1. Definitions
'You', 'Your', 'Subscriber', 'Subscribers', 'their', 'User' 'He/She' means the individual seeking to subscribe services from us via our website.
'Service', 'Services' means the services supplied by us to you in relation to these terms and conditions.
'Subscription' means the agreement that you will pay for our services by signing-up and registering your credit/debit card details via our website. By signing up for our subscription, we agree to provide services to you in accordance with these terms and conditions.
‘Site’, ‘Website’ means the website operated by us at the following address http://tataindicom.indiagames.com
2. About Indiagames Ltd.
Indiagames Ltd. is one of the leading global mobile content publishers. Indiagames is engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms like internet, PC, broadband, mobile phones, PDAs, handheld gaming devices and consoles. Indiagames products are published across leading platforms like JavaTM, BREWTM, I-ModeTM, Flash LiteTM and SymbianTM. Indiagames has its distribution partnerships across the globe with major mobile operators like Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile, Orange, Verizon, Sprint, Singtel, Globe, Airtel, Tata Indicom, Alltel, Midwest Wireless, China Mobile , Optus, China Unicom, Hutch, Amena, Telefonica and Cingular-AT&T, to name a few.
3. Aim of the service, available areas
In return for the payment of the subscription fee, the Service allows the User to access certain PC games, at will, from a distance via a high speed internet (e.g. Broadband) connection. It also offers game information, articles and manuals, competitions, online communication and to be part of a community of gamers. Due to licensing agreements only people living in India may subscribe to the Service. Due to taxation and licensing reasons, only non-business customers may subscribe to the service.
4. Conditions for subscribing to the Service - Subscription, account, and identification
When validating his/her subscription to one of our collections, the User must fill in the proposed form to create his/her account (login, password, age, email address and registration or not to the newsletter). he/she will then be able to download from the Indiagames Ltd. servers the necessary elements for playing the games in Indiagames Library.
In filling in this form the User accepts that the subscription and the access to their account depend upon the information given at the time of subscription and Indiagames Ltd.’s ability in identifying and charging the User.
Being aware of this, the User certifies that the information they have given is true, accurate, current and complete (updating as necessary).
In case of modifications to the personal information between subscriptions, the User must correct the incorrect information and click on the "Modify" or “Change” button to confirm the changes.
When the User uses the Service, he/she agrees to follow the instructions given, in the interests of the quality of the Service offered.
5. Pre-requisites: Computer equipment required to access the Service
The Service is accessible from any PC equipped with Windows ® XP, with a minimum system of a 266 megahertz (MHz) processor, (Intel Pentium type) and 64 megabytes (Mb) of RAM.
This PC must be connected to the Internet via a high speed internet connection (e.g. Broadband).
For running games the PC used must comply to the minimum system requirements for each game as put forward by the game’s editor.
In order to help the User, Indiagames Ltd. offers information on the compatibility of certain components of the User's computer for the games offered (this requires the installation of “Indiagames Ltd. Player”).
Use of EXETENDER® software. The Service requires the download and the use of the EXETENDER® software (GoD Player) allowing for the management of the game data required. This software is the property of EXENT Technologies and is protected by International laws on author rights, by the conventions and international treaties on author rights and any other applicable law. It is offered to the User by the present licensing contract giving limited and non-exclusive rights to use one (1) copy of the software on one (1) home or laptop computer. According to the present contract, the User is not allowed to copy, modify, extract source code, decompile, create a derived product, nor remove any identification of the name or the creators of the software, in parts or as a whole. The user is permitted to use the software solely for his personal use and does not have the right to: sell, transfer, rent or give the software to a third party. When Indiagames Ltd. offers new software, the User is asked to use the most recent version for Services purposes. The software is given under a licensing contract and is in no way sold.
6. Subscription Offers:
6.1 Subscription details
Length of the subscription / termination: the period of subscription is one (1) initial month renewed by tacit agreement over monthly periods. The User can freely terminate the contract as long as he notifies Indiagames Ltd. of the termination as explained in article 6.3.
Price of the subscription: The prices of the two Collections proposed on the site are priced at the price shown on the site at the day of subscription.
Modification of the prices: The prices are set by Indiagames Ltd.. Indiagames Ltd. are required to inform the User at least one (1) month before the subscription renewal date, the modification of the price will only take effect for the new monthly fee. The Collections will therefore be charged on the basis of the price given at the time of subscription, then on the date of subscription renewal.
6.2 Trial Offers
Indiagames Ltd. reserve the right to propose a Trial period (for a limited time described on the site) for a small cost.
The games from the collection proposed by the trial are offered in open access during the trial period. The user may abandon the trial at any time during the limited time period stated incurring no extra cost when doing so. However if the User does not cancel his/her subscription before the end of the trial period the User will be automatically subscribed to the collection concerned, payment will be automatically taken accordingly and the User is confined to the conditions as stated in article 6.1. To cancel the User must therefore cancel as a regular subscriber would cancel, following the conditions stated in article 6.3. Each User can subscribe to the trial period offered once only (counting one offer per PC).
