TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACCESS OR USE

Effective from: 23rd October 2016 & last updated on 31st March, 2022

Introduction

MusicMuni Labs Private Limited having its registered office at 220, 4th C Cross Road, 3rd Block HRBR Layout, Kalyan Nagar, Bangalore – 560043 (hereinafter referred to as “MusicMuni“, “Riyaz”, “we“, “us“, or “our“) provides online courses and conducts online classes, live demo, provides doubt clearing reviews for the students seeking to enroll for such courses (the “Services“), which Services are accessible at http://www.riyazapp.com and any other websites and mobile applications through which Riyaz makes the Services available (collectively, the “Site“) and as applications for mobile, tablet and other smart devices and application program interfaces (collectively, the “Applications“).

By accessing or using the Site, Application or Services or by downloading or posting any content from or on the Site, via the Applications, you (“you”, “user”) would be indicating that you have read, and that you understand and agree to be bound by these terms and receive our Services (“Terms of Services” or “Terms”), whether or not you have registered with the Site and/or Application.

Therefore, please read these Terms of service before accessing or using the Site, Application or Services or downloading or posting any content from or on the Site, via the Application or through the Services, carefully as they contain important information regarding your legal rights, remedies and obligations.

If you do not agree to these Terms, then you have no right to access or use the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content (as defined below).

If you are using the Site, Application or Services then these Terms of Service are binding between you and Riyaz.

Definition

In addition to other words and expressions that may be defined elsewhere in these Terms, unless the context otherwise requires, the following capitalized terms wherever used in the Agreement shall have the meanings as ascribed hereunder:

“Courses” means educational courses listed on the Site or Application.

“Course Fees” means the amounts that are due and payable by a Student for enrolment of Course.

“Collective Content” means Member Content and Riyaz Content.

“Content” means text, graphics, images, music, software (excluding the Application), audio, video, information or other materials.

“Listing” means Courses that are listed by Riyaz or the Teacher as available via the Site, Application, and Services.

“Member” means a person who completes Riyaz’s account registration process, including but not limited to Teachers and Students, as described under “Account Registration” in Clause below.

“Member Content” means all Content that a Member posts, uploads, publishes, submits, transmits, or includes in their Listing, Member profile or Riyaz promotional campaign to be made available through the Site, Application or Services.

“Payment Method” means a payment method that you have added to your Riyaz Account, such as a credit card, debit card or net banking, UPI and wallet payment.

“Student” means a Member who enrolls for Courses on Application or Site, in case of minor student the parent or guardian who enrolls their child or ward for the Courses on Application or Site.

“Tax” or “Taxes” mean any sales taxes, value added taxes (VAT), goods and services taxes (GST), service tax, that Riyaz may be required by law to collect and remit to governmental agencies, and other similar municipal, state, federal and national indirect or other withholding and personal or corporate income taxes.

“Teacher” means Riyaz or a Member who has been selected by Riyaz in order to provide Services through the Site or Application

“Riyaz Content” means all Content that Riyaz makes available through the Site, Application, Services, or its related promotional campaigns and official social media channels, including any Content licensed from a third party, but excluding Member/User Content 

Terms of Service

By using the Site, Applications or Services, you agree to comply with and be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms, whether or not you become a registered user of the Services. These Terms govern your access to and use of the Site, Application and Services and all Collective Content (defined above), and constitute a binding legal agreement between you and Riyaz. The user further accepts to allow Riyaz  to reach them through call for providing existing services and for providing information on new products and services and will not be subject to DND regulations for such calls.

In addition, certain areas of the Site and Application (and your access to or use of certain aspects of the Services or Collective Content) may have different terms and conditions, standards, guidelines, or policies posted or may require you to agree with and accept additional terms and conditions. If there is a conflict between these Terms and terms and conditions posted for a specific area of the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content, the latter terms and conditions will take precedence with respect to your use of or access to that area of the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you have no right to obtain information from or otherwise continue using the Site, Application or Services. Failure to use the Site, Application or Services in accordance with these Terms may subject you to civil and criminal liabilities.

The Site, Application and Services comprise an online platform which creates Listings for Courses and Students may learn about and enroll for the Courses directly through the Site and Application.

You acknowledge and agree that, by accessing or using the Site, Application or Services or by downloading or posting any Content from or on the Site or via the Application, you are indicating that you have read, and that you understand and agree to be bound by these Terms and receive our Services, whether or not you have registered with the Site and Application. If you do not agree to these Terms, then you have no right to access or use the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content. If you accept or agree to these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms and, in such event, “you” and “your” will refer and apply to that company or other legal entity.

Eligibility

Use of the Site, Application and Services is available only to persons who can form legally binding contracts under Indian laws. The Site, Application and Services are intended solely for persons who are 18 years of age or older. If you are below 18, then your parents or guardian can open an account and help you enroll in courses that are appropriate for you. The use of the Site, Application and Services is also not available to persons whose membership has been suspended or terminated by Riyaz for any reason whatsoever. Any access to or use of the Site, Application or Services by anyone under 18 years is expressly prohibited. By accessing or using the Site, Application or Services you represent and warrant that you are 18 years or older.

