Terms and Conditions for platform
General
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1.1 Who owns and operates the Platform?
The domain name https://www.veeraa.org and the website platform hosted thereupon with its constituents (Platform) is owned by Veeraa Leadership Platform Private Limited, an Indian company with its registered office at 48 Church Street, Haridevpur, Shanthala Nagar, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560001.
Veeraa is a platform for voluntary giving and charitable donations. We do not provide any financial return in any form whatsoever, including but not limited to financial securities (debt or equity), interest, dividend, profit share, rewards in cash, to individuals who contribute on veeraa.org. Any contribution on veeraa.org, by an individual, should not be construed as an investment in any form whatsoever.
1.2 Veeraa’s Role
Veera operates solely as a technology intermediary facilitating Contributions between Contributors (also called ‘Donors’ or ‘Funders’) and Campaigners (also called ‘Fundraisers’). The Platform lists and hosts Users and acts as an online intermediary that enables the Campaigners to connect with Contributors to make and receive Donations. The Platform shall not be held accountable or liable for any action or inaction by the Campaigner or Contributor including any misrepresentation or non-compliance with applicable laws.
Veera does not act as a payment aggregator, a payment gateway, trustee, brokers, agents, financial institutions, creditors, or insurers for any campaign or Donations on this Platform.
Veera does not control, supervise, or direct the use of funds by Campaigners/Fundraisers.
Limited Review: Where Campaigners are designated as Veera Leaders or Community Leaders, such designation is based on a limited review process and does not constitute endorsement, certification, or guarantee. Nor does it imply verification of all statements made.
Consolidated terms of use and terms and conditions
Please read these Terms of Use/Terms and Conditions carefully before using https://www.veeraa.org/ (the ‘website or the ‘Site’), owned by parent company Veeraa Leadership Platform Private Ltd and its affiliated companies or entities (combined called as the ‘company’). This agreement sets forth the legally binding terms and conditions for your use of the website. By using the service/services in any manner, including, but not limited to, visiting or browsing the site or contributing content, information, or other materials or services to the site, you agree to be bound by this agreement.
These terms and conditions apply in addition to any other terms and conditions that the Company or its affiliated organizations may ask you to sign at the time of making the contribution. The Company may ask you to sign specific terms and conditions at different points of activities on the website.
In the context of these T&Cs, Veeraa, Company, Platform, Site, We, Our, Us, expressions shall unless it be repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, primarily refer to Veeraa Leadership Platform Pvt Ltd. and its permitted successors and/or assigns, and where applicable, the affiliates.
These T&Cs constitute an electronic record under the information technology act, 2000 (IT act), are generated by a computer system, and do not require any physical or digital signatures for its binding effect.
Summary of Service
Veeraa is an online platform where certain users (‘Campaigners’ or ‘Fundraisers’) run campaigns to raise funds for their social impact projects. They raise funds by asking for contributions from other users (‘Contributors’ or ‘Funders’ or ‘Donors’) in order to continue performing their social impact projects.
Through the Site, email, websites, and other media, the Company makes accessible various content, including, but not limited to, videos, photographs, images, artwork, graphics, audio clips, comments, data, text, software, scripts, projects, other material and information, and associated trademarks and copyrightable works (collectively, “Content”). Campaigners, contributors or funders, and other visitors (collectively, “Users”) may have the ability to contribute, add, create, upload, submit, distribute, facilitate the distribution of, collect, post, or otherwise make accessible (“Submit”) Content.
“User Submissions” means any Content Submitted by Users including campaigners and contributors. By creating a fundraising campaign on Veeraa, you as the campaigner are offering the public the opportunity to enter into a contract with you. By funding or contributing to a fundraising campaign on Veeraa, you as the funder/contributor accept that offer and the contract between the campaigner and the funder/contributor. Veeraa is not a party to that agreement between the campaigner and the funder/contributor. All dealings are solely between Users.
Acceptance of Terms
The Service is offered subject to acceptance of all of the terms and conditions contained in these Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy (that can be found on the website) mentioned in this document and all other operating rules, policies, and procedures that may be published on the Site, which are incorporated by reference and may be updated by the Site without notice to you. In addition, some Services offered through the Site may be subject to additional terms and conditions adopted by the Company. Your use of those services is subject to those additional terms and conditions, which are incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference.The Services of the Site is available only to individuals who need their funds transferred to an Indian bank account. The Company may, in its sole discretion, refuse to offer the Site’s services to any person or entity and change its eligibility criteria at any time. This provision is void where prohibited by law and the right to access the Site’s services is revoked in those jurisdictions.
