User Agreement
You (the user) can access www.indiatimes.com ("the site"), subject to the terms and conditions of use, as changed / updated from time to time entirely at the discretion of indiatimes, ) as set out below. This Agreement is for an indefinite term and you understand and agree that are bound by such terms till the time you access this site.

Changes
We reserve the right to add to or change/modify the terms of this Agreement including but not limited to 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.. Such changes will be posted to http://www.indiatimes.com/agree.html for your convenience to understand your responsibility as a user. You will be deemed to have accepted such change/s if you continue to access the Site subsequent to such changes.

Charges
This Site reserves the right to charge subscription and / 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 Times Internet Limited, 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.

Limited Permission to Copy
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 Indiatimes material for distribution should be addressed to Times Syndication Services at E-Mail - tss@timesgroup.com.

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:-

1. Any other person sharing your User Name and Password
2. Any part of the Site being cached in proxy servers and accessed by individuals who have not registered with Indiatimes as users of the Site
3. 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 / misused in any manner as clarified above we reserve the right to cancel access rights immediately without notice, and block access to all users from that IP address.

Exchange of Information qua CHAT & other Community Services
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 (the Originator).

You as a responsible adult (above 18 years or above) shall be solely responsible for all content that you upload post or otherwise transmit. Indiatimes endeavours to provide a web platform for various community interactions for persons to interact and exchange views with each other. The content posted on such services is by general public therefore the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content cannot be guaranteed. You understand that by using such services, you may be exposed to objectionable matter. Under no circumstances will Indiatimes 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 or uploaded. By using the facility of chat and other community services you agree not to upload, post, or otherwise transmit any matter or views, which 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 / user.

You may not send, submit, post, or otherwise transmit, material or messages 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.

Any transactions relating to sale/purchase of goods or services not directly offered by indiatimes.com are to be settled inter-se 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 does not have any involvement in the actual transactions between the buyers and sellers in any way.

Rights of indiatimes.com
Indiatimes reserves its right to terminate your account without any prior notice for any violation of the Terms of Use.

All content posted by you becomes the property of indiatimes.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.

Email Services

You agree to not use the service to:

Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.

Harm minors in any way.

Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, an Indiatimes official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.

Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through the service.

Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements).

Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party.

Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation.

Additional information & terms of usage for Indiatimes mail powered with Infinite Inbox Technology

• Infinite Inbox Technology is a technology developed by D & T labs -TIL, and is subject to changes from time to time if TIL so desires. The technology is copyrighted by TIL and patent has been applied for the same
• Infinite Inbox Technology is the first of its kind in the world that gives you an inbox of 1 Gigabyte (GB) along with a cutting edge technology that will never let your mails bounce back even if your inbox crosses its limit of 1 GB space, allowing you to still keep receiving mails. However, in order to read the content of the mails received after your mailbox crosses 1 GB, you will have to delete some mails from your inbox to get used space below the 1 GB mark. Till then you can only view the Sender Address, Subject, Date and Size of the mail. (To know more about Infinite Inbox Technology log on to http://infiniteinbox.indiatimes.com)
• Infinite Inbox Technology is designed to not let your mails bounce on account of space. However, your mails may bounce on account of other reasons like wrong or missspelt recipient name, size of e-mail, size /number of attachments, overall attachment limit, mail/attachment containing viruses/sinister code, server fault from the senders end, internet link failure etc, for which Indiatimes has no control and responsibility.
• While Infinite Inbox Technology gives the facility of mails not bouncing back yet size of the mail/size of attachments etc should be in accordance to the guidelines of Indiatimes e-mail , i.e
  o 10 Megabyte (MB) for Incoming Mail
  o 10 MB for outgoing Mail
• Infinite Inbox Technology is an offer valid only for a limited period of time and it can be withdrawn/extended by Indiatimes at any given point of time. The offer is valid for users registering between 1st May 2005 - 31st August 2005, only to those users meeting all the registration criterion and adhering to the usage policy defined below. (Indiatimes reserves the right to withdraw this offer at any given point of time at its discretion and revert to the original offer of 6 Megabyte inbox )
• While all current users have also been upgraded to the new Indiatimes mail with Infinite Inbox Technology the continued use/access to this technology will be allowed only if the user adheres to the guidelines in the usage policy described below, failing which Indiatimes reserves the right to terminate the right to the use of this technology and furthermore also reserves the right to free up the user account for someone else to take up.
• Usage policy
  To remain entitled to the cutting edge use of Infinite Inbox Technology - the user must check his mail/log in to his inbox at least once in 15 days, failing which Indiatimes reserves the right to withdraw the use of IIT technology and give the user a simple inbox with 1 GB of space. Furthermore, if the user does not access/log in into his mailbox at least once in a one month (30 days) period, then the user account will be terminated and the user will no longer have access to the same.
  The users are subject to all other terms and conditions as listed in http://info.indiatimes.com/terms/tou.html , terms of use.

Entire 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.