BIGG BOSS -  Telugu – Season-2  

These Terms and Conditions (defined below) shall be binding on each Viewer (defined below), in the territory of India (“Territory”) who voluntarily desires to participate in the Voting Mechanism (as defined hereunder) of the Program, for the Shortlisted Participants (as defined below) competing in the program titled “Bigg Boss- Telugu–Season -2’’ (“Program”) which is being aired on “Maa TV” (hereinafter  referred to as “Channel”), being the channel owned and operated by  Star India Private Limited (“SIPL)

 

The following voting terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) govern the entire process of Voting Mechanism (as defined below) as detailed herein for participation in the Voting Mechanism and shall be binding on each Viewer. “Viewer” shall mean a participant in the Voting Mechanism, residing in and a citizen of India, and who is of 18 years or above as on 10^th June, 2018.

 

The Terms and Conditions of and in relation to the Voting Mechanism as stated herein, is an electronic record in terms of Information Technology Act, 2000 (“Act”) and rules thereunder as applicable and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statutes as amended by the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.

 

These Terms and Conditions shall be irrevocably binding on each Viewer voluntarily participating in the Voting Mechanism. The privacy policy available at http://biggbosstelugu.startv.com (“Privacy Policy”) shall govern all usage of any Personal Information (as defined in the Privacy Policy available at the aforementioned link) and/or any other information as detailed in the Privacy Policy and including but not limited to the mobile phone number and/or any information gathered by SIPL under or pursuant to the Voting Mechanism.

 

The Voting Mechanism shall be governed by the Principal Rules and General Rules as stated herein below and all Viewers are requested herein to unconditionally accept and agree to comply with and abide by the same prior to participating in the Voting Mechanism. If the Viewer does not agree to be bound or cannot comply with any of these Terms and Conditions and/or the Policies (defined below), then the Viewer is requested to refrain from  continuing with and/or participating in the Voting Mechanism.  The act of voting and/or participating in the Voting Mechanism as detailed below shall be deemed to be the Viewer’s absolute agreement to the Terms and Conditions contained herein, Personal Data Privacy Policy, Privacy Policy, User Generated Content of STAR, and Website Terms of Use (“Policies”) of SIPL as prescribed from time to time and available at http://biggbosstelugu.startv.com (“Website”). These Terms and Conditions are made available at  http://biggbosstelugu.startv.com .

 

The Terms and Conditions contained herein shall subsist until the first telecast of the last episode of the Program and /or any such extended durations as may be deemed fit by SIPL and hence, till such time these Terms and Conditions shall continue to apply to all Viewers in relation to any participation in the Voting Mechanism.

 

PRINCIPAL RULES:

The following are the Principal Rules for Voting Mechanism for the Program on the Channel, as conducted by SIPL:

1. The Program is a reality show where individuals/housemates (“Participants”) staying in the Bigg Boss House will nominate housemates for eviction from the Program decided by SIPL/Channel (“Shortlisted Participant”). During the Program, the Viewers will be asked to cast their vote for the Shortlisted Participant whom they want to save from eviction from the Program. The Shortlisted Participant who gains the minimum votes from the Viewers, will be eliminated from the Program.

 

2. Further, SIPL and/or the Channel shall be entitled to, at its discretion any time during the telecast of the Program to re-introduce the eliminated Participant(s) or introduce fresh individuals/participants (“Wild Card Entries”).

 

3. The Voting Mechanism (as detailed in clause 7) will open and end for the period tabulated in Rule 10 below (“Period”) in the Territory as mentioned herein. During the Period, the Viewers in the Territory  can vote for their favourite Shortlisted Participant, as per the Voting Mechanism detailed below. SIPL and/or the Channel shall in its discretion be entitled to close the Voting Mechanism for specified Voting Cycles (defined below) during the Period.

 

4. The Program will be telecasted from 10^th June, 2018, on the Channel at the timings stated below or such other dates and timings as amended and updated on the Website by SIPL from time to time.

 

DAY	TIME OF TELECAST
Week Days (Monday to Friday)	21.30 Hours to 23.00
Week Ends (Saturday & Sunday)	21.00 Hours to 22.30

 

5. The votes, for each episode / day (“Episode/Day”), should be sent only during the timelines, as more particularly mentioned herein. Votes sent after the timelines, shall not be considered and shall be deemed null and void.

 

6. To participate in the voting, the Viewers must watch the Episodes of the Program being telecast on the Channel every day, on the times as mentioned in Clause 4 of these Principal Rules. The Viewers by participating in the Voting Mechanism will get an opportunity to cast their votes for any Shortlisted Participant of that Episode(s) of the Program.

