WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

DATE OF CREATION /LAST REVISION: [20-03-2024]

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. BY VISITING THIS WEBSITE AND / OR AVAILING THE SERVICES OFFERED BY US (defined later), YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

These terms and conditions govern your use of this website, [“hashtaghr.com”] (the "Website"), of Outstax Platforms LLP ("hereinafter referred to as “OUTSTAX”/ “Us”/ “We” / “the Platform”) offer of services on this Website, or your availing of the services rendered through this Website. These terms and conditions (“T&Cs”) include and incorporate by this reference, the policies and guidelines referenced below. OUTSTAX reserves the right to change or revise the website T&Cs and the policies from time to time by posting any changes or revised T&Cs on this Website.

OUTSTAX will provide you notice of the changes through our Services, or by other means and the date of change will also be indicated on the top of these T&Cs. The changed or revised T&Cs will be effective immediately after it is posted on this Website. Your use of the Website following the posting of any such changes or of a revised T&Cs, will constitute your acceptance of any such changes or revisions. OUTSTAX encourages you to review the T&Cs whenever you visit the Website to make sure that you understand the terms and conditions governing use of the Website. The T&Cs do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other written agreement you may have with OUTSTAX for its services. If you do not agree to the T&Cs (including any referenced policies or guidelines), do not click “Submit/Login” and do not access or otherwise use our Services. If you wish to terminate this contract, you can do so at any time by informing us and we will deactivate your account on your behalf, from our end. If you would like to print these T&Cs, please click on the print button placed on your browser toolbar. Copying the Website’s T&Cs in another website shall be considered as a copyright infringement of our literary works and accordingly the liability shall be as per the relevant provisions under law. Sharing passwords or sublicensing or sharing our Services with anyone in any manner whatsoever which is not in accordance with the terms and purpose, is a misuse of the Plat form or Services and OUTSTAX reserves its rights to act in such manner to protect its goodwill or reputation and claim damages including stopping your Service or access and reporting to relevant authorities.

When you register and join the Services, you become a member.

The Website is a public site with free access and OUTSTAX assumes no responsibility and liability for the quality and genuineness of responses. OUTSTAX cannot monitor and takes no responsibility for the responses that a user may receive in response to information he/she has displayed on the Website. The candidate or the recruiter, as the case may be, would have to conduct their own background checks on the credibility of the response(s).

(A) PURPOSE

We aim at assisting you to find the right job or internship, to network with professionals and strengthen professional relationships, to connect with recruiters, find suitable jobs or internship opportunities and to enhance the skills needed to succeed in your career.

(B) SERVICES

The Website offers a Platform to connect job seekers and employers. We match your information and data with our database consisting of the feed from other members and make recommendations for connections, content and features that may be useful to you. You may also showcase your unique professional story through experience, skills, and education in addition to posting your articles, photos and videos which would be an enriching experience for all users and enhance your own connectivity with other members and recruiters registered on the Website.

Terms of Offer. Searching for jobs and applying for jobs on the Website is free for all job seekers. By creating a profile / posting your resume or applying for job position or posting a job requirement, as a candidate or the recruiter, as the case may be, you agree to these T&Cs.

Customer Solicitation: Unless you notify our third-party call center representatives or directly our OUTSTAX sales representatives, of your desire to opt out from further direct company communications and solicitations, you are agreeing to continue to receive further emails and call solicitations from OUTSTAX and its designated inhouse or third party call team(s).

Opt Out Procedure:We provide 2 easy ways to opt out of future solicitations: 1. You may use the opt out link found in any email solicitation that you may receive. 2. You may also choose to opt out, via sending your email address to: [ support@hashtaghr.com ].

Proprietary Rights.OUTSTAX has proprietary rights in the service marks, graphics and logos used for the services. OUTSTAX also has rights to the trade dress and specific layouts of this webpage, including calls to action, text placement, images and other information. Trademarks and logos used in connection with the services are the trademarks of their respective owners. You may not copy or reproduce the content of the Website for commercial gains.

