Privacy Policy
Privacy issues are a high priority for us and we follow standard industry practices to maintain your personal information. Please read the Privacy Policy of the Website at http://ownyourtruestory.com/ to learn more about the Website’s Privacy Policy.
Policy on Abuse on the Website:
This Website is committed to ensuring and enforcing a safe and friendly online community space for all our members and/or subscribers and/or Users. To this effect, we have come up with a Policy on Abuse that we would like all our members to be aware of. These rules govern the use of the App and its Product/Service offerings and we would like all our members and/or subscribers and/or Users to cooperate in complying with these rules so that everyone can have a pleasant experience.
Conduct and use of language:
Member and/or subscribers contributions must be civil and tasteful and must not be malicious or designed to offend. Use of swear-words or profanity is strictly prohibited.
Users of the Website may not insult or defame the Website, including any of its employees, moderators, or freelancers or persons giving opinion on the Website. You may not post the contents (in part or whole) of any email or message that you may receive from any of the Website’s employee(s) and/or moderator.
Do not post any material that is obscene, defamatory, profane, libelous, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing towards other person(s) or an entity. We encourage a healthy exchange of opinions and disagreements. By all means challenging an opinion is allowed but the same must be done respectfully. Name-calling, insults, and use of foul or abusive language will not be tolerated. This includes the use of offensive member Display Names and URLs (your personal website address) on the Website.
Please be sure before you divulge the details of your identity or personal information. Anything posted online is accessible to the entire internet community and the Website is not liable in cases where such information is misused, altered, or tampered with. Please be aware of the general dangers of online information sharing like identity theft, phishing, and other fraudulent activities for which the Website shall not accept any responsibility.
A User of the Website must not impersonate another User.
Copyrighted Material:
Uploading copies of copyrighted material as a whole or in part on the Website without explicit permission from the copyright owner shall be deemed to infringe on the copyright and this applies to materials such as text, images, etc. The Website reserves the right to immediately delete such material without prior permission/consultation from such uploading person/member. If you suspect that any material or image submitted to the Website is copyright protected and has been used fraudulently, please contact us immediately or send us an email at customerservice@ownyourtruestory.com
Safety Guidelines:
The Website is always reaching out to a wider customer and/or User. However, in doing so, we will not allow anything to be uploaded on the Website that we think could be potentially endangering or is inflammatory or embarrassing to our members/Users/subscribers/any third persons/group/community/section/caste/linguistic group/etc. It also helps members to be aware of certain things in the interest of their safety.
All members are responsible for the safety of their personal information.
Legalities:
All Users and/or members and/or subscribers are reminded that they may be held legally/personally accountable for what they say, sell, buy, or do online. In particular, members may be held liable for any defamatory comments, threats, and/or untrue statements or other illegal and fraudulent claims made by them.
The Website does not endorse in any way any advertisers/contents of advertisers on its pages. Please therefore verify the veracity of all information on your own before undertaking reliance and actioning thereupon. The Website shall not be responsible or liable for any consequential damages arising on account of you relying on the contents of the advertisement/s.
The Website does not assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, legality, legitimacy, validity, reliability, completeness, suitability, or usefulness of any information, content, Product, Services, or processes disclosed on the Website or any other material or information accessible from the Website.
If any member fails to observe the above rules of conduct at any time, the Website reserves the right to terminate the membership of the member and/or registration of the User and delete all their contents and contributions (either temporarily or permanently) from the Website, depending on the nature and severity of the breach and without prior warning or consent of the member and/or User.
You agree to indemnify and hold the Website, its developer, or any person associated with the Website, Ownyourtruestory its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, and employees, harmless from any claim/s, demand/s, or damage/s, including reasonable attorneys' fees, asserted by any third party due to or arising out of your use of or conduct on the Website.
You must use the Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable local, state, Indian, and International law and such other applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Service, including unauthorized framing of or linking to the Website will be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
The performance of this Agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this Terms is in derogation of the individual’s right to comply with governmental, court, and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Website’s Services or information provided to or gathered by the Website with respect to such use.
Registration as the Website’s member and/or User at any time past or present and use of the Website and all its Product/Service offerings will be taken as acceptance of the above rules of conduct. The Website’s and Ownyourtruestory’s decision on all matters is final and binding on its members.
This Website is created and controlled by Ownyourtruestory operating in Mumbai; as such the laws of India shall apply; courts in Mumbai shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of all the terms, conditions, and disclaimers. You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Mumbai in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Website’s Services. Use of the Website’s Services is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of the terms and conditions contained herein, including without limitation to this paragraph.
Severability:
In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction declares any portion of the terms and conditions of the present Service/Agreement to be void or invalid for any reason, then such unenforceable provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining clauses of the terms and conditions.
Dispute Resolution and Governing Law:
All disputes, controversies, or claims arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including any dispute regarding its existence, validity, interpretation, breach, or termination and the services provided by the Website, shall be first amicably resolved between the User and us. If the dispute is not resolved through such discussions within 14 (Fourteen) days after either of the parties has served a written notice on the other requesting the commencement of discussions, either party shall refer the disputes to arbitration which shall be decided in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in the English language. Ownyourtruestory shall appoint a sole Arbitrator. The Arbitration award shall be a reasoned award and shall be final and binding on both parties and shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.
You agree that any legal action or actions, dispute or disputes, proceeding or proceedings, or other matters relating to your access to or use of this Website shall be governed by the Laws of India. In the event of any legal action or actions, dispute or disputes, proceeding or proceedings, or other matters arising hereunder, you also agree to submit to the jurisdiction and venue of courts in Mumbai.
Entire Agreement and Amendment:
These Terms of Service expressly supersede and completely replace any and all prior ‘Terms of Service’. Ownyourtruestory / Website shall not be bound by or liable to YOU for any pre-existing or contemporaneous written or oral representations or warranties, made by anyone, with respect to Ownyourtruestory / Website, including any authorized agents, employees, or representatives. Ownyourtruestory / Website reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify the terms and conditions from time to time (“Updated Terms of Services”). On modification, the Updated Terms of Services shall be effective immediately and shall supersede these Terms of Services. Ownyourtruestory / Website shall not be under an obligation to notify you of any changes to the Terms of Services. YOU shall be solely responsible for reviewing the Terms of Services from time to time for any modifications. By using Ownyourtruestory / Website and accepting these Terms of Services, YOU hereby agree to be bound by any such change/revision and you also agree that YOU shall be deemed to have accepted such changes/revisions to these Terms of Service upon your using Ownyourtruestory / Website after such change/revision to the Terms of Service has been made.
Content:
You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that YOU, and not the Website, are entirely responsible for all Content that YOU upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available via the service. The Website does not control the Content posted via the service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of such Content. Under no circumstances will the Website be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the service.