Effective Date: 5 October 2026

Welcome to Saraswat Kul. These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the website www.saraswatkul.in and the services, features, content, and facilities made available through the website.

By accessing, registering on, or using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms and our applicable policies. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, please do not use the Website.

1. About the Website

Saraswat Kul is an online platform intended to facilitate the creation, management, viewing, and sharing of family-related information and family tree records submitted by its users.

The Website may provide features including user registration, login, family member management, family profile information, family tree creation and viewing, sharing of family tree information, and updating of submitted information.

2. Eligibility

You must be legally capable of entering into a binding agreement under applicable Indian law to use the Website.

If you provide information about another person, you must have the necessary permission, authority, or lawful basis to provide and manage that information.

You are responsible for ensuring that your use of the Website complies with all applicable laws and regulations.

3. User Registration and Account

Certain features of the Website may require you to create an account.

You agree to:

• Provide accurate, complete, and current information during registration.
• Keep your account information updated.
• Maintain the confidentiality of your login credentials.
• Not share your password or account credentials with unauthorized persons.
• Immediately notify us if you believe that your account has been accessed or used without authorization.
• Accept responsibility for activities performed through your account unless caused by unauthorized access not attributable to your negligence or misconduct.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts containing false, misleading, fraudulent, unlawful, or unauthorized information.

4. Accuracy of Family Information

The Website allows users to submit information relating to themselves and their family members.

You are solely responsible for ensuring that the information you submit is accurate, lawful, and appropriate.

Saraswat Kul does not independently verify every family relationship, name, date of birth, address, photograph, document, or other information submitted by users.

Accordingly:

• Family information may contain errors or omissions.
• The Website does not guarantee the historical or genealogical accuracy of user-submitted information.
• Users should independently verify important family, legal, historical, or personal records before relying upon them.
• Saraswat Kul shall not be responsible for inaccuracies originating from information submitted by users.

5. Information About Other Individuals

Before adding information about another person, including family members, you should ensure that you have the necessary permission or lawful authority to provide such information.

You must not knowingly submit another person's private, confidential, sensitive, or personal information without an appropriate lawful basis or authorization.

You must not use the Website to publish or distribute information that violates another person's privacy or legal rights.

6. User Content

For the purposes of these Terms, “User Content” includes information, names, photographs, family details, descriptions, documents, messages, or other material submitted or uploaded by users.

You retain your rights in User Content to the extent provided by applicable law.

By submitting User Content, you grant Saraswat Kul the limited permission necessary to host, store, process, display, organize, reproduce, and make that content available through the Website for providing and operating the requested services.

You represent and warrant that:

• You have the right or lawful authority to submit the content.
• The content is not knowingly false or misleading.
• The content does not infringe any copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights.
• The content does not violate applicable law.
• The content does not contain unlawful, defamatory, obscene, threatening, fraudulent, or malicious material.

7. Family Tree and Sharing Features

Family tree information may be displayed or shared through features provided by the Website.

You are responsible for deciding what information you add and share.

You should exercise caution before sharing family trees, photographs, addresses, contact information, or other personal information with other persons or through publicly accessible links.

Once information is voluntarily shared with another person or made publicly accessible, Saraswat Kul cannot control how that recipient may subsequently use, copy, save, or redistribute the information.

8. Prohibited Activities

You must not use the Website to:

• Provide false, fraudulent, misleading, or impersonated information.
• Create an account in another person's name without authorization.
• Access another user's account without permission.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, server, database, or other systems.
• Upload malware, viruses, malicious code, or harmful files.
• Interfere with or disrupt Website functionality.
• Scrape, crawl, copy, download, reproduce, or commercially exploit Website data without authorization.
• Use automated systems to access the Website in a manner that places unreasonable load on the service.
• Upload content that is illegal, defamatory, threatening, obscene, hateful, discriminatory, or otherwise unlawful.
• Violate another person's privacy or intellectual property rights.
• Use the Website for fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful purposes.
• Attempt to bypass security, authentication, access controls, or other technical restrictions.
• Use the Website to harass, threaten, deceive, or harm another person.

We may take appropriate action against accounts or content involved in prohibited activities.

9. Privacy and Personal Data

Your use of the Website may involve the collection and processing of personal information necessary to provide the Website's services.

Personal information may include account details and family-related information submitted by you.

Such information will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection and information technology laws.

You should not submit information that you are not authorized to provide.

We may retain, process, or delete information as necessary for providing services, maintaining security, complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, and other lawful purposes.

10. Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information and maintain the security of the Website.

However, no website, online service, database, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You acknowledge that you use the Website at your own risk and should take reasonable precautions to protect your account credentials and personal information.

11. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the Website and its original design, layout, branding, logos, graphics, software, text, interface, and other materials are owned by or used lawfully by Saraswat Kul and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may use the Website and its content only for lawful personal purposes and in accordance with these Terms.

You must not reproduce, modify, distribute, publicly display, sell, license, reverse engineer, or commercially exploit Website materials without prior written permission, except where permitted by applicable law.

12. Third-Party Services and Links

The Website may contain links to or integrations with third-party websites, services, applications, or platforms.

Third-party services are governed by their own terms and policies.

Saraswat Kul does not control and is not responsible for the availability, security, content, accuracy, privacy practices, or policies of third-party services.

Accessing third-party services is at your own discretion and risk.

13. Website Availability

We aim to keep the Website available and functioning properly; however, we do not guarantee that the Website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

The Website may occasionally be unavailable because of:

• Maintenance or updates.
• Technical problems.
• Server or hosting issues.
• Internet or network failures.
• Security incidents.
• Force majeure events.
• Circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

We may modify, suspend, restrict, or discontinue any feature or part of the Website when reasonably necessary.

14. Accuracy and Reliability of Information

Information displayed on the Website may be provided by users and may not always be independently verified.

We do not guarantee that all information available through the Website will always be complete, accurate, current, or error-free.

You should independently verify information before relying upon it for legal, financial, medical, governmental, historical, genealogical, or other important purposes.

15. No Professional or Official Record

Information available through the Website should not automatically be considered an official government record, legal record, certificate, identity document, or authenticated genealogical record unless expressly stated otherwise.

Users should obtain official records from the appropriate government authority or competent institution whenever official verification is required.

16. Account Suspension and Termination

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access to an account or the Website if we reasonably believe that:

• These Terms have been violated.
• The account is being used for unlawful or fraudulent activity.
• False or unauthorized information has been submitted.
• The account presents a security or privacy risk.
• The user has misused the Website.
• Suspension or termination is required by law or a competent authority.

You may stop using the Website at any time.

Termination of an account does not automatically remove obligations or liabilities that arose before termination.

17. Removal of Content

We reserve the right to remove, restrict, disable, or modify User Content where reasonably necessary due to:

• Violation of these Terms.
• Violation of applicable law.
• Privacy or security concerns.
• Copyright or intellectