USER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREEMENT
Please read this agreement carefully. It sets out the terms under which we agree to make available any of our websites and apps, including e-editions ("the Site"), however you access it, to you.
By using the Site, you confirm that you accept the terms of this agreement and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to this agreement, you must not use the Site.
To contact us, please see the contact us page on this site.
We offer access to many features of the Site free of charge but due to the nature of the Internet, we do not promise full and error free operation of the Site at all times.
THERE ARE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU
This agreement refers to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of the Site: Our Privacy Notice Our Cookie Notice
WE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
We amend these terms from time to time. These terms were most recently updated on - 05th February 2020. YOUR USE OF THE SITE The Site is for personal and non-commercial use only. You may download and print portions of the Site for your personal, non-commercial use only. Any other use of materials on the Site, including any user generated content (including without limitation reproduction for a purpose (other than that noted above) and any modification, distribution or republication) without our prior written permission is strictly prohibited. You agree not to frame the Site for any purpose, unless specifically authorised by us to do so. You agree that you will not use the Site to submit, or knowingly or recklessly receive, any material including without limitation, comments and reviews that: are in any way, obscene, threatening, abusive, offensive, defamatory, invasive of another’s privacy, in breach of confidence, embarrassing to any person, likely to deceive, inaccurate, misleading, hateful, blasphemous, pornographic, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; are in breach of any third party’s intellectual property rights (including copyright) or other rights; constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence or otherwise contrary to any law, regulation or code of practice or give rise to civil liability or infringe the rights of any third party anywhere in the world; are, or could be, technically harmful; are, or may be deemed to be, advertising or promotional materials including “spam” email; makes excessive demands for bandwidth; or contains any virus or other malicious program or which may otherwise impair or harm our computer systems or any third party computer system. You agree not to impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent any affiliation with any person or entity when creating an account on the Site or submitting any content to the Site. You also agree not to attack the Site or access or attempt to access the accounts of other users or gain a greater level of access to the Site than authorised. OUR MONITORING OF THE SITE You acknowledge that we have no obligation to monitor any user generated content on the site but that it is in our sole discretion that we have the right to delete any content that we deem inappropriate, at any time. Notwithstanding this, you are solely responsible for and bear the legal risk associated anywhere in the world in relation to any such content you may post. In the event that you are in breach of the terms of this agreement, we will have the right to terminate any account that you have with the Site and you may not open another account on it or otherwise continue to use the Site. We will co-operate with law enforcement or regulatory authorities or any court order requesting or requiring it to disclose the identity or location of or any other information in relation to anyone who has submitted content to the Site in breach or allegedly in breach of this agreement or the law. In appropriate circumstances, we may also disclose such information to the police, your Internet service provider and any third party to whom we may make a disclosure in good faith. You acknowledge that submitting content to the Site does not guarantee that it will appear on the Site. You cannot edit or remove content once you have submitted it to the Site. However, if you would like make a complaint about specific user generated content on the Site, please see the contact us page on this site.
RIGHTS YOU ARE GIVING US IN CONTENT YOU UPLOAD
If you post or upload content to the Site, you grant us a perpetual, royalty free, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and licence to use, reproduce, publish, communicate to the public, translate, create derivative works from and distribute such content into any form, medium or technology now known or hereafter developed. In addition, you waive any and all moral rights in such content.
DO NOT RELY ON INFORMATION ON THE SITE
The content on the Site is provided “as-is” and for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on the Site. We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on the Site is accurate, complete or up to date and we do not accept any responsibility for any of such content.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
The Site may include links to the content, web sites and/or services owned and/or operated by third parties. These are provided for your convenience only and we are not responsible for and do not give any warranties or make any representations regarding any such content, web sites and/or services. The onus for ensuring that content presented on the Internet is legal rests with the original content provider, and we will not be under any obligations to limit access to material unless notified that it is illegal or otherwise in breach of the terms of this agreement. Notwithstanding, we shall have the right to remove any items we believe may be illegal or otherwise in breach of the terms of this agreement. Sometimes we include links to other websites; if you click on one and make a purchase of a product or service, we may receive a commission.
OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADE MARKS
The intellectual property in all design, text, graphics and other material (other than user generated content) and the selection or arrangement of such material on the Site is owned by us and/or our respective licensors. We are the owner of: those trade mark(s) indicated as such throughout the Site from time to time; and all other trade marks used in the Site which are not licensed to us by any third party. All other trade marks, product names and company names or logos cited therein are the property of their respective owners.
YOUR ACCOUNT
Should you create a user account on the Site, the personal details that you provide must be true, accurate and complete. You must keep your password(s) relevant to the Site confidential and not reveal them to anyone else. You are responsible for all activities that are carried out under your username and password(s). We do not have the means to check the identities of people using the Site and will not be liable where your username and/or password(s) are used by someone else. You agree to notify us immediately by email of any unauthorised use of your account of which you become aware. Please see the contact us page on this site contact details. You will not create additional accounts for the purpose of abusing the functionality of the Site or other users or for any other reason in breach of the terms of this agreement. You can cancel your account at any time by emailing us. Please see the contact us page on this site. We shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Site and any information it holds are kept secure. However, due to the nature of the Internet, we cannot accept any liability for those who intentionally attempt to and/ or gain unauthorised access to the same by means such as, without limitation, computer hacking (save to the extent that we are unable to exclude such liability by law) and we do not warrant that the Site or any of its contents are free of viruses or malware .
HOW WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND COOKIES
We will use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Notice We will use cookies as set out in our Cookie Notice
CLAIMS MADE AGAINST US BY THIRD PARTIES
Where a claim is brought against us by a third party in relation to your use of the Site you agree to fully reimburse us and all companies within our group for all losses, costs, actions, claims, damages, expenses (including legal costs and expenses) or liabilities, whatsoever suffered or incurred by us or the companies within our group in or as a consequence of your breach of this agreement and your use of the Site which is included on the Site.
WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR THINGS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
We are not liable for things beyond our control, such as power failure and problems on the Internet.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to the Site or any content on it, to the extent that it is lawful to do so We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with: use of, or inability to use, the Site; or use of or reliance on any content displayed on the Site. We will not be liable for: loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue; business interruption; loss of anticipated savings; loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or any indirect or consequential loss or damage. If defective digital content that we have supplied damages a device or digital content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill.
Our only liability will be either to repair the damage or pay you equivalent compensation. If any provision (or part of a provision) of this agreement is found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions shall remain in force.
If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision would be valid, enforceable or legal if some part of it were deleted, the provision shall apply with whatever modification is necessary to give effect to the commercial intention of the parties.
THIS AGREEMENT IS PERSONAL TO YOU
This agreement shall be personal to you and you may not assign, transfer, sublet, lease or delegate all or any of your rights and obligations, without our prior written consent. We reserve the right to assign or transfer all or any of its rights and obligations under this agreement to any companies in the same under Tamil Tribute or another third party. In the event of assignment or transfer, notification will either be given to you by e-mail or posted on the Site.
LAWS APPLY TO ANY DISPUTES? - GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of England and Wales and any user of the Website hereby agrees to be bound exclusively by the jurisdiction of English courts without reference to rules governing choice of laws.
If you are a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident. Nothing in these terms and conditions, including, without limitation, this section dealing with governing law and jurisdiction, affects your rights as a consumer to rely on such mandatory provisions of local law. You may not assign your rights and obligations under these Terms of Use to any party, and any purported attempt to do so will be null and void. We may free assign our rights and obligations under these Terms of Use.
You agree not to sell, resell, reproduce, duplicate, copy or use for any commercial purposes any portion of this site, or use of or access to this site. In addition to any excuse provided by applicable law, we shall be excused from liability for non-delivery or delay in delivery of products and services available through our site arising from any event beyond our reasonable control, whether or not foreseeable by either party, including but not limited to, labor disturbance, war, fire, accident, adverse weather, inability to secure transportation, governmental act or regulation, and other causes or events beyond our reasonable control, whether or not similar to those which are enumerated above. If any part of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Any failure by us to enforce or exercise any provision of these Terms of Use or related rights shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.