6.3 Cancellation of a collection subscription or a trial
The User can cancel for any reason; at any time his/her subscription to a Collection or a trial period. Cancellation is carried out by calling a toll free number specified on the web-site. If the User cancels his/her subscription during the trial period , the online cancellation is effective immediately. If the User cancels his/her subscription to a Collection outside of the Trial period the cancellation must be carried out online a minimum of 48hrs before the subscription renewal date. This delay is in place to ensure that the cancellation has taken effect prior to the bank taking payment for the Collection. If the User cancels his/her subscription less than 48hrs before the subscription renewal date he/she runs the risk that the cancellation will not be effective before the following renewal date, the payment for that month will be automatically reflect in their DSL bill for the month..
7. Payment
Payment for the various Services offered is carried out by Integration of the bill with your broadband (Tata Indicom Play) Bill. The Games on Demand service will be charged along with the broadband (Tata Indicom Play) bill you recieve.
8. User obligations and code of conduct
8.1 Conformation of Use
The User is allowed to use the service for his sole and personal use. It is forbidden to use the Indiagames Ltd. service for professional, commercial and promotional aims. Indiagames Ltd. can in no way be held reliable for a non-conform use of the Service.
8.2 Confidentiality of the user
The User is solely responsible for the use of his/her Games on Demand login and password. The Games on Demand login and password are the same as that of Tata Indicom Play.
The User is the sole person accountable for any connection to the Service or transmission of data made under his identity, notably if the User has pre-saved his profile on his computer to automatically access the Service.
The User must maintain the confidentiality of his password and login or any other confidential information on the Service.
If Indiagames Ltd. discovers the illegal use of personal logins and passwords (for instance; when two people are connected on different PCs at the same time with only one login and password), Indiagames Ltd. reserves the right to suspend the Service for one (1) month without liability.
In the occasion of repeated illegal use, Indiagames Ltd. reserves the right to terminate the Service and bar the User concerned from the Service.
8.3 Respect of the applicable Internet laws
The user cannot, in any way, perform illicit activities that may result in harm to Indiagames Ltd. or any third party, these activities include, among others: to say, post, distribute or broadcast, documents, information or words that would be defamatory, obscene, violent, threatening, harmful, leading to hate, discrimination, prostitution, consumption of illicit substances, harming the right to private data, the respect of the human person and dignity, the equality between sexes, the protection of children and youth, encourage crimes, transmitting files with bugs or altered information, erasing all copyrights or any other property marks, use the Service in a way that alters the access for other users, transmitting information or documents for commercial aims, hack, or trying to use in an illicit way the information offered by the service.
Generally, the User agrees to refrain from any illicit acts aimed at disrupting or harming the Service and/or Indiagames Ltd. and/or any other party.
8.4 Copyrights
All the software, information, games, names, commercial names, product brands, inventions, and generally all creations available through the Service, remain the exclusive property of their copyrights respective owners, that is to say, Indiagames Ltd., Exent Technology, the games editors concerned and any other copyright owners. All the programs, games, services functionalities are only licensed and not sold. This license is not a reserved property right. According to this licence, the User is not allowed to copy, photocopy, reproduce, translate, extract the source code, modify, de-assemble, decompile, create derived products inspired from programs, games, service or functionality, nor remove any owner's name or identification without previous written agreement.
The Use of the service is authorised for a personal use and does not allow the User to:
- sell, transfer reproductions, rent or give programs, games, service or functionalities.
- exploit the programs, games, services or functionalities or any of their elements in a public place, notably cyber-cafés or video arcades.
- host or provide the programs, games, services or multiplayer functionalities for any online or offline use without prior signed agreement.
8.5 Uses and Internet
The User confirms having understood:
- his/her Internet specificities and the limitations in place upon it due to contractual agreements with his/her Internet provider,
- that it is up to the User to take all necessary and appropriate measures to protect the data located on his computer from virus (Trojan, spyware etc.) contamination that could be introduced by a third party via the Internet,
- the community of Internet users has developed a code of conduct (Netiquette) which he/she agrees to respect, and of which violation could lead to exclusion from the Service. The User accepts that Indiagames Ltd. cannot be held responsible for any or the several elements mentioned above.
9. Suspension / Termination of the service Indiagames Ltd. reserves the right to suspend, or even terminate the User’s access to the Service, in cases when the User does not respect one or more Conditions stated in this contract.
10. Indiagames Ltd.'s liability and guarantee
10.1 Continuity of the Service
Indiagames Ltd. cannot guarantee the transfer rates nor the response times for information that is independent of the Service as these problems may be due to inherent problems of the internet or the fault of a third party (e.g. internet service providers).