 

7. The Viewers interested in voting can participate by choosing any or both of the 2 (two) mechanisms as mentioned below and shall be subject to the respective mechanism’s requirements and rules:

 

7.1          Google Voting Mechanism: Google search “Star Maa Bigg Boss Vote” and cast votes as more fully detailed in Rule 8;

 

7.2          Missed Call Mechanism: By dialing the numbers assigned to each Participant (more fully given under) from the Viewer’s mobile phone / landline and casting the vote as more fully detailed in Rule 9;

 

All the above mechanisms together with any other mechanism that the Channel/SIPL may provide from time to time shall hereinafter collectively be referred to as “Voting Mechanism”.

 

8. Google Voting Mechanism

A Viewer interested to cast his/her vote, by using Google Voting Mechanism, will be subject to the following:

 

• The Viewer must have a valid and subsisting Gmail id for casting his/her vote through this Voting Mechanism. The Viewer may be prompted to enter his/her Gmail id and related details prior to proceeding with the voting.
• The Viewer needs to go to the Google Search Page and type the following keyword- 'Star Maa Bigg Boss Vote' or any other keyword that may be notified or publicized by SIPL/Channel from time to time during the Period.

 

• The search results will list the Shortlisted Participants’ names.

 

• The Viewer has to cast his/her vote against the desired Shortlisted Participant’s name to save him/her from eviction.

 

• Only a maximum of 50 votes per Day for each Gmail id, will be allowed through the Viewer’s Gmail account till the end of the particular Voting Cycle .

 

• The Viewer will not be charged in the Google Voting Mechanism to cast the vote, however, there will be cost levied to the Viewer, at the applicable rate, by the network provider for using internet connection which should be checked by the Viewer at his/her sole responsibility.

 

 

 

 

9. Missed Call Mechanism

The Missed Call Mechanism for the Territory is as provided below:

• The Viewer should be residing in India and using a valid Indian phone number, registered with network operators in the Territory.

 

• To vote, the Viewers shall through their landlines/mobile numbers dial the unique number of the Shortlisted Participant for the particular Voting Cycle for whom they want to vote and give them a missed call. The unique number for the Participants shall be as follows:

 

S.No	Name of Participant	Number assigned
1	Geetha Madhuri	7729998801
2	Syamala	7729998802
3	Ganesh	7729998803
4	Bhanu Sree	7729998804
5	Babu Gogineni	7729998805
6	Tejaswi	7729998806
7	Roll Rida	7729998807
8	Deepti	7729998808
9	Nutan Naidu	7729998809
10	Tanish Alladi	7729998811
11	Deepthi Sunaina	7729998812
12	Amit Tiwari	7729998813
13	Sanjana Anne	7729998814
14	Samrat Reddy	7729998815
15	Kireeti	7729998816
16	Kaushal	7729998817

 

 

• It is clarified that each Viewer can cast a maximum of 10 (ten) votes per Day, and a maximum of fifty (50) votes per Voting Cycle (defined below) by way of a missed call for the Shortlisted Participant(s) from a landline and/or mobile number. The Viewer will receive an SMS/response from SIPL for the first vote only (if voting is done through mobile only) for the applicable Voting Cycle.

 

• The Viewer will not be charged in the Missed Call Mechanism to cast the votes.

 

10. In the Voting Mechanism, the Viewer should cast his/her votes for a particular Shortlisted Participant, for the respective Episodes of the Program, during a particular Voting Cycle (as defined below) and any vote cast after the Voting Cycle shall neither be considered as vote(s) for that Episode nor for the next Voting Cycle. The voting cycle for each Episode shall commence from the Start Date/time and end on the voting End Date/Time (“Voting Cycle”) as detailed below:

 

 

Start Date	Time	End Date	Time
11th June 2018	22:25:00	15th June 2018	23:59:59
18th June 2018	22:25:00	22nd June 2018	23:59:59
25th June 2018	22:25:00	29th June 2018	23:59:59
2nd July 2018	22:25:00	6th July 2018	23:59:59
9th July 2018	22:25:00	13th July 2018	23:59:59
16th July 2018	22:25:00	20th July 2018	23:59:59
23rd July 2018	22:25:00	27th July 2018	23:59:59
30th July 2018	22:25:00	3rd August 2018	23:59:59
6th August 2018	22:25:00	10th August 2018	23:59:59
13th August 2018	22:25:00	17th August 2018	23:59:59
20th August 2018	22:25:00	24th August 2018	23:59:59
27th August 2018	22:25:00	31st August 2018	23:59:59
3rd Sept 2018	22:25:00	7th Sept 2018	23:59:59
10th Sept 2018	22:25:00	14th Sept 2018	23:59:59
17th Sept 2018	22:25:00	22nd Sept 2018	23:59:59

 

11. Votes sent after the Period and/or after the applicable Voting Cycle as tabulated in Rule 10, will not be considered and shall be deemed null and void without requirement of any further intimation by SIPL or the Channel. For the avoidance of doubt, the Viewer may cast his/her vote for more than one (1) Shortlisted Participant for each Voting Cycle, subject to, the rules pertaining to the maximum number of votes per Day and/or per Voting Cycle and other rules for the selected Voting Mechanism as detailed in the Principal Rules.

