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Terms Of Use

These “Terms Of Use” describe the terms and conditions of Utopic Planet, (collectively, “Utopic Planet”, "website(s)", "platform(s)", “we,” “us” or “our”), and requests the User to carefully go through these Terms and Conditions ("Terms of Use", "Terms Of Usage" or “Agreement” or “TOS” or “Terms”). Your use of this site or purchase of our products and the submission of any materials described herein are subject to the following Terms and Conditions.

Acceptance Of Terms

By accessing this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and all applicable laws and regulations and agree that you are responsible for compliance with these Terms and Conditions, and all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree with any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions, please do not use or access this site. The materials contained in and products sold through this website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.

Modifications Of Terms Of Use

Amendments to these Terms and Conditions may be made and effected by us at our discretion from time to time and will become effective immediately when posted to the site unless otherwise specified. The Terms and Conditions currently posted on the website reflect the latest version, and you should carefully review the same before you use our site.

Use Of The Site And Description Of Service

Utopic Planet is a disruptive growth community for individuals, with sheer willpower and irrational optimism, aspiring to pursue audacious life goals. This site may allow visitors to post comments in response to blogs, queries, solutions, columns, and other content, but comments are expected to meet standards described in the “Accepted standards of behaviour” section (below). This website is not intended for use by persons under 18 years of age.

You abide by our Cancellation and Refund Policies while purchasing our products through this site, directly offline, or any online or offline third-party store.

You are solely responsible for all content that you post, communicate, or otherwise transmit via, or to, the website, including the submission of, or links to, text, photographs, graphics, video, audio, messages, ratings, forum postings, comments, or other materials. You acknowledge that we shall have the right at any time to modify or remove from the site any user content, including yours, which in our sole opinion is inconsistent with the "Accepted standards of behaviour" below or violates any applicable law.

You acknowledge that we shall not be liable for any damages of any sort caused by user content provided by you or any other users.

You understand that by using the site, you may be exposed to content that may include technical, typographical, scientific, or photographic errors or that may be offensive, indecent, or objectionable. You acknowledge if you find any inaccurate, out-of-date, or incomplete information or content on this website, or if you suspect that any content posted on this site is an infringement of another’s intellectual property rights or is otherwise unlawful, you will let us know immediately by contacting support@utopicplanet.org. We will take reasonable measures to review and investigate all inquiries, and we reserve the right to take any action (or to refrain from action) as we deem appropriate under the circumstances.

Utopic Planet may include individualized support and feedback. The Services do not include the provision of medical care, mental health services, or other professional services.

USE OF THE SERVICES IS NOT FOR EMERGENCIES. IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, CALL 112 OR GO TO THE NEAREST OPEN CLINIC OR EMERGENCY ROOM. IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING COMMITTING SUICIDE OR FEEL THAT YOU ARE A DANGER TO YOURSELF OR OTHERS, YOU MUST DISCONTINUE THE USE OF THE SERVICES IMMEDIATELY, CALL 112, OR NOTIFY APPROPRIATE POLICE OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

**IF YOU SUSPECT, HAVE EXPERIENCED, OR HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF CHILD OR DEPENDENT ADULT OR ELDER ABUSE PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES AGENCY.**

Utopic Planet is not a mandated reporter and is under no obligation to report any known or suspected instances of child, dependent adult, or elder abuse to the proper authorities as set forth under applicable law.

We Do Not Provide Medical Advice

While the Services may provide access to certain general medical information, the Services cannot and are not intended to provide medical advice. The Services may provide general information to clients for educational, informative, and engagement purposes. All such information is not intended to replace or complement any professional medical consultation, advice, or treatment, which should be provided by a physician or other qualified healthcare professional. We advise you to always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions regarding your personal health or medical conditions. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem or condition, please contact a qualified healthcare professional immediately.

The provision of Content through the Services does not create a medical professional-patient relationship and does not constitute an opinion, medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any particular condition.

