Table of Contents:
- About Ekagrata CA and the Platform
- Platform Services
- Right to Access and Account Creation
- Pricing and Payment
- Use of the Platform
- User-generated Content
- Your Conduct on the Platform
- Feedback
- Claims Against Use of Third-Party Intellectual Property
- Ekagrata CA's Rights
- Communications
- Processing of Personal Information
- Platform Availability
- Deletion of Account
- Disclaimer
- Limitation of Liability
- Indemnity and Release
- Applicable Laws and Jurisdiction
- General Provisions
- Contact for User Support/Queries
- Consumer Grievances
- Contact Us
Welcome to Ekagrata CA! We hope that you have a great experience using our
Platform.
These Terms of Service (“Terms of
Service”) set out the terms and conditions for use
of https://www.ekagrata.co.in// (the “Site”),
the mobile application (the “App”) and
any features, subdomains, content (except as specified hereunder),
functionality, products, services (including the Services), media,
applications, or solutions offered on or through the Site and/or the
Application and/or through any modes, medium, platform or format, including
through Secure Digital (‘SD') cards, tablets or other
storage/transmitting device (hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“Platform”/ “Ekagrata CA
Platform”).
These Terms of Service apply to all users who register on the Platform to
purchase the Tests (defined below) and access other Services
(defined below) available on the Platform (“Test
Taker”) or users who access the Platform otherwise
(collectively referred to as “you”,
“your”, or “User(s)”).
When we speak of “Ekagrata
CA”, “we”, “us”,
and “our”, we collectively refer
to Sorting Hat Technologies Private
Limited – a company incorporated in India.
These Terms of Service along with the Privacy Policy and any other terms and
conditions, rules, policies or guidelines included in these Terms of Service
or Privacy Policy by reference and/or as updated on the Platform or
otherwise communicated to you from time to time (including terms and
conditions of other third party platforms that may be used or accessed for
gaining access to the Platform or using the Services on the Platform)
(collectively referred to as the “Platform
Term(s)”), defines the relationship between you and Ekagrata
CA, and they shall govern your use of the Platform and the
Services (defined below) offered therein. Your access to
the Platform is subject to your acceptance of the Platform Terms and such
acceptance of the Platform Terms forms a legally binding agreement between
you and Ekagrata CA(“Agreement”). Hence, please
take your time to read the Platform Terms in their entirety.
From time-to-time, updated versions of the Platform Terms may be made
available as aforesaid for your reference. By visiting and accessing the
Platform, providing your Personal Information (as defined in the
Privacy Policy), using the Services offered or by
otherwise signalling your agreement when the option is presented to you, you
hereby expressly accept and agree to the Platform Terms. If you do not agree
to any of the terms or do not wish to be bound by them, then please do not
use the Platform in any manner.
All capitalized terms are defined/have the meaning assigned to it under these
Terms of Service. In other words, if you find any word herein that has its
first letter capitalized, then it means that we have explained the meaning
such word has in the context of these Terms of Service and/or other Platform
Terms; if not here, then it will be provided in the relevant Platform Terms
– when we refer to any such term in these Terms of Service, we will
try and specify where in these Terms of Service and/or other Platform Terms
you can find the meaning/definition.
- About Ekagrata CA and the Platform: The Platform is
owned, managed, operated and offered by Sorting Hat Technologies Private
Limited, a company incorporated under the (Indian) Companies Act, 2013,
having its corporate office at 221 A Dwarkapuri Indore MP 452009.
- Platform Services: Ekagrata CA, inter
alia, is an online Platform that offers individual mock test
papers (“Test(s)”) relating to subjects
that form a part of the Chartered Accountancy Foundation and
Intermediate exams along with evaluation services including but not
related to correcting the Answer Sheets (defined below)
submitted by a Test Taker (“Evaluation”)
and other allied services. Once a Test-taker purchases a Test, such Test
shall be added to their account and the Test Taker can schedule a time
to start the Test. Once the Test has commenced, the Test Taker shall be
able to view the Test only for the duration of the Test. The Test Taker
shall be required to provide the answers to the questions on the Test
outside the Platform on paper (“Answer
Sheet”). The Test Taker shall scan the Answer Sheet,
convert it to portable document format (PDF) or follow any instructions
provided on the Platform before uploading the Answer Sheet for
Evaluation on the Platform. The Test Taker shall receive the corrected
Answer Sheet pursuant to the Evaluation. As part of the Services
offered, the Test Taker may also send notes/queries related to the
evaluated Answer Sheet by following the instructions available on the
Platform which shall be answered as part of the Evaluation service
provided on the Platform.