(C) USER REPRESENTATIONS

By logging in to our Services, you are making following representations:

(1) Eligibility

(a) You are eligible to enter into a contract with us for using our services and you are at least 18 years of age (“Minimum Age”);

(b) you will provide true and correct information and in the case of creating a profile, you undertake to, at all times, keep the information up to date;

(c) you have one OUTSTAX account, in your real name; and

(d) you have not been restricted by OUTSTAX from using the Services.

(2) Managing your account

(a) You will not share an account with anyone else;

(b) you will abide by all the provisions in these T&Cs and other policies hosted on the Website including Community Guidelines, Copyright Policy and other policies as may be required from time to time;

(c) you will provide only the information and content that you have the right to share; and

(d) if you are a member offering services, you have all the required licenses and will provide services consistent with our Community Participation Guidelines.

(3) Use of Website

(a) You will not use the Website for any illegal purposes or upload, post, transmit, publish, or distribute any material or information that is unlawful, or which may potentially be perceived as being harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, obscene or racially, ethnically or otherwise, objectionable;

(b) you will abide by all applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations in your use of the Website (including laws regarding intellectual property);

(c) you will not interfere with or disrupt the use and enjoyment of the Website by other users;

(d) you will not use the material on the Website for your commercial gain, not engage, directly or indirectly, in transmission of "spam", chain letters, junk mail or any other type of unsolicited communication and not defame, harass, abuse, or disrupt other users of the Website.

(e) you have or will obtain, at your own cost, all licenses, permits, consents, approvals and intellectual property or other rights as may be required for using the Service;

(f) you will not conduct reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, deciphering or otherwise attempting to derive the source code for the Website or any related technology or any part thereof;

(g)you will not engage in "framing," "mirroring," or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of the Website;

(h) you will not access the Website except through the interfaces expressly provided by OUTSTAX;

(i) you will not use / circulate / forward a person's profile hosted on the Platform to his / her current employer as mentioned by the person in his / her resume.

(j) you shall not claim any copyright or other Intellectual Property Right over the data uploaded by you or on your behalf on the website or supplied to OUTSTAX.

(k) it shall be the sole responsibility of the user to check, authenticate and verify the information/response received at his/her/its own cost and expense.

(D) ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR RECRUITERS

(a) You will comply with all applicable data protection laws in relation to the processing of personal data; you will adhere to the agreed purposes as defined in the privacy policy and these T&Cs.

(b)You shall implement adequate technical and organizational controls to protect the shared personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, damage, alteration or disclosure.

(c) You may extend the access to Services subscribed by You, to persons who are bound by employment agreements and confidentiality agreements.

(d)You will retain or process shared personal data only for the period of time necessary to carry out the agreed purposes.

(e) You shall act as an independent data controller in respect of shared personal data obtained from the Website once the data is collected by You and You shall be responsible for its secure use at all times.

(f) You shall maintain control over the account/devices that are used to access the Website and not share one time passwords (OTPs) or reveal other confidential details associated with the account to anyone.

(g) When you use a device to access the Platform, OUTSTAX may collect device location and other technical details to ensure safe access to account.

(h) OUTSTAX reserves the right to place restrictions on your account, which may extend to disabling access, if any suspicious activity is noted in your account; and

(i) The Recruiter gives an undertaking that the positions posted through the Website are in existence and genuine and the user is authorized to recruit /advertise for such vacancies.

(j)OUTSTAX reserves the right to ask for details of the job posted on the website in case of the same is posted by third party companies involved in job placements such as recruitment consultants / manpower supply agencies. In such cases, the recruiter has to provide the job requirement mandate shared by their client with Us, when required by Us.

(k) You agree and undertake that you would not charge any fees from the candidates for scheduling interviews or for offering jobs.

OUTSTAX reserves the right to remove/suspend any content or profile which is violative of these T&Cs. WEBSITE

Content; Intellectual Property; Third Party Links.

In addition to offering recruitment services, this Website also offers information, both directly and through indirect links to third-party websites, offers opportunities for research on companies and to reach out to the hiring community. You can also apply directly for roles, save job searches, and notify your connections and recruiters that you are open for job opportunities. Further you also participate in conversations on this Website which cater to your areas of interest.

OUTSTAX does not always create the information offered on this Website; instead, the information is often gathered from other sources. To the extent that OUTSTAX does create the content on this Website, such content is protected by applicable intellectual property laws. Unauthorized use of the materials/content may violate copyright, trademark, and/or other laws. You may refer to Copyright Policy for more details. You acknowledge that your use of the content on this Website is for personal, non-commercial use. Any links to third-party websites are provided solely as a convenience to you. OUTSTAX does not endorse the contents on any such third-party websites and is not responsible for the content nor any damage that may result from your access to or reliance on these third-party websites. If you link to third-party websites, you do so at your own risk.

License

By using this Website, you are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the content and materials on the Website in connection with your normal, non-commercial use of the Website. You may not copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute, or create derivative works of such content or information without express written authorization from OUTSTAX or the applicable third party (if third party content is at issue).

(E) POSTING

As job aspirants, by sending your profile/resume and information to OUTSTAX, uploading your application and applying to jobs, you are requesting and authorizing OUTSTAX to share such application and information to the relevant employer(s) for such job listing(s). Your profile/resume and details become a part of proprietary database of OUTSTAX and can be accessed only by companies/recruiters registered with us.

By posting, storing, or transmitting any content on the Website, you hereby grant OUTSTAX a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, assignable, right and license to use, copy, display, perform, create derivative works from, distribute, have distributed, transmit and assign such content in any form, in all media now known or hereinafter created, anywhere in the world.

OUTSTAX may make such modifications/editing of profile/ resume in order to fit the resume in its database. OUTSTAX also may reject any insertion or information/data provided by the user without assigning any reason either before uploading or after uploading the vacancy details.

OUTSTAX will honor the choices you make about who can see content or information (e.g., such as your profile, articles, group posts, links to news articles, job postings, messages) only to your addressees or followers. If you apply for a job through our service or opt to signal that you are interested in a job, your information will be shared only with the relevant recruiter.

(F) PUBLISHING INFORMATION

OUTSTAX will obtain your consent if We want to grant third parties, the right to publish your content. It is to be noted that We are not obligated to publish any information or content as a part of our Service and can remove it with or without notice. We reserve the right to edit and make format changes to your content, without affecting the meaning of your expression. Since you own your content and information and we only have non-exclusive rights to it, you may choose to make it available to others.

(G) FEEDBACK

If you submit suggestions or other feedback regarding our services to the Platform, you agree that We can use and share (without the obligation to) such feedback for any purpose without providing any compensation to you.

(H) NOTICES

You agree that We will send notices and messages to you to the contact information you have provided us (e.g., email, mobile number). You agree to keep your contact information up to date.

(I) LICENSE AND ACCESS

Subject to your compliance with these T&Cs, OUTSTAX grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and make personal and non-commercial use of the Services.

All rights not expressly granted to you in these T&Cs are reserved and retained by OUTSTAX.

(J) DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

OUTSTAX DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE NATURE OF THE USER- GENERATED CONTENT OFFERED THROUGH THE WEBSITE. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE WEBSITE AND ANY CONTENT YOU POST.

JOB SEEKERS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO CHECK THE AUTHENTICITY OF ALL OR ANY RESPONSE RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE PROFILE/ RESUME BEING DISPLAYED BY OUTSTAX, FOR GOING OUT OF STATION OR IN STATION FOR ANY JOB / INTERVIEW.

JOBSEEKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO INDULGE IN ANY MONETARY ENGAGEMENT WITH ANY SOURCE IN THE NAME OF GUARANTEED INTERVIEWS WITH EMPLOYERS.

OUTSTAX IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR HARM RESULTING FROM ANY POSTS BY OR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN USERS. OUTSTAX RESERVES THE RIGHT BUT HAS NO OBLIGATION TO MONITOR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AND AMONG USERS OF THE WEBSITE AND TO REMOVE ANY CONTENT OUTSTAX DEEMS OBJECTIONABLE, IN SOLE DISCRETION OF OUTSTAX.

YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND/OR SERVICES ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THIS WESBSITE IS A FREE SERVICE TO JOBSEEKERS FOR PLACEMENTS. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE ANY INTERVIEW/MEETING/DISCUSSION WITH ANY EMPLOYER BASIS THE INFORMATION POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

OUTSTAX DOES NOT SHARE YOUR EMAIL ID OR PHONE NUMBER OR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WITH ANYONE.

OUTSTAX DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LOSS OR THEFT OF DATA, DATA CORRUPTION, UNAUTHORIZED USE OR MISUSE OF PASSWORDS, AS WELL AS ANY DAMAGE OR INFORMATION LEAKS, AND THE SUBSEQUENT USE OF SUCH INFORMATION BY A THIRD PARTY.

WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FRIVOLOUS EMAIL, SMS OR PHONE CALL BY ANY FRAUDULENT PERSON PRETENDING TO BE PART OF OUTSTAX. ANY COMMUNICATION FROM THE OFFICIAL DOMAIN OF OUTSTAX SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS GENUINE.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, OUTSTAX MAKES NO WARRANTY:

(a) THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE, COMPLETE, OR TIMELY.
(b)ABOUT CREDENTIALS OF THE PROSPECTIVE RECRUITER WHICH USES THE INFORMATION OF THE CANDIDATE DISPLAYED ON THE WEBSITE TO CONTACT THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE / VISITOR / USER.
(c) THAT THE LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES LEAD TO INFORMATION THAT IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE, COMPLETE, OR UPDATED.
(d) AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES.
(e) THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE;
(f) THAT THERE WOULD BE A SATISFACTORY RESPONSE OR ANY RESPONSE AT ALL ONCE THE PROFILE/ RESUME/ INSERTION OR INFORMATION/DATA IS FED BY THE USER.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THIS WEBSITE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN.

(K) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

OUTSTAX WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW (AND UNLESS OUTSTAX HAS ENTERED INTO A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT OVERRIDES THESE T&Cs), FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FROM (1) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE CONTENT; (2) ANY SERVICES AVAILED THROUGH THE WEBSITE; (3) FOR ANY ACT, DEED OR THING WHICH THE USER MAY SO DO, PURSUANT TO THE RECEIPT OF THE RESPONSE, IF ANY, TO THE PROFILE/ RESUME/ INSERTION OR INFORMATION/ DATE BEING FED INTO THE NETWORK SYSTEM OF OUTSTAX; OR (4) ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, REPUTATION (E.G., OFFENSIVE OR DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS), LOSS OF DATA (E.G., DOWN TIME OR LOSS, USE OF, OR CHANGES TO, YOUR INFORMATION OR CONTENT) OR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

OUTSTAX IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE RECRUITER’S APPLICATION FORM, MESSAGES, SCREENER QUESTIONS, TESTING ASSESSMENTS; REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, OR THEIR FORMAT OR METHOD OF DELIVERY.

IN CASE OUTSTAX IS IMPLICATED IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS BETWEEN TWO USERS, OUTSTAX WILL ABIDE WITH ANY COURT ORDER SERVED ON IT THROUGH DUE PROCESS, BUT ENTIRE COSTS WILL BE RECOVERED FROM THE PARTY THAT NAMES OUTSTAX.

(L)INDEMNIFICATION

You will release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless OUTSTAX, and any of its agents, employees, officers, existing partners, partners for the time being in force, their heirs, successors and assigns from all liabilities, claims, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, of third parties relating to or arising out of (1) these T&Cs or the breach of your warranties, representations and obligations under these T&Cs; (2) the Website content or your use of the Website content; (3) any intellectual property or other proprietary right of any person or entity; (4) your violation of any provision of these T&Cs; or (5) any information or data you supplied to OUTSTAX. When OUTSTAX is threatened with any suit or sued by a third party in connection with information or material posted by you on this Website, OUTSTAX may seek written assurances from you concerning your promise to indemnify OUTSTAX; your failure to provide such assurances may be considered by OUTSTAX to be a material breach of these T&Cs. At your request and expense, OUTSTAX will reasonably cooperate in any defence by you of a third-party claim related to your use of any of the Website content, through counsel of the choice of OUTSTAX. You will have sole responsibility to defend OUTSTAX against any claim, but you must receive’ prior written consent from OUTSTAX regarding any related settlement. The terms of this provision will survive any termination or cancellation of this agreement/ T&Cs or your use of the Website or Services.

