Policies & Terms

This document is an electronic record in terms of Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under as applicable and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statutes as amended by the Information Technology Act, 2000. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.

This document is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 that require publishing the rules and regulations, privacy policy and Terms of Use for browsing, accessing, using www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App

www.hscodes.com (hereinafter referred to as "Website") is the exclusive property of HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED with its registered office at #HIG 135, GROUND FLOOR, SRI GODHA NILAYAM, PHASE VI KPHB COLONY, KUKATPALLY FLOT 201, HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, INDIA 500072.

Further, Hscodes.com App (hereinafter referred to as "App") is the exclusive property of HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED with its registered office at #HIG 135, GROUND FLOOR, SRI GODHA NILAYAM, PHASE VI KPHB COLONY, KUKATPALLY FLOT 201, HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, INDIA 500072.

Your use of the www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App is governed by the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Use") as applicable to the Website including the applicable policies which are incorporated herein by way of reference. If you browse, access, secure access to the Website, App, You shall be subject to all the policies and terms mentioned herein. By merely accessing or securing access, browsing the Website, App, You shall be contracting with www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED and these terms and conditions including the policies constitute your binding obligations, with www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED

For the purpose of these Terms of Use, wherever the context so requires ‘You' or "User" shall mean any natural or legal person browsing, accessing the Website, App and/ any person providing their email id for sign up made available on the Website, App.

For this purpose, the term "Third Party / Third Parties" shall mean and include users and any parties other than M/s. HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED, www.hscodes.com&hscodes.com App.

www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App allow users to surf, browse the Website, App without registering. The term "we", "us", "our" shall www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of Use, at any time without any prior written notice to you. It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use periodically for updates / changes. Your continued use of the Website, App, following the posting of changes shall indicate your consent and acceptance to such revisions

As long as you comply with these Terms of Use, We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter, access, use the Website, App

ACCESSING, BROWSING THE WEBSITE, APP INDICATE YOUR AGREEMENT TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, SO PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING.

ONLINE (WEB & MOBILE BASED) PLATFORM

HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED is an intermediary and offers an online (WEB & MOBILE BASED) platform through the Website (www.hscodes.com), App (Hscodes.com App). The website (www.hscodes.com), Hscodes.com App are a b2b platforms connecting exporters & importers across the globe subject to the HS Codes. Further, the online platform www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App facilitates users to showcase their leads for their business needs & requirements. The online platform www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App also provides information relating to the export & import policies of various countries possible to access, WCO (World Customs Organisation) guidelines and the users shall be able to check the same subject to the HS Codes.

You understand, acknowledge and accept that the online platform i.e. www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App are only a mere facilitator in this regard.

TERMS OF USE

www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App shall be used only by persons who can form legally binding contracts under Indian Contract Act, 1872. Persons who are "incompetent to contract" within the meaning of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 including minors, un-discharged insolvents etc. are not eligible to use www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App

FREE USERS & PREMIUM USERS

HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED do not charge any fee for browsing, accessing, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App. However, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App provide the option of Free Users & Premium Users and offer certain services only to Premium Users. However, in order to become a Premium User, you shall be required to pay the membership fee/ subscription fee as outlined in www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App. Further, in order to facilitate the payment of such fees, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App is integrated with a third-party payment gateway, using which such fees shall be payable by users thereof.

You agree, undertake and confirm that your use of www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App shall be strictly governed by the following binding principles. You hereby agree not to use www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App to:-

infringe upon or violates any third party's rights [including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, rights of privacy (including without limitation unauthorized disclosure of a person's name, email address, physical address or phone number) or rights of publicity];

promote an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices

provide instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;

infringe any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights or third party's trade secrets or rights of publicity or privacy or shall not be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen items including images, pictures, information, data;

spread, transmit, upload software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource; or contains any trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots, easter eggs or other computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, diminish value of, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information;

threaten the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation.

to offer, attempt to offer, trade or attempt to trade in any item, the dealing of which is prohibited or restricted in any manner under the provisions of any applicable law, rule, regulation or guideline for the time being in force.

You shall not create liability for us or cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or any third parties including individuals, companies, entities, organizations etc.