For the purpose of the Platform Terms, usage of the
terms “Platform
Services”/ “Services” shall
mean and include all the services referred to in this section and such other
products or services as may be offered by the Ekagrata CA Platform.
You agree and acknowledge that Ekagrata CA shall have the right at any time to
change or discontinue any Service, product, aspect, or feature of the
Platform, including without limitation to, the Tests, Evaluation, its
availability and Supported/Compatible device required to access or use the
Services. Ekagrata CA reserves the right to restrict your access to the
Platform if you choose not to provide / partially provide the requested
information and/or fail to adhere to the Platform Terms.
- Right to Access and Account Creation: As a Test
Taker, to access the Platform and use certain Services, you will be
required to register and create an account on the Platform by providing
the requested details.
To register on the Ekagrata CA Platform you must meet the ‘Age
Requirements' specified hereinbelow. By using the Ekagrata CA Platform,
you, through your actions, affirm that the Age Requirements are met.
You can register on the Platform for free however, certain Services,
including Tests and Evaluation offered on the Platform may be chargeable.
Please review the Service offerings on our Site. You are not obligated to
purchase any product or use any Service offered on the Platform.
‘Age Requirements': To register on the Ekagrata CA
Platform you must have attained at least 18 (eighteen) years of age. If you
are less than 18 (eighteen) years, then by using the Platform, you confirm
to us that your use of the Platform is with the permission of your
Parent(s) (as defined below), and your Parent has read, agreed
and accepted to the Agreement; and in the event of any dispute between you
and Ekagrata CA pursuant to your Agreement with us, the terms of our Agreement
shall be applicable to and enforceable against your Parent.
By using the Ekagrata CA Platform, you, through your actions, affirm that the
Age Requirements are met.
A Test Taker who does not fulfill the Age Requirements mentioned above (as
may be revised as per applicable laws from time to time) and is desirous of
registering on the Platform i.e., if a Test Taker is
a “Minor”/ “Child”, then the
Test Taker may use the Platform with the consent of, and under the
supervision of, their parent or legal
guardian (“Parent”). Accordingly, in such
a case, the Parent must agree to the Platform at the time of their
registration on the Platform. Please note that minors/children are not by
themselves eligible to register on the Platform. Further, the Parent
understands and agrees that they shall be fully responsible for their
Child's use of the Platform including all financial charges and legal
liability that their Child may incur.
Ekagrata CA reserves the right to terminate your account or restrict your
access to any Test(s) or any subscriptions purchased by you and / or
restrict your access to the Platform, if it is discovered that you do not
meet the Age Requirements and/or the consent to register and use the
Platform is not obtained as above. You acknowledge that Ekagrata CA does not
have the responsibility to ensure that You conform to the aforesaid Age
Requirements. It shall be Your sole responsibility to ensure that the
required qualifications are met.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and
password to access the Platform. You acknowledge that your account is
personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to the
Platform and to restrict access to your device to prevent any unauthorized
access to your account. You agree to accept responsibility for all
activities that occur under your account. You should use particular caution
when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others
are not able to view or record your username, password, or other Personal
Information. You should take all necessary steps to ensure that the
password is kept confidential and secure at all times, and if you have any
reason to believe that your password has become known to anyone else, or if
the password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorized manner,
you agree to immediately change your password or inform us of any
unauthorized access to or use of your username or password, so that we are
able to help you stop or prevent such unauthorized access. Please ensure
that the details you provide us are correct and complete.
You represent that the information provided by you at the time of the
registration are correct, true, and accurate, and you agree to update the
same as and when there is any change in the said information. Please read
our Privacy Policy to understand how we handle your information.
Please note that we reserve the right to reject or put on-hold your
registration on the Platform as may be required to comply with any legal and
regulatory provisions, and also reserve the right to refuse access to the
Platform, terminate accounts, remove content at any time without providing
any notice to you, and/or reserve the right to disable any account, feature,
or identifiers, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time if, in
our opinion, any information provided by you violates or you have violated,
any provision of the Platform Terms or any applicable law or government
policies.
Further, to access the Platform, access/view the Tests or any Services
offered on the Platform, you will need to use a
“Supported/Compatible Device” which means a
personal computer, mobile phone, or other electronic device that meets the
system and compatibility requirements and on which you are authorized to
operate the Platform.
- Pricing: Ekagrata CA Platform does not charge any
fee for registration and account creation. However, access to
Please read the below terms applicable for the purchase
of Services on the Platform
- Your payments to Ekagarata CA shall be subject to applicable taxes
including without limitation Goods and Service Taxes (GST) and Value
Added Taxes (VAT) or other similar taxes as may be applicable in your
country of residence/from where you have created your account on the
Platform/ purchased the underlying Subscriptions.
