Updated: 21 May, 2020
Behtar Technology Private Limited, through its Mobile Application called Lokal Matrimony”) provides a platform to eligible individuals seeking lawful matrimonial alliance to interact and find suitable matches for marriage. Lokal Matrimony is not a casual dating, friend finding or marriage bureau platform and is intended to be used to only facilitate connecting serious legally eligible individuals for finding prospective marriage matches.
Lokal Matrimony is an intermediary as defined under Section 2 (w) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and these Terms of Use are in consonance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011
These Terms of Use set out the binding terms and conditions for use by a user (“You”) of the Lokal Matrimony platform and the related Products and Services as defined herein below.
These Terms of Use shall be deemed to be an electronic record laying down the mutually acceptable terms for use of Licensed Application and/or Products and Services by the You. Being an electronic record generated by or through a computer system, it does not require any physical or digital signatures.
These Terms of Use may be modified by Lokal Matrimony from time to time. In order to use the Lokal Matrimony platform, You must accept the Terms of Use, register and open an Account by providing the requisite details.
Every individual who opens an account on the Licensed Application, whether free or paid is referred to as “User”.
Lokal Matrimony presumes that every User who uses the Licensed Application does so with a bona fide intention of getting married and not for any other purpose. The mere providing of the Licensed Application or the Products and Services should not in any way be seen or understood as an offer or endorsement/approval by Lokal Matrimony of any User Content.
This License is being provided by Behtar Technology Private Limited (hereinafter also referred to as “the Company”) having its registered address at C/o Sparkline Solutions # 811,10th A Main Suite # 611, 1st Floor Indiranagar, Bangalore 560038. The terms Lokal Matrimony and the Company are used interchangeably in the Terms since Lokal Matrimony is a platform owned and run by the Company.
By clicking “Join Now”, “Sign Up”, registering, accessing or using the Licensed Application, you agree to enter into a legally binding contract and be bound by the present Terms of Use. If you do not agree to any of the Terms of Use, you should not click “Join Now” (or similar) and should not access or otherwise use the Licensed Application or the Product and Services. If you wish to terminate this agreement at any time, it can be done by closing the user account and no longer accessing or using the Licensed Application or Products and Services.
Even otherwise, when you use the Licensed Application or the Products and Services, you agree to all of these Terms of Use. The use of the Licensed Application or Products and Services is also subject to Lokal Matrimony’s other policies including but not limited to Privacy Policy which covers how Lokal Matrimony collects, uses, shares and stores personal information of users.
You acknowledge that you have read these Terms of Use, the other Policies including but not limited to Privacy Policy and agree to all its terms and conditions.
This License granted to You for the Licensed Application is limited to a non-transferable license to use the Licensed Application and/or the Products and Services. As long as you comply with these Terms of Use and other policies including but not limited to Privacy Policy, Lokal Matrimony grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to access and use the Licensed Application and Product and Services.
You may not rent, lease, lend, sell, redistribute or sublicense the Licensed Application for any purpose including but not limited to any business or commercial use. You may not copy (except as expressly permitted by this License and any usage rules), decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, modify, or create derivative works of the Licensed Application and/or Products and Services, any updates or any part thereof. The terms of this License will govern any upgrades provided that replace and/or supplement the original Licensed Application and/or Products and Services, unless such upgrade is accompanied by a separate license in which case the present Terms of Use and the terms of the license for that upgrade will govern.
You agree that Lokal Matrimony may collect, share, display, post and use including but not limited to technical data and related information, User Content etc. and accordingly grant Lokal Matrimony:
These Terms of Use do not transfer to you any Intellectual Property Rights and other proprietary information of its owners and its licensors including but not limited to copyright, trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in or in connection with Lokal Matrimony, Licensed Application or the Products and Services. The said Intellectual Property Rights are owned by Lokal Matrimony or third-parties and all rights, titles, and interests in and to such property will remain solely with Lokal Matrimony or third parties, as the case may be. Your use of Lokal Matrimony, Licensed Application or Products and Services grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Lokal Matrimony or third-party Intellectual Property Rights. You cannot copy, post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks or other proprietary information of Lokal Matrimony, other User, third parties etc.
