TERMS OF USE AND NOTICES
AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND shakthionline.com
Terms and Conditions between shakthionline and Users –  upto  31st March, 2019
Contact e-mail: shakthionline7@gmail.com

Welcome to shakthionline.com, online service portal of MADRAS MEDIA LIMITED. These terms and conditions of use (Terms) constitute a legal agreement between you and MADRAS MEDIA LIMITED. Use of this Site constitutes your unconditional acceptance of these Terms herein and by all terms, policies and guidelines incorporated by reference. You acknowledge that the shakthionline.com has absolute editorial control over all its Content at all times.

These Terms apply to your use of this Site, and do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with shakthionline.com, its subsidiaries or affiliates. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you are over the age of 18 and are lawfully able to accept these Terms. If you are using the Site on behalf of any entity, you further represent and warrant that you are authorized to accept these Terms on such entity"s behalf, and that such entity agrees to indemnify shakthionline.com for violations of these Terms.

Any reference in the Terms to "you" or "your" means you as a user of shakthionline.com Online Services.

shakthionline.com Services are made available to you by the MADRAS MEDIA LIMITED · (For short, "shakthionline.com"). shakthionline.com is a single web site and it is host site and you can also be redirected here from the other related URLs, shakthionline.com Online Service(s) are websites, products and/or software applications that enable you to access, view and/or read to shakthionline.com Content on compatible devices and are identified as shakthionline Online Services in Additional Terms.

shakthionline.com content means audio, video, text, images or other content made available by the shakthionline to you through shakthionline.com online Services and may sometimes include content which is owned or controlled by third parties which the shakthionline.com is permitted to make available to you through the relevant shakthionline.com Online Service.

If you think that shakthionline.com Content and/or any online Service should not be appearing on a website, blog or service then please contact us at shakthionline7@gmail.com

GENERAL RESTRICTIONS

(a) You may not infringe or try to infringe the privacy or other rights of other shakthionline.com Online Services users. This includes you storing or trying to store personal data or usage details of other shakthionline.com Online Services users.

(b) You may not infringe any applicable law (ex. Copyright law) when using shakthionline.com Online Services to access, view or read to shakthionline.com Content.

(c) You may not subject the shakthionline.com Online Services and/or the shakthionline.com Content to any derogatory treatment or use them in such a way that would bring the shakthionline.com into disrepute or cause the shakthionline.com to incur liability to any third party.

(d) You agree to use shakthionline.com Online Services and access, download, view and/or read to shakthionline.com Content as supplied to you by the shakthionline.com and you may not, and you may not assist anyone to, or attempt to, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, adapt, modify, copy, reproduce, lend, hire, rent, perform, sub-license, make available to the public, create derivative works from, broadcast, distribute, commercially exploit, transmit or otherwise use in any way shakthionline.com Online Services and/or shakthionline.com Content in whole or in part except to the extent permitted in these Terms of Use, any relevant Additional Terms and at law.

(e) You may not directly or indirectly charge others for accessing, viewing or reading to any shakthionline.com content, or commercialise or attempt to re-sell the shakthionline.com Content in any way, which includes advertising or selling any goods and services which offer shakthionline.com Content including any third party software applications.

(f) You may not disrupt or try to disrupt shakthionline.com Online Services. You agree not to use shakthionline.com Online Services to distribute software viruses or other harmful programs, or use shakthionline.com Online Services to engage in harmful, harassing or otherwise objectionable activity, including activity inhibiting access to shakthionline.com Online Services by others.

(g) You may not harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any other person using shakthionline.com Online Services or transmit obscene or offensive content or disrupt the normal flow of dialogue within shakthionline.com Online Services, in particular, on shakthionline.com message boards/comments.

If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use this Site.

RIGHTS TO WEBSITE AND CONTENTS THEREOF

This Site is owned and operated by MADRAS MEDIA LIMITED. All the content featured or displayed on this Site, including, but not limited to text, graphics, data, images-(photographic and moving), illustrations, software and selection and arrangement thereof (Content), is owned by shakthionline.com.

All elements of this Site, including, but not limited to, the general design and the Content thereof, are protected by copyright, moral rights, trademark and other laws related to the protection of intellectual property rights. Except for, as explicitly permitted under this, or other written license or agreement with shakthionline.com, no portion or element of this Site or its content may be copied or retransmitted via any means. All related rights shall remain the exclusive property of shakthionline.com, its licensors or its third-party image partners.

TRADEMARKS

shakthionline Trademark, the shakthionline logo, and any other product or service name or slogan contained in the Site are trademarks of shakthionline.com/ MADRAS MEDIA LIMITED and its suppliers or licensors, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of shakthionline.com or the applicable trademark holder. You may not use meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing content or any other name, trademark or product or service name of shakthionline.com without our prior written permission. In addition, the look and feel of the Site, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts, is the service mark, trademark and/or trade dress of shakthionline.com and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos mentioned in the Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by us.

DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

So that the shakthionline.com can meet its obligations to third parties who own rights in shakthionline.com Content, the shakthionline.com may embed digital rights management security in shakthionline.com Online Services or shakthionline.com Content and/or use other content-protection measures. You may not adjust or circumvent or try to adjust or circumvent these technical measures.

shakthionline.com SERVICES AND YOUR DEVICE

You can use shakthionline.com Online Services on a variety of compatible devices. These Terms apply to your use of shakthionline.com Online Services on any device. shakthionline.com Online Services or some of the features and functionalities may not be available on all devices. The shakthionline.com makes no guarantee that all or any features of shakthionline.com Online Services will work on any particular device.

USING THE WEBSITE & SERVICES

This Site and its Content are intended for customers /subscribers of shakthionline.com, its publications or publications marketed or distributed by it/its affiliate company including shakthionlines. You may not use this Site or the content for any purpose which is not related to your business with shakthionline.com. Any use of the Content, this Site or any of its functionality for a purpose not permitted by these Terms is grounds for the immediate revocation of any user names, passcodes or other permissions that may have been granted by shakthionline.com for use of this Site.

INDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless shakthionline.com, its subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors, employees, agents, third party information providers and independent contractors against any claims, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses arising out of or related to any User Content that you post, store or otherwise transmit on or through the Site, your conduct, your use or inability to use the Site, your breach or alleged breach of the Site Terms or of any representation or warranty contained herein, your unauthorized use of the Content, or your violation of any rights of another. Further you shall indemnify shakthionline.com, its subsidiaries, its affiliates and licensors against any loss, expense, cost or damage incurred by any or all of them as a result of your breach of these Terms or your unauthorized use of the Content or the Site.

CHANGES TO SITE TERMS

shakthionline.com reserves the right to change any of the terms and conditions contained in the Site Terms or any policy or guideline of the Site, at any time and in its sole discretion. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes will constitute your acceptance of such changes. We encourage you to review the Site Terms whenever you visit the website.

DISCLAIMERS

THIS SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND shakthionline.com AND ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTENT PROVIDERS AND AGENTS EXCLUDE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. shakthionline.com WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS AND DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THE FUNCTIONS EMBODIED ON OR IN THE MATERIALS OF THIS SITE ARE NOT WARRANTED TO BE UNINTERRUPTED OR WITHOUT ERROR. YOU, NOT MADRAS MEDIA LIMITED COMPANY, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION DUE TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR CONTENT. shakthionline.com MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR THE CONTENT IS FREE FROM INFECTION BY VIRUSES OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES.
shakthionline.com uses reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy, correctness and reliability of the information and data, but we make no representations or warranties for the same. Contents, Images of people or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, shakthionline.com or third parties. The use of these contents, images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Site or by separate license or agreement. Any unauthorized use of these contents, images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and other applicable laws.

COOKIE POLICY

We use cookies and similar technologies to help us recognise you across different Services, learn about your interests, improve your experience, measure use and effectiveness of our Services, and serve advertising. By continuing to browse the site you are giving your consent for us to set cookies.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet or mobile) when you are on the Internet. We mainly use these Cookies on our sites in order to make your browsing more pleasant and to improve the use and the functionality of them; for instance, to recognize you on your next login and to offer you content tailored to your expectations and your interests. We also use these files to perform traffic statistics and to determine how you discovered our sites. Some of the cookies we use are Google Analytics.

WHEN DOES shakthionline.com USE COOKIES?

We use cookies on our websites www.shakthionline.com. Any browser loading our sites will receive cookies from us. shakthionline.com does not use cookies to sell customer information.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO TURN OFF COOKIES?

Yes. You can control cookies through your browser settings and other tools.

REGISTRATION

In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to:

1. Provide accurate, current and complete information about you as may be prompted by any registration forms on the Site;
2. Maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you provide to Company, to keep it accurate, current and complete;
3. Maintain the security of your password and identification;
4. Notify shakthionline.com immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or other breach of security;
5. Accept all responsibility for any and all activities that occur under your account; and
6. Accept all risks of unauthorized access to the Registration Data and any other information you provide to Company.

SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

This Service shall be available to the Subscriber on a monthly basis. The payment for the Service shall be made by the Subscriber, in advance through credit card/debit card/net banking/paypal as per the rates published on shakthionline.com, web site. shakthionline.com reserves the right to change/alter the rates from time to time without prior notice.

Once the payment has been received by shakthionline.com, the Subscriber shall complete the registration form as available on the Website and shall be required to give basic information which shall include Name, address, Phone no, email address, Password along with a valid mobile phone number.

