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 access or usage of this Website “www.School-desk.in” (hereinafter, the “Website”).
You are advised to read and understand these Terms carefully as moving past the home page, or using any of the services shall be taken to mean that You have read and agreed to all of the policies, which constitute a legally binding agreement between you and the website. These terms are to be read along with the Privacy Policy and any other policies on the website.
This document is an electronic record under the laws of India which require publishing of Rules and Regulations, Privacy Policy and Terms of Use for access or usage of the website and being generated by a computer system, it does not require any physical or digital signatures.
For the purpose of these Terms of Use, along with any amendments to the same, and wherever the context so requires “You”, “Your” or “User” refer to the person visiting the Website, registered user (faculty, parent, admistration member) of the subscribed institution and availing the services of the Website. The term “Visitor” means any person visiting, , browsing through and/or using the Website at any point in time. The term “We”, “Us”, “Our” shall mean and refer to the website and/or the Company, depending on the context.
The headings of each section in this Agreement are only for the purpose of organising the various provisions under this Agreement in an orderly manner. These headings shall not be used by either party to interpret the provisions contained under them in any manner. Further, the headings have no legal or contractual value.
We hold the sole right to modify the Terms of Use from time to time. Your continued use of the Website is conditioned upon Your compliance with the Terms of Use, including but not limited to compliance with the Terms of Use even after any modifications made to it by Us. If there are any material/significant modifications made by Us to the Terms of Use, We may provide You with a substantial notification informing You of such modifications.
School-desk was built to make use of technology in day-to-day operations of schools, collages, educational institutes etc., in order for smooth functioning of it's academics. The School-desk is built using latest technologies which can help building collaboration between management, faculty and parents. Help the institutions with managing the student records, attendance, exams, results, fee collection and much more, there by making their management easy.
The Website is an online platform where institutions can subscribe to the service with an agreement with the company and use its services. The website provides various features to manage the institute operations.
Registration on the Website is based on the license subscription by the institution. The user can become the member of the Website by signing up the agreement between the company and the subscribing institution. The User should be have a relationship with the subscribing institution as a faculty or administation staff or as a Student parent or any other person who is deemed the permission from the institution. The User will become a member of the Website by signing up by providing the following information which includes mobile no, email id and a password of the User’s choice. During or after registration You will be required to provide information such as but not limited to Your Full Name, Location, profile photo etc., These details are necessary for serving You better. You must provide Us with accurate and complete information.
You are solely responsible for all activities on your account and maintaining confidentiality of the details of your account. The Website will not be responsible for any activity arising due to mishandling of Your account either by You or by any other person.
Persons who are in relationship with the subscribed institution such as Management committee, Administative staff, Faculty, Students, Parents etc., are eligible to use the Site. The User is created by the Site administrator responsible for managing the institution data within the Website.
However, if the student is a minor, i.e. under the age of 18 years and over the age of 13 years, he/she may use the Site under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms of Use. The Website reserves the right to terminate or refuse your registration, or refuse to permit access to the Site, if it is discovered or brought to its notice that you are a minor.
The Website puts in best efforts for the security of the Users. The end-to-end security of data transmission between it's user's browser and website server is protected by the SSL encryption which provides greater security for transit data. While We work to protect the security of Your content and account, there is a possibility that unauthorized Third Parties may threaten/breach the security measures of the Website. The Users are encouraged to notify the Website immediately if there is any compromise or unauthorized usage of Your account is detected by You.
The Company grants you a limited sub-license to access and make use of the Site, but not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of the Company. Such limited sub- license does not include/permit any resale or commercial use of the Site or its contents; any derivative use of the Site or its contents; any downloading or copying of information; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools without written permission from the company. Any portion of the Site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of the Company. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of the Website or of the Company and/or its affiliates without the express written consent of the Company. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing the Company’s name or trademarks without the express written consent of the Company. You shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Site, or any other systems or networks connected to the Site or to any server, computer, network, or to any of the services offered on or through the Site, by hacking, ‘password mining’ or any other illegitimate means.
You hereby agree and undertake not to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information which:
You may also be contacted by Service Providers with whom we have entered into a contract in furtherance of our rights, duties and obligations under this document and all other policies followed by us. Such contact will be made only in pursuance of such objectives, and no other calls will be made.
The sharing of the information provided by you will be governed by the Privacy Policy and we will not give out such contact information of yours to third parties not connected with the Website.
By using this Website, it is deemed that you have consented to receiving sms text messages, calls, autodialed and/or pre-recorded message calls, e-mails, from us at any time with the use of the mobile number and e-mail address that has been provided by you for the use of this website which are subject to the Privacy Policy. The user agrees to receive promotional communication and newsletters from the Company and its partners. This includes contacting you through information received through other parties. The use of this website is also your consent to receive SMSes from us at any time we deem fit. This consent to be contacted is for purposes that include and are not limited to clarification calls and marketing and promotional calls. The user can opt out from such communication and/or newsletters either by unsubscribing on the Website itself, or by contacting the customer services team and placing a request for unsubscribing by sending an email to support@School-Desk.in
You may also be contacted by Service Providers with whom we have entered into a contract in furtherance of our rights, duties and obligations under this document and all other policies followed by us. Such contact will be made only in pursuance of such objectives, and no other calls will be made.
