Terms of Use

Welcome to www.earthwatchcorps.org. Earth Watch Corps ("EWC") and/or its affiliated organizations provide website features to you subject to the following Terms and our Privacy Notice. If you visit our website at www.earthwatchcorps.org, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully.

1. Scope and addresses

This website is operated and administered by Earth Watch Corps, located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (see "About us").

If users’ access EWC websites from the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA)/Council of Europe (COE) they should be aware that it is in their own responsibility and they cannot expect that the applicable Indian law does provide the same safeguards and rights as the national law of the user's residence.

2. Data Privacy Protection

Personally identifiable data of the user of the EWC website will be collected, used and processed in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy protection and the EWC website Privacy Notice", which is also available per hyperlink at the bottom of the EWC website www.earthwatchcorps.org.

3. Intellectual Property Rights

3.1 Copyright Information

All materials available on this site are protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaty provisions. This material has been placed on this Internet site under the authority of the copyright owner for the sole purpose of viewing of the materials by users of this site. Users are not authorized to download or transmit any of these materials electronically, or to otherwise reproduce any of the materials in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including data storage and retrieval systems, recording, printing, or photocopying unless otherwise expressly stated on this site.

© 2008-2022 EARTH WATCH CORPS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

3.2 Trademark Information

The Earth Watch Corps logo and the Saheli logo are trademarks owned by Earth Watch Corps and are used with permission.

4. Hyperlinks

The Site may contain hyperlinks to the web pages of third parties. EWC shall have no liability for the contents of such web pages and does not make representations about or endorse such web pages or their contents as its own, as EWC does not control the information on such web pages and is not responsible for the contents and information given thereon. The use of such web pages shall be at the sole risk of the user.

We do not collect personal information (such as your name, address, phone number or e-mail address, or other personal details) on the website unless you choose to provide them. For example, where you express an interest in joining or donating to one of our organisations, subscribe to our email updates, or buy a book or multimedia content, we will often provide you with an online form that you can fill in and submit online. In all these cases, we will inform you of the purpose of the form (unless that is obvious) and provide you with options as concerns the uses of the data (see below: "Your Rights: Right to object"). We only collect personal information that is relevant and adequate and not excessive for the purposes in question.

5. Applicable Law, Place of Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use including its disclaimers, terms and conditions shall be governed by - and all disputes relating to or in connection with these Terms of Use or their subject matter shall be resolved in accordance with - the laws of the State of Kerala, India, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. EWC reserves the right to make changes to this site and these disclaimers, terms and conditions at any time. User hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Kerala and of India located in the State of Kerala for any litigation arising out of or relating to use of this site (and agrees not to commence any litigation relating thereto except in such courts) waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such litigation in the State of Kerala and agrees not to plead or claim in any Kochi Court that such litigation brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient form.

6. Severability

The provisions of these Terms of Use are intended to be severable. If for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.

7. EWC Education Package

If you cannot, for any reason, honour the basic agreement to provide documentation of program usage, Earth Watch Corps can, at the discretion of its officers, exercise the option to ask for the market cost of the package and any shipping charges.