Users must be above 18 years of age, and competent to contract in terms of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. By accessing or using the Platform, you hereby agree and represent that you are competent to enter into a contract, or you have obtained parental/legal guardian consent.
Modification of Terms of Use
The Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms of Use, or change, suspend, or discontinue the Site and its services (including, but not limited to, the availability of any feature, database, or Content) at any time for any reason. The Company may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the website without notice or liability. It is your responsibility to check the Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of the website following the posting of any changes to the Terms of Use constitutes acceptance of those changes.
Fund transaction and accountability
Veeraa facilitates access to a payment gateway, namely Razorpay, to facilitate transaction of funds for campaigns. However, it may be noted that the platform or the Company:
Are not the final recipients of any funds from the contributors directly, but a service provider, which enables receipt of funds (domestic only) by campaign owners, who are the final recipient of funds;
Will deduct their platform fees from the funds donated and the remaining amount is directly sent to the Campaigner’s bank account at the time of donation (or within at most 3 business days in case of payment gateway related issues);
Does not generate contributions and contributors for a campaign;
Does not guarantee that the target funds of a campaign will be raised fully;
Does not offer the platform to users for investing in a project for the purpose of equity, loans/debt, or profit sharing;
The Platform relies on the self-declaration provided by Contributors regarding their nationality and/or country of residence. The Contributor represents and confirms that it has provided accurate information in such self-declaration and shall be solely liable and responsible for any consequences arising therefrom including any claims that may be raised against Veeraa with respect to any misrepresentation made by the Contributor. Further, the Contributorand the Fundraiser are jointly and severally responsible to ensure compliance with applicable laws that may limit their ability to provide and receive Donations and they undertake and represent that they have independently evaluated their eligibility to make and receive Donations in a particular currency as per applicable law.
Other Applicable Conditions: Our Privacy Statement which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data/information we collect from you, or that you provide to us forms integral parts of these T&Cs. Your acceptance to these T&Cs as indicated earlier will signify your consent to the Privacy Statement.
Terms and Conditions for Fundraisers/ Campaigners (Those Who Want To Raise Funds)
7.1 General Conditions
Veeraa operates solely as a technology intermediary facilitating Contributions between Contributors/ Donors and Campaigners/ Fundraisers.
All Contributions made through the Platform are voluntary donations made at the Contributor’s sole discretion. Contributions do not create any entitlement to: financial return, equity or ownership, repayment, profit-sharing, or any form of investment interest.
The Fundraiser is solely responsible for utilizing the funds for the Purpose mentioned in the fund-raising page. The Company is not responsible in any way whatsoever towards the end utilization of funds.
The Fundraiser may or may not be able to raise the targeted amount in the designated period. The Company at its sole discretion may extend the tenor of hosting or may remove this fund-raising page.
The Company will not be responsible in any way whatsoever on the amount of contributions received.
The Company will facilitate the collection of contributions online, will deduct their platform fee (see below) and the payment gateway processing fee, and will provide the remaining amount to the campaigners. The Platform will provide the campaigners the list of contributors, and their respective contribution amount based on contributor consent.
Fundraisers understand that the funds are not owned by the Company.
Veeraa and the payment gateway will deduct their fees and applicable taxes before providing the funds to the campaigners. Unless provided otherwise in any additional terms or agreement or contract, before disbursing the Donations to the Campaigners (s), Veeraa shall deduct the following, inclusive of applicable goods and services tax (GST):
(i) up to 3% for payment processing fees charged by the payment gateway directly; and
(ii) deduct up to 10% as the Platform’s fee, inclusive of the applicable GST, before disbursing the Donations (which is in addition to the payment processing fees mentioned hereinabove); and
No fees are payable for hosting a fundraising campaign on the Platform. If a fundraiser fails to raise any funds, then they shall not owe the Company any fees.
