TERMS OF USE
OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION
This website belongs to Unilever India Limited (“Unilever”, “we” and “our”), which is a member of Unilever Group of companies.For more information on our product brands, please visit, Unilever Global.
AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE
Your access, browsing and/or use of this website and use of any Unilever products, competitions, prize draws, services, data, software, applications, widgets and gadgets provided to you on, or from, or through the website by Unilever (collectively called the “Services”), is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and Unilever. In addition to these terms, the legal agreement is made up of (i) Unilever Policy(ies), (ii) specific terms & conditions/agreement for any of the Services and (iii) the legal notice issued from time to time (Legal Notice)(collectively called the “Terms of Use”).
CONTINUING AGREEMENT
You agree that we may change or revise these Terms of Use from time to time by updating the posting, and that such changes or revision will take effect immediately upon our posting, so please visit Terms of Use each time you visit the website to keep up to date with the current Terms of Use. Your access, browsing and/or use of the website reaffirms your continuing agreement to the then-current Terms of Use including Unilever Policies.
ELIGIBILITY AND ACCESS
You shall not access, browse and/or use the website if (a) you do not accept the Terms of Use, (b) you are under 16 years of age, or (c) you are barred or otherwise legally prohibited from using, browsing and/or accessing the website under the laws of the country in which you are resident. If you are over the age of 16 but under 18, you should review these Terms of Use with your parent or guardian to make sure that you both understand them.
Access to certain parts of the website and/or specific Services may be limited to (i) users aged 18 and over; and/or (ii) registered users (e.g. casting votes on video content). See the section entitled Registration. In each case, we will clearly identify those parts of the website or those services where access is limited together with the applicable terms of use.
Access to the website is permitted on a temporary basis, and Unilever reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify or discontinue the website or specific portions of it without notice to you. We will not be liable if, for any reason, our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
Subject to applicable law, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate access to the website and/or the Services without notice for failure to comply with the Terms of Use , for infringing copyright or any other intellectual property right, or for any other reason (including repeat minor offences). The decision to terminate an individual’s access to the website or the Services shall be final and binding.
REGISTRATION
If you are invited to register, Unilever will ask you to provide information which is personal to you, such as your name, address, email address, mobile telephone number, date of birth and/or gender.
As part of the registration process, you may be asked to select a username and password. You will be responsible for all activities occurring under your username and for keeping your password secure. If you become aware of any breach of security or unauthorised use of your username or password, you must notify Unilever immediately (by sending an email to lux.digital@unilever.com).
You agree to provide accurate and complete information when registering and using the website and the Services, and you agree to keep your information up to date. You agree that Unilever may store and use your information for the purposes envisaged under these Terms of Use.
PRIVACY
Unilever takes your privacy very seriously and will use and protect any personal information you provide on this website in accordance with our Privacy Notice.
USER SUBMISSIONS
Certain portions of the website may invite or enable you to post, upload, embed, display or otherwise communicate text, messages, photos, videos, sound recordings, music (including lyrics), graphics, drawings, suggestions, ideas (including product and advertising ideas), your and/or other persons’ names, likenesses, voices, usernames, performances and other information, materials or content owned or created by you (collectively, "User Submissions")
You warrant and represent that you have (and will continue to have during your use of the website) all necessary rights, licenses, consents and permissions which are required to enable Unilever, Unilever Group companies and/or content providers to use your User Submissions for the purposes envisaged by the website and these Terms of Use.
You further warrant and represent that you have the consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual in your User Submissions to use his or her name, username or likeness in the manner contemplated by the website and the Products, Services or other materials on or available from the website.
In connection with User Submissions, you agree and warrant the following:
1. You will not submit any User Submission that is subject to any right of a third party including, without limitation:
- copyright, patent, trade mark, trade secret, or other proprietary or contractual right;
- right of privacy or publicity; or
- confidential information
- unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from the rightful owner(s) to submit the User Submission and to grant the rights herein;
2. Neither the User Submissions, nor the use of the User Submissions as permitted in these Terms of Use, will infringe upon or violate the rights of any person or entity or any applicable laws;
3. You will not submit User Submissions that are unlawful for you to possess in the country in which you are resident, or which it would be unlawful for Unilever to use or possess in connection with the provision of the website or the Services; and
4. You will not submit a User Submission that:
- is illegal or encourages or condones illegal acts or the discussion of illegal acts with the intent to commit them, including drug dealing, drug abuse, child pornography, physical or sexual assault, stalking, theft, fraud or conspiracy to commit a criminal act;
- is defamatory, threatening, abusive, harassing or an invasion of privacy;
- is discriminatory or prejudicial based upon race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or otherwise;
- is obscene, pornographic or otherwise sexually explicit;
- is dangerous, irresponsible or antisocial or encourages or condones dangerous, irresponsible or antisocial behaviour;
- contains a virus, spyware or other harmful component, or otherwise impairs, interrupts or damages the website, the Services or any connected network, or otherwise interferes with a person’s use or enjoyment of the same; or
- contains any advertisement, solicitation, chain letter, pyramid scheme, investment opportunity or other unsolicited commercial communication.
