Please read this carefully because it sets out the terms of a legally binding agreement between you and the Madras Courier
Index to sections:
1. Introduction
2. Subscriptions
3. Cancellation or suspension of your subscription
4. Privacy policy and registration
5. Who your personal subscription contract is with
6. Our responsibilities to you
7. Choice of law and jurisdiction
8. Contact us
9. Content ownership
10. Residents of certain countries
11. Changes to terms and conditions
1. Introduction
The following Madras Courier Digital Subscription General Terms and Conditions (the “General Terms”) together with the specific terms and conditions of your Madras Courier Digital subscription offer, as set out on the applicable website sign-up pages, or otherwise advised to you during the sign up process (the “Specific Terms”) form a legally binding agreement between you and the Madras Courier (“Agreement”).
The Specific Terms take precedence over these General Terms if there is any inconsistency between the two.
This Agreement sets out the terms on which you may subscribe to receive the Madras Courier Digital contnet (”Subscription”). If you acquire your Subscription in the course of your business or work, you are also agreeing to this Agreement on behalf of that business. There are a limited number of countries where the Subscription process may differ from that described in this Agreement. Please check Section 8 below to see if you are resident of one of these countries and for further details.
The madrascourier.com terms and conditions of use shall apply to your subscription to madrascourier.com. Subscriptions to madrascourier.com., purchased are intended for use by the reader and may not be shared, transferred or resold.
By agreeing to purchase a Subscription you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (or are not authorised to do so on behalf of your business, institution or work) you should not take out a Subscription.
If you have any queries regarding the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any other element of the Subscription process then please contact us (see section 6 for contact details).
We recommend that you print a copy of this Agreement for your records.
The Madras Courier may update these terms and conditions for legal or regulatory reasons, or to reflect changes in our services or business practices. We will provide notice of such changes in Section 11 below and any changes will become effective from the date of your next payment following the change unless we notify you otherwise.
References in these terms and conditions to “MadrasCourier” (or “we”, “us” or “our”) refer to the Madras Courier entity with which you are contracting under this Agreement. Please see Section 5 for details.
The terms and conditions of this Agreement apply for the benefit of any or all of the above entities who may rely on them and/or enforce them in their own right.
2. Subscriptions
Placing your order: By submitting your payment and other Subscription details, you are making an offer to us to buy a Subscription. A contract is formed when we have accepted your offer, at which point we will provide the Subscription to you. Madras Courier reserves the right to reject any offer in its discretion, for any or no reason, and we will refund you the Subscription fees paid.
General: If you purchase a Subscription the content will be delivered to an email address of your choice.
The Madras Courier is not responsible for any failure by your internet service provider or digital platform to provide you with our digital content. Content or subscriptions must not be copied, resold or transferred to anyone else and are only valid in the country which you reside in.
Our stories/ digital content may be delivered directly to an email address of your choice as specified by you, as long as it is within our delivery areas. We cannot guarantee delivery to shared or communal e-mails.
We do not recommend that you list or share any sensitive information (such as access codes) with anyone else. But if you do so, it is at your own risk.
Once the subscription is commenced, our digital content will be delivered at the frequency and at the delivery email address specified when your order was confirmed.
If you have not received our content into your emails or are unable to access our stories, please contact us (see section 8 for contact details).
If we are notified by you of your non-receipt of your digital content within 30 days of the failed delivery date, we will usually apply an extension or credit to your current Subscription, unless you are informed otherwise by the Madras Courier (please note that this will not be available for trial Subscriptions).
We may use third parties to assist us in the provision of the Subscription services to you.
Subscriptions are generally non-transferable and cannot be resold by you. However, if you decide to cancel your Subscription you may be able to transfer it to another person. If you wish to do so please contact us.
Your Subscription period will be annual, unless another Subscription period is made available to you (which will be stated in the Specific Terms or on our sign-up pages or otherwise made clear during the sign-up process). For example, we may offer quarterly, half yearly or 24 month Subscriptions.
Trials or Discount Offers: We may, from time to time, and at our discretion make Subscription trials available to new subscribers (which may be free trials or discounted trials (for example, pay £1 for the first month’s Subscription)) in which case we will only charge you for your full Subscription fees with effect from the expiry of the trial period.
No more than one trial per subscriber or at a single household is allowed in any twelve-month period.
