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Welcome to Kontract Genie. This Terms of Use (“Terms”) applies to the use of website https://kontractgenie.com/, mobile-optimized version of the website and other media formats (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”), owned and operated by Kontract Genie, a partnership firm established under the laws of India (hereinafter referred to as the “Kontract Genie”, “we”, “us” and “our”). The Website primarily provides online access to information about our services and facilitates users in securely uploading documents for specific purposes. By using this Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and acknowledge the resources and services offered herein.
You should read these Terms of Use and access and read all further linked information, if any, referred to in these Terms of Use, as such information contains further terms and conditions that apply to you as a user of the Website. Such linked information including but not limited to Kontract Genie’s privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) is hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.
By accessing, browsing or otherwise using the Website and/or by accessing any Content (defined below) on the Website, you (“User”, “you”, “your”, “yourself”) represent that you have read and understood the terms and conditions specified in the Terms and thereby expressly agree to be bound by the Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms mentioned herein, please exit this Website, and restrict your access. The User agrees and understands that the Website and its Content are owned by Kontract Genie or its licensors, if any.
In order to use the Website, it shall be your responsibility to comply with these Terms, Privacy Policy and any other agreement(s) that you may enter into with Kontract Genie. In case of conflict between this Terms and such agreement that you may enter into with Kontract Genie, the interpretation placed by Kontract Genie shall be final and binding on you. A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate termination of your access to and use of the Website.
Kontract Genie reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms, at any time without any prior written notice to you. It is your sole responsibility to review these Terms periodically for updates or changes. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes shall be deemed to mean that you accept and agree to the revisions. As long as you comply with these Terms of Use, Kontract Genie grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to access and use the Website.
1. PERMITTED USE OF THE WEBSITE
You may use the Website, including any services, information, articles, blogs, images, text, software, photographs, graphics, audio, video, messages, or other materials that you see, hear, or otherwise experience on the Website (“Content”), solely for your non-commercial, personal purposes and/or to learn about Kontract Genie, our services, and the opportunities we offer, in full compliance with these Terms.
2. ELIGIBILITY
2.1. Use of the Website is available only to persons who can enter into legally binding contracts under the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Persons who are “incompetent to contract” within the meaning of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 including minors, un-discharged insolvents and persons of unsound mind are not eligible to use the Website.
2.2. Any person under the age of 18 (Eighteen) shall not use the Website or if any minor wishes to use the Website, then the same must be accessed through minor’s legal guardian or parents. Any minor accessing or using the Website in violation of these Terms shall be doing so at their own risk and Kontract Genie shall not be responsible or liable for any activities or interactions of such minor on the Website.
2.3. We operate this Website from India and make no representation that the materials are appropriate or will be available for use in other locations. Those who access the Website from outside India are responsible for compliance with local laws.
2.4. If you represent an entity, organization, or any other legal person then you hereby confirm and represent that you have the necessary power and authority to bind such entity, organization, or legal person to these Terms.
3. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
3.1. The User is required to carefully read these Terms, as it contains the Terms governing the User’s use of the Website and any Content that Kontract Genie may make available through the Website. The User shall not use the Website if the User does not accept the Terms or is unable to be bound by these Terms.
3.2. By merely accessing, using or browsing the Website and/or its Content, the User agrees to be legally bound by the Terms and by agreeing to this Terms, the User is entering into a legally binding contract with Kontract Genie and hereby represents and warrants that the User has validly entered into these Terms and has the legal power to do so.
3.3. The User further represents and warrants that the User shall be solely responsible for the due compliance with these Terms. As such, the User shall indemnify and hold Kontract Genie harmless from and against any and all loss, costs, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred in relation to or arising from Your breach of the Terms.
4. INFORMATIONAL WEBSITE
4.1. You agree, understand and acknowledge that the Website is an online platform that enables and provides information regarding Kontract Genie and its services. The Website also includes document uploading feature, enabling users to submit documents for review in accordance with the specified purposes and subject to these Terms. You further agree and understand that the information and Content provided by Kontract Genie on the Website is for general informational purposes only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. All information including Content on the Website is provided on a good faith basis, however, we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability or completeness of any such information on the Website.
4.2. The document uploading feature is offered for the convenience of users and its submission does not create an attorney client relationship with Kontract Genie unless explicitly agreed upon in a separate written agreement.
4.3. Information displayed on this Website is upon the condition that the persons receiving the same will make their own determination as to its suitability for their purposes prior to use or in connection with the making of any decision. You may choose to use information displayed on this Website at your own risk. Neither Kontract Genie, its affiliates, nor their officers, employees or agents shall be liable for any loss, damage or expense arising out of any access to, use of, or reliance upon, this Website.
