Terms & Conditions of Service
The mScriber specified ("we" or "mScriber") supplies the products and services (the
"Services") to you ("you"), under the following terms and conditions as amended
from time to time by mScriber, and any additional or supplementary guidelines or
rules applicable to the Services (the "Agreement"). The current version of this
Agreement will be posted here. If you break this Agreement we may suspend or terminate
your ability to use the Services (the "Account"). "Associated Persons" refers to
a person and its subsidiaries, parent companies, their subsidiaries, members, officers,
directors, shareholders, any of their agents, partners or joint venture parties,
and (in the case of natural persons) their family members.
1. Charges
Please
contact us
for our latest published prices and the prices that will apply to your Account.
When using any mScriber Services, some third parties may charge you extra (Some,
but not all, examples of it are - When using Voicemail2SMS™ product, your network
operator might charge you for diverting your calls to us or when using Voice2SMS™
product, your network operator may charge you extra, if you are using a mobile phone
in roaming).
In respect of all charges levied by third parties, we recommend that you check their
tariffs for each of their services. mScriber is not responsible for any charges
levied by these third parties.
Unless otherwise specified, our prices are quoted exclusive of any applicable taxes,
which will be additionally charged as appropriate.
We charge you for using our products in the Account except when it is proven that
a service using mScriber was not delivered due to sole fault of mScriber.
Where applicable, each SMS consists of 160 characters (as set by the GSM Association)
of which, we may use upto 40 characters for any promotional text. If a message exceeds
a single SMS in length, we will deliver the message as a series of consecutive SMS
messages. We might limit the total length of delivered messages to certain number
of SMS messages in total, which means that a long voice message may not be converted
in its entirety.
Operational SMSs from us (such as notifying you when you run out of credit) will
be charged.
mScriber reserves the right to limit use of the Service if unreasonable usage occurs
on any account at any time.
2. Your Registration Obligations
We need to be able to rely on the information that you provide to us about you and
therefore you confirm that you have provided and will provide true, accurate, current
and complete information about yourself to us and agree to inform us if that information
has changed. If it is shown or we reasonably suspect that you have not done this,
we may suspend or terminate your Account and refuse your use of the Services. We
will treat your information very carefully and will only use your information in
accordance with our Privacy Policy found at www.mscriber.com. You should note in
particular, our Privacy Policy will allow us to process your registration and user
data and to receive and deliver the Content.
3. User Authentication & Authorisation Details
We might send you your User Authentication & Authorisation Details (e.g. a User
Id, password etc.) for your Account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality
of both your User Authentication & Authorisation Details and activities on your
Account generally. You must immediately notify us of any unauthorized usage of your
User Authentication & Authorisation Details or Account or other breach of security.
4. User Conduct
All information, text, sound or messages ("Content") are the sole responsibility
of the person from whom such Content originated. We cannot be held responsible for
the Contents or any other activities conducted through your Account. Accordingly,
you agree that you, and not mScriber, are solely responsible and liable for all
activities conducted through your Account.
We may terminate your Account if, in our reasonable opinion, the Account has been
used for the purpose of violating any applicable law or we reasonably believe that
you have done (or allowed to be done) any of the following (but not limited to)
using the Services: harass, threaten, embarrass or cause distress or discomfort
to any person or transmit Content that we consider to be unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene or racially, ethnically, sexually or otherwise
objectionable, particularly taking into account the recipient's age; transmit any
Content that infringes any rights of confidence, trade marks, copyright, or other
proprietary rights or intellectual property of any party; impersonate any person
or manipulate identifiers to disguise the Content origin; spread or encourage any
form of terror; or transmit any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials,
or any other forms of solicitation. We do not permit the use of the Services to
send unsolicited marketing material. If you send or allow to be sent any unsolicited
marketing message using the Services we reserve the right to charge you up to Indian
Rupees 5,000 (or equivalent) for each person and/or number to whom such message
was sent and with respect to each such unsolicited message.
Although we normally do not filter or otherwise amend the Content presented to us
and we accept no obligation to do so, we and our Associated Persons reserve the
right to remove or refuse to transmit Content that violates this Agreement or is
otherwise objectionable. We and our Associated Persons may preserve Content and
disclose Content if we, in good faith, believe that either is required to enable
us to comply with or respond to any legal process or to enforce this Agreement or
obtain advice from professional advisers. You understand and agree that technical
processing and transmission of the Services, including your Content, may involve
(a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to
technical requirements of connecting networks or devices; and (c) single or multiple
human review.
5. Personal Data
You and we agree that both of us will comply with our Privacy
Policy that you must review.
6. Confidentiality
Unless required by applicable law or regulation or otherwise indicated in this Agreement
or mScriber Privacy Policy, neither party shall
disclose Externally any information that has been designated to be confidential
or that is obviously confidential in nature (including message Content). "Externally"
means persons or other Associated Persons and advisers and any third parties who
have no need to receive the information to provide the Services.
7. Indemnity
You will indemnify and hold us and our Associated Persons harmless from any losses,
expenses, damages, claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees and consequential
losses due to your use of the Services, violation of this Agreement, or violation
of any rights of another.
