Terms of Service

Effective Date: 26-06-2024

Welcome to Unity! By using our application, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Service”). Please read these terms carefully before accessing or using the Yogiware’s Application (“Unity”).

You acknowledge that these Terms will be read along with the privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) of Yogiware Technologies Private Limited OR Unity.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using “Unity”, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”) and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Application.

2. Changes to Terms

Yogiware reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised Terms on the Application. Your continued use of the Application following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

3. Definitions

• “Account”: The registered profile of a User to access the Services.
• “Application”: Application means this application (Unity) owned and maintained by Yogiware Technologies Private Limited.
• “Confidential Information”: All non-public information disclosed by Yogiware or Users that is designated as confidential or that, given the nature of the information or circumstances surrounding its disclosure, should reasonably be understood to be confidential.
• “Content”: Any text, images, video, audio, or other materials submitted, posted, or displayed by users through the Services.
• “Platform”: The technology framework through which Yogiware provides the Services.
• “Services”: The functionalities and offerings provided by Yogiware.
• “User”: Any individual or entity using the Services.

4. Description of Service

Unity is a comprehensive platform designed to empower users and ensure political accountability. The features and functionalities of Unity are crafted to provide an enriching user experience that combines engagement, empowerment, and social impact.

Unity reimagines the social media experience by enabling users to deeply engage with diverse content, connect with like-minded individuals, and monetize their efforts.

Unity empowers users to rate and review political leaders based on their opinion. This feature fosters political accountability by giving you a voice in evaluating the performance of your leaders, thereby promoting transparency and informed decision-making.

Unity’s “Town Hall” is an interactive space designed for dynamic debates and direct engagement with policymakers. You can participate in meaningful conversations, challenge ideas, and contribute to shaping policies that affect your life. The Town Hall supports various debate styles, including consensus-driven formats and clear point-of-disagreement highlights, ensuring a rich and impactful dialogue.

Unity also enables you to share and interact with your community in multiple ways. You can upload and share photos and videos to build your presence and add fun to your interactions by posting and commenting. Conducting polls allows you to spark discussions and stay connected with what matters most to you and your community.

Your Unity profile can be uniquely customized with a range of colours and themes, reflecting your personal style. Wellness features like digital detox reminders, quiet hours, and screen time alerts help you maintain a healthy balance while enjoying all that Unity has to offer.

Seamless chat functionalities allow you to open new conversation avenues by directly messaging anyone, even if you’re not connected. By opting in, you can discover exciting connections and collaboration opportunities within the Unity community.

Unity respects your need for anonymity in certain interactions while ensuring accountability. The platform provides tools to maintain your anonymity where desired, promoting open and honest communication.

Finally, the Trending Dashboard keeps you informed about the latest happenings, news, leaders’ performance, and rising stars in politics. This feature ensures you stay engaged with the most current and impactful stories, keeping your finger on the pulse of what matters most in your community and beyond.

We encourage users to utilize Unity to express themselves and share content that holds personal significance, while ensuring the safety, well-being, and integrity of our community.

You may not use our Services to do or share anything:

· That violates these Terms or other terms and policies that apply to your use of our Services.

· That is unlawful, misleading, discriminatory, or fraudulent (or assists someone else in using our Services in such a way).

· That you do not own or have the necessary rights to share.

· That infringes or violates someone else’s rights, including their intellectual property rights (such as by infringing another’s copyright or trademark, or distributing or selling counterfeit or pirated goods), unless an exception or limitation applies under applicable law.

· You may not upload viruses or malicious code, use the Services to send spam, or do anything else that could disable, overburden, interfere with, or impair the proper working, integrity, operation, or appearance of our Services, systems, or platform.

· You may not access or collect data from Yogiware Services using automated means (without our prior permission) or attempt to access data that you do not have permission to access.

· You may not proxy, request, or collect usernames or passwords, or misappropriate access tokens.

· You may not sell, license, or purchase any data obtained from us or our Services, except as provided in the Platform Terms.

We can remove or restrict access to content that is in violation of these provisions. We can also suspend or disable your account for conduct that violates these terms of Service.

Permitted Actions:

• Users are permitted to monetize their activities as per Unity’s monetization terms and conditions. However, such activities must not be fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading.
• Unity allows users to rate and review political leaders. Reviews must uphold principles of fairness, constructive criticism, and respect, avoiding personal attacks, defamation, or any form of slanderous speech.
• Participation in Town Hall debates within Unity provides users with direct engagement opportunities with policymakers and other participants. Users are expected to engage in respectful and civil discourse, contributing constructively to informed dialogue and understanding among participants.
• Unity facilitates seamless chat and messaging functionalities to facilitate direct communication among users. While certain interactions may support anonymity, users must refrain from abusive or harassing behaviour that undermines the platform’s integrity.

5. Permission to Use Content You Create and Share:

Some of the content you share or upload on Unity, such as photos or videos, may be protected by intellectual property laws. You retain ownership of the intellectual property rights, such as copyright or trademarks, in any content that you create and share on Unity. These terms do not diminish your rights to your own content. You are free to share your content with others as you see fit.

However, to offer our services, we need you to grant Yogiware or Unity, legal permissions (referred to as a “License”) to use your content. This is solely for the purposes of providing and enhancing our services as described in these terms of service.

You can delete individual content that you share, post, and upload at any time. Furthermore, all content posted to your personal account will be deleted if you delete your account. Note that account deletion does not automatically delete content that you post as an administrator of a group or content that you create collaboratively with other users, such as photos in shared albums, which may remain visible to other members.

6. Permission to Use Your Name, Profile Picture, and Information with Ads and Commercial Content:

By using Unity, you grant Yogiware or Unity, permission to use your name, profile picture, and information about your actions within the platform in connection with ads, offers, and other sponsored or commercial content that Yogiware or Unity display across the application. This permission is granted without any compensation to you. For example, we may display to your friends that you are interested in an advertised event or have liked a Unity Page created by a brand that has paid Yogiware or Unity to display its ads on Unity. Ads and content like this can only be seen by people whom you have authorized to view the actions you’ve taken on Unity.

7. Permission to Update Software You Use or Download:

When you download or use our software, you give us permission to download and install updates to the software when they are available.

8. Permission to Monitor and Moderate Interactions:

To ensure a safe and respectful environment, Unity reserves the right to monitor and moderate interactions on our platform. This includes reviewing content, comments, and messages to enforce Terms of Service. We may act, including removing or restricting content, if it violates Yogiware’s or Unity’s policies or poses a risk to the community.

9. Permission to Analyse Usage and Improve Services:

Unity may analyse your usage of our services to improve its services, provide you with a better user experience. This includes using data analytics to understand how users interact with our platform, identifying trends, and making enhancements to features and functionalities.

10. Permission to Use Aggregate Data:

Unity may use aggregated and anonymized data derived from your usage of our services for purposes such as market research, demographic analysis, and statistical reporting. This data does not identify you personally and is used solely in aggregate form to understand overall usage patterns and trends.

11. Who May Use the Services

By accessing or using the Services provided by Yogiware Technologies Private Limited, you affirm that you agree to enter a binding contract with us and that you are not prohibited from receiving services under the laws of your applicable jurisdiction. Additionally, you must be at least 13 years old to use the Services. If you are accepting these Terms and using the Services on behalf of a company, organization, government, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so and have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms of Service/Use. By using the Services, you acknowledge and agree that they are intended for individuals aged 13 years or older (or the age of majority in their country of use), and you hereby confirm that you meet this condition and are competent to contract.

12. User Accounts

• Access to Service

To access certain features of the Services, Users must register and create an Account. During registration, Users agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information about them as prompted by the registration form. Failure to do so may result in suspension or termination of the Account. You can control most communications from the Services. If you added your phone number to your account and you later change or deactivate that phone number, you must update your account information to help prevent us from communicating with anyone who acquires your old number.

• User Account Security

Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their Account credentials and for all activities that occur under their Account. Users must not share their Account credentials with others or allow others to access their Account. You are responsible for safeguarding your account, so use a strong password and limit its use to this account. Users agree to immediately notify Yogiware of any unauthorized use of their Account or any other breach of security. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above.

