Our company is News Laundry Media Pvt Ltd. In these terms of service we will refer to our company as "Newslaundry," "we," or "us."
These are the terms by which you may use our websites and/or download and our App and use our service. Please take them seriously. You are authorised to use our website, app, and our service only if you agree that these terms bind you, and your use of the Website, App or service constitutes your acceptance of this agreement
You may use our website, app, services or content only for your personal, non-commercial use. You agree that you shall not use our website, app, services or content for any purpose to compete with, or to contemplate, or take actions adverse to us. You may not use the website, app, services or content, and you agree not to use them, if we have given you notice (by email to the last email address you furnished us) that we have terminated your privilege of using them.
You agree to provide us your real name and valid email address in connection with your registration for our digital subscription.
You agree to take no action that alters or impairs our technology or service or that harms or detracts from the community of users of our website, app or services. You agree that we have the right to take any action (including termination of the license to our website, app or the privilege of access to our digital subscription) against persons whose actions, in our sole opinion, detract from the service or the community of persons using the service.
You agree that we have a right to use any content or information that you contribute to our service in any way as we see fit. You specifically grant us an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license to do the following throughout the world: (a) to exercise all copyright rights with respect to your contributions, including republishing them; (b) to attribute your contributions to you publicly, including in advertising or promotion; and (c) to sublicense others to do the same things you have licensed us to do.
You also agree that we have no obligation to accept, maintain, or preserve any of your contributions to our service.
Our website, app, services and content contain links to third-party websites or resources. We provide these links only as a convenience and are not responsible for the content, products, or services on or available from those websites or resources or links displayed on such sites. You agree to accept sole responsibility for, and assume all risk arising from, your use of any third-party websites or resources.
Subject to agreement to, and your compliance with, these terms, we grant you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable license to download and install a copy of the app on a mobile device that you own or control and to run such copy of the app solely for your own personal, non-commercial purposes. We reserve all rights in, and to, the app not expressly granted to you under these terms.
You agree that you shall not own any rights in the app but merely have a license to possess and use the app in conformity with these terms. You promise that you shall not: (i) copy, modify, or create derivative works based on the app; (ii) distribute, transfer, sublicense, lease, lend, or rent the app or any copy of the app to any third party; (iii) reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the App; or (iv) make the functionality of the app available to multiple users through any means.
In case the full amount of required budget for the project is not raised through NL Sena memberships for that project within two months of putting up the project, Newslaundry can top it up with NL subscriber's funds to complete the story. With the NL Sena member’s assent, Newslaundry can also use the money to do a cheaper story within that budget -- this story will also be archived as an NL Sena project with the same benefits given to the NL Sena member as for any other NL Sena project. The NL Sena member will also be given the option of using their contribution to buy Newslaundry merchandise if he/she prefers.
We make no warranty that the service will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. We make no warranty regarding the quality, accuracy, timeliness, truthfulness, completeness or reliability of any content or information.
Neither we nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the website, app, services, or content will be liable for any incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages, including lost profits, loss of data or goodwill, service interruption, computer damage or system failure or the cost of substitute goods or services arising out of or in connection with these terms or from the use of or inability to use the app, services or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), product liability or any other legal theory, and whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, even if a limited remedy set forth here is found to have failed of its essential purpose. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so this limitation may not apply to you.
PAYMENT POLICY
This page provides the terms of sale and purchase for the digital subscriptions offered by Newslaundry.com ("Newslaundry" or "we" or "us").
1.1. About Digital Products
You are not required to purchase anything for certain limited use of Newslaundry.com or the Newslaundry apps.
You can review the various Newslaundry digital subscriptions here.
Newslaundry reserves the right to modify the terms, content, type, and availability of any digital subscription at any time.
1.2. Processing and Payment
Newslaundry will process your purchase as promptly as possible. There may be a delay in the activation of your digital subscription while payment details are verified.
We accept major credit cards and PayPal. We reserve the right to reject any order or purchase at any time.
If your initial payment authorisation is later revoked, your digital subscription will be terminated. Contact our Customer Care if you believe your access was terminated in error.
1.3. Pricing
When you pay for a digital subscription, you agree to pay the price that is set for that particular digital subscription. You also agree to the billing frequency stated at the time of your order.
Discount eligibility is determined at the time of the order. Discounts cannot be applied retroactively.
All prices are in Indian Rupees and United States Dollars, unless otherwise stated.
Newslaundry reserves the right to change prices and fees at any time. We will notify you in advance if the regular rate of a digital subscription changes from what was stated originally. You will have the opportunity to accept the new price or cancel your digital subscription from that point forward.
Applicable taxes may vary. We are not able to notify you in advance of changes in applicable taxes.
1.4. Billing
1.4.1. Billing of Digital Subscriptions
We will charge or debit your payment method at the beginning of your subscription. Billing will continue according to the cycle stated at the time of your order.
All Newslaundry digital subscriptions via Paypal are renewed automatically. When we renew your subscription, we will use the payment method currently associated with your account.
If you are making a payment through PayPal there may be $1 charged to your card. This small charge is used by PayPal to verify you. This charge is refunded within 30 days and should reflect as a credit on your monthly statement. You will receive an email with the details about the services.
1.4.2. Currency
The currency in which you will be billed will be stated during the purchase process and is determined based on your billing address.
1.5. Unpaid Charges
If your credit card expires or your payment method is otherwise invalid, your digital subscription will not automatically be terminated. You will remain responsible for all charges.
1.6. Promotions
We may occasionally offer promotions. The specific terms of each promotion are stated at the time the promotion is offered. Each promotion may be different. Promotions cannot be combined.
2.1. Cancellation and Refunds of Digital Subscriptions
You can change or cancel your digital subscription at any time by emailing us at subscription@newslaundry.com.
Monthly Subscription
When you cancel a subscription based on a monthly or 4-week cycle, you cancel only future charges associated with your subscription. You may notify us of your intent to cancel at any time, but the cancellation will become effective at the end of your current billing period.
Cancellations are effective from the following billing cycle. You will not receive a refund for the current billing cycle. You will continue to have the same access and benefits of your product for the remainder of the current billing period.
We reserve the right to issue refunds or credits at our sole discretion. If we issue a refund or credit, we are under no obligation to issue the same or similar refund in the future.
Annual Subscription
Cancellation will not take effect until the end of your current billing period. Your subscription will continue to the end of the current billing period, and you will not receive a refund.
We reserve the right to issue refunds or credits at our sole discretion. If we issue a refund or credit, we are under no obligation to issue the same or similar refund in the future.
Changes to Content or Access
We reserve the right to make changes to our digital subscriptions at any time. If we temporarily reduce or eliminate the charge for content or access that you are currently paying for under different terms, you will not receive a refunds
Effective Date of this Payment Policy
This Payment Policy is effective as of Jan 2016.
We may modify these terms or our services at any time. If we do so, we'll publicise the change either by posting an announcement on our website. Because our technology and services will evolve over time and the environment may change, we may change or discontinue all or any part of our technologies or services, at any time and without notice, at our sole discretion.
Effective Date of this Terms of Service This Terms of Service is effective as of Jan 2017.
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