5. THIRD-PARTY CONTENT
5.1. The Website may contain links to third-party websites, services, or advertisements, and third-party websites may link to this Website. You acknowledge that such third-party websites, services, and content (“External Content”) are not under the control of Kontract Genie, and we are not responsible for their accuracy, reliability, or availability.
5.2. From time to time, the Website may provide access to reports, summaries, or analyses prepared by third parties to enhance your understanding of our services (“Third-Party Materials”). Your reliance on any such materials is at your own risk, and you are encouraged to seek independent advice before making any decisions based on them.
5.3. The inclusion of links to External Content or Third-Party Materials does not imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by Kontract Genie. These links are provided for convenience only, and we do not monitor, approve, or assume any liability for their use or reliance.
5.4. Kontract Genie shall not be responsible for and has no liability for the functionality, actions, inactions, privacy settings, privacy policies, terms, or content of any such third party websites. Before enabling any sharing functions to communicate with any such third party websites or otherwise visiting any such websites, Kontract Genie strongly recommends that the User reviews and understands the terms and conditions, privacy policies, settings, and information-sharing functions of each such third-party website.
6. PERSONAL INFORMATION
6.1. Your submission of personal information through the Website is governed by our Privacy Policy. Please review the Privacy Policy to understand our privacy practices.
6.2. The personal information/data provided by you during the course of usage of the Website will be treated as strictly confidential and in accordance with the Privacy Policy and applicable laws and regulations. If you object to that the given information is transferred or used, please write to us at [email protected] or Kontract Genie advises you to not use the Website for your safety purposes.
7. FORCE MAJEURE EVENTS
7.1. For the purpose of these Terms, the term “Force Majeure Event” shall mean any event that is beyond the reasonable control of Kontract Genie and shall include, without limitation, sabotage, fire, flood, explosion, acts of God, civil commotion, strikes, lockouts or industrial action of any kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, foreign or governmental order including orders of lock-down, quarantine, an outbreak of an epidemic, pandemic or other communicable diseases, computer hacking, civil disturbances, unauthorised access to computer data and storage device, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption, and any other similar events not within the control of Kontract Genie and which Kontract Genie is not able to overcome. Kontract Genie shall solely determine what would constitute as a Force Majeure Event and the same shall be final and binding upon its Users.
7.2. Kontract Genie shall not be liable to the User for Website’s failure to perform or for delay in the performance of the Website including any unavailability, non-availability or partial availability of the Website, downtime, maintenance of the Website, slow-down of the Website, any disruption, defects, deficiency or delay in the services arising from the acts/omissions of the User, non-responsiveness of the User, in each case to the extent such failure or delay results from causes beyond Kontract Genie’s reasonable control including Force Majeure Events.
8. CONTENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
8.1. All of the Content and other details provided on the Website, including text, software, scripts, code, designs, graphics, photos and other Content and the copyrights, trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names, and other intellectual and proprietary rights associated therewith (“IP”) is owned by us or its rightful licensors, (if any) that we license such information from, and is protected by copyright, trademark, patent and other intellectual property laws.
8.2. The User hereby acknowledges that the IP constitutes original works and has been developed, compiled, prepared, revised, selected, and arranged by Kontract Genie and others through the application of methods and standards of judgment developed and applied through the expenditure of substantial time, effort, and money and constitutes our valuable intellectual property.
8.3. The User thereby agrees to always protect our proprietary rights. You shall not selectively download portions of the Website without retaining the copyright notices. The User may download material from the Website only for your own personal use and for no commercial purposes whatsoever.
8.4. The User shall use the Website strictly in accordance with these Terms, and shall not, directly or indirectly:
8.4.1. decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or attempt to derive the source code of, or in any manner decrypt, the Website;
8.4.2. make any modification, adaptation or improvement, enhancement, translation or derivative work from the Website;
8.4.3. violate any applicable laws, rules or regulations in connection with your access or use of the Website;
8.4.4. remove or obscure any proprietary notice (including any notices of copyright or trademark) forming a part of the Website;
8.4.5. use the Website for any commercial or revenue generation endeavours, or other purposes for which it is not designed or intended;
8.4.6. use the Website for data mining, scraping, crawling, redirecting, or for any purpose not in accordance with these Terms;
8.4.7. use the Website for creating services or software that is directly or indirectly, competitive with the Website or any services offered by or listed on the Website; or
8.4.8. derive any confidential information, processes, data or algorithms from the Website.
