Last Revised: April 2021

INTRODUCTION

The following are terms of a legal agreement between you and/or the entity you are authorized to represent (“you” or “your“) and Good Business Lab Foundation with its registered address at F88 Okhla Industrial Area, Phase 1, New Delhi- 110020 (“GBL”/ “We”). This Website terms of use (the “Website Terms of Use”) govern your access to and use of this Website available on the domain- https://www.goodbusinesslab.org and/or any part of the Website available on its sub-domain, and/or any of our blogs (individually and collectively known as “Website”).

The Terms of Use have to be considered jointly with our Privacy Policy and by accessing or using the Website, you agree to follow and be bound by the following terms and conditions concerning your access to and use of the Website and the Content provided on or through the Website and our Privacy Policy.

CHANGE IN TERMS AND CONDITIONS

GBL shall have the right at any time to change or modify the terms and conditions applicable to your use of the Website and its Content, or any part thereof, make changes in the features of the Software. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including, but not limited to, posting on Website, or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means by which you will obtain notice thereof. Any use of Website by you after such notice shall be deemed to constitute your acceptance of such changes, modifications or additions.

ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENTS

• Through the Website, you have access to a variety of resources and Content. Content, in the context of this Terms of use included (but not limited) to the web pages, data, messages, text, images, photographs, graphics, audio and video and documents such as the articles, downloads, press releases, white papers, research articles and materials, information related to all the projects of GBL and all related information made available to you through the Website.
• Unless otherwise noted, all Content including without limitation, logos, brand names, images, designs, photographs, video clips, written material and content and other materials that appear as part of our Website are copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property whether registered or unregistered (“Intellectual Property“) owned, controlled or licensed by GBL.
• Our Website as a whole is protected by copyright and trade dress. Nothing on our Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Intellectual Property displayed or used on our Website, without the prior written permission of GBL.
• The names and logos of GBL may not be used in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of materials on our Website, without prior, written permission from GBL. Fair use of GBL’s Intellectual Property requires proper acknowledgment and attribution to GBL.
• Other company names mentioned in our Website may be the Intellectual Property of their respective owners.
• No Content available on the Website can be reproduced, modified, distributed, transmitted, displayed, in whole or in part without the express written permission of GBL.
• Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: GBL enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law. If we discover that you have used our Content in contravention of the license set out in this notice, we may bring both civil and criminal proceedings against you and/or seek monetary damages and/or an injunction to stop you using those materials. You could also be ordered to pay legal costs.

ACCEPTABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE USE OF THE WEBSITE AND CONTENT

GBL grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Website in order for you to view the Content strictly in accordance with this Terms of Use. You may view pages from our Website in a web browser, or download pages from our Website for caching in a web browser.

However, except as expressly permitted by the other provisions of this Terms of Use, or unless you own or control the relevant rights to the Content on the Website, you must not:

• Edit or otherwise modify any Content on our Website;
• Exploit Content from our Website for a commercial purpose;
• Republish our Website or its Content (including republication on another Website) in violation of this Terms of Use;
• Sell, rent or sub-license Content from our Website;
• Redistribute Content from our Website, save to the extent expressly permitted by this notice;
• Use our Website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of the Website;
• Use our Website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;
• Use our Website in any way for advocating or encouraging violence against any government, organization, group, individual or property, or providing instruction, information, or assistance in causing or carrying out such violence, regardless of whether such activity is unlawful;
• Use our Website or its Services in any way for accessing, sending, receiving, displaying, performing, disclosing, storing, or executing any content a) in violation of any copyright, right of publicity, patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, trade secret or other intellectual property right, b) in violation of any applicable agreement, or c) without authorization;
• Use our Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software; or
• Use our Website or Content provided on or through the Website, for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use or the rules, guidelines or terms of use posted for a specific area of the Website or Content provided on or through the Website.
• Conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our Website without our express written consent.

You shall not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Website or any network connected to the Website nor breach the security or authentication measures on the Website or any network connected to the Website. You may not reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to Website to its source, or exploit the Website or any service or information made available or offered by or through the Website, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than your own information, as provided for by the Website.

Any violation of this clause shall result in criminal and civil actions taken against you immediately without notice.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless GBL, its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, due to or arising out of your violation of these Terms of Use or any additional rules, guidelines or terms of use posted for a specific area of the Website or Content provided on or through the Website, or your violation or infringement of any third party rights, including intellectual property rights.

TERMINATION OF USE

GBL may, in its sole discretion, at any time discontinue providing or limit access to the Website, any areas of the Website or Content provided on or through the Website. You agree that GBL may, in its sole discretion, at any time, terminate or limit your access to, or use of, the Website or any Content. GBL may terminate or limit your access to or use of the Website if GBL determines, in its sole discretion, that you have infringed the copyrights of a third party. You agree that GBL shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination or limitation of your access to, or use of, the Website or any Content, including Content that you may have shared.

THIRD PARTY WEB WEBSITES, CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

The Website may provide links to other Websites and access to content, products and services of third parties, including partners and affiliates of GBL. GBL is not responsible for third party content provided on or through the Website or for any changes or updates to such third party Websites, and you bear all risks associated with the access to, and use of, such Web Websites and third party Content, products and services.

DISCLAIMER

Except where expressly provided otherwise, the Website, and all Content provided on or through the Website, are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. GBL expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement with respect to the Website and all Content provided on or through the Website. GBL makes no warranty that: (a) the Website or Content will meet your requirements; (b) the Website will be available on an uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free basis; (c) the results that may be obtained from the use of the Website or any Content provided on or through the Website will be accurate or reliable; or (d) the quality of any Content purchased or obtained by you on or through the Website will meet your expectations.

Any content accessed, downloaded or otherwise obtained on or through the use of the Website is used at your own discretion and risk. GBL shall have no responsibility for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download or use of Content.

Reference to any product, process, publication, service, or offering of any third party by trade name, trademark, and manufacturer or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply the endorsement or recommendation of such third party by GBL.

GBL reserves the right to make changes or updates to, and monitor the use of, the Website and Content provided on or through the website at any time without notice.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

In no event shall GBL be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or damages for loss of profits, revenue, data or data use, incurred by you or any third party, whether in an action in contract or tort, arising from your access to, or use of, the Website or any Content provided on or through the Website.

WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY

The failure of GBL to exercise or enforce any rights or provisions in these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any part or provision of these Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable, such part or provision may be modified to make the Terms of Use as modified legal and enforceable. The balance of the Terms of Use shall not be affected.

APPLICABLE LAWS

All matters relating to your access to, and use of, the Website and Content provided on or through or uploaded to the Website shall be governed by Indian laws. Any legal action or proceeding relating to your access to, or use of, the Website or Content shall be instituted in New Delhi, India. You and GBL agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and agree that venue is proper in, these courts in any such legal action or proceeding.

Copyright/Trademark

Copyright © GBL and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

 

If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Use, please contact GBL at info@goodbusinesslab.org. If you have any other questions, contact information is available at the Get in Touch page on the Website.