Once registered, shakthionline.com grants the subscriber a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right to use the software used in connection within this section to a single user; provided that the subscriber shall not be allowed to copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the software. The subscriber agrees not to modify the software in any manner or form or to use modified versions of the software, including, without limitation, for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the site.

All material under this section including without limitation, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound are protected by Indian copyright laws. The subscriber shall access and use the materials for personal purposes only.

shakthionline.com Videos are provided as a service for information purposes only. No representations or warranties are made regarding the videos, or the accuracy, completeness or reliability of any information or advice it contains. shakthionline.com assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in information or advice provided.

shakthionline.com may suspend the Services for lack of use or in case shakthionline.com believes that the Subscriber has violated or acted inconsistently with these Terms and Conditions.

shakthionline.com subscription services does not include any other new paid services which may be included in the future. The subscription is valid only for the existing  One shakthionline magazine.

Though we take utmost effort to offer disruption free service we do not make any warranties, express or implied with respect to this service due to the factors that are beyond our control.

Subscription of printed books will be posted by Register Airmail for foreign subscribers and by Registered Mail for inland subscribers. A book will be dispatched at your own risk. And it may take approximately three weeks to reach you. To more details contact: shakthionline7@gmail.com

PAYMENT & CHARGEBACK DISCLAIMER

You hereby expressly agree that once you or any other person have started the process of payment of subscription by expressly without reservation agreeing to the terms and conditions of the site by clicking and accepting them and have further submitted your credit card/ any other card details or other details to the site/internet banking service provider for payment and your account gets debited no chargeback claim or dispute with regard to the failure of delivery of Product or the use/misuse of such credit card or any other card, or internet banking filed by you/on your behalf with the Credit Card Provider/Internet banking service provider or any Bank/Financial Institution or Court /Tribunal /Ombudsman shall be binding on shakthionline.com or its Merchant Bank or any company which maintains shakthionline servers thereby giving connectivity to internet banking service provider(s).

You accept and take full responsibility towards the ownership/possession and use of your credit card or any other card or your internet banking password or access. This understanding that you will have no right to claim any charge back is a material condition of this agreement and once you hereby expressly agree to it you shall be stopped from challenging /disputing it in any adjudication/proceeding before any Bank/Financial institution/ Internet banking service provider or Court or Tribunal or Ombudsman or otherwise.

CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY

shakthionline.com will provide the service from the date of the registration of the Subscriber is accepted on the Website until the expiry of the Term or until the subscription to the Service is suspended /cancelled by shakthionline.com. In the event of permanent suspension of services other than by Force majeure within the period of subscription from the date of the commencement of your subscription, shakthionline.com shall be liable to refund only the proportionate subscription amount so collected being the unexpired period of your subscription as on that date of suspension.

ACCOUNT SECURITY

All information gathered on shakthionline.com is securely stored within the Subscription Service of shakthionline controlled database. The database is stored on the servers secured behind a firewall and access to these servers is password-protected and is strictly limited. However, as effective as our security measures are, no security system is impenetrable. And, any information you include in a posting to the discussion areas is available to anyone with Internet access.

A note to end on : The Web is an evolving medium. If we need to change our privacy policy at some point in the future, we"ll post the changes before they take effect. Of course, the use of any information we gather will always be consistent with the policy under which the information was collected, regardless of what the new policy may be.

LINKS

shakthionline.com Online Services and/or shakthionline.com Content may contain hyperlinks to websites and resources owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites and resources have their own terms of use and we urge you to review them. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for any third party websites and resources and your access and use of such services and content is at your own risk.

USE OF SINGLE-PIXEL-GIFS

shakthionline.com may contain electronic images that allow shakthionline.com to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. Such electronic images are not used to access your personally identifiable information on the shakthionline.com network of sites and services; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about shakthionline.com usage.

TRANSFER OF RIGHTS

You may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights and obligations in the Terms to any other person.

SEVERANCE & WAIVER

No action of shakthionline.com, other than an express written waiver or amendment, may be construed as a waiver or amendment of any of these Terms. If any clause in these Terms is found to be unenforceable, wherever possible, it will not affect any other clause and each will remain in full force and effect. We reserve the right to change these Terms; the Content/ information displayed on the Site, any license or product prices contained on the Site and any other information or license terms without prior notice. These Terms set out the entire agreement between shakthionline.com and you relating to your use of this Site. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

TERMINATION

Notwithstanding any of these Site Terms, shakthionline.com reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to suspend/ terminate your account and/or to block your use of the Site.

JURISDICTION & RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES

All license agreements, use or any issues arising out of any activity regarding the use of this website will be governed by the laws of India and subject to exclusive jurisdiction of courts in CHENNAI. All and any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this terms & transaction shall be settled by mutual discussion and if not solved may be referred to arbitration to be appointed by shakthionline.com and to be held at Chennai.