Terms and Conditions

Acceptance of These Terms

These Terms and Conditions govern access to and use of the We Seksarians website, community portal, directory and related features (collectively, the “Portal”).

By accessing or using the Portal, creating an account, or participating in its community features, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these terms. Where applicable law requires affirmative agreement, acceptance must be obtained through an appropriate consent mechanism before the relevant service is used.

If you do not agree with the applicable terms, do not create an account or use the relevant features.

About the Portal

We Seksarians is intended to support connections among students, alumni, faculty, staff and other members of the wider SGSITS community through networking, knowledge-sharing, mentorship, events and collaboration.

The Portal is an independently developed community initiative. Unless expressly confirmed in a written agreement or official institutional communication, it must not be represented as an official website, service, programme or communication channel of Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), or as endorsed, operated or controlled by the Institute.

Any proposed organisation or trust name appearing in planning material is provisional until legally constituted and formally authorised to act as the Portal operator.

Eligibility

The Portal is intended for individuals with a genuine connection to the SGSITS community and other participants expressly permitted by the Portal operator.

You must provide accurate information about your identity and community association. Access to particular features may be subject to verification and additional eligibility requirements.

Individuals under the age of 18 may use relevant services only where permitted by applicable law and with the required involvement or authorisation of a parent or legal guardian. Features involving personal information or public visibility may have additional age-related restrictions.

Member Accounts and Security

• Provide truthful, accurate and reasonably current registration information.
• Keep your login credentials confidential and do not share account access.
• Notify the Portal operator promptly if you suspect unauthorised access or account misuse.
• Do not create duplicate, deceptive, impersonating or fraudulent accounts.
• Use account recovery and verification processes only for your own account or where expressly authorised.

You are responsible for activity carried out through your account to the extent permitted by applicable law. The Portal operator may request reasonable verification where necessary to protect members and the integrity of the community.

Member Responsibilities and Acceptable Use

Members are expected to contribute in a manner consistent with the community's values of respect, inclusion, integrity and constructive participation.

You must not:

• Harass, threaten, intimidate, discriminate against or unlawfully target another person.
• Publish defamatory, knowingly false, misleading, fraudulent or unlawful material.
• Upload malware, attempt unauthorised access, probe vulnerabilities or disrupt Portal operations.
• Harvest member information, scrape the directory or use automated tools to collect personal data without permission.
• Use the Portal for spam, unsolicited bulk messaging, scams, impersonation or deceptive promotion.
• Infringe intellectual-property, privacy, confidentiality or other legal rights.
• Misrepresent your qualifications, employment, institutional association or authority to act for another person or organisation.
• Use member information for unrelated commercial solicitation, political targeting or other purposes inconsistent with the stated community purpose.

Member-Submitted Content

Members may be able to submit profile details, biographies, photographs, professional information, event material, articles, comments and other contributions (“Member Content”).

You retain ownership of content you own. By submitting content, you grant the Portal operator a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free permission to host, store, reproduce, display and process that content only as reasonably necessary to operate, secure and provide the features you have chosen to use.

This permission is subject to your privacy choices, applicable law and any additional permissions requested for specific uses. It does not grant the Portal operator ownership of your content or unrestricted rights to use it for advertising, sale or unrelated commercial purposes.

You confirm that you have the rights and permissions needed to submit the content, including permission from identifiable individuals appearing in photographs or other material where required.

The Portal operator may restrict or remove content reasonably believed to violate these terms, applicable law or another person's rights. Content moderation does not imply that every submission is pre-screened or independently verified.

Community Directory and Member Visibility

Directory and profile features are intended to help eligible community members discover and reconnect with one another.

Account registration or identity verification does not, by itself, mean that a member has agreed to public disclosure of their personal information. Any directory publication must be governed by clear member-facing disclosures, appropriate visibility choices and any consent or other lawful basis required by applicable law.

Members should review their profile and visibility settings and avoid publishing information they do not wish to share. The Portal operator must provide appropriate processes for correcting information and requesting changes to visibility or removal, subject to applicable legal obligations.