 

12. Every week, the Shortlisted Participant with the lowest number of votes gets eliminated from the Program and other remaining Participants will be eligible to continue in the house, in accordance with the format of the Program. It is further clarified that the elimination is purely based on the average of votes received through the Voting Mechanism, as set out herein. SIPL and/or Channel reserve the right to modify the format of the Program and accordingly the rules for Voting Mechanism at any time, at its discretion, during the telecast of the Program/at any time during the Period. In no event shall the Participants, the Shortlisted Participants, or the Viewer(s) dispute the decision made by SIPL and/or the Channel or make any claims in this respect in regard to any aspect of the Program and/or the Voting Mechanism including the Terms and Conditions, the format of the Program, selection of the Shortlisted Participants, the Shortlisted Participant being evicted on the basis of the votes received, or any remaining Participants surviving the elimination.

 

13. The Voting Mechanism may be announced during the telecast of the Program on the Channel.

 

14. The Viewer(s) can cast their votes for only those Shortlisted Participant(s) of the Program who have participated in that particular Day/Episode. Any votes sent by the Viewers for the Shortlisted Participants who were not a part of that particular Day/Episode due to elimination or not shortlisted for any other reason whatsoever, shall not be considered and shall be null and void.

 

15. The voting is merely to enable the Viewers to choose their favourite Participant or to vote for the performance of a particular Shortlisted Participant that they have liked. No winners will be declared and/or prizes distributed for the Viewers participating in the Voting Mechanism. Each Viewer participating in the Voting Mechanism agrees and acknowledges that he/she shall not be entitled to any gratification of any nature whatsoever. Viewers are not be entitled to make any claims in respect of this against the Channel, SIPL and/or the Program.

 

16. The elimination of the Shortlisted Participant and/or the decisions made by SIPL and/or the Channel in any aspect of the Program/Voting Mechanism shall be final and binding on all the Viewers and in no event shall the Viewers dispute the decision made by SIPL, Channel and/or its employees/representatives in connection to the same.

 

17. The public votes gets 100% weightage in deciding the eviction of a Shortlisted Participant at the end of each Voting Cycle.

 

 

 

General Rules

 

1. The Viewer interested in participating in the Voting, represents and warrants that he/she is 18 years old or The Viewer further represents and warrants that (i) he/she is not restricted from or under any disability, whether legal, contractual or otherwise which may restrain/prevent him/her from participating in the Voting Mechanism; and (ii) he/she shall comply with the applicable laws and these Terms and Conditions and the Policies. Failure of any Viewer to comply with the Terms and Conditions and/or the Policies will disqualify such Viewer from participating in the Voting Mechanism and/or render the vote cast by such Viewer null and void.

 

2. SIPL and/or the Channel reserves all rights to make amendments to the existing Terms and Conditions, and/or withdraw, change, alter, amend the Voting Mechanism, process of elimination including any Shortlisted Participants for a Voting Cycle, the schedule of the Episodes of the Program and/or, Participants of the Program and/or any other details of the Program, Terms and Conditions, Period and/or Program, at any time, without any prior notice to the Viewer. It shall be the sole responsibility of the Viewers to check the Terms and Conditions on SIPL’s Official website at http://biggbosstelugu.startv.com

 

3. SIPL reserves the right to cancel and/or postpone the Program without assigning any reasons and/or without giving any prior intimation to the Viewers.

 

4. Viewer(s) agree and acknowledge that there is no prize/gratification in voting for the Shortlisted Participant as detailed herein.

 

5. Neither SIPL nor the Channel shall be responsible in any manner whatsoever for network problems, technical failures, interruptions, disruptions, malfunction, system failure whatsoever and/or the data charges/costs charged by the network operator(s) and/or any other problems which may occur due to the failure of the Voting Mechanism or misuse of the Voting Mechanism or any kind of problems in connection thereto. Any dispute in connection to the same should be settled between the Viewers/subscribers and the operator(s) directly without involving SIPL and/or the Channel in any manner. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, SIPL shall in no manner be responsible for the inability, failure of the Viewer to cast any vote or delay in casting of any vote, for any reasons whatsoever, including without limitation network failure, technological reasons or any events beyond SIPL’s/Channel’s control.