For the Platform’s fee, as mentioned hereinabove, Veeraa shall raise invoice(s) to the concerned Campaigner every month. Such invoice(s) shall be sent to the Recipients’s registered email ID within thirty (30) days from the end of the relevant month.
Any change to the abovementioned fees will be notified by us.
If applicable, the Fundraiser shall issue Tax Rebate certificates for Indian contributions only to the extent of the monies received by the fundraiser; i.e. the amount contributed minus the fees charged by Veeraa and the payment gateway. In such a scenario, the Platform has clearly mentioned to all Contributors about the availability of such funds.
You hereby indemnify and agree to keep indemnified and hold safe and harmless the Company, its Directors, employees and agents against all such liabilities or claims and also against any loss or damage that may arise on the Party, its Directors, employees and agents on account of acts of omission, utilization of funds by the fundraiser on anything other than the stated Purpose, lack of necessary regulatory approvals for receipt of funds in any form or for carrying out the activities required for execution of the Purpose. The indemnities if any shall survive beyond the period of the Agreement.
While third party payment gateway or your bank processes payment transactions, they are privy to and process your personal information, and such processing will be solely their responsibility; and Veeraa shall not be liable for any breach, or harm, or unauthorized use of personal information of any kind by such payment gateway or bank.
In no event will the Company be liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential damages (including loss of profit or business), howsoever arising, whether under contract, tort or otherwise, even if informed of the possibility of the same.
The fundraiser must not have abetted or committed any unlawful activity.
In all cases where the fundraiser is collecting and processing personal data of children or persons with disabilities, or any other data or information about them, in any form or manner, including but not limited to images, videos, text, etc., for the purpose of campaigns and raising Donations on the Platform or for any other purpose, the fundraiser shall obtain explicit consent of the parent or legal guardian of the concerned child and/or persons with disabilities, in accordance with applicable laws.
The Fundraiser shall support Veeraa with its limited due diligence processes such as the provision of contact information of references, team members, and community members (based on consent) to verify on ground activities, other programmatic activity documentation, photographs to showcase activity progress, and any other information that Veeraa deems appropriate for evaluating compliance with these T&Cs.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the applicable laws of the Indian Union, and in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement to the jurisdiction of the courts of Bengaluru, India only.
The Company may terminate the agreement at any point of time should it have material evidence of wrong utilization of funds, or absence of requisite regulatory approvals to raise funds or carry out the Purpose.
7.2 Fund transfer and management
Veeraa only enables the flow of funds from funders to campaigners and is not the final recipient of funds raised on its platform, unless running a proprietary crowdfunding campaign. Veeraa deducts its transaction fees and the payment processing fees (including service tax) and transfers the net amount.
7.3 Foreign funds
Foreign currency Donation: All other Donations except INR Donations raised in India are currently not accepted by Veeraa.
The Platform relies on the self-declaration provided by Contributors regarding their nationality and/or country of residence. The Contributor represents and confirms that it has provided accurate information in such self-declaration and shall be solely liable and responsible for any consequences arising therefrom including any claims that may be raised against Veeraa with respect to any misrepresentation made by the Contributor. Further, the Contributor and the Recipient are jointly and severally responsible to ensure compliance with applicable laws that may limit their ability to provide and receive Donations and they undertake and represent that they have independently evaluated their eligibility to make and receive Donations in a particular currency as per applicable laws.
7.4 Taxation
Campaigners must bear any tax liabilities on the funds raised through Veeraa. These taxes may include, but are not limited to, income tax, VAT, and service tax applicable on the fund’s raised or on the procurement of rewards. Veeraa is not liable to provide any tax or legal advice to campaigners .
7.5 Project Progress
While campaigners have full project ownership and the right to complete it, they are accountable and obliged to perform the activities to finish the projects as described on the fundraising page. Campaigners must also keep the funders updated about the work in progress in case of delays to avoid funder dissatisfaction. The Company or the Site does not make any claims or guarantees on behalf of the campaigner regarding the completion of the project and usage of the funds raised solely for the purpose of the project. Similarly, the Company or the Website does not take any responsibility for making sure that the project for which the funds are raised through its Site is completed and made available to the contributors. The contributors are free to get in touch with the campaign owner directly and solving any dispute that arises regarding the campaign or the project.
7.6 Campaign cancellation
Veeraa reserves the right to reject, cancel, interrupt, remove, or suspend a campaign at any time and for any reason. Veeraa is not liable for any damages as a result of any of those actions. Veeraa’s policy is not to comment on the reasons for any of those actions.
7.7 Veeraa’s rights
Veeraa reserves the right to make changes in its technology platform or crowdfunding services at anytime as it sees fit with due notification to campaigners and other users. Veeraa will not tailor it’s offering to various campaigners. Users are requested to keep themselves updated with all changes on Veeraa’s platform and policies by regularly checking its FAQs or with the Company directly.
The Company will not have any ownership rights over your User Submissions and Content. However, the Company will get the license to perform and market the Site on your behalf and on behalf of its other Users and itself. You grant to the Company the worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable right to (and to allow others acting on its behalf to) (i) use, edit, modify, prepare derivative works of, reproduce, host, display, stream, transmit, playback, transcode, copy, feature, market, sell, distribute, and otherwise fully exploit your User Submissions and your trademarks, service marks, slogans, logos, and similar proprietary rights (collectively, the “Trademarks”) in connection with (a) the Site, (b) the Company’s (and its successors’ and assigns’) businesses, (c) promoting, marketing, and redistributing part or all of the Site (and derivative works thereof) or the service in any media formats and through any media channels (including, without limitation, third-party websites); (ii) take whatever other action is required to perform and market the Service; (iii) allow its Users to stream, transmit, playback, download, display, feature, distribute, collect, and otherwise use the User Submissions and Trademarks in connection with the Service; and (iv) use and publish, and permit others to use and publish, the User Submissions, Trademarks, names, likenesses, and personal and biographical materials of you and the members of your group, in connection with the provision or marketing of the Service. The foregoing license grant to the Company does not affect your other ownership or license rights in your User Submissions, including the right to grant additional licenses to your User Submissions.
7.8 Indemnification
You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its Site, its affiliates, and each of its and its affiliates’ employees, contractors, directors, suppliers, and representatives from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that arise from or relate to your use or misuse of, or access to, the Service and Content, or otherwise from your User Submissions, violation of the Terms of Use, or infringement by you, or any third party using your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. The Company reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will assist and cooperate with the Company in asserting any available defenses.
7.9 Limitation of Liability
In no event shall the Company, nor its directors, employees, agents, partners, vendors, suppliers, or content providers, be liable under contract, tort, strict liability, negligence, or any other legal or equitable theory with respect to the service (i) for any lost profits, data loss, cost of procurement of substitute goods or services, or special, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever, substitute goods or services (however arising) and (ii) for any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like (regardless of the source of origination).
7.10 Third-Party Sites
The Site may permit campaign owners and users to link to other websites or resources on the Internet, and other websites or resources may contain links to the Site. When you access third-party websites, you do so at your own risk. Those other websites are not under the Company’s control, and you acknowledge that the Company is not liable for the content, functions, accuracy, legality, appropriateness, or any other aspect of those other websites or resources. The inclusion on another website of any link to the Site does not imply endorsement by or affiliation with the Company.
Terms and conditions for funders or contributors (Those Who Want To Give Funds)
8.1 General Terms
Contributors can donate using a number of payment methods such as UPI, credit/debit cards, net-banking and e-wallets and Donations on the Platform are processed through secure payment gateways and other authorised payment service providers.
While making a Donation or using the Services, the Contributor shall conduct their independent due diligence with respect to the information provided on the Platform. The Company has made reasonable efforts to gather and convey information about each campaign. However, the Company does not represent or warrant that the material on the platform is accurate, complete, up to date, or correct. The Company has no liability whatsoever in respect of any use made of such Material.
The Contributors shall receive immediately, online confirmation of the Donation, which they must keep with themselves for their records.
The Purpose, which the Campaigner/ Fundraiser has been clearly declared on the fund-raising page, and the Contributor agrees that they have clearly understood the project and the utilization of funds.
The Contributors understand and acknowledge that only Eligible Indian Donors, i.e., Indian citizens donating from their Indian bank account in Indian Rupees, are permitted to donate via payment service providers who have been authorised as per applicable laws to process payments by the Reserve Bank of India.
The Contributor understands that the Platform is only facilitating the collection and disbursement of Donation funds, and the platform is not responsible in any way for the end utilization.