- We reserve the right to change/revise the pricing of the Subscriptions.
- We use third-party payment gateways and/or aggregators to process
payments applicable to the Services offered by us. Third-party payment
gateway(s) made available to you may vary depending on the Subscription
you choose. Similarly, we have also enabled integration of third-party
payment providers to facilitate better payment options to you, which may
vary depending on your territory or the Subscription you choose.
Third-party payment gateways/aggregators and third-party payment
providers shall collectively be referred to
as “Third-Party Service Providers”.
Third-Party Service Providers may also charge you fees to use or access their
services and may require your Personal Information to complete any
transaction for the Platform. Further, to facilitate completion of your
payments to us through the Platform or avail the payment options provided to
you, you may be redirected to an external website operated by the
Third-Party Service Provider. We cannot and do not (i) guarantee the
adequacy of the privacy and security practices employed by or the content
and media provided by the Third-Party Service Provider or its respective
websites or (ii) control collection or use of your Personal Information by
such Third-Party Service Provider. Hence, prior to using any services
offered by a Third-Party Service Provider, we suggest that you read their
terms and conditions, privacy policy and other policies, that may apply, to
understand their terms of usage and to understand how your Personal
information is being processed. Ekagrata CA is not affiliated to any
Third-Party Service Provider and neither Ekagrata CA nor any of the
Third-Party Service Provider are agents or employees of the other. Ekagrata CA
is only facilitating various payment options to you and is not offering the
payment by itself in any manner.
- Use of the Platform:
- Ekagrata CA's Intellectual Property: All
information and materials (in whatever form or media) provided or
communicated to you by or on behalf of Ekagrata CA including but not
limited to, the Platform, the trademarks, illustrations, letters,
images, ideas, concepts, the layout, design, flow, look and feel of the
Platform, logos, marks, graphics, audio files, educational videos, video
files, any software which is owned by or licensed to Ekagrata CA and / or
its affiliates, the underlying source and object code, instructions
embedded in any form of digital documents and other data, information,
or elements of the Services made available by Ekagrata CA are owned or
licensed to Ekagrata CA and Ekagrata CA reserves all rights therein and
thereto not expressly granted by these Terms of
Service. (“Ekagrata CA's Intellectual
Property” or “Ekagrata CA's IP”).
Ekagrata CA's IP specifically excludes any content made available by
the Users, including without limitation, any reviews, or testimonials on
the Platform. Ekagrata CA's IP, including its trademarks, will
not be used, modified, or altered by you in any way. You acknowledge and
agree that you do not acquire any ownership or rights to Ekagrata
CA's IP or the Platform by use of the Platform. You acknowledge
and agree that Ekagrata CA's IP is protected by the copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or
proprietary rights laws and any unauthorized use, reproduction,
modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or
performance of the Ekagrata CA's IP and any component thereof is
strictly prohibited and may result in legal / penal consequences.
It is further clarified that, Ekagrata CA, its logo, and other marks indicated
on our Platform are our trademarks or registered trademarks. Platform\'s
graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts and service names are
the trademarks or trade dress of the Platform. Ekagrata CA's trademarks
and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service
that is not Ekagrata CA's, in any manner that is likely to cause
confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages, or discredits
Ekagrata CA. All other trademarks not owned by Ekagrata CA that appear on this
Platform are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be
connected to Ekagrata CA.
- License to use the Platform: Subject to the
Platform Terms, Ekagrata CA hereby grants you a non-exclusive,
non-transferable, non-sublicensable, limited license to access and use
the Services through the Platform for your own personal, non-commercial
and private use on an ‘as is' basis in accordance with these
Terms of Service and other Platform Terms.
Ekagrata CA may make available on the Platform Tests, educational
content, exercises, other materials that are owned by Ekagrata CA or its
licensors ( “Licensed Content”). Ekagrata
CA grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and use
the Licensed Content as made available on the Platform by Ekagrata CA solely
for your personal, non-commercial purposes.
Except as expressly permitted under the Platform Terms or otherwise in
writing, you will not, either by yourself or through any other person,
reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, redistribute, create derivative works or
otherwise exploit the Platform or any portion of the Platform (including but
not limited to any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary
information).
