Terms Of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING WWW.VISUALSSTOCK.COM, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND BY ALL TERMS, POLICIES AND GUIDELINES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

These terms and conditions of use ("Site Terms") apply to your use of this website (?the Site"), and do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with Visuals Stock, its subsidiaries or affiliates. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you are over the age of 18 and are lawfully able to accept these Site Terms. If you are using the Site on behalf of any entity, you further represent and warrant that you are authorized to accept these Site Terms on such entity's behalf, and that such entity agrees to indemnify Visuals Stock for violations of these Site Terms. Ownership of the Site and its Contents

Ownership of the Site and its Contents

This Site is owned by Visuals Stock. Unless otherwise indicated, all of the content featured or displayed on this Site, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, data, photographic images, moving images, sound, illustrations, software, and the selection and arrangement thereof ("Visuals Stock Content"), is owned by Visuals Stock, its licensers, or its third-party image partners. All elements of the Site, including the Visuals Stock Content, are protected by copyright, trade dress, moral rights, trademark and other laws relating to the protection of intellectual property.

Use of the Site

This Site and the Visuals Stock Content are intended for customers of Visuals Stock. You may not use this Website or the Visuals Stock Content for any purpose not related to your business with Visuals Stock. You are specifically prohibited from: (a) downloading, copying or re-transmitting any or all of the Site or the Visuals Stock Content without, or in violation of, a written license or agreement with Visuals Stock; (b) using any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods; (c) manipulating or otherwise displaying the website or the Visuals Stock Content by using framing or similar navigational technology; (d) registering, subscribing, unsubscribing or attempting to register, subscribe or unsubscribe any party for any Visuals Stock product or service if you are not expressly authorized by such party to do so; and (e) using the Site or the Visuals Stock Content other than for its intended purpose. Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws including without limitation copyright and trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and applicable communications regulations and statutes. You represent and warrant that you will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitation, those relating to the Internet, data, e-mail, privacy, and the transmission of technical data exported from INDIA or the country in which you reside.

Copyright Infringement Policy

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and other applicable laws, Visuals Stock has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at Visuals Stock' sole discretion, account holders who infringe the intellectual property rights of Visuals Stock or any third party.

Trademarks

Visuals Stock Trademarks, the Visuals Stock logo, and any other product or service name or slogan contained in the Site are trademarks of Visuals Stock and its suppliers or licensers, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Visuals Stock or the applicable trademark holder. You may not use metatags or any other "hidden text" utilising "Visuals Stock" or any other name, trademark or product or service name of Visuals Stock without our prior written permission. In addition, the look and feel of the Site, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts, is the service mark, trademark and/or trade dress of Visuals Stock and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos mentioned in the Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, and supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by us.

Forums & Other Interactive Services or Areas

The Site may include discussion forums or other interactive areas or services, including blogs, chat rooms, bulletin boards, message boards, online hosting or storage services, or other areas or services in which you or third parties create, post or store any content, messages, comments, materials or other items on the Site ("Interactive Areas"). You are solely responsible for your use of such Interactive Areas and use them at your own risk. By using any Interactive Areas, you agree not to post, upload, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through the Site any of the following:

a. Any message, comment, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, code or other material ("User Content") that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, harmful to minors, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable;

b. User Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual property or contract right of any party. By posting any User Content, you represent and warrant that you have the lawful right to transmit, distribute and reproduce such User Content;

C. User Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;

d. Unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or solicitations;

e. Private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers;

f. Viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; and

g. User Content that, in the sole judgment of Visuals Stock, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Interactive Areas or the Site, or which adversely affects the availability of its resources to other users (e.g., excessive shouting, use of all capital letters or flooding continuous posting of repetitive text), or which may expose Visuals Stock or its users to any harm or liability of any type.

Further, you agree not to delete or revise any User Content posted by any third party. Visuals Stock takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor is Visuals Stock liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter. Your use of Interactive Areas is at your own risk. As a provider of interactive services, Visuals Stock is not liable for any statements, representations or User Content provided by its users in any public forum, personal home page or other Interactive Area. Although Visuals Stock has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the User Content posted in any Interactive Area, Visuals Stock reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any User Content posted or stored on the Site at any time and for any reason without notice. You are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any User Content you post or store on the Site at your sole cost and expense. Any use of the Interactive Areas or other portions of the Site in violation of the foregoing violates these Site Terms and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Interactive Areas and/or the Site. You acknowledge and agree that Visuals Stock may access, use or disclose any information about you or your use of this Site, including without limitation any User Content to comply with the law or any legal process; protect and defend the rights or property of Visuals Stock; or to protect the safety of our company, employees, customers or the public. If you post User Content to the Site, unless we indicate otherwise, you grant Visuals Stock and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable and fully sub licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such User Content throughout the world in any media. You grant Visuals Stock and its affiliates and sublicense the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that (a) you own and control all of the rights to the User Content that you post or you otherwise have the right to post such User Content to the Site; (b) the User Content is accurate and not misleading; and (c) use and posting of the User Content you supply does not violate these Site Terms and will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity.

