Terms & Conditions

  1. Scope
    1. [HerCircle*] is a website based portal (‘Portal’) and mobile based Application (‘Application’) collectively known as “Platform”, provided by Jio Platform Limited and/or its affiliates (“Company”, “we,” “us” and “our”) located at 101, Saffron Near Centre Point, Panchwati 5 Rasta, Ambavadi Ahmedabad GJ 380006 IN.
    2. HerCircle provides to its users, the following services: (i) connect with other users; (ii) engage users by sharing inspiring experiences and content; (iii) participate in communities and forums; (iv) set-up goals and assist users in tracking such goals; (v) answer queries of users through expert advice and (v) any other service as may be provided by the Company from time to time (collectively known as “Services”) on any (i) compatible smart phones powered by Android, iOS; and (ii) browser available on desktop monitors (“Device”).
    3. Your (“you”, “your” or “user”) use of the Platform is subject to these Terms and Conditions (“Terms”).
    4. Your use of the Platform on the Device requires that you agree to these Terms and the privacy policy of the Platform. By downloading the Platform and by registering or signing up to the Platform, or otherwise having access to, receiving, and/or using the Platform, you acknowledge to have read, understood and you consent to be governed and bound by these Terms and the privacy policy of the Platform. If you do not understand the Terms or the privacy policy of the Platform, or do not accept any part of them, then you should not use the Platform.
    5. The Terms are an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (as amended / re-enacted) (“IT Act”) and rules thereunder, and is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011, which mandates for publishing of rules and regulations, privacy policy and terms of use for access or usage of Platform. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.
    6. In providing the Services, Company is merely acting as a passive conduit to facilitate storage, transfer of the Content (defined hereinafter) by you and therefore JPL is an intermediary (“Intermediary”) under the Information Technology Act, 2000 as amended and the relevant rules made thereunder.
    7. For avoidance of doubt, the term Platform is used in these Terms to mean the product which also includes the Portal or the Platform as and when relevant.
  2. PRIVACY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION:
    1. Please refer to the privacy policy of the Platform available here.
    2. Please note that your use of the Platform or Services on your Device and download thereof from Google play store/Apple app store may be subject to the respective privacy policies as may be published or made available by the Device and Google play store/Apple app store.
  3. MODIFICATIONS
    1. Modifications of the Terms: The Company reserves the right to change the Terms under which the Services are offered, including but not limited to the charges, if any, associated with the use of the Services. The Terms may be further modified based on changes in the business, legal and regulatory requirements and will be updated online. We will make all efforts to communicate any significant changes to these Terms to you. You are encouraged to periodically visit this page to review these Terms and any changes to it.
    2. Modification of Services: The Company reserves the right to add, modify or delete any content or features available in the Services at any time at its sole discretion.
  4. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES AND APPLICATIONS:
    1. The Platform may contain links to other web sites/applications ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of the Company and the Company is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site or any information transmitted on a Linked Site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the Company of the site or any association with its operators.
    2. Any dealings with third parties (including advertisers) included within or available via a link from the Platform or participation in promotions, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings or promotions, are solely between you and the advertiser or other third party. The Company shall not be responsible or liable for any part of any such dealings or promotions.
    3. You acknowledge and agree that the use of any Linked Sites is governed by such third party’s terms of use, license agreement, privacy policy, or other such agreement. the company disclaims any and all responsibility for any disclosure of information or any other practices of any third party. the company expressly disclaims any warranty with respect to your personal or other information that may be collected, processed, shared or retained by any third party
  5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS:
    1. The Company shall own title, interest and rights, including all related intellectual property rights, in/of the Platform and/or your Device including but not limited to object code of the Platform, features of services, which is/are protected by the applicable laws except the content owned by the user. You acknowledge that such ownership shall include all intellectual property rights arising from any suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations or other information provided by the user, whether in the course of use of the Platform, your Device or otherwise.
  6. GRANT OF RIGHTS:
    1. “Content" shall include all visual works, including all interactive content, texts, photographs, stickers etc., made available to you through the Platform. The Content is owned by the Company or by third party content providers and licensed to the Company. Subject to your strict and full compliance with the Terms and Conditions, the Company, hereby grants you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Content for your private and personal use through your Device.
