Terms and Conditions of Site and Membership in Vanniyar Kula Matrimony. Welcome to Vanniyar Kula Matrimony (herein referred to as VKM). VKM is a part of Welcome Matrimony.

Welcome to VKM, your personal matchmaking platform. This document is an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under pertaining to electronic records as applicable and amended. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.

This Agreement sets out the legally binding terms for your use of the Site and membership. This Agreement may be modified by VKM from time to time. The membership and rights of admissions are reserved.

This Terms of Use is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011.

VKM is an advertising platform providing targeted advertising services for matchmaking alliances and replaces the traditional newspaper classified. The Site is for the personal use of individual members to advertise and promote their profiles for the purpose of finding relevant matches and cannot be used in connection with any commercial endeavors. The Site is a serious matchmaking platform to seek a life partner for marriage and is not a casual dating site.

VKM acts as a platform to enable any user to themselves register on it (by filling the mandatory fields and optional fields, (if any) to voluntarily search for profile(s) from the database of VKM's already registered users, for seeking prospective lawful matrimonial alliances for themselves. Our retail store may also be able to assist you to create your profile, however, you must have a valid/operational mobile phone number and an email id. VKM Members are provided with free/paid access for searching profiles from the database of VKM, as per the partner preference set by you (on the Website/Applications - (App) and you can shortlist the profiles in which you are interested.

  1. Acceptance of Terms of Use Agreement

In order to use the VKM Service you must register as a member on the Website/ community sites/ mobile applications ("Site"), by filling the mandatory fields and optional fields, (if any) to voluntarily search for profile(s) from the database of VKM's already registered users, for seeking prospective lawful matrimonial alliances for themselves. . VKM is intermediary as defined under sub-clause (w) of Section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. This Agreement is an electronic contract that establishes the legally binding terms you must accept to use the Site and to become a "Member." For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Member" means a person who voluntarily submits information to the Site whether such person uses the Service as a free member or a paid member and User shall mean a person who actively uses the Site to promote his/her profile for matchmaking purpose.

By using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use ("Agreement"). If you wish to become a Member and promote/ advertise your profile to other Members and make use of the VKM service ("Service"), read these Terms of Use and follow the instructions in the registration process. By using the Service, you consent to submit your personal identifiable information including sensitive personal data such as your financial data if opted for our paid membership, Identity proofs if submitted, religion etc, to collect, process, display and use the said information to provide the Service and if you have any objection in collecting/processing your personal data, we advise you not to register with our Site.

  1. Eligibility
  1. VKM Membership and rights of admission is reserved solely for :
    1. Indian Nationals & Citizens.
    2. Persons of Indian Origin (PIO).
    3. Non Resident Indians (NRI).
    4. Persons of Indian Descent or Indian Heritage
    5. Persons who intend to marry persons of Indian Origin
  2. Further in capacity as VKM member you confirm that you are :
    1. 18 years or above (if you are a woman) or 21 years or above (if you are a man);
    2. If you have applied for Divorce, you may register on our website/App by stating "Awaiting Divorce".
    3. If you are a resident of any other Country, you are legally competent to marry as per the local rules applicable to your country and you shall comply with the Indian laws for marrying a person of Indian Origin
  3. In case you are a Registrant of the prospective bride/ bridegroom and has created profile in VKM Website on behalf of them or is accessing the VKM Website on behalf of them implies that you have taken their consent for their profile creation in VKM and for accessing the VKM Website.
  1. Account Security

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials you designate during the registration process, and you are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to immediately notify us of any disclosure or unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security, and ensure that you log out from your account at the end of each session.

  1. Terms and Termination

This Agreement will be effective, valid and subsisting as long as you use our Site.

  1. You may terminate your membership at any time, for any reason by writing to VKM. In the event you terminate your membership, you will not be entitled to a refund of any unutilized subscription fees, if any, paid by you.
  2. VKM may terminate your access to the Site and/or your membership for any reason including but not limited to breach of the terms of use, using the service for commercial purpose, engaging in prohibited or inappropriate communication or activity, by sending notice to you at the email address as provided by you in your application for membership or such other email address as you may later provide to VKM. If VKM terminates your membership for breach of terms of this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of any Subscription fees, if any, paid by you.
  3. Certain provisions of this Agreement including sections 4, 5, 6, 7 and sections 10 to 16, of this Agreement shall remain effective even on termination.
  4. Terms for the paid Membership would be in accordance with the type of membership undertaken.
  1. Non-Commercial Use by Members

The Site is for the personal use of individual members to advertise and promote their profiles for the purpose of generating accepts from relevant matches and cannot be used in connection with any commercial endeavors. This includes providing links to other web sites, whether deemed competitive to VKM or otherwise. Organizations, companies, and/or businesses cannot become Members of VKM and should not use the VKM Service or Site for any purpose. Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Site, including unauthorized framing of or linking to the Site will be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.

  1. Other Terms of Use for Members
  1. VKM reserves the right in it's sole discretion to review the activity and status of each account and block access to the member based on such review.
  2. VKM reserves the right at its sole discretion to restrict/suspend your free access to its website based on review of the member's activity, status or any such criteria VKM may deems fit and proper with due intimation to you.
  3. You hereby confirm that as on date of this registration, you do not have any objection to receive emails, SMS/WhatsApp messages and calls from VKM and members of VKM as long as you are a registered member of VKM including SMS permission for authenticating mobile verification and transactions via OTP, sent by the Payment Gateway. This consent shall supersede any preferences set by you with or registration done with the Do Not Disturb (DND Register)/ National Customer Preference Register (NCPR). This consent extends to emails, messages or calls relating but not limited to phone number verification, the provision of matchmaking advertising service, matchmaking enquiries and promotions.
  4. Multiple profiles of the same person are not allowed on our Site. VKM reserves the right to deactivate all multiple profiles without any refund of subscription fees.
  5. You confirm that the Content, information including the personal information provided by you is correct and accurate. If you are creating the profile on behalf of your friend/sibling/children, you hereby agree that you have the required permission from the particular person whose profile is created on VKM by you. Impersonation is a crime and punishable under various laws.
  6. You are strongly advised to submit a copy of your Driving License, Passport or any other Government issued identity and add a trust badge to your profile.
  7. Except for the purpose of promoting/advertising your profile for matchmaking purposes, you cannot engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other Members to buy or sell any products or services through the Service.
  8. You will not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other VKM Members. Although VKM cannot monitor the conduct of its Members off the VKM Site, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from other members in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any Member without their prior explicit consent.
  9. VKM reserves the right to take appropriate steps to protect VKM and/or its Members from any abuse/misuse as it deems appropriate in its sole discretion.
  10. You hereby agree that you shall not use the Services and the platforms to harass any member.
  11. You cannot use any automated processes, including IRC Bots, EXE's, CGI or any other programs/scripts to view content on or communicate / contact / respond / interact with VKM and/or its members.
  12. VKM reserves the right to screen communications/advertisements that you may send to other Member(s) and also regulate the same by deleting unwarranted/obscene communications/advertisements at any time at its sole discretion without prior notice to any Member.
  13. VKM Members who subscribe to the VKM Select Service hereby, unconditionally and irrevocably confirm that you have read terms and conditions and agree to abide by them.
  1. Expiry Terms

Once your paid membership expires, you cannot avail the unexpired balance phone call count/ email lookup and unlimited Horoscope views.

  1. Proprietary Rights in the Content on VKM

VKM owns and retains all proprietary rights in the VKM Site and the VKM Service. The Site contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of VKM, and its licensors. Except for that information which is in the public domain such as member profile or for which permission has been obtained from the user, you cannot copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information. Any such act or an attempted act on your part shall constitute a violation of this Agreement and your membership is liable to be terminated forthwith by VKM without refund of any of your unused Subscription fees. VKM reserves the right to take legal action (civil and/or criminal) wherever applicable for any violations.

  1. Content Posted on the Site.
  1. You understand and agree that VKM may delete any listing, content, communication, photos or profiles (collectively, "Content") that in the sole judgment of VKM violate this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of either VKM and/or its Members.
  2. With respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Site including but not limited to your contact details, you hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grant to VKM the consent and license to use, store, distribute, reproduce, prepare derivative works of, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Site and to the members of VKM community site(s) from time to time.
  3. By submitting your success story you hereby expressly authorize VKM to use, publish, display your photographs and testimony on the Site.
  4. You understand and hereby agree that all information, data, text, photographs, graphics, communications, tags, or other Content whether publicly posted or privately transmitted or otherwise made available to VKM are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated and shall be at the member's/person's sole risks and consequences. This means that you (and not VKM) are solely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. VKM does not control the Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. We advise all User/s to independently verify the content /information posted by the other members before acting upon the same and under no circumstances will VKM be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service.
  5. VKM reserves the right to verify the authenticity of Content posted on the Site. In exercising this right, VKM may ask you to provide any documentary or other form of evidence supporting the Content you post on the Site. If you fail to produce such evidence to the satisfaction of VKM, VKM may, in its sole discretion, terminate your Membership without a refund.
  6. The following is an indicative list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Site. VKM will investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this Agreement, including without limitation, removing the offending communication/Content from the Service and terminating the Membership of such violators without a refund. Illegal and prohibited Content includes Content which:
    1. is blatantly offensive to the community, such as Content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
    2. harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
    3. involves the transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming";
    4. promotes information that you know is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
    5. promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
    6. contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
    7. displays pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind;
    8. provides material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
    9. provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
    10. solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; and
    11. engages in commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes
  7. You must use the VKM Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules and regulations.
  8. You cannot include in your Member profile, visible to other members, any telephone numbers, street addresses, URL's, and email addresses.
  1. Copyright Policy
  1. You cannot post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights.
  2. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the VKM service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information:
    1. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
    2. a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
    3. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
    4. your address, telephone number, and email address;
    5. a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
    6. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
  3. Notice of claims of copyright infringement can be sent to us in writing to the Mumbai address located under the Help/Contact section on the site.
     