(M) PRIVACY

OUTSTAX believes strongly in protecting user privacy and providing you with notice of use of data by OUTSTAX. As a Visitor of this Website or Member of our Services, the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to this Privacy Policy (which includes documents referenced in Privacy Policy) and updates. Please refer to OUTSTAX privacy policy, incorporated by reference herein, that is posted on the Website.

(N) AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

By using this Website, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by this agreement and all T&Cs on this Website.

(O) GENERAL

Force Majeure

OUTSTAX will not be deemed in default hereunder or held responsible for any cessation, interruption or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder for events including but not limited to earthquake, flood, fire, storm, natural disaster, pandemic, epidemic, act of God, war, terrorism, armed conflict, labor strike, lockout, or boycott.

Relationship of Parties

Nothing in these T&Cs shall create an employment, agency, or joint venture relationship between OUTSTAX and any member offering services on the platform or with the user of this platform or website and neither of them shall have any authority to bind the other in any way.

Cessation of Operation

OUTSTAX may at any time, in its sole discretion and without advance notice to you, cease operation of the Website and rendering its services.

OUTSTAX may restrict, suspend, or terminate your account if you breach this agreement or the law or are misusing the Services in violation of the T&Cs and the policies.

Entire Agreement

These T&Cs comprise the entire agreement between you and OUTSTAX and supersede any prior agreements pertaining to the subject matter contained herein.

Effect of Waiver

The failure of OUTSTAX to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these T&Cs, will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these T&Cs is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, OUTSTAX and the user (collectively referred to as “the Parties”) nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the Parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of this Agreement remain in full force and effect.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction

This Website originates from Mumbai, Maharashtra (India). These T&Cs will be governed by the laws of the India without regard to its conflict of law principles to the contrary. Neither you nor OUTSTAX will commence or prosecute any suit, proceeding or claim to enforce the provisions of these T&Cs, to recover damages for breach of or default of these T&Cs, or otherwise arising under or by reason of these T&Cs, other than in courts located in Mumbai, Maharashtra. By using

this Website, you consent to the jurisdiction and venue of such courts in connection with any action, suit, proceeding or claim arising under or by reason of these T&Cs.

Waiver of Class Action Rights

BY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT / AGREEING TO THESE T&Cs, YOU HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE TO JOIN CLAIMS WITH THOSE OF OTHER IN THE FORM OF A CLASS ACTION OR SIMILAR PROCEDURAL DEVICE. ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO, OR CONNECTION WITH THESE T&Cs MUST BE ASSERTED INDIVIDUALLY.

Termination

OUTSTAX reserves the right to terminate your access to the Website if it reasonably believes, in its sole discretion, that you have breached any of the terms and conditions of this agreement / T&Cs. Following termination, you will not be permitted to use the Website and OUTSTAX may, in its sole discretion and without advance notice to you, cancel any outstanding orders for Services. If your access to the Website is terminated, OUTSTAX reserves the right to exercise whatever means it deems necessary to prevent unauthorized access of the Website. This Agreement will survive indefinitely unless and until OUTSTAX chooses, in its sole discretion and without advance intimation to you, to terminate it.

Domestic Use

OUTSTAX makes no representation that the Website or Services are appropriate or available for use in locations outside India. Users who access the Website from outside India do so at their own risk and initiative and must bear all responsibility for compliance with any applicable local laws.

Assignment

You may not assign your rights and obligations under this Agreement to anyone. OUTSTAX may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement in its sole discretion and without advance notice to you.

BY USING THIS WEBSITE’S SERVICES YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.