Usage of Site, Application or Services

The Site, Application and Services can be used to facilitate the Students to enroll for Courses. Such Courses are included in Listings on the Site, Application and Services by Riyaz. You may view Listings as an unregistered visitor to the Site, Application and Services; however, if you wish to enroll for the Courses, you must first register to create a Riyaz Account (defined below).

Riyaz makes available an online platform which provides various online Courses for the Students. Unless explicitly specified otherwise in the Riyaz platform, Riyaz’s responsibilities are limited to facilitating the availability of the Courses through the Site, Application and Services.

Account Registration

In order to access certain features of the Site and Application, and to enroll for Courses, you must register to create an account (“Riyaz Account“) and become a Member. You may register to join the Services directly via the Site or Application or as described in this section. A Teacher must also have a Riyaz Account created once selected by Riyaz for providing Services through the Site or Application.

You can also register to join by logging into your account with certain third-party social networking sites (“SNS“) (including, but not limited to, Facebook; each such account, a “Third-Party Account“), via our Site or Application, as described below. As part of the functionality of the Site, Application and Services, you may link your Riyaz Account with Third-Party Accounts, by either: (i) providing your Third-Party Account login information to Riyaz through the Site, Services or Application; or (ii) allowing Riyaz to access your Third-Party Account, as permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern your use of each Third-Party Account. You represent that you are entitled to disclose your Third-Party Account login information to Riyaz and/or grant Riyaz access to your Third-Party Account (including, but not limited to, for use for the purposes described herein), without breach by you of any of the terms and conditions that govern your use of the applicable Third-Party Account and without obligating Riyaz to pay any fees or making Riyaz subject to any usage limitations imposed by such third-party service providers. By granting Riyaz access to any Third-Party Accounts, you understand that Riyaz will access, make available and store (if applicable) any Content that you have provided to and stored in your Third-Party Account (“SNS Content“) so that it is available on and through the Site, Services and Application via your Riyaz Account and Riyaz Account profile page. Unless otherwise specified in these Terms, all SNS Content, if any, will be considered to be Member Content for all purposes of these Terms. Depending on the Third-Party Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such Third-Party Accounts, personally identifiable information that you post to your Third-Party Accounts will be available on and through your Riyaz Account on the Site, Services and Application. Please note that if a Third-Party Account or associated service becomes unavailable or Riyaz’s access to such Third-Party Account is terminated by the third-party service provider, then SNS Content will no longer be available on and through the Site, Services and Application. You have the ability to disable the connection between your Riyaz Account and your Third-Party Accounts, at any time, by accessing the “Settings” section of the Site and Application. Please note that your relationship with the third-party service providers associated with your third-party accounts is governed solely by your agreement(s) with such third-party service providers. Riyaz makes no effort to review any SNS Content for any purpose, including but not limited to for accuracy, legality or non-infringement and Riyaz is not responsible for any SNS Content.

Your Riyaz Account and your Riyaz Account profile page will be created for your use of the Site and Application based upon the personal information you provide to us or that we obtain via an SNS as described above. You may not have more than one (1) active Riyaz Account. You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current and complete. Riyaz reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Riyaz Account and your access to the Site, Application and Services if you create more than one (1) Riyaz Account, or if any information provided during the registration process or thereafter proves to be inaccurate, fraudulent, not current, incomplete, or otherwise in violation of these Terms.

You are responsible for safeguarding your password. You agree that you will not disclose your password to any third party and that you will take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your Riyaz Account, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You will immediately notify Riyaz of any unauthorized use of your Riyaz Account.

Course Listings

Riyaz or the Teacher selected by Riyaz to provide the Services, will create Listing of various online Courses and the details about the Courses, including, but not limited to, the subject, topic, number of sessions, mode of conduct, catalogue of songs, and time slots of the lectures and pricing and related rules and financial terms will be listed on the Site and the Application and/or provided directly to the user. Listings will be made publicly available via the Site, Application and Services. You understand and agree that the placement or ranking of Listings in search results may depend on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to Students preferences, ratings.

Students will be able to view Courses via the Site, Application and Services based upon the information provided in the Listing, Students requirements, and Students’ search parameters and preferences. We understand and agree that once a Student requests enrollment for a Course, We may not request the Student to pay  higher Course Feesthan that mentioned in the Site or Application. However, we reserve the right to revise the Course Fees from time to time. 

Please note that Riyaz assumes no responsibility for a Student’s compliance with any agreements with or duties to third parties, applicable laws, rules and regulations. Riyaz reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Student for any reason, that Riyaz, in its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms or Riyaz’s then-current Standards, Trademark & Branding Guidelines, or otherwise harmful to the Site, Application or Services.

