USER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Welcome to KarMuqabla!

We are delighted that you have chosen KarMuqabla to help with your on-line educational and training needs.

The following pages set out the terms and conditions (the “Terms”) which apply to our provision and your use of the information, services and materials through the KarMuqabla website (the “Website”) and other online interfaces, including but not limited to our android app KarMuqabla and our Official YouTube Channel youtube.com/karmuqabla (the “Online Interfaces”).

The Terms also regulate your activities of visiting and browsing the Website and / or the Online Interfaces as a visitor (the “Visitor”) as well as utilizing our services via the Website and / or the Online Interfaces upon registering with KarMuqabla as a registered user (the “Registered User”).

You are advised to read these Terms, as the same are non-negotiable. In case you do not agree to the Terms set out hereunder, you must stop using the Services immediately.   

  1. About Us
    1. In these Terms, reference to “we”, “us”, or “our” are to Houndbyte Technologies which operates the Website and Online Interfaces and is a registered partnership established and existing under the laws of Pakistan with  its principal place of business at  205, 2nd Floor, Continental Trade Center, Clifton, Block 8, Karachi, Pakistan.  
    2. In these Terms, references to “you” or “your” are references to you as a Visitor and / or a Registered User (Visitors and Registered Users to be collectively referred to as the “Users”).
  2. Access to Our Website and Online Interfaces
    1. Access to our Website and Online Interfaces is permitted in our absolute discretion, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our sites without notice. We shall not be liable if for any reason our sites are unavailable at any time or for any period.
    2. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts, or the entirety of, our Website and / or Online Interfaces for the benefit of Registered Users only.
    3. If you choose, or you are provided with, a username or user identification code, password or any other information as part of our security procedures, you must treat that information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the absolute discretion to disable at any time any username or user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us if we determine in our sole opinion that you have failed to comply with any of these Terms or the terms of any of our programs.
    4. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Website and Online Interfaces. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Website and / or Online Interfaces through your internet connection are aware of these Terms, and that they comply with them.
  3. Use of the Website and Online Interfaces
    1. Use of the Website and the Online Interfaces by the Users shall be subject to the following general conditions of use (the “Acceptable Use Conditions”):
    2. To use the Website and the Online Interfaces only for lawful purposes;
    3. To not distribute all or any part of the Website or the Online Interfaces in any medium;
    4. To not alter or modify any part of the Website or the Online Interfaces;
    5. To not access the Website or the Online Interfaces through any technology other than the software provided by us;
    6. To not (and not attempt to) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with any security related features of the Website or the Online Interfaces as well as any features that either prevent or restrict use or copying of content, or otherwise enforce any limitations on the User in its use of the Website or the Online Interfaces;
    7. To not transmit any data or send or submit any content that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, key-stroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware;
    8. To not use or access the Website and the Online Interfaces for any commercial uses or for the benefit of any third party, including but not limited to: (i) the sale of access to the online content available on the Website and the Online Interfaces; (ii) the solicitation of business in the course of trade or in connection with a commercial purpose; and (iii) the solicitation of any Visitors or Registered Users with respect to their content for commercial purposes;
    9. To not use the Website and the Online Interfaces in a way that infringes on the rights of third parties or restricts or prevents another User’s use and enjoyment of our services;
    10. To not collect or harvest any personal data of any User or of the Website and the Online Interfaces;
    11. To not use the Website and the Online Interfaces in a manner to damage damage, disable, overburden or impair any server or the network(s) connected to any of our servers, or infringe any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of any servers or networks connected to the Website and the Online Interfaces and
    12. To not impersonate any User or otherwise misrepresent your identity, including but not limited to misrepresenting your affiliations with a person or entity, past or present.
    13. You agree to comply with these Terms in relation to any User Content (as hereinafter defined) provided by you in connection with the services provided by us on the Website and the Online Interfaces.
    14. You hereby agree and acknowledge that the form and nature of the Website and the Online Interfaces and the content provided therein may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
    15. You hereby agree and acknowledge that you are solely responsible for (and that we have no responsibility to you or to any third party) for any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences of that breach (including, but not limited to, any loss or damage which we or any third party may suffer).
  4. Registration of Accounts
    1. Any Visitor may view the Website and the Online Interfaces but in order to avail all the services being provided by us, such Visitor must register for a personal account and become a Registered User by providing his personal details (the “Registered Account”).
    2. You undertake to not divulge or share access or access information of your Registered Account with a third party upon becoming a Registered User.
    3. You undertake that all information provided by you in relation to your Registered Account is and will continue to be accurate, current and complete at all times and that you will maintain and update the said information by making appropriate changes in your Registered Account.
    4. By creating a Registered Account, in addition to the Acceptable Use Conditions, you hereby agree to:
      1. Not set up multiple Registered Accounts;
      2. Not cheat on any assignment relating to the online content and courses; and
      3. Notify our administrators immediately upon becoming aware of any other Registered User cheating or breaching these Terms.