    2. You represent and warrant that all Content uploaded by you shall be either owned by you or you have valid authorization/license to manage the Content and the Content does not violate anything contained in this Terms and Conditions. You represent and warrant that during the entire period that you will avail the Services, you will have all rights necessary to upload/back-up the Content and share the same with third parties through the Services at your sole risk and liability and use of the Content as contemplated in this clause, will not violate any law or any rights of any third parties. Company disclaims any and all liability in connection with the Content. You agree that you, and not Company, is entirely responsible for all of the Content that is transmitted, hosted, uploaded, posted, or stored in your account via the Platform. You assume all risks associated with use of the Content uploaded by you.
    3. You acknowledge that Company is only an Intermediary with respect to all Content. On receipt of a complaint from anyone that your Content allegedly infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party, or violates the restrictions as stated in this Terms and Conditions, Company may remove or disable access to your Content, with or without prior notice to you.
    4. Hercircle platform sends information that it considers useful to its users by email and as notifications to its mobile applications. Users have been given the functionality to unsubscribe from receiving these applications. Hercircle will not assume responsibility of any discomfort or loss caused to user because of these messages if user failed to disable these from provided messages.
  7. USE LIMITATIONS:
    1. Services offered by the Platform are intended solely for the purpose of access by female users. Male users should refrain from accessing this Platform.
    2. As a condition of your use of the Platform, you warrant to the Company that you will not use the Platform for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Platform in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Services or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Platform.
    3. You are not entitled to use any kind of measures, mechanisms or tools (software or hardware) that could interfere with the functioning of the Platform or any of its Services.
    4. You may not use the Services and/or Platform if (i) you have been convicted of any offence under applicable law; (ii) if you are under the age of 18 years; and/or (iii) if you are a male.
    5. You agree that you will not upload on the Services, any Content that is contrary to the Terms and Conditions and the Company’s content guidelines, the Privacy Policy, or any other policy of Company, as updated from time to time, or that is contrary to applicable laws and regulations. If any such Content is uploaded on the Services and in your account in any manner and for any reason whatsoever, you shall ensure that such Content is deleted from the Services and your account immediately.
  8. USER NAMES AND PASSWORDS
    1. You may be required to register in order to access Platform. You can also access through Google/ Facebook Account.
    2. You must ensure to create only one account and also ensure to that any information provided is not misrepresenting or fake.
    3. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any password you use to access the Platform and you agree not to transfer such passwords or user names or lend or otherwise transfer your use or access to the Platform to any third party. You agree to notify us of any unauthorized use of your passwords or user names or any other breach of security related to your account of which you become aware. You are fully responsible for all use of the Platform and any Services that occur in connection with your user name, except to the extent that any unauthorized use is not caused by any breach of your obligations under these Terms.
  9. GENERAL:
    1. Use Restriction: You must not access the Platform if you are a person who is either barred or otherwise legally prohibited from receiving or using the Service or any Services under the laws of India.
    2. Services may be made available for free of cost or for a specified cost as may be decided by the Company from time to time.
    3. Third-Party Fees: You may incur access or data fees from third parties (such as your internet provider or mobile carrier) in connection with your use of Services and of Platform. You are solely responsible for all such fees.
    4. Updates: You may need to install updates to the Platform or related software that we introduce from time to time to use of the Platform. Services originating from the Platform may communicate with the servers from time to time to check for available updates to the Services and to the functionality of the Platform, such as bug fixes, patches, enhanced functions, missing plug-ins and new versions (collectively, "Updates"). Your use of the Services you have installed requires that you have agreed to receive such automatically requested Updates.
    5. Accuracy of Information: You agree that the information entered by you while profile creation/ updation or using any of Services is true, current, complete and accurate in all respects. The Company is not responsible for any losses arising out of discrepancy in your data. You are solely responsible for maintaining confidentiality and security of your user account and for all activities that occur on or through your user account. The Company is not responsible for any losses arising out of the unauthorized use of your user account.
  10. LIABILITY DISCLAIMER:
    1. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the company be liable to you for any special, incidental, indirect, punitive or consequential damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of use, loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of, or inability to use or access, the platform or for any security breach or any virus, bug, unauthorized intervention, defect, or technical malfunctioning of the platform, whether or not foreseeable or whether or not the company has been advised of the possibility of such damages, or based on any theory of liability, including breach of contract or warranty, negligence or other tortious action, or any other claim arising out, of or in connection with, your use of, or access to, the platform or the content. Further, the company shall not be liable to you for any temporary disablement, permanent discontinuance or modification of the platform by the company or for any consequences resulting from such actions.