If you are a Teacher, you understand and agree that your relationship with Riyaz is limited to being a Member and an independent, third-party contractor, and not an employee, agent, joint-venturer or partner of Riyaz for any reason, and you act exclusively on your own behalf and for your own benefit, and not on behalf of or for the benefit of Riyaz. Riyaz does not control your offline activities. As a Member you agree not to do anything to create a false impression that you are endorsed by, partnering with, or acting on behalf of or for the benefit of Riyaz, including by inappropriately using any Riyaz intellectual property.

When you enroll for a Course, you will also be required to upload certain information, such as uploading a profile picture or verifying phone number. Any Member wishing to enroll for any of the Courses must meet these requirements.

No Endorsement

By using the Site, Application or Services, you agree that any legal remedy or liability that you seek to obtain for actions or omissions of other Members or other third parties will be limited to a claim against the particular Members or other third parties who caused you harm. You agree not to attempt to impose liability on or seek any legal remedy from Riyaz with respect to such actions or omissions.

Payment Terms

If an enrolment is requested for any Course via the Site, Application or Services, We will either pre-approve, confirm or reject the enrolment request within the period of 7 days from the date of request for enrolment (‘Enrolment Request Period’), otherwise the enrolment request will automatically expire. If We are unable to confirm or decide to reject an enrolment request within the Enrolment Request Period, any amounts collected by Riyaz for the requested enrolment will be refunded to the concerned Student. When We confirm an enrolment requested by a Student, Riyaz will send the Student an email, text message or message via e-mail and the Application confirming such enrolment, depending on the selections you make via the Site, Application and Services.

The Course Fees payable will be displayed to the Student before the Student sends an enrolment request to Riyaz. Upon receipt of the Students enrolment request, Riyaz may initiate a pre-authorization and/or charge a nominal amount to Student’s Payment Method pursuant to the Payments Terms. If a requested enrolment is cancelled (before any feedback/classes are provided), any amounts collected by Riyaz will be refunded to such Student, depending on the selections the Student makes via the Site and Application, and any pre-authorization of Student’s Payment Method will be released, if applicable.

Riyaz will collect the Course Fees from Students at the time of the enrolment request.

Riyaz shall not provide  refund  in respect of feedback/classes already provided and any refund shall be provided in accordance with the cancellation policy reflected in the relevant Listing, (i) permit the Student to cancel the enrolment and (ii) refund to the Student that portion of the Course Fees specified in the applicable cancellation policy. In case relevant Listing does not have a specified cancellation policy, the refund amount would be pro-rata to the unconsumed portion of the tuition.

You agree that Riyaz through its Site or Application would raise a system generated invoice to the Student in relation to the Course for which the Student has enrolled or in relation to any kind of payment done, as per applicable laws. Riyaz will raise an invoice for the above which shall be inclusive of all applicable Taxes.

You as a Student agree to pay the Course Fees for any enrolment requested, in connection with your Riyaz Account. Riyaz will collect the Course Fees pursuant to the Payments Terms.

There may be additional terms and conditions imposed by a third party Payment Method provider, and the user agrees to be bound by such terms and conditions imposed.

Once you’re confirmed enrolment transaction is complete you will receive a confirmation email summarizing your confirmed enrolment.

Cancellations and Refunds

If, as a Student, you wish to cancel a confirmed enrolment made via the Site or the Application, after enrolment to the Course, the cancellation policy contained in the applicable Listing will apply to such cancellation provided that no refund will be made in respect of feedback/classes already provided. Our ability to refund the Course Fees and other amounts charged to you will depend upon the terms of the applicable cancellation policy and financial charges applicable in case of course payment through No Cost EMI options. Details regarding refunds and cancellation policies are available via the Site and Application. Riyaz will initiate any refunds due pursuant to the Payments Terms. Please refer to the Refunds section of FAQs for latest updated terms and conditions for various categories of listings/courses.

If We cancel a confirmed enrolment made via the Site, Services, and Application, (i) Riyaz will refund the Course Fees paid by the Student for such enrolment to the applicable Student pursuant to the Payments Terms which shall not exceed the total amount paid by the Student.

Taxes

You understand and acknowledge that appropriate governmental agencies, departments or authorities (the “Tax Authority“) where your office or residence is located may require Taxes to be collected from Students on the amount paid for the Course and to be remitted to the respective Tax Authority. The laws in jurisdictions may vary, but these Taxes may be required to be collected and remitted as a percentage of the Course Fees set by Riyaz.

User Conduct

You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for compliance with any and all laws, rules, regulations, and Tax obligations that may apply to your use of the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content. In connection with your use of the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content, you may not and you agree that you will not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share any information that:

Riyaz has the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the fullest extent of the law. In addition, and as set in these Terms, Riyaz may take a range of actions against you, including but not limited to deactivating or cancelling Riyaz Account, for a violation of this Section or these Terms.

