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Terms of Use
1. Introduction
and Purpose
1.1.
The FisherwomenConnect Mobile
Application (the “Application”) is an Android-based application designed to
provide easy access to relevant information related to fisherwomen in postharvest
fisheries such as comprehensive learning modules on hygienic handling of fish
products, value addition and fish safety methods. It also gives real-time
weather updates, disaster alerts and market trends for informed decision making.
The development, promotion, and scaling up of this application is being
executed by M S Swaminathan Research Foundation with the award grant of the
WomenConnect Challenge India programme jointly executed by Reliance Foundation
and USAID. Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
serves as a Knowledge Partner and provides crucial scientific ocean state information
to the fisherwomen through FisherwomenConnect. The benevolent schemes and
entitlements are provided by the respective State Fisheries Departments of
Tamil Nadu.
1.2.
The
use of this Application is governed by the following terms and conditions (the
“Terms of Use”). Please read the Terms of Use carefully before using the
Application.
1.3.
This application is allowed to be downloaded free
of cost for all interested users and no person shall charge a fee for this.
1.4.
Your
continued use of the Application constitutes your agreement to these Terms of
Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use or access the
Application.
2. General
2.1.
The
term “user” or “you” shall mean any person who accesses the Application.
2.2.
By
accepting these Terms of Use, you acknowledge your comprehension of the terms
governing the use of this application, your ability to enter into a legally
binding contract under relevant laws, and, where users are minors under
applicable laws, the consent and discretion of parents or legal guardians have
been obtained prior to such acceptance.
2.3.
We
reserve the right to amend these Terms of Use from time to time. We will notify
you of such changes by posting the revised version of the Terms of Use on the
Application. Your use of the Application following changes to these Terms of
Use will indicate your acceptance of such amendments.
3.
Usage
of Application
3.1.
You
may use the Application for informational purposes related to postharvest
fisheries and services provided through the Application.
3.2.
When
using the Application, you agree not to:
3.2.1. Violate any applicable laws,
regulations, or third-party rights.
3.2.2. Engage in any activity that may
interfere with or disrupt the Application’s functionality.
3.2.3. Use any automated means, such as
robots or data mining, to collect or extract data from the Application.
3.2.4. Transmit any viruses, malware, or
other harmful code.
3.2.5. Modify, obscure, or delete any
copyright or other proprietary notices on the Application or the content
therein.
3.2.6. Copy, reproduce, publish, transmit,
distribute, display, modify, create derivative works, or exploit the
Application or the content therein.
3.2.7. Impersonate any person or entity or
falsely claim an affiliation with MSSRF or its partners.
4.
Intellectual
Property Rights
4.1.
All
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, and other
proprietary rights on this Application and the content therein are proprietary
to MSSRF unless otherwise stated. No use of these may be made for any purpose
without the prior written authorization of MSSRF.
5.
Third-Party
Links
5.1
The App may include links to other
websites/applications or may display advertisements from third parties and
other content that links to third-party websites. Such websites/applications
are governed by their respective privacy policies, which are out of the App’s
control. Use of any information you provide while using a third-party website
or application through the App, is governed by the privacy policy of the
operator of the website/application/operator you are using/ visiting. That
policy may differ from that of the App. If you can't find the privacy policy of
any of such websites /applications via a link from the website's homepage, you
should contact the relevant website /application operator directly for more
information.
5.2
Please note that your mobile service
provider, mobile operating system provider, third-party applications including
the applications pre-loaded on your smartphones powered by Android platform or
customized Android ROM (“Device”), social media platforms and websites that you
access, third-party operators may also collect, use and share information about
you and your usage. We cannot control how these third parties collect, use,
share or secure this information. For information about third-party privacy
practices, please consult their respective privacy policies.
6.
Warranties
6.1.
The
Application is provided on an "as is" and "as available"
basis. MSSRF makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or
implied, as to the operation of the Application or the information, content,
materials, or products included in the Application.
6.2.
MSSRF
does not warrant the Application being uninterrupted or error-free.
7.
Exclusion
of Consequential and Related Damages
In
no event shall MSSRF have any liability to you for any lost profits, loss of
use, costs of procurement of substitute goods or services, or for any direct,
compensatory, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, or consequential
damages, however, caused, and whether in contract, tort or under any other
theory of liability, whether or not MSSRF has been advised of the possibility
of such damages.
8.
Notice
for Copyright Infringement
8.1.
If
you believe that any content on the Application infringes your copyright,
please notify us by providing the following information:
8.1.1. A description of the copyrighted work
you claim has been infringed.
8.1.2. A description of where the material you claim infringes
is located on the Application.
8.1.3. Your address, telephone number, and
email address.
8.1.4. A statement by you that you have a
good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, or the law.
8.1.5. A statement by you, made under penalty of
perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are
the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
9.
General
Provisions
9.1.
If
any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid by any court having
competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
9.2.
These
Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
India, and any disputes arising under these Terms of Use shall be subject to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or
suggestions about these Terms of Use, please contact us at the email provided
in the Privacy Policy.