Donations made will be directed to the Campaigner and no substitution of Donations or campaigns is allowed.
The Company and the payment gateway will deduct their fees and applicable taxes before providing the funds to the Campaigner. The Contributor understands that the Company fees are towards web hosting, marketing, promotion, and limited due diligence.
A Tax Deduction certificate is not guaranteed. Any receipt or Tax Deduction Certificate (for Indian contributors only) will be issued by the Campaigner to the extent of the funds received, post deduction by Veeraa and the payment gateway. When such a receipt can be provided, it has been clearly mentioned in the fund-raising page, and I have understood the same. The Company will not be responsible for any Tax certificates or benefits.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the applicable laws of the Indian Union, and in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement to the jurisdiction of the courts of Bengaluru, India only.
I understand that giving through Veeraa involves risk of principal loss, and Veeraa neither guarantees repayment nor offers a financial return on my contribution. I also understand that my donation will be treated subordinate to other institutional donors of Veeraa.
The Company reserves the right to (i) delay payments (without payment of interest), or refuse to process payments by any Contributor, including for any questionable transactions, and/or (ii) terminate or suspend a campaign in relation to the said questionable transactions.
While third party payment gateway or your bank processes payment transactions, they are privy to and process your personal information, and such processing will be solely their responsibility; and Veeraa shall not be liable for any breach, or harm, or unauthorized use of personal information of any kind by such payment gateway or bank.
Veeraa and/or any other collaborating entity shall not be responsible or assume liability in respect of any loss or damage directly or indirectly arising to you while availing any payment methods, including any due to lack of authorization for any transactions, payment issued, pre-set limits with banks, declined transaction, etc.
The Platform is under no obligation to be involved in disputes between any Contributor and User/any third party arising in connection with the use of the Platform in any manner.
The Contributor releases the Platform and their Representatives from all Claims (as defined subsequently), known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and/or Service.
8.2 Payment details
A contribution is a voluntary donation made by a contributor to a project’s campaign running on the Site for the purpose of raising funds. The contributor does not make the contribution for any monetary returns like equity or profit share in the project, neither is his/her contribution considered a loan to the project or its campaigner.
8.3 Fees and taxes
Contributors give their consent and authorize the Site to deduct the necessary commissions on the contributed amount before transferring to the final recipient i.e., the campaigner.
8.4 Payment details
By funding a campaign, the contributors agree to provide their name, email address, phone number, billing and shipping addresses. They also agree to provide the authorized online payment gateway of the Site, RazorPay, necessary & required details of their credit and debit cards for making an online contribution. Contributors agree to have sufficient funds or credit during making a contribution for a campaign. Contributors are informed that their credit and debit card related details are not provided to the Company or the Site by the online payment gateway & remain confidential.
8.5 Other contributor information
Contributors authorize the Site to provide campaigners their name and contact details for the purpose of delivering rewards and connecting regarding queries or updates regarding the funded project.
None of the contributors’ funding amount is made public by the Site. Furthermore, by providing the Site their contact details, contributors agree to receive regular updates about the current and future crowdfunding campaigns on the Site. They can always choose to deactivate reception of the Site’s newsletter and other notifications.
8.6 Refund & Cancellation
Your contributions on the website are made towards Projects or people with social impact as the primary cause. You understand that this contribution is not for purchase of any goods or services. Therefore, the contributions given every month once cleared by the payment gateway will go towards the project you intended to give to, and therefore cannot be refunded or cancelled.
If you wish to cancel your monthly subscription, you can do so at any time, either by directly canceling on your end or writing to the Company at subscriptions@veeraa.org.
8.7 Foreign funds
Foreign currency Donation: All other Donations except INR Donations raised in India are currently not accepted by Veeraa.
The Platform relies on the self-declaration provided by Contributors regarding their nationality and/or country of residence. The Contributor represents and confirms that it has provided accurate information in such self-declaration and shall be solely liable and responsible for any consequences arising therefrom including any claims that may be raised against Veeraa with respect to any misrepresentation made by the Contributor. Further, the Contributor and the Recipient are jointly and severally responsible to ensure compliance with applicable laws that may limit their ability to provide and receive Donations and they undertake and represent that they have independently evaluated their eligibility to make and receive Donations in a particular currency as per applicable laws.
