Terms of Use

This Terms and Conditions document describes the terms and conditions that govern your current and future use of digital outlets owned by the Keraleeyam Trust ie. Jaagrathayude Keraleeyam web (https://www.keraleeyammasika.com/). You hereby accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of and Conditions of Use when you use any of the above mentioned, without limitation, when you view, visit, access and/or subscribe to the content. If you do not agree to these Terms, and/or any additional terms and conditions that are referenced herein or that are presented elsewhere on the website and the Privacy Policy you should not access or use the Site.

Changes to Terms

Keraleeyam may modify/alter/delete/make additions to the Terms and Privacy Policy, or any part thereof and such modifications, additions or deletions will be effective immediately upon posting. Users’ and subscribers’ use of the website after such modifications shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by you of such modifications, additions or deletions.

Keraleeyam may change or discontinue any aspect, service, section or feature of the website at any time, including, but not limited to, content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use.

User Information

You may be asked to share personal details while signing up for the subscription and/or newsletter. The Keraleeyam will use the information you provide in accordance with the organisation’s Privacy Policy. By registering you represent and warrant that all information that you provide on the registration form is current, complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge. You agree to maintain and promptly update your registration information on the site so that it remains current, complete and accurate. During the registration process, you may be required to choose a password and/or user name. You acknowledge and agree that Keraleeyam may rely on this password or user name to identify you. You shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of your user name(s) or password(s) if any. You are responsible for all use of your account, regardless of whether you authorized such access or use, and for ensuring that all use of your Account complies fully with the provisions of these Terms and Conditions.

The users/subscribers are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all connectivity, computer software, hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of the website and mobile app and all charges related to the same.

Users or subscribers may write/comment/upload text, video, audio or images or other materials through the interactive windows provided at the website. You are solely responsible for your use of any interactive windows and you use them at your own risk.

By submitting any user content through the interactive window within or in connection with the website, you agree to abide by the following rules of conduct:

The users/subscribers agree to refrain from posting any content that directly or indirectly:

  • goes against the values and ethos enshrined in the Indian Constitution. 
  • promotes or supports bigotry, racism, racially or ethnically offensive content, hate speech, abusiveness, vulgarity or profanity. 
  • contains or advocates pornography or sexually explicit content, paedophilia, incest, bestiality, or that is otherwise obscene or lewd. 
  • violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, including any statements which may defame, harass, stalk or threaten others. 
  • violates law of the land or advocates or provides instruction on dangerous, illegal, or predatory acts, or discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them. 
  • advocates violent behaviour or poses a reasonable threat to personal or public safety. 
  • contains graphic images of killing or physical abuse that appear to have been captured solely, or principally, for exploitive, prurient, or gratuitous purposes. 

The user/subscriber hereby agrees:

— not to interfere with any other user’s/subscribers’ right to privacy, including by harvesting or collecting personally-identifiable information about the Site users or posting private information about a third party.

— not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purpose, any portion of the Site, use the Site, or access to the Site.

— not to upload, post or otherwise transmit any user content, software or other materials which contain a virus or other harmful or disruptive component.

Any conduct that in the Keraleeyam’s sole discretion restricts or inhibits anyone else from using or enjoying the website and mobile application will not be permitted. Keraleeyam reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove or edit user content by you and to terminate your account for any reason.

Keraleeyam does not bear responsibility for any user content or assume any liability for any actions a visitor may take as a result of reading user content posted on the website and mobile app.

Copyright:

This site has been published since 2020 and is continuously updated and revised. The content of this website unless otherwise specified will be governed by the terms of Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 India License [CC-BY-SA 4.0 IN] or later. The legal code of the aforesaid license can be accessed from here.

You may display, copy, distribute, download or reuse the Materials on this Site provided that proper attribution is given and a compatible license is used.Notwithstanding the above, you are expressly prohibited from downloading any databases made available on this site as information resources, including, but not limited to, the https://www.keraleeyammasika.com/ repertory.

Cookies:

Keraleeyam websites, mobile app, online services and any interactive platforms at present use cookies to ensure a better user experience. Cookies are small files that are placed on your hard drive when you visit any website (directly or via any applications). Keraleeyam and/or its designated affiliates may use the cookies to provide targeted advertising, marketing research, promotion and other information to you.

Advertisements

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings in their google account. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt-out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.youradchoices.com.

Subscription:

By taking out a subscription or donating to Keraleeyam you are agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions enumerated below.

Your subscription will start immediately upon payment. Your payment for the subscription or the contribution amount is non-refundable. Access to the website is provided free of charge (although some content may only be available to paying subscribers) and the contribution does not automatically give the user any privilege over the news content the Keraleeyam produces.

The subscription service will be for a period you selected at the time of payment. After that, you will have to renew your subscription for continued access to the digital content. If you purchase a Subscription for a third party (a ‘Gift Subscription’), it will expire at the end of the subscription period. You will be responsible for managing all aspects of the Gift Subscription.

A soft copy of the bill will be mailed to the user’s email address. The subscribers, at any point of time, can cancel the subscription, but the amount you paid for the stipulated time will not be refunded. All special benefits will be given to the subscriber during the subscription period.

Subscriber Data:

Registration Data for a subscriber include name, email address, phone number, address and GST number for corporate contributors. Keraleeyam uses your personal information to provide you with news content, other information, special offers, and promotions via various means including e-mail. You may instruct the organisation at any time not to use your personal information. In case you choose to not furnish any personal information on the website, it might adversely affect your flawless access to certain services concerning sites/ content/ apps/ services/ features as well as the organisation’s communication with you.

