Being allowed access to www.manoramaonline.com ("the site") for Manorama Online, you enter into the manorama.com user agreement on the terms and conditions set out below. This Agreement is for an indefinite term. Subject to the terms contained herein, either party can terminate this agreement for any reason provided that such termination shall be conditional upon, including but not limited to, discharge of all contractual and statutory obligations.
We reserve the right to add to or change/modify the terms of this Agreement. Any changes will be posted and it is your responsibility as a user to refer to the terms on accessing this service. Changes could be made by us after the first posting to the Site and you will be deemed to have accepted any change if you continue to access the Site after that time. This Site reserves the right to modify, suspend/cancel, or discontinue any or all channels, or service at any time without notice , make modifications and alterations in any or all of the content , products and services contained on the site without prior notice.
This Site reserves the right to charge subscription or membership fees in respect of any part , aspect of this Site upon reasonable prior notice.
Copyright and Trademarks
Unless otherwise stated, copyright and all intellectual property rights in all material presented on the site (including but not limited to text, audio, video or graphical images), trademarks and logos appearing on this site are the property of Malayala Manorama company ltd, its parent, affiliates and associates and are protected under applicable Indian laws. Any infringement shall be vigorously defended and pursued to the fullest extent permitted by law.
You are permitted to print or download extracts from these pages for your personal non-commercial use only. Any copies of these pages saved to disk or to any other storage medium may only be used for subsequent viewing purposes or to print extracts for personal use. You may not (whether directly or through the use of any software program) create a database in electronic or structured manual form by regularly or systematically downloading and storing all or any part of the pages from this site. No part of The Site may be reproduced or transmitted to or stored in any other web site, nor may any of its pages or part thereof be disseminated in any electronic or non-electronic form, nor included in any public or private electronic retrieval system or service without prior written permission. Requests to republish Manorama material for distribution should be addressed to Malayala Manorama at e-mail - editorial@mm.co.in
Individual Registration, Access and Exchange of Information
For certain services such as Email, personal web pages, contests and shopping registration by the visitor is required. By registering, you agree to the following terms in addition to any other specific terms which shall be posted at an appropriate location of the Site.
Each registration is for a single individual user only. To access these services, you will be asked to enter your individual User Name and Password. Therefore, we do not permit any of the following:-
3. Any other person sharing your User Name and Password
4. Any part of the Site being cached in proxy servers and accessed by individuals who have not registered with Manorama as users of the Site
5. Access through a single User Name and Password being made available to multiple users on a network. If we reasonably believe that a User Name and Password are being used in any of these ways, we reserve the right to cancel access rights immediately without notice, and block access to all users from that IP address.
All information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials, whether publicly or privately transmitted/posted, is the sole responsibility of the person from where such content originated.
You shall be solely responsible for all content that you upload, post or otherwise transmit. Manorama does not control the content posted via chat and other community services and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content.
You understand that by using such services, you may be exposed to objectionable matter. Under no circumstances will Manorama be liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, uploaded on this site.
By using the facility of chat and other community services you agree not to upload, post, or otherwise transmit any matter or views that is/are, defamatory, abusive, obscene, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.
You may also not indulge in cyber stalking become or create a nuisance for any person.
You may not send, submit, post, or otherwise transmit, messages or material that contain software virus, or any other files that are designed to interrupt, destroy, and negatively affect in any manner whatsoever, any electronic equipment in connection with the use of this site, or other user's ability to engage in real time exchanges.
Manorama shall at its sole discretion terminate your account without any prior notice for any violation of the Terms of Use.
All content posted by you becomes the property of manorama.com and you agree to grant/assign the royalty free, perpetual right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.
Certain services are only a venue for persons to interact and exchange views with each other. Any transactions relating to sale/purchase of goods or services offered are to be settled between the parties and all warranties express or implied of any kind, regarding any matter pertaining thereto, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement are disclaimed by this site. This site is not involved in any way in the actual transactions between the buyers and sellers.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Malayala Manorama Co Ltd, its parent, affiliates and associates, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content you submit , post to or transmit or as a result of any transaction done on or through this site.
