Terms And Conditions For Content On Pratham Open School

1.Introduction Pratham Education Foundation (“Pratham”, “we”, “our”, “us”) is one of the largest non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working to improve the quality of education in India. Started with the objective of providing pre-school education to children in the slums of Mumbai, over the years, we have grown in both scope and size while working towards the mission of “Every Child in School & Learning Well”. These terms and conditions sets out to explain and govern the terms for usage of our website w.r.t content that is provided to you by us through this website. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using this website. These terms and conditions apply to all visitors, users and others who wish to access our website (“you”, “yours”, “user”). By accessing or using or browsing our website through any means shall signify your acceptance of the terms and conditions and you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth below.

2.Intellectual Property All the content of our website is owned, updated, controlled and maintained by us and is protected by copyright and other applicable intellectual property laws. Our website contains information, illustrations, artwork, text, video, audio, photographs, images or pictures ("Materials") used only for informational purposes. The material shall be used only for non-commercial purposes on a non-exclusive basis. Accessing the material does not result in any transfer of ownership of the content or related technology to you or any party. All intellectual property rights remain with us. You must not modify, tweak, edit or use the Materials for any other purpose without our written consent. By using and/or downloading any Materials from our website, you will be deemed to have agreed to the following terms:
Trademark Information
Copyright- Ownership of Materials
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
2.1 Trademark Information The word PRATHAM and all other related PRATHAM wordmarks and logos (“Pratham Marks”) are registered trademarks of Pratham. All products' or service names or logos referenced in our website are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Pratham. The absence of a product or service name or logo from this list does not constitute a waiver of PRATHAM's trademark or other intellectual property rights concerning that name or logo or product. All other company names/logos/trademarks mentioned in our website may be trademarks of their respective owners. Use of Pratham Marks for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited.
2.2 Ownership of Materials- Copyright The Material contained in our website is copyrighted and/or we have rights to such material. The material must not be distributed, modified, reproduced in whole or in part without our written consent prior to usage. The material can only be used for non-commercial purposes. Upon receiving consent from us for usage, you must give appropriate credit to Pratham and acknowledge the material’s source when displaying it on your platforms, mobile applications, TV, webcasts, or any other channels of communication.
2.3 Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights We actively enforce our intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.

3.Warranties and Disclaimers The information contained on our website is for general information, and are subject to change. The information and Materials contained herein, including text, graphics, links or other items are provided “as is,” and “as available”. You are therefore requested to verify this information before you act upon it. By accessing this website, you agree that we will not be liable for any mistake, omission, inaccuracy, typographical errors, direct or indirect loss arising from the use of information and material contained in the website. We make no warranty that the contents of the website are free from infection by virus or any malicious code which has contaminating and destructive properties.

4.Review and Updates The information contained in this website is subject to change without notice. We reserve the right to revise, change or modify these terms and conditions at any time by updating these terms and conditions on our website. Please remember to visit this page from time to time to review any amendments to the above terms and conditions.

5.Hyperlinking Links to external Websites: Links to other Websites that have been included on our website are provided for public convenience only. We are not responsible for the contents or reliability of linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the view expressed within them. We cannot guarantee the availability of such linked pages. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time and we have no control over availability of linked pages. Also, we have no control over the availability/content of links to external Websites. Links to Our Website by other Websites: We do not object to you linking directly to the information that is hosted on our website and no prior permission is required for the same. Additionally, we do not allow your website to load our pages in frames. Our website's pages need to load in the window that just opened in your browser.

6.Privacy This website does not automatically capture any specific personal information from you, (like name, phone number or e-mail address), that allows us to identify you individually. Wherever the Website requests you to provide personal information, you will be informed for the particular purposes for which the information is gathered and adequate security measures will be taken to protect your personal information. For deletion of your information, you may raise a request to dataprotectionofficer@pratham.org. We do not sell or share any personally identifiable information volunteered on the website site to any third party (public/private). Any information provided to this Website will be protected from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We gather certain information about the User, such as Internet protocol (IP) addresses, domain name, browser type, operating system, the date and time of the visit and the pages visited. We make no attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting our site unless an attempt to damage the site has been detected. If you come across any personally identifiable information while viewing the material available on our website, you shall comply with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and shall not use, download or share such information without our prior written consent.

7.Prohibited Uses You may use our website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with the terms and conditions and agree not to use our website for the following purposes:
i) In any way that violates any applicable national or international law or regulation.
ii) For the purpose of exploiting, hurting, or attempting to abuse any party (company, individual or minor) in any manner.
iii) To not modify, edit, tweak the material available on our website and not use or share such material for any commercial purposes.
iv) To send, or arrange for the sending of, any kind of advertisement, whether it be through "junk mail," "chain letters," "spam," or another similar practice.
v) To impersonate or attempt to impersonate us, our employee, another user, or any other person or entity. vi) In any way that infringes upon the rights of others, or in any way directly or in connection with is illegal, threatening, fraudulent, or harmful.
vii) To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the website or which may harm or offend us or users of this website or expose them to liability. viii) You will not, without our prior written consent, "frame" or "mirror" any portion of the website. ix) Neither you nor anyone else may alter, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decode, decompile, or otherwise disassemble any part of the website or any software utilised on it;
x) Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of website.
xi)Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.
xii)Attempt to gain unauthorised access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the website, the server on which the website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to website. xiii)Take any action that may damage or falsify our rating/reviews.
xiv) Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of website.
xv)You will not, without our express prior written consent, imply or state that any statements you make are supported by us.

8.Dispute Resolution These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Indian Laws. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to exclusive jurisdiction of Courts of Mumbai, India.

9.Contact Us Please send your feedback, comments, requests for any support to the   dataprotectionofficer@pratham.org.

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