Terms & Conditions

These Terms of Use, including any amendments thereto brought in effect from time to time (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Terms’) are issued, and shall govern the provision of Services (defined hereinbelow) by Great Employers Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘GEPL or Our or Company’, and more fully defined hereinbelow), a part of Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc.

These Terms also establish the rights and duties of users and/or individuals accessing the Platform (hereinafter referred to as “User”, “You” or “Your”).

By using or accessing the Platform or any Services or content (defined below) through Our Platform, the User signifies that they have read, understood and agreed to be bound by these Terms and Privacy Policy. The Company reserves the right to change these Terms at any time and shall adopt reasonable measures to update You regarding the same.

The User’s continued use of the Platform shall be construed as their acceptance of the revised Terms.
The Company and the User shall hereinafter be individually referred to as “Party” and collectively referred to as “Parties”.

The Terms, read together with the Privacy Policy, constitute a legal and binding agreement between the User and the Company and is enforceable under the laws of India. By accepting the Terms, the User represents and warrants that they are at least 18 years of age and have the right, authority, and legal capacity to enter into this agreement.

In the event You do not agree to be bound by these Terms, You are advised to not to use the Platform and/or Services or download content from the Platform.

1. DEFINITIONS:
1.1. Applicable Laws: shall mean and include all Indian statutes, enactments, acts of legislature or parliament, ordinances, rules, bye-laws, regulations, notifications, guidelines, policies, directions, directives and orders, requirement or other governmental restrictions or any similar form of a decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation, policy or administration of, any government, statutory authority, tribunal, board, court having jurisdiction over the matter in question.

1.2. Platform: shall include (a) All Services provided through this website owned and/or furnished by GEPL; (b) All Software accessible on or through this website, owned and/or supplied by GEPL; and (c) All information and content, encompassing web pages, data, text, images, photographs, illustrations, graphics, audio, video, documents, articles, marketing materials, press releases, and other materials accessible on or through this website.

1.3. Privacy Policy: shall mean the policy that governs the collection, use, disclosure, transfer, retention or otherwise processing of personal data or sensitive personal data by the Company linked here.

1.4. Service(s): shall collectively mean any and all services offered by GEPL on the Platform which are accessible by Users.

2. PURPOSE OF PLATFORM:
2.1. This Platform shall be used by the User to understand the Services offered by the Company and/or to generally understand the activities undertaken therein. The Company shall reserve the right at any time to reasonably modify, suspend or discontinue (permanently or temporarily), the Services or any part thereof without prior notice. The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise due to such modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services.

2.2. The Company hereby grants the User a non-exclusive, limited, revocable, non-transferable, royalty-free right to use and access the Platform and avail the Services provided You comply with these Terms. You hereby agree and accept to use the Platform only for the purpose permitted under these Terms.

3. TERMS OF USE OF PLATFORM:
3.1. You are solely responsible for all the information disclosed and the interactions that may take place on the Platform. The Company shall not be held liable in any manner whatsoever for any issues that may arise due to any incorrect or outdated information shared or uploaded by You.

3.2. The User shall refrain from using the Platform and/or Services in any way that impacts other User’s use of the Platform and/or Services. The User shall refrain from using the Platform contrary to Applicable Laws or in a way that causes, or may cause, harm to the Platform and/or Services to any person or business entity;

3.3. The User shall refrain from engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting or any other similar activity in relation to the Platform and/or Services. The User shall not stimulate or attempt to stimulate or duplicate any of the appearance, features or functionality of the Platform.

3.4. The User shall refrain from impersonating any other User, person or entity. The User shall refrain from using any of the Company’s information or content for the benefit of any competing business.

3.5. The User shall refrain from altering or attempting to alter the features, functions or functionality of the Platform and/or Services in any manner. The User shall refrain from altering, reverse engineering, decompiling or otherwise disseminating any of the software forming a part of the Platform and/or Services.

3.6. The User shall refrain from using the Platform and/or Services in any way that is, or maybe, damaging to the Services, Platform and/or the good repute of the Company and its affiliates, associates, employees and/or directors;

3.7. The User shall not alter or attempt to alter or remove any of the proprietary markings or content from the Platform including but not limited to any marks, information, other proprietary marks, Intellectual Property rights or any content present on the Platform.

4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
4.1. The User hereby acknowledges that the Company shall own all the Intellectual Property rights subsisting or used in connection with the Company, its Services and Platform including but not limited to any patents, trademarks, logos, domain names or copyright as well as any derivative works (hereinafter referred to as “Intellectual Property”) whether filed or not.

4.2. The User hereby understands that the Company has merely granted permission to access the Platform and avail the Services, and such access and use does not amount to a right or entitlement over any Intellectual Property rights.

4.3. The User hereby agrees not to post, publish, copy, replicate or reproduce any content and/or name, including the logo and/or any Intellectual Property of the Company through paper or in any electronic form without prior written consent of the Company.

