Legal Notice, Disclaimer, and Terms of Use for www.balcoindia.com ("BALCO")

Use of this Website is subject to the following terms and conditions. Your use of the website constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions.

• I. Interpretations
  • 1. Definitions:

  • In this Agreement: "Content" includes, but is not limited to, all text, data , informations, photographs, software, animation files, graphics, video and audio files and anything else contained in this Website.

    "User" includes, but is not limited to, any person who accesses this Website by any means whatsoever, including, but not limited to, legal, illegal, authorized and unauthorized means.

  • 2. Invalidity:

  • If, for any reason whatsoever, any term of this Agreement is deemed by a court to be void, voidable or otherwise unenforceable, such term shall be deemed to be severable from the remainder of the Agreement, and the remainder of the Agreement shall be construed and interpreted without reference to the unenforceable term.

  • 3. Assignment:

  • Bharat Aluminium Company Limited may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement at any time without notice to Users.

  • 4. Termination:

  • Either Bharat Aluminium Company Limited or the User may terminate this Agreement at any time, either with or without cause. The User may terminate this Agreement by ceasing to use this Website. The following clauses of this Agreement will survive any termination by either party: II, III, IV, V, VI and VII.

• II. Copyright and trademarks
  • 1. Ownership:

  • The Content of this Website is owned by BALCO or is made available by permission of the owner and is protected by domestic and international copyright laws. The trademark is owned by Bharat Aluminium Company Limited.

    
  • 2. Rights:

  • The use of this Website grants no interest, whether proprietary, license, or otherwise, in the intellectual property rights, or any other rights which may exist or are hereafter developed in respect of any portion of the Website or its Content.

  • 3. License:

  • Any computer software downloadable or otherwise available from this Website is licensed subject to the terms of the applicable license agreement. Although every effort has been made to ensure that any software that may be downloaded from this Website is compatible with as many types of computers as possible, Users should take care to back up all essential software before loading any software from this Website.

• III. Permitted secondary uses

  • 1. The User may freely download, copy, display, exhibit, share, or otherwise distribute the Content of this Website for non-commercial purposes only. However, on any such downloading, copying, display, exhibition, sharing or distribution, the User must explicitly acknowledge BALCO as the provider of such Content. BALCO reserves the right to require the User to delete, destroy or otherwise remove any content that is used in a manner that in BALCO's opinion is contrary or otherwise inappropriate, derogatory or offensive.

  • 2. The User agrees that any person to whom the Content is provided directly or indirectly through the User, will be advised of the terms of this Agreement, and that each such person is bound by these terms.

  • 3. The User may in no way modify, reformulate, adapt, alter, adjust, change, disassemble, frame or decrypt any of the Content of this Website.

• IV. Third-party submissions

  • 1. By posting via email or otherwise any Content, trade secrets, or know-how to this Website, including electronic mail, the User grants to BALCO a perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free right and licence to use, download, upload, copy, exhibit, display, distribute, publish, post to any other public forum, perform, sell, alter, modify, change, sub-license, create derivative works from and otherwise treat as its own such Content, trade secrets or know-how in whatever manner Bharat Aluminium Company Limited shall, in its sole discretion, deem appropriate without any form of recognition, credit, acknowledgement, reward or compensation whatsoever for the User's contribution of such Content, trade secrets, or know-how to Bharat Aluminium Company Limited. Furthermore, BALCO, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents and/or employees will in no way be responsible or liable for damages, whether they be direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, special, punitive, exemplary or general damages, contribution or indemnity of any kind whatsoever, howsoever caused, resulting from any alterations or additions to its goods, products, programs, promotions and/or services which may resemble any Content, trade secrets, or know-how posted to this Website, including electronic mail, by any User.

  • 2. Furthermore, by posting any Content, trade secrets, or know-how to this Website, including electronic mail, the User represents and warrants that such Content, trade secrets, or know-how is his or her own work, is non-confidential, and its use by BALCO in no way violates the intellectual property or other rights of any third parties. The duty to ensure non-infringement of the rights of any third parties rests solely with the User.

  • 3. The User agrees to indemnify, contribute to, and hold harmless BALCO, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents and/or employees against any liability, be it civil, criminal, or quasi-criminal, resulting from the use, transfer or sub-license by BALCO of any Content, trade secrets or know-how provided to BALCO by the User.

    This indemnification shall extend and apply to any payment or other agreement made by BALCO, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents and/or employees in settlement and/or satisfaction of any such claim or potential claim, whether such settlement and/or satisfaction is either full or partial, and whether the payment or other agreement is made or concluded either prior to or following the institution of proceedings against BALCO, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents and/or employees. As part of this indemnification, the User agrees to co-operate with all reasonable requests made by BALCO, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents and/or employees.

• V. Choice of law

  • 1. Any dispute arising out of the use of this Website, the Content or availability thereof, the construction or interpretation of this Agreement, or anything related or similar thereto is governed by the applicable laws of India.

  • 2. Any dispute arising out of the use of this Website, the Content or availability thereof, the construction or interpretation of this Agreement, or anything related or similar thereto is only to be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction of India.

• VI. Rights to control site

  • The Content of this Website is subject to change, restriction or termination without any notice to Users.

  • The infromations, material or services included in or available through this site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the site / services and to the information therein.

• VII. Limitations of liability

  • 1. This site is designed to provide knowledge for informational purposes only. The information is taken from sources believed to be reliable, and the information is believed to be accurate at the time it is posted to the Website. However, there is no way to ensure that the information is accurate at any moment in time.

