The Federation for Community of Digital News (“Master Agreement” or “Master Terms and Conditions”), Privacy Policy, DMCA Policy, Disclaimer, Anti-Spam Policy, End-User License Agreement and FTC Compliance Policy are incorporated in their entirety into these Terms & Conditions and govern the User’s use of the Federation for Community of Digital News website, platform and services.
By using the www.fcdn.in website and/or any service offered by Federation for Community of Digital News, you are agreeing to be bound by Federation for Community of Digital News’s “Terms and Conditions” and “Privacy Policy”. Do not use the Federation for Community of Digital News website and/or any service offered by Federation for Community of Digital News unless you agree to be bound by Federation for Community of Digital News’s “Terms & Conditions” and “Privacy Policy”.
PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING OUR WEBSITE OR SERVICES. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR WEBSITE OR SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR WEBSITE OR SERVICES. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT USE OUR WEBSITE OR SERVICES. WE MAY MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME WITHOUT INDIVIDUAL, SPECIFIC NOTICE TO YOU, AND SUCH MODIFICATIONS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING OF THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU AGREE TO REVIEW THE AGREEMENT PERIODICALLY TO BE AWARE OF SUCH MODIFICATIONS AND YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS OR USE OF OUR WEBSITE OR SERVICES AFTER SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE DEEMED YOUR CONCLUSIVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL MODIFICATIONS, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR OTHER CHANGES.
Our www.fcdn.in website (and other “internal” websites stemming from it, such as specific membership sites or web-pages pertinent to the main website or weblog) is an online (and, periodically, offline) information service and is subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions set forth below (all parts and parties collectively referred to as our website).
You agree to obey all applicable laws and regulations regarding your use of our www.fcdn.in website and associated services and the content and materials provided in it.
Federation for Community of Digital News’ website is an independent, stand-alone website that has no relationship, connection, or affiliation whatsoever with any company (other than with Federation for Community of Digital News), person, outfit, organization, or group mentioned herein, even if such name appears in our website name, domain, URL, or otherwise. You should assume no other party, by mere mention of their name, has endorsed anything you see here. The aim is simply to provide useful resources for our readers, some of which we may be compensated for. You should simply assume at all times we are being compensated and, while that may not prompt us to make unsound recommendations, you should always be responsible for your own financial decisions, be it investing, purchasing, donating, or otherwise.
- Copyright, Licenses and Idea/User Submissions.
The following describes the Copyright Notice for our website.
The entire contents of our website are protected by intellectual property law, including international copyright and trademark laws. The owner of the copyrights and/or trademarks are our website, and/or other third party licencors or related entities.
You do not own rights to any article, book, ebook, document, blog post, software, application, add-on, plugin, art, graphics, images, photos, video, webinar, recording or other materials viewed or listened to through or from our www.fcdn.in website or via email or by way of protected content in a membership site. The posting of data on our website, such as a blog comment, does not change this fact and does not give you any right in the data. You surrender any rights to your content once it becomes part of our website.
YOU MAY NOT MODIFY, COPY, REPRODUCE, REPUBLISH, UPLOAD, POST, TRANSMIT, OR DISTRIBUTE, IN ANY MANNER, THE CONTENT ON OUR WEBSITE, INCLUDING TEXT, GRAPHICS, CODE AND/OR SOFTWARE. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original content on any copy you make of the content. You may not sell or modify the content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of paid content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited. If you violate any of the terms or conditions, your permission to use the content automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the content.
You are granted a nonexclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use our website only for private, personal, non-commercial reasons. You may print and download portions of material from the different areas of the website solely for your own non-commercial use, provided that you agree not to change the content from its original form. Moreover, you agree not to modify or delete any copyright or proprietary notices from the materials you print or download. Also note that any notice on any portion of our website that forbids printing & downloading trumps all prior statements and controls.
As a user, you agree to use the products and services offered by our website in a manner consistent with all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. No material shall be stored or transmitted which infringes or violates the rights of others, which is unlawful, obscene, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable, threatening, defamatory, or invasive of privacy or publicity rights.
You may not post or transmit advertising or commercial solicitation on our website.
You agree to grant to Federation for Community of Digital News a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual license, with the right to sub-license, to reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, publicly display and publicly perform any materials and other information (including, without limitation, ideas contained therein for new or improved products and services) you submit to any public areas of our website (such as bulletin boards, forums, blog, and newsgroups) or by e-mail to our website by all means and in any media now known or hereafter developed. You also grant to Federation for Community of Digital News the right to use your name in connection with the submitted materials and other information as well as in connection with all advertising, marketing and promotional material related thereto. You agree that you shall have no recourse against Federation for Community of Digital News for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your communications to our website.
Trademarks
Publications, products, content or services referenced herein or on our website are the exclusive trademarks or service marks of Federation for Community of Digital News or affiliated parties. Other product and company names mentioned in our website may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Links to Our Website
You may provide links to our website, provided you do not change, remove, or obscure the copyright notice or other notices on our website. Your website or other source of links must not engage in illegal or pornographic activities. Finally, you may link provided you understand that you must stop linking to our website immediately upon request by Federation for Community of Digital News.
