Terms & Conditions
Welcome to ScholarLinc, a Website designed to simplify your first step toward pursuing a PhD. This Terms of Use is published in accordance with the Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 thereunder, as amended from time to time. These Terms of Use set out the terms and conditions for use of this ScholarLinc (“Website”) and any content, offered on or through the Website
These Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy and any other terms and conditions published on the Website or communicated to you from time to time (collectively referred to as the “Agreement”), define the relationship and responsibilities between You and Creator in using the Website
These Terms of Use apply to end users of the Website (referred to as “You”, “Your” “ User”). When we speak of (“Creator”, ‘we’, ‘us’, and ‘our’) collectively mean ScholarLinc being the creator of this Website and the content/materials contained therein. Your access to the Website is subject to Your acceptance of this Agreement.
Hence, please take time to read this Agreement. If You disagree with any part of this Agreement or do not wish to be bound by the same, then please do not use the Website in any manner.
By accessing this Website , You are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, all applicable laws and regulations. From time-to-time, versions of the above-mentioned policies and terms are made available on the Website for Your reference and to understand how we handle Your personal information.
1) Eligibility
If You’re an individual You shall be at least 18 (eighteen) years of age or if You are a resident of the European Union the minimum age for these purposes shall be 16, If You are minor (below age of 18 or 16), as the case maybe You shall have Your parent or legal guardian’s permission to use the Website. By using the Website, You are, through Your actions, representing and warranting to us that You have obtained the appropriate consents/permissions to use the Website
2) Access or Visiting Website
To access any Content offered on the Website, we do not require any registration, login or payment.
3) Licence to Use:
You are granted a limited, non-exclusive license to access and view the Content on the Website for Your own personal, non-commercial use Further, You may not-
a. modify, edit or copy the Content, or any material made available on the Website;
b. create derivative works or exploit any material made available on the Website or any portion thereof (including, but not limited to any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information contained therein) in manner that is not permitted under this license granted to You;
c. publicly display (commercially or non-commercially) the any material made available on the Website or otherwise use the same for any commercial purpose;
d. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained in the Website;
e. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the Content, Creator Content or any material made available on the Website ; or
f. transfer the any material made available on the Website to another person or ‘mirror’ the same on any other server.
For the purpose of this Agreement, “Content” shall mean and include any, text materials (including .doc, .docx, and .pdfs) uploaded or otherwise published on the Website by the Creator to be accessed by You
4) Intellectual Property:
a) We own all information and materials, including Content in whatever form or media provided or communicated to You by or on behalf of us including but not limited to, the Website , trademarks, trade dress, logos, wordmarks, illustrations, letters, images, ideas, concepts, the layout, design, flow, look and feel of the Website, logos, marks, graphics, audio files, video files, any software which is owned by or licensed to us, instructions embedded in any form of digital documents and other data, information, or material made available to You by us (“Creator’s Intellectual Property”). Creator’s Intellectual Property, including the copyrights and trademarks contained therein, may not be modified by You in any way.
b) You acknowledge and agree that You do not acquire any ownership rights to Creator’s Intellectual Property by use of the Website or any part thereof.
c) You acknowledge and agree that the Creator’s Intellectual Property is protected by the applicable intellectual property laws, including international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws and any unauthorised use, reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance of the Creator’s Intellectual Property or any component thereof is strictly prohibited.
5) Feedback:
a) If You submit suggestions, ideas, comments, or questions containing feedback about any Content, the Website or any part thereof, either through the Public Forum or otherwise (“Feedback”), then You grants to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable right to use (and full right to sublicense), reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, transmit, and display such Feedback in any form. You shall have no intellectual property right in any Content, Website or any part thereof, as a result of our incorporation of Feedback into any Content or the Website.
b) Any feedback You provide with respect to the Website shall be deemed to be non-confidential. The Website shall be free to use such information on an unrestricted basis. Further, by submitting the feedback, You represent and warrant that (i) Your feedback does not contain confidential or proprietary information of You or of third parties; (ii) the Creator is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the feedback; (iii) the Website may have something similar to the feedback already under consideration or in development; and (iv) You are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from the Creator for the feedback under any circumstances, unless specified.
6) Disclaimer:
THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” AND WITH ALL FAULTS AND DEFECTS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THE CREATOR, ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS AFFILIATES AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE , INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE. WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOREGOING, THE CREATOR PROVIDES NO WARRANTY OR UNDERTAKING, AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OFFERED THEREIN WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, ACHIEVE ANY INTENDED RESULTS, BE COMPATIBLE OR WORK WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE, APPLICATIONS, SYSTEMS OR SERVICES, OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, MEET ANY PERFORMANCE OR RELIABILITY STANDARDS OR BE ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE CREATOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED: (I) AS TO THE OPERATION OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE , OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, AND MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED THEREON; (II) THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; (III) AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR CURRENCY OF ANY INFORMATION OR CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ; OR (IV) THAT THE WEBSITE , ITS SERVERS, THE CONTENT, OR E-MAILS SENT FROM OR ON BEHALF OF THE CREATOR ARE FREE OF VIRUSES, SCRIPTS, TROJAN HORSES, WORMS, MALWARE, TIMEBOMBS OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON APPLICABLE STATUTORY RIGHTS OF A CONSUMER, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. BUT IN SUCH A CASE THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE APPLIED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT ENFORCEABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
7) Links to Third Party Website:
Creator has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the Creator of such site. Use of any such linked website is at Your own risk.
8) Governing Law and Jurisdiction:
Any claim relating to the Website shall be governed by the laws of the Creator’s home jurisdiction (the laws of Republic of India. ) without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree, as we do, to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at Republic of India.
9) Miscellaneous:
a) Alteration of Website or Amendments to the Conditions:
We reserve the right to make changes to our Website , policies, and this Agreement at any time. We will post the new terms with a revision date indicated at the top or if deemed practicable. You should check our Website frequently to see recent changes. You will be subject to the Agreement and the policies in force at the time that You use the Website.
b) Waiver:
If You breach these conditions and we take no action, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies in any other situation where You breach these conditions.
c) Severability:
If any provision of this Agreement will be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement will otherwise remain in effect.
d) Events beyond our reasonable control:
We will not be held responsible for any delay or failure to comply with our obligations under these conditions if the delay or failure arises from any cause which is beyond our reasonable control. This condition does not affect Your statutory rights.
10) Contact Us:
If You’ve have concerns or queries regarding this Agreement, You may write to us by email at scholarlinc@gmail.com