1. To pursue its goals, Umang Welfare Foundation operates a communication web site (hereinafter the “Website”) devised to offer free social help and various awareness programs that are intended to be accessible to a broad audience, and to allow to every person to interact for the purpose to help and awareness to everyone. The Website is available at www.UmangWelfareFoundation.org.
2. The Website is accessible to all visitors (hereinafter the “User”).
3. The Website also allows Users to subscribe to news and updates on registering as a Member.
4. Registration and subscription take place via a dedicated online form on the Website.
5. These Terms and Conditions of Registration and Membership (hereafter “Terms”) establish the conditions of registration and membership and the terms of use of the Members Area. A Member shall expressly accept these Terms on registration and is bound to comply with them.
6. Any new services, offered online in the Members Area after initial registration, shall also be governed by these Terms unless otherwise specified.
7. Umang Welfare Foundation reserves the right to amend the present Terms at any time and without prior notice and shall inform Members of such amendments. Members shall accept such amendments by checking the appropriate checkbox. The Members who do not accept the amendments shall be removed after notification.
Registration
1. Registration and membership is open to all natural persons over 18 years of age who have an interest in the social welfare. Users under 18 years of age must first obtain the consent of a parent or guardian.
2. Each User shall only register once.
3. The User shall register online to become a Member of Umang Welfare Foundation.
4. Members of the Association shall expressly accept Umang Welfare Foundation’s Statutes on registration and are bound to comply with them.
5. By registering with Umang Welfare Foundation, the User accepts that most communications with Umang Welfare Foundation and its Members will take place electronically.
6. It is the User’s responsibility to make sure that she/he has sufficient access to Internet to participate to the activities at the desired extent.
7. Umang Welfare Foundation screens registration applications and reserves itself the right to reject a registration without stating the reasons.
8. Members of Umang Welfare Foundation have access to a notification preferences page where they can define their preferences for the notifications sent to them by email. They have access to the Members Area and can participate in the various activities that are open to Members, depending on their role as a volunteer and their functions.
9. Upon registration, Members are required to supply their name, email address, mail address and other details present in the form.
10. Members vouch that data supplied on registration are true and complete, and that they are kept up-to-date after registration.
11. It is expressly forbidden to place accounts at the disposal of third parties and to disclose access details to third parties.
12. For technical reasons, Umang Welfare Foundation cannot establish with certainty whether a registered Member really is the person he/she claims to be. Umang Welfare Foundation shall therefore provide no guarantee as to Members’ true identities. Members shall therefore be responsible for verifying other Member’s identities and shall contact Umang Welfare Foundation in cases of suspicion.
13. Registration as a Member results in a contractual relationship (usage contract) between Umang Welfare Foundation and the Member. By accepting the Terms, they become a contract component. The member receives a personal, non-transferable right, revocable at any time, to use the contents and services provided by the Website and undertakes to comply with these Terms and the restrictions set out in them during such use.
14. Umang Welfare Foundation reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue individual services and/or of the Members, or all of them, at any time and without prior notice, in whole or in part. Umang Welfare Foundation reserves the further right to limit or deny access to individual or all services, without prior notice at any time.
Termination of Membership
1. Members can resign their membership with Umang Welfare Foundation at any time by communicating their decision by mail or email (see contact details below) or by writing a message in the Comments area of the Profile Update page.
2. The resigning Member shall pay the current year’s membership, if any, in full.
3. The membership can be terminated by decision from the Governing Body. Cases where the membership has been repeatedly left unpaid (for three months) lead to the expulsion without any notice.
4. After the resignation or the termination of a membership, Umang Welfare Foundation is entitled to continue without time limitation, to freely use in the Website, emails, publications and advertisements, in full or in part, the contributions (text and other material) the Member submitted to Umang Welfare Foundation before resignation or termination, if any.
5. Resigned Members can apply to revive their registration at any time. The decision to revive a registration is taken by the Governing Body.
Participation in the Association
1. Members of the Association are entitled to all regular Member activities. In addition, they may participate in the General Assemblies.
2. Members of the Association are informed of the General Assembly at the latest 20 days in advance. General Assemblies are held at least once a year.
3. Members of the Association shall be bound by and comply with the provisions of Umang Welfare Foundation’s Statutes.
Intellectual Property
1. All intellectual rights pertaining to the Website, its software, design, contents (text, pictures, videos and other material), news, updates, notifications as well as all email notifications sent by it are ruled by Umang Welfare Foundation’s Copyrights notice. Umang Welfare Foundation’s Copyrights notice forms part of these Terms. By using this Website, Users indicate that they accept and comply with it.
Non-Disclosure Agreement
1. By registering as a Member, Users indicate that they are responsible for the non-disclosure of the data made available to them and that they will report any event of breach to this Non-Disclosure Agreement Article to Umang Welfare Foundation.
