Terms of Use and Privacy

Terms and Conditions

This EcoParadigms website, i.e. https://www.ecoparadigms.com (“the Website”) is owned and operated by EcoParadigms Team. These Terms and Conditions are for visitors who visit this Website and those who interact with the Website / utilise the web mapping provided on the Website, (“You”/ “Visitor(s)”).
We reserve all rights to change / alter these Terms and Conditions at any point of time, in our sole discretion, and without giving any notice to any third party, including any Visitor.
In order to use and access the Website, You must agree to abide by all terms, conditions, obligations and covenants prescribed herein in these Terms and Conditions. Use of this website site constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions which take effect on the date from which you first use the Website. If at any point you wish to withdraw your consent, then kindly cease all use of the Website. If you recontinue your usage, then such continuance would constitute your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
The trademarks associated with the Website, including but not limited to the name, logo and other identification marks of the EcoParadigms, are our exclusive property and no third party is authorised to make any use of the same without the written permission from EcoParadigms.
As a Visitor, you are free to access, use, display and download (where possible) the Content of this Website for all non-commercial purposes. All Visitors are granted a limited license to interact with the Website and utilize the capabilities of the Website to create customised maps, analysis and reports, in furtherance of any non - commercial enterprise.
It is clarified that the Content, whether whole or in part, and any work derived from or based upon the Content (“Derivative Works”) may not be put to any Commercial Use of any kind without the prior written permission of EcoParadigms. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, “Commercial Use” means (i) any use by, on behalf of, or to inform or assist the activities of, a commercial entity (entity operating ‘for profit’) or (ii) use by any individual or non-profit entity for the purposes of revenue generation. If you wish to use any part of the Content for such commercial purposes, please contact us directly using the contact details as mentioned on the Website.
As a Visitor, it is your duty to ensure and you warrant and represent that you will ensure that Derivative Works do not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other personal or proprietary rights, breaches or conflicts with any obligation, such as a confidentiality obligation, or contains pornographic, libelous, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful material. Any violation of this clause would be a material breach of these Terms and Conditions.
If you wish to include the Content and /or Derivative Works in any publication, then you should contact EcoParadigms Team directly. At EcoParadigms, we are always open to opportunities for collaboration and / or co-authorship and would be happy to take it forward on a case by case basis when directly contacted at info@ecoparadigms.com.
If for any reason, in the sole discretion of EcoParadigms, the collaboration is not feasible or desirable at any time, then EcoParadigms has the right to terminate the said collaboration immediately and the Content, Derivative Works and any IP of EcoParadigms, including but not limited to the trademarks, used in the Collaboration and / or the resultant project / work / data analysis / or any other product of the said Collaboration, must be immediately removed, unless otherwise directed by EcoParadigms. The decision of EcoParadigms in relation to the above would be final and binding,
You expressly acknowledge that you understand that the Content provided to you through this Website is inter alia sourced from multiple governmental and non governmental sources and other information located on other websites, sources etc. You further expressly acknowledge and agree that Content is provided solely as a resource and a convenience to you
The Content is provided 'as is' without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title or implied warranties of marchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall EcoParadigms be liable to you or any other person or entity for any loss of business or profits, or for any indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of any use of, or inability to use the Content even if EcoParadigms was previously advised of the possibility of such damages, or for any other claim by you or any other person.
You understand and acknowledge that EcoParadigms does not make any representations or warranties about any content, maps, descriptions, material, data, information, data files, text, computer software, code, audio and / or video files, photographs, etc., (collectively, the “Content”) which you may have access to as part of / by virtue of your use of, the Website.
You understand and acknowledge that EcoParadigms, and their affiliates, do not warrant and do not represent that access to and use of the Content will be free from interruptions or free from errors, nor that any information accessible from or related to the data is free of viruses, worms, or other harmful components; no warranty is made as to the results that may be obtained from use of the Content, or as to the accuracy and reliability of the Content.
You understand and acknowledge that under no circumstances will EcoParadigms be liable for any Content, including, but not limited to: any infringing Content, any errors or omissions in Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted including patents, transmitted, linked from, or otherwise accessible through or made available via the Website. You understand that by using the Website, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent, or objectionable.
You agree and acknowledge that you shall never copy, modify, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit any of the content available on this website, in whole or in part, except as is expressly permitted in this agreement.
You represent, warrant, and agree that no information, database, maps, or any other content posted or otherwise shared by you on the Website (“Your Content”), violates or infringes upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other personal or proprietary rights, breaches or conflicts with any obligation, such as a confidentiality obligation, or contains pornographic, libelous, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful material. Any violation of this representation and warranty would be a material breach of these Terms and Conditions.
You retain any copyright that you may have in Your Content. You hereby agree that Your Content: (a) is hereby licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License and may be used under the terms of that license or any later version of a Creative Commons Attribution License, or (b) is in the public domain (such as Content that is not copyrightable or Content you make available under CC0), or (c) if not owned by you, (i) is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License or (ii) is available under any other version of a Creative Commons Attribution license or that you are authorized by law to post or share through any of the Services, such as under the fair use doctrine, and that is prominently marked as being subject to third party copyright. All of Your Content must be appropriately marked with licensing (or other permission status such as fair use) and attribution information.
You agree and acknowledge that you shall not use the Website and / or the Content for (i) any illegal purpose or in violation of any local, state, national, or international laws, (ii) to violate or encourage others to violate any right of or obligation to a third party, including by infringing, misappropriating, or violating intellectual property, confidentiality, or privacy rights.
You agree and acknowledge that you shall not (i) impersonate another person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity when using the Website; (ii) use or attempt to use another’s account or personal information without authorization; (iii) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, or the computer systems or networks connected to the Website, through hacking, password mining or any such other illegal means.
You agree and acknowledge that you will not, and will not allow any other person to, violate or attempt to violate any aspect of the security of the Website. You further agree that you agree that you will in no way modify, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, copy, or cause damage or unintended effect to any portion of this website, or any software used on this website , and that you will not permit any other person to do so. You understand that any such violation is unlawful in many jurisdictions and that any contravention of law may result in criminal prosecution for inter alia accessing data unlawfully or without consent, attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures, attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of overloading, “flooding”, “mail bombing” or “crashing”, forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting, taking any action in order to obtain goods to which you are not entitled, etc.
You agree to indemnify us and our affiliates against any claim or demand, including reasonable lawyers’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising in any way out of (i) your use of this website, (ii) any the infringement caused by you (or by any other person using the your computer) of any intellectual property or other right of any person, (iii) any threatening, libellous, obscene, harassing or offensive material contained in any of Your Content.
You agree to indemnify EcoParadigms and its affiliates against any claim or demand, including reasonable lawyers’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising in any way due to any breach of these Terms and Conditions.