- Restrictions on usage of the Platform: The license
granted to you is limited to the purpose defined under the Platform
Terms. You shall not use the Platform for any purpose or in any manner
other than as expressly permitted under the Platform Terms, and you
shall not, either by yourselves or through any other person, do or cause
to do, any act or omission that would result in:
- distribution, sale, rent of any part of the Platform or the Ekagrata
CA's IP or Licensed Content, through any mode or medium, without
Ekagrata CA's prior written authorization.
- sale or rental of any part or any derivatives based on the Licensed
Content.
- Providing training or support that use or reference the Licensed
Educational Content for a fee.
- alteration or modification of or tampering with any part of the Platform
or result in creation of other derivative works of the Platform or the
Services offered therein.
- reverse engineering, disassembly, or de-compilation of the Platform or
any part thereof or result in derivation of the source code of any
software included in the Platform or made available to you as part of
the Services using means or processes that are deemed unauthorized
and/or illegal.
- accessing or using the Platform or Services in a way intended to avoid
incurring fees or exceeding usage limits or quotas.
- gaining access to another Test Taker's content to which you do not
have authorized or legitimate access.
- circumvention or attempt to circumvent any limitations imposed on your
account;
- probing, scanning, or testing of the vulnerability of any system or
network used by Ekagrata CA, unless Ekagrata CA has given you a prior
written authorization.
- sale of access to the Platform (other than as permitted under the
Platform Terms) or sale of any advertising, sponsorship or promotion
space on or within the Platform, without Ekagrata CA's prior written
approval.
- use or launch of any automated system, including without limitation,
“robots,” “spiders,” or “offline
readers,” that accesses the Platform in a manner that sends more
request messages to Ekagrata CA's 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.
- unauthorized collection or harvesting of any personally identifiable
information, including account names, from the Platform, or in
unauthorized use of the communication systems provided by the Platform.
- extraction of any substantial parts of this Platform for re-utilization,
including through utilization of any data mining tools, robots, or
similar data gathering and extraction tools, without Ekagrata CA's
express prior written consent.
- purchase of search engine or other pay per click keywords (such as
Google AdWords), or domain names that use the name ‘Ekagrata
CA' or Ekagrata CA's trademarks and/or variations and
misspellings thereof.
- Other terms applicable for your use of the Platform:
- You agree to receive installs and updates from time to time from Ekagrata
CA. These updates are designed to improve, enhance, and further
develop the Platform and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced
functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree
to receive such updates (and permit Ekagrata CA to deliver these to you)
as part of your use of the Platform.
- Notwithstanding anything stated to the contrary herein in this section
of the Platform Terms, Ekagrata CA grants the operators of public search
engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Platform
for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating
publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches
or archives of such materials. Ekagrata CA 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 may post or submit reviews, comments and other content; send other
communications; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions or
other information as long as the content so submitted or sent 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.
When you submit any reviews, comments or testimonials to Ekagrata CA including
any images, photographs, videos or animation in such reviews, comments or
testimonials, Ekagrata CA shall have the right to make such reviews comments
or testimonials publicly available on its Platform and/or through any other
modes, medium, platform or format. By accepting our Platform Terms, you
hereby grant Ekagrata CA a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free,
sub-licensable and transferable license to use, share, display, publish,
retain, make available such reviews, comments and/or testimonials on the
Platform and/or on any other platform through any other modes, medium, or
format.
- You will not misrepresent or embellish the relationship between Ekagrata
CA and you (including by expressing or implying that we support,
sponsor, endorse, or contribute to you). You will not imply any
relationship or affiliation between Ekagrata CA and you.
- User-generated Content:
- You shall remain the sole owner of any content uploaded, published,
submitted, or posted by you on the Platform, including without
limitation, any text, image, media, written statements, notes,
questions, comments, ratings, reviews, videos and other audio-visual
materials and communications (“User-generated
Content”), and Ekagrata CA does not claim any ownership
over any User-generated Content uploaded by you on the Platform.
- You understand that Ekagrata CA does not guarantee any confidentiality
with respect to any User-generated Content you submit.
- You shall be solely responsible for your own User-generated Content and
the consequences of submitting and publishing such content on the
Platform. You affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have the
necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to publish the
User-generated Content that you submit; and you grant limited license to
Ekagrata CA to all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other
proprietary rights in and to such User-generated Content for publication
on the Platform pursuant to the Agreement for the duration the said
User-generated Content is available on the Platform.
- You further agree that User-generated Content you submit on the Ekagrata
CA Platform will not contain third party copyrighted material, or
material that is subject to other third-party proprietary rights, unless
you have permission from the rightful owner of the material, or you are
otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to grant Ekagrata CA
all of the license rights granted herein.
