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Terms of Use
Terms & Conditions


This Website Terms & Conditions (“T&C”) is a legally binding agreement made by and between Padma Inc. and you, and it governs the Padma Inc. website and all the websites associated with Padma Inc including RadhaSeva: www.radharani.com
The RadhaSeva websites are maintained by Padma Inc. with headquarters at 1607 Krishna Goswami Dr. Hillsborough, NC 27278. 
By visiting any of the Padma Inc. websites, you agree to be bound by this T&C.  If you do not agree to be bound by the T&C, do not access or use the Padma Inc websites or any of our services.  By accessing or using any part of the Padma Inc. websites or by registering for or using any Padma Inc. service, you agree that you have read, understand, and agree to this T&C.

 

Changes to this T&C and Padma Inc. Websites
Changing business practices and circumstances may require that we make changes to this T&C and to Padma Inc. websites.  Padma Inc. reserves the right to modify its websites and/or this T&C at any time.   Any changes will be reflected on Padma Inc. websites and revision shall be effective immediately on such posting and you are deemed to be apprised of and bound by any such modifications.   You agree to review this T&C and other posted online policies periodically to be aware of any revisions.
Your edits or changes to either online or offline versions of this T&C will not be effective, regardless of form. 
Our goal is to provide all services to visitors to Padma Inc. websites in an accessible, efficient, and friendly manner.  If you have comments or questions regarding the T&C, please contact us at info@radharani.com

 

Our Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy governs what information we collect from you, how we use that information, and with whom we share that information.  It covers our practices related to the communications we make to you and the communications we receive from you.  Please see the Privacy Policy for more detail on privacy and communications, including how to opt out of communications or how to correct data we have received from you.

Your Use of Padma Inc. websites
 

Eligibility
Padma Inc. websites may only be used by individuals who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law.   No person under the age of 18 may use Padma Inc. websites, unless under supervision of a parent or guardian.  Notwithstanding the previous sentence, no person under the age of 13 may use these websites.   Your use of the websites will be deemed to be a representation that you are (or are between the ages of 13 and 18 and under the supervision of a parent or guardian) 18 years of age or older.  Furthermore, the websites may not be used by non-United States residents and we do not ship to non-United States addresses.  Your use of Padma Inc. websites will be deemed to be a representation that you are a United States resident.

Compliance with the T&C and Applicable Law
You must comply with all of the terms and conditions of this T&C, all rules, regulations, and policies stated on Padma Inc websites, including our Privacy Policy, and all applicable laws, regulations and rules.

 

Authorized Use
We give you permission to access and use Padma Inc. websites for your personal use for the purposes for which is intended, and to copy, distribute, and transmit the content of the websites only to the extent that such copying, distribution, and transmission is automatically done through your browser software incidentally to using the websites for your personal use, or as expressly permitted by Padma Inc. (for example, if Padma Inc. provides a method for you to post information to your Facebook page).  You may download or electronically copy and print a copy of the information displayed on Padma Inc. websites for your personal use and no rights to those materials are transferred to you by such copying.

 

Unauthorized Use
The goal of Padma Inc. websites is to raise awareness of and raise funds for Padma Inc.  Use of Padma Inc. websites for any illegal purpose, or any other purpose not described above as an authorized use, is strictly prohibited. Any other use, including, but not limited to, the reproduction, distribution, display or transmission of the content of the Padma Inc. websites is strictly prohibited unless authorized in writing.  For example, you agree not to take pictures of other people from the RadhaSeva website and post them on third-party websites.  You may also not deep link to portions of Padma Inc. websites; or frame, inline link, or similarly display any part of the websites.  You further agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from Padma Inc websites. You may not modify, create derivative works from, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any technology used to provide the websites.
Padma Inc. and Padma Inc. websites strive to build a community of people committed to the Padma Inc. cause.  As outlined in our Privacy Policy, the privacy of these community members is important to us.  In your use of Padma Inc. websites, you may not: (i) disrupt or interfere with the security or use of the websites; (ii) interfere with or damage the Padma Inc. websites, including, without limitation, through the use of viruses, cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial of service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or electronic mail address information, or similar methods or technology; (iii) impersonate another person or entity, misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity, including (without limitation) us, or use a false identity; (iv) attempt to obtain unauthorized access to Padma Inc. websites; (v) collect, manually or through an automatic process, information about other users, Padma Inc. or Padma Inc. websites generally; (vi) submit false or misleading information to us or post material that infringes on a third party’s intellectual property; (vii) engage in any activity that interferes with any third party’s ability to use or enjoy, or our ability to provide, Padma Inc. websites; (viii) assist any third party in engaging in any activity prohibited by this T&C; or (ix) engage, directly or indirectly, in transmission of “spam,” chain letters, junk mail or any other type of unsolicited solicitation (when you invite people to join RadhaSeva, you represent that you personally know the invitees).
You agree not to upload, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute any content that (a) is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or threatening; (b) advocates or encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or foreign law or regulation; or (c) advertises or otherwise solicits funds for anything other than Padma Inc., or is a solicitation for goods or services.