Riyaz may access, preserve and disclose any of your information if we are required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary to (i) respond to claims asserted against Riyaz or to comply with legal process (for example, summons or warrants), (ii) enforce or administer our agreements with users, such as these Terms, (iii) for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, customer support, product development and debugging purposes, or (iv) protect the rights, property or safety of Riyaz, its users, or members of the public.

You acknowledge that Riyaz has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content or to review or edit any Member Content, but has the right to do so for the purpose of operating and improving the Site, Application and Services (including without limitation for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation and customer support purposes), to ensure your compliance with these Terms, to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body, to respond to Content that it determines is otherwise objectionable or as set forth in these Terms.

Riyaz reserves the right to periodically revise or modify these Terms, the Privacy Policy or any other terms and conditions on the Site and shall keep its users informed of such Terms, Privacy Policy and any other terms and conditions as well as any changes, revisions and modifications made therein. In case any user is found to be in non-compliance with the Terms, the Privacy Policy or any other terms and conditions on the Site, Riyaz reserves the right to terminate such user’s access or usage rights to the Site.Riyaz reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Collective Content that Riyaz, at its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms or otherwise harmful to the Site, Application or Services.

User Content & Rights You Grant to Riyaz

“User Content” means any Content that you or other Users upload, post, or transmit to or through the Service (collectively, “Post”) including, without limitation, photographs, text, sound recordings, musical works, or audiovisual works, and any other works subject to protection under the laws of the India or any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright laws. For clarity, User Content excludes any and all Riyaz Content. You may Post User Content and otherwise use and enjoy its various functionalities, subject to these Terms.

Ownership. SUBJECT TO ANY THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS IN ANY PRE EXISTING CONTENT THAT IS A PART OF YOUR USER CONTENT AND SUBJECT TO THE LICENSE YOU GRANT TO Riyaz, YOU RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE IN YOUR USER CONTENT, AND POSTING YOUR USER CONTENT DOES NOT TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF YOUR RIGHTS.

License to Riyaz. You hereby grant Riyaz an unrestricted, assignable, sublicensable, royalty-free worldwide license to exploit and use (“Use”) the User Content you Post by any means, for the purposes of: (i) advertising, marketing, and promoting Riyaz and the Service; (ii) displaying and sharing your User Content; and (iii) providing the Service as authorized by these Terms. You further grant Riyaz a royalty-free license to use your user name, image, voice, and likeness to identify you as the source of your User Content. Any User Content Posted by you or otherwise transmitted to Riyaz will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and treated as such by Riyaz, and may be used by Riyaz in accordance with these Terms without notice to you and without any liability to Riyaz. To the greatest extent permitted by law and subject to our Privacy Policy, the license granted in this Section is irrevocable. Your license to Riyaz grants us the right to  distribute, publicly display, , make available, and otherwise use any or all of your User Content. This means that you are granting Riyaz the right to use your User Content without the obligation to pay royalties to any third party. .

Enforcement Rights. As part of your license to Riyaz, you give Riyaz the right to enforce any copyrights you possess in your User Content against any third parties who copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly display, communicate to the public, publicly perform (including by means of digital audio transmissions and on a through-to-the-audience basis), make available, create derivative works from, retransmit from External Sites, or otherwise exploit and use, the User Content without Riyaz’s consent, including by using the Service or otherwise downloading your User Content off of the App or website.

You Must Have Rights to the Content You Post. By Posting User Content, you represent and warrant that you own or are fully authorized to grant the license set forth in these Terms in all elements of the User Content. For example, if you only own the rights in and to a sound recording, but not to the underlying musical works embodied in such sound recordings, then you must not Post such sound recordings unless you have all necessary rights, authorizations, and permissions with respect to such embedded musical works that grant you sufficient rights to grant the license to Riyaz under these Terms. You further represent and warrant that: (i) the Posting and Use of your User Content does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, intellectual property rights, or any other rights of any party; (ii) the Posting of your User Content will not require Riyaz to obtain any further licenses from or pay any royalties, fees, compensation or other amounts, or provide any attribution to any third parties; and (iii) the Posting of your User Content does not result in a breach of contract between you and a third party. You agree to pay all monies owing to any person as a result of User Content you Post.

Specific Rules for Musical Works and for Recording Artists. If you are a composer or author of a musical work and are affiliated with a performing rights organization (“PRO”) or a copyright society, then you must notify your PRO or the copyright society of the royalty-free license you grant to Riyaz through these Terms. You are solely responsible for ensuring your compliance with the relevant PRO’s or copyright society’s reporting obligations. If you have assigned your rights to a music publisher, then you must obtain the consent of such music publisher to grant the royalty-free license set forth in these Terms. Just because you authored a musical work (e.g., wrote a song) does not mean you have the right to grant Riyaz the license in these Terms. If you are a recording artist under contract with a record label, then you are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of the Service is in compliance with any contractual obligations you may have to your record label, including if you create any new recordings through the Service that may be claimed by your label.

