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This website is owned and operated by Center for Sustainability, Policy and Technology Management (“SusPoT – Center for Sustainability”, “we,” “us” or “our”). SusPoT – Center for Sustainability provides this website, including all information, software and services available from this website, to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all the terms, conditions, policies and notices described herein. Your use of the website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, policies and notices.

Your Use of the Website

This website is for your personal and non-commercial use. As a condition to your use of the website, you warrant to SusPoT – Center for Sustainability that you will not use the website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these General Terms and Conditions.

Privacy Policy

You explicitly consent to the collection, hosting, use, disclosure and other processing or handling of information as described in the SusPoT – Center for Sustainability’s Privacy Policy located at privacy-policy as such policy may be amended by SusPoT – Center for Sustainability in its sole discretion from time to time.

Accuracy, Completeness and Timeliness of Information on the Website

We strive to provide accurate information on our website. We are not responsible, however, if information we make available on this website is not accurate, complete or current. The materials on this website are provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the basis for making any decisions without consulting primary or more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. Any reliance on the materials on this website will be at your own risk. This website may contain certain historical information. Historical information is not current and is provided for your reference only. We reserve the right to modify the contents of this website at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on the website. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to the website.

Use of Materials from the Website

Except where explicitly stated otherwise, this website and all of its content (including but not limited to software, files, graphics and data) are the property of and owned by SusPoT – Center for Sustainability and/or its affiliates, suppliers or licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws of India and other countries. You may display and electronically copy, download and print hard-copy versions of the materials contained on the website for your personal and non-commercial use, provided that you do not modify or delete any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice that appears on the materials you copy, download or print. When you display, copy, download or print any materials on or from the website, they are provided to you by SusPoT – Center for Sustainability and/or its affiliates, suppliers or licensors under a license that is revocable at will by SusPoT – Center for Sustainability. SusPoT – Center for Sustainability and/or its affiliates, suppliers or licensors retain full and complete title to the materials and to any and all of the associated intellectual property rights. Any other use of the materials on the website, including but not limited to the modification, distribution, transmission, performance, broadcast, reproduction, publication, licensing, reverse engineering, transfer or sale of, or the creation of derivative works from, any materials, information, software, products or services obtained from the website, without the prior written permission of SusPoT – Center for Sustainability, is expressly prohibited. Contact us for getting permission to undertake any of these activities at contact@suspot.org

Materials You Submit

The website may contain features and functionality permitting you to publish, upload, post, display or otherwise submit (collectively, “Publish”) certain information, comments and other content that may be viewed by us, the general public and other users of the website. You are responsible for any information, comments or other content Published by you or any person using your computer. You agree not to Publish any information, comments or other data that is or may reasonably be considered libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, infringing or misappropriating of intellectual property rights, abusive, illegal or otherwise objectionable, or which may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law, or consists of or contains software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity or otherwise mislead as to the origin of information, comments or other content Published by you. We reserve the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but do not regularly review posted content provided.

You may not use the website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair any SusPoT – Center for Sustainability server (including the servers of any SusPoT – Center for Sustainability’s third-party provider) or the network(s) connected to any SusPoT – Center for Sustainability server (including the servers of any SusPoT – Center for Sustainability’s third-party provider), or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of all or any portion of the website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any restricted web pages or any web pages requiring registration in order to view, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the website by SusPoT – Center for Sustainability.  Any access or use of web pages requiring registration are subject to your registration on the site and is further governed by the Restricted Sites Terms and Conditions available at www.SusPoT – Center for Sustainabilityindia.org

If you do Publish information, comments or other content on or to the website, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sub licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute and display such content throughout the world in any media. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate these General Terms and Conditions, and where applicable, the Restricted Sites Terms and Conditions and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify us, our affiliates and our respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents for all claims arising from content you Publish, that is Published from your computer or that is Published using your user name and password, if any. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any content Published by you, from your computer or using your user name and password, if any.

Registration; Transactions; Term of Registration

Transactions

  1. Method of Payment. In order to complete a Transaction, user may need to provide a method of payment (“Payment Account”) as specified during the registration process. User may execute a single Transaction at a time or execute multiple Transactions on a recurring basis (e.g., monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.), depending upon the options selected during the Transaction process. You authorize SusPoT – Center for Sustainability to charge your Payment Account at the frequency and in the amounts designated by you during the Transaction process. All fees will be billed via the method of payment you designate during the Transaction process. Once submitted, amounts paid are generally non-refundable. However, in the event your donation was not intended for SusPoT – Center for Sustainability, you may request a refund and the matter will be handled on a case-to-case basis. However, the final decision to approve the refund request (completely or partially) shall be at the sole discretion of SusPoT – Center for Sustainability. SusPoT – Center for Sustainability may periodically need to increase the donation amount and in such cases, SusPoT – Center for Sustainability will announce the increase before any additional deductions are made. You will always have the option to decline an increase.
  2. Donations. User acknowledges and agrees that SusPoT – Center for Sustainability did not provide any goods or services to User personally in consideration for any donations made by User as part of a Transaction. SusPoT – Center for Sustainability will apply User’s donations in accordance with its internal policies and procedures.