TERMINATION OF USE
You agree that we may, in our sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the site with or without notice and for any reason, including, without limitation, breach of these Terms of Use. Any suspected fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity may be grounds for terminating your relationship and may be referred to appropriate law enforcement authorities. Upon termination or suspension, regardless of the reasons therefore, your right to use the services available on this site immediately ceases, and you acknowledge and agree that we may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or this site. We shall not be liable to you or any third party for any claims or damages arising out of any termination or suspension or any other actions taken by us in connection with such termination or suspension.
THIRD PARTY SITES AND INFORMATION
This site may link you to other sites on the Internet or otherwise include references to information, documents, software, materials and/or services provided by other parties. These sites may contain information or material that some people may find inappropriate or offensive. These other sites and parties are not under our control, and you acknowledge that we are not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of the content of such sites, nor are we responsible for errors or omissions in any references to other parties or their products and services. The inclusion of such a link or reference is provided merely as a convenience and does not imply endorsement of, or association with, the site or party by us, or any warranty of any kind, either express or implied.
OUTSIDE UK / INTERNATIONAL USE
TamilTribute.com may be accessible worldwide, we make no representation that materials on this site are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United Kingdom, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. Any offer for any product, service, and/or information made in connection with this site is void where prohibited.
REFUNDS POLICY
Refunds will be issued only for a certain circumstances such as technical issues, website functional issues or the complete service is not working properly. The refunds will not be issued when service start running in the site. In case of refund request before we start running the service there are admin and design work involved in the process, then you may be subject to a administration fee of £20 and balance will be refunded. Moreover, refunds are determined on individual circumstances and only issued once our technical staff verifies that our website has a down time. Also the refunds will not be available within 5 working days from the request date.
CHARGE BACKS
If you withdraw any payments made via a bank, credit card or PayPal account (a "chargeback") , you may be subject to a administration fee of £30, should TamilTribute estimate the charge back to be unfair. TamilTribute also reserves its right to defend such charge backs and recover the original money from you or the card issuer. If a charge back is made, TamilTribute reserves the right to interrupt, suspend or cancel the services and such a interruption, suspension or cancellation does not relieve you from paying the original prices which are overdue and payable to TamilTribute.
CONTENT AND NOTICE DELIVERY POLICY AND TIME
The services will get delivered within 24 hours when the contents received and made full payment, one the service is published, we will send a confirmation email to the customer.
STRIPE PAYMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP AND SUBSCRIPTION
TamilTribute uses the 3rd party payment platform, Stripe, the Stripe API, and in conjunction, your Stripe account to process credit and debit card transactions. By using the Stripe Payment you agree to be bound by Stripe’s Terms of Service. You expressly understand and agree that TamilTribute shall not be liable for any payments and monetary transactions that occur through Your use of the Service. You expressly understand and agree that all payments and monetary transactions are handled by Stripe. You agree that TamilTribute.com shall not be liable for any issues regarding financial and monetary transactions between You and any other party, including Stripe. You are responsible for all transactions (one-time, recurring, and refunds) processed through the Service and/or Stripe.
TamilTribute.com is not liable for loss or damage from errant or invalid transactions processed with Your Stripe account. This includes transactions that were not processed due to a network communication error, or any other reason. If You process a transaction, it is Your responsibility to verify that the transaction was successfully processed. You understand that TamilTribute.com uses the Stripe API to run the Service and that the Stripe API is subject to change at any time and such changes may adversely affect the Service. You understand and agree to not hold TamilTribute.com liable for any adverse affects that actions (whether intentional or unintentional) on the part of Stripe may cause to Your Stripe account, or Your business. You must not process stolen credit cards, or unauthorised credit cards through Stripe.
TRANSACTION SECURITY
All transaction information passed between TamilTribute.com and Stripe’s systems is encrypted using SSL certificates. No cardholder information is ever passed unencrypted. You can be completely assured that nothing we pass to Stripe’s servers can be examined, used or modified by any third parties attempting to gain access to sensitive information.
VARIATION
Tamil Tribute reserves the right to vary or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time without notice. Users should review these Terms and Conditions regularly as Users will be deemed to have accepted a variation in continuing to use the site after it has been posted.