Different subscription packages and special promotions may be offered by Lokal Matrimony, the details of which would be available on the Lokal Matrimony platform. Lokal Matrimony reserves the right to change, modify, curtail, expand and/or terminate any offered Paid Licensed Application and Services Subscription or promotions at any time. The price subscription period and any specific terms relating to your Paid Licensed Application and Services Subscription will be confirmed to you when you subscribe to the same. Paid Lokal Matrimony Application and Services Subscription are pre-paid.
You can also find the specific details relating to your Paid Licensed Application and Services Subscription, including the Subscription Fees, subscription period and date of your next scheduled payment, by visiting “My Account”.
The Subscription Fees is not refundable and the amount shall accordingly stand appropriated immediately upon payment. Any exceptional refund of the Subscription Fee, if any will be at the sole discretion of Lokal Matrimony. It is reiterated that Lokal Matrimony gives no guarantees of server uptime or the Licensed Application or the Products ans Services working properly without any glitch.
Lokal Matrimony may contain links and interactive functionality interacting with the websites or applications of third parties including but not limited to payment gateways etc. for making payments for Paid Licensed Application and Services Subscription, links to advertisements etc.
Lokal Matrimony is not responsible for and has no liability for the functionality, actions, inactions, privacy settings, privacy policies, terms, or content of any such third party website or application. Before enabling any sharing functions to communicate with any such website or application, otherwise visiting any such website or application or providing any information including but not limited to personal information, credit card/bank account details etc., it is recommended that You review and understand the terms and conditions, privacy policies, settings and information-sharing functions of each such third-party website or application. Lokal Matrimony shall not liable or responsible for any such interactions that you may have with any such third party websites, applications or links etc.
Lokal Matrimony would, on best effort basis, attempt to ensure availability of any content residing in the Licensed Application or Products and Services. However, in no event shall Lokal Matrimony be held liable or responsible for loss of any such content. It is your sole responsibility to maintain appropriate backup of your User Content.
You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of the Licensed Application or the Products and Services is at your sole risk and that the entire risk as to satisfactory quality, performance, accuracy etc. is with you. The Licensed Application and Products and Services are provided on “as is” and “as available” basis, with all faults and without warranty of any kind.
Lokal Matrimony hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with respect to the Licensed Application and Products and Services, either express or implied including, but not limited to the implied warranties and/or conditions of merchantability, of satisfactory quality, of fitness for a particular purpose, of accuracy, of quiet enjoyment and non-infringement of third party rights. Lokal Matrimony does not warrant against interference with your enjoyment of the Licensed Application and Products and Services, that the functions contained in, or services performed or provided by the Licensed Application or Products and Services will meet your requirements, that the operation of the Licensed Application or Products and Services will be safe, without delays, disruption or imperfections, uninterrupted or error-free, or that defects in the Licensed Application or Products and Services will be corrected by Lokal Matrimony. Lokal Matrimony is not liable under any circumstances for damages arising out of or related in any way to your inability to access, or your difficulty in accessing the Licensed Application, any hacking attacks, malware infection, bugs, viruses, trojans, or the like, which may be transmitted to or through the Licensed Application by any third party (even though all efforts will be made to secure the Licensed Application); any loss of your data or User Content and your failure to keep your password or Account details secure and confidential
No oral or written information or advice given by Lokal Matrimony or its authorized representative shall create a warranty. Should the Licensed Application or Products and Services prove defective, you assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.
Lokal Matrimony shall have no responsibility for any damage to your mobile handset or computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any content, materials, document or information
By using the Licensed Application or Products and Services, You may encounter content or information that might be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, etc. You agree that Lokal Matrimony is not responsible for others’ (including other Users) content or information. Lokal Matrimony cannot always prevent this misuse of its Products and Services, and it is agreed that Lokal Matrimony is not responsible or liable for any such misuse.
You should independently verify and carry out diligence in relation to the User Content /information posted by the Users before acting upon the same and under no circumstances shall Lokal Matrimony be liable in any way for any User Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any User Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use or belief on any User Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available on the Licensed Application or by the Users of the Licensed Application.