You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of your posting or publishing them.
In addition, you understand and agree that when using the website, you may be exposed to User Submissions posted and/or submitted by other users. Unilever is not in any manner responsible for User Submissions, and Unilever does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, quality or intellectual property rights of, or relating to, such User Submissions. In addition, Unilever cannot assure that harmful, inaccurate, deceptive, offensive, threatening, defamatory, unlawful or otherwise objectionable User Submissions will not appear on the website.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that the information, materials and opinions expressed or included in any User Submissions are not necessarily those of Unilever or its affiliated or related entities or content providers and Unilever expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with any User Submission. You agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against Unilever with respect to any User Submissions.
By uploading User Submissions you understand that they may be available to the public and you agree not to assert in any part of the world any claim for invasion of privacy, breach of your rights under data protection law or appropriation of your right of publicity arising from or out of Unilever’s use of your User Submissions in accordance with these Terms of Use.
You acknowledge and understand that Unilever will consider User Submissions as non-confidential and non-proprietary and does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to User Submissions.
REMOVAL OF USER SUBMISSIONS
Without prejudice to our other rights under these Terms of Use or at law, Unilever reserves the right in its absolute discretion and without prior notice to refuse to post, exclude or remove any User Submission from the website that violates the Terms of Use and/or the Unilever Policies.
IDENTIFYING USERS AND DISCLOSING USER SUBMISSIONS TO THIRD PARTIES
Unilever will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities, court order or subpoena requesting or directing Unilever to disclose the identity of anyone posting User Submissions. To the extent we can do so by law, we reserve the right to identify any user to third parties and/or disclose any User Submission or personal data to any third party claiming that a User Submission infringes their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
We may also disclose such information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Unilever, its customers or the public.
MODERATION
Although Unilever is under no obligation to review or monitor User Submissions, Unilever reserves the absolute right to do so in its sole discretion. In addition, Unilever reserves the right at all times to alter, edit, refuse to post or remove any User Submissions from the website, in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason and without prior notice. You agree that Unilever does not have any obligation to use or respond to any User Submission.
OWNERSHIP AND USE OF WEBSITE MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
With the exception of User Submissions, Unilever owns the intellectual property rights for all of the materials on the website or has a valid right from a third party to use materials on the website. Unilever also owns or has a valid right to use all trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used on this website. Unless expressly stated, no part of the website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way.
Any use, reproduction, republication, upload, posting, transmission, modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Unilever's intellectual property rights and proprietary rights. The use of any such material(s) on any other website or computer network without Unilever's written consent is strictly prohibited. Your use of the trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos on this website in any manner other than as authorised in these Terms of Use, or as authorised in writing by Unilever, is strictly prohibited.
If you download software or other digital content, including apps, from this website (“Products”), the Products, and all files, images and data relating thereto, will be licensed to you by Unilever under the applicable terms and conditions. You agree and acknowledge that you do not own the downloaded Products, and that Unilever does not transfer ownership of the Products to you. Unilever retains full ownership of and title to the downloaded Products and all intellectual property rights related thereto. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Products to a human-readable form.
OWNERSHIP OF USER SUBMISSIONS
In return for using the website and the Services, you grant Unilever a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, transferable licence (with full right to sub-licence) to use your User Submissions in any media format and through any media channel in perpetuity and free of charge. Such use shall include reproducing, copying, editing, adapting, making derivative works from, making available for download, synchronising, displaying, publicly performing, transmitting, broadcasting, publishing, distributing, sub-licensing and deleting your User Submissions.
You agree that we may use your name to attribute your User Submission to you (although we shall not be obliged to do so).
LICENCE TO OTHER USERS OF THE WEBSITE
You also grant to each user of the website, a non-exclusive, worldwide licence to access your User Submissions through the website free-of-charge, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Submissions to the extent permitted by the functionality of the website and as envisaged by these Terms of Use.
CONSENTS
You grant Unilever all consents required pursuant to the Copyright Act (and all other laws now or in future in force in any part of the world), which may be required for the use by Unilever, Unilever Group companies and/or content providers of your User Submissions in accordance with these Terms of Use.
You waive all moral rights to which you may be entitled under any legislation now existing or in future enacted in any part of the world relating to your User Submissions.
GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE OF THE WEBSITE
Unilever controls and operates this website from India. Unless otherwise specified on or by this website, this website is intended to promote only those Unilever products that are sold by Unilever in India, and Unilever makes no representation that materials in this website or the Products described thereby are appropriate or available for use in other locations.