4.4. The User agrees that any software and other materials that are made available for downloading, access, or other use from this website with their own license terms will be governed by such terms, conditions, and notices.

4.5. The User hereby understands that third-party intellectual property may appear on the Platform and all rights therein are reserved to the respective owners of such rights. The obligations on the User with respect to the Company’s Intellectual Property shall extend to third party intellectual property appearing on the Platform.

4.6. The User hereby agrees not to market, sell, replicate, reverse engineer, decompile or attempt to do any of the aforementioned acts to any of the Intellectual Property of the Company. The User also understands that they are prohibited from accessing, searching or downloading any third-party content on the Platform through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism other than the software and/or search agents provided by the Company or other generally available third-party web browsers.

4.7. The User hereby understands and accepts that any breach of the terms contained in this clause shall be considered as a material breach of these Terms and the Company shall have the right to terminate this engagement with immediate effect or seek such other legal remedies available under the law.

5. RESTRICTIONS ON USE:
5.1. In addition to the information prohibited by law, the User hereby agrees not to store, publish or transmit, adopt, mirror, translate on the Platform any information and/or content that:

5.1.1. is offensive or denigrates any religion, caste, creed, nationality or similar affiliations;

5.1.2. promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual, or is pornographic or sexually explicit in nature;

5.1.3. harasses or advocates stalking or harassment of another person;

5.1.4. involves unsolicited mass mailing, or “spamming”;

5.1.5. is false or misleading or promotes, endorses or furthers illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;

5.1.6. promotes, copies, performs or distributes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person’s work that is protected by intellectual property law, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacturer-installed copy-protection devices, or providing pirated music, videos, or movies, or links to such pirated music, videos, or movies;

5.1.7. is involved in the exploitation of persons under the age of eighteen (18) in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under eighteen (18);

5.1.8. provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses and other harmful code;

5.1.9. solicits passwords or personally identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other Users;

5.1.10. except as expressly approved by the Company, involves commercial activities and/or promotions such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;

5.1.11. contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or similar software; or

5.1.12. posts or distributes information which would violate any confidentiality, non-disclosure or other contractual restrictions or rights of any third party, including any current or former employers or potential employers; or

5.1.13. otherwise violates these Terms.

5.2. In the event the Company discovers that the User has undertaken or attempted to undertake any of the actions under this clause, the Company reserves the right to undertake appropriate legal action against the User.

6. INDEMNITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
6.1. The User hereby agrees to indemnify to the fullest extent the Company from and against any and all liabilities, costs, demands, causes of action, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of or in any way related to the User’s breach of any of the provisions of these Terms.

6.2. In no event shall the Company, nor any of its officers, directors and employees, be liable to the User for anything arising out of or in any way connected with the User, use of the Platform and/or Services, whether such liability is under contract, tort or otherwise, and the Company, including its officers, directors and employees shall not be liable for any indirect, consequential or special liability arising out of or in any way related to your content, use of the Platform and/or Services.

7. DISCLAIMER
7.1. The Company makes no express warranties to you regarding the Platform. The Platform is being provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without a warranty of any kind.

7.2. The Company makes no warranty that the Platform will be error-free and/or available at all times, nor does the Company warrant the compatibility or operation of the Platform with the hardware or software configurations.

7.3. The Company hereby disclaims all warranties as to the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any information of the User.

7.4. The Company disclaims all warranties with regard to the Platform, express or implied, including without limitation, any implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, merchantable quality, or non-infringement of third-party rights.

8. PRIVACY POLICY
8.1. The User hereby understands that in the pursuit of providing access to the Platform and/or Services to its best possible ability, the Company stores and utilizes certain information of the User. In light of the same, the User is advised to read and understand the Privacy Policy before accessing the Platform to understand the data practices including without limitation, collection, recording, storing, disclosing and purging of your data by the Company for the purpose of rendering the Services.

8.2. Kindly find linked our Privacy Policy for your convenience. The User hereby understands that by accepting these Terms, it shall deem automatic acceptance and agreement to the Privacy Policy by the User.

9. THIRD PARTY SERVICES
9.1. The User hereby understands that the Platform may contain links to third-party websites and/or services not owned or controlled by the Company. Notwithstanding anything contained hereinabove, the User specifically agrees that they shall be bound by the terms and conditions and privacy policy of such third-parties and the Company shall in no manner whatsoever be liable for these policies or any loss that you may incur as a result of such policies implemented by such third-parties.

10. REPRESENTATIONS & WARRANTIES
10.1. The User hereby understands that the right to host, operate and provide Services on the Platform exclusively belongs to the Company and that the User is not entitled to transfer the rights and obligations accepted by them by acceptance of these Terms. The User hereby warrants not to undertake any action claiming ownership over the Services and/or the Platform or transfer the rights and obligations accepted by them by accepting these Terms.

10.2. The User hereby understands that by availing Services on the Platform, they expressly represent and warrant that they are legally entitled to enter these Terms. The User also understands and agrees not to avail the Services of the Company, in the event the User accesses or attempts to avail the Services from a jurisdiction that restricts the use of the Service because of age or restricts the ability to enter into agreements such as these Terms.