This Site may place reasonable restrictions on the maximum number of days that email messages, message board postings or other uploaded Content will be retained, the maximum number of email messages that may be sent from or received by an account, the maximum size of any email message that may be sent from or received by an account, the maximum disk space that will be allotted to you, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the service in a given period of time. Inactive accounts may be closed down with prior intimation. This Site assumes no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store, inaccuracy in transmission and receipt of any messages and other communications or other information maintained or transmitted .
All the contents of this Site are only for general information or use. They do not constitute advice and should not be relied upon in making (or refraining from making) any decision. Any specific advice or replies to queries in any part of the Site is/are the personal opinion of such experts/consultants/persons and are not subscribed to by this Site. The information from or through this site is provided on "AS IS " basis , and all warranties , expressed or implied of any kind, regarding any matter pertaining to any goods , service or channel, including without limitation , the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement are disclaimed and excluded. Malayala Manorama Co Ltd and its parent, affiliates and associates shall not be liable, at any time for damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business projects, or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use the Site, or any of its contents, or from any action taken (or refrained from being taken) as a result of using the Site or any such contents or for any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to, alteration of, or use of information contained on the site. No representations, warranties or guarantees whatsoever are made as to the accuracy, adequacy, reliability, completeness, suitability or applicability of the information to a particular situation. Certain links on the Site lead to resources located on servers maintained by third parties over whom Manorama has no control or connection , business or otherwise . These sites are external to Manorama and by visiting these , you are outside the Manorama website and its channels. Manorama neither endorses in any way nor offers any judgement or warranty and accepts no responsibility or liability for the authenticity , availability of any of the goods or services or for any damage , loss or harm , direct or consequential or any violation of local or international laws that may be incurred by your visiting and transacting on these sites.
Certain elements of The Site will contain material submitted by users. Manorama accepts no responsibility for the content, accuracy, conformity to applicable laws of such material.
Manorama may send information and offers of products and services to you from time to time. For further details relating to our policy relating to such offer please refer to our privacy statement.
Manorama shall have no liability to you for any interruption or delay in access to the Site irrespective of the cause.
The Agreement shall be governed by the Laws of India . The Courts of law at Cochin shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising under this agreement.
These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter. e-mail : customersupport@mm.co.in
Effective as of February 22, 2011
Malayala Manorama Co Ltd . ("Malayala Manorama" or "we") operates
manoramaonline.com, fasttrackworld.com, gulfmanorama.com, manoramanews.com the
Malayala Manorama iPhone application, the Malayala Manorama iPad application ,
the Malayala Manorama Android application, the Malayala Manorama Java/Symbian
application, Malayala Manorama Windows application and any other Malayala
Manorama owned and controlled URL, Mobile site and mobile application
(collectively, the "Site"), Malayala Manorama messaging services, video
services, RSS feeds, podcasting services, mobile services, and any other
feature, content, or applications offered from time to time by Malayala Manorama
in connection with Malayala Manorama' business (collectively, the "Malayala
Manorama Services").
As set forth in our Terms of Use, Malayala Manorama is a general audience site,
is not targeted to children, and does not knowingly collect personal information
from children under 13 years of age.
This Privacy Policy describes Malayala Manorama's collection and use of users'
personal information (e.g., information that identifies a specific person, such
as full name or email address). It also describes generally Malayala Manorama's
practices for handling non-personally identifiable information (e.g., user
interests, demographics and site usage) to the extent such information is
associated with a particular user or user account. This Privacy Policy applies
to all "users," including both visitors (users who use some of the Malayala
Manorama Services without being registered) and "Members" (users who have
registered with Malayala Manorama).
SUBMISSION AND COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ON Malayala Manorama SERVICES User
Submitted Information
Registration Information is the information that Members must provide to use at
registration in order to create a profile (also called an "account"), and
includes display name, email address, year of birth, zip code, and country.
