TERMS OF USE
These Terms of Use (these “Terms”) were last updated on: 10 October 2024.
These Terms are between you and Drizzle Studios Private Limited. This document is an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules framed 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.
We at Drizzle Studios Private Limited, its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors in interest (“Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”) own, manage, and operate the application MRMR.SOCIAL. When we say “ MRMR.SOCIAL Platform” or “Platform” or “MRMR” we mean the website – mrmr.social (“Website”), and/or the mobile application mrmr.social.
We provide you with, among others, an anonymous micro-blogging platform within a closed community and access to content which is created and uploaded by users on MRMR as sought to be accessed by you (“Services”). Service (as referred in this document and the Privacy Policy) includes the website, the associated mobile application, SMS, APIs, e-mail notifications, chat feature, and any Content available on the Services in whichever form and format capable of communication. The terms “user”, “you”, “your” or “yours” refer to any user of MRMR.
When you click “Get”, “Buy”, “Install”, “Download” or a similar button in an app store (such as the Apple App Store or Google Play Store) or when you land/visit on any page of the Platform for accessing, downloading, using of the Services, you agree to be bound and abide by these Terms, and you further explicitly consent to our Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines (“Policies”), as amended from time to time. If the contents of any of our other Policies conflict with these Terms, these Terms shall prevail over the Policies. We urge you to access, review and familiarize yourself with these Terms periodically, for your continued use of the Services, which will constitute your consent and agreement to these Terms.
In the event the Terms are not agreeable to you, then you are required to desist from accessing, downloading, or using the Services in any manner, whatsoever.
For ease of reference, we are defining certain terms as below which will be used throughout the Terms and associated policies:
“Application” shall mean and include the website of MRMR.SOCIAL as well as the software and mobile application of MRMR accessed through or downloaded from the app store viz., Android or iOS or any other operating system and accessible from any compatible device.
“Community Guidelines” and “Abridged Guidelines” outline what is considered as unacceptable Content and behaviour of the Platform, as well as the actions that may be taken in the event of any violation of the Community Guidelines and/or Abridged Guidelines.
“Content” means and includes, any material available on or through the Platform, without limitation, any information, data, text, pictures, audio, video, GIFs, polls, user profiles, software, tags, graphics, chat messages, and interactive features generated, provided, or otherwise made accessible either by you or other users or by us or our partners or sponsors on or through the Service/s. This encompasses materials created, uploaded, posted, or shared by Users through its account, as well as Content created by the Platform, third parties, or reposted from other sources.
“Post” shall mean any post by a registered user on the Application/Platform.
“You” or “User” shall mean any registered user of the Application/Platform.
If you are accepting these Terms and using the Services on behalf of any juristic entity or any other person, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so and have the authority to bind such entity or person to these Terms, in which case the words “you” and “your” as used in these Terms shall refer to such entity or person irrevocably.
1. ACCESS TO AND MANNER OF USE OF SERVICES
2. SERVICES
The Application provides you with the ability to:
(a) Create and maintain your own profile on the Platform after registration.
(b) Share your Content; re-share Content shared by others; connect, follow and communicate with other Users through posts, comments, chat messages.
(c) Remove, edit, modify your own posts, and comments made on your or others’ posts.
(d) Control your own privacy, as per the Privacy Policy of the Company, right from your own account. This gives you the ability to determine which other Users can view your profile and/or any other Content uploaded by you on the Platform. From time to time we may introduce additional features which will assist you in safeguarding your privacy.
(e) Use the Chat feature to interact with fellow users on the Platform.
3. REGISTRATION AND ACCOUNT INTEGRITY
3.1 You are required to be registered with us to avail full functionalities of our Services. You are prohibited from buying or selling or exchanging accounts for cash or kind or any other value or for no value.
3.2 As part of the registration process for creating your account, you will need to provide us with your phone number and/or email address, (which will be verified via a one-time password verification mechanism). A username/handle shall be provided to you by us, post which, you can then create a password for yourself. You must use original and distinct credentials to create an account on our Platform, which does not infringe any applicable laws and third-party rights.
