Terms of Use

This website: authenticliving.in (“Website”) is owned and operated by Authentic Living (“AL”, “we”, “us”, “our”). If you continue to browse and use this Website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use (collectively, “Terms''), which together with our Privacy Policy and Disclaimers govern AL’s relationship with you in relation to this Website. If you disagree with any part of these Terms, please discontinue using our Website immediately. We reserve the right to modify, alter or update these Terms at any time and you agree to be bound by such modifications, alterations and updates. 

The term ‘you’ or’ your’ refers to the user or viewer of our Website. 

Eligibility

You will be eligible to use the Website and/or enter into transactions on the Website only if you are competent to contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872. A person is competent to contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, if he/she is above eighteen (18) years of age, is of a sound mind and is not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he/she is subject.

Registration

You may visit the Website without registration or subscription and access the Content. However, if you wish to make donations, you may have the option to register on the Website. The information sought at the time of registration may include your full name, age, email address, place of residence, nationality, permanent account number (PAN) and phone number. 

After registering with the Website, you will receive a designated user account and must provide a password for such account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. AL reserves the right to terminate your user account if it finds that you are in breach of the eligibility criteria set out above or violate any of the Terms set out herein, in its sole and absolute determination.

Website Content

All materials, including illustrations, photographs, products, images, artwork, designs, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio and video clips and newsletters (collectively, “Content”) appearing on or accessible through this Website are owned or controlled by AL and/or its subsidiaries, affiliates and content suppliers and are protected by worldwide design, trademark, copyright and other intellectual property laws. The Content of this Website, and the Website as a whole, are intended solely for personal use by the users of this Website. You may not copy Content from this Website, or otherwise modify, obscure or delete any copyright or other proprietary notices on this Website. No right, title or interest in any materials or software, if applicable, on this Website is transferred to you from your use of this Website. You may not download, copy, reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of, or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any of the Content, this Website, or any related material without the prior written authorization of AL.

Contributed Content 

You are responsible for any testimonials posted by you to the Website. The intellectual property rights in the testimonials posted by you shall belong to you. By posting testimonials, you grant to AL an exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable and worldwide right and license to use, re-use, publish, and republish the testimonials, through any medium including but not limited to the Website and AL social media channels. You agree that any testimonial posted by you may be used by AL , including for the creation of social media and marketing campaigns that might include such content, consistent with its Privacy Policy and Terms of Use as mentioned herein. You are not entitled to any payment or other compensation for AL use of your testimonials. The testimonials posted by you will be published by AL in an anonymous form only, unless otherwise specified by you. AL is not bound to publish all the testimonials received and shall publish the testimonials at AL sole discretion. 

This Website, specifically the testimonials section, may contain views/ideas/opinions expressed by independent authors/contributors/posters on various topics in relation to mental health. Such views/ideas/opinions are solely those of the authors/contributors/posters and not endorsed in any manner by AL. AL shall not be responsible for or liable in any manner whatsoever for the views/ideas/opinions expressed by such authors/ contributors/posters in any section of this Website. Further, the accuracy of such statements has not been verified by AL and AL provides no warranties of the same. If you seek to rely on any representation of information contained on this Website, any such reliance shall be at your own risk. 

Ownership of Intellectual Property 

All trademarks, service marks and trade names on this Website, are proprietary to AL unless otherwise stated. No use of these may be made for any purpose whatsoever without the prior written authorization of AL. 

Warranty and Liability Disclaimer 

This Website and the Content herein is provided by AL in good faith on an “as is”, “as available” basis and AL does not guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, performance or fitness for a particular purpose of this Website. Further, AL makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of this Website, the information, the Content, materials or products included herein or hereon. To the extent as provided by the applicable law, AL disclaims all responsibility (whether direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise) with respect to the accuracy or otherwise of the information, content, materials or products arising from the use of this Website. AL does not warrant that this Website; information, content, materials, or services included on or otherwise made available to you through this Website; the servers hosting the Website; or electronic communication sent from AL are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Accuracy of Information 

The information presented on this Website has been compiled by AL from various sources including from external sources. No representation is made, or warranty given, as to the completeness or accuracy of such information. This Website may contain typographical errors, incomplete or out of date information. AL reserves the right to make changes to the Content and information on this Website, or to the services described therein, or update such information at any time without notice, but AL makes no commitment to correct or update this information. 

Indemnification 

You represent, warrant and covenant (a) that no materials of any kind submitted by you will (i) violate, plagiarise, or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights; or (ii) contain libellous or otherwise unlawful material; (b) that you will not: (i) introduce software of any kind which is malicious or technologically harmful to the Website; or (ii) use any robot, web crawlers, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Website for any purpose, including copying or screen capturing any of the material on the Website; and (c) You hereby indemnify, defend and hold harmless AL and all of AL trustees, advisors, officers, employees, coordinators, owners, agents, information providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all liability and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you of these Terms or the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants. Users shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defence of any such claim. AL reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you. 

Termination 

AL may immediately, without notice, deny you access to this Website if, in AL’s opinion, you fail to comply with any or all of the Terms set forth herein.

Infringement of Copyright

In good faith, if you have reason to believe that any work copyrighted by you has been reproduced, embedded, or linked without any authorization on this Website, in a manner that constitutes an infringement of your copyright under Indian law, please compile the following information and email to contact@authenticliving.in


  • A clear identification of the copyrighted work allegedly infringed; 
  • A clear identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Website (with specific URL reference)
  • Your contact details: name, address, e-mail address and phone number 
  • A statement that you believe, in good faith, that the use of the copyrighted material allegedly infringed on the Website is not authorized by your agent or the law 
  • A statement that the information provided in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive copyright right that is allegedly infringed 
  • Your signature or a signature of your authorized agent. 

Applicable Law 

This Website, including the Content and information contained herein, shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of India and the courts of Bengaluru, India shall retain exclusive jurisdiction to entertain any proceedings in relation to any disputes arising out of the same. As such, the laws of India shall govern the disclaimer, legal notices, privacy policy, order form and any transaction completed using this Website.

Information Gathered and Tracked 

Information submitted through all newsletter subscription forms or tests/feedback forms on the Website is stored in a database. Specifically, we store the name, e-mail address, and demographic information (address, occupation, etc.) of the visitors to our Website who wish to receive certain free services from AL , including but not limited to newsletters, e-mail lists, and query responses. We also use such information to send out occasional promotional materials, including alerts on new services and programs offered by AL. We have clearly marked which information is optional and which is mandatory. We guarantee that personal information about users will not be provided to any third party without their consent.