Our Services (as we have described below in detail) and these Terms are compliant with the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Information Technology Act, 2000, including all amendments made to it and rules framed under it. When you use our Platform, you accept and agree to these Terms. However, please note that we do not represent that we are compliant with the laws of any country apart from India. If you wish to use our Services, please ensure that you are permitted to do so, in your jurisdiction.
You are required to follow certain rules while you use our Platform. We have listed these rules in this document. Please read these Terms and all other hyperlinks mentioned here carefully. Please note that by using our Platform, you agree to these Terms. Also, if you are using these services outside India, please comply with your local laws.
Our Platform is dynamic and may change rapidly. As such, we may change the services we provide at our discretion. We may temporarily, or permanently, stop providing Services or any features to you generally.
We may remove or add functionalities to our Platform and Services without any notice. However, if we make a change where your consent is required, we will make sure to ask for it. Please be sure to keep visiting this page from time to time to stay updated on our latest changes and developments.
Visit this page to see any changes that we may make and services that we may add or modify, from time to time.
We agree to provide you with our Services. The Services include all of the Platform’s products, features, applications, services, technologies, and software that we provide to you. The Services is made up of the following aspects (the Services):
Our Platform lets users of the Platform to upload or post or otherwise make available content through the Platform including, without limitation, any photographs, user videos, sound recordings and the musical works embodied therein, including videos that incorporate locally stored sound recordings from your personal music library and ambient noise ("User Content").
When you publish any User Content on the Platform, you retain whatever ownership rights in that content you had to begin with. However, you grant us a license to use that content.
You also grant other users the right to share/ communicate such User Content for a limited private or non-commercial use alone.
Any User Content will be considered non-confidential. You must not post any User Content on or through the Services or transmit to us any User Content that you consider to be confidential or belonging to third parties, or in violation of applicable laws.
When you submit User Content through the Services, you agree and represent that you own that User Content, or you have received all necessary permissions, clearances from, or are authorised by, the owner of any part of the content to submit it to the Services, to transmit it from the Services to other third-party platforms, and/or adopt any third party content.
If you only own the rights in and to a sound recording, but not to the underlying musical works embodied in such sound recordings, then you must not post such sound recordings to the Services unless you have all permissions, clearances from, or are authorised by, the owner of any part of the content to submit it to the Services.
You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to host, store, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, and distribute any User Content. This license is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, promoting, and improving the Services and researching and developing new ones. You also grant us a perpetual license to create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, publicly perform, and publicly display User Content in any form and in any/all media or distribution methods (currently known or later developed).
To the extent it is necessary, when you appear in, create, upload, post, or send User Content, you also grant us unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual right and license to use your name, likeness, and voice, including in connection with commercial or sponsored content. This means, among other things, that you will not be entitled to any compensation if your data is used by us for marketing, advertising, or improving our Services.
While we are not required to do so, we may access, review, screen, and delete your content at any time and for any reason, including to provide and develop the Services or if we think your content violates these Terms as well as for purposes as mandated by applicable laws. You alone, though, remain responsible for the content you create, upload, post, send, or store through the Service.
You further acknowledge and agree that we may generate revenues, increase goodwill or otherwise increase our value from your use of the Services, including, by way of example and not limitation, through the sale of advertising, sponsorships, promotions, usage data, and except as specifically permitted by us in these Terms or in another agreement you enter into with us, you will have no right to share in any such revenue, goodwill or value whatsoever.
You further acknowledge that, except as specifically permitted by us in these Terms or in any another agreement you may enter into with us, you have no right to receive any income or other consideration from any content that you publish on the Platform or your use of any musical works, sound recordings or audio-visual clips made available to you on or through the Services, including in any User Content created by you.
If you are a composer or author of a musical work and are affiliated with a performing rights organization, then you must notify your performing rights organization of the royalty-free license you grant through these Terms in your User Content to us. You are solely responsible for ensuring your compliance with the relevant performing rights organization’s reporting obligations. If you have assigned your rights to a music publisher, then you must obtain consent from such music publisher to grant the royalty-free license(s) set forth in these Terms in your User Content or have such music publisher enter into these Terms with us.