NO LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IS CREATED BY USING INFORMATION AND/OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY OR THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THROUGH ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM UTOPIC PLANET. THE CONTENT OF THE SERVICES IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED MEDICAL ADVICE OR A SUBSTITUTE FOR INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL ADVICE, DIAGNOSIS, OR TREATMENT. IF THE SERVICES PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY POTENTIALLY ACTIONABLE INFORMATION, THIS INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND FOR DISCUSSION WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL. DO NOT DISREGARD, AVOID, OR DELAY OBTAINING MEDICAL ADVICE FROM A QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING YOU MAY HAVE READ ON THE SERVICES. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEKING THE MEDICAL ADVICE OF QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING A MEDICAL CONDITION, DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT. DO NOT USE THE SERVICES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL NEEDS. IF YOU REQUIRE MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY SERVICES, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL IN YOUR AREA. IF YOU EXPERIENCE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, CALL 112 IN INDIA OR YOUR COUNTRY’S LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES IF OUTSIDE OF INDIA. YOUR USE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED ON AND THROUGH THE SERVICES IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. NOTHING STATED, POSTED, OR MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES IS INTENDED TO BE, AND MUST NOT BE TAKEN TO BE, THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE OR THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL CARE.

Content Copyrights And Responsibility Of Contributors

If you comment on a query, solution, blog, podcast, video platform, etc., post material to the Website, post links on the Website or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), you are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of what form the Content takes, which includes, but is not limited to text, photo, video, audio, or code. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that your content does not violate these terms or the Privacy Guidelines or Terms and Conditions or any applicable laws. Utopic Planet has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Utopic Planet's sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in Utopic Planet's reasonable opinion, violates any Utopic Planet policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable or unlawful, or includes any of the Prohibited Activities mentioned in the Terms and Conditions (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in the Utopic Planet's sole discretion. Utopic Planet has no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid, if any. Utopic Planet shall have the right to moderate the content threads on the Queries, Solutions, Blog, Podcast, Video Platform, etc.

Your Submissions, including but not limited to, Queries and Solutions, will be original and solely created by you, with us being deemed the owner of all rights now known or hereafter devised (including copyrights and extensions and renewals of copyrights) in and to the Work, with the right to commercially exploit and make all uses of the Work in perpetuity worldwide and make changes in each Work in any media or forum. Without further obligation to you and without limitation, we may use, reproduce, publish, sell, perform, distribute, archive, display, exhibit, edit, change, translate, reformat, add to, take from, reformat, make derivative works from, the Work in any manner and in any medium now known or as may evolve in the future. We may also authorize and control the exploitation of the same and to sue in respect of infringement of any such right, title, and interest so assigned.

(a) Our site (including all text, photographs, graphics, video, and audio content contained on our site) is protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under the copyright laws of India and other countries, and we have all rights therein. All individual articles, blogs, videos, content, and other elements comprising our site are also copyrighted works, and we (subject to the rights of our licensors and licensees under applicable agreements, understandings, and arrangements) have all rights therein. You must abide by copyright notices or restrictions contained on our site.

(b) By posting or submitting content on or to our site (regardless of the form or medium with respect to such content, whether text, videos, photographs, audio, or otherwise), you are giving us, and our affiliates, agents, and third-party contractors the right to display or publish such content on our site and its affiliated publications (either in the form submitted or in the form of a derivative or adapted work), to store such content, and to distribute such content and use such content for promotional and marketing purposes.

Further, with respect to any submissions to us made by you from time to time, you understand and agree that we may, or may not permit users to, compile, re-edit, adapt, or modify your submission, or create derivative works therefrom, either on a stand-alone basis or in combination with other submissions, and you shall have no rights with respect thereto and our licensees or we shall be free to display and publish the same (as so compiled, re-edited, adapted, modified or derived) for any period.

(c) You shall be solely responsible for your own submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with each of your submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: (i) you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize us to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all such submissions to enable inclusion and use of such submissions in the manner contemplated by us and these Terms and Conditions; and (ii) you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in such submissions to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of such submissions in the manner contemplated by us and these Terms and Conditions. Further, you agree that you will not: (iii) submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret, or otherwise subject to third-party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant us all of the rights granted herein; (iv) publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage us or any third party; (v) submit material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to criminal or civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise inappropriate; or (vi) post advertisements or solicitations of business. We reserve the right to remove or not publish submissions without prior notice. You understand that when you submit content in any form to Utopic Planet we may authorize such content to be distributed or syndicated to or published on other Utopic Planet-branded environments.