As this platform is a global platform and accessible to all Countries , the users are bound to respect the law of the land wherever they belong to or logging into the application and follow the international guide lines while using the application and no illegal activities or content should be shared on the platform .

PROHIBITED USE OF www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App

You shall not use any "deep-link", "page-scrape", "robot", "spider" or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or any Content, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or any Content, to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App. We reserve our right to bar any such activity.

You shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or any other systems or networks connected to www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or to any server, computer, network, or to any of the services offered on or through www.hscodes.com,Hscodes.com App by hacking, password "mining" or any other illegitimate means.

You shall not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of www.hscodes.com,Hscodes.com App or any network connected to www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App nor breach the security or authentication measures on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or any network connected to www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App. You may not reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or any other customer, including any account on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App not owned by You, to its source, or exploit www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or any service or information made available or offered by or through www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than your own information, as provided for by www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App

You shall not make any negative, denigrating or defamatory statement(s) or comment(s) about us or the brand name used by us including the terms HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or otherwise engage in any conduct or action that might tarnish the image or reputation, of HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or otherwise tarnish or dilute any trade or service marks, trade name and/or goodwill associated with the trade or service marks, trade name as may be owned or used by us. You agree that You will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App ‘s systems or networks, or any systems or networks connected to the Website, App

You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or any transaction being conducted through www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, or with any other person's use of www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App

You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal, you send to us on or through the www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or any service offered on or through www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent, someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.

You may not use www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or any content for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or to solicit the performance of any illegal activity or other activity which infringes the rights of HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App and / or others.

You shall at all times ensure full compliance with the applicable provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000and rules there under as applicable and as amended from time to time and also all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

You may not transmit any chain letters or unsolicited commercial or junk email to other users via www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App

It shall be a violation of these Terms of Use to use any information obtained from www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com Appin order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or solicit, or sell to another person including but not limited to individuals, entities, companies, organizations any such information.

You understand that we have the right at all times to disclose any information (including the identity of the persons providing information or materials on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or valid governmental request. This may include, without limitation, disclosure of the information in connection with investigation of alleged illegal activity or solicitation of illegal activity or in response to a lawful court order or subpoena. In addition, we shall (You hereby expressly authorize us to) disclose any information about You to law enforcement or other government officials, as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate in connection with the investigation and/or resolution of possible crimes, especially those that may involve personal injury.

It is possible that other Users (including unauthorized users or "hackers") may post or transmit offensive or obscene materials on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App and that You may be involuntarily exposed to such offensive and obscene materials. It also is possible for others to obtain personal information about you due to your use of www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App and that the recipient may use such information to harass or injure you. We do not approve of such unauthorized uses, but by using www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the use of any personal information that You publicly disclose or share with others on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App

www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App shall have all the rights to take necessary action and claim damages that may occur due to your involvement/participation in any way on your own or through group/s of people, intentionally or unintentionally in DoS/DDoS (Distributed Denial of Services).

CONTENTS POSTED ON www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App

The Platform description, Content, text, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, images, pictures, trademarks, logos, and artwork relating to the www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App shall be the sole property of HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED and we have worldwide, perpetual and transferable rights in regard to such Content. We shall be entitled to, consistent with our Privacy Policy as adopted in accordance with applicable law, use the Content or any of its elements for any type of use forever, including but not limited to promotional and advertising purposes and in any media whether now known or hereafter devised, including the creation of derivative works.

The content including information relating to the online platform www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App shall belong to HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED. However, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App may also display content including but not limited to information posted by its users (IMPORTERS & EXPORTERS) and such content shall be considered as "Third-Party Content" and shall be merely displayed on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App and www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App shall be a mere intermediary for this purpose.

We have no intention to acquire the intellectual property arising out of Third-Party Content. In no event, shall HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED, www.hscodes.com, hold any responsibility, liability for such Third-Party Content.

www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App may also contain free images, content from the internet, images legally outsourced from various sources, royalty free images and in such case, the source of the images, content may also be mentioned, and credit shall be given to the respective intellectual property owner.

Nothing contained herein shall be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way (including "mirroring") to any other computer, server, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without the express prior written consent of HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED, www.hscodes.com,

LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE USERS/ THIRD-PARTY / THIRD PARTIES

In the event of any criminal act committed by any user, Third Party / Third Parties or its staff or affiliates, you may take legal action against such Third Party / Third Parties or its staff or affiliates and in such cases www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED shall also be informed about the same.

In the occurrence of the any such event mentioned above, you shall not www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED, a party to such offence, as the Third Party or its staff or affiliates are individually and severally liable for any criminal act committed by them

USER OBLIGATIONS

You shall be obliged to provide accurate information and other details to us

You shall also adhere to the minimum age requirement i.e. 18 years as defined by the law of the land

You shall read all the policies, terms mentioned in www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App

You shall not copy or use the information contained in www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App

You shall be responsible for all and acts, actions, activities, commissions, omissions, fraud, negligence, misrepresentation etc. arising out of your account

You shall be responsible for ensuring reasonable security measures regarding your login credentials and in no event shall www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED be responsible or liable in this regard

You shall be responsible for any providing accurate, complete, true information while registering on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App. In no event shall www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED hold any liability, responsibility in whatsoever manner in this regard

You shall be able to do the following on signing up on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App:

You shall be able to interact with users, conduct meetings, and chat with other users (Buyers & Sellers), and various service providers in exports or imports business, based on HS Codes / products they are dealing in. However, in no event shall www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED assume any liability, responsibility in this regard

You shall be able to send & receive Quotations and showcase their products to the users across the globe subject to the product HS Codes. Further, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED hold any liability, responsibility whatsoever

You shall be able to post & search Leads, indulge in Live Chat (both individual & Group). However, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED assume any liability, responsibility in this regard

You shall be able to receive Live Notifications, participate in Live Webinar, request Franchise. However, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED hold any responsibility, liability thereof

You shall be able to participate in the Special Webinars conducted Chapter Wise/ HS Code Wise addressing the latest trends, market insights, demand and supply insights, connect with users across the globe (Buyers & Sellers). However, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED shall not hold any liability, responsibility whatsoever in this regard

You shall able to select the Languages available in the user interface of www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App for a seamless experience, however www.hscodes.com, hscodes.com app or HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED does not hold responsible or liable for any misinterpretations in the language conversations, and it is only intended to enhance the users experience and at no point we will be responsible for any such issues arising from language conversions.

You shall be able to explore the various partnership opportunities at Country/Region/State/HS Code levels by making use of the "Franchise" model

LIABILITY DUE TO INTERNET CONNECTIVITY & NETWORK ISSUES

www.hscodes.com,Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED shall hold no responsibility, liability for any actions, acts including but not limited to errors, transmission, activities, and issues arising out of internet connectivity and any other network related issues.

PRIVACY

We view protection of your privacy as a very important principle. We understand clearly that You and Your Sensitive Personal Information is one of our most important assets. We store and process Your Sensitive Personal Information including any sensitive financial information collected (as defined under the Information Technology Act, 2000), if any, on computers that may be protected by physical as well as reasonable technological security measures and procedures in accordance with Information Technology Act 2000 and Rules there under. Our Privacy Policy is available for more details.

THIRD-PARTYAPI's/ LINKS

www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App may also be integrated with third-party API's. However, in no event shall www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED, hold any responsibility, liability in this regard.

ONLINE PAYMENT FACILITY.

Ours is a global platform having its registered offices in INDIA AND USA and any kinds of payments related to www.hscodes.com , hscodes.com app or HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED are supposed to be done online and no cash payments is allowed or accepted . Please note this as our corporate policy and any cash payments will be treated as policy validation and strict action will be taken on such cases. HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED, www.hscodes.com, or hscodes.com app are not responsible for such cash payments made anywhere in the world.

Further, in no event shall www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED assume any liability, responsibility with regard to any payment related issues arising out of the third-party payment gateway In no event shall www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED permit any kind of hawala, multi-level marketing, pyramid schemes, gambling or any other activity prohibited by law through the online payment option provided thereof by www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App.

In furtherance, the terms and conditions of such third-party payment facility shall also be applicable for all online payments facilitated through www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App. www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED and such third-party payment facilities are independent professionals and no employee- employer relationship exists between them.