8. No Resale of Services
You will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, make available for gain or
exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Services, use of the Services,
or access to the Services, unless specifically agreed with mScriber before doing
so.
9. General Practices Regarding Use and Storage
We may establish general practices (and change such practices without notice) and
limits concerning use of the Services, including, without limitation, the maximum
number of days that Content will be retained by us, the maximum number of Contents
that may be sent from or received by an Account, the maximum size of any Contents
that may be sent from or received by an Account, the maximum disk space that will
be allotted on our servers to you, and the maximum number of times Content will
be attempted to be resent after any previous failures to send them. We have no responsibility
or liability for the deletion or failure to store any Content maintained or transmitted
by the Services.
10. Modifications to Services
We may at any time modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently,
the Services (or any part of them) with or without notice and liability to anyone.
11. Termination
We may terminate your User Authentication & Authorisation Details Account (or any
part of it) or use of the Services, and remove and discard any Content within the
Services, for any reason and with or without notice, including, without limitation,
for lack of use, failure to pay or if we believe you have violated or acted inconsistently
with the letter or spirit of this Agreement. We shall not be liable to you or any
third-party for any termination of your access to the Services.
12. mScriber's Proprietary Rights
The Services and any products used in connection with the Services contain proprietary
and confidential information that is protected by intellectual property and other
laws. You acknowledge and agree that Content contained in information presented
to you through the Services may be protected by copyright, trade mark, patents or
other proprietary rights and laws. You may not copy, modify, rent, lease, loan,
sell, distribute or create derivative works based on Content you receive (other
than for forwarding messages) or the Software, in whole or in part, unless formally
agreed with mScriber prior to doing so. You may not access the Services by any means
other than through the interface that is provided by us for use in accessing the
Services.
13. Services levels and disclaimer of other warranties terms and conditions
Where we are unable to convert a voice to text due to poor dictation, noisy environment,
poor phone connection or drop-outs, language or unacceptable content, we will reasonably
attempt to advise you about what needs to be done. We also advise that these Services
are NOT used for any matters extremely critical in nature (for example, but not
limited to, sending an SOS message using Voice2SMS™ product). mScriber products
may require that your third party service provider(s), whosoever, supports certain
services (e.g. Voicemail2SMS™ requires call diverts (or call forwarding) from your
telephone operator). Please check before attempting to sign-up. We assume no responsibility
for the deletion, mis-delivery or timing. The services are provided on an "as is"
and "as available" basis. we hereby disclaim all other warranties, terms and conditions
whether express or implied, including, but not limited to implied warranties terms
or conditions concerning merchantability, satisfactory quality or fitness for purpose.
We assume no responsibility for the deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any
content. We make no warranty that the services will be uninterrupted or error-free.
14. Limitation of liability
mScriber does not control the Content transmitted through the Services. By using
the Services you may be exposed to Content others send that you find offensive,
indecent, or objectionable. mScriber is not liable for Content, including, but not
limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content even if it arises through mScriber’s
negligence or for loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of
any content. mScriber is not liable for direct or indirect loss or for loss of profits,
goodwill, time, use, data or other intangible losses (even if advised of the possibility
of such damages), whether arising through breach of contract tort or otherwise,
resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the Services; (ii) the cost
of procurement of alternative services; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration
of your transmissions or data; (iv) statements or conduct of any third party transmitted
through the Services. mScriber's liability arising out of or in relation to this
Agreement, whether arising due to breach of contract tort or otherwise, is limited
to the smaller of (a) the amount of fees you pay to mScriber in the 12 months prior
to the action giving rise to liability, and (b) Indian Rupees 1,000 (or equivalent).
mScriber is not liable for any failure to perform its obligations when that failure
is caused by events beyond its reasonable control (“force majeure”).
15. Notices
Notices of changes to this Agreement or on other matters to you may be sent by email,
SMS regular mail, or by any other means. You may also
contact us
for any reason, including the updating or correcting of your personal data by using
details on
contact us
page made available on our website.
16. General Information
This Agreement is the entire agreement between us and governs your use of the Services.
It replaces any prior agreements. You may be subject to additional terms and conditions
such as those imposed by third parties. If any provision of this Agreement is found
by any competent court to be invalid or unenforceable, its invalidity or unenforceability
shall not affect the other provisions of this Agreement. If we fail to exercise,
or delay in exercising a right or remedy under this Agreement or given by law, we
are not waiving that right or remedy or any other rights or remedies. You confirm
that you are aged over 16. If you are under 18, you confirm that you have shown
these terms and conditions to someone over 18 who agrees to guarantee and meet the
obligations imposed on you. Similarly, you confirm that if you are not the bill
payer, that you are contracting on behalf of the bill payer and that you have sufficient
authority to enter into such a contract and that you will continue to be liable
under this Agreement, as will the bill payer. This Agreement and the relationship
between the parties is governed by the laws of Republic of India and we both submit
to the jurisdiction of the courts of Republic of India.