Terms of Service

TERMS & CONDITIONS [T&C] & RULES & REGULATIONS [R&R]
The Precious Kashmir [Precious Kashmir or ‘We’] is the sole and absolute owner of & maintains preciouskashmir.com, preciouskashmir.com to enhance public access to the Precious Kashmir newspaper owned by Afaaq Ahmad Bhat. This service is provided on an “As Is” basis & is continually under development.
Precious Kashmir requires that all users/visitors to this site(s) on the World Wide Web (the “Site”) adhere to these Terms & Conditions [T&C] & Rules & Regulations [R&R].
By accessing this Site you/user/visitor automatically confirm your acknowledgment & acceptance of these T&C & R&R which is the agreement between the parties.

Copyright/Trademarks [Collectively “Intellectual Property Rights”]
The trademarks, logos & service marks (“Marks”) displayed on the Site are the property of the newspaper & other parties. Users are prohibited from using any Marks for any purpose including, but not limited to use as metatags on other pages or sites on the World Wide Web without the written permission of the newspaper or such third party which may own the Marks. All information & content including any software programs available on or through the Site (“Content”) is protected by copyright. Users are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works or using any Content available on or through the Site for commercial or public purposes.
Precious Kashmir grants you a limited licence to access and make personal use of this site but not for commercial purposes. We permit the use of materials on this website subject to due credit is given to the newspaper The use shall also be subject to non-commercial use and limited to personal or academic dissemination. (Including on social media and use on all kinds of media). Copyright should be acknowledged. Such use should not infringe on the Intellectual Property Rights of any person. When using material on this website, proper attribution to authors and/or copyright holders must be given. You may not use the Precious Kashmir’s logos or proprietary graphics or trademarks as part of the link without express permission.

No Warranties
ALL CONTENT ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY & FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY OR ACCURACY. THE NEWSPAPER DOES NOT ENDORSE & IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT MADE THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN PRECIOUS KASHMIR. OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL THE NEWSPAPER BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A USER’S RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE ON/THROUGH THE SITE. PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT.

Limitation Of Liability
The Precious Kashmir specifically disclaims any liability (whether based in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise) for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of or in any way connected with access to or use of the Site, (even if the newspaper has been advised of the possibility of such damages) including liability associated with any viruses which may infect a user’s computer equipment.

Privacy
Users are invited to submit comments, questions, ideas, reviews or any other information concerning Precious Kashmir and the website’s contents, provided they understand that such comments will be subject to moderation & the Precious Kashmir reserves the right to remove or edit such content. All such submissions should not be illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory or infringing on privacy or on intellectual property rights of others.

Linked Internet Sites
The Precious Kashmir prohibits caching, unauthorized hypertext links to the Site & the framing of any Content available through the Site. The Precious Kashmir reserves the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames & specifically disclaims any responsibility for the Content available on any other Internet sites linked to the Site. Access to any other Internet sites linked to the Site is at the user’s own risk.

Postings
Precious Kashmir is under no obligation to review any messages; information or content (“Postings”) posted on the Site by users & assumes no responsibility or liability relating to any such Postings. Notwithstanding the above, the newspaper may from time to time monitor the Postings on the Site & may decline to accept and/or remove any Postings that contain
•  Any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law.
•  Advertisements or solicitations of any kind.
•  Messages posted by users impersonating others.
•  Personal information such as messages which state phone numbers, social security numbers, account numbers, addresses, or employer references.
•  Messages by non-spokesperson employees of The Precious Kashmir purporting to speak on behalf of the newspaper..
•  Messages that offer unauthorized downloads of any copyrighted or private information.
•  Multiple messages placed within individual folders by the same user restating the same point.
•  Chain letters /mails of any kind.

Violation Of Rules & Regulations
Precious Kashmir reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law & in equity for violations of these T&C, including the right to block access from a particular Internet address to the Site.

Access to Password Protected/Secure Areas
Access to & use of password protected and/or secure areas of the Site is restricted to authorized users only. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access these areas of the Site may be subject to prosecution.

Governing Law
This agreement shall be governed by & construed in accordance with the laws of J&K.
User access to & use of the Site is subject to all applicable laws.

Jurisdiction
In respect of all matters/disputes arising out of, in connection with or in relation to this agreement, only the civil courts at Srinagar City, India shall have jurisdiction, to the exclusion of all other courts.

Publication
The Web site is deemed to be published from/at Srinagar City, (irrespective of where it is accessed from). Communications

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