 

Third Party Links and Registration
 

Links 
Padma Inc. websites may contain links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another site.  These links are provided for your convenience, and you access them at your own risk.  We encourage you to read the terms and conditions of these linked websites as their terms and conditions may differ from ours. 

 

Registration via Third Party Tools
When visiting the RadhaSeva website, you may choose to register on the site via Facebook Connect or Twitter Connect services.  By doing this, you are asking Facebook or Twitter to provide us with limited information from your Facebook or Twitter profile.  We treat this information the same way that we treat any other information that you may share with us when you visit Padma Inc. media network.  Please see our Privacy Policy for more details.   Be aware that when you use Facebook or Twitter applications to share, distribute, comment upon, or endorse any of our content, that conduct is governed by the respective terms of use of Facebook or Twitter. 

When you register or sign in using Facebook or Twitter, you may not use the e-mail address, account, username, or password of someone else at any time.  Though you may submit an e-mail address to register instead of signing in with a Facebook or Twitter account, you must also be a Facebook or Twitter user to be added RadhaSeva.  You agree to notify us immediately on any unauthorized use of your account (including your e-mail address), username, or password. We shall not be liable for any loss that you incur as a result of someone else using your password, either with or without your knowledge. You may be held liable for any losses incurred by us, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives due to someone else’s use of your account or password.

 

Payment and Refunds
 

Payments
You will solely be responsible for all taxes arising from, relating to or connected with your use of Padma Inc. websites.  We will have the right to charge you through our third party payment processors for any taxes that we are required to pay or in fact collect.

 

Third Party Payment Processing
We process your payments using PayPal, Stripe, and DonorBox, and you agree to be bound by their terms and conditions.  Please read their terms and conditions and privacy policy for more guidance.

 

Receipts
When you make a payment to Padma Inc. we will e-mail you a receipt containing tax-deductible values.  You are responsible for keeping copies of these receipts for the purposes of obtaining a tax-deduction.

 

Refunds
All payments are non-refundable.

Intellectual Property; Content

 

Intellectual Property Rights

Padma Inc. websites, names, trademarks, logos, designs, text and graphics used on Padma Inc. websites, the selection and arrangement thereof, and all other materials used on these websites, are and shall remain owned or licensed by Padma Inc.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, from time to time, certain third party trademarks, copyrighted materials and other intellectual property not owned by Padma Inc. may appear on these websites, for example, when someone posts a picture to the RadhaSeva website. When such materials appear, appropriate credits and notices may be displayed. We will retain ownership of our intellectual property rights and you will not obtain any rights therein by virtue of this T&C or otherwise.

When accessing Padma Inc. websites or using Padma Inc. services, you agree to obey the law and to respect the intellectual property rights of others. Your use of the websites is at all times governed by and subject to laws regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property. You agree not to upload, download, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute any information or content in violation of any third party’s copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights. You shall be solely responsible for any violations of any relevant laws and for any infringements of third party rights caused by any content you provide or transmit, or that is provided or transmitted using your account. The burden of proving that any content does not violate any laws or third party rights rests solely with you.

By posting, storing, uploading, or transmitting any content on or to the websites, you grant Padma Inc. a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, right and license under all intellectual property or other proprietary rights whatsoever (e.g., copyright, trademark, privacy, and publicity) to use, copy, display, perform, create derivative works from, distribute, have distributed, transmit and sublicense such content in any form, in all media now known or hereinafter created. We have no duty to use your content and may remove it at any time for any reason. You will not be compensated for our use of this content. You agree that we may publish or otherwise disclose your name in connection with your content. By posting content, you warrant and represent that you own the rights to the content or are otherwise authorized to post, distribute, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute the content and grant Padma Inc. the right to do the same.  You hereby irrevocably waive any claims based on moral rights and similar theories, if any.

All comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions that you disclose, submit or offer to us in connection with your use of the Padma Inc. websites (collectively, “Comments”) will become our exclusive property.  Such disclosure, submission or offer of any Comments shall constitute an assignment to us of all worldwide right, title and interest in all patent, copyright, trademark, and all other intellectual property and other rights whatsoever in and to the Comments and a waiver of any claim based on moral rights, unfair competition, breach of implied contract, breach of confidentiality, and any other legal theory relating to submissions.  Thus, we will own exclusively all such right, title and interest and shall not be limited in any way in the use, commercial or otherwise, of any Comments.  You should not submit any Comments to us if you do not wish to assign such rights to us.  We are and will be under no obligation:  (i) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (ii) to pay to you or any third party any compensation for any Comments; or (iii) to respond to any Comments.  You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any Comments you make.