8.8 Rights of the project
Contributors agree to not claim any ownership in the project they fund through the campaign on the Site. The rights of the project remain with the campaigner.
8.9 Dispute between campaigners and their contributors
The Site or the Company is under no obligation to become involved in disputes between any Users, or between Users and any third party arising in connection with the use of the Site. This includes, but is not limited to, delivery of goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with campaigns on the Site. You release the Site and Company, its officers, employees, agents, and successors in rights from claims, damages, and demands of every kind, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and the service.
8.10 Termination
The Company may terminate your access to the Site, without cause or notice, which may result in the forfeiture and destruction of all information associated with your account. If you wish to terminate your account, you may do so by following the instructions on the Site. Any fees paid to the Company are non-refundable. All provisions of the Terms of Use that by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
Termination Warranty Disclaimer
The Company has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to Users. You acknowledge that the Company has no duty to take any action regarding any of the following: which Users gain access to the Site; what Content Users access through the Site; what effects the Content may have on Users; how Users may interpret or use the Content; or what actions Users may take as a result of having been exposed to the Content. The Company cannot guarantee the authenticity of any data or information that Users provide about themselves or their campaigns and projects. You release the Company from all liability for your having acquired or not acquired Content through the Site. The Site may contain, or direct you to websites containing, information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. The Company makes no representations concerning any Content on the Site, and the Company is not liable for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or decency of material contained on the Service.
The Company does not guarantee that any Content will be made available through the Site. The Company has no obligation to monitor the Service or Content. The Company reserves the right to, at any time, for any reason, and without notice: (i) cancel, reject, interrupt, remove, or suspend a campaign or project; (ii) remove, edit, or modify any Content, including, but not limited to, any User Submission; and (iii) remove or block any User or User Submission. The Company reserves the right not to comment on the reasons for any of these actions.
The Service is provided “as is” and “as available” and is without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of title, non-infringement, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose, and any warranties implied by any course of performance or usage of trade, all of which are expressly disclaimed. The Company, and its directors, employees, agents, suppliers, partners, and content providers do not warrant that: (a) the Service will be secure or available at any particular time or location; (b) any defects or errors will be corrected; (c) any content or software available at or through the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components; or (d) the results of using the Service will meet your requirements. Your use of the Service is solely at your own risk. Some states or countries do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations may not apply to you.
The Company makes no guarantee of confidentiality or privacy of any communication or information transmitted on the Site or any website linked to the Site. The Company will not be liable for the privacy of email addresses, registration and identification information, disk space, communications, confidential or trade-secret information, or any other Content stored on the Company’s equipment, transmitted over networks accessed by the Site, or otherwise connected with your use of the Service. The Company will not be liable for the privacy of email addresses, registration and identification information, disk space, communications, confidential or trade-secret information, or any other Content stored on the Company’s equipment, transmitted over networks accessed by the Site, or otherwise connected with your use of the Service.
Content & License
You agree that the Site contains Content provided by the Company and its partners and Users and that the Content may be protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets, or other rights and laws. You shall abide by and maintain all copyright and other legal notices, information, and restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Service. The Company grants to each User of the Site a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable and non-transferable license to use and reproduce the Content, solely for personal, non-commercial use, as long as appropriate credit is given to the Company and respective Campaigner. Use, reproduction, modification, distribution, or storage of any Content for other than personal, non-commercial use is prohibited without prior written permission from the Company, or from the copyright holder. You shall not sell, license, rent, or otherwise use or exploit any Content for commercial use or in any way that violates any third-party right.
Intellectual Property
By submitting Content (User Submissions) on the Site, you agree to the following terms:
The Company will not have any ownership rights over your User Submissions. However, you agree to provide the Company the license to perform and market the Site or the Company on your behalf and on behalf of its other Users and itself. You grant to the Company the worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable right to (and to allow others acting on its behalf to) (i) use, edit, modify, prepare derivative works of, reproduce, host, display, stream, transmit, playback, transcode, copy, feature, market, sell, distribute, and otherwise fully exploit your User Submissions and your trademarks, service marks, slogans, logos, and similar proprietary rights (collectively, the “Trademarks”) in connection with (a) the Service, (b) the Company’s (and its successors’ and assigns’) businesses, (c) promoting, marketing, and redistributing part or all of the Site (and derivative works thereof) or the Service in any media formats and through any media channels (including, without limitation, third-party websites); (ii) take whatever other action is required to perform and market the Service; (iii) allow its Users to stream, transmit, playback, download, display, feature, distribute, collect, and otherwise use the User Submissions and Trademarks in connection with the Service; and (iv) use and publish, and permit others to use and publish, the User Submissions, Trademarks, names, likenesses, and personal and biographical materials of you and the members of your group, in connection with the provision or marketing of the Service. The foregoing license grant to the Company does not affect your other ownership or license rights in your User Submissions, including the right to grant additional licenses to your User Submissions.