  1. Your Interaction with other Members & Member Disputes

You are solely responsible for your advertisement/communications with other VKM Members. VKM reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members. VKM also reserves the right to take appropriate action against errant members. However, VKM is not obliged to share such action with other members, including complaints. VKM expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for any transactions or interactions between the members inter-se.

  1. Privacy

Use of the VKM Site and/or the VKM Service is governed by our Privacy Policy and follow guidelines to protect your privacy.

  1. Disclaimers
  1. VKM is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content/listing posted on the Site or in connection with the VKM Service, whether caused by Users, Members or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Service, nor for the conduct of any User and/or Member of the VKM Service whether online or offline.
  2. VKM assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, User and/or Member communications or any communications by VKM to its Members.
  3. VKM is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line-systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to Users and/or Members or to any other person's computer related to or resulting and/or in connection with the VKM Service.
  4. Under no circumstances will VKM be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from anyone's use of the Site or the Service and/or any Content posted on the VKM Site or transmitted to VKM Members. You should not provide your financial information (for example, your credit card or bank account information), or wire or otherwise send money, to other Members.
  5. The exchange of matchmaking profile(s) through or by "VKM" is not a matrimonial offer and/or recommendation from/by VKM. VKM shall not be responsible for any loss or damage to any individual arising out of, or subsequent to, any relations (including but not limited to matrimonial relations) established pursuant to the use of VKM service.
  6. The Site and the Service are provided "AS-IS" and VKM expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. VKM cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Site and/or the VKM Service. You understand that VKM makes no guarantees, either express or implied, regarding compatibility with individuals you meet through the Service.
  7. VKM expressly disclaims any liability or responsibility whatsoever and howsoever arising as a result of any Content/listing posted on the Site / made available to VKM by any Members or the users of the Site or any third party.
  8. VKM does not assume any responsibility or liability for any illegal Content posted on the Site by any Members, users or any third party.
  9. All liability, whether civil or criminal arising out of any Content that is Posted on the Site will be of that Member / user / third party who has Posted such Content and VKM reserves its right to claim damages from such Member/ user / third party that it may suffer as a result of such Content Posted on the Site. VKM does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service.
  1. Limitation on Liability.

In no event will VKM be liable to you or any third person for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including also lost profits arising from your use of the Site or the VKM Service, even if VKM has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, VKM's liability to you for any cause whatsoever, and regardless of the form of the action, will at all times be limited to the amount paid, if any, by you to VKM, for the Service during the term of membership.

  1. Jurisdiction

If there is any dispute about or involving the Site and/or the Service, by using the Site, you unconditionally agree that all such disputes and/or differences will be governed by the laws of India and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Competent Courts in Mumbai, India only.

  1. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold VKM, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and other partners and employees, fully indemnified and harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Service in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of these Terms of Use and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above and/or any fraudulent act on your part.

   17. Cancellation & Refund Policy

To view the cancellation and refund policy, please visit https://www.vanniyarkulamatrimony.com/cancellation-refund-policy.

   18. Others

  1. By becoming a Member of the VKM service, you agree to receive certain specific email from VKM and/or its group sites. You can unsubscribe at any time for any reason quickly and easily by clicking on the unsubscribe link enclosed in the mail. You can also manage your subscription to these emails using the My Alert Manager option.
  2. This Agreement, accepted upon use of the Site and further affirmed by becoming a Member of the VKM service, contains the entire agreement between you and VKM regarding the use of the Site and/or the Service. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
  3. By becoming a member of VKM and/or using the Services of the Site, you unconditionally and irrevocably confirm that you have read and understood the above provisions and agree to abide by them. If you are not agreeing to any of the above terms and conditions please refrain yourself from registering on the Site.
  4. VKM is a part of Welcome Matrimony.

In the event you come across any concerns in our service, then please be free to contact us:

Email ID: [email protected]
Contact No: +91-72 00 88 55 43

Address:
Welcome Matrimony
35, 1st Floor, Peelamedu Industrial Estate,
V.K.Road, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641004