13. User Conduct

You agree not to use Unity for any unlawful or prohibited activities, including but not limited to:

• Posting or transmitting content that is offensive, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
• Engaging in activities that harm or exploit minors.
• Impersonating any person or entity, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity.
• Engaging in spamming, phishing, or other forms of solicitation.
• Distributing malware, viruses, or other harmful software.
• Interfering with or disrupting the operation of the App.
• Attempting to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Services, other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to the Services.
• Using any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access the Services for any purpose without Yogiware’s express written permission.
• Making any derivative use of the Services or its contents.
• Using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.

· Engaging in activities that harm or disrupt the Services or the servers and networks connected to the Services.

· Using the Services to send unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, or any other form of solicitation.

• To sell or offer to sell anything illegal or which is prohibited under law.

14. Content Ownership and Usage

Users retain ownership of the content they create and post on the Application. By posting content, Users grant Yogiware a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable license to use, display, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, and perform their content in connection with operating and providing the Services. This license continues even if users stop using our services.

By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, user grant Yogiware or Unity a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed (for clarity, these rights include, for example, curating, transforming, and translating). This license authorizes Yogiware or Unity to make your Content available to the rest of the world and to let others do the same. User agrees that this license includes the right for Yogiware or Unity to provide, promote, and improve the Services and to make Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies, organizations or individuals for the syndication, broadcast, distribution, repost, promotion or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use. Such additional uses by Yogiware or Unity, or other companies, organizations, or individuals, is made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services as the use of the Services by you is hereby agreed as being sufficient compensation for the Content and grant of rights herein.

You affirm and guarantees that you possess or have acquired all requisite rights, licenses, consents, permissions, power, and/or authority essential to confer the rights stipulated herein for any Content you submit, post, or display on or through the Services. You agree that such Content shall not incorporate material subject to copyright or other proprietary rights, unless you have obtained necessary permissions or hold legal entitlement to post the material and to bestow upon us the license delineated above.

Any use or reliance on any Content or materials posted via the Services or obtained by you through the Services is at your own risk. Yogiware do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted via the Services or endorse any opinions expressed via the Services. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. All Content is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such Content. Yogiware may not monitor or control the Content posted via the Services and, we cannot take responsibility for such Content.

Yogiware reserves the right to remove Content with or without notice to users if any such content violates this Term of Service/Use and Law, including for example, copyright or trademark violations or other intellectual property misappropriation, impersonation, unlawful conduct, or harassment.

15. Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy to understand how we collect, use, and share information about you.

16. Promoting Safety, Security, and Integrity

Unity works hard to maintain the security of its services. Unity employs dedicated teams, work with external service providers, and develop advanced technical systems to detect and prevent misuse of our services. If we learn of content or conduct that is harmful or violates these Terms, we may take appropriate action, including notifying you, removing content, or contacting law enforcement.

17. Use of Advanced Technologies

We use and develop advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning systems to provide safe and functional services for everyone. These technologies help us detect and remove abusive and dangerous activity, understand user behaviour, and improve our services.

18. Data Transfer

To operate our services, we need to transfer, store, and distribute content and data to our data centres, partners, service providers, vendors, and systems within and outside country (if necessary). This infrastructure may be owned, operated, or controlled by Yogiware or Unity or its affiliates.

19. Intellectual Property Rights

All intellectual property rights in the Unity platform, including but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, and other proprietary rights, are owned by Yogiware or its licensors. This includes the platform’s design, software, algorithms, databases, user interface, and any related documentation or materials.

Yogiware respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users to do the same. If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been violated on Unity, you can submit a notification to Yogiware at grievance@yogiware.co.in. We will process and investigate all notices of alleged infringement and take appropriate actions under applicable intellectual property laws.

Limits on Using Our Intellectual Property:

If you use content covered by intellectual property rights that Yogiware owns and makes available through Unity (for example, images, designs, videos, sounds, software, or any other proprietary materials), Yogiware retains all rights to that content. This includes, but is not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, and any other proprietary rights. You may use such content only in compliance with these Terms of Service and for the intended purposes of utilizing the Unity platform.

Conditions for Use:

Your use of Yogiware’s intellectual property does not transfer any ownership rights to you. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the intellectual property solely for the purposes of accessing and using Unity as intended by Yogiware.