Pricing and Payment: The Subscription fees will be made clear to you on our sign-up pages or otherwise during the sign-up process.
The Subscription fees may vary from time to time and by country or by state, district or region. You agree to pay the fees at the rates and frequencies notified to you at the time you take out your Subscription. The Madras Courier will charge you in British Pounds Sterling, United States Dollars, Euros, or such other currency stated during the sign-up process depending on the service and your country of residence. You may also have to pay any applicable local taxes.
Eligibility for any discounts is ascertained at the time you subscribe and cannot be changed during the term of your Subscription. We will always tell you in advance of any increase in the price of your Subscription and offer you an opportunity to cancel it if you do not wish to pay the new price.
When you subscribe you must provide us with complete and accurate payment information. Where applicable, you may pay online by credit card, direct debit or in some cases offline by credit card, cheque or bank transfer, or by other methods that we may make available. By submitting payment details you promise that you are entitled to purchase a Subscription using those payment details. If we do not receive payment authorization or any authorization is subsequently cancelled, we may immediately terminate or suspend your Subscription and may in suspicious circumstances contact the issuing bank/payment provider and/or law enforcement authorities/other appropriate third parties. If you are entitled to a refund under this Agreement we will credit that refund to the card, bank account or other payment method you used to submit payment, unless it has expired in which case we will contact you. In no event shall the Madras Courier be responsible for lost orders or payments. In the case of unauthorised payments Madras Courier reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Subscription.
Madras Courier reserves the right to cooperate with the relevant authorities in the event that Madras Courier, at its sole discretion, suspects that any payment is fraudulent or otherwise unlawful.
Pricing errors: If we incorrectly state a price to you whether online or otherwise, we are not obliged to provide you with a Subscription at that price, even if we have mistakenly accepted your offer to buy a Subscription at that price, and reserve the right to subsequently notify you of any pricing error. If we do this, you may cancel the Subscription without any obligation to us and we will refund you any money you have paid us in full or you may pay the correct price.
If you refuse to exercise either of these choices then we may cancel your Subscription and will refund you any money you have paid us in full. We will always act in good faith in determining whether a genuine pricing error has occurred.
Other costs: In addition to the subscription fees you are charged, certain banks and credit card issuers will charge a foreign transaction fee on transactions which take place abroad or in a foreign currency. The majority of payments for subscriptions we take by card or payment gateways are processed in the United Kingdom therefore please check with your bank or credit card issuer to find out if such charges will be applied to you; the Madras Courier is not responsible for any such charges.
3. Cancellation or suspension of your subscription
Initial cancellation period: You have the right to cancel your Subscription, without giving any reason, within a 7 day period from the day on which you buy your Subscription. If you exercise your right to cancel within that period, then we will reimburse all payments received from you, less a pro-rated amount for each day you received our content before cancelling.
For more details (including an optional cancellation form), see our cancellation information.
Subsequent cancellation of your subscription: Except as set out in the previous section, you do not have any right to cancel your Subscription or any part of it until the end of your then current Subscription period.
Although you may notify us of your intention to cancel at any time, such notice will only take effect at the end of your then current Subscription period, and you will not receive a refund (except in the limited circumstances set out in these terms).
Suspension of your subscription: Digital subscriptions cannot be suspended.
Renewals: If you have chosen to pay through a continuous billing method such as credit card continuous service or direct debit, then unless you notify us before the end of your Subscription period that you no longer wish to receive your Subscription, your Subscription will renew for another period.
We will charge for the Subscription using the same card or other payment method that you previously used. We will notify you in advance of any changes to the price in your Subscription that will apply upon renewal. We reserve the right to charge you the subscription fee for the renewal period if content has been delivered to you.
For all Subscriptions, we will send you an email or notice letting you know when your annual Subscription is close to ending (unless you have already told us that you wish to cancel your Subscription). We will also ask you whether you would like to renew your Subscription. If you fail to respond to these notices or you fail to pay your renewal invoice, your Subscription will expire on its end date.
Cancellations by us: The Madras Courier reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Subscription if you breach this Agreement, with or without notice and without further obligation to you. You will not be entitled to any refund in these circumstances.
