any liability arising out of the use of your Material shall not be borne by the Company and you shall keep the Company indemnified and harmless in this regard. By submitting Material to the Service you grant the Company a world-wide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, assignable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable license to use, copy, publicly perform, display, distribute in any media and modify the Material to incorporate the Material into other works, and to grant similar sub-licenses to the extent necessary for the Company to provide the Service. You are solely responsible for taking backup copies of the data you store on the Service, including Content you upload. If the Service is discontinued or canceled, the Company may permanently delete your data. The Company has no obligation to return data to you after the Service is discontinued or canceled.

18. Availability and Technical Requirements

19. Feedback to the Company

By submitting any ideas, feedback and/or proposals (“Feedback”) to the Company through the Service or other means, you acknowledge and agree that: (1) the Company may have similar development ideas to the Feedback; (2) your Feedback does not contain confidential or proprietary information of you or any third party; (3) the Company is not under any obligation of confidentiality with respect to the Feedback; (4) the Company may freely use, distribute, exploit and further develop and modify Feedback for any purpose; and (5) you are not entitled to any compensation of any kind from the Company.

20. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Point of India regarding your use of our Platforms and supersede any prior agreements or understandings.

21. Grievance Redressal

In compliance with Rule 11(2)(a) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, Point Of India Network Limited, Noida which owns and operates digital news platforms, has appointed the following person as the Grievance Officer, who will be responsible for redressal of grievances received by him in terms of the said Rules. The name of the Grievance Officer and the contact details are as follows:
Shubham Singh
Group General Counsel, Point Of India Network Limited
Noida, 201301, Uttar Pradesh, India
E-mail: info@pointofindia.com