You are publishing your User Submission and you may be identified publicly by your name or User ID in association with your User Submission
You grant to each User a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Service, and to use, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Submissions solely for personal, non-commercial use.
You further agree that your User Submissions will not contain third-party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to other third-party proprietary rights, unless you have permission from the rightful owner of the material or you are otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to grant Veeraa all of the license rights granted herein
You will pay all royalties and other amounts owed to any person or entity based on your Submitting User Submissions to the Service or the Company’s publishing or hosting of the User Submissions as contemplated by these Terms of Use
The use or other exploitation of User Submissions by the Company and Users as contemplated by this agreement will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party, including without limitation any privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights
The Company shall have the right to delete, edit, modify, reformat, excerpt, or translate any of your User Submissions
All information publicly posted or privately transmitted through the Site is the sole responsibility of the person from which that content originated
The Company will not be liable for any errors or omissions in any Content
The Company cannot guarantee the identity of any other Users with whom you may interact while using the Service
All Content you access through the Site is at your own risk and you will be solely responsible for any resulting damage or loss to any party
Veeraa reserves the right to cancel or suspend any campaign or delete any User Submission or terminate a User account if there is a complaint of infringement of the Content.
Veeraa reserves the right to ban repeat infringers of Intellectual property from using the Site
Rules and Conduct
As a condition of use, you promise not to use the Site for any purpose that is prohibited by the Terms of Use or law. The Site and its’ services are provided only for your own personal, non-commercial use (except as allowed by in this Terms of Use). You are responsible for all of your activity in connection with the Site and its Services. You shall not, and shall not permit any third party using your account to, take any action, or Submit Content, that:
Infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other right of any other person or entity, or violates any law or contract;
You know is false, misleading, or inaccurate;
Is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, tortious, obscene, offensive, profane, or invasive of another’s privacy;
Constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional material or any junk mail, spam, or chain letters;
Contains software viruses or any other computer codes, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, limit, or interfere with the proper function of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any system, data, password, or other information of the Company or any third party; or
Impersonates any person or entity, including any employee or representative of the Company
Users may not use the Company’s Site for activities that: (i) violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation; (ii) relate to sales of (a) narcotics, steroids, certain controlled substances or other products that present a risk to consumer safety, (b) drug paraphernalia, (c) items that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity, (d) items that promote hate, violence, racial intolerance, or the financial exploitation of a crime, (e) items that are considered obscene, (f) items that infringe or violate any copyright, trademark, right of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary right under the laws of any jurisdiction, (g) certain sexually oriented materials or services, or (h) ammunition, firearms, or certain firearm parts or accessories, or (i) ,certain weapons or knives regulated under applicable law; (iii) relate to transactions that (a) show the personal information of third parties in violation of applicable law, (b) support pyramid or ponzi schemes, matrix programs, other “get rich quick” schemes or certain multi-level marketing programs, (c) are associated with purchases of real property, annuities or lottery contracts, lay-away systems, off-shore banking or transactions to finance or refinance debts funded by a credit card, (d) are by payment processors to collect payments on behalf of merchants, (e), are associated with the following Money Service Business activities: the sale of traveler’s checks or money orders, currency exchanges or check cashing,or (f) provide certain credit repair or debt settlement services; (iv) involve the sales of products or services identified by government agencies to have a high likelihood of being fraudulent; (v) violate applicable laws or industry regulations regarding the sale of (a) tobacco products, or (b) prescription drugs and devices; (vi) involve gambling, gaming and/or any other activity with an entry fee and a prize, including, but not limited to casino games, sports betting, horse or greyhound racing, lottery tickets, other ventures that facilitate gambling, games of skill (whether or not it is legally defined as a lottery) and sweepstakes unless the operator has obtained prior approval from the Company and the operator and customers are located exclusively in jurisdictions where such activities are permitted by law.”