Malayala Manorama Collected Information
Malayala Manorama Services Activity Information. When users access the Malayala
Manorama Services, we may collect certain non-personally identifiable
information about those visits. For example, in order to permit your connection
to the Malayala Manorama Services, our servers receive and record information
about your computer and browser, including potentially your IP address, browser
type, and other software or hardware information. If you access the Malayala
Manorama Services from a mobile or other device, we may collect a unique device
identifier assigned to that device or other transactional information for that
device in order to serve content to it. We also may use cookies and other
tracking technologies (including browser cookies, pixels, beacons, and Adobe
Flash technology including cookies), which are comprised of small bits of data
that often include an anonymous unique identifier. Web sites send this data to
your browser when you first request a web page and then store the data on your
computer so the web site can access information when you make subsequent
requests for pages from that site. We may use these technologies to anonymously
collect and store information about your usage of the Malayala Manorama
Services, such as pages you have visited, search queries you have run, and
advertisements you have seen. If Malayala Manorama wishes to combine your
personal information with information we obtain through these technologies in
order to determine what messages Malayala Manorama provides to you, we will
obtain your express affirmative consent.
Third parties that support the Malayala Manorama Services by serving
advertisements or providing services, such as allowing users to share content or
tracking aggregate site usage statistics, may also use these technologies to
collect similar information. Malayala Manorama does not control these
third-party technologies and their use is governed by the privacy policies of
third parties using such technologies.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies, but you can change your
settings to notify you when a cookie is being set or updated, or to block
cookies altogether. Please consult the "Help" section of your browser for more
information (e.g.,
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies). Users
can manage the use of Flash technologies, including cookies, with the Flash
management tools available at Adobe's web site, see
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security/privacy_policy/. Please note
that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features
or personalization available through the Malayala Manorama Services.
Public Information and Posts consist of comments or content that you post to the
Site and the information about you that accompanies those posts or content,
which may include a name, user name, comments, likes, status, profile
information and picture. Public information and posts are always public, which
means they are available to everyone and may be displayed in search results on
external search engines.
Third Parties. To improve the quality of the Malayala Manorama Services, we may
supplement the information we collect with information from third parties. If
you access the Malayala Manorama Services through a third-party connection,
log-in, website, app or service, we may also collect your public user ID
associated with that third-party service, and any information or content you
have permitted that third party service to share with us, such as your profile
picture, email address, and any information you have made public in connection
with that service and which the third party shares with partner services. When
you access the Malayala Manorama Services through a third party service, or when
you connect the Malayala Manorama Services to a third party service, you are
authorizing us to collect, store and use any and all information or content you
have made public in connection with that service in accordance with this Privacy
Policy.
NOTICE & CHOICE
Means of Notice and Choice. This Privacy Policy is the primary means by which
Malayala Manorama provides you with notice about its collection and use of your
personal information. Malayala Manorama will not use your personal information
in a manner different from what is described in this Privacy Policy without your
permission.
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the revised Privacy
Policy in the “Privacy Policy†section of the Website. The revised Privacy
Policy is effective immediately when posted on the Website. It is the
responsibility of each User to review the Website and the Privacy Policy
periodically to learn of any revisions to this Privacy Policy. Your continued
use of the Website after the effectiveness of such revisions will constitute
your acknowledgment and acceptance of the terms of the revised Privacy Policy.
Location of Data. The Malayala Manorama Services are hosted in the United
States. If you are a user located inside or outside India, you understand and
consent to having any personal information you provide transferred to and
processed in the United States. Indian data protection and other relevant laws
may not be the same as those in your jurisdiction. As a result, please read this
Privacy Policy with care.
Linked Websites. The Malayala Manorama Services may also be linked to sites
operated by Malayala Manorama affiliates (i.e., that are part of the "Affiliated
Companies") or third parties, and may carry advertisements or offer games or
applications developed and maintained by third parties. Malayala Manorama is not
responsible for the privacy practices of any such third parties, and once you
leave the Malayala Manorama Services via a link, enable a third-party service,
or click an advertisement, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the
third-party site. Additionally, although all Affiliated Companies adhere to the
Malayala Manorama corporate Privacy Principles, users who visit an Affiliated
Company site should still refer to its separate privacy policy, which may differ
in some respects from this Privacy Policy.