Through-To-The-Audience Rights. All of the rights you grant in this Agreement are provided on a through-to-the-audience basis, meaning the owners or operators of External Sites will not have any separate liability to you or any other third party for User Content Posted or Used on such External Sites via the Service.

Waiver of Rights to User Content. By Posting User Content, you waive any rights to prior inspection or approval of any marketing or promotional materials related to such User Content. You also waive any and all rights of privacy, publicity, or any similar rights in connection with your User Content, or any portion thereof. To the extent any moral rights are not transferable or assignable, you hereby waive and agree never to assert any and all moral rights, or to support, maintain, or permit any action based on any moral rights that you may have in any User Content you Post.

Objectionable Content. You agree not to Post any User Content that could be interpreted in Riyaz’s sole discretion to be (i) abusive, bullying, defamatory, harassing, harmful, hateful, inaccurate, infringing, libelous, objectionable, obscene, offensive, pornographic, shocking, threatening, unlawful, violent, or vulgar, (ii) in violation of any applicable laws, (iii) putting other Users’ data privacy and security at risk; (iv) promoting any product, good or service; (v) promoting bigotry, discrimination, hatred, intolerance, or racism; or (vi) inciting violence (collectively, “Objectionable Content“). The Posting of any Objectionable Content may subject you to third-party claims and none of the rights granted to you in these Terms may be raised as a defense against any third-party claims arising from your Posting of Objectionable Content. Riyaz in its sole discretion may take any actions it deems necessary and/or appropriate against any User who Posts Objectionable Content, including, without limitation, warning the User, suspending or terminating the User’s Account, removing all of the User’s User Content, and/or reporting the User to law enforcement authorities, either directly or indirectly.

Screening Content. Riyaz does not pre-screen any User Content, but reserves the right to remove or delete any User Content as may be reported by any user to be in violation of these Terms. In addition, Riyaz has the right—but not the obligation—in its sole discretion to remove or delete any User Content: ( in response to complaints from other Users, licensors of any Riyaz Content, or rights holders related to the User Content, with or without notice and without any liability from Riyaz to you. Riyaz also has the right—but not the obligation—to take remedial action in connection with any Objectionable Content Posted as described more fully in the Community Guidelines. Riyaz recommends that you save copies of any User Content that you Post on your personal device(s) to the extent you want to ensure permanent access to copies of such User Content.

User Content Posted by Others. Although Riyaz reserves the right to review or remove any User Content upon any complaint being received, we do not review all User Content, and we take no responsibility for the User Content that appears on the Service. User Content is the sole responsibility of the person or entity that Posts the User Content. As reflected in these Terms and in our Community Guidelines, we have no tolerance for Objectionable Content, and we do not want our Service put to any improper use, but we cannot guarantee that all User Content will always conform to these Terms. 

Reporting Objectionable Content.If you encounter any Objectionable Content on the Service, please immediately email Riyaz Support here.User is encouraged to report any Content that the user may perceive to be Objectionable Content. However, upon receipt of such complaint, Riyaz reserves the right to determine whether such reported Content amounts to Objectionable Content.  .

Provision of a Grievance Officer. In furtherance of our efforts to remove Objectionable Content on the Service, Riyaz has appointed a Grievance Officer in order to address the complaints and grievances of our Users. The contact details of the Grievance Officer are as provided in the Privacy Policy.

No Liability. For the avoidance of doubt, Riyaz will not be liable for any use or misuse of User Content by any User.

Storage of Content on cancellation or withdrawal of Membership. In the event of cancellation or withdrawal of Membership, Riyaz shall retain the information of such User for a period of 180 days after such cancellation or withdrawal of the User’s Membership. Feedback. If you choose to provide Riyaz with input or suggestions regarding problems with or proposed modifications, enhancements or improvements to the Service (“Feedback“), including but not limited to any Feedback you provide if Riyaz invites you to participate in new product functionality testing, then you hereby grant to Riyaz a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid, and royalty-free right to use and exploit the Feedback in any manner and for any purpose without any restriction, credit, attribution, or fees due to you

  1. EXTERNAL SITES

Although the Service may contain links to or the ability to share information with third-party websites (“External Sites“), Riyaz does not endorse any External Sites. Riyaz is also not responsible for the content of or made available from any External Sites and does not make any representations regarding the content on or from such External Sites. All External Sites are developed and provided by others. The External Sites may have their own terms of service and privacy policies, and your use of those External Sites will be governed by and subject to such terms of service and privacy policies. You should contact the site administrator or webmaster for those External Sites if you have any questions or concerns regarding any content located on such External Sites or the terms governing your use of such External Sites.

If you decide to access any External Sites, purchase any content from External Sites, make available content on Riyaz from such External Sites, or subscribe to services offered by such External Sites, then you do so at your own risk. You agree that Riyaz will have no liability to you arising from your use or interaction with any External Sites.