  • 2. There are certain links on this Website which will lead the User to other sites on the World Wide Web. These links are provided for convenience only, and a link to any other Website should not be taken to imply any endorsement of any other Website by BALCO, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents and/or employees.

  • 3. Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents and/or employees are in no way responsible or liable for any damages whether they be direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, special, punitive, exemplary or general damages, contribution or indemnity, of any kind whatsoever, howsoever caused, (including, but not limited to, breach of contract, loss of profit, business interruption, loss of business data or information, negligence or other tortious behaviour, deletion, error, defect, omission, or destruction of the Content of the Website, unauthorized access to, or alteration of, the Content of this Website by third parties, or employees, or agents of Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, transmission of material, or any other cause of action, regardless of whether it arises at law or in equity) arising out of the use or non-availability of this Website, or reliance on the Content contained herein, resulting from any decision taken on the basis of information provided through the Website, resulting from the Content of other websites to which any User links through this Website, or resulting from any such change, restriction, or termination of this Website or resulting from the incompatibility of any software downloaded, copied, or otherwise originating from this Website.

  • 4. This limitation of liability shall apply even if Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, its subsidiaries, affiliates; contractors, agents and/or employees have been advised of the possibility of the damages referred in this notice.

  • 5. This Website is provided "as is". Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, its subsidiaries, affiliates; contractors, agents and/or employees do not warrant that the use of this Website will be uninterrupted, error-free, stable or suitable for all Users. BALCO, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents and/or employees make no warranties, either express or implied, about the Website, its availability, or its operation Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this includes implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, expectation of privacy, or non-infringement. Any User who accesses this Website does so solely at his or her own risk.

    The User agrees to indemnify, contribute to and hold harmless Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents, and/or employees, against any liability, be it civil, criminal or quasi-criminal, resulting from any violation of any law by the User in their use of this Website. The User shall be responsible to the full extent of any liability, payment or other agreement made by Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents and/or employees, in settlement and/or satisfaction of any claim or potential claim, whether such payment or agreement is made or concluded prior to or following the institution of formal proceedings against Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, its subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, agents and/or employees.

• Privacy Statement

  At Bharat Aluminium Company Limited ("BALCO"), the confidentiality of personal information on Web site users is a top priority. The following statement describes the measures taken by BALCO to ensure that your privacy is not infringed as a result of our collection and use of such personal information. It will allow you to better understand when, how and why this information is collected. As this document will occasionally be updated, we recommend that you consult it regularly.

• Collection And Use Of Personal Information

• We do not require personal information to obtain access to most of our website. We collect personal information from our visitors on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include name, title, company, address, phone number, email address, and other relevant data. Questions or comments submitted by visitors may also include in personal information. We collect and use personal information for business purposes in for :

  • . recruitment to new positions in our organisation as and when required
  • . submission of offers and related information for providing goods and services to BALCO
  • . to administer or otherwise carry out our obligations in relation to any agreement you have with us.
  • . to anticipate and resolve problems with any goods or services supplied to you.
  • . Welfare schemes such as student scholarships carried out by us as Corporate Social Responsibility of BALCO
  
  

  BALCO will not use your personal information for any purposes other than those described in this statement without having obtained your express consent. Furthermore, this information will not be available to any other entity or person other than BALCO. BALCO will obtain your consent before making any changes to the present privacy statement that would result in sharing or further use of your personal information. You may also, at any time, ask BALCO to not make use of or to cease using your personal information.

  You recognize and understand that there is no compulsion on you to provide us with your personal information and any and all personal information provided by you to us is with your full consent and desire.

  BALCO reserves the right, however, to disclose or transfer information of the users of its site in the following circumstances: to adhere to the provisions of a law or regulation, to ensure its defence in the event of legal action, or to protect its rights or those of site users.

• Use Of Cookies

• At present, the BALCO Web site does not use any cookies.

• Cookies essentially consist of information on users that servers transmit to browsers when Web sites are viewed. This information can then be recovered at the time of subsequent visits. The information recorded can include items such as the date and hour a Web site was viewed, a reply to an online questionnaire, personal information collected by the server, etc. Cookies can in fact be useful, given that they save information concerning your preferences.

• Use of cookies is very widespread, with most servers and browsers accepting them by default. To check all the cookies generated, simply look on your hard drive, where these are saved. You can, if you prefer, choose to disable this function on your system.

• Applicable Laws

  This site is controlled and operated by BALCO from its office in India. BALCO makes no representation that the information contained in this site is appropriate or available for use in other locations, and BALCO shall have no responsibility in respect of access to it from territories whose laws prohibit such access or where any aspect of the content of the site may be illegal. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Any claim relating to the information contained in this site shall be governed by the laws of India and visitors to the site agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of India.

• Security

  We have implemented technology and policies, with the objective of protecting your privacy from unauthorized access and improper use but does not promise or guarantee the same. BALCO does not make any warranty that the contents of the Site are free from infection by viruses or anything else which has contaminating or destructive properties.

• Hyperlinks

  The BALCO Web site includes hyperlinks to other Web sites that are not controlled by BALCO or its subsidiaries. These links are provided for your convenience, and should not be construed to mean that BALCO in any way endorses these sites. BALCO is not responsible for information other than that contained on its own site or those of its subsidiaries, and cannot vouch for the accuracy of this information. This privacy statement does not apply to these other sites. We recommend that you read the privacy statement of any site where you will be providing personal information, in order to understand how the information collected will be used.