Indemnification

You will indemnify and hold harmless SusPoT – Center for Sustainability, its affiliates and their respective current, future or former officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, contractors, licensors, suppliers and their successors or assigns (collectively, the “SusPoT – Center for Sustainability Group”) on demand, from and against any and all fines, penalties, liabilities, losses and other damages of any kind whatsoever (including attorneys’ and experts’ fees) incurred by any of the members of the SusPoT – Center for Sustainability Group, and, if directed by SusPoT – Center for Sustainability, shall defend the SusPoT – Center for Sustainability Group against (i) all claims that any information, data or other materials provided or Published by you in connection with the website or these General Terms and Conditions, or use thereof by any member of the SusPoT – Center for Sustainability Group, infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property, proprietary or privacy right of a third party, or that violates any law, rule or regulation; (ii) all claims arising from fraud, intentional misconduct, criminal acts or gross negligence by you; and (iii) all claims otherwise arising due to a failure by you to comply with any term or condition of these General Terms and Conditions.

Featured Links

This website may contain hyperlinks to other Internet websites. These hyperlinks are provided for your information and convenience only. SusPoT – Center for Sustainability does not control these other websites and is not responsible for their content; nor does SusPoT – Center for Sustainability’s inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites imply any endorsement or approval of the material on such websites or any association with their operators. Check the URL address provided in your browser to determine whether you are still in this SusPoT – Center for Sustainability website or have moved to another site.

Linking

SusPoT – Center for Sustainability permits linking to content on our website. Linking should not suggest that SusPoT – Center for Sustainability promotes or encourages any third party’s causes, ideas, websites, products or services. Linking should not use SusPoT – Center for Sustainability’s content for inappropriate commercial purposes or in any way that is unlawful or harmful to any other person or entity. SusPoT – Center for Sustainability reserves the right to withdraw permission for any link.

Copyright

Except for material in the public domain under Indian copyright law, all material contained on the website (including all software, HTML code, Java applets, Active X controls and other code) is protected by applicable Indian and foreign copyright laws. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these General Terms and Conditions, you may not copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, modify, rewrite, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any material contained on the website without the prior consent of the copyright owner. Violation of this provision may result in severe civil and criminal penalties.

Trademarks

SusPoT – Center for Sustainability® and other marks used on this website are trademarks or registered trademarks of SusPoT – Center for Sustainability and its affiliates and are protected by state and federal trademark laws. Other trademarks appear on the website with permission from their respective owners. Your unauthorized use of trademarks appearing on the website may constitute trademark infringement, which could subject you to substantial civil penalties.

Termination of Privileges

SusPoT – Center for Sustainability reserves the right to suspend or terminate your privilege of using all or any portion of this website, including all of your privileges or accounts that you may have established in connection with the website, at any time and without notice to you if, in SusPoT – Center for Sustainability’s sole judgment, you breach any of these General Terms and Conditions, the Restricted Sites Terms and Conditions, the SusPoT – Center for Sustainability Privacy Policy or for any other lawful reason. Notwithstanding the termination of your various privileges, the following paragraphs shall survive such termination: Accuracy, Completeness and Timeliness of Information on the Website, Use of Materials from the Website, Materials You Submit, Disclaimers, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Copyright, Trademarks, Termination Privileges, Jurisdiction and Miscellaneous.

Changes to These General Terms and Conditions

SusPoT – Center for Sustainability reserves the right to make changes to these General Terms and Conditions at any time by posting revised General Terms and Conditions on the website. It is your responsibility to check periodically for any changes we may make to these General Terms and Conditions. The most current version of the General Terms and Conditions can be reviewed by clicking on the “Terms and Conditions” hypertext link located at the bottom of our Web pages. By continuing to use the website, you are agreeing to all changes made by SusPoT – Center for Sustainability.

Jurisdiction

This website is controlled and operated by SusPoT – Center for Sustainability from its Central office in Bangalore, Karnataka State, India. The laws of Karnataka State govern these General Terms and Conditions and your use of the website. We recognize that it is possible for you to obtain access to this website from any jurisdiction in the world, but we have no practical ability to prevent such access. This website has been designed to comply with the laws of Karnataka State, India. Those who choose to access the website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable. If any material on this website, or your use of the website, is contrary to the laws of the place where you are when you access it, then the website is not intended for you and we ask you not to use the website. You may not use or export materials on this website in violation of Indian laws and regulations. This website is not intended to subject SusPoT – Center for Sustainability to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, or territory other than the Karnataka.

If a dispute arises under these General Terms and conditions between you and SusPoT – Center for Sustainability, such dispute shall be resolved in Karnataka, India.  All disputes in arbitration will be handled solely between the named parties and not on any representative or class basis. Notwithstanding any other provision of these General Terms and Conditions, SusPoT – Center for Sustainability may resort to court action for injunctive relief at any time if, in its good faith belief, the dispute resolution procedures described above would permit or cause irreparable injury to  SusPoT – Center for Sustainability or any third party claiming against a SusPoT – Center for Sustainability, due to delay arising out of such dispute resolution procedures.

Miscellaneous

If any provision of this agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the agreement will remain in place. These General Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and SusPoT – Center for Sustainability with respect to use of the website, superseding all prior or contemporaneous communications; except that use of any Restricted Sites is governed by the Restricted Sites Terms and Conditions. A printed version of these General Terms and Conditions shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based on or relating to use of the website to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about these General Terms and Conditions or this website, please Contact Us or write to us at:
387, 14th B Cross, EWS Yelahanka New Town,
Bengaluru 560 064, Karnataka, India
Email id: contact@suspot.org
Call us on Tel: +91-8277787525