Riyaz has the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the fullest extent of the law. In addition, and as set in these Terms, Riyaz may take a range of actions against you, including but not limited to deactivating or cancelling Riyaz Account, for a violation of this Section or these Terms.

Riyaz may access, preserve and disclose any of your information if we are required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary to (i) respond to claims asserted against Riyaz or to comply with legal process (for example, summons or warrants), (ii) enforce or administer our agreements with users, such as these Terms, (iii) for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, customer support, product development and debugging purposes, or (iv) protect the rights, property or safety of Riyaz, its users, or members of the public.

You acknowledge that Riyaz has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content or to review or remove any Member Content, but has the right to do so for the purpose of operating and improving the Site, Application and Services (including without limitation for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation and customer support purposes), to ensure your compliance with these Terms, to comply with applicable laws or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body, to respond to Content that it determines is otherwise objectionable or as set forth in these Terms.

Users may be compensated as per the terms agreed on a case by case basis. Company is entitled to request revised content or a replacement, or reject it should the User decide against revising it. In case the User Content is rejected, it is agreed by the User that the payment for such content is also foregone. Users will complete any and all requested revisions within 7 business days, and the User Content shall be considered completed and final.

Reporting Misconduct

If any User is found to be acting or has acted inappropriately, including but not limited to anyone who (i) engages in offensive, violent or sexually inappropriate behaviour, or (ii) engages in any other disturbing conduct, you should immediately report such person to the appropriate authorities and to Riyaz. You can report such misconduct by emailing the Grievance Officer provided that Riyaz reserves the final right to take any action as required by and in accordance with the applicable laws .

Privacy

In order to provide the Services to you we collect some of your Personal Information. We describe our collection and use of personal information in our Privacy Policy. Please read this policy. In order to be able to access the Site or use our Services, you must agree to the processing of your personal information as laid out in Riyaz’s Privacy Policy (as may be updated from time to time). You agree that Riyaz may disclose personal information provided to us, including the data entered into the Website, if required to by law or government request such as a warrant, or as specified in the Privacy Policy. You must be 18 years or older to use this service. You are responsible for preventing unauthorized access to your account.

Intellectual Property Ownership and Rights Notices

The Site, Application, Services, and Riyaz Content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of India. You acknowledge and agree that the Site, Application, Services and RiyazContent, including all associated intellectual property rights, are the exclusive property of Riyaz and its licensors. You will not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Site, Application, Services, or Riyaz Content. All trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names, and any other proprietary designations of Riyaz used on or in connection with the Site, Application, Services, and Riyaz Content are trademarks or registered trademarks of Riyaz in India and abroad. Trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations of third parties used on or in connection with the Site, Application, Services, and Riyaz Content are used for identification purposes only and may be the property of their respective owners. As a Member, you understand and agree that you are bound by the additional Terms, Guidelines and Policies that apply to your use of the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content, including Riyaz’s Trademark & Branding Guidelines (as may be updated from time to time).

Additional Terms

Our Site, Application and Services have different products, features and offerings, so sometimes additional terms or product requirements may apply to your use of those products, features or offerings. If additional terms are available for the relevant product or Services you use, those additional terms become part of these Terms.

Application License

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Riyaz grants you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable license to download and install a copy of the Application on each mobile device or computer that you own or control and run such copy of the Application solely for your own personal use.

Riyaz Content and Member Content License

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Riyaz grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, to (a) access and view any Riyaz Content solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes and (b) access and view any Member Content to which you are permitted access, solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes. You have no right to sublicense the license rights granted in this section.

You will not use, copy, adapt, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, broadcast or otherwise exploit the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content, except as expressly permitted in these Terms. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by Riyaz or its licensors, except for the licenses and rights expressly granted in these Terms.

Member Content

We may, in our sole discretion, permit you to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit Member Content. By making available any Member Content on or through the Site, Application, Services, or through Riyaz promotional campaigns, you hereby grant to Riyaz a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual (or for the term of the protection), non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, view, copy, distribute,  publicly display,  transmit, stream, broadcast, access, view, and otherwise exploit such Member Content on, through, by means of or to promote or market the Site, Application and Services. Riyaz does not claim any ownership rights in any such Member Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit any such Member Content.

You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for all Member Content that you make available through the Site, Applications, Services or through Riyaz promotional campaigns. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that: (i) you either are the sole and exclusive owner of all Member Content that you make available through the Site, Application, Services or through Riyaz promotional campaigns or you have all rights, licenses, consents and releases that are necessary to grant to Riyaz the rights in such Member Content, as contemplated under these Terms; and (ii) neither the Member Content nor your posting, uploading, publication, submission or transmittal of the Member Content or Riyaz’s use of the Member Content (or any portion thereof) on, through or by means of the Site, Application, the Services or Riyaz promotional campaigns will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other proprietary or intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.

Hyperlinks

The Site, Application and Services may contain links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that Riyaz is not responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or (ii) the content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by Riyaz of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources or the Content, products or services on or available from such websites or resources.

