TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Welcome to IWAS Website. The IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation provides services to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit, access, browse, download, interact, communicate or shop at this site, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future IWAS service or visit or purchase from any business affiliated or partnering with IWAS, whether or not included in this Website, you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such service or business. The terms “IWAS”, “Institute for World Affairs & Security” and “IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation” may be used alternatively at times but not always.

PRIVACY

Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your visit to The IWAS Website, to understand our practices.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you visit this site and send emails to us, you are communicating with us electronically and thus consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by email or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

COPYRIGHT

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation or its content suppliers and protected by Indian, United States, EU, any other country and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation unless otherwise noted and protected by India, EU, U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation, its partners or its software suppliers and protected by Indian, EU, United States or international copyright laws.

TRADEMARKS

“IWAS”, “Institute for World Affairs & Security” and “IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation”, and other marks indicated on our site are registered trademarks of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation or its subsidiaries, in India, EU, United States and other countries. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation’s trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation’s/IWAS’, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation. All other trademarks not owned by the IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation or its subsidiaries that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation or its subsidiaries.

LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS

IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of a third-party; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.

This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation and our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation’s name or trademarks without the express written consent of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation/IWAS. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create hyperlinks to the home page or other pages of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation so long as any links do not portray IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner. You may not use any of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation’s logos or other proprietary graphics or trademarks as part of the link without express written permission.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

Some links posted on this site will let you leave IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation’s site. These linked sites are not under the control of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation and the IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation of the site.

YOUR ACCOUNT

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. If you are under 18, we assume that you are using IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation Website with the permission of a parent or authorized guardian. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion. If you are an employee/partner/collaborator, the email address provided by IWAS is a property of IWAS/ IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation has every right to access and modify the contents of the same.

REVIEWS, COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER CONTENT

Visitors may submit reviews, suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information concerning Website content, so long as the submission is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of the content. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content. If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party. By visiting sections of i-was.org or its sub sites or related sites that contain user-submitted content, you acknowledge and understand that the opinions posted on these sites are solely those of the authors and not of IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation, their officers, staff, board, funders, or organizations with which they may have a relationship.

UNSOLICITED EMAIL POLICY

The presence of email addresses on this site is not an invitation for unsolicited commercial email. The use of spiders, robots, and other technologies to collect email addresses from this site is prohibited. Senders of email are expected to abide by all applicable Central, State, Corporate and Concurrent laws.

UNSOLICITED IDEA SUBMISSION POLICY

Neither IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation nor any of its employees accepts or considers unsolicited ideas, including ideas for new advertising campaigns, new promotions, new products or technologies, processes, materials, marketing plans, or new product names. Should you send any original creative artwork, samples, demos, or other works, IWAS has the right to disregard, dispose, submit to authority or treat in any manner it feels fit. IWAS has right to claim IP. The sole purpose of this policy is to avoid potential misunderstandings or disputes when IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation products or marketing strategies might seem similar to ideas submitted to IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation. So, please do not send your unsolicited ideas to IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation or anyone at IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation. If, despite our request that you not send us your ideas and materials, you still send them, please understand that IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation makes no assurances that your ideas and materials will be treated as confidential or proprietary.

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS

IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation and its affiliates respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow our Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement. You may write an email to admin@i-was.org.

RISK OF LOSS

All items purchased from IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This means that the risk of loss and title for such items pass to you upon our delivery to the carrier.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation and its affiliates attempt to be as accurate as possible. However, IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation does not warrant that product descriptions or other content of this site is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product offered by IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation itself is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it in unused condition.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

This site is provided by IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation on an “as is” and “as available” basis. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of this site or the information, content, materials, or products included on this site. You expressly agree that your use of this site is at your sole risk. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation does not warrant that this site, its servers, or email sent from IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation are free of viruses or other harmful components. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages. Certain state laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights.

APPLICABLE LAW

By visiting IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation, you agree that the laws of the Courts of Mumbai, District of Raigad, the state of Maharashtra, Republic of India, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation or its affiliates. All disputes are subject to Mumbai jurisdiction only.

DISPUTES

Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation or to products you purchase through IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation shall be submitted to confidential arbitration of our choosing except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation’s intellectual property rights, IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in only the courts of Mumbai and Panvel(both in Maharashtra, India), and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the IWAS arbitration. The arbitrator’s award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY

Please review our other policies, such as our Privacy Policy, posted on this site. These policies also govern your visit to IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation’s Website. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Terms of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CONCERNING MATERIAL ON THIS SITE

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation and its affiliates that you believe that your copyrighted material has been infringed on this Website. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; A description of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim has been infringed upon; Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to allow IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation to locate the material on the site; Information reasonably sufficient to contact you, such as your address, telephone number, and email address; A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed or authorized to act on the behalf of the copyright owner or owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. IWAS Institute for World Affairs & Security foundation’s notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site can be reached as follows: Write an email to admin@i-was.org explaining the details and attach the needed links and files.

PLEASE NOTE: IWAS reserves the right to modify, edit, remove or add to the Terms and Conditions, without any notification to anyone.