You must obtain our prior written permission to use our copyrights or trademarks in any manner not expressly permitted by these Terms of Service. This includes, but is not limited to, using our intellectual property in marketing materials, promotional activities, or any commercial endeavours outside of the Unity platform.

You may not modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, or otherwise exploit any of Yogiware’s intellectual property without explicit written consent from Yogiware. Any unauthorized use may constitute an infringement of our intellectual property rights and will be subject to legal action.

If permission is granted to use any of Yogiware’s intellectual property, you must comply with any attribution requirements stipulated by Yogiware, including proper acknowledgment of Yogiware’s ownership of the intellectual property.

20. Representations and Warranties

Users’ use of this Application and or Services is at your sole risk. The Application and or Services are offered on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Yogiware expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement with respect to the Services or Application content, or any reliance upon or use of the Application content or Services.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Yogiware makes no warranty that the information provided on this Application is accurate, reliable, complete, or timely and that the links to third-party websites are to information that is accurate, reliable, complete, or timely. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from this Application will create any warranty not expressly stated herein. As to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Services or that defects in Services will be corrected. Regarding any Services availed through the Application.

You hereby understand and acknowledge that Yogiware does not make any warranty that the Application or the services shall comply with, adhere to or be fit for, your requirements. By allowing use of the Application or the services, Yogiware does not undertake any responsibilities for any liabilities or consequences that may arise out of such use. Yogiware is not responsible for any failure of any communications links utilised by you to gain access to and use the Application and/or the services. Yogiware does not represent that the Application and/or the services will be uninterruptedly available or be error free. Yogiware has no control over the user data uploaded or generated by you in the use of the Application and/or the services. Yogiware undertakes no responsibility for any loss that you or any other person may suffer due to any user data uploaded or inputted by your use of the Application and/or the services.

Yogiware does not provide any legal advice or advice regarding applicable law or advice regarding execution or attestation of documents or registration or stamping of instruments, deeds and Terms of Service/Uses.

21. Misuse of the Services

User agrees not to misuse the Services, including by interfering with them or accessing them in unauthorized ways. User won’t circumvent technical limitations, reverse engineer, or probe our systems. User must use our provided interfaces and not engage in unauthorized access or scraping. Additionally, User won’t forge headers, violate our policies, or interfere with other users’ access. It’s also prohibited to facilitate or assist others in violating these Terms. Any misuse of the Services, including but not limited to, violating laws, infringing intellectual property rights, or harassing other Users, may result in termination of the Account. Yogiware reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Yogiware’s sole discretion, violates these Terms of Service.

22. Deletion and Termination

i. Users may delete their Account at any time through the Account settings page. Upon deletion, access to the Services will be immediately revoked, and any data associated with the Account may be deleted.

ii. Yogiware reserves the right to terminate or suspend user account or your access to the Application at any time, at its sole discretion and convenience if you violate these Terms of Service/Use or any applicable law.

iii. Upon termination of these Terms of Service/Use, you will immediately cease the Use of the Application and Services due from the effective date of termination.

iv. Yogiware may retain certain data as required by law or for legitimate business purposes. The provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination will remain in effect, including but not limited to, intellectual property rights, indemnities, and limitations of liability.

23. Third-Party Links

The Services may contain links to third-party Application and/or services that are not owned or controlled by Yogiware or Unity. Yogiware has no control over and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. Users acknowledge and agree that Yogiware is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such websites or services.

24. Non-Disclosure of Information

Users must not disclose any Confidential Information obtained from Yogiware or other Users through the Services. Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, proprietary information, trade secrets, and any other information that is not publicly known. Users agree to protect and safeguard all Confidential Information with at least the same degree of care that they use to protect their own confidential information.