Feedback

We welcome and encourage you to provide feedback, comments and suggestions for improvements to the Site, Application and Services (“Feedback“). You may submit Feedback by emailing us, through the “Contact” section of the Site and Application, or by other means of communication. You acknowledge and agree that all Feedback you give us will be the sole and exclusive property of Riyaz and you hereby irrevocably assign to Riyaz and agree to irrevocably assign to Riyaz all of your right, title, and interest in and to all Feedback, including without limitation all worldwide patent, copyright, trade secret, moral and other proprietary or intellectual property rights therein, and waive any moral rights you may have in such Feedback. At Riyaz’s request and expense, you will execute documents and take such further acts as Riyaz may reasonably request to assist Riyaz to acquire, perfect, and maintain its intellectual property rights and other legal protections for the Feedback.

Copyright Policy

Riyaz respects all applicable copyright laws and expects its users to do the same. It is Riyaz’s policy to terminate in appropriate circumstances the Riyaz Accounts of Members or other account holders who repeatedly infringe or are believed to be repeatedly infringing the rights of copyright holders.

Term and Termination, Suspension and Other Measures

Term

This Agreement shall be effective till the time Members access or use the Site, Application or Services or by downloading or posting any content from or on the Site, via the Application or through the Services Until such time when you or Riyaz terminate the Agreement as described below.

Termination for convenience

You may terminate the Riyaz Account at any time via the “Cancel Account” feature on the Site or by sending us an email. If you cancel your Riyaz Account, any confirmed enrolment will be automatically cancelled and any refund will depend upon the terms of the applicable cancellation policy. Without limiting our rights specified below, Riyaz may terminate your Riyaz Account for convenience at any time by giving you 30 days’ notice via email to your registered email address.

Termination for breach, suspension and other measures

Riyaz may immediately, without notice terminate Riyaz Account if (i) you have  breached these Terms or our Policies, including but not limited to any breach of your warranties outlined in these Terms or breach of the “User Conduct” provisions in these Terms, (ii) you have provided inaccurate, fraudulent, outdated or incomplete information during the Riyaz Account registration, or Listing process or thereafter, (iii) you have violated applicable laws, regulations or third party rights, or (iv) Riyaz believes in good faith that such action is reasonably necessary to protect the safety or property of other Members, Riyaz or third parties, for fraud prevention, risk assessment, security or investigation purposes.

In addition Riyaz may deactivate or delay reviews, or other Member Content, cancel any pending or confirmed enrolments, limit your use of or access to your Riyaz Account and the Site, Application or Services, temporarily or permanently revoke any special status associated with your Riyaz Account, or temporarily or permanently suspend your Riyaz Account if (i) you have breached these Terms or our Policies, and/or received poor ratings from Students, or (ii) Riyaz believes in good faith that such action is reasonably necessary to protect the safety or property of Members, Riyaz or third parties, for fraud prevention, risk assessment, security or investigation purposes.

Consequences of Termination

If we take any of the measures described above we may at our sole discretion (i) communicate to the Students that a pending or confirmed enrolment has been cancelled, (ii) refund the Students in full or in part for any and all confirmed enrolments in accordance with the existing cancellation policies, and (iv) you will not be entitled to any compensation for confirmed enrolments that were cancelled.

If You or We terminate this Agreement, we do not have an obligation to delete or return to you any of your Member Content, including but not limited to any reviews or Feedback. When this Agreement has been terminated, you are not entitled to a restoration of your Riyaz Account or any of your Member Content. If your access to or use of the Site, Application and Services has been limited or your Riyaz Account has been suspended or this Agreement has been terminated by us, you may not register a new Riyaz Account or attempt to access and use the Site, Application and Services through other Riyaz Accounts.

Survival

If you or we terminate this Agreement, the clauses of these Terms that reasonably should survive termination of the Agreement will remain in effect.

Disclaimers

If you choose to use the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, you do so at your sole risk. You acknowledge and agree that Riyaz does not have an obligation to conduct background or character checks on any Member, but may conduct such background or character checks in its sole discretion. If we choose to conduct such checks, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim warranties of any kind, either express or implied, that such checks will identify prior misconduct by a user or guarantee that a user will not engage in misconduct in the future.

The Site, Application, Services and Collective Content are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. Without limiting the foregoing, Riyaz explicitly disclaims any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, quiet enjoyment or non-infringement, and any warranties arising out of course of dealing or usage of trade. Riyaz makes no warranty that the site, application, services, collective content, including, but not limited to, any Courses, will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. Riyaz makes no warranty regarding the quality of any Listings, Courses, teachers, Students, the Services or Collective Content or the accuracy, timeliness, truthfulness, completeness or reliability of any collective content obtained through the Site, Application or Services.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from Riyaz or through the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, will create any warranty not expressly made herein.