 

6. Neither SIPL nor the Channel shall be responsible for any unauthorized access to user data and/or for any compromise on private / confidential user related, or any other data, including but not limiting to user ids, email address, names, or any other user related details of the Viewers.

 

7. In case of any network failure, technical problem and/or for any reasons whatsoever, SIPL reserves the right to change the voting system/Voting Mechanism and/or cease from accepting votes of the Viewers for any and/or all the Episode(s)/Voting Cycle(s) of the Program, or take such necessary steps as it may deem fit.

 

8. Upon the Viewer’s voting for the favorite Shortlisted Participant, the user and email id or phone number from which the Viewer(s) has voted during the Voting Cycle would get registered with the respective network provider(s) who will collate the total number of votes received for each Shortlisted Participant and send the same to the audit committee as engaged SIPL/Channel and the final data will be received by SIPL/the Channel and as per the results shared by the audit committee, the evicted Participant shall be declared. The Viewers hereby expressly consent to the sharing of their user and email id(s), phone number(s), as per the Voting Mechanism used by the Viewer, with the audit committee engaged by SIPL and/or the Channel in its discretion.

 

9. The Viewer(s) agrees that he/she shall hold harmless and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases the Channel, SIPL, its employees, officers or any other person connected with the Program, the Voting Mechanism, in relation to any injury/damage/harm/loss suffered by him/her, in any manner, whatsoever in connection with the Voting Mechanism or any aspect of these Terms and Conditions, and, without prejudice to the foregoing, expressly agrees to not file in person/ through any family member and/or any third party any applications, criminal and/or civil proceedings in any courts or forum anywhere in the world against the sponsor and/or the Channel and/or SIPL, or any of their employees, representatives, any person connected with the Voting Mechanism or the Program, to claim any damages or reliefs’ or otherwise. If the Viewer(s) is found to be ineligible, or if they have not complied with these Terms and Conditions, the corresponding votes will be disqualified.

 

10. The Channel and/or SIPL is in no manner whatsoever responsible and/or shall not be held liable in any manner whatsoever, for any injury, death, mental trauma caused to the Viewer/voter in any manner whatsoever, in connection to the Program and/or any aspect related to Voting Mechanism.

 

11. SIPL and/or the Channel reserves the right to disregard the vote(s) in the event SIPL/Channel observes any irregularity in the voting pattern of the vote(s) sent by the Viewer(s) and/or if SIPL/Channel in its knowledge has reason to believe that any Viewer(s) has acted in a fraudulent manner and/or engaged in any deceitful activity in sending the said vote(s).

 

12. Employees of and/or consultants of and/or persons hired on contract by the Channel, SIPL and the main sponsors of the Program, if any, and the members of their immediate family are ineligible for voting for the Program through this Voting Mechanism.

 

13. All decisions made by SIPL and/or the Channel shall be final and binding on all the Viewers and in no event shall the Viewer dispute the decision made by SIPL, Channel and/or its employees/representatives in connection with the Program, the Shortlisted Participants, the Participants, and/or the Voting Mechanism.

 

14. The elimination of the Participant(s) and/or the decision(s) made by the Channel and/or SIPL regarding the Program and the Voting Mechanism shall be final and binding on all the Viewers and in no event shall the Viewer(s) dispute the decision made by SIPL, Channel and/or its employees/representatives in connection to the Program, the Voting Mechanism, or otherwise.

 

15. By voting and/or proceeding to participate in the Voting Mechanism it is deemed that the Viewers have read, understood, accepted and unconditionally and irrevocably agreed to abide with all the Terms and Conditions of the Voting Mechanism and other Policies.

 

16. By participating in the Voting Mechanism, each Viewer acknowledges and agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (ii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred and associated with participating in the Voting Mechanism (if any). Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstances will SIPL and/or the Channel, or any of their employees, officers, directors, representatives, be liable for any consequential, indirect, special, punitive, or incidental damages or lost profits, whether direct or indirect, arising in any way whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise.

 

17. Each Viewer hereby acknowledges and agrees that the relationship between the Viewer and SIPL, Channel, and its/their affiliated companies is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship.

 

18. Each Viewer acknowledges that in case the performance of the Voting Mechanism and/or any provisions of these Terms and Conditions cannot be fulfilled due to war, industrial action, flood or any Act of God or any reasons beyond the control of SIPL or the Channel, then such non-performance or failure shall not be deemed as a breach of these Terms and Conditions and if such inability to perform such obligation continues for a period of seven (7) days, then SIPL shall be at liberty upon its sole discretion to terminate the Voting Mechanism forthwith and such decision shall be final and binding.