ONLINE PAYMENT

In order to facilitate payments, the online platform www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App offers an online payment gateway facility that will facilitate You to make payments using net banking, made available to the users from time to time, subject to Your complete acceptance and adherence to the terms and conditions hereof as well as the terms and conditions of the payment gateway service provider/s.

Further:

You have categorically authorized www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED to collect, process, facilitate and remit payments and / or electronically from other Users in respect of transactions through Payment Facility. Your relationship with www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED is on a principal to principal basis and by accepting these Terms of Use you agree that www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED is an independent contractor for all purposes, and does not have control of or liability for the payments made using the Payment gateway

You understand, accept and agree that the payment facility provided by www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED is neither a banking nor financial service but is merely a facilitator providing an electronic, automated online electronic payment, collection and remittance facility for the Transactions made using the existing authorized banking infrastructure

www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED reserves the right to impose limits on the number of Transactions or amount which we may receive from on an individual Valid Bank Account and such other infrastructure or any other financial instrument directly or indirectly through payment aggregator or through any such facility authorized by Reserve Bank of India to provide enabling support facility for collection and remittance of payment or by an individual User during any time period, and reserves the right to refuse to process Transactions exceeding such limit.

www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED reserves the right to refuse to process Transactions by Users with a prior history of questionable charges including without limitation breach of any agreements by User with www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED or breach / violation of any law or any charges imposed by Issuing Bank or breach of any policy.

. In the event, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED is not satisfied with the creditability of the User, it will have the right to reject the receipt of / Users

www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED may delay notifying the payment confirmation, if the payment gateway deems suspicious. In addition, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED may not provide payment service at the request of law enforcement officials or in the event the user is engaged in any form of illegal activity.

The user acknowledges that www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App,HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED will not be liable for any damages, interests or claims etc. resulting from not processing a Transaction or any delay in processing a Transaction which is beyond control of www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App,HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App and all the services, included on or otherwise made available to You thereof are provided on "as is" and "as available" basis without any representation or warranties, express or implied except otherwise specified in writing. Without prejudice to the forgoing paragraph, www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App does not warrant that: -

www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App shall be constantly available, or available at all; or the information on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App is complete, true, accurate or non-misleading.

HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED do not warrant that the Website, App; information, Content, Images, Descriptions (including software) or services included on or otherwise made available to You thereof, their servers; or electronic communication sent from us are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Nothing on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind.

We disclaim any damages, liabilities, loss, claims including ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT or CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND IN CONNECTION OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE.

INDEMNITY

You shall indemnify and hold harmless www.hscodes.com,Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED its Director, affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees, from any claim or demand, or actions, damage claims made by any third party including third parties or penalty imposed due to or arising out of Your breach of this Terms of Use, privacy Policy and other Policies, or Your violation of any law, rules or regulations or the rights (including infringement of intellectual property rights) of a third party.

FORCE MAJEURE

Neither www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App nor HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED shall be responsible for any failure to perform any services due to causes beyond its control, including but not limited to acts of God, war, and riot, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods or accident(s), pandemic & emergency situations etc.

APPLICABLE LAW / JURISDICTION

Terms of Use shall be governed by and interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of India. The place of jurisdiction shall be exclusively in India.

DESCRIPTION

www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App does not ensure that the content including description, data and information thereof is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free and assumes no liability in this regard. www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App may include inaccuracies and typographical errors. Changes and improvements are periodically made to the site and the information therein. We do not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the completeness, or usefulness of any information, content, images etc. Information received via www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App should not be relied upon for personal, legal or financial decisions.

LIABILITY

OUR LIABILITY

We shall be liable for any technical and relative issue with regard to www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App. However, we shall hold no liability for unforeseen circumstances, force majeure events and situations beyond our control.

THIRD PARTY LIABILITY

The Third Party shall be solely and exclusively liable for any and all issues arising out of third-party API's, plugins, integrations connected to the platform www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App. In no event shall www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App, HSCODES PRIVATE LIMITED hold any liability for third-party issues or failure.

USER LIABILITY

You shall be liable for the data provided by you while signing up on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App

You shall be able to for any and all actions, activities, commissions, omissions, misrepresentation, negligence and others arising out of your account registered on www.hscodes.com, Hscodes.com App