3.3 To create a MRMR Account, you could pick a unique screen name (pseudonym), if you desire. The Platform promotes pseudonymity and therefore we will never display your personal information such as your real name, or any information that has the potential to disclose your real identity, unless the applicable law requires us to do so. We also expect you to maintain and promote pseudonymity on the Platform, for yourself and for others.
3.4 You undertake that the information you provide to us is accurate, secure, and is not misleading. User accounts and handles are the property of the Company and have been licensed for use to you by these Terms. Usernames or handles are the property of the Company and cannot be sold or commercially dealt with in any manner.
4. USER CONTENT
4.1. You are allowed to write text (collectively, “User Content”) on the Platform strictly in accordance with the Terms and applicable laws. Being a citizen of India and User of the Platform, it is presumed that you abide by the laws of the country in your course of availing Services.
4.2. You represent and warrant that you own the User Content posted by you or that you otherwise have sufficient right, title and interest in and to such User Content to allow you to post such User Content on the Platform in accordance with these Terms.
4.3. By displaying or publishing (“posting”) any User Content on or through the Platform, you hereby grant to the Company a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to use, display, reproduce, adapt, modify (e.g., re-format), rearrange, and distribute your User Content through any media now known or developed in the future.
4.4. Subject to applicable law and unless provided otherwise under any statute in force in India, this license will terminate at the time you remove your User Content from the Platform except as to any User Content that the Company has sublicensed prior to the removal of your User Content from the Platform, which license shall continue in perpetuity. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Terms, we may have to retain copies of your User Content, even upon its removal, for such time as may be necessary to comply with applicable laws.
4.5. In the event that any User Content posted by you is found to be in violation of another person’s intellectual property or any other rights in any manner, then you alone shall be absolutely and solely liable for such violation and no liability shall be laid down on the Company for the same.
4.6. We do not guarantee, support or represent the completeness, reliability, truthfulness or accuracy of any Content appearing on the Services. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content you may find offensive, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, deceptive or in some cases, mislabelled. We expressly disclaim any liability for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions within any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed or otherwise made available via the Services. By using the Services, you expressly relieve us of any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website, service, feature or application.
5. THIRD PARTY SERVICES
5.1 You note that during your usage of our Services, the Company can place advertisements or other types of commercial information on the Platform. You also agree to receive advertisement or other relevant commercial information from us via e-mail or other authorized means. The Company may provide its Users with links to, or contact information for, third-party sites or services. Please note that we do not control such third-party websites, and their interactions with you. We have not reviewed, and do not review, all the material, including goods or services, made available through third-party sites. We therefore urge you to kindly make an informed choice in interacting with such third-party sites and ensure that you are familiar with the policies of such sites before you proceed with engaging, interacting, with such third-party sites.
5.2 The Company is not responsible for, and does not endorse, any third-party content, sites, or services mentioned on the Application. Third party materials accessed through or used by means of the third-party sites may also be protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.
6. RULES AND CONDUCT
6.1 Without foregoing the responsibilities ascribed to you under these Terms, and without foregoing the generality of the Community Guidelines, and allied policies, you are strictly prohibited from publishing any Content which:
6.2 The Company shall, upon obtaining actual knowledge by itself or through a government body or court or by an affected person in writing or through email, about any such information as mentioned above, be entitled to disable such information that is in contravention of this clause. We shall also be entitled to preserve such information and associated records for production to governmental authorities for investigation purposes.
Although we prohibit certain activities in these Terms, the Company does not make any representation or warranty that the User Content you may encounter through your use of the Services complies with these acceptable use provisions or the Terms. These Terms do not create any private right of action on the part of any third party or any reasonable expectation that the Services will not contain any content that is prohibited by these acceptable use provisions. We will have no liability or responsibility to users of the Services or any other person or entity for performance or non-performance of such activities. Our enforcement of the acceptable use provisions set forth in these Terms with respect to User Content in some instances does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce such provisions in other instances involving similar User Content.