 

19. In case any portion/clause of these Terms and Conditions are deemed invalid or becomes unenforceable or prohibited by the law of the country or any order of a court or judicial/regulatory authority, such portions shall be considered divisible, and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall be valid and binding and of like effect as though such provision were not included herein.

 

20. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, SIPL and/or the Channel makes no representation and/or warranty regarding the Program, the Voting Mechanism, and hereby expressly disclaims all representations and warranties, expressed or implied including warranties of fitness for a purpose.

 

21. The Viewer(s) agree that the Viewer shall have no right and to the maximum extent permitted by law hereby expressly and irrevocably waives any right to restrain or injunct or enjoin, or attempt to restrain or injunct or enjoin, the development, production or exploitation of the Program and/or the continuance of the Voting Mechanism.

 

22. These Terms and Conditions, and the Policies, shall constitute the entire agreement between SIPL, the Channel, and each Viewer with respect to the subject matter contained herein, superseding any prior agreements between SIPL, the Channel, and the Viewers regarding the same.

 

23. The Viewer represents and warrants that all user details, if any required to be provided pursuant to the Voting Mechanism, are true, correct, and updated.

 

24. All and any costs direct and/or indirect, in relation to the participation in the Voting Mechanism, shall be borne by the Viewer and in no manner whatsoever shall SIPL and/or the Channel, be responsible or liable for the same. The Viewer hereby agree to indemnify SIPL, the Channel, its officers, directors, representatives, and employees, from and against any claims that may arise from their acts or omissions while participating in the Voting Mechanism.

 

25. These Terms and Conditions shall be construed in accordance with the laws of India, notwithstanding the conflict of laws principle, and any dispute or any other matter arising in reference to any aspect of these Terms and Conditions including the Voting Mechanism, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts in Hyderabad.

 

 

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Platform may use your Personal Information for the aforementioned purposes of the Website. You have full control regarding which of these emails You want to receive. If You decide at any time that You no longer wish to receive such communications from us, you can communicate to us. Please note that once we receive your request, it may take an additional period of time for your opt-out to become effective.

Deleting Your Information

If You wish to have the Personal Information that You have provided to us deleted, You can always do so by sending a request to us on the e-mail id of our Customer Services department provided at the bottom of this page. You may note that deletion of certain Personal Information may lead to cancellation of your registration with the Website and your access to certain features of the Website. This will be subject to Personal Data Privacy Policy.

Security

Platform uses ordinary industry standard technology designed to help keep your Personal Information safe. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information You put in before it is sent to us. Furthermore, all of the customer data we collect is protected against unauthorized access. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure correct use of information, We will employ commercially reasonable and practicable security practices and procedures and security methods and technologies. We will also ensure on reasonable commercial efforts basis that any agent or third party that we employ complies with the same security standards as us for the protection of your Personal Information.

Your information may be transferred to or be maintained on computers, computer systems and computer resources located outside of your state or country where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those where you live. If You are located outside India and choose to provide information to us, please be aware that Platform keeps or transfers information to India and processes it there. Your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information over the Internet is not completely secure. Although We strive to protect your personal data, We cannot guarantee the security of your data while it is being transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once We have received your information, We have commercially reasonable procedures and security features in place to reasonably endeavor to prevent unauthorized access.

Links to Other Sites / Financial Data

We provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. These sites may have their own privacy policies in place, which we recommend You review if You visit any linked websites. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites or any use of the sites.

While transacting with other users of the Website, You may provide your financial information including without limitation your bank account details, credit card account details or your details pertaining to any payment settlement or pre-paid instrument service provider. You understand, agree and acknowledge that the Website and Platform never receives Your financial and payment information from these service provider. Your personal information, sensitive personal information and financial information will be dealt by these service providers in accordance with their respective privacy policies and other terms and conditions and Platform and Website shall not be liable, accountable or responsible for your personal information, sensitive personal information and financial information which you provide to these service providers.

Changes in Privacy Policy

From time to time We may update this Privacy Policy. Your continued subscription to our Services constitutes an acceptance of the then-current Privacy Policy and Terms of Use so We encourage You to visit this page periodically to review any changes.

Phishing

Identity theft and the practice currently known as "phishing" are of great concern to Platform. Safeguarding information to help protect You from identity theft is a top priority. We do not and will not, at any time, request your credit card information or national identification numbers in a non-secure or unsolicited e-mail or telephone communication.

Contact Us

If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of Platform or your dealings with the Website, You can contact us via the links at the bottom of the page.