The sharing of the information provided by you will be governed by the Privacy Policy and we will not give out such contact information of yours to third parties not connected with the Website.
The membership of this website priced as agreed in the agreement between the Company and the subscribing institution and this includes the browsing of the site and the use of the services based on the modules subscribed in the agreement. However, we reserve the right to amend the charges for the services rendered. In case that such happens, Users will be intimated of the same, and it will be up to you to decide whether or not you will continue with the Services offered by Us. Such changes are effective as soon as they are posted on the Site. You agree to pay the applicable fee of services which are mentioned on the licencing agreement. Failure to pay such applicable fee shall result in the termination of Your use of the Subscription.
You are a restricted user of this website.
You shall not engage in advertising to, or in solicitation of, other Users of the Website to buy or sell any products or services, You may not transmit any chain letters or unsolicited commercial or junk email to other Users via the Website. It shall be a violation of these Terms of Use to use any information obtained from the Website in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to another person other than Us without Our prior explicit consent. We can (and 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 it necessary or appropriate in connection with the investigation and/or resolution of possible crimes, especially those that may involve personal injury. 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 the Website) 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.
We have no obligation to monitor the materials posted on the Website. We shall have the right to remove or edit any content that in its sole discretion violates, or is alleged to violate, any applicable law or either the spirit or letter of these Terms of Use. Notwithstanding this right, YOU REMAIN SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE MATERIALS YOU POST ON THE WEBSITE AND IN YOUR MESSAGES. In no event shall we assume or have any responsibility or liability for any Content posted or for any claims, damages or losses resulting from the use of Content and/or appearance of Content on the Website. You hereby represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights in and to all Content which You provide and all information it contains and that such Content shall not infringe any proprietary or other rights of third parties or contain any libelous, tortuous, or otherwise unlawful information.
The Company accepts no liability for any errors or omissions, whether on behalf of itself or third parties. You acknowledge and agree that the Company has no relationship with you other than to providing you with this service.
The Services provided by us may be software that is required to be downloaded to Your browser, computer, phone, tablet, or any other device. You agree that We may automatically upgrade such software and this Terms of Use shall apply to such upgrades.
Not withstanding other legal remedies that may be available to it, the Company may in its sole discretion limit the User's access and/ or activity by immediately removing the User's access credentials either temporarily or indefinitely, or suspend / terminate the User's membership, and/or refuse to provide User with access to the Website, without being required to provide the User with notice or cause:
All reviews, comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered on the Site or otherwise disclosed, submitted or offered in connection with use of the Site (collectively, the Comments) shall be and remain the property of the Company. Such disclosure, submission or offer of any Comments shall constitute an assignment to the Company of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual properties in the Comments. Thus, the Company shall exclusively own all such rights, titles and interests in the Comments and shall not be limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise.
The Company will be entitled to use, reproduce, disclose, modify, adapt, create derivative works from any Comments, and publish, display and distribute any Comments submitted for any purpose whatsoever without restriction and without compensating the user in any way. The Company is and shall be under no obligation to: (i) maintain any Comments in confidence; or (ii) pay compensation for any Comments; or (iii) respond to any Comments. You agree that any Comments submitted by you on the Site will not violate the Terms of Use or any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s), and will not cause injury to any person or entity. You further agree that no Comments submitted by you on the Site will be or contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, threatening, abusive or obscene material, or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mails or any form of ‘spam’. The Company does reserve the right (but assumes no obligation) to monitor, edit and/or remove any Comments submitted on the Site. You hereby grant the Company the right to use names that you submit in connection with any Comments. You agree not to use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any Comments you submit. You are, and shall remain, responsible for the content of any Comments you make and you agree to indemnify the Company and its affiliates against all claims, loss and liabilities resulting from any Comments you submit. Further, any reliance placed on Comments available on the Site from a third party shall be at your sole risk and expense.
The Company expressly reserve all intellectual property rights in all text, programs, products, processes, technology, images, content and other materials which appear on the Site. Access to or use of the Site does not confer and should not be considered as conferring upon anyone any license to the Company or any third party’s intellectual property rights. All rights, including copyright, in and to the Site are owned by or licensed to the Company. Any use of the Site or its contents, including copying or storing it or them in whole or part is prohibited without the permission of the Company.
You may not modify, distribute or re-post anything on the Site for any purpose. The names and logos and all related product and service names, design marks and slogans are the trademarks/service marks of the Company, its affiliates, its partners or its suppliers/service providers. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. No trademark or service mark license is granted in connection with the materials contained on the Site. Access to or use of the Site does not authorize anyone to use any name, logo or mark in any manner. References on the Site to any names, marks, products or services of third parties or hypertext links to third party sites or information are provided solely as a convenience to you and do not in any way constitute or imply the Company’s endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation of the third party, the information, its product or services.