You are solely responsible for all of your communications and interactions with other users of the Site, Application or Services and with other persons with whom you communicate or interact as a result of your use of the Site, Application or Services, including, but not limited to, any Students. You understand that Riyaz does not make any attempt to verify the statements of users of the Site, Application or Services or to review any Course. Riyaz makes no representations or warranties as to the conduct of users of the Site, Application or Services or their compatibility with any current or future users of the Site, Application or Services. You agree to take reasonable precautions in all communications and interactions with other users of the site, application or services and with other persons with whom you communicate or interact as a result of your use of the Site, Application Or Services, including, but not limited to, Students, particularly if you decide to meet offline or in person regardless of whether such meetings are facilitated through Riyaz. Riyaz explicitly disclaims all liability for any act or omission of any Student, Teacher or other third party.

Limitation of Liability

You acknowledge and agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the entire risk arising out of your access to and use of the Site, Application, Services and Collective Content, your enrolment of any Course via the Site, Application and Services, and any contact you have with other users of Riyaz whether in person or online remains with you. Neither Riyaz nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site, Application, Services, Collective Content will be liable for any incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages, including lost profits, loss of data or loss of goodwill, service interruption, computer damage or system failure or the cost of substitute products or services, or for any damages for personal or bodily injury or emotional distress arising out of or in connection with these terms, from the use of or inability to use the Site, Application, Services or Collective Content, from any communications, interactions or meetings with other users of the Site, Application, or Services or other persons with whom you communicate or interact as a result of your use of the Site, Application, Services, or from your Enrolment of any Course via the Site, Application And Services, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), product liability or any other legal theory, and whether or not Riyaz has been informed of the possibility of such damage, even if a limited remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.

In no event will Riyaz’s aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms and your use of the Site, Application and Services including, but not limited to, your enrolment of any Course via the Site, Application and Services, or from the use of or inability to use the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content and in connection with any Course or interactions with any other Members, exceed the amounts you have paid or owe for enrolments via the Site, Application and Services as a Student in the three (3) month period prior to the event giving rise to the liability. The limitations of damages set forth above are fundamental elements of the basis of the bargain between Riyaz and you.

Indemnification

You agree to release, defend, indemnify, and hold Riyaz and its affiliates and subsidiaries, and their officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with (a) your access to or use of the Site, Application, Services, or Collective Content or your violation of these Terms; (b) your Member/User Content; (c) your (i) interaction with any Member, (ii) enrolment of an Course; including but not limited to any injuries, losses, or damages (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential or otherwise) of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of an enrolment or attending of a Course.

Entire Agreement

Except as they may be supplemented by additional Riyaz policies, guidelines, standards, or terms for a specific product, feature, service or offering, these Terms constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between Riyaz and you regarding the Site, Application, Services, Collective Content (excluding Payment Services), and any enrolments made via the Site, Application and Services (excluding Payment Services), and these Terms supersede and replace any and all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between Riyaz and you regarding enrolments, the Site, Application, Services, and Collective Content (excluding Payment Services).

Notices

Any notices or other communications permitted or required hereunder, including those regarding modifications to these Terms, will be in writing and given by Riyaz (i) via email (in each case to the address that you provide) or (ii) by posting to the Site or via the Application. For notices made by e-mail, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and your use of the Services will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of India excluding its rules on conflicts of laws. You and we agree to submit any dispute arising under these Terms to the personal jurisdiction of a court located in Bangalore for any actions for which the parties retain the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party’s copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights.

Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Terms including the determination of the scope or applicability of this Terms to arbitrate, or your use of the Application or information to which it gives access, shall be determined by arbitration in India, before a sole arbitrator appointed by Riyaz. Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The seat of such arbitration shall be Bangalore. All proceedings of such arbitration, including, without limitation, any awards, shall be in the English language. The award shall be final and binding on the parties to the dispute.

No Waiver

The failure of Riyaz to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of Riyaz. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.

Miscellaneous

Riyaz shall have no liability of any nature, whether in contract, or otherwise, for any losses whatsoever and howsoever caused, from or in any manner connected with any of the Services provided by Us.

Riyaz is not liable for any failure or delay of performance (or otherwise) arising out of a cause beyond Riyaz’s reasonable control.

You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without Riyaz’s prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms, without such consent, will be null and of no effect. Riyaz may assign or transfer these Terms, at its sole discretion, without restriction. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of Riyaz, its successors and permitted assigns.

Riyaz reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services (or any part thereof) provided by Us with or without notice. You agree that Riyaz shall not be liable to You or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of such Services. It is Your responsibility to review these Terms periodically for updates/changes.

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the information provided by us, including any intellectual property rights of Riyaz or any person firm or corporation having posted information for availability through the Services provided by us.

You agree that in the event Your Post or Your information violates any provision of this Terms, We shall have the right to refuse to provide You or any person acting on Your behalf, access to the Site and Application, terminate and/ or suspend Your access if applicable in the future.

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