10.3. The User hereby represents warrants and covenants that all information (if any) provided by them is true and correct and that no misinterpretations or misleading statements have been made.

10.4. The User represents, warrants and covenants that it satisfies the eligibility criteria set out in these Terms and has all requisite competence, power and authority to accept these Terms and the conditions herein, to perform its obligations hereunder and it will perform its obligations and fulfill its responsibilities under these Terms in a manner that complies with the Applicable Laws.

10.5. The User’s participation in using the Platform and/or Services is for the User’s own use (where applicable). The User undertakes to not authorize others to use their account with the Company and shall not assign or otherwise transfer their User account to any other person or entity.

11. COMMUNICATIONS
11.1. The Company herein shall have the right to convey certain communications including but not limited to, service announcements, administrative changes and other such communications vide the Platform or any other mode deemed appropriate by the Company.

12. LANGUAGE
12.1. In the event of differences between the English versions of any page or related information and versions in any other language that has been made available by the Company, the English version shall prevail over all other such versions.

13. TERMINATION
13.1. The Company reserves the right to terminate or control the User’s access to any of the Platform and/or Services effective immediately if found that User is in breach of any of these Terms without any reason and prior notice.

13.2. The provisions of these Terms, which by their nature and content, must survive the completion, rescission, termination or expiration of these Terms in order to achieve the fundamental purposes of these Terms shall so survive and continue to bind the Parties.

14. MISCELLANEOUS
14.1. Relationship between Parties:

14.1.1. Nothing contained in these Terms shall be construed to imply a relationship between the Parties in the nature of a joint venture, partnership or any other form of business affiliation of similar nature. The User herein is a mere customer availing Services from the Company against a consideration.

14.2. Waiver of rights:
14.2.1. Nothing in these Terms shall be construed to imply a waiver of rights in the event of non-exercise of the same by the Parties. Such waiver of rights shall only be effective and valid if such intention is expressed in writing by such Party.

14.3. Entire Agreement:
14.3.1. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior written agreements, understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this agreement/ Terms. No representation, inducement, promise, understanding, condition or warranty not set forth herein has been made or relied upon by any Party hereto. These Terms herein, along with any additional policies that may be implemented by the Company, annexure, schedules and amendments thereto shall be construed as a single document and read together.

14.3.2. These Terms may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the Parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Terms.

14.4. Severability:
14.4.1. Any provision that is declared null and void or unenforceable shall be ineffective only to that extent and the remaining provisions shall be binding on all Parties.

14.4.2. All Parties shall endeavor in good faith to replace the void clause with a clause having similar economic and legal obligations, rights, and consequences upon the Parties.

14.5. Governing Law & Jurisdiction:
14.5.1. This Agreement is governed by and must be construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of India, excluding principles of conflict of laws. The Courts in Mumbai, India shall have jurisdiction to try and settle any dispute arising out of these Terms

14.6. Assignment:
14.6.1. The rights and obligations of the User under these Terms are not assignable or transferable, in whole or part. Any attempt to transfer the same without the written consent of the Company shall be void and of no force and effect. The Company reserves the right at its sole and absolute discretion to assign the rights and obligations under these Terms to an affiliate or to another entity in connection with a corporate transaction or otherwise.

14.7. Amendment:
14.7.1. The Company reserves the sole right to modify these Terms and the conditions herein or its policies relating to the Service and/or Platform at any time, effective upon posting of an updated version of these Terms on the Platform without prior notice. The User hereby understands that they shall be solely responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms. The User also hereby agrees that any continued use of the Platform and/or Services after any such changes shall constitute the User’s consent to such changes.

14.8. Remedies:
14.8.1. The Company has and reserves the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the clauses of these Terms as it sees fit and to the fullest extent of the law.

14.8.2. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Terms, The Company reserves the right to seek any other legal remedies available for the nature of the dispute, including but not limited to civil, criminal, administrative, and equitable remedies.

14.9. Force Majeure:
14.9.1. In the event where the performance of the Services are, prevented, restricted, delayed or interfered with by reason of including but not limited to labor disputes, strikes, acts of God, pandemic, quarantine restrictions, floods, lightning, severe weather, shortages of materials, utility or communication failures, earthquakes, war, revolution, acts of terrorism, cyber-attack, repair and maintenance of trans-Atlantic/ undersea cables, civil commotion, acts of public enemies, blockade, embargo or any law, order, proclamation, regulation, ordinance, demand or requirement having legal effect of any government or any judicial authority whatsoever, which are beyond the reasonable control of the Company to be prevented by reasonable precautions then shall be excused from such performance to the extent of and during the period of such force majeure event.

14.10. Contact:
14.10.1. In the event of any complaint, grievance or feedback pertaining to any content by a User, the Platform and/or Services, kindly reach us at geetanjali.jagannathan@greatplacetowork.com