Rules of Conduct
1. All Members shall adhere to basic rules of conduct. It is in particular prohibited to do any activity which:
- is openly offensive and fosters or incites racism, bigotry, hatred or physical violence of any kind against groups or individuals or force of any kind against property;
- is offensive, threatening, obscene, disrespectful, indecent, defamatory or libellous or causes harassment in another way or supports such undesirable forms of behaviour;
- encourages sexual or violent exploitation of persons;
- comprises nudity, violence or indecent images;
- publishes information which poses a risk to the protection of personal data or security;
- contains or endorses information which, to the best of the member’s knowledge, is false or misleading;
- infringes intangible property rights (to trademarks, designs, patents or copyright), especially which constitutes or promotes illegal or unauthorized copies of copyright works of other persons, e.g. pirated copies of computer programs or links to them, information on defeating copy protection set up by manufacturers and pirated copies of music or links to pirated copies of music files;
- entails sending junk mails, chain letters or unsolicited mass mailings, SMS, spinning or spamming;
- has restricted, password-only access or contains hidden pages or images;
- promotes or supports unlawful acts or plans or contains instructions on illegal acts, e.g. making or buying illegal weapons, breach of privacy or the supply or development of computer viruses;
- requires other users to disclose passwords or personal particulars for commercial or illegal purposes, or is designed to do so;
- contains commercial activities;
- contains photographs or videos of other people, which have been published without the consent of those people;
- infringes, or attempts to infringe, in particular privacy laws, contract law or the rights of third parties;
- contains website links which are prohibited under this article.
Membership Fees
1. Membership fees are decided by the General Assembly on a yearly basis.
2. Members are required to pay the membership fees, if any, in due time through Umang Welfare Foundation’s Online Account or in cash to society office.
3. The Governing Body may decide to grant partial or full membership fee waivers to specific Members.
4. Users who may not afford to pay the membership fees can contact Umang Welfare Foundation and ask for a partial or full membership fee waiver. Renewals of membership fee waivers are not automatic. They shall be asked by the Member by contacting Umang Welfare Foundation and shall be decided by the Governing Body.
Data Protection and Use of Information by Umang Welfare Foundation
1. Collection, protection, use and transmission of personal data submitted to the Website or other User data collected by Umang Welfare Foundation are ruled by Umang Welfare Foundation’s Privacy Policy. Umang Welfare Foundation’s Privacy Policy form part of these Terms. By using this Website, Users indicate that they accept and comply with it.
Languages
1. The first language used for the communication and publications shall be Punjabi & English. Umang Welfare Foundation intends to introduce additional languages in the future.
2. Where official documents are required by the law in Punjabi language, Umang Welfare Foundation organises their translation in English for communication with its Users.
3. Umang Welfare Foundation may not be made liable for not providing translations in a language other than English or for translation inconsistencies in translated documents.
Guarantees
1. No guarantees shall be given as to the accuracy of information and opinions conveyed via the Website, either expressly or implicitly.
2. Umang Welfare Foundation shall give no guarantees regarding the minimum availability of the Website. It shall, however, endeavour to maximize such availability. Users shall note that software underlying the Website is continually undergoing development and that processes cannot be guaranteed to be fault-free at all times.
3. Umang Welfare Foundation expressly reserves the right to remove any area without notice, where necessary to investigate malfunctions, for maintenance work or for closer examination of cases of abuse.
Liability
1. Umang Welfare Foundation hereby disclaims all liability for the Website, in particular for content displayed thereon and communications passed via it. Umang Welfare Foundation shall likewise not be liable for any losses arising from impossibility of use of the Website. Such disclaimer shall also apply to interruption, temporary suspension or termination of the services.
2. Umang Welfare Foundation shall in no case be liable for content provided by Members. Members are alone responsible for all information and data which they send, display or notify via the Members Area and which may or may not be automatically made accessible in the Public Area.
3. Umang Welfare Foundation shall accept no liability for the behaviour of Members and/or third parties or for content or statements forwarded by Members and/or third parties in the context of the services.
4. Umang Welfare Foundation shall accept no liability for links, for contents of pages linked, and for content uploaded by Members and/or third parties. Umang Welfare Foundation has no influence on third-party web sites. If Umang Welfare Foundation incurs loss through the behaviour of third parties, they shall indemnify Umang Welfare Foundation accordingly.
5. Umang Welfare Foundation shall accept no liability for misuse of Members or Subscribers’ accounts by third parties. The Member or Subscriber shall be liable him/herself for all action taken by third parties using a Member or Subscriber’s personal details.
6. Umang Welfare Foundation shall not be liable for minor negligence or indirect losses.
Final Provisions
1. Should any provision of these Terms, including the applicable Conflict of Interest Policy, Copyrights notice and Privacy Policy, be considered unworkable, this shall not affect the validity of all or any other provisions. Failure by Umang Welfare Foundation to implement a provision shall imply no waiver thereof.
Legal Jurisdiction
1. The relationship between Umang Welfare Foundation and its Members, Subscribers, Users, Donors shall be subject to jurisdiction of Patiala. With respect to all disputes based on or in connection with any matter shall be subject to jurisdiction of Patiala. Communicating with Umang Welfare Foundation