If, however, we terminate or suspend your Subscription for any other reason and/or permanently cease publishing the Madras Courier digitally or cease to provide Subscription services under exceptional circumstances, we will not be able to provide you with a refund. This includes if we suspend or terminate your subscription because we are prevented from providing services to you by circumstances beyond our control.
4. Privacy Policy and Registration
All information provided by you in order to purchase a Madras Courier Subscription will be used by the Madras Courier in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please read this for details of how we may process your personal data.
You must provide Madras Courier with accurate, complete registration information (including but not limited to name, delivery and billing address and direct debit/bank account or credit card details). You may also be required to provide your email address, phone number and WhatsApp other information to receive service messages relating to deliveries. It is your responsibility to update and advise us of all changes to that information. The Madras Courier is entitled to rely on all information you provide to us.
5. Who Your Personal Subscription Contract is with
If you are resident in any country, then you are contracting with The Madras Courier, United Kingdom.
6. Our Responsibilities To You
A summary of what this section means: This section is important and you should read it carefully. It makes clear to what extent, if any, the Madras Courier accepts responsibility (liability) to you for your use of the Subscription. We limit our financial responsibility to you arising from your use of the Subscription to the price you paid for it. Although this means that we accept very little in the way of financial responsibility for your use of the Subscription, we think this is fair on the basis that you can view a limited number of articles we publish on our website (www.madrascourier.com) free-of-charge and the cost of acquiring a Subscription is relatively inexpensive. It is not commercially possible for us to accept more responsibility for your use of the Subscription than set out in this Section 6 taking into account that you can acquire a Subscription for a relatively inexpensive cost.
Limitations of Madras Courier Content:
The content in the website is only for your general information and entertainment purposes and is not intended to address your particular requirements. In particular, it does not constitute any form of advice, recommendation, representation, endorsement or arrangement by the Madras Courier. It is not intended to be and should not be relied upon by Subscribers in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment, purchase sale or other decisions. Appropriate independent advice should be obtained before making any such decision, such as from a qualified financial adviser.
Our financial responsibility to you:
You agree that if we are in breach of these terms and conditions, we will only be responsible to you for any damages that you incur arising out of your use of the subscription services or the website (to the extent that Madras Courier’s liability is not otherwise excluded by this section 6) as follows:
• If you incur any loss as a result of using the subscription services or the website outside the scope of these terms and conditions, Madras Courier accepts no responsibility (liability) to you for this.
• You will be responsible for all claims, liabilities, damages, cost and expenses suffered or incurred as a result of your breach of these terms and conditions.
• Madras Courier will not be responsible to you for any loss or damage suffered by your business, such as lost data, lost profits or any business interruption.
The limitations of liability in this section 6 apply for the benefit of Madras Courier, its affiliates (including those listed in section 5) and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or any company who we transfer our rights and obligations to in accordance with these terms and conditions.
To the full extent permitted by law you acknowledge and agree that our third party content and data suppliers have no liability whatsoever to you in respect of any of their data supplied to you as part of the Madras Courier Content.
7. Choice of Law and Jurisdiction
If you are a subscriber then this Agreement will be subject to English law. In this case, to the extent possible in the applicable jurisdiction, both you and we agree that the courts of England will (subject to the final paragraph in this Section 5) have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with this Agreement.
8. Contact us
You may contact us by email, telephone or letter. Our contact details are as follows:
Email: [email protected]
9. Content ownership
All content published in the website belongs to the Madras Courier or its licensors who own all intellectual property rights (including copyright and database rights) in that content and any selection or arrangement of it. No intellectual property rights in that content are transferred to you. “Madras Courier” is a registered trademark and you may not use it without written permission from the Madras Courier. You may not copy, publish, republish, archive, store, create derivative works of, redistribute or disseminate to third parties any content from the website.
Any third party advertising or sponsorship in the website is the responsibility of the relevant third party and Madras Courier is not responsible for it.
You may not license or transfer any of your rights under this Agreement. We may transfer any of our rights or obligations under this Agreement to any company within the Madras Courier and Vipra Holdings Group of companies but if we do so we will try, within reasonable limits, to ensure that any company to whom we transfer our rights or obligations will continue to honour your rights under them.
10. Residents of certain countries
11. Changes to this Agreement
These terms and conditions will be effective from October 12, 2016 and will apply immediate effect upon the purchase of a subscription.