8. SUPPORT
8.1 The Company offers email based, and online support tools. You may access support resources within the Platform or contact our support by emailing at mrmr@mrmr.social. Under certain exceptional circumstances, we may also request you to reach out to other authorized, appointed contact persons for resolution of your queries or support requests. The Company does not make any promises regarding how quickly we will respond to your request for support, or that we will be able to fix any problems you may be having. Any suggestions by the Company regarding use of the Services shall not be construed as a warranty.
8.2 We are an intermediary enabling online interaction between two or more users and allowing them to create, upload, share, disseminate, modify or access information using our services. Resolution of grievances or disputes or claims relating to violation of legal or personal or public or community rights (collectively known as grievances) is solely within the domain of legal or judicial authorities. We do not adjudicate any personal grievances.
8.3 If a post or its contents are contested or disputed, reporters have the option to use the “Report post” or “Report User” option within the Platform. Reporters may also submit to MRMR, orders from judicial or other authorities to take down any contested or disputed content at this link. Such orders will be acted upon on a priority basis. A Grievance Redressal Process in accordance with applicable law has been created and is available on the Compliance page on our website.
9. TERMINATION
9.1 The Company reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Application and the Services with or without notice and to exercise any other remedy available under law, in cases where:
9.2 Once temporarily or permanently suspended, or terminated, the User may not continue to use the Application under the same account, a different account or re-register under a new account, unless approved by the Company. On termination of an account due to the reasons mentioned herein, such User shall no longer have access to Content by such User on the Application , to the extent permissible in law.
9.3 The User has the provision to appeal the suspension or termination of the account by contacting mrmr@mrmr.social or by submitting this appeal form.
9.4 All provisions of these Terms, which by their nature should survive termination, shall survive termination, including, without limitation, disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
10. SAFETY WARRANTIES
10.1 The Services are provided “as is” and “as available” and is without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of title, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, and any warranties implied by any course of performance or usage of trade, all of which are expressly disclaimed. Your use of the service is solely at your own risk. The Company and its directors, employees, agents, and partners do not warrant that: the service will be secure or available at any particular time or location; or, any defects or errors will be corrected (unless otherwise secured in these Terms); or, any content or software available at or through the service is free of viruses or other harmful components; or, the results of using the service will meet your requirements.
10.2 Unless you receive explicit permission by MRMR in writing, you must not:
11. INDEMNITY
You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, subsidiaries, joint venture partners and each of its affiliates, subsidiaries, join venture partners’ employees, contractors, directors, suppliers and representatives from all liabilities, losses, claims, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that arise from or relate to:
(a) Your use or misuse of, or access to, the Service; or,
(b) Your violation of the Terms of Service or any applicable law, contract, policy, regulation or other obligation. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will assist and cooperate with us.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
12.1 To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event shall the Company or its directors, shareholders, employees, sponsors and partners, be liable under contract, tort, principles of liability including strict and vicarious liability, negligence or any other legal or equitable theory concerning the Services and/or the Platform:
(a) For any lost profits, data loss, loss of goodwill or opportunity, or special, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever;
(b) For your reliance on the service;
(c) For any matter beyond the Company’s reasonable control, even if it has been intimated of the possibility of damages arising out of such events both beyond its reasonable control and/or their potential consequences.
12.2 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, MRMR will have no liability related to the User’s content and/or third party’s content arising under intellectual property rights, libel, privacy, publicity, obscenity or other laws. MRMR also disclaims all liability with respect to the misuse, loss, modification or unavailability of any User’s content and / or third party’s content.
12.3 User expressly understands and agrees that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, MRMR will not be liable for any loss that User may incur as a consequence of unauthorized use of its account or account information in connection with the Services, either with or without User’s knowledge.
13. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to any rules of conflict of laws. All claims, differences and disputes arising under or in connection with or in relation thereto the Application or Services, the Terms or any transactions entered into on or through the Application or Services shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at Delhi, India.
14. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM
14.1 Any discrepancies or grievances with regard to Content and or comment or breach of this Agreement or Community Guidelines shall be taken up with the designated Grievance Officer as mentioned below only. You have the right to appeal against any action on your complaint or Content to the Grievance Officer. The Grievance Officer shall endeavour to resolve the same in an expeditious manner.
