TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Last
updated January
15, 2023
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether
personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and Sandip Manna Photography
("
Company
," “we," “us,"
or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the http://www.sandipmannaphotography.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 1/1/25
Bazarpara, G.P Road
, Dist. - North 24 Parganas
, Halisahar
, West Bengal
.
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.
Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Site from time to
time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole
discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Terms of Use
at any time and for any reason. We will
alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of these Terms of Use, and you
waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. Please ensure that you check the
applicable Terms every time you use our Site so that you understand which Terms apply. You will
be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes
in any revised Terms of Use by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Terms
of Use are posted.
The information provided on the Site is not intended for distribution to or use by any person
or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law
or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction
or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Site from other locations do so
on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the
extent local laws are applicable.
All
users who are minors in the jurisdiction in which they reside (generally under
the age of 18) must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, their
parent or guardian to use the Site. If you are a minor, you must have your
parent or guardian read and agree to these Terms of Use prior to you using the
Site.
2. INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
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.
Provided that you are eligible to use the Site, you are
granted a limited license to access and use the Site and to download or print a
copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access
solely for your personal, non-commercial use. We reserve all rights not
expressly granted to you in and to the Site, the Content and the Marks.
By using the
Site, you represent and warrant that:
(1) you have the legal capacity and you
agree to comply with these Terms of Use;
(2) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction
in which you reside
, or if a minor, you have received parental permission to use
the Site
; (3) you will not access the Site through
automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise; (4) you will not use the Site for any illegal
or unauthorized purpose; and (5) your use of the Site will not violate any
applicable law or regulation.
If you provide
any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to
suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site
(or any portion thereof).
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.
5. USER
GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS
The Site does not offer users to submit or
post content. We 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 in accordance with the Site
Privacy Policy. 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.
You agree that we
may access, store, process, and use any information and personal data that you provide
following the terms of the Privacy Policy and your choices (including settings).
By submitting
suggestions or other feedback regarding the Site, you agree that we can use and share such
feedback for any purpose without compensation to you.
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.
7. SUBMISSIONS
You acknowledge and agree that any questions,
comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other information regarding the Site ("Submissions")
provided by you to us are non-confidential and shall become our sole property. We shall own
exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the
unrestricted use and dissemination of these Submissions for any lawful purpose, commercial or
otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. You hereby waive all moral rights to
any such Submissions, and you hereby warrant that any such Submissions are original with you or
that you have the right to submit such Submissions. You agree there shall be no recourse against
us for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your
Submissions.
We reserve the
right, but not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Site for violations of
these Terms of Use; (2) take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in
our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms of Use, including without
limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities; (3) in our sole
discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the
availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of
your Contributions or any portion thereof; (4) in our sole discretion and
without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the Site or otherwise
disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way
burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the Site in a manner
designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper
functioning of the Site.
9. PRIVACY
POLICY
We care about data privacy and
security. Please
review our Privacy Policy: http://www.sandipmannaphotography.com/privacy-policy
. By using the Site, you agree to be
bound by our Privacy Policy, 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
.
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
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.
11. 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
.
Sandip Manna Photography 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.
Any
dispute arising
out of or in connection with this contract, including any question regarding
its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally
resolved by the International Commercial Arbitration Court under the
European Arbitration Chamber (Belgium, Brussels, Avenue Louise, 146)
according to the Rules of this ICAC, which, as a result of referring to it,
is considered as the part of this clause. The number of arbitrators shall be
__________. The
seat, or legal place, of arbitration shall be
__________
. The
language of the proceedings shall be __________
. The governing law of the contract shall be the substantive
law of
__________
.
The Parties
agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties
individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be
joined with any other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any Dispute
to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or to utilize class action procedures; and
(c) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported
representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other persons.
Exceptions to Arbitration
The Parties
agree that the following Disputes are not subject to the above provisions concerning
binding arbitration: (a) any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning
the validity of, any of the intellectual property rights of a Party; (b) any Dispute
related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy, or
unauthorized use; and (c) any claim for injunctive relief. If this provision is
found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any
Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or
unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction
within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to
the personal jurisdiction of that court.
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.
16. 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) use of the Site; (2) breach of these Terms of Use; (3) any breach of your representations and warranties
set forth in these Terms of Use; (4) your violation
of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or
(5) 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.
19. 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:
Sandip Manna
Photography
1/1/25 Bazarpara, G.P Road
Halisahar, North 24 Parganas
West Bengal
, India
PIN-743134
Phone: 9830757765
sandipmannaphotography@gmail.com