- Furthermore, you confirm that you shall not host, display, upload,
modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share User-generated Content
or any information on the Platform that:
- is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another's
privacy including bodily privacy, insulting or harassing on the basis of
gender, libellous, racially or ethnically objectionable, relating or
encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise inconsistent with
or contrary to the laws in force;
- is harmful to child;
- infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights
of another;
- violates any law, statue, ordinance or regulation or terms of the
Agreement;
- deceives or misleads any User about the origin of the message or
knowingly and intentionally communicates any information which is
patently false or misleading in nature but may reasonably be perceived
as a fact;
- impersonates another person;
- 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 other nation;
- contains software virus or any other computer code, file or program
designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any
computer resource;
- is patently false and untrue, and is written or published in any form,
with the intent to mislead or harass a person, entity or agency for
financial gain or to cause any injury to any person;
- is false, inaccurate or misleading;
- obscene or contain pornography;
- contains 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 grant Ekagrata CA a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable and
sublicensable rights to use, copy, distribute, retain and transmit
User-generated Content as well as technical information collected via
the Platform to the extent necessary to (i) provide the Platform and our
services; (ii) perform our obligations under the Agreement; (iii)
provide, monitor, correct, and improve the Platform and services related
thereto; (iv) de-identify User data such that there is no reasonable
basis to believe that the information can be used, alone, or in
combination with other reasonably available information, to identify any
individual or to identify User as the source of such data; (v) aggregate
User data with other data; and (vi) comply with applicable laws.
The User represents and warrants that it has provided all necessary
notices to process any personal information and to transfer any personal
information to Ekagrata CA. You also hereby grant each User of the
Platform a limited, non-exclusive license to access your User-generated
Content through the Platform.
- Your Conduct on the Platform: Your conduct on the
Platform shall strictly be in accordance with the Platform Terms.
You understand and confirm that you shall not during your use of the Platform
at any time post or publish any content, comments or act in any way which
will amount to harassment or discrimination of any other User. If at any
given point it comes to Ekagrata CA's notice that you have engaged in
any kind of harassment or discrimination of other Users or with any person
in association with your use of the Services offered on the Platform or any
personnel associated with Ekagrata CA, then in such a case you agree that Ekagrata
CA 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.
Ekagrata CA does not endorse any User-generated Content submitted on the
Platform by any User, or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed
therein, and Ekagrata CA expressly disclaims any and all liability in
connection with User-generated Content. Ekagrata CA does not permit copyright
infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on
the Ekagrata CA Platform, and Ekagrata CA will remove all User-generated
Content if properly notified that such User-generated Content infringes on
another's intellectual property rights. Ekagrata CA reserves the right
to remove User-generated Content without prior notice if it has reason to
believe that the User-generated Content is violative of these Terms and
Conditions. Please refer to the ‘Claims against use of
Third-Party Intellectual Property' section below
to understand the process to notify Ekagrata CA about any infringing content
and the process of takedown of infringing content followed by Ekagrata CA.
You shall not engage in any activity that will negatively impact Ekagrata CA
and/or other Users of the Platform, including without limitation, activities
that involve screen-recording, screen-casting or downloading on any other
device of any Test or evaluated Answer Sheet or other content made available
on the Platform for your personal consumption in any manner that is not
directly facilitated as feature within the Platform and/or sharing or
otherwise publishing such screen-recorded content on third-party platforms,
either for a cost or otherwise. If Ekagrata CA becomes aware of your
engagement, either by yourself or through a third-party, in any such
activity, then Ekagrata CA may immediately terminate your or such User's
access along with termination and removal of access to all content with a
right to initiate appropriate legal action, at the sole discretion of Ekagrata
CA.
- Feedback: If any User(s) submits suggestions,
ideas, comments, or questions containing feedback about the Platform or
any of the Services, either through the Platform or
otherwise (“Feedback”), then such
User(s) grants Ekagrata CA and its affiliates a worldwide, non-exclusive,
royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable right to use (and full right to
sublicense), reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create
derivative works from, distribute, transmit, and display such Feedback
in any form. Users shall have no intellectual property right in the
Platform as a result of Ekagrata CA's incorporation of their
Feedback in the Platform.
- Claims against use of Third-Party Intellectual
Property: At Ekagrata CA, we respect the intellectual
property of others just as much ours and, hence, if you believe that
your intellectual property rights or of any person you are aware of ,
have been used in a way that gives rise to concerns of infringement,
then kindly write to us at ___________with complete details as required
hereunder.