25. Indemnification

Users agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Yogiware, and any of its contractors, agents, employees, officers, directors, shareholders, affiliates and assigns from all liabilities, claims, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, of third parties relating to or arising out of:

(1) This Term of Service/Use or the breach of your warranties, representations and obligations under these terms of Service/Use;

(2) The Application content or your use of the App content;

(3) Any intellectual property or other proprietary right of any person or entity;

(4) Any information or data you supplied to Yogiware. When Yogiware is threatened with suit or sued by a third party, Yogiware may seek written assurances from you concerning your promise to indemnify Yogiware; your failure to provide such assurances may be considered by Yogiware to be a material breach of this Terms of Service/Use. Yogiware will have the right to participate in any defence by you of a third- party claim related to your use of the Application content or Services, with counsel of Yogiware choice at its expense. Yogiware will reasonably cooperate in any defence by you of a third-party claim at your request and expense. You will have sole responsibility to defend Yogiware against any claim, but you must receive Yogiware prior written consent regarding any related settlement. The terms of this provision will survive any termination of this Terms of Service/Use or your use of the application and/or Services.

26. Customer Data

Yogiware will handle and protect Users’ data in accordance with its Privacy Policy and law. Users retain ownership of their data but grant Yogiware a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, store, reproduce, modify, and distribute their data as necessary to provide the Services. Yogiware will implement reasonable security measures to protect Users’ data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

27. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Unity shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (a) your use or inability to use the App; (b) any unauthorized access to or use of our servers and/or any personal information stored therein; (c) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the App; (d) any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like that may be transmitted to or through the App by any third party; or (e) any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available through the App.

28. Miscellaneous

A. Governing Law and Jurisdiction: These Terms of Service/Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising from these Terms will be resolved in the courts of Mumbai, Maharashtra India.

B. Entire Terms of Service/Use: These Terms of Service/Use, along with the Privacy Policy and any other Terms of Service/Uses incorporated by reference, constitute the entire Terms of Service/Use between Users and Yogiware regarding the use of the Services and supersede all prior Terms of Service/Uses and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to such subject matter.

C. Severability: If any provision of these Terms of Service/Use is found to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Service/Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

D. Waiver: The failure of Yogiware to enforce any provision of these Terms of Service/Use shall not constitute a waiver of such provision or any other provision. No waiver of any provision of these Terms of Service/Use shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the Yogiware. The waiver of any provision of these Terms of Service/Use shall not operate as a waiver of any subsequent breach of that provision or any other provision. The exercise of any right or remedy provided in these Terms of Service/Use shall be without prejudice to the right to exercise any other right or remedy.”

E. Changes to Service: Yogiware reserves the right to modify, suspend, amend or discontinue the Services at any time, with or without notice to Users. We may also update these Terms of Service/Use from time to time. Users are encouraged to review the Terms periodically for any changes. Continued use of the Services after changes have been posted will constitute acceptance of the updated Terms.

F. No Class Action Suits: Users agree that any dispute resolution proceedings with Yogiware will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action. User further agrees that you will not participate in any class action (existing or future) brought by any third party arising under these Terms of Service/Use or relating to the use of our services. Users waive their right to participate in class action lawsuits or class-wide arbitration against Yogiware.

G. Opt-Out Provision: Users have the right to opt out of certain provisions of the Service by notifying Yogiware in writing within 30 days of their initial acceptance of these Terms.

H. Contact Us for Grievances: If you have any grievances, complaints, or concerns regarding the Services, please contact us through one of the following methods:

I. Email: You can email us at grievance@yogiware.com. Please include the following details in your email:

• Your full name

· Contact information (email address, phone number)

· A detailed description of your grievance

· Any relevant supporting documents or information

J. Online Form: Visit our website at www.yogiware.com/grievance and fill out the grievance submission form. Please provide all required information for us to address your concern promptly.

K. Grievance Officer: We have appointed a Grievance Officer to address any complaints or concerns you may have. The Grievance Officer can be reached at grievance@yogiware.co.in

L. Response Time: We are committed to resolving your grievances in a timely manner. We will acknowledge receipt of your complaint within 48 hours and aim to resolve the issue within 30 days. In cases where further investigation is required, we will keep you informed about the progress and the expected time frame for resolution.

M. Escalation: If you are not satisfied with the initial response or resolution provided by the Grievance Officer, you may escalate your complaint to our senior management team at management@yogiware.co.in

29. Disclaimers

Unity is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We make no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding the operation or availability of the App, or the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of any content available through the App.