Terms of Service

This document is an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under pertaining to electronic records as applicable and amended. 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 the terms and conditions for access or usage of www.maangalyam.in (the "Website"). PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE. ACCESSING, BROWSING OR OTHERWISE USING THE WEBSITE IMPLIES YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ("Agreement"). If you do not want to be bound by the Terms and Conditions, you must not use the Website or the other Services. The Terms and Conditions also includes the applicable policies which are incorporated herein by way of reference and as amended from time to time (the "Terms and conditions"). In these Terms, references to "Maangalyam member" shall mean the end user accessing the Website/Maangalyam services, its contents or using the Maangalyam Services offered. Maangalyam member also includes persons such as father, mother, brother, sister, relative or a friend ("Registrant") of the prospective bride/ bridegroom. The terms "You" and "User" shall be interchangeably used for "Maangalyam member". "Maangalyam Services" means a collective reference to the Maangalyam service provided by maangalyam.in.

Scope

You understand and acknowledge that Maangalyam (MAANGALYAM) acts as an "Intermediary" as defined under clause (1) sub-clause (w) of Section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. MAANGALYAM acts as a platform to enable any user to themselves register on it (by filling the mandatory fields and optional fields, if any) to voluntarily search for profile(s) from the database of MAANGALYAM’s already registered users, for seeking prospective lawful matrimonial alliances for themselves. The profiles in the database of MAANGALYAM are classified broadly on the basis of language and region for the ease and convenience of its member / customer. MAANGALYAM Members are provided with free/paid access for searching profiles from the database of MAANGALYAM, as per the partner preference set by you (on the Website/Applications -(App) and you can shortlist the profiles in which you are interested.

1. Eligibility :

A) MAANGALYAMMembership and rights of admission is reserved solely for :
I. Indian Nationals & Citizens.
II. Persons of Indian Origin (PIO).
III. Non-Resident Indians (NRI).
IV. Persons of Indian Descent or Indian Heritage
V. Persons who intend to marry persons of Indian Origin.

B) Further in capacity as MAANGALYAM member you confirm that you are :
I. 18 years or above (if you are a woman) or 21 years or above (if you are a man);
II. If you have applied for Divorce, you may register on our website/App by stating "Awaiting Divorce".
III. If you are a resident of any other Country, you are legally competent to marry as per the local rules applicable to your country and you shall comply with the Indian laws for marrying a person of Indian Origin

C) In case you are a Registrant of the prospective bride/ bridegroom and has created profile in MAANGALYAM Website/App on behalf of them or is accessing the MAANGALYAM Website/App on behalf of them implies that you have taken their consent for their profile creation in MAANGALYAM and for accessing the MAANGALYAM Website/App.

2. Registration

A. We expect that you would complete the online registration process with fairness and honesty in furnishing true, accurate, current, complete information and with providing recent photos of you which will help you to meet your parameters .We expect you to read the relevant column before keying in the details or selecting the option available or uploading the photo. You are requested not to key in details of the profile in field other than the applicable field (including mentioning ID of other platforms/websites/App or repeating your details in another fields, after filling them once in the relevant fields or others photographs. In order to serve you better if MAANGALYAM requires additional details you agree to provide it. Further you may fill in your email id and phone number in any of our registration campaigns appearing in various websites as part of our advertisements, basis which you may receive call from our Customer Service Center and assist you in getting your profile registered on our website/App.

B. If at any point of time MAANGALYAM comes to know or is so informed by third party or has reasons to believe that any information provided by you for registration (including photos) or otherwise is found to be untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, MAANGALYAM shall have full right to suspend or terminate (without any notice) your MAANGALYAM membership and forfeit any amount if paid by you towards MAANGALYAM membership fee and refuse to provide MAANGALYAM service to you thereafter.

C. MAANGALYAM also reserves the right to block the registration of your profile on Website/App, if any, in the case of your contact details/links being entered in irrelevant fields or if there are errors in any data entered by the MAANGALYAM members in their profile.