If Ekagrata CA has knowledge of or has any reason to believe that any content
on the Platform violates the intellectual property rights of Ekagrata CA or
other Users, then we reserve the right to remove access to such content in
accordance with takedown practices specified hereinbelow.
- COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS AND TAKEDOWN POLICY: All
complaints/ notices of alleged copyright infringements or violations
received by Ekagrata CA shall be processed, investigated and appropriate
actions will be taken in the following manner:
All complaints/ notices of alleged copyright infringements or violations
received by Ekagrata CA shall be dealt with in accordance with the Indian
Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended from time to time). If you, in good faith,
believe that your work or that of a person you know, has been copied in a
way that constitutes copyright infringement or violation, a notification of
claimed copyright infringement or violation should be emailed to Ekagrata CA
at ___________(Subject line: “Ekagrata CA Copyright: Takedown Request
- India”) which contains the information stated hereinbelow.
You may also send the said information by mail at: Metis Eduventures Private Limited, 221 Dwarkapuri Indore MP 452009
Please note that by claiming copyright infringement you are initiating a
legal process, kindly be sure to consider whether fair use, fair dealing, or
a similar exception to copyright apply before you report.
To be effective, the notification you send to us must be in writing and
contain the following information:
- an electronic or physical signature of you or the person authorized to
act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual
property interest;
- a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property
that you claim has been infringed;
- a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is
located on the Platform, with enough detail that we may find it on the
Platform;
- Your address, telephone number, and email address;
- a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed
use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner,
its agent, or the law;
- a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above
information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or
intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or
intellectual property owner's behalf.
Please note that we may send a copy of any infringement claim received to the
person whose content was reported by you as infringing, and such person will
have the right to respond to your notice in accordance with the applicable
laws. Only if we believe to have reasonable grounds that shows proof of any
infringement or if there are any court orders, then we will take down the
infringing content in accordance with the Platform Terms and applicable
laws.
If you submit a notice of infringement that knowingly materially
misrepresents that any content, information, or communication on the
Platform is infringing upon a copyright, you may be held liable for damages
and attorneys'/lawyers' fees.
- Counter-Notice: If you believe that any content
that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or
that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright
owner's agent, or pursuant to the law, to upload and use content,
you may send a written counter-notice containing the following
information to Ekagrata CA's designated agent using any of the
methods mentioned under ‘Copyrights
Complaint' section above:
- Your physical or electronic signature;
- identification of the content that has been removed or to which access
has been disabled and the location at which the content appeared before
it was removed or disabled;
- a statement that you have a good faith belief that the content was
removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the
content; and
- Your name, address, telephone number, and email address, a statement
that you consent to the applicable jurisdiction of the courts as per the
Terms and Conditions, and a statement that you will accept service of
process from the person who provided notification of the alleged
infringement.
If a counter-notice is received by Ekagrata CA, then Ekagrata CA will send a copy
of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that
person, that it may replace the removed content or cease disabling it in 10
(ten) business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a
court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed
content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 (ten) to 14
(fourteen) business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at our
sole discretion.
- TRADEMARKS AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS: A product or service branded
with the Ekagrata CA name or logo is a reflection of Ekagrata CA. Unless you
are one of our licensees, we don't allow others to make, sell, or
give away anything with our name or logo on it.
Further, if you believe that your intellectual property rights (other than
copyrights) or that of any person you know have been used in a way that
gives rise to concerns of infringement, then kindly write to us at
__________ with a description of the trademark or intellectual property that
you claim has been infringed, a description of where the material that you
claim is infringing is located on the Platform, with enough detail that we
may find it on the Platform, and your address, telephone number, and email
address.
- REPEAT INFRINGER POLICY: UAX has adopted a policy
of terminating users who are deemed to be repeat infringers, in
appropriate circumstances and at Ekagrata CA's sole discretion. Ekagrata
CA may also at its sole discretion, limit access to the Platform
and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringes any
intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any
repeat infringement. Further, we reserve the right to remove access to
any content that we know, or have reason to know, violates the
intellectual property rights of Ekagrata CA or others.
- DESIGNATED COPYRIGHT AGENT:
Legal Department, Ekagrata CA
Email ID: ____________
- Ekagrata CA's Rights: In respect of the entire
Platform, Ekagrata CA reserves the following rights:
- Ekagrata CA reserves the right to put on-hold or reject or suspend or
terminate your registration on the Platform for the purpose of complying
with the legal and regulatory requirements.
- Ekagrata CA reserves the right to remove you without notice if you violate
any provisions of the Platform Terms.
- Ekagrata CA may modify, terminate, or refuse to provide Services at any
time for any reason, without notice.