All payments are subject to the following conditions:
The descriptions of membership is available in the FCDN Website.
- All the fee quoted ( Participation fee; Membership fee; Sponsorship fee and Advertisement fee) are either in US Dollar or Indian Rupees. FCDN reserves the right to change the fee as per its policy.
- FCDN is not responsible for any delay in receipt of fee payment due to incorrect account number or incorrect personal details. FCDN also cannot accept liability if payment is refused or declined by the credit/ debit card supplier for any reason.
- In no event will the FCDN be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this site, any websites linked to this site, or the materials or information contained at any or all such sites, whether based on warranty, contract, TOR or any other legal theory and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages.
Refund and Cancellation Policy
1. Participation Fee for various programmes , Events and Activities
2. Membership Fee
3. Sponsorship Fee
4. Advertisement Fee
- Participants/Members/Individuals are required to pay a non-refundable fee for the specific work/association . The fee once paid will not be refunded on any account nor would this fee be held in reserve for future.
- In case of any applicant found to have paid more fee than prescribed, due to technical reason and on receiving the communication from the said applicant, the said extra payment, if found, shall be refunded to the same origin from which the payment is received.
- Note: Participants facing the problem of deduction of any fee amount without getting the confirmation generated form (failed registration) are required to apply again online portal within the deadline or before expiry of date. These participants/Members etc can submit the request for refund of failed registration amount along with details separately as detailed below:In case of any Payment Error, due to any network communication/connectivity problems, if your registration/confirmation form does not get registered and the amount has been debited from your account, the same will be refunded back to your account after the reconciliation with Bank. In such cases participants are advised to apply again and promptly inform us about the failed registration by sending an email to info@fcdn.in by writing ” REFUND ” in the subject line and following information as per details given below:
Event Name (Year)
Membership Fee (Year)
Sponsorship Fee (Year)
Advertisement Fee (Year)
Name of Participant/Member/Individual :
Registered Email A/c:
Name of Company:
Name of Bank:
A/c Holder Name:
A/c Number:
Debit or Credit Card No. :
Transaction ID:
Transaction date:
Registration No. ( if you register your self for Event /Membership/ Sponsorship/Advertisement (for the same month/Year again ):
Privacy Policy
We at Federation for Community of Digital News respect the privacy of everyone who visits this website and are committed to maintain the privacy and security of the personal information of all visitors to this website. Our policy on the collection and use of personal information and other information is outlined below.
Personal Information
We collect and use personal information for business purposes in order:
- To provide information or interactive services through this website, to your e-mail address or, where you wish it to be sent by post, to your name and postal address.
- To contact you in relation to those services offered on our website.
- To process applications submitted by you.
- To administer or otherwise carry out our obligations in relation to any agreement you have with us.
- To process and respond to requests, improve our operations, and communicate with visitors about our products, services and businesses.
We will not share, either within Federation for Community of Digital News or with a third party, any information collected at this page for direct marketing purposes. Because of the nature of the Internet, we may transmit the information for storage, or for carrying out the processing intended, but we do not provide or use personal information to unrelated businesses for direct marketing purposes.
To the extent required or permitted by law, we may use and disclose personal information in connection with security related or law enforcement investigations or in the course of cooperating with authorities or complying with legal requirements. We may also remove all the personally identifiable information and use the rest for historical, statistical or scientific purposes.
By using the site for the purpose, you are voluntarily releasing information to us. Your e-mail address will be used by Federation for Community of Digital News to respond to you. We will not use the information that can identify you, such as your e-mail address, for direct marketing purposes.
In addition, we may have collected similar information from you in the past. By entering this website you are consenting to the terms of our information privacy policy and to our continued use of previously collected information. By submitting your personal information to us, you will be treated as having given your permission for the processing of your personal data as set out in this policy.
Non personal information
At this web site, information sent by your web browser, may be automatically collected. This information typically includes your domain name (the site after the @ in your e-mail address). It may also contain your user name (the name before the @ in your e-mail address). Other examples of information collected by our server include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect the visitor’s computer to the Internet, operating system and platform, the average time spent on our website, pages viewed, information searched for, access times, websites visited before and a visitor visits our website, and other relevant statistics. The amount of information sent depends on the settings you have on your web browser; please refer to your browser if you want to learn what information it sends.
All such information will be used only to assist us in providing an effective service on this website. We may from time to time supply the owners or operators of third party websites from which it is possible to link to our website with information relating to the number of users linking to our website from such third party website. You cannot be identified from this information.
We use the information we automatically receive from your web browser to see which pages you visit within our website. We use this information in the aggregate to measure the use of our website and to administer and improve our website. This statistical data is interpreted by Federation for Community of Digital News in its continuing effort to present the website content that visitors are seeking in a format they find most helpful.
Security
We have policy, with the objective of protecting your privacy from unauthorized access and improper use, and periodically review the same.
Contacting Us
If you would like to review or change the details you have supplied us with, or if you have any questions about our privacy statement, please contact us as specified.