Term of Usage

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

Welcome to lafarge-cement.,in a website being maintained and run on the World Wide Web by Lafarge India Private Limited ( LIPL). LIPL through this website, lafarge-cement.in, seeks to provide a readily accessible site for  posting and collation of information  which may be conveniently accessed subject to the following Terms of Usage  (“TOU”), which may be updated by us from time to time without prior notice. Use of the site for accessing information and / or posting information shall necessarily mean and imply that the user has read, understood and accepted the TOU.

DESCRIPTION OF WEBSITE

lafarge-cement.in, as maintained by Lafarge India Private Limited (LIPL), currently provides users with access to a rich collection of information and searchable features related to home-building, home buying and home improvement activity and service providers in the said spheres. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new feature that augments or enhances the information currently posted on the site shall be subject to the TOU. You understand and agree that the content and features on the website are provided on an "as-is" basis and that LIPL assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalized settings and / or the accuracy or authenticity of any information hosted on the site. LIPL neither acts as the agent or representative of the independent sources who may post information or from whom information is collected for posting on the site.

You agree to indemnify LIPL and its affiliates, officers, and employees, against any claim or demand, including claims made by any third party due to or arising out of any content or information that you may submit, post, transmit or make available on or through the website.

NO SALE/ RESALE OF SERVICE

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the information or sections provided on the website.

MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE

LIPL reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue or withdraw, temporarily or permanently, the availability of any information in part or whole on the website lafarge-india.com with or without notice. You agree that LIPL shall not be liable to any third party user for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the website or omission to update the information hosted therein.

DEALINGS WITH PROFESSIONALS/ SERVICE PROVIDERS/DEALERS

Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, professionals/ service providers found on or through the website are solely between you and such professional/ service provider and LIPL has no privities of contract in such dealings. You agree that LIPL shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage howsoever incurred as a result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such professionals/ service providers on the site.

LINKS

The website may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Since LIPL has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that LIPL is not responsible for the availability or authenticity of information in such external sites or resources, and neither does it have any commercial understanding and nor does it endorse any content, advertising, products, or other materials or information available on or from such sites or resources and is accordingly not responsible or liable for the same. You further acknowledge and agree that LIPL shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

LIPLs PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

You acknowledge and agree that the website and any necessary software used in connection with the website contain proprietary information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. Except as expressly authorized by LIPL you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the website or the software, in whole or in part. All trade marks, labels, brand names appearing on LIPL’s products featured in the site are the property of LIPL and usage of the site does not permit copying or reproducing such proprietary marks in any manner whatsoever.

USE OF SERVICES

The lafarge-cement.in website may contain interactive services, bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, calendars, photo albums, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others. You agree to use these services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a service, you will not:

• Use the service in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
• Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
• Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such service specifically allows such messages.
• Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines, which may be applicable for any particular service.
• Collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.
• Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
• Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.

LIPL reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as LIPL deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.

MATERIALS PROVIDED TO OR POSTED ON LIPL/LAFARGE-CEMENT.IN

LIPL does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to LIPL or to its website lafarge-cement.in (including feedback and suggestions). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your material you are granting permission to use your material in connection with the operation of their business/ businesses including, but not limited to, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your material; and to publish your name in connection with your material.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the posting of your material on the web site, as provided herein. LIPL is under no obligation to post or use any material you may provide and LIPL may remove any material at any time at its sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your material you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights including the intellectual property rights to your material as described in this section for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the material.

NOTICE

Notices to you may be made via either email or regular mail. The Service may also provide notices of changes to the TOU or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on the website.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The TOU constitutes the entire agreement between you and LIPL and govern your use of the web site, superceding any prior agreements between you and LIPL. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use third-party content or third party software. The laws of the Republic of India shall govern the TOU and the relationship between you and LIPL. You and LIPL agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) under the Republic of India. The failure of LIPL to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOU shall be without prejudice and shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOU is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid the same shall be severable from the rest of the TOU  and  the parties agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the other provisions of the TOU which shall remain in full force and effect..

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

You expressly understand and agree that LIPL shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses or any other loss or damages whatsoever resulting from:

• The use or the inability to use the features of the website
• The cost of procurement of services resulting from any data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the website
• Unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data
• Statements or conduct of any third party on the service
• Any other matter relating to the website.

PRIVACY POLICY

LIPL respects and protects the privacy of the individuals that access the information and use the services brought through lafarge-cement.in. Individually identifiable information about you is not willfully disclosed to any third party without first receiving your permission, as covered in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes LIPL's treatment of personally identifiable information that LIPL collects when you are on the lafarge-cement. In case you are a homebuilder, and you  use the site, your information by way of your e-mail id will be passed only to other members within a city/locality users who have similar requirements.

LIPL does not collect any unique information about you (such as your name, email address, age, gender etc.) except when you specifically and knowingly provide such information on www.lafarge-cement.in. LIPL may share information about you with professionals, business partners and other third parties if it is specifically required in the performance of a service requested by you on the website. However, in general, LIPL will not share personally identifiable information with any third party without your express consent. Please be aware, however, that we will release specific personal information about you if required to do so in order to comply with any valid legal process such as a search warrant, statute, or court order, or if we find that your actions on our website violate the Terms of  Usage or any of our guidelines for specific services. However, LIPL disclaims any liability in the event of unintended dissemination of individually identifiable information owing to any unauthorized access of  information provided by you on the web site.

Your consent and changes to the Privacy Policy
By using the website, lafarge-cement.in  you consent to the collection and use of your information as we have outlined in this policy and to our Terms of Usage. LIPL may decide to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of the information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.