Privacy Policy
1.
Introduction
This Privacy Policy outlines how your
personally identifiable information and other data will be collected, used, and
shared in connection with your access to and/or use of the FisherwomenConnect
Mobile Application (the "Application"). The Policy is designed to
ensure compliance with applicable data protection laws and regulations,
including but not limited to the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the
Digital Personal Data Protection Act, of 2023. Please read this Policy
carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information
and how we will treat it.
2. Details of Information Collected
2.1 The
App seeks your personal information either to (i) validate and process your
request for the services of the App or information; (ii) to improve the quality
of the App; (iii) to assist you in determining which services best meet your
needs; or (iv) to facilitate our internal business operations, including the
fulfillment of any legal and regulatory requirements; or (v) to provide you
with recommendation about services you may be interested in, based on your use
of the App; or (vi) to provide you with marketing communications and
advertising that the App believe may be of interest of you.
2.2
In this policy, personal information
shall be deemed to mean any information that can be used to identify you and
may include details such as your name, age, gender, contact information,
products and services you are interested in or require more information about.
Insofar as sensitive personal information is concerned, it will carry the
meaning as may be defined by applicable laws from time to time.
3. Purpose
The
Application was created by M S Swaminathan Research Foundation to provide easy
access to relevant information related to fisherwomen on postharvest fisheries.
The legal basis for collecting and processing your Information is to meet our
legitimate interests. The data collected will be analyzed by MSSRF and/or its
trusted partners to provide and improve the service.
4. Scope of Policy
This Privacy Policy applies only to
individuals who have provided us with any Information to use the Application.
To request the removal of your Personal Information from the Application,
please contact us as provided below.
5. Information
Collection modes and use
5.1
For a better experience, while using
our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally
identifiable information during registration, including but not limited to
Name, Age, Phone no, occupation, email ID, State, District, Current Lat, and
Long position. The information that we request will be retained and used by us
for the purposes described in this privacy policy.
5.2
The Personal Information that is
gathered will be used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use
or share your information with anyone except for the purposes as described in
this Privacy Policy.
5.3
We want to inform you that whenever you
use our Service, in the case of an error in the app we collect data and
information (through third-party products) on your phone called Log Data. This
Log Data may include information such as your device, device name, operating
system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our Service, the
time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.
6.
Disclosure of Information
a.
We
may disclose Personal Information that we collect, or you provide as described
below in this policy:
i. To our employees, representatives,
contractors, and external legal counsel on a need-to-know basis.
ii. To our service providers, who provide services
for us including but not limited to sending emails on our behalf, providing
analytics services, and helping us provide services as requested by users. Our
service providers are bound by law or contract to protect Personal Information
and are only allowed to use Personal Information in accordance with the terms
of our service agreements with them. We do not share, sell, rent, or trade
Personal Information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
iii. We may disclose your Personal
Information if required to do so by law to comply with a subpoena or in the
good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the edicts of the
law, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or comply
with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on us or to
protect and defend the rights or property of MSSRF.
7.
Data Security
We value your trust in providing us with
your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable
means of protecting it.
8.
Data Retention
We shall retain the Personal
Information collected from you for such a period as may be required to fulfil
the purpose for which such Personal Information was collected. We shall delete,
pseudonymize, de-identify, or anonymize the Personal Information as soon as the
purpose of processing has been fulfilled or such action is required under law.
9.
Children’s Privacy
9.1
We assume that if you are providing Information on
this Application, you are of legal contracting age as per the applicable law in
your jurisdiction.
9.2
Please do not submit any Personal Information if
you are below the legal contracting age. We do not knowingly collect, nor do we
wish to collect, any personally identifiable information or other information
from individuals who are below the legal contracting age. If we become aware
that we have inadvertently collected Personal Information from a user who is
below the legal contracting age, we will promptly delete such information from
our database. We encourage you to discuss this policy with your parents or
guardian.
9.3
For users in India, a child is defined as a person
who has not completed 18 years of age in compliance with the Information
Technology Act and associated rules, as well as the Digital Personal Data
Protection Act, of 2023.
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Cookies
The
Application may use cookies to enhance the user experience. Cookies are small
data files that are placed on your device to store information. You can choose
to disable cookies through your device settings, but this may affect the
functionality of the Application.
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Disclaimer:
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The Reliance
Foundation ("RF") and the United States Agency for International
Development ("USAID") assume no responsibility for the content,
functionality, or operation of this application. The inclusion of RF and USAID
logos does not constitute endorsement or approval of the application's content,
services, or products.
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This application
is independently developed and managed by MSSRF. The opinions and information
presented herein are those of MSSRF and do not reflect the official policies or
views of RF or USAID. RF and USAID disclaim all liability for any loss or
damage arising from the use of or reliance on this application.
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Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Policy from time to time. Thus,
you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will
notify you of any changes by posting the new Policy on this page. These changes
are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or
suggestions about our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to
contact us through this email id: fisherwomenconnect@mssrf.res.in