Terms and conditions.

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of UCOST's website, located at www.wsdm.co.in. By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use World Summit on Disaster Management if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements. "Client", "You" and "Your" refers to you, the person logging on to this website and compliant to the Organization's terms and conditions. "UCOST", "The Organization", "Ourselves", "We", "Our" and "Us" refers to the Uttarakhand Council for Science & Technology. "Party", "Parties", or "Us" refers to both the Client and ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner for the express purpose of meeting the Client's needs in respect of provision of UCOST's stated services, in accordance with and subject to prevailing law of India. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalisation and/or he/she or they are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to the same.

Cookies

We employ the use of cookies. By accessing World Summit on Disaster Management, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with UCOST's Privacy Policy. Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user's details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate and advertising partners may also use cookies.

License

Unless otherwise stated, UCOST and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on World Summit on Disaster Management. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from World Summit on Disaster Management for your own personal use, subject to restrictions set in these terms and conditions. You must not:

• Republish material from World Summit on Disaster Management
• Sell, rent or sub-license material from World Summit on Disaster Management
• Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from World Summit on Disaster Management
• Redistribute content from World Summit on Disaster Management

This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.

User comments

Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. UCOST does not filter, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of UCOST, its agents and/or affiliates; they reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts them. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, UCOST shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website. UCOST reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or which cause a breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

• You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so
• The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark of any third party
• The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libellous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy
• The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity

You hereby grant UCOST a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorise others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.

Hyperlinking to our content

The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

• Government agencies
• Search engines
• News organizations
• Online directory distributors, in the same manner as they hyperlink to the websites of other listed businesses
• System-wide Accredited Businesses, except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls and charity fundraising groups, which may not hyperlink to our website

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other website information so long as the link (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources; dot-com community sites; associations or other groups representing charities; online directory distributors; internet portals; accounting, law and consulting firms; and educational institutions and trade associations. We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavourably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of UCOST; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

If you are one of the organizations listed above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an email to UCOST. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Please allow two to three weeks for a response. No use of UCOST's logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

iFrames

Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our website.

Content liability

We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on your website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims arising on your website. No link(s) should appear on any website that may be interpreted as libellous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third-party rights. We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our website, and you approve to immediately remove all links to our website upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us at any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to do so or to respond to you directly. We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy, nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury; limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this section and elsewhere in this disclaimer (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.

For any questions regarding these Terms and Conditions, please contact UCOST through the official channels provided on www.wsdm.co.in.