Intellectual Property Rights

All content on this site and products sold are the property of Utopic Planet or its affiliates, licensors, or third-party content providers, including our visitors. Utopic Planet reserves all rights and title to all original and copyrightable materials on the site of which we are the author or for which we have otherwise obtained title, including but not limited to the text, design, information, content, graphics, images, videos, pictures, sound and other files, and the selection, compilation, and arrangement thereof in its collective sense. You will not copy, modify, redistribute, broadcast, publish, adapt, translate, prepare derivative works from, commercially exploit, sell, license, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive source code from any of our services, software, content or documentation, or create or attempt to create a substitute or similar service or product through the use of or access to this site or any related site or proprietary information related thereto, without our prior written consent. Reprinting or any other public display of our original content without express written permission is prohibited. Furthermore, you may not remove or obscure the copyright notice or any other notices contained in the site or in anything retrieved or downloaded from it.

The names, trademarks, service marks, and design marks (including logos) used on this site are the property of Utopic Planet or its affiliates, licensors, or third-party content providers, and you will not use any such name or mark in any advertising or publicity or otherwise to indicate the sponsorship of or affiliation with any product or service, without the prior written consent of the owner of any such name or mark.

Acknowledgment Of User Rights

The Web allows people throughout the world to share valuable information, ideas, and creative works. To ensure continued open access to such materials, we all need to protect the rights of those who share their creations with us.

You own the original content created or stored by you. However, by and through your use of the services and tools provided by this site, including making any posting to any part of this site, you hereby grant us permission to access, use, adapt, copy, distribute, store, transmit, reformat and publicly display your content as required for the purpose of providing our services and tools to you and other visitors (users) to (of) Utopic Planet. Any such use of your content by us will be done in a limited manner, consistent with our Privacy Policy.

Please do not upload, post, or submit material to this website or our products for which you do not own the rights or have the permission of the rights holder.

Accepted Standards Of Behaviour

We encourage visitors to contribute to this website or Utopic Planet but to do so responsibly. You agree to abide by the following rules:

not to submit any profanity or obscenity, even if disguised with asterisks or other typography;
not to make any personal attack on any person, firm, or company;
not to submit, or create any link to, any defamatory, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, offensive, insulting, threatening, menacing, unlawful, or blasphemous material;
not to submit, or create any link to, any material that is an invasion of privacy, a breach of any data protection principle or legislation, malicious falsehood or seditious libel, contempt of court, or that is likely to incite or is capable of inciting violence, racial hatred, sadism or cruelty or that encourages any unlawful or illegal act or omission;
not to submit, or create any link to, any material that is intentionally false or that is misleading, that causes annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety, or that is potentially damaging or harmful;
not to impersonate anyone else, whether a public figure, a member of our staff, a forum moderator, administrator or host, or other visitors of this site;
not to state or represent falsely that you are connected to, or affiliated with, any individual or entity;
not to promote, advertise, or engage in any other form of marketing, including (without limitation) chain letters or pyramid selling, even if you are acting on behalf of a non-profit organization or a charity;
not to upload or post any form of spam, multiple submissions to forums, identical comments, or other forms of promotion for other sites;
not knowingly violate any law or regulation while using our website;
not to use our website to collect personal data about other individuals;
not to submit, or create a link to, any file that contains any virus, corrupted data, Trojan horse, or anything else that might damage, destroy, or render inaccessible any data or files on any computer;
not to use the website as a forwarding service to another website;
not to ’stalk‘ or otherwise harass another person; and
not try to circumvent the security features of this website, or tamper with, hack into, or in any other way disrupt or disable any computer system, server, website, router, or other device used to host this website or make it available.

Revisions And Errata; Non-Reliance; And Waiver Of Liability

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANY OF THE MATERIALS ON OUR WEBSITE OR OUR PRODUCTS ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT, OR THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR OUR PRODUCTS, OR YOUR DISSEMINATION OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT CONTAINED ON THIS SITE OR OUR PRODUCTS, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY CLAIM AGAINST US AND OUR EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND AGENTS REGARDING YOUR USE OF, DISSEMINATION OF OR RELIANCE ON THIS SITE AND OUR PRODUCTS.

Utopic Planet may make changes to the materials contained on its website at any time without notice. However, Utopic Planet does not make any commitment to update the materials.

You acknowledge and agree that we have no responsibility for the information, content, products, services, advertising, code, or other materials that may or may not be provided by or through other websites that are linked to this site, even if they are owned or run by affiliates or partners of ours. We have no control over their content or availability.

Our staff has not reviewed all of the sites linked to this website or our products. The inclusion of any link on our site does not imply endorsement by the Utopic Planet of the linked site. Use of any such linked website is at the user’s own risk, and we recommend that you review the terms of use and privacy policies of those sites, as they may differ from those of this site.

Any opinion, advice, statement, service, offer, information, or content provided or made by any third party on this website, our products, or on any website to which this website is linked, is that of the author or provider, and not of Utopic Planet.

You should direct any concern about any other website to that site’s website administrator or webmaster.

Confidentiality

You agree not to disclose confidential information you obtain from us and/or from our visitors. You agree not to reproduce, disseminate, sell, trade, distribute, or commercially exploit any such proprietary or confidential information in any manner without the owner’s prior written consent.

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this policy for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose, and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy. For detailed policy, check here.

Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected. Personal information will be collected from visitors who subscribe to announcements or take a survey to complete the subscription or survey process.
We will collect and use personal information solely to fulfill those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes unless we obtain additional consent for other uses of the information from the individual concerned or as required by law.
We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up to date.
We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.
We will make information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information readily available to site visitors.
We may use ’cookies‘ that automatically collect anonymous, non-personal information when visitors access the site. We may use anonymous, non-personal information to track the success of the site with its visitors and to better tailor the site to visitors’ needs.
We do not share personal information about our visitors with third parties except with your permission or as otherwise required by law or legal process or as otherwise specified herein.

We are committed to conducting our site in accordance with these principles to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained. You will immediately notify us at support@utopicplanet.org if you learn that your information has been lost or stolen, or if you learn of any unauthorized use of your information. We are not liable for any loss or damage from your failure to comply with our Privacy Policy.

Cancellation and Refund Policies

The refund generated will be processed through third-party payment gateways and service providers, such as Banks, etc. to the same medium from which the original payment was made by the User. Utopic Planet won't be responsible or liable for any loss or delay of payment due to these third-party service providers, and the User shall contact them directly for such cases. The User should also check their respective terms and conditions and privacy policy, and Utopic Planet won't be responsible or reliable on behalf of these third parties.

Waiver

Failure of Utopic Planet to insist upon strict performance of any of the terms, conditions, and covenants herein shall not be deemed a relinquishment or waiver of any rights or remedies that we may have, nor shall it be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the terms, conditions or covenants hereof, which terms, conditions and covenants shall remain in full force and effect.

Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions describe and encompass the entire agreement between you and us and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, warranties, and understandings with respect to the site, the contents and materials provided by or through the site, and the subject matter of these Terms and Conditions.

Miscellaneous

You will be responsible for paying withholding, filing, and reporting all taxes, duties, and other governmental assessments associated with your activity in connection with the Services, provided that Utopic Planet may, in its sole discretion, do any of the foregoing on your behalf or for itself as it sees fit.

You agree to pay all fees and charges associated with you on a timely basis in accordance with the terms and rates published by Utopic Planet from time to time. Such fees and charges may include any taxes, late fees, forex charges, transaction fees, etc. as applicable.

Governing Law And Jurisdiction

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of Chandigarh, India, without any reference to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute, controversy, or difference which may arise between the parties out of, in relation to, or in connection with these Terms and Conditions is hereby irrevocably submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Chandigarh, India to the exclusion of any other courts without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions or your actual state or country of residence.

If any of these Terms and Conditions is (for any reason) held to be unenforceable, illegal, or in some other way invalid, the unenforceable, illegal, or invalid provision will not affect the remainder of these Terms and Conditions; and they will continue in full force and effect.

No addition to or modification of any provision of these Terms and Conditions that you propose will be binding on us unless made in writing and signed by our duly authorized representative. “Writing” includes email.