Registration Data and Account Security

In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to: (a) provide accurate, current and complete information about you as may be prompted by any registration forms on the Site ("Registration Data"); (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you provide to Company, to keep it accurate, current and complete; (c) maintain the security of your password and identification; (d) notify Visuals Stock immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or other breach of security; (e) accept all responsibility for any and all activities that occur under your account; and (f) accept all risks of unauthorized access to the Registration Data and any other information you provide to Company.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Visuals Stock, its subsidiaries, affiliates, licensers, employees, agents, third party information providers and independent contractors against any claims, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to any User Content that you post, store or otherwise transmit on or through the Site, your conduct, your use or inability to use the Site, your breach or alleged breach of the Site Terms or of any representation or warranty contained herein, your unauthorized use of the Visuals Stock Content, or your violation of any rights of another.

Disclaimer

VISUALS STOCK CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND VISUALS STOCK AND ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTENT PROVIDERS, AGENTS AND AFFILIATES EXCLUDE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. VISUALS STOCK WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR THE VISUALS STOCK CONTENT, OR THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE SAME, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, AND DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THE FUNCTIONS EMBODIED ON OR IN THE MATERIALS OF THIS SITE ARE NOT WARRANTED TO BE UNINTERRUPTED OR WITHOUT ERROR. YOU, NOT VISUALS STOCK, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION DUE TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR THE VISUALS STOCK CONTENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR THE VISUALS STOCK CONTENT IS FREE FROM INFECTION BY VIRUSES OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES. Visuals Stock uses reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy, correctness and reliability of the Visuals Stock Content, but we make no representations or warranties as to the Visuals Stock Content's accuracy, correctness or reliability.

Visuals Stock offers a search feature within the Site. Visuals Stock explicitly disclaims any responsibility for the content or availability of information contained in our search index or directory. Visuals Stock also disclaims any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of any directory or search result.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL VISUALS STOCK, ITS DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE SITE, THE SERVICES, THE VISUALS STOCK CONTENT OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY OR RESULTING FROM RELIANCE BY USER ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM VISUALS STOCK, OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO VISUALS STOCK' RECORDS, PROGRAMMES OR SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF VISUALS STOCK, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF THE SITE EXCEED ANY COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO VISUALS STOCK FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Any dispute, violation, controversy, contest or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach, termination or validity thereof (hereinafter the ?Disputes?) shall be resolved amicably in the first instance. The Parties agree to meet to resolve such dispute in good faith.? Should such a solution not be reached, within [30] days from the date of commencement of the dispute, difference or disagreement or such longer period of time as may be mutually agreed by the Parties in writing, such dispute, difference or disagreement shall be referred to Arbitration and shall be finally resolved through arbitration conducted by a tribunal of three arbitrators, with the right of each party to appoint an arbitrator, who in turn will appoint a Presiding Arbitrator. The Presiding Arbitrator shall pass a speaking award.? Any order/directions/awards of the majority of the tribunal shall be final and binding on both the parties. The arbitration proceedings shall be in accordance with the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 and Rules there under as at present in force.? The seat of arbitration shall be Delhi, India. The arbitration shall be administered in accordance with its practice, rules and regulations.? If the award passed in the Arbitration proceeding is not acceptable to any of the Party, then the Party is free to approach the appropriate court of law as agreed herein below. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of India without giving effect to their conflict of laws principles or rules. The courts at Delhi, India shall have exclusive Jurisdiction.

Termination

Notwithstanding any of these Site Terms, Visuals Stock reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your account and/or to block your use of the Site.

Miscellaneous Provisions

Any waiver of any provision of the Site Terms will be effective only if in writing and signed by Visuals Stock. If any clause in these Site Terms is found to be unenforceable, wherever possible this will not affect any other clause and each will remain in full force and effect. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Changes to Site Terms

Visuals Stock reserves the right to change any of the terms and conditions contained in the Site Terms or any policy or guideline of the Site, at any time and in its sole discretion. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes will constitute your acceptance of such changes. We encourage you to review the Site Terms whenever you visit one of our websites.

Questions and Contact Information

Questions or comments about the Site or Site Terms may be directed to Visuals Stock at?info@visualsstock.com?or by calling +91-965-454-8666 ?2013 Visuals Stock, Inc. All rights reserved. Terms and Conditions of Use.

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