- Ekagrata CA reserves the right to access your account in order to respond
to requests for technical support, to maintain the safety and security
of the Platform, legal purposes and for other legitimate business
purposes, as necessary, in Ekagrata CA's discretion.
- Ekagrata CA has no obligation to review any conduct occurring through the
Platform, however, if Ekagrata CA receives notice or becomes aware of, any
violation of the Platform Terms, then, Ekagrata CA reserves the right to
refuse your access to the Platform, terminate accounts or remove such
violating content at any time without notice to you.
- Communications: When you visit the Platform, you
are communicating with us electronically. You may be required to provide
a valid phone number while creating any account with us or while
enrolling or purchasing any Services or Tests. We may communicate with
you by e-mail, SMS, phone call or by posting notices on the Platform or
by any other mode of communication. By providing your information you
authorize Ekagrata CA, its affiliates that offer similar Services through
other platform, and their respective employees, agents, and contractors
to initiate electronic communications by email, telephone calls, or such
other mode of communication with respect to your use of the Platform and
regarding the products and services offered by Ekagrata CA and its
affiliates. These communications may be made by or on behalf of Ekagrata
CA or its affiliates, even if your phone number is registered on any
state or federal do not call list. Telephone calls may be recorded. You
acknowledge that your telephone operator and/or internet service
provider may have levied certain charges on you vis-à-vis your
communications with Ekagrata CA as it constitutes availing their services,
and you agree to be responsible for all such charges, and Ekagrata CA will
not be responsible for any such charges. Do not submit your information
if you do not consent to being contacted by telephone, text, email or
such other mode of communication by Ekagrata CA or its affiliates.
Further, you will always have an option to unsubscribe / opt out from
any promotional communications sent by Ekagrata CA and / or its affiliates
either by following the relevant instructions that may be communicated
via text, email or such other mode of communication in which you
received a promotional communication or by disabling the options
provided within your account on the Platform.
Please note that –
- If you opt out of promotional communications, we may still send you
transactional communications, such as service announcements,
administrative and legal notices, and information about your account,
without offering you the opportunity to opt out of these communications.
If you no longer wish to use our Platform or receive any communications
from us (except for those that are legally required), then you may
delete your account by either writing to us at the email address
provided under ‘Contact for User
Support/Queries' section below by using the option
enabled within the Platform; and
- opting out of promotional communications only affects future
communications from us. If we have already provided your information to
a third party (as stated in our Privacy Policy) before you changed your
preferences or updated your information, you may have to change your
preferences directly with that third party.
- We do not sell your Personal Information to third parties.
- Processing of Personal Information: All our
collection, processing, sharing and storing of any Personal Information
collected from you shall be in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Kindly read the same to understand the security measures undertaken by
Ekagrata CA to safeguard your Personal Information. Should have any
queries in respect of the same, please feel free to right to us at
- Platform Availability: Your access to the Platform
may occasionally be suspended or restricted to allow for repairs,
maintenance, or due to the introduction of new facilities or services at
any time without prior notice. We will attempt to limit the frequency
and duration of any such suspension or restriction. You agree that Ekagrata
CA will not be liable for any losses that may be incurred by you if
for any reason all or part of the Platform is unavailable at any time or
for any period for use.
- Deletion of Account: You may delete your account
at any time by either writing to us from your registered email id at the
email address provided under ‘Contact for User
Support/Queries' section below or by using the delete
option provided within your account on the Platform (if available). If
your account is deleted (regardless of the reason), you will no longer
have access to your account or the Services that you have purchased; any
deletion once processed is irrecoverable. Ekagrata CA is not responsible
for the loss of your information upon deletion. Please note that all
accounts will remain active unless you explicitly ask us to delete it)
or otherwise terminated in accordance with the Platform Terms.
Please note that we may not be able to delete all communications or photos,
files, or other documents publicly made available by you on the Platform.
- Disclaimer: YOU AGREE THAT THE PLATFORM, SERVICES
AND ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS
AVAILABLE” BASIS AND YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM SHALL BE AT YOUR
SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Ekagrata CA, ITS
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS DISCLAIM AND EXCLUDE ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLATFORM AND YOUR
USE THEREOF. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Ekagrata CA EXCLUDES
ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, TERMS OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY,
SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, AVAILABILITY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE
PLATFORM, CONTENT ON THE PLATFORM, OR THE CONTENT OF ANY SITES SO LINKED
AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES,
OR INACCURACIES OF ANY CONTENT ON THE PLATFORM, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR
PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO
AND USE OF THE PLATFORM, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR
SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL
INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF
TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE PLATFORM, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN
HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE PLATFORM
BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT ON
THE PLATFORM OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT
OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT THAT IS POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR
OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE PLATFORM. Ekagrata CA DOES NOT WARRANT,
ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT OR THE
PLATFORM ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE PLATFORM OR
ANY HYPERLINKED SERVICES OR FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING,
AND Ekagrata CA WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF ANY
SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY
ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION
WHERE APPROPRIATE.