Grievance Officer

Ms. Shilpi Dubey Pathak shall be the Grievance Officer for the purpose of this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions or grievance or want to delete or modify your Personal Information, you shall mark your correspondence (given under the heading “Contact Us”) in the name of Ms. Shilpi Dubey Pathak, Grievance Officer. Any communication which is not marked as such shall not be treated as a valid and binding communication for the purpose of this Privacy Policy and applicable laws w.r.t. this Privacy Policy.

 

 

This document is an electronic record in terms of Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under as applicable and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statutes as amended by the Information Technology Act, 2000.

This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures. This is a legal agreement between you, the user (‘You’) of the Services, as defined below, and Star India Private Limited stating the terms that govern Your use of the Site, as defined below. If You do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you are not entitled to use the Services and any use thereafter shall be unauthorized.

 

Description of Service and Acceptance of Terms of Use

[Star India Private Limited] is a company incorporated under Companies Act, 1956, having its registered office at STAR House, Urmi Estate, 95, Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel (W), Mumbai – 400 013 (“Star”).

Star provides an online http://biggbosstelugu.startv.com (“Site”) as an interactive platform for its viewers to interalia to submit information and audition video for participation in the Program “Bigg Boss – 2” (“Program”), on the Site and any other features, tools, applications, materials, or other services offered from time to time by Star in connection with its business, provided on the Site (“Content”) and post comments, participate in contests (collectively with Content, referred to as “Services”)

Use of the Services is subject to compliance with these Terms of Use ("Terms of Use" or "Terms" or “Terms and Conditions”).

By visiting the Site or using any of the Services You are agreeing to these Terms and Conditions. Unless otherwise specified, the Service is available for individuals aged 18 years or older. If You are under the age of 18, You should review these Terms and Conditions with Your parent or legal guardian to make sure that You and Your parent or legal guardian understands and agrees to it on Your behalf and further if required, You shall perform or undertake such activities which will entitle You to enter into a legally binding agreement with STAR. Your access to and use of the Services is subject to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and all applicable laws. Star may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy by updating this posting which will be communicated to You. You shall be bound by any such revisions.

Participation in any contest and or game on the Site conducted by Star shall be subject to such further terms and conditions as may be notified by Star from time to time on the Site or otherwise.

Electronic Communications

When You use/avail the Services or send any data, information or communication to Star, You agree and understand that You are communicating with Star through electronic records and You consent to receive communications via electronic records from Star periodically and as and when required.

Star will communicate with You by email or any push or other message or electronic records on the email address and or mobile number available with Star which will be deemed adequate service of notice / electronic record.

The Content which is viewed on the Site is copyrighted material of Star and/or Star’s licensors, and shall not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, without the written permission of Star.

Access and Use of the Services

Star grants You a non-exclusive limited license to use the Services on the Site for personal, non-commercial purposes as set forth in these Terms and Conditions.

By agreeing to use/avail the Services:

1. You confirm and warrant that all the data and information supplied by You when You register or otherwise post comments/observations on the Site and provided by You to Star and or any Star’s affiliates, distributors (“Registration Data”) is true, current, complete and accurate in all respects.
2. You agree to promptly update Your “Registration Data”, so that Your information remains true, current, complete, and accurate at all times.
3. You acknowledge and agree that Your registration information and any other personal data collected by Star is subject to Star’s Privacy Policy. For more information, view the full Privacy Policy. Star may collect information such as occupation, language, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, location, and the time zone where the Services is used.
4. You acknowledge, consent and agree that Star may access, preserve, and disclose Your account information subject to the Privacy Policy, if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation, or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the Terms and Conditions; (c) respond to Your requests for customer service; or (d) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Star, its users and the public.
5. You agree that Star has the right to temporarily suspend access to the whole or any part of the Services for any technical/operational reason. Star may, but shall not be obliged to, give You as much notice of any interruption of access to the Services as is reasonably practicable. Star will restore access to the Services as soon as reasonably practicable after temporary suspension.
6. You agree that Star shall be under no liability whatsoever to You in the event of non-availability of the Site or any portion thereof occasioned by Act of God, war, disease, revolution, riot, civil commotion, strike, lockout, flood, fire, satellite failure, failure of any public utility, man-made disaster, satellite failure or any other cause whatsoever beyond the control of Star.
7. You agree that Star shall not be responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment or software due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Site or due to use of any of the Services, including any injury or damage to the User(s)’ or to any person(s)’ computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in connection with the Services.
8. You acknowledge and agree not to either directly or through the use of any device, software, internet site, web-based service, or other means remove, alter, bypass, avoid, interfere with, or circumvent any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices marked on the Content or any digital rights management mechanism, device, or other content protection or access control measure associated with the Content including geo-filtering mechanisms. Further, You agree not to either directly or through the use of any device, software, internet site, web-based service, or other means copy, download, capture, reproduce, duplicate, archive, distribute, upload, publish, modify, translate, broadcast, perform, display, sell, transmit or retransmit the Content or create any derivative work and/or material based on the Content.
9. You agree that Star owns and retains all rights to the Services. You further agree that the Content You access and view as part of the Services is owned or controlled by Star and or its licensors. The Services and the Content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
10. You are responsible for the security and proper use of Your unique user ID and password that you enter while registering on the Site and must take all necessary steps to ensure that they are kept confidential, used properly, and not disclosed to unauthorized people.
11. You agree that your use of the Services and the Content may give you the opportunity to view, publish, transmit, submit posts and/or comment in accordance with these Term and Condition. You agree that You will not misuse the Content you access and view as part of the Service, including without limitation, download the Content by illegal/non-permitted means, or infringe any of the Star’s copyright, trademark and other intellectual property including any rights of Star or its licensors subsisting in the Content. You further agree that you will not copy/record any of the Content You access and view as part of the Service, for any purpose, and/or copy/record any Content including video, images etc, by using any means including software, spyware, etc, for any purpose whatsoever.
12. You further agree that you will not post, publish, transfer, upload, transmit or submit any of the Content, including without limitation videos, images, comments, User material (defined below) or articles, of the Site on any other website, webpage or software which is not owned by Star.
13. In case the Site allows You to download or stream any of the Contents therein, You agree that You will not use, sell, transfer or transmit the Content to any person or upload the Content on any other website, webpage or software, which may violate/cause damages or injuries to any rights of Star or its affiliates or any third party including privacy rights, publicity rights, and intellectual property rights.
14. You agree that the trademarks, logos and service marks shown on this site are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Nothing in Your use of the Site shall be interpreted as granting any license or right to use any image, trademark, logo or service mark made available on the site.
15. You agree that You shall assume the entire risk with respect to the user, results of such use, in terms of accuracy, reliability, performance, completeness, comprehensiveness, currentness, functionality, performance, continuity, timeliness of the information, data or any content available on the Site.
16. You waive your right to any claim based on the detrimental effects or results of any reliance placed by the user on any information or data available on the Site.
17. The development of the Site with respect to the nature of the information or data available on the Site is a continuous and on going process. STAR disclaims any and all liability and/or responsibility for loss of any information or data, or any consequence, intended or unintended, due to the operation of the Site. STAR does not assume or purport to assume any responsibility or liability to You for any failure or inability to access or use the Site for any purpose. Published information, statistics or data available on the Site may not be current or upto date for any purpose.
18. Star shall not be responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment or software due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Site or due to use of any of the Services, including any injury or damage to the User(s)’ or to any person(s)’ computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in connection with the Services.
19. If You are the parent or the legal guardian of a minor child, and have allowed him to use the Services, You agree that You shall be solely responsible for :
20. The online conduct of the minor child
21. Monitoring of such Minor’s access to the Site and Use of the Service

iii. The consequences of any use of the Services by the minor child.

Termination of Service

Star reserves the right to immediately terminate or restrict Your account or Your use of the Services or access to Content at any time, without notice or liability, if Star determines in its sole discretion that You have breached these Terms and Conditions, violated any law, rule, or regulation, engaged in other inappropriate conduct, or for any other business reason.

User Reviews, Comments and Other Material

You may have an opportunity to publish, transmit, submit, or otherwise post (collectively, "Post") only reviews or comments (collectively, "User Material").

You agree that Star shall have the right but have no obligation, to monitor User Material and to restrict or remove User Material that Star may determine, in its sole discretion, is inappropriate or for any other business reason. You must adhere to the below terms and conditions and not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information that:

(a) belongs to another person and to which You do not have any right to;

(b) is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever;

(c) harm minors in any way;

(d) infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights;

(e) violates any law for the time being in force;

(f) deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature;

(g) impersonate another person;

(h) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource;

(i) threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation. You also represent and warrant that the Posting of your User Material does not violate any right of any party, including privacy rights, publicity rights, and intellectual property rights.

You acknowledge that Star does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Material.

By Posting the User Material, You hereby grant Star a license to use, display, reproduce, distribute, modify, delete from, add to, prepare derivative works of, publicly perform, and publish such User Material worldwide, including on or through any Property, in perpetuity, in any media formats and any media channels now known or hereinafter created. The license You grant to Star is non-exclusive, royalty-free, and sub licensable.