The personal information furnished by the user through the subscription form is essential for the payment process and billing. Once you choose the paid service or contribute, our payment system provider may collect your purchase, address or billing information, including your credit card number and expiration date, etc. The information may also be used for market research and data analysis.

Termination of Service:

Keraleeyam reserves the right to terminate access to the website and/or mobile app for any reason and to take any other actions that Keraleeyam, in its sole discretion, believes to be in the interest of the organisation and some or all of its users and customers.

Legal:

Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the subscription is governed by and construed under Indian laws and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Indian courts.

By using the website you are notifying that you agree to these Terms and Conditions. We respect your privacy and consider it an important element of our organisation.

Keraleeyam Trust, ‘Jaagrathayude Keraleeyam’, Room No. 50, 2nd Floor, Therattil J Antony Memorial (Bellmouth) Building, Kuruppam Road Junction, Thrissur 680001.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability: 

All information, opinions and views expressed in the articles and comments published on our site, except for the editorial, are the authors’ respective ways and do not represent the opinions of the grantee organization(s), publisher, editor or any of the staff members of our publication. Publication of the articles, advertisements or product information does not constitute endorsement or approval by the magazine and/or its publisher. Neither the grantee organization (s), publisher, editor or any of the staff members assume any responsibility for any error or omission in the articles submitted for publication. Although every effort is made by the editorial board and the publishers to see that no inaccurate or misleading data, opinion or statement appear in the magazine, the data and the opinions appearing in the articles including editorials and advertisements herein are the responsibility of the contributors concerned. The information contained in the articles is being provided with no guarantees of usefulness to any of the readers.The articles are published on an understanding that it is an original work, for which the author has the authority to assign the copyright to us, and in the exercise of constitutional right to free speech.

Under no circumstances, shall the publisher, editor or any staff members or any of the affiliates, partners or licensors shall be liable for any damage or loss, if any, arising out of or in connection with access or use or inability to access or use our website/publication.

License to User Submitted Content:

You agree that we have a right to use any content or information that you contribute to our service in any way as we see fit. You specifically grant us an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license to do the following throughout the world: (a) to exercise all copyright rights with respect to your contributions, including republishing them; (b) to attribute your contributions to you publicly, including in advertising or promotion; and © to sublicense others to do the same things you have licensed us to do.You also agree that we have no obligation to accept, maintain, or preserve any of your contributions to our service. We do not provide a storage or archive service for user-contributed content.

Our site (including all text, photographs, graphics, video and audio content contained on our site) is protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under the copyright laws of India and other countries, and we (subject to the rights of our licensors and licensees under applicable agreements, understandings and arrangements) have all rights therein. Hence, all articles, blogs, videos, content and other elements comprising our site are also copyrighted works, and we (subject to the rights of our licensors and licensees under applicable agreements, understandings and arrangements) have all rights therein. You must abide by all copyright notices / restrictions on our site.

All information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials (“Content”), whether publicly or privately transmitted / posted, is the sole responsibility of the person from where such content originated (the Originator). By Posting any material which contains images, photographs, pictures or that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part (“Images”), you warrant and represent that (a) you are the copyright owner of such Images, or that the copyright owner of such Images has granted you permission to use such Images or any content and / or images contained in such Images consistent with the manner and purpose of your use and as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Use and the Services, (b) you have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses described in these Terms of Use, and (c) that each person depicted in such Images, if any, has provided consent to the use of the Images as set forth in these Terms of Use, including, by way of limitation, the distribution, public display and reproduction of such Images.

You represent that you have valid rights and title in any and all Content / Images that you submit on the Site, that you have not infringed on any IPR belonging to any party and further that you will indemnify Keraleeyam or its affiliates for all claims arising out of any content that you post on the Site.

Keraleeyam accepts no responsibility for the said Content / Images. However, you understand that all Content / Images posted by you becomes the property of Keraleeyam and you agree to grant / assign to Keraleeyam and its affiliates, a non-exclusive, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable and sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such Content / Images (in whole or part) worldwide and / or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed throughout the world.

Not Responsible For and Not Necessarily Hold the Opinions of our Contributors / Bloggers / Commenters, etc. Opinions and other statements expressed by users and third parties (e.g., bloggers) are theirs alone, not opinions of Keraleeyam. Keraleeyam is not responsible for the accuracy and completeness of Blogger / Contributor content, nor does it endorse or guarantee the same, nor accept any obligation or liability for the same. Keraleeyam and its affiliates, grantee organization(s), successors, assigns, employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders do not undertake or assume any duty to monitor its site for inappropriate or unlawful content.

Keraleeyam and its affiliates, grantees, successors, assigns, employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders assume no responsibility or liability which may arise from the content thereof, including, but not limited to, claims for defamation, libel, slander, infringement, invasion of privacy and publicity rights, obscenity, pornography, profanity, fraud, or misrepresentation

Your Works will be original and solely created by you, with us being deemed the owner of all rights now known or hereafter devised (including copyrights and extensions and renewals of copyrights) in and to the Work, with the right to commercially exploit and make all uses of the Work in perpetuity worldwide and make changes in each Work in any media or forum. Without further obligation to you and without limitation, we may use, reproduce, publish, sell, perform, distribute, archive, display, exhibit, edit, change, translate, reformat, add to, take from, reformat, make derivative works from, the Work in any manner and in any medium now known or as may evolve in the future. We may also authorize and control the exploitation of the same and to sue in respect of infringement of any such right, title and interest so assigned.