Additionally, you shall not: (i) take any action that imposes or may impose (as determined by the Company in its sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Company’s or its third-party providers’ infrastructure; (ii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Service or any activities conducted on the Service; (iii) bypass any measures the Company may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service (or other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to the Service); (iv) run Maillist, Listserv, or any form of auto-responder or “spam” on the Service; or (v) use manual or automated software, devices, or other processes to “crawl” or “spider” any page of the Site.You shall not directly or indirectly: (i) decipher, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to derive any source code or underlying ideas or algorithms of any part of the Service, except to the limited extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction; (ii) modify, translate, or otherwise create derivative works of any part of the Service; or (iii) copy, rent, lease, distribute, or otherwise transfer any of the rights that you receive hereunder. You shall abide by all applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations.The Company does not guarantee that any Content will be made available through the Service. The Company has no obligation to monitor the Service or Content. The Company reserves the right to, at any time, for any reason, and without notice: (i) cancel, reject, interrupt, remove, or suspend a campaign or project; (ii) remove, edit, or modify any Content, including, but not limited to, any User Submission; and (ii) remove or block any User or User Submission. Veeraa reserves the right not to comment on the reasons for any of these actions.
Indemnification
You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its Site, its affiliates, and each of its and its affiliates’ employees, contractors, directors, suppliers, and representatives from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that arise from or relate to your use or misuse of, or access to, the Service and Content, or otherwise from your User Submissions, violation of the Terms of Use, or infringement by you, or any third party using your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. The Company reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will assist and cooperate with the Company in asserting any available defenses.
Limitation of Liability
In no event shall the Company, nor its directors, employees, agents, partners, vendors, suppliers, or content providers, be liable under contract, tort, strict liability, negligence, or any other legal or equitable theory with respect to the service (i) for any lost profits, data loss, cost of procurement of substitute goods or services, or special, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever, substitute goods or services (however arising) and (ii) for any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like (regardless of the source of origination).
Electronic Delivery, Notice Policy, and Your Consent
By using the Site, you consent to receive from the Company, all communications including notices, agreements, legally required disclosures, or other information in connection with the Site (collectively, “Contract Notices”) electronically. The Company may provide the electronic Contract Notices by posting them on the Site. If you desire to withdraw your consent to receive Contract Notices electronically, you must discontinue your use of the Site.
Governing Law
This agreement and Terms of Use shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of India without reference to conflict of laws principles and disputes arising in relation hereto shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Bangalore only.
Integration and Severability
These Terms of Use and other referenced material are the entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the Service, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals (whether oral, written or electronic) between you and the Company with respect to the Service and govern the future relationship. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that the Terms of Use will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder.
Miscellaneous
The Company shall not be liable for any failure to perform its obligations hereunder where the failure results from any cause beyond the Company’s reasonable control, including, without limitation, mechanical, electronic, or communications failure or degradation. The Terms of Use are personal to you, and are not assignable, transferable, or sublicensable by you except with the Company’s prior written consent. The Company may assign, transfer, or delegate any of its rights and obligations hereunder without consent. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is created as a result of the Terms of Use and neither party has any authority of any kind to bind the other in any respect. In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under the Terms of Use, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover costs and attorneys’ fees. All notices under the Terms of Use will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when received, if personally delivered or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; when receipt is electronically confirmed, if transmitted by facsimile or e-mail; or the day after it is sent, if sent for next day delivery by recognized overnight delivery service.
Data protection and Privacy
Personal information supplied to us while using the Platform or availing the Services will be used by us in accordance with our Privacy Statement. Users must review our Privacy Statement which forms an integral part of these T&Cs before the User continues to use or access the Platform.
By accepting these T&Cs, you accept and agree to be bound by all the conditions laid out herein and to the organisational policies, guidelines and norms of the Platform.
These T&Cs are adapted from and have heavily benefited from the publicly available documentation of T&Cs of other crowdfunding platforms in India like Give.do and Milaap.org.