In no event does Star assume any responsibility or liability whatsoever for any User Material, and You agree to waive any legal or equitable rights or remedies You may have against Star with respect to such User Material.

If you have any complaints relating to any User Material uploaded on the site, then please contact:hello@startv.com

Your email, which must bear your digital signature or a signed written complaint should include the following information:

1. Details of the objectionable Post;
2. Details of the basis of the objection;

iii. Other relevant information required by Star to assess the complaint.

Star shall take all reasonable measures, including taking down the objectionable Post expeditiously. You agree and acknowledge that Star’s responsibility in relation to objectionable Posts is limited to removing them post receipt of Your objections in accordance with this Terms of Use and Star shall not be responsible or liable for any other damages or losses incurred by You of any nature whatsoever.

 

Linked Destinations and Advertising

Part of this Site contains advertising and other material submitted to us by third parties. Although acceptance of advertisements on the Site on request is subject to our terms and conditions, we expressly disclaim any liability arising out of the usage of these products or services advertised on our Site.

This Site may contain articles contributed by several individuals. The views are exclusively their own and do not represent the views of Star or its management. All liability is excluded to the extent permitted by law including any implied terms. Indian law and jurisdiction applies with respect to contents of this Site. While using this website for information purposes or otherwise, users acknowledge and accept the above disclaimer.

If Star provides links or pointers to other websites or destinations, You should not infer or assume that Star operates, controls, or is otherwise connected with these other websites or destinations. When You click on a link within the Services, Star will not warn You that You have left the Services and are subject to the Terms and Conditions (including privacy policies) of another website or destination. In some cases, it may be less obvious than others that you have left the Services and reached another website or destination. Please be careful to read the terms of use and privacy policy of any other website or destination before you provide any confidential information or engage in any transactions. You should not rely on these Terms and Conditions to govern your use of another website or destination.

Star is not responsible for the content or practices of any website or destination other than the Site, even if it links to the Site and even if the website or destination is operated by a company affiliated or otherwise connected with Star. By using the Services, You acknowledge and agree that Star is not responsible or liable to You for any content or other materials hosted and served from any website or destination other than the Site.

Star takes no responsibility for advertisements or any third party material Posted on any of the Properties, nor does it take any responsibility for the products or services provided by advertisers. Any dealings You have with advertisers found while using the Services are between You and the advertiser, and You agree that Star is not liable for any loss or claim that You may have against an advertiser.

Support

If You have any questions, complaints or claims with respect to the Site, then such correspondence should be directed to the address as given below.

[STAR India Private Limited]

The contact information – hello@startv.com

Disclaimer of Warranties

You agree that use of the Services is at Your own risk. The Services including the Site, the Content, the Video Player, user material and any other materials contained on or provided through the Properties are provided “AS IS” and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, are provided without warranties of any kind, either express or implied.

Without limiting the foregoing, Star does not make any warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, title, merchantability, completeness, availability, security, compatibility or non-infringement; or that the Services will be uninterrupted, free of viruses and other harmful components, accurate, error free or reliable.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO CASE SHALL STAR, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, PRINCIPALS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT OR MATERIAL THEREOF OR FOR ANY OTHER CLAIM RELATED IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT OR MATERIAL THEREOF, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR MATERIAL, OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT OR MATERIAL THEREOF, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THEIR POSSIBILITY. WHERE THE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, STAR'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Star, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i) Your use of and access to the Services; (ii) Your violation of any term of these Terms and Conditions; (iii) Your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; and (iv) Your breach of any applicable laws. This indemnification obligation will survive the expiry or termination of Terms and Conditions and Your use of the Service.

Governing Law

The relationship between You and Star shall be governed by the laws of India without regard to its conflict of law provisions and for resolution of any dispute arising out of Your use of the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, You agree that Star has the right to bring any proceedings before any court/forum of competent jurisdiction and You irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of such courts or forum.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held invalid, void, or unenforceable, then that provision shall be considered severable from the remaining provisions, and the remaining provisions given full force and effect.

Changes

Star reserves the right, at any time and from time to time, to update, revise, supplement, and otherwise modify this Terms of Use and to impose new or additional rules, policies, terms, or conditions on Your use of the Service. Any material updates, revisions, supplements, modifications, and additional rules, policies, terms, and conditions (collectively referred to in this Agreement as "Additional Terms") will be posted on the Website and will be effective immediately after such posting and thereafter incorporated into this Terms and Conditions. Your continued use of the Services will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of any and all such Additional Terms.

Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between You and Star governing Your use of the Services, superseding any prior agreements between You and STAR regarding such use.