The Company is not responsible for the content of any third party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of material on such sites. If you decide to access a link of any third party websites, you do so entirely at your own risk and expense.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:
THE WEBSITE, SERVICES AND OTHER MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED BY THIS WEBSITE IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE WEBSITE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY RELATED TO USER CONTENT ARISING UNDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, LIBEL, PRIVACY, PUBLICITY, OBSCENITY OR OTHER LAWS. THE WEBSITE ALSO DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE MISUSE, LOSS, MODIFICATION OR UNAVAILABILITY OF ANY USER CONTENT.
THE USER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ANY MATERIAL OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS DONE ENTIRELY AT HIS/HER OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND HE/SHE WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO HIS/HER COMPUTER SYSTEMS OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL OR DATA. THE WEBSITE ACCEPTS NO LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, WITH RESPECT TO ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU WHETHER ON BEHALF OF ITSELF OR THIRD PARTIES.
WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY THIRD PARTY PRODUCT OR SERVICES. THE ADVERTISEMENT AVAILABLE ON E-MAIL OR WEBSITE WITH RESPECT TO THE THIRD PARTY WEBSITE OR THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSE ONLY.
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS THIS WEBSITE/COMPANY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ITS AFFILIATE VENDORS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES, LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, DEMANDS, COSTS AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING LEGAL FEES AND DISBURSEMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND INTEREST CHARGEABLE THEREON) ASSERTED AGAINST OR INCURRED BY US THAT ARISE OUT OF, RESULT FROM, OR MAY BE PAYABLE BY VIRTUE OF, ANY BREACH OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, COVENANT OR AGREEMENT MADE OR OBLIGATION TO BE PERFORMED BY YOU PURSUANT TO THESE TERMS OF USE. FURTHER, YOU AGREE TO HOLD US HARMLESS AGAINST ANY CLAIMS MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY DUE TO, OR ARISING OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ANY CLAIM THAT YOUR MATERIAL CAUSED DAMAGE TO A THIRD PARTY, YOUR VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF USE, OR YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY RIGHTS OF ANOTHER, INCLUDING ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE WEBSITE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU, THE USER OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE OR WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR BASED ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT OR WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, OR ANY OTHER CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS.
THE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
This Agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or the Company. You may terminate this Agreement at any time, provided that you discontinue any further use of the Website. The Company may terminate this Agreement at any time and may do so with a prior notice of one month, and accordingly deny you access to the Site.
If the Company is terminating with a prior notice, then the Fee paid in advance for the rest of the period of the Agreement period will be paid back on prorated basis. The balance to be paid to the Institution will be calculated based on the period of use and services rendered there by. The Company’s right to any Comments and to be indemnified pursuant to the terms hereof, shall survive any termination of this Agreement. Any such termination of the Agreement shall not cancel your obligation to pay for services already booked from the Site or affect any liability that may have arisen under the User Agreement prior to the date of termination.
The website hosts information provided by the registered users of the Institution and/or by our company representative users who enter such information on behalf of your institution. We are in no manner responsible to you for the accuracy, legitimacy and trueness of the information so hosted. We take reasonable care to ensure such accuracy but we are not responsible for the information so furnished. You agree to not hold us liable for the falsification of any such provided information.
All users shall comply with all the applicable laws applicable to them respectively for using the Website within INDIA or outside.
All disputes involving but not limited to rights conferred, compensation, refunds, and other claims will be resolved through a two-step Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanism.
If the dispute cannot be resolved by this two-step Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanism, it shall be referred to the courts at Bangalore, India.
We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy and to use the information it contains to make informed decisions regarding Your personal information. Please also note that certain information, statements, data and content (such as but not limited to photographs) which you provide on the Website are likely to reveal your gender, ethnic origin, nationality, age, and/or other personal information about you. You acknowledge and agree that your submission of such information is voluntary on your part. Further, you acknowledge, consent and agree that we may access, preserve, and disclose information you provide to Us at any stage during Your use of the Website. Disclosures of information to Third Parties are further addressed in Our Privacy Policy.
Our Terms of Use may change from time to time. Hence we shall post any changes on the homepage of the Website or notify You by email.
If you have any questions about this Agreement, the practices of the Website or your experience with the Service, you can e-mail us at: support@School-Desk.in
The Free Account/License is applicable for the schools/users who use this service free of charge with access to the features listed in the application, however not all features are made available for this license type. The user is eligible to use the site for one Academic year free of charge and can extend the use for future years by subscribing to the paid options. The company reseves the right to cancel, terminate, suspend and/or inactivate such free license accounts anytime with or without giving a reason for such users. The data is made available only until the account is active and users are recommended to take the necessary reports to keep the data with them.