8.4.9. license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, transmit, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Website, without prior written consent of Kontract Genie;
8.4.10. copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, download, displayed, post or transmit in any form or by any means, any part of the Website, for any commercial purpose or otherwise, without express written consent of Kontract Genie;
8.4.11. use the Website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website, its users or impair the availability or accessibility of the Website or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;
8.4.12. abuse, harass, impersonate, intimidate or threaten other users;
8.4.13. impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
8.4.14. submit comments linking to affiliate programs, multi-level marketing schemes, sites repurposing existing stories or off-topic content;
8.4.15. take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load/strain on our infrastructure; and/or
8.4.16. sell or otherwise transfer your account/ profile or allow any third party to use or access your account (if any).
8.5. Any infringement shall lead to appropriate legal proceedings against you.
9. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
9.1. The information provided on this Website is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as specific advice or professional guidance. The Content is intended to provide general guidance and should not be relied upon as a substitute for professional advice tailored to your specific situation.
9.2. The information provided on this Website may not be suitable for everyone, as individual circumstances vary. Each person’s situation is unique, and what may be appropriate for one individual may not be suitable for another.
9.3. Occasionally there may be information on our Website that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to Kontract Genie or its services descriptions and availability. We reserve the right to, but are not obliged to, correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information about the services or on anything related to the Website which stands inaccurate at any time without any prior notice to the Users.
9.4. The Website and all information, Content, materials and services included on or otherwise made available to you through the Website are provided by Kontract Genie on an “as is” or “as available” basis, without representations or warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including all implied warranties or quality, for a particular purpose, durability, title, and non-infringement, satisfactory quality, compatibility, applicability, usability, appropriateness, as to the operation of the Website, the accuracy or completeness of the Content and the accuracy of the information.
9.5. The User expressly agrees that the use of the Website is at User’s discretion and sole risk and that the User will be solely responsible for any damage or loss.
9.6. Kontract Genie does not warrant that the information, content, materials, products or other services included on or otherwise made available to you on or through Kontract Genie (whether by Kontract Genie, its affiliates, suppliers, content providers and advertisers), Kontract Genie’s servers or electronic communications sent by Kontract Genie are free of viruses or other harmful components.
9.7. Kontract Genie shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever, including but without limitation to any direct, indirect, special, consequential, punitive or incidental damages, or damages for business losses, loss of contracts or business relationships, profits, data, database, software or other intangibles, damage to goodwill or reputation, or the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services, arising out of or related to the use, inability to use, performance or failure of Kontract Genie and any materials posted thereon, products (including software) or other services or otherwise made available to you through Kontract Genie, irrespective of whether such damages were foreseeable or arise in contract, tort, equity, restitution, by statute, at common law or otherwise.
9.8. You confirm and acknowledge that by registering or contacting Kontract Genie or sharing your details with us on and through the Website, you authorize and consent to Kontract Genie sending promotional and marketing content to you through emails, phone calls, short message service or other electronic and non-electronic mode of communication, and no such communication shall be deemed to be in violation of law relating to unsolicited commercial communication.
10. INDEMNIFICATION
The User shall indemnify and hold harmless Kontract Genie, affiliates, subsidiaries, group companies (as applicable) and their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees, from any and all claims or demands, or actions including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party or penalty imposed due to or arising out of the User’s breach of these Terms, Privacy Policy and other policies, or the User’s violation of any law, rules or regulations or the rights (including infringement of any intellectual property rights) of a third party.
11. ASSIGNMENT
It is expressly agreed by the User that Kontract Genie may assign all or part of its rights or duties under these Terms without such assignment being considered a change to these Terms and without notice to the User, except to the extent provided by law.
12. WAIVER
Kontract Genie’s failure to enforce any provision of this Terms shall not be construed to be waiver of such provision nor the right to enforce such provision.
13. SEVERABILITY
If any provision/clause of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any court or authority of competent jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions/clauses of these Terms shall in no way be affected or impaired thereby, and each such provision/clause of these Terms shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. In such case, these Terms shall be reformed to the minimum extent necessary to correct any invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, while preserving to the maximum extent the original rights, intentions and commercial expectations of the parties hereto, as expressed herein.
14. REPRESENTATIONS
The User hereby represents and warrants that the User has validly entered into these Terms and has the legal power to do so. The User further represents and warrants that the User shall be solely responsible for the due compliance with these Terms.
15. GOVERNING LAW & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of India. The place of jurisdiction shall exclusively be in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. In the event of any dispute arising out of these Terms the same shall be settled by a binding arbitration conducted by a sole arbitrator, appointed jointly by both parties and governed by the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The venue of arbitration shall be Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
16. HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please feel free to write to us at [email protected], and we will reach out to you as soon as possible.