Members must not copy, redistribute, sell, profile or commercially exploit directory information without appropriate authorisation.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the Portal's original design, branding, software, layout, text and other materials are owned by or used under permission by the relevant rights holder. All rights are reserved.

Names, logos, trademarks, photographs and materials belonging to SGSITS or other third parties remain the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on the Portal does not imply ownership, affiliation or endorsement.

You may not copy, modify, distribute, reverse engineer or commercially exploit protected Portal materials except where permitted by law or authorised in writing.

Privacy and Personal Data

Personal information is handled in accordance with the applicable Privacy Policy and relevant data-protection laws.

These terms should be read together with the Privacy Policy, which explains the categories of information processed, purposes, lawful grounds, disclosures, retention, international transfers and available rights.

Where consent is required, it must be obtained separately and through an appropriate, informed and demonstrable process. Acceptance of these terms must not be treated as blanket consent to every form of personal-data processing.

Community Communications

The Portal may provide service-related messages concerning registration, account security, verification, important changes and member-requested activities.

Optional newsletters, event announcements and promotional communications should be sent only in accordance with applicable law and the member's communication preferences. Members must be provided with an appropriate way to manage optional communications.

Members must use messaging and communication features responsibly and must not send unsolicited, abusive, misleading or unlawful communications.

Portal Availability and Changes to Services

The Portal is being developed and may evolve over time. Features may be introduced, modified, suspended or withdrawn to improve functionality, security, accessibility or operational sustainability.

We will make reasonable efforts to maintain service availability and protect information, but uninterrupted or error-free access cannot be guaranteed. Maintenance, security incidents, infrastructure failures and circumstances outside reasonable control may affect availability.

External Websites and Services

The Portal may contain links to external websites, maps, social networks or other third-party services. These services operate under their own terms and privacy practices.

The Portal operator does not control external services and is not responsible for their content, availability, security or data-processing practices. Members should review the applicable third-party terms before using those services.

Disclaimers

Community profiles, professional details, member contributions, opportunities and discussions may be supplied by members or external sources. Unless expressly stated, the Portal does not guarantee that such information is complete, current or independently verified.

The Portal is a community connection and knowledge-sharing platform. It does not guarantee employment, admissions, professional outcomes, mentoring results, event participation or the accuracy of advice shared by members.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Portal and its services are provided on an “as available” basis without warranties that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Limitation of Liability

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by applicable law, including liability that cannot lawfully be excluded for fraud, wilful misconduct, death, personal injury or statutory consumer rights.

Subject to that restriction, the Portal operator will not be liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of opportunity, loss of profits or loss of data arising from use of the Portal, to the extent such limitations are permitted by applicable law.

Any further liability limits, exclusions or remedies must be finalised through legal review and must comply with the mandatory laws applicable to the relevant member.

Suspension and Termination

Access may be restricted, suspended or terminated where reasonably necessary to protect members, investigate suspected misuse, address security risks, comply with legal obligations or respond to a material breach of these terms.

Where appropriate and legally permissible, the affected member should be informed of the reason and given a reasonable opportunity to respond or seek review.

Members may request account closure through the designated account or privacy contact process. Account closure does not necessarily require immediate deletion of all information where retention is legally required or otherwise permitted and properly justified under the Privacy Policy.

Changes to These Terms

These terms may be updated to reflect changes in the Portal, its governance, operational practices or applicable law.

Material changes should be communicated through an appropriate notice. Where required by law or where a change materially affects the basis on which a member uses the Portal, renewed affirmative acceptance will be requested before continued use of the affected feature.

The effective date and version of the final terms should be displayed clearly when the Portal is launched.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

The governing law, jurisdiction and dispute-resolution arrangements for the Portal must be finalised by the legally identified operator before public launch.

Any final provision must respect mandatory consumer, privacy and other legal protections applicable in the member's jurisdiction. Nothing in these terms is intended to deprive a member of rights that cannot lawfully be waived or restricted.

Contact and Enquiries

Questions about these terms, account access or community participation may be directed through the Portal's contact channel.

Before launch, this section must identify the actual legal operator, its appropriate postal address and a monitored contact channel for legal notices and member enquiries.