Authoring a musical work (e.g., wrote a song) does not necessarily give you the right to grant us the licenses in these Terms. If you are a recording artist under contract with a record label, then you are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of the Services is in compliance with any contractual obligations you may have to your record label, including if you create any new recordings through the Services that may be claimed by your label.
We use the information we have, to study our Service and collaborate with third parties for research purposes in order to make our Service better and contribute to the well-being of our community.
Our Platform helps you stay in touch with your friends and enables you to share videos, status updates, and more in your preferred regional language. We understand your preferred content and personalize your newsfeed to show you posts, pictures, and videos, and suggest content available on our Platform ("Service/Services").
You may use our Services only if you are capable of forming a binding agreement with us and are legally permitted to use our Services. If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of a company or any legal persons, then you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms and effectively "you" and "your" shall refer to the company.
Please ensure that you are allowed to use our services under the law.
To use our Service, you simply need to run the mobile application on your mobile phone and choose the regional language in which you want to run the Services.
You can register using your mobile number or through third-party services such as your Apple ID, Facebook, or your Google ID. We may add other third-party services to enable registration from time to time. You can also verify yourself using a One-Time-Password sent by us via SMS to your phone number.
We also allow you to download content that is available on our Platform and share your experience across social media platforms.
In order to provide Services to you, we need to access certain features of your mobile device.
Relevant news and current affairs publishers need to provide details of their user accounts on the Platform to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as per applicable regulations.
Our aim is to foster a positive and inclusive community and provide amazing social experiences for all users. For this, we need you to agree that:
You will not use the Services for any purpose that is fraudulent, misleading, illegal or prohibited in these Terms.
You will not use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, or other automated means or interface to access the Services or extract other users’ information.
You will not use or develop any third-party applications that interact with the Services or other user’s content or information without our written consent.
You will not use the Services in a way that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect, or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of the Services.
You will not post content that can be considered to infringe any Intellectual Property rights of any third party.
You will not falsely represent yourself as another person or representative of another person to use our Services.
You will not use or attempt to use another user’s account, username, or password without their permission.
You will not solicit login credentials from another user.
You will not post content that may be considered harmful to minors. Please refer to the Content and Community Guidelines regarding the same.
You will not post content that contains or links to pornography, graphic violence, threats, hate speech, or incitement to violence.
You will not upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise the security of the Services.
You will not attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ or attempt to access areas or features of the Services that you are not authorized to access.
You will not probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network.
You will not post any content that in any way or form threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation.
You will not encourage or promote any activity that violates these Terms.
The Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, process, share and store the information collected. The Privacy Policy also details your rights under the law and how you may control the data you provide to us.
We have described how we store and use this information in the Privacy Policy.
Providing a safe and secure Service for a diverse community requires that we all do our part. In return for our commitment to provide our Services, we require you to make some commitments to us. Please note that you will solely bear the costs and consequences of any actions taken by you on the Platform (including any violation of these Terms) along with the commitments given by you below. By using our Services, you agree and acknowledge the following:
a. No False Information To Be Provided
You will not falsely represent yourself as another person or representative of another person to use our Services.
We may disable or suspend your profile or take other relevant action if you provide us with incorrect information.
b. Device Security
We have implemented measures to ensure that our Platform is secure. However, there is no guarantee that our Platform is immune to hacking and virus attacks. You will ensure that you have the requisite anti-malware and antivirus software on your mobile device and computer to ensure its safety.
While we do everything we can to secure your use of our Services, keep in mind that we cannot contemplate all forms of attack on our Platform. You should, as a matter of practice, ensure that your mobile device and computer are not used wrongly or tampered with in any way.
c. Content Removal and Termination
Your usage of our Platform is governed by our Content and Community Guidelines. If any of our users report your content which violates these Content Community Guidelines, we may remove such content from our Platform. In the event that multiple reports are made regarding violation of the Content and Community Guidelines, we may be compelled to terminate your account with us and block you from registering with us.