- Limitation of Liability: TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL Ekagrata CA, ITS AFFILIATES, THEIR
RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, LOSSES OR
EXPENSES OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM ANY (I)
ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF ANY OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE AT Ekagrata
CA, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER,
RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR Ekagrata CA PLATFORMS, (III)
ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND
ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN,
(IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE Ekagrata
CA PLATFORM, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE, WHICH
MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR Ekagrata CA PLATFORMS BY ANY THIRD
PARTY, AND/OR (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN SERVICES PROVIDED ON THE
PLATFORM OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF
YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE
AVAILABLE VIA THE Ekagrata CA PLATFORM, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY,
CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT Ekagrata CA
IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, IN SOME JURISDICTIONS, WARRANTIES, DISCLAIMERS AND
CONDITIONS MAY APPLY THAT CANNOT BE LEGALLY EXCLUDED, IF THAT IS TRUE IN
YOUR JURISDICTION, THEN TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Ekagrata CA AND ITS
AFFILIATES LIMIT THEIR LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIMS UNDER THOSE WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS TO SUPPLYING YOU THE Ekagrata CA PLATFORM AGAIN.
YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT Ekagrata CA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
USER-GENERATED CONTENT OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF
ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS
ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
THE Ekagrata CA PLATFORM IS CONTROLLED AND OFFERED BY Ekagrata CA AND / OR ITS
AFFILIATES IN INDIA. Ekagrata CA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS THAT THE Ekagrata CA
PLATFORM IS APPROPRIATE OR AVAILABLE FOR USE IN OTHER LOCATIONS. THOSE WHO
ACCESS OR USE THE Ekagrata CA PLATFORM FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO SO AT THEIR
OWN VOLITION AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL LAW.
- Indemnity and Release: To the extent permitted by
applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Ekagrata
CA, its affiliates, their respective 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 attorney's fees) arising from: (i) your use of and
access to the Ekagrata CA Platform; (ii) your violation of any term of the
Platform Terms; (iii) your violation of any third party right, including
without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv)
violation of any applicable laws. This defense and indemnification
obligation will survive these Terms of Service and your use of the Ekagrata
CA
You hereby expressly release Ekagrata CA, its affiliates and any of their
respective officers, directors, employees and agents from any cost, damage,
liability or other consequence of any of the actions/inactions of any
third-party vendors or service providers and specifically waive any claims
or demands that you may have in this behalf against any of Ekagrata CA, its
affiliates and any of their respective officers, directors, employees and
agents under any statute, contract or otherwise.
- Applicable Law and Jurisdiction: The Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India;
and you agree, as we do, to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts at Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
- General Provisions:
- Legal Notices: In the event of any other disputes
or claims arising from the use of the Ekagrata CA Platform, please get in
touch with us at ________________.
- Modification, Amendment or Termination: Ekagrata CA
may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise the Agreement and policies
at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or
revisions. Your continued use of the Platform post any modification of
the Agreement shall be taken as your consent and acceptance to such
modifications. Nothing in the Agreement shall be deemed to confer any
third-party rights or benefits. You are advised to check our Platform
frequently to see recent changes and to keep yourself updated with the
most recent updates.
- Force Majeure: Ekagrata CA shall
not be liable for failure to perform, or the delay in performance of,
any of its obligations if, and to the extent that, such failure or delay
is caused by events substantially beyond its control, including but not
limited to acts of God, acts of the public enemy or governmental body in
its sovereign or contractual capacity, war, terrorism, floods, fire,
strikes, epidemics, civil unrest or riots, power outage, and/or
unusually severe weather.
- Miscellaneous: If any part of the Agreement is found to
be unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part of the Agreement 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 Platform shall be in writing and sent to the registered office
of Ekagrata CA. We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure
access to the Platform, and operation of the Platform may be interfered
by numerous factors outside our control. Headings are for reference
purpose only an on 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.
- Contact Us:
If you have concerns or queries regarding the Platform Terms, you may write
to us by email at ______________ or
by post to:
Ekagrata CA
221 A Dwarkapuri Madhyapradesh India 452009
Terms of Service - Version 1.0
Created on __________