Notice of Infringement

23. If you wish to file a notice of infringing / defamatory / obscene / objectionable material on the Website, contact us containing the following details

Subject line must identify the subject matter;
The notice should contain reasonably sufficient details to enable us to identify the work claimed to be infringed or, if multiple works are claimed to be infringed, a representative list of such works (for example: title, author, any registration or tracking number, URL);
Reasonably sufficient detail to enable us to identify and locate the material that is claimed to be infringing (for example a link to the page that contains the material);
Your contact information so that we can contact you (for example, your address, telephone number, email address);
A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material identified in (2) is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is alleged to be infringed.
Your physical or electronic signature.

Then send this notice to:

Ecoparadigms Team at info@ecoparadigms.com

We, at EcoParadigms, respect your privacy and strive to be responsible in regards to your data. In this regard, we have created this Privacy Policy to govern your use of our website, https://www.ecoparadigms.com (“the Website”). This Privacy Policy contains details regarding how your data is collected, used and shared by us When you visit and / or use the Website, you are consenting to our use of your data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy has been incorporated into and is subject to the Terms and Conditions of our website.

You can visit our site and make limited use of the Content thereof, without creating an account on the Website. You may opt to create an account on the Website and allow us to create a safe, efficient, smooth and customized visiting experience. You shall have and always retain the option of opting out of any communication from EcoParadigms. In order to create an account on the Website, you would have to provide certain basic information such as your name, your contact number, email id, date of birth, organization, designation, and other identifying information etc.