We may remove any content that is shared on our Platform if such content is prohibited under our Content and Community Guidelines.
d. Platform Not to be Used For Anything Unlawful or Illegal
Our Platform is designed to accommodate a multiplicity of languages and cultures, as well as a diverse range of content. To this effect, we have developed various tags to classify the nature of the content.
You must, therefore, correctly identify the nature of the content shared by you and tag it appropriately.
You shall not, however, use our Platform to share any content which is obscene, pornographic, harmful for minors, discriminatory, spreading what may be considered as hate speech, inciting any form of violence or hatred against any person or violating any laws of India, or is barred from being shared by any laws of India. We reserve the right to remove such content. Please read the Content and Community Guidelines for further details.
In addition to the above, please note that we may share your information with appropriate law enforcement authorities if we have a good-faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to share your personal data or information in order to comply with any legal obligation or any government request; or to protect the rights or prevent any harm to our property or safety, our customers, or public; or to detect, prevent or otherwise address public safety, fraud, security or technical issues. You understand, however, that we cannot be held responsible for any actions done by or to you by a third party or user by way of using our Platform.
We have developed a platform for people to engage in amazing social experiences; please do not share any content which is illegal or causes any harm to the well-being of members of the society or community.
e. Content Rights and Liabilities
We strongly believe in the freedom of expression and allow you to share videos on our Platform. We do not have any ownership over any of the content shared by you and the rights to the content remain only with you. You will not use our Platform to violate or infringe upon our or any third party’s intellectual property rights. Such content is against the Content and Community Guidelines and may be removed from the Platform. Further, if you use any content developed by us, then we shall continue to own the intellectual property rights vested in such content.
By sharing/posting/uploading content using our Services, you grant us (and our Group and Affiliates) a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, run, copy, display, translate, or create derivative works of your content (consistent with your privacy and application settings) for purposes such as for providing, upgrading or improving the services, marketing, promoting you/ the services or for displaying your content on any service made available by us or the Group. You may delete your content and/or account at any point. This will result in your User Content also being deleted from other such variants. However, your content may continue to appear on the Platform if it has been shared with others. Moreover, we may retain your User Content and other data for a limited period so as to restore your account should you choose to reinstate your account.
You remain solely responsible for the content you post on our Platform. We do not endorse and are not responsible for any content shared or posted on or through our Platform, and for any consequences resulting from such sharing or posting. The presence of our logo or any trademark on any content shared by you does not mean that we have endorsed or sponsored your content. Further, we will not be liable for or responsible for the consequences of any transactions made or entered into by you with other users of the Platform or advertisers on the Platform.
You will always have ownership and responsibility for the content you share. We will never claim that we have intellectual property rights over your content, but we will have a zero-cost, permanent license to use what you share and post on our Platform.
f. Intermediary Status and No Liability
We are an intermediary as defined under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. These Terms are published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3(1) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 that require publishing of the rules and regulations, the Privacy Policy, and Terms of Use for accessing and using our Platform. Our role is limited to providing a platform for users to upload, share and display content, created or shared by you and other users.
We do not control what you or other people may or may not do on the Platform and are thus, not responsible for the consequences of such actions (whether online or offline). We are not responsible for services and features offered by others, even if you access them through our Services. Our responsibility for anything that happens on our Platform is strictly governed by the laws of India and is limited to that extent. You agree that we will not be responsible for any loss of profits, revenues, information, or data, or consequential, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive, or incidental damages arising to you or any other person related to these Terms, even if we know they are possible. This includes when we delete your content, information, or account.
We are an intermediary under Indian law. We do not control what people post on our Platform but we expect everyone to comply with the Content and Community Guidelines.
g. You Will Not Attempt to Disrupt or Jeopardize App services
We take utmost precautions to ensure that our Platform is safe from viruses and hacking. You will not engage in any action that can compromise the safety of our Platform or the safety of any user.