As the Service functions on a User managed computer, Indiagames Ltd. cannot be held responsible for problems in the Service due to the User’s computer equipment.
Indiagames Ltd. cannot be held responsible for the reliability of information transmission, access time, and potential restriction to the Service, aside from the part of the Service Indiagames Ltd. is responsible for, and except for short-time interruptions due to maintenance, reinforcement or repairing and extension or improvement to the service.
The User agrees that Indiagames Ltd. cannot be held responsible for any damages, be they physical or mental, direct or indirect.
10.2 Accessible information
Indiagames Ltd. cannot, under any circumstances, be held responsible for the information available that is not published by Indiagames Ltd., this covers all requested data transferred or put online by the User, and generally, all information read by the User over which Indiagames Ltd. has no editorial control.
Indiagames Ltd. also deny any responsibility in terms of compatibility, reliability, functioning, of programs others than those developed and provided by Indiagames Ltd. in the case of an abusive use of the Service following the loss or theft of login and password, or more generally, the use of the Service by a non-authorised person.
10.3 Service installation
Indiagames Ltd. offer a Service that has been tested and that is compatible with all the major computer equipment used to connect to the Internet and play the game software. Indiagames Ltd. cannot under any circumstance be held responsible for potential difficulties to connect to the Service, as it largely depends on third party equipment and services (computers manufacturers, software editors, internet service providers…).
Indiagames Ltd. cannot be held responsible in the case of disappearance, loss, damage or alteration to the previously mentioned equipment.
It is agreed that should Indiagames Ltd. be liable, the User cannot reclaim more than a single refund of his/her fees, or the replacement of the incompatible games by others of the same genre and within the same price level.
11. Modifications of the General Terms and Conditions
The user is informed that Indiagames Ltd. has the right to change at any time the General Terms and Conditions, as long as they are altered on the document available online and that the User is informed in advance via email.
12. Termination
The contract can be terminated by Indiagames Ltd., without notice and with no compensation to the User if:
- the User acts contrary to the legal dispositions
- if the user fails to respect one or more rules stated by the present General Terms and Conditions
- if the Service is terminated, notably if the termination is due to a Public Authority decision, a jurisdiction, or any other legal disposition directly or indirectly imposing the termination of the Service
13. Respect of the data protection act
The Data Protection Act 1998 provides the legal framework that defines how personal information can be used.
Indiagames Ltd. Privacy Statement
Indiagames Ltd. is fully committed to compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The following principles will be applied when we handle your personal information:
• Your personal information is only used with your knowledge
• Only information that we actually need is collected
• Your personal information is only seen by those who need it to do their jobs
• We will not pass your personal information on to any other organisation without your agreement unless required to do so by the law
• Personal information is retained only for as long as it is required
• We will, where necessary, keep your information up to date
• Your information will be protected from unauthorised or accidental disclosure
• We will provide you with a copy of your personal information on request
• Inaccurate or misleading data will be corrected as soon as possible
These principles apply whether we hold your information on paper or in electronic form.
The User may be asked if he/she would like to be added to the mailing lists of our partners in the case of acceptance the User’s details may be passed on to a third party.
During the use of the Service, some statistical information is gathered and transmitted to our partners (game, time of use, Collection chosen…) but this information does not contain any nominative information about the User, this information is used to asses our service and the average hardware and software capabilities of our subscribers.
A User may request his personal data stored by Indiagames Ltd. at any time.
To do so, please write to Indiagames Ltd. at the postal address mentioned in article 2.
14. Epilepsy warning
A very small portion of the population has a condition which may cause them to experience Epileptic seizures or have momentary loss of consciousness when viewing certain kinds of flashing lights or patterns. These persons may experience seizures while watching some kinds of television pictures or playing certain video games. Certain conditions may induce previously undetected Epileptic symptoms even in persons who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. If you or anyone in your family has an epileptic condition or has experienced symptoms like an Epileptic condition (e.g. a seizure or loss of awareness), immediately consult your doctor before using any of the software available on this site. We recommend that parents observe their children while they play games. If you or your child experiences any of the following symptoms: dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitching, involuntary movements, loss of awareness, disorientation, or convulsions, DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY and consult your doctor.
15. Specific rules on the protection of minors and consumer information
To answer the consumer need for information on the content of the offered games, Indiagames Ltd. systematically reproduces the classification established by the ESRB System..
16. Various
Indiagames Ltd. reserves the right to sell, transfer or bring in a third party for whatever reason whilst following the obligations of the present contract. If one of any of the dispositions stated in the present contract is taken as null or without object, it will be considered as not written and will not lead to the nullity of other stipulations.
THE USER DECLARES THAT HE/SHE HAS READ AND UNDERSTOOD THESE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITION OF USE, HE/SHE HAS UNDERSTOOD ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THAT HE/SHE IS COMMITTED TO RESPECT THEM. FOR ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT US AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: godsupport@Indiagames.com