D. Registration of duplicate profiles of the same person is not allowed in MAANGALYAM Website/App. MAANGALYAM shall have full right to suspend or terminate (without any notice) such duplicate profile.

E. You acknowledge and confirm that your registration with MAANGALYAM and the usage of MAANGALYAM services is with the intention of marriage and not otherwise. MAANGALYAM Membership is restricted strictly to the registered MAANGALYAM individual member only. Organizations, companies, businesses and/or individuals carrying on similar or competitive business cannot become Members of MAANGALYAM and nor use the MAANGALYAM Service or MAANGALYAM members data for any commercial purpose, and MAANGALYAM reserves its right to initiate appropriate legal action for breach of these obligation.

3. Account Security

You are responsible for safeguarding the confidentiality of your MAANGALYAM login credentials such as your user id, password, OTP, etc., and for restricting access to your computer/mobile to prevent unauthorized access to your account. We do not ask for Password and you are cautioned not to share your password to any persons. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account.

4. Role and Responsibility of MAANGALYAM

A. MAANGALYAM reproduces your details once you register on our website /App on "as is as available" basis and also share your profile with other registered MAANGALYAM members within the website of Maangalyam.

B. MAANGALYAM's obligation is only to provide an interface to its registered members to search their prospect themselves without any assistance.

C. The profile search conducted by any MAANGALYAM member and the matches shown thereof are automatically generated by MAANGALYAM, and based on the partner preference set by you. In the event of MAANGALYAM member changing their partner preference on the Website/App, then the automated system generated prospect results of the Website/App may also undergo corresponding change.

D. MAANGALYAM does not prohibit any MAANGALYAM member from sending interest to your profile or communicating to you based on their partner preference. But you are at the liberty to deny their interest or proceed further if you are interested.

E. MAANGALYAM cannot guarantee or assume responsibility for any specific results from the use of the data available from the MAANGALYAM Services.

F. MAANGALYAM shall safeguard sensitive user information using security standards, authentication mechanisms, access controls and encryption techniques.

G. MAANGALYAM cannot guarantee the complete protection of user data while it is in transit, or prevent any tampering of the data by a third party with malicious intent before the data reaches the MAANGALYAM servers.

H. MAANGALYAM has a special safety feature for women, which enables women to take control of their privacy and safety while searching for their life partner.

I. MAANGALYAM do not authenticate/endorse any information of any profile and hence you as a user need to verify the credentials and information provided by other users.

5. Role and Responsibility of MAANGALYAM Member

A. You, shall safeguard your profile information by creating a strong password during profile creation with combination of alphabets, both upper and lower case and numbers.

B. Any information / data required by MAANGALYAM for using the MAANGALYAM services shall be provided by the MAANGALYAM Member, as and when so sought by MAANGALYAM.

C. You are requested to verify the credentials of the prospect, exercise due care and caution regarding their profile information which includes marital status, educational qualifications, financial status, occupation, character, health status, etc. and satisfy yourself before making a choice of your match. MAANGALYAM shall not be liable for short coming due to any misrepresentations made by any of its MAANGALYAM members.

D. You are required to verify the credentials of the prospect and we shall not be liable for any misbehavior/ misrepresentations made by the Prospect to you during communication in any form.

E. To get better search results, MAANGALYAM Members are expected to provide latest photograph which should not be more than 3 (three) months old. Providing old photographs/ photographs of others, inaccurate / false information shall be treated as violation of terms and conditions and MAANGALYAM shall retain their right under clause 2 (b) of this terms and conditions.

F. MAANGALYAM members are expected to disclose their health records during profile enrollment which includes any pre-existing illness, physical disability etc. Non - disclosure at the time of enrollment shall be treated as violation of the terms and conditions and MAANGALYAM shall retain their right under clause 2 (b) of this terms and conditions.