USE AND DISCLOSURE
We use the information we collect from and about users for the following
purposes:
To provide and manage the Malayala Manorama Services. We use the information we
collect from and about users to provide the Malayala Manorama Services and
features to you including to measure and improve those services and features, to
personalize your experience by delivering relevant content, advertising and
marketing messages, to provide you with customer support, and to respond to
inquiries. We may use aggregated, anonymous data about use of and activity on
the Malayala Manorama Services to assist us in this regard and such data is not
subject to this Privacy Policy.
To allow third-party service providers to assist us in providing and managing
the Malayala Manorama Services. Malayala Manorama may make your non-public
personal information available to certain third-party service providers, such as
contractors, agents or sponsors, who help us manage or provide the Malayala
Manorama Services. These outside service providers are required to protect
non-public personal information entrusted to them and not use it for any other
purpose than the specific service they are providing to Site.
We may use the information you provide to us, and information we collect about
your use of the Malayala Manorama Services through cookies and other
technologies, to assist us in delivering you relevant ads when you visit the
Malayala Manorama Services. We may work with third-party advertising networks
and advertisers who help deliver these ads to you. We do not share your
non-public personal information with these third parties, but we may share
anonymized or aggregated information with them to improve the relevancy of the
ads you see on the Malayala Manorama Services. As noted above, these third-party
advertising networks and advertisers may also use cookies and similar
technologies to collect and track non-personally identifiable information such
as demographic information, aggregated information, and Internet activity to
assist them in delivering advertising that is more relevant to your interests.
To contact you. Malayala Manorama may periodically send promotional materials
(e.g., newsletters) or notifications related to the Malayala Manorama Services
to the email address you provided to us at registration or to your account. If
you want to stop receiving promotional materials from Malayala Manorama, you can
follow the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email. There are
certain service notification emails that you may not opt-out of as long as you
are a member, such as notifications of changes to the Malayala Manorama Services
or policies.
To protect the rights of Malayala Manorama and our users. There may be instances
when Malayala Manorama may disclose user information without providing notice or
choice, including situations where Malayala Manorama has a good faith belief
that such disclosure is necessary in order to: (i) protect or defend the legal
rights or property of Malayala Manorama, our Affiliated Companies or their
employees, agents and contractors (including enforcement of our agreements);
(ii) protect the safety and security of users of the Malayala Manorama Services
or members of the public; (iii) protect against fraud or for risk management
purposes; or (iv) comply with the law or legal process.
To complete a merger or sale of assets. If Malayala Manorama sells all or part
of its business or makes a sale or transfer of its assets or is otherwise
involved in a merger or transfer of all or a material part of its business,
Malayala Manorama may transfer your information to the party or parties involved
in the transaction as part of that transaction.
SECURITY
Malayala Manorama uses commercially reasonable administrative, technical,
personnel and physical measures to safeguard user information in its possession
against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification.
ACCESS, REMEDIES AND COMPLIANCE
To cancel your account, email customersupport@mm.co.in, subject, "Delete My
Account" and include the email address that you registered your account with (if
different from the email address you're sending the email from). Remember that
even after you cancel your account, copies of some information from your account
may remain viewable in some circumstances - where, for example, you have shared
information with a third-party application or web site. We may also retain
backup information related to your account on our servers for some time after
cancelation for fraud detection or to comply with applicable law or our internal
security policies. Because of the nature of caching technology, your account may
not be instantly inaccessible to others, and there may be a delay in the removal
of the content from elsewhere on the Internet and from search engines.
CONTACT US
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact Malayala
Manorama at:
Email: customersupport@mm.co.in
Mail:
Malayala Manorama Co Ltd
P.B No. 26
K.K Road, Kottayam.
Kerala – 686001