    2. You shall be solely responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment and ancillary services (including the payment of any additional fees therefore) required to connect to, access or otherwise use the services, including, without limitation, video-enabled devices, video communication services, modems, hardware, servers, software, operating systems, networking, web servers, internet and telephone service (collectively, “equipment”). You will also be responsible for maintaining the security of the equipment and for all uses of the equipment with or without your knowledge or consent.
    3. You are solely responsible for the content and other materials you transmit through the service or share with other users or recipients. You will not transmit any content that you did not create or that you do not own all right, title and interest in and to, including, without limitation, all copyright and rights of publicity contained therein.
    4. The company and/or its respective affiliates makes no representations about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness and accuracy of the information, software and services and related content contained on the platform for any purpose. All such information, software and services and related content are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. the company and/or its respective suppliers hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, software, and services and related content, including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.
    5. You specifically agree that the company shall not be responsible for unauthorised access to or alteration of your transmissions or data, any material or data sent or received or not sent or received, or any transactions entered into through the platform. You specifically agree that the company is not responsible or liable for any threatening, defamatory, obscene, offensive or illegal services or conduct of any other party or any infringement of another's rights, including intellectual property rights. You specifically agree that the company is not responsible for any services sent using and/or included in the platform by any third party 10.6 in no event shall the company and/or its affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for or in relation to: (a) loss of use, data or profits arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of platform; (b) any delay or inability to use the platform or services; (c) the provision of or failure to provide services, or for any information or services obtained through the platform; (d) or otherwise arising out of the use of the platform or the services of the company; whether or not all of the above losses, claims or damages are based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, even if the company and/or its affiliates and/or its associates have been advised of the possibility of such losses, claims or damages.
    6. The portal assists career growth which requires links to external websites to supplement the information. However, company cannot guarantee the accuracy of information provided on such external websites.
    7. The portal assists to achieve your personal goas viz. weight management, pregnancy goals, financial goals, etc. It may use tools like bmi calculator, ovulation calculator in the process. The calculations will be done on the basis of the inputs shared by you. However the results/ information shall not be considered as a professional medical advice and is not intended to be a substitute for any advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please seek advice of professional physician or doctor before you act on any information provided to you. While reasonable steps have been taken to ensure accuracy of information, reliance on any information shall be solely at your own risk. Company does not make any representation or warranty with respect to quality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, appropriateness or suitability of the information. Company or any of its representatives will not be liable to you for any errors or omissions in the information or for any personal or physical injury, damage or loss, suffered by you from your use of such information, whether arising directly or indirectly.
    8. The platform is for information purposes only and does not provide medical advice. The platform offer health, fitness and nutrition related information, but are designed for non-commercial, informational purposes only. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health or the content on the sites or services, you should always consult with a physician or other health-care professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health related advice from your health-care professional because of something you may have read on the platform or through the services. The use of any information provided on the platform or through the services is solely at your own risk.
  11. INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT
    1. HERCIRCLE prohibits users from posting of any information that infringes or violates the copyright rights and/or other intellectual property rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of any person or entity. You are requested to advise the platform at the contact email address (TO BE GIVEN) if you identify any content on the Website where you accurately identify the copyright has been infringed. Please include with details of the content, it's copyright, your identity, contact, and authorization by owner of the right.
    CONTENT COPYRIGHT

      Any material on the platform may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of HERCIRCLE. This includes (but is not limited to) Moderators’ Private Messages, Forum threads and posts. Reporting Undesirable Posts or Users To report undesirable posts or to bring to our attention users who may not be following the Terms of Use, please notify the email (INPUT EMAIL ID)

  12. TERMINATION (TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT DISABLEMENT):
    1. Unless otherwise provided in these Terms, the Services offered to you may be terminated by the Company without assigning any reasons at any time at the sole discretion of the Company. Upon termination / suspension, you shall not have the right to use or access the Platform/Services.
  13. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION:
    1. These terms and conditions are governed and construed in accordance with the laws of India. The courts in Mumbai shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear disputes arising out of these terms.
  14. FORCE MAJEURE:
    1. The Company shall be under no liability whatsoever in the event of non-availability of any portion of the Platform or subscribed content occasioned by act of God, war, disease, revolution, riot, civil commotion, strike, lockout, flood, fire, failure of any public utility, manmade disaster, infrastructure failure or any other cause whatsoever beyond the control of the Company.
  15. SEVERABILITY:
    1. If any of the provisions of these Terms are deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that part of these Terms will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions of these Terms.
  16. CONTACT DETAILS:
    1. Write to us Hercircle.in@ril.com