When you visit this website, we can track some information regarding your browsing session. We compile and use this information on an aggregated basis and use it for internal review and research of our visitor’s demographics, behaviours and interests to assist us in understanding, protecting and better serving you. Such information can include your IP address, browser information, the previous URL you were redirected from (whether this URL is on our Website or not).

There are also cookies on our Website to help analyse our web page flow, enable us to promote trust and safety, to monitor and analyze the performance, operation and effectiveness of our Website, to ensure our platform is secure and safe to use, etc. Cookies further help to remember your password so that you are required to enter it less frequently. Most cookies would be ‘session cookies’, and would be automatically deleted at the end of a session. Kindly note that the above only applies to our Cookies - you may encounter cookies on certain pages that have been placed by third parties - we do not control third party cookies.

The website is hosted on a third-party technical data specialist server and the data collected is stored in third party servers (who are and shall remain compliant with the relevant data protection laws and regulations). As inter alia we have taken all precautions from our end to safeguard your data, we would not be liable for any data theft or breach of security at the third party data centers / servers.

If you are below the age of 18 years, you can browse this website, however, you are not allowed to register and create an account with us. This Website is not designed for use by minors, under the age of 18 and we will not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If we inadvertently receive such personal information from a minor visitor under the age of 18, we shall delete the information from our records.

We use the information collected passively, through cookies, web beacons, etc., to review safety and security of our website and your information and enhance the viewing experience. In our efforts to continually improve our product and service offerings, we collect and analyse and profile data about our users' activity on our Website. We also identify and use your IP address to diagnose problems with our servers.

We may use the information to provide you with service announcements, information about any upgrades or changes to the EcoParadigms website, regarding updates of the data sets, such as through email, or contact you regarding your customer service requests or questions. For example, all registered users will receive a welcoming email to confirm their registration.

We do not sell or rent out your personal information to any third party for them to market their products or to spam you, without your consent. We only share the information as required with our affiliates and third parties for the reasons listed herein.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties if such disclosure is required for us to provide you access to this website, or to enforce our terms and conditions, or to prevent, detect, mitigate, and investigate fraudulent or illegal activities related to use of our website. To reiterate, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties for their marketing and advertising purposes without your explicit consent.

We also may disclose your personal information if legally we are called upon to do so, or if we in the good faith believe that such a disclosure is required to respond to/ comply with any order/ direction from a competent court of law or any such legal / governmental authorities. Further, we may disclose personal information to law enforcement offices, third-party-rights owners or others in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions or this Privacy Policy, respond to claims that an advertisement, posting or other content violates the rights of a third party and to protect the rights, property or personal safety of our users or the general public.

We may engage third parties to perform functions on our behalf consistent with this Privacy Policy, such as data analysis firms, customer support specialists, webhosting companies, etc. Such third parties may be provided with access to your information that is needed to perform their functions, however, they shall use said information strictly in accordance with this Privacy Policy and not for any other purpose.

Additionally, in some instances, you can opt to share your information with a third party for an event or a promotion. In case you opt to share your information, the same may be used by such third party for their own purposes and in accordance with their own policies.

If in future we merge with another entity, or if we are re-organised or if we are bought over by another entity, then its possible that your information available with us might be shared with the new entity in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

In order to meet the needs of the vibrant online community and advances, we shall keep updating this Privacy Policy by posting the updated policy here – please keep periodically visiting to keep yourself abreast of all developments.

You can update / alter / modify / delete the information shared with us by getting in touch with us at info@ecoparadigms.com. You can also get in touch with us at info@ecoparadigms.com if you wish to opt out of our communications list if you no longer wish to receive communications / updates / offers from us.

*Kindly note that this Policy pertains to only the information provided to us through this website and does not govern any information or communications that you may have had with us outside the purview of this site. In addition to the information listed above, we may collect additional information by way of surveys, contests, sweepstakes, etc. There would be specific rules applicable to these promotions that explain how any personal information you provide will be processed. We strongly suggest you review any applicable rules before participating. To the extent any special event, questionnaire or survey is not subject to specific rules, the processing of personal information is governed by this Privacy Policy and the purposes it sets forth.