Effective Date: October 1, 2025
1. AGREEMENT TO TERMS
Welcome to ISM Kannada News (“The Site,” “We,” “Us,” or “Our”). By accessing or using the website at https://ismkannadanews.com (the “Service”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (the “Terms”). If you do not agree with all of these Terms, then you are expressly prohibited from using the Service and must discontinue use immediately.
2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Unless otherwise indicated, the Service is our proprietary property. All source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws.
The Content and Marks are provided on the Service “AS IS” for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, no part of the Service and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.
3. USER CONDUCT AND PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
You may not access or use the Service for any purpose other than that for which we make the Service available. As a user of the Service, you agree not to:
- Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Service to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
- Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Service.
- Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Service or the networks or services connected to the Service.
- Attempt to bypass any measures of the Service designed to prevent or restrict access to the Service, or any portion of the Service.
- Use the Service to advertise or offer to sell goods and services.
- Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Service.
4. USER-GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS (e.g., Comments)
The Service may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality, and may provide you with the opportunity to submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on the Service (collectively, “Contributions”).
You retain ownership of all of your intellectual property rights in your Contributions. However, by providing Contributions, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, and distribute your Contributions in connection with the Service.
You warrant that your Contributions will not violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, or personal right. We reserve the right to remove any Contributions that violate these Terms.
5. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND CONTENT
The Service may contain links to other websites (“Third-Party Websites”) as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (“Third-Party Content”).
We are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Service or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Service. Your use of Third-Party Websites is entirely at your own risk.
6. DISCLAIMERS
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. You agree that your use of the Service will be at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, in connection with the Service and your use thereof, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
We make no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of the Service’s content (news articles, videos, etc.) or the content of any websites linked to the Service. While we strive for accuracy, news is constantly evolving, and we cannot guarantee that information is always up-to-date or error-free.
7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event will we or our directors, employees, or agents be liable to you or any third party for any direct, indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special, or punitive damages, including lost profit, lost revenue, loss of data, or other damages arising from your use of the Service, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
8. MODIFICATIONS AND INTERRUPTIONS
We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Service at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Service.
We cannot guarantee the Service will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Service, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors.
9. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
These Terms and your use of the Service are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
Any legal action or proceeding arising out of or related to these Terms shall be instituted exclusively in the courts located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
10. CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments about these Terms, please contact us at:
Email: admin@ismkannadanews.com