Terms of Use

Terms of Use

The use of this website www.bsg.org.in constitutes an agreement with the following terms and conditions:

This website is maintained by the Bharat Soka Gakkai Headquarters as a facility to those who may choose to access the Site (“Users”). These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of our website, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through our website, and the use of any personal data that you choose to submit.

Each time you use this website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, incorporated herein. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy incorporated herein, please do not access or use the website.

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time at our sole discretion. All future changes and revisions are effective and binding to Users and when they are posted.

If you use the website following the posting of revised Terms of Use you accept and agree to the changes and revisions. It is your responsibility to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you if you choose to continue to access or use the website.

We reserve the right to close or amend this website and withdraw any service or material we provide on the website, at our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable, if, for any reason all or any part of the website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict the access to some parts of the website, or the entire website, to Users, including registered Users.

You are responsible for:

  1.   Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the website.
  2.   Ensuring that all persons who access the website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

Bharat Soka Gakkai hereby grants permission to Users to visit the Site and to download and copy the information and materials (collectively, “Materials”) from the Site for the User’s personal, non-commercial use, without any right to sell or redistribute them or to compile or create derivative works therefrom, subject to the terms and conditions outlined below, and also subject to more specific restrictions that may apply to specific part or parts of the Materials within this Site.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in the Materials on this Site are those of Bharat Soka Gakkai consultants and advisers, who prepared the work and do not necessarily represent the views of the Bharat Soka Gakkai, its affiliated organizations, or its membership.

If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password or other identifier, or any other piece of information (“User Data”) as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide to any other person, with access to this website or portions of it using your User Data. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your User Data or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your User Data or other personal information.

We have the right to disable any User Data, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use or we become aware of a potential breach of security through the use of your User Data.

All matters relating to the website and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India and shall be instituted exclusively under the Courts of New Delhi, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms of Use in your country/state of residence or any other relevant country if appropriate. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

Intellectual Property Rights

The copyright to this Site and the content of this Site, including and without limitation, all images, texts and designs, trademarks, trade dress, logos and all intellectual property rights in the website, are reserved by the Bharat Soka Gakkai, except where copyright ownership is otherwise expressly stated.

Users shall not use this Site or any information therein in violation of any rights provided by any law, policy, rule or regulation of any country and region or for any illegal activity or any activity prohibited by any law, policy, rule or regulation of any country and region. Bharat Soka Gakkai is not responsible for such illegal use of the copyrighted Materials.

Privacy Policy

By accessing this website, certain information about the User, such as Internet protocol (IP) addresses, navigation through the Site, the software used and the time spent, along with any other information available to the administrator of this Site, will be stored on the Bharat Soka Gakkai servers. The information will be used internally only for website maintenance purposes and traffic and statistical analysis. If the User voluntarily provides unique identifying information, such as name, address and other information on this Site, such information will be used only to the extent expressly agreed by the User for originally intended purposes of use and will not be published for any other purpose unless otherwise specified.

Bharat Soka Gakkai maintains reasonable safeguards in an effort to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the personal information we collect. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee and assume responsibility for the security of your personal information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.

Disclaimers

Materials provided on this Site are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including and without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Bharat Soka Gakkai specifically does not make any warranties or representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any such Materials. Bharat Soka Gakkai periodically adds, changes, improves or updates the Materials on this Site without notice. Under no circumstances shall Bharat Soka Gakkai be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of this Site, including and without limitation, any fault, error, omission, interruption or delay with respect thereto.

The use of this Site is at the User’s sole risk. Under no circumstances, including but not limited to, negligence or omission, shall Bharat Soka Gakkai or its affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, even if Bharat Soka Gakkai has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Neither Bharat Soka Gakkai nor its affiliates, nor any of its respective agents, employees, information providers or content providers, shall be liable to any User or anyone else, for any inaccuracy, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, alteration of or use of any content herein, or for its timeliness or completeness, nor shall they be liable for any failure of performance, computer virus or communication line failure, regardless of cause, or for any damages resulting therefrom.

As a condition of use of this Site, the User agrees to indemnify Bharat Soka Gakkai and its affiliates from and against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of the User’s use of this Site, including and without limitation, any claims alleging facts that if true, would constitute a breach by the User of these Terms and Conditions. If the User is dissatisfied with any part or parts of the Materials on this Site or with any of its Terms and Conditions of Use, the User’s sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.

This Site may contain links and references to third-party websites. The linked sites are not under the control of Bharat Soka Gakkai, and Bharat Soka Gakkai is not responsible for the content of any linked site, any link contained in a linked site or the privacy policy of any linked site. Bharat Soka Gakkai provides these links only as a facility and for the convenience of the Users, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply the endorsement of the linked site by Bharat Soka Gakkai.

FOREIGN NATIONAL MEMBERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THIS SITE FOR MAKING CONTRIBUTION. IF ANY FOREIGN NATIONAL MEMBER MAKES CONTRIBUTION THROUGH THIS SITE, BSG WOULD NOT ACCEPT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.