Terms and Conditions

1. Acceptance of Terms

By creating an account, browsing the website, submitting information, inviting relatives, or using any feature of Indian Family History, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, our Privacy Policy, and any additional guidelines published on the website.

2. Purpose of the Platform

Indian Family History is designed to help individuals and families create family trees, preserve lineage information, record dynasty details, connect with relatives, and maintain an organized family history record. The platform is intended for lawful, personal, family, genealogical, educational, and heritage-preservation purposes only.

3. Eligibility

• You must provide accurate registration information.
• You must use a valid email address.
• You must be legally capable of entering into a binding agreement under applicable law.
• You must use the platform responsibly and lawfully.

If you create an account on behalf of a family group, you are responsible for ensuring that your actions are authorized and appropriate.

4. User Accounts

When you create an account, you agree to provide true, current, and complete information, keep your login credentials confidential, remain responsible for activity carried out through your account, and notify us promptly of unauthorized access or security concerns.

We reserve the right to suspend, restrict, or remove accounts that contain false information, misuse the platform, or violate these terms.

5. User Content

You may submit names, relationships, stories, family details, images, and other information. You remain responsible for the content you upload, post, or share.

• You confirm that you have the right to share the content.
• The information is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
• Your content does not violate the rights of others.
• Your content is not defamatory, abusive, obscene, fraudulent, unlawful, or misleading.

6. Family Invitations and Join Requests

Our platform may allow users to invite relatives by email, send requests to join related families, or participate in family collaboration. Invitation emails must be sent only to people you know or are reasonably connected with. You must not use invitation features for spam, harassment, or misleading outreach.

7. Public and Searchable Information

Some parts of the platform may be publicly searchable or visible depending on settings, structure, or the purpose of a family page. Content designated as public may be indexed, viewed, or discovered by other users or visitors. Avoid sharing sensitive personal information in public areas.

8. Privacy of Living Individuals

Use special care when adding information related to living persons. Do not publish information that could create privacy, security, or legal concerns. Do not upload or expose sensitive personal information without proper authority or justification.

9. Prohibited Uses

• Unlawful activity, identity fraud, or impersonation.
• Harassment, abuse, defamation, or misleading content.
• Uploading harmful code, malware, or disruptive content.
• Data scraping, unauthorized extraction, or automated misuse.
• Sending unsolicited invitations or promotional messages.
• Violating privacy, intellectual property, or applicable law.

10. Content Review and Moderation

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to review, restrict, edit, remove, or refuse content, accounts, invitations, or submissions that may violate these terms, applicable law, or platform safety.

11. Intellectual Property

The website design, branding, platform features, text, graphics, logos, and software elements of Indian Family History are owned by or licensed to us unless otherwise stated. They may not be copied, reproduced, republished, or exploited without prior written permission.

12. License to Use Submitted Content

By uploading or submitting content, you grant Indian Family History a non-exclusive, limited license to store, process, display, reproduce, and use that content only as necessary to operate, maintain, improve, secure, and present the services of the platform.

13. Accuracy of Records

Family history and genealogy records may contain personal memories, inherited information, interpretations, or incomplete records. Indian Family History does not guarantee that all user-submitted family data is complete, verified, or historically accurate.

14. Third-Party Links and Services

The website may include links to third-party websites, tools, login providers, or services. We do not control those external services and are not responsible for their content, availability, policies, or actions.

15. Account Suspension or Termination

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access if you violate these terms, misuse the platform, threaten security or integrity, or if legal or operational reasons require it. You may stop using the platform at any time.

16. Limitation of Liability

Indian Family History is provided on an as-available and as-is basis. We do not guarantee uninterrupted service, absolute accuracy, or error-free operation. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Indian Family History shall not be liable for damages arising from use of the website, inability to access the platform, loss of data, user-submitted inaccuracies, misuse by others, or unauthorized access beyond our reasonable control.

17. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Indian Family History, its owners, affiliates, employees, and service providers from claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses arising from your misuse of the platform, your content, or your violation of these terms.

18. Changes to the Service

We may modify, suspend, improve, or discontinue any part of the platform at any time, with or without notice, where permitted by law.

19. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms and Conditions from time to time. Updated terms will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use after changes means you accept the updated terms.

20. Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws applicable in India, subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate courts.

21. Contact Information

If you have questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us through the contact details provided on the website.