Name: Avi Chandra
Email: mrmr@mrmr.social
14.2 A Grievance Redressal Process in accordance with applicable law has been created and is available on the Compliance page of our website
14.3 Any dispute between the User and MRMR arising out of or in arising out of or in relation to or in connection with these Terms, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall first be referred to the Grievance Officer. If not resolved within 30 days, the dispute between the User and MRMR in relation to the parties’ rights and obligations under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in New Delhi, India. The parties hereby agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts for the resolution of any such dispute.
15. CHANGES
We reserve the right to change, modify, revise or otherwise amend any provision of these Terms, and any other terms, policies or guidelines governing your use of the Services, at any time at its sole discretion by providing notice that the Terms have been modified. Such notice may be provided by sending an email, or by posting a notice on the Platform, or by posting the revised Terms on the Platform and revising the date at the top of these Terms or by such other form of notice as determined by us.
Any changes will take effect as of the Effective Date posted at the top and bottom of this document.
We may assign or transfer our agreement with you including our associated rights and obligations at any time and you agree to cooperate with us in connection with such an assignment or transfer.
16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms, all the other policies and/or agreements incorporated in these Terms, and any other terms or policies as may be prescribed by MRMR from time to time, constitute the entire agreement between the User and MRMR, which will govern User’s use of or access to the Services, superseding any prior agreements between the parties.
17. WAIVER
Except as expressly provided in these Terms, no waiver of any provision of the Terms shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument signed by the party waiving such provision. Each of the rights of the Parties under the Terms of Use are independent, cumulative and without prejudice to all other rights available to them, and no failure or delay by a party in exercising any right, power or remedy under the Terms of Use shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of the same preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Without limiting the foregoing, no waiver by a party of any breach by any other party of any provision hereof shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach of that or any other provision hereof.
18. DIRECT MESSAGING FEATURE
The direct messaging (DM) feature can be used by users to interact with like-minded people on the Platform. However, it is important to ensure that the usage of this feature aligns with our Community Guidelines and promotes a safe and inclusive environment for all users. While using the DM feature, the user shall refrain from sharing any form of personal information. As a user, you bear the responsibility for both your actions and the content you disseminate, for which the Platform cannot be held liable. As an intermediary, we do not adhere to data encryption measures and are under no obligation to do so.
Suggestions and Feedback. The Company is committed to keeping the users happy and satisfied with their use of the Services. We welcome feedback or inquiries about our Services. However, if you elect to provide any feedback or comments of any nature to us, all of such feedback and comments shall be our sole and exclusive property and we will have the right to use such feedback in any manner and for any purpose at our discretion without remuneration, compensation or attribution to you, provided that we are under no obligation to use such feedback.
Quality of Service. We strive to provide the Services under these Terms without errors or interruptions. Unfortunately, faultless and uninterrupted service cannot always be guaranteed. In the event of errors or interruptions, we will generally attempt to restore our normal operations as soon as possible.
No Agency. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of the Terms, and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind us in any respect whatsoever.
Right to Assign. These Terms, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, and any purported assignment shall be null and void, but may be assigned or delegated by us, in whole or in part, without restriction.
Privacy. Our Privacy Policy informs you how we collect, use, and share your personal information.
For Parents and Guardians. If you are under the majority age as stipulated within your jurisdiction, your parent/guardian may request the termination of your Account by contacting mrmr customer support at mrmr@mrmr.social.
Survival. The terms and conditions of these Terms which by their nature are intended to survive termination or expiration of Services (including, but not limited to, Indemnification, Warranty Disclaimer, Dispute Resolution and the Limitation of Liability) will survive any expiration or termination of these Terms.
Interpretation, Severability, and Entire Agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, form the complete and exclusive agreement between you and us, and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous proposals, oral or written, understandings, representations, conditions, warranties, and all other communications between you and us relating to the subject products. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms. If any provision of these Terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, the other provisions of these Terms shall be unimpaired and the invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed modified and/or severed so that it is valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Disclaimer. The information made available on the Platform is purely for informational purposes only. The information shall not constitute and is not intended to be professional advice or services. We do not make any representation or assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, appropriateness, or usefulness of any information posted on the Platform.