All visitors to this website are responsible for compliance with all local laws applicable to them with respect to the content and operation of this website. You agree not to link to this website from a website not operated by Unilever, unless you have obtained Unilever’s prior written consent.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
For your convenience and enjoyment, this website may provide links to other websites on the World Wide Web that are not operated by Unilever. Unilever has no control over these websites and is not responsible for their availability. Unilever does not endorse, approve or sponsor, nor is Unilever responsible or liable for, any information or content available at the linked sites or any products, or other materials on or available from such sites. Unilever is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site.
In addition, Unilever is not liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your use of such content, information, products, goods or services available on or through any such linked websites.
CONTENTS OF THE WEBSITE DISCLAIMER
The material on the website (including any graphics, software, digital content, recommendations or other materials) and any material made available through the website is provided "as is" and without conditions or warranties of any kind, either express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, Unilever disclaims all conditions and warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.
Unilever does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the material on the website in terms of its correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. The material on this website could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors and could be inaccurate or become inaccurate as a result of developments occurring after their respective dates. Unilever undertakes no obligation to verify or maintain the currency of such information.
OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE DISCLAIMER
Unilever endeavours to maintain this website and its operation, but is not, and cannot be, responsible for the results of any defects that may exist in the website or its operation. As to the operation of the website, Unilever expressly disclaims all conditions and warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to all implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.
Unilever makes no warranty that (i) the operation of the website will meet the user's requirements; (ii) access to the website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, free of viruses, worms, trojan horses or other harmful components, or free of defects or errors; (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the website will be accurate or reliable; or (iv) defects will be corrected.
You (and not Unilever) assume the entire cost of all servicing, repair, or correction that may be necessary for your computer equipment and software as a result of any viruses, harmful components, errors or any other problems whatsoever you may have as a result of visiting this website.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Subject to applicable law, under no circumstances shall Unilever, Unilever Group companies, our licensors or licensees, be liable to you or any other person or entity for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, punitive or other damages, including lost profits, personal injury (including death) and property damage, that may result from (a) the use of, or the inability to use, the website or any material on the website, (b) the conduct of any user of the website, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise.
Unilever shall not be liable even if Unilever or an authorized representative of Unilever has been advised of the possibility of such damages. These include but are not limited to damages or injury caused by error, omission, interruption, defect, failure of performance, delay in operation or transmission, line failure or computer virus, worm, trojan horse or other harmful component.
Unilever assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any User Submission or for any libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, illegality, infringement of intellectual property rights, error or inaccuracy contained in any User Submissions.
In no event shall Unilever's total liability to you for damages, losses, and causes of action whether in contract, tort (including, negligence) or otherwise exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing the website.
INDEMNIFICATION
You hereby agree to defend, indemnify and hold Unilever, Unilever Group companies and each of their respective agents, licensees, successors and assigns, harmless from and against any and all claims, actions or proceedings of any kind and from any and all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, relating to or arising out of your use of the website, any use of your User Submissions as permitted in these Terms of Use, and/or any breach or alleged breach of any of your warranties, representations or agreements hereunder.
TERMINATION
The Terms of Use shall remain effective until terminated save and except Unilever Privacy Policies. You may terminate these Terms of Use by ceasing to use the website and destroying any and all material obtained by you from the website. We may immediately terminate the Terms of Use including Unilever Policies, including your access to the website, if you breach or fail to comply with any material term or provision of the Terms of Use. Upon termination, you must discontinue use of the website and destroy any and all material obtained by you from the website.
AVAILABILITY OF HELP
This website may provide a Help file or other instructions for the use of this site. However, you understand that Unilever is under no obligation to provide any support for the use of the website.
APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION
These Terms of Use and any disputes arising under or related to these Terms of Use (whether in contract, tort (including negligence), statute or otherwise) will be governed by the laws of India, without reference to its conflicts of law principles.
Any legal actions, complaint, suits or proceedings arising out of these Terms of Use (whether in contract, tort (including negligence), statute or otherwise) will be brought exclusively in India, and you hereby accept and submit to the jurisdiction of the competent courts at Mumbai with respect to any legal actions, suits or proceedings arising out of these Terms of Use.
SEVERABILITY
If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
NO WAIVER
No failure on the part of Unilever to enforce any part of these Terms of Use shall constitute a waiver of any of Unilever's rights under these Terms of Use whether for past or future actions on the part of any person. Neither the receipt of any funds by Unilever nor the reliance of any person on Unilever's actions shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any part of these Terms of Use. Only a specific, written waiver signed by an authorised representative of Unilever shall have any legal effect whatsoever.
NO LEGAL EFFECT
The paragraph titles in these Terms of Use are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.