G. MAANGALYAM Members are advised to refrain from:
i. Entering into any financial transactions with prospects. MAANGALYAM Members shall not seek financial help or provide financial help from / to the other MAANGALYAM Members
ii. Using abusive language when they communicate with the other MAANGALYAM Members
iii. being discriminative or using racial comments etc.
iv. Sharing of confidential and personal data with each other but not limited to sharing of bank details, etc.
v. Entering into physical relationship with any prospect before marriage.
vi. violating any law for the time being in force.
vii. From mentioning details of other matrimonial services while sending personalized messages

H. MAANGALYAM members are expected to follow the safety measures on partner search and be aware towards online safety.

I. MAANGALYAM Members are expected to be cautious of prospects who ask for favors, money etc or call from multiple phone numbers, only interact over phone, doesn't come forward for face to face meeting (physically or through video calls) and don’t involve family and friends in match making. Beware of suspended/inactive profiles status before you finalize an alliance with the prospect.

J. The MAANGALYAM members agrees that for getting effective search results of prospects on Website/App you will regularly log in to the profile maintained in the Website/App and send expression of interest which is an automated messages to prospects as a free MAANGALYAM member, and in the event you have availed paid MAANGALYAM package, you can send personalized messages to prospects to show your expression of interest/replies. MAANGALYAM member also may review the expression of interest sent to you / read the messages sent to you by prospects and may respond suitably.

K. You also agree that while accessing / using the Website/App, you will be guided by the terms and conditions of the Website/App including but not limited to the use of feature of website /App like chat instantly with prospect, viewing horoscope of prospects, enhancing privacy settings (photo/horoscope/phone number) or for viewing social and professional profile of members on their Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

L. If the MAANGALYAM Member fails to update in MAANGALYAM website/App, any change in the particulars furnished in their profile/ then the MAANGALYAM membership may be suspended by MAANGALYAM at its sole discretion.

M. MAANGALYAM member shall, in case of finalization of his/her/their Registrant marriage, delete their profile by themselves or intimate MAANGALYAM for removal/deletion of their profile.

N. MAANGALYAM Members agree to use secure devices, software and networks in a private place for accessing the MAANGALYAM services.

O. MAANGALYAM member shall not use any kind of Bots like web robots, Chatbot or any other automated processes/programs/scripts to use, communicate or respond in MAANGALYAM Website/App.

P. MAANGALYAM Members shall not probe, scan or test the vulnerabilities of the MAANGALYAM Website/App or any network connected to the Website/App nor breach the security measures instituted by MAANGALYAM.

Q. You shall also not make any payment / transfer any amount to account of any Maangalyam employees.

R. MAANGALYAM members are expected to approach maangalyam.in@gmail.com to resolve their complaints and grievances and shall not air their grievance/complaints in social media.

6. Customer Care / Customer Service

In the event you come across any concerns in our service, then please be free to contact us: Email ID: maangalyam.in@gmail.com

7. Medium of Communication to MAANGALYAM Members

A. MAANGALYAM member hereby consents for receiving communication including promotional communications through any medium of communications such as electronic mails, calls, SMS or through Whatsapp messages from Maangalyam portal or app.

B. MAANGALYAM by its automatic system sends to its member (s) profile (s) of the prospect by way of images/ documents/ messages / links. MAANGALYAM member confirms that the mobile number submitted to it for verification or alternative number if any provided, is not registered with the Do Not Disturb / National Customer Preference Register and they shall not initiate any complaint. MAANGALYAM Member further confirms that even if MAANGALYAM Member is registered with the telecom service provider under the category Do Not Disturb / National Customer Preference Register the calls from MAANGALYAM either to the verified mobile number or alternative number if any provided shall not be treated as promotional calls.

C. You are also entitled to set up your communications frequency from MAANGALYAM, like - only on weekends or fortnightly etc. You may also opt for not getting any call from MAANGALYAM by ticking the appropriate box in the Website/App, provided that, you agree to receive calls from Relationship Manager of Assisted services of Maangalyam for contacting you as a shortlisted profile for our registered members.