Notwithstanding the fact that the lead for any of your offline or online activity, connection or relationship may have been generated or initiated from the usage of the Licensed Application or Products and Services, Lokal Matrimony shall not be responsible or liable, including but not limited to, for any untoward incident, losses, damages, activity or action that you may face or suffer having connected to another User through the Licensed Application. Lokal Matrimony explicitly disclaims any liability, losses or damages etc. arising out of or in relation to any such relationship (including but not limited to matrimonial relations established pursuant to use of Licensed Application or Products and Services) inter se You and the other Users.
Lokal Matrimony shall, under no circumstances be liable or responsible for any loss or damage resulting from anyone's use of the Licensed Application or Products and Services, use of any User Content posted or transmitted to Users or discontinuance of the Licensed Application. You should not provide or share any financial information (such as credit card details, bank account details, related passwords) or transfer money to other Users and Lokal Matrimony shall not be liable for any losses, damages etc. caused to You in this regard.
Lokal Matrimony shall not be responsible or liable in case the User Content publicly displayed on the Licensed Application is unauthorisedly copied, published, forged, superimposed, manipulated etc. or misused by any User. Users shall indemnify and hold harmless Lokal Matrimony against any losses, damages etc. which Lokal Matrimony may suffer from or due to any such aforesaid actions
To the extent not prohibited by law, in no event shall Lokal Matrimony be liable for personal injury or any exemplary, incidental, special, indirect or consequential damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, loss of data, information, content including User Content, personal loss, business interruption or any other commercial damages or losses, arising out of or related to your use or inability to use the Licensed Application or Products and Services, however caused, regardless of the theory of liability (contract, tort or otherwise) and even if Lokal Matrimony has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in no event shall Lokal Matrimony’s total liability to you for all and any damages, losses, claims etc. exceed the amount paid by you to Lokal Matrimony for use of the Licensed Application or Products and Services. Lokal Matrimony undertakes no liability for Free Licensed Application and Services.
You agree to indemnify and hold Lokal Matrimony and its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents harmless from and against any liabilities, losses, damages or costs, including reasonable attorney's fees incurred in connection with or arising from your breach of any of the Terms of Use or other policies including but not limited to the Privacy Policy and any third-party allegations, claims, actions, disputes or demands asserted by any of them as a result of or relating to your use of the Licensed Application and Products and Services or breach of any of the present Terms of Use.
You, by posting or sharing User Content on the Licensed Application, agree to hold Lokal Matrimony indemnified and harmless any legal proceedings, civil or criminal and against any losses, damages, claims, fines, penalties etc. which may be brought against or levied on Lokal Matrimony in relation to any matter arising out to or relating to User Content.
The agreement is effective until terminated by You or Lokal Matrimony. You can terminate this agreement at any time by closing the user account and no longer accessing or using the Licensed Application or Products and Services.
Your rights under this agreement will terminate without notice if You fail to comply with or breach any of the Terms of Use or any other policies including but not limited to Privacy Policy.
Lokal Matrimony even otherwise reserves the right to suspend or terminate this agreement, Yours or any User’s Account and/or refuse to provide such User with access to Lokal Matrimony if it is discovered that such user is not eligible to use Lokal Matrimony or has breached any terms of the present Terms of Use or any other applicable Policy including but not limited to Privacy Policy
Upon termination of the License, You shall cease all use of the Licensed Application and Products and Services and destroy all copies, full or partial, of the Licensed Application. In case of any termination by either You or Lokal Matrimony, You will not be entitled to any refund of any Subscription fees, if any, paid by you.
You understand and agree that upon deletion of the your Account, the details or User Content may not be retrievable.
The formation and interpretation of these Terms of Use and any disputes arising in relation thereto shall be governed by the substantive and procedural laws of India. Courts at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction in or in relation to any matter arising under the present Terms of Use or connected policies including but not limited to the Privacy Policy.
Lokal Matrimony reserves the right to modify this Terms of Use or policies including but not limited to Privacy Policy relating to the Licensed Application or Products and Services at any time, effective upon posting of an updated version of this Terms of Use or the said policies, as the case may be, in the Licensed Application. Upon doing so, the revised updated date shall be reflected at the bottom of the page containing the Terms of Use or the said policies. Continued use of the Licensed Application or Products and Service after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes to the Terms of Use or said policies.
In accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Rules made thereunder, the contact details for raising grievances, is support@getlokalapp.com Mention your name and phone number in the mail to help us resolve your queries faster.