Copyright Infringement

We respect the copyrights of others and expect our users to do the same.  We have a policy of terminating users who repeatedly infringe the copyrights of others. 

If you have evidence, know, or have a good faith belief that your rights or the rights of a third party have been violated and you want us to delete, edit, or disable the material in question, you must provide us with all of the following information: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works; (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringed or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (d) information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted; (e) a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. For this notification to be effective, you must provide it to our designated agent at:

1607 Krishna Goswami Dr
Hillsborough, NC 27278
info@radharani.com

 

Notwithstanding the above, we will not be liable to you for our failure to remove the infringing material of third parties.
 

Warranty Disclaimer

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED, THE Padma Inc. WEBSITES AND THE PRODUCTS OFFERED ON THE Padma Inc. WEBSITES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, Padma Inc. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED ON THE WEBSITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT THE DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEBSITES OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THE WEBSITES AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTEES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF THE MATERIALS ON THE WEBSITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, USEFULNESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS ON WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
 

Limitation of Liability
Padma Inc. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE OR MATERIALS ON THE WEBSITE, EVEN IF Padm Inc. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.  IN NO EVENT WILL OUR MAXIMUM, AGGREGATE LIABILITY EXCEED $100.

APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATION OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ON WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
 

Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Padma Inc., its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers from and against all losses, liabilities, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of the T&C, or any activity related to use of the Padma Inc. websites (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you. If you are obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to this provision, we may, in our sole and absolute discretion, control the disposition of the claim, demand, or action your sole cost and expense. Without limitation of the foregoing, you may not settle, compromise or in any other manner dispose of any claim, demand, or action without our express written consent.

 

Term; Termination; Survival
We may deny you access to all or part of the Padma Inc. websites at any time for any reason (including, but not limited to, if you engage in any conduct or activities that we determine, in our sole discretion, violate this T&C, our rights or the rights of any third party ) or no reason at all.   The provisions relating to Intellectual Property; Disclaimer; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification; Unauthorized Use; Term; Termination; and Miscellaneous, shall in all events survive any termination of this T&C. For purposes of clarity, the survival of the provision on Unauthorized Use means that even if your account is terminated, if you breached the Unauthorized Use provision while using the Padma Inc. websites, we have the right to sue you for damages or injunctive relief.

 

Miscellaneous 
 

Notice
We may deliver notice to you by means of e-mail, a general notice on the Padma Inc. websites, or by other reliable method.  If you give notice to us, you must use the address listed above.

Force Majeure
We will not be liable for failing to perform under this T&C by the occurrence of any event beyond our reasonable control, including, without limitation, a labor disturbance, an Internet outage or interruption of service, a communications outage, failure by a service provider to perform, fire, terrorism, natural disaster or war.

Governing Law; Class-Action Waiver; Arbitration; Jurisdiction
Your use of Padma Inc. websites are governed in all respects by the laws of the state of New York, USA, without regard to choice of law provisions.  By agreeing to this T&C, you hereby irrevocably waive any right you may have to join claims with those of others in the form of a class action or similar procedural device.  Any claims arising out of, relating to, or connected with this T&C must be asserted individually.  If there is any dispute between us, it is agreed that either of us may elect to have it resolved by proceeding in small claims court or by binding arbitration administered by the National Arbitration Forum, the American Arbitration Association, or JAMS under their rules for consumer arbitrations. All disputes in arbitration will be handled just between the named parties and shall be arbitrated in New York County, New York. The arbitrator shall not have authority to conduct any proceedings on a class, private attorney general, or other representative basis; nor to entertain any claim of, nor provide any relief to any person who is not a named party; nor to join or consolidate claims by or for individuals with different accounts.  You acknowledge that this means that you may not have access to a court or jury.  However, if you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate our intellectual property rights, we may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. 

Waiver; Time for Commencement of Action
Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to Padma Inc. must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or is barred forever. Failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these terms and conditions shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.

Entire Agreement; Assignment; Severability
This T&C, including, without limitation, the other policies referenced herein, constitute the entire agreement between you and Padma Inc. with regard to your use of the Padma Inc. websites, and supersedes and replaces any and all prior and contemporaneous agreements between you and Padma Inc. with respect to the websites. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any of these terms and conditions. We may assign its rights and duties under this T&C to any party at any time without notice to you. If, for whatever reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds any term or condition in this T&C to be unenforceable, all other terms and conditions will remain unaffected and in full force and effect.

For More Information 
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about this T&C, please send us a description of your concern via e-mail to info@radharani.com 

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