  5. Provided, however, that you may be disqualified for breaching any of the aforementioned conditions following which we reserve the absolute discretion to prohibit your future access or participation in our courses.
  6. Licence to Use
    1. Subject to compliance with these Terms, we grant you a fully revocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non sub-licensable limited right and licence to (the “Licence”):
      1. Access, internally use and display the online content available on the Website and Online Interfaces in your capacity as an individual User solely for the purpose of browsing and / or participating in the content available thereon strictly in accordance with these Terms; and
      2. Download permitted content from the Website and Online Interfaces so as to exercise the rights granted to you under these Terms.
    2. In exercising your rights under the Licence, you shall at all times abide by all copyright notices and / or restrictions contained on the Website and Online Interfaces.
  7. User Content
    1. In your use of the Website and Online Interfaces, you may be required to provide content by uploading notes and replies, discussions, profile pages and other content for social interaction with other Users (collectively, the “User Content”).
    2. We do not claim ownership of any User Content you may submit, and the User shall be the sole and exclusive owner of any and all rights, title and interest in and related to the User Content.
    3. Any User Content you submit to us or that is otherwise made available to us, you grant us an irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free and non-exclusive licence to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display or otherwise exploit such User Content on the Website and/or the Online Interfaces, with the right to sublicense such rights for any purpose associated with the provision of our services.
    4. We reserve the right to remove any User Content without notice at any time and for any reason.
    5. In respect of all User Content provided by you, you hereby represent and warrant that:
      1. you have all necessary rights, licences and/or clearances to provide such User Content and permit us to use and publish such User Content on our Website and Online Interfaces;
      2. such User Content is accurate and complete to the best of your knowledge and belief;
      3. such use and / or publication of your User Content does not and will not infringe or misappropriate any third party’s intellectual property rights (including trademarks, copyright, moral rights, database rights, design rights, confidentiality rights and all other rights having equivalent or similar effect), or other proprietary rights, or personality rights or rights of privacy rights, or otherwise constitute a fraudulent statement or misrepresentation; and
      4. the User Content does not contain any advertising, or any political or religious message, and is not obscene, indecent, blasphemous, offensive or sexually explicit.
    6. With respect to any submissions of User Content, you shall comply with all applicable laws, including but not limited to, laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content. Specifically, you shall comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the country in which you reside.
    7. We have the right to remove any User Content from our sites if, in our sole opinion, such User Content does not comply with these Terms or for any other reason.
    8. We have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who claims that the User Content violates that third party’s rights or is otherwise unlawful.
    9. As between you and us, you irrevocably waive all moral rights (including under the intellectual property laws operating at the time) in relation to the User Content. These Terms do not affect your ownership of any copyright in the User Content.
  8. Our Intellectual Property Rights
    1. We are the sole owner or the licensee of all necessary intellectual property rights in all aspects of the Website and Online Interfaces as well as the online content available thereon, including but not limited to, the technology, source code, all content, software, scripts, images, graphics and audio (the “Online Contents IPR”).
    2. The Online Contents IPR is protected to the fullest extent possible by copyright laws, and all such rights are reserved.
    3. You hereby agree and acknowledge that the Online Contents IPR remains the property of us or the licensor, as applicable, and that all updates and modifications to the Online Contents IPR will vest in us or the licensor, as applicable. You also agree that you have no rights in or to the Online Contents IPR other than the right to use it in accordance with the terms of the Licence granted to you in accordance with Clause 5 above.
    4. Other than any content submitted to the Website and / or the Online Interfaces by you, we own or are licensed to use all present and future copyright, registered and unregistered trademarks, design rights, unregistered designs, database rights and all other present and future intellectual property rights and rights in the nature of intellectual property rights existing in or in relation to the Website and / or the Online Interfaces (the “KarMuqabla IPR”).
    5. If any Online Contents IPR or KarMuqabla IPR vests in you, whether by operation of law or otherwise, you duly assign to us all right, title and interest (whether legal or beneficial) in such Online Contents IPR or KarMuqabla IPR, as the case may be, throughout the world to the fullest extent possible, including any and all renewals and extensions of such Online Contents IPR or KarMuqabla IPR. You hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waive any and all moral rights you may have either now or in the future existing in or in connection with the online content available on the Website and the Online Interfaces.
    6. You hereby agree to sign and provide all such deeds, documents, acts and things as we may reasonably require in order to assign any Online Contents IPR and/or KarMuqabla IPR to us, to carry out the intended purpose of these Terms, or to establish, perfect, preserve or enforce our rights under these Terms.
    7. You acknowledge and agree that KarMuqabla and its logo displayed on our sites, its core philosophy and tag line “Innovating the Future” or any of our other logos used on our online interfaces from time to time are our exclusive property (collectively, the “Property”) and that you shall not make use of the Property without prior written consent from us. You shall neither acquire nor claim any right, title or interest in or to any of the Property (or the goodwill attaching to them). All goodwill arising from the use of the Property shall at all times accrue to us. You shall upon our request execute or procure to be executed any agreements or other instruments that may be required in order to assign any right, title or interest in any of the Property to us.
    8. Except to the extent that you are obliged by a court order or regulatory body to disclose it, you shall keep confidential all confidential information belonging to us that we may disclose to you.
  9. Your Liability to Us
    1. You indemnify us against each and any loss, liability and cost (including reasonable legal expenses) that we may suffer or incur as a result of or in connection with any claim against us that results (in whole or in part) from:
      1. You submitting User Content or availing our services on the Website and / or the Online Interfaces;
      2. Your access to or use of the Website and / or the Online Interfaces;
      3. Your breach of any of these Terms; and
      4. Any negligent act or omission on your part.
    2. This Clause 8 shall survive the expiry of these Terms.
  10. Our Liability to You
    1. The online content available on the Website and the Online Interfaces are provided to you an “as-is” basis, and we make no warranty or representation to you with respect to them.
    2. We exclude all representations, warranties conditions and terms implied under any other applicable law in the provisions of our services to you. We accept no liability for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential or economic loss, or any other losses, howsoever caused arising out of or in connection with these Terms. This includes, without limitation: (i) any loss of profit (whether caused directly or indirectly); (ii) any loss of goodwill; and (iii) any loss of opportunity.
    3. We provide online content on our Website and the Online Interfaces in good faith but give no warranty or representation that the Online Content and Courses are accurate, complete or up-to-date or that they will meet your requirements, or that such content does not infringe the right of any third party. We accept no responsibility or liability for your use of the online content, and your use is entirely at your own risk.
    4. We take reasonable precautions to prevent the existence of computer viruses and / or other malicious programs on the Website and the Online Interfaces, we accept no liability for them.
    5. Information transmitted via the Website and the Online Interfaces shall pass over public telecommunications networks, and we make no representation or warranty that the operation of this Website and the Online Interfaces will be timely, secure, uninterrupted or error-free and disclaim all liability in that respect.
    6. We accept no responsibility for any loss or damage incurred by you as a result of:
      1. any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any information or advertising, or as a result of any relationship or transaction between you and any advertiser or sponsor whose advertising appears on the Website and the Online Interfaces;
      2. any changes we make to the Website and the Online Interfaces, or for any temporary interruptions in the provision of our services thereon;
      3. the deletion of, corruption of, or failure to store, any online content and other communications data maintained or transmitted by or through the use of the Website and / or the Online Interfaces.
      4. your failure to provide us with accurate account information; or
      5. your failure to keep your account details secure and confidential.
    7. We reserve the absolute right to suspend use of the Website and / or the Online Interfaces as well as access to the online content available thereon at any time for operational, regulatory, legal or other reasons.
    8. We may terminate your Registered Account or access/use of the Website and / or the Online Interfaces with immediate effect:
      1. If we reasonably believe you or any other Registered User are connected with a breach of any of these Terms;
      2. in order to prevent any fraudulent, unlawful or abusive activity; or
      3. if it is necessary to prevent or stop any harm or damage to us, other Users or the general public.
  11. Information about you and your visits to our sites
    1. We process information about you in accordance with our Data Protection and Privacy Policy, which is available at https://www.karmuqabla.com/privacy-policy/.
    2. By using our sites, you consent to that processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
    3. We may also obtain information about your use of our sites and general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Further details on how our sites use cookies is set out in our Data Protection and Privacy Policy.
  12. Safeguarding
    1. We are not responsible for performing any checks or validations required to ensure the safeguarding of children or vulnerable adults. Without prejudice to the foregoing, we reserve the right to restrict access to our Website and / or Online Interfaces as well any program run by us, and/or to refer information to the appropriate authorities, if we suspect that a User has harmed or poses a risk of harm to children or vulnerable adults.
  13. Linking to Other Sites
    1. The Website and Online Interfaces may contain links to pages on other websites (the “Linked Sites”), and those Linked Sites may contain content or offer products and/or services for sale.
    2. You hereby agree and acknowledge that we have no responsibility for the accuracy or availability of information provided by Linked Sites, and that we do not control or endorse the sponsors of such Linked Sites or the content, products, advertising or other materials presented thereon.
    3. We may remove any links to Linked Sites from the Website at any time for any reason.
    4. The provision by us of any link to a Linked Site does not create or imply any relationship or partnership between us and the operator of such Linked Site.
  14. Variations
    1. We reserve the right to revise these Terms from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that some of the provisions contained in these Terms may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our Website and Online Interfaces.
    2. From time to time, we may enter into a separate written agreement with you for the provision of our services (the “Separate Agreement”). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Separate Agreement and these Terms, the terms of the Separate Agreement shall prevail.
  15. Jurisdiction and Applicable Law
    1. Pakistani courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to all disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms (including claims for set-off and counterclaims), including disputes arising out of or in connection with: (i) the creation, validity, effect, interpretation, performance or non-performance of, or the legal relationships established by, these Terms; and (ii) any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with these Terms. For such purposes you irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
    2. These Terms and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with, Pakistani law.

Your questions

We are committed to ensuring that our website and online interfaces are accessible to the widest possible range of people. If you have any questions or concerns about our services, please contact us using the details available at https://www.karmuqabla.com/contact/.