You will not disrupt or create any issues with the normal functioning of our Platform or Services.
h. External Links
Our Platform may contain links to third-party websites or resources. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the availability, accuracy, legality, decency, or information or content of such third-party websites or resources. We may receive a commission from third-party links.
You will not take any action that can harm our brand name and shall not create any external links on our Platform to direct users to any websites that can harm our reputation or brand name.
i. Applicable Laws
You must use our Platform in a lawful manner and follow the laws of India. You shall not use our Platform in a manner that can bring harm to our company.
j. Claims and Complaints
Please let us know about any concerns you have about the content shared on our Platform. We will remove any content which is found to be in violation of these Terms.
If anyone brings any claim against us related to your actions or content, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from and against all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs) related to such claim.
You will also comply with all laws applicable to you in your use of our Services.
k. Our Right to Remove Content and Accounts
Our Services let you share your creations with others, but please note that you alone are responsible for your content and any consequences that may arise from sharing it. By sharing your content on our Services, you represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights to grant us a license to use your content as described in these Terms. We may review content to determine whether it is illegal or violates our policies, and we may remove or refuse to display content that we reasonably believe violates our policies or the law. But that does not necessarily mean that we review content, so please don’t assume that we do.
In connection with your use of the Services, we may send you service announcements, administrative messages, and other information. You may opt out of some of those communications.
We believe that you own your data and preserving your access to such data is important. If we discontinue a Service, where reasonably possible, we will give you reasonable advance notice and a chance to get information out of that Service.
We may change, suspend, or discontinue any of our Services. We may also remove or refuse to distribute any content on our Services, limit distribution or visibility of content on the service, or terminate or suspend users and for any reason.
These Terms don’t grant you any right, title, or interest in the Services, others’ content in the Services, or our trademarks, logos, and other brand features. We welcome feedback, but note that we may use comments or suggestions without any obligation to you.
Any attempt to interfere with the Services or to violate these Terms, whether directly or indirectly, will result in immediate termination of your access to the Services.
l. You Will Not Attempt to Infringe or Violate Any Third-Party Rights
In connection with your use of the Services, you will not infringe or violate any intellectual property or other rights of any third party.
If you are concerned about your rights, we may be able to help. Please send us an email.
m. No Use By Minors
Our Services are only available to individuals who are at least 18 years old. You represent and warrant that you are 18 or older.
We take privacy seriously. Your data is stored and processed on our servers. Please read our Privacy Policy to understand how we treat your personal data.
Our Privacy Policy explains how we treat your data and protect your privacy.
Our Services are designed to respect the rights of all third-party creators and content owners. If you notice any infringement of your rights, please let us know and we will work to resolve it.
If you believe that your content has been used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the information specified below:
An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Services;
Your address, telephone number, and email address;
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;
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.
Email the above information to us at [Email Address].
Please let us know about any concerns you have about the content shared on our Platform. We will remove any content which is found to be in violation of these Terms.
If anyone brings any claim against us related to your actions or content, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from and against all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs) related to such claim.
The Services may contain links to content submitted by other users, and links to third-party websites or resources. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the content of these links or resources. When you access third-party resources on the Internet, you do so at your own risk. We may offer you links to third-party websites or resources that we think may be of interest to you, but we are not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
WHEN PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, OR DATA, FINANCIAL LOSSES OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIMS UNDER THESE TERMS, INCLUDING FOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US TO USE THE SERVICES (OR, IF WE CHOOSE, TO SUPPLYING YOU THE SERVICES AGAIN).
We may change, modify, or revise these Terms of Use. We will notify you 15 days in advance of any material changes, either by sending an email to the email address you most recently provided to us or by prominently posting a notice on our Platform. We may provide notice of changes in other circumstances as well. However, changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. Changes will be binding on the date they are posted on the Platform (or as otherwise stated in the notice).
If you do not agree to the modified terms for the Platform, you should discontinue your use of the Platform. If you continue to use the Platform after the date the modified terms are posted, you will be deemed to have accepted those changes.
You will indemnify us from all losses and liabilities, including legal fees, that arise from these terms or relate to your use of our Platform. We reserve the right to exclusive control over the defence of a claim covered by this clause. If we use this right, then you will help us in our defence.
Your obligations under this clause will survive termination of these terms.
The Platform is provided "as is" and "as available" without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. In addition, although we do our best to provide accurate information, we do not represent or warrant that the content and any information available on or through the Platform is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. We also do not represent or warrant that the Platform, its servers, or any third-party services are free of viruses or other harmful components.
You are solely responsible for your interaction with other users. If you have a dispute with any other user, we are not liable for any claims or damages arising out of or in connection with such disputes.
We are not liable for any content posted by you or any third party. We are not liable for any content on the Platform that may be considered offensive, inappropriate, or objectionable. We are not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of our Platform.
Please use your common sense when using our Platform and interacting with others.
The laws of the Union of India govern these Terms and any disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts located in the capital city of the country.
If anyone brings a claim against us related to your actions or content on our Platform, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from and against all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs) related to such claim. Although we provide rules for user conduct, we do not control or direct users' actions on the Platform and are not responsible for the content or information users transmit or share on the Platform. We are not responsible for any offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable content or information you may encounter on the Platform.
We will do our best to resolve disputes over these Terms.
If you have any concern or dispute, you agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us. We'll try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting you through email. If a dispute is not resolved within 15 days of submission, you or we may bring a formal proceeding.
These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the Union of India without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.
For claims that aren't subject to arbitration, we each agree that any such claims may only be litigated in the state or federal courts located in the capital city of the country, and we each agree to personal jurisdiction in those courts.
If you are a government agency, then this Section does not apply.
If you are a resident outside India, you may have the right to bring an action in the courts of your country of residence.
If you have any concerns or claims about our Services, please contact us.
The Terms contain the entire agreement between you and us regarding the use of the Services and supersede any prior agreement between you and us on such subject matter. The parties acknowledge that no reliance is placed on any representation made but not expressly contained in these Terms. Any failure on our part to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
The parties are independent contractors, and no partnership, joint venture, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of these Terms or use of the Platform.
These Terms are not assignable, transferable, or sublicensable by you except with our prior written consent, but may be assigned or transferred by us without restriction. Any assignment attempted to be made in violation of these Terms shall be void.
We will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside our reasonable control, including without limitation, any failure to perform hereunder due to unforeseen circumstances or causes beyond our control such as acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, network infrastructure failures, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labour, or materials.
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites or resources. We do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for their availability, accuracy, the related content, products, or services. You are solely responsible for your use of any such websites or resources.
You may not export or re-export the Services or any copy or adaptation in violation of any applicable laws or regulations.
For information about how to contact us, please visit our Support Center.
Please also read our Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines.
By using our Platform, you agree that the laws of the Union of India, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws, will govern these Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and us.
The parties agree that neither the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods nor the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act shall apply to these Terms.
The information provided within our Services is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.
We do not warrant that the Services or any part thereof are appropriate or available for use in any particular jurisdiction. Those who choose to access our Services do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules, and regulations. We may limit the Services' availability, in whole or in part, to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction we choose, at any time and in our sole discretion.
By using the Services, you represent and warrant that (a) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and (b) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
Unless otherwise explicitly stated, all materials found on the Services are solely directed to individuals, companies, or other entities located in India.
If we provide a translation of the English language version of these Terms, then the translation is provided for your convenience only and you agree that the English language version of these Terms will govern your relationship with us.
If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of these Terms says and what a translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.
We welcome feedback, comments, and suggestions for improvements to our Services (“Feedback”). You can submit Feedback by emailing us or through any channels we may provide in the Services. You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, license, make, have made, sell, offer for sale, and import Feedback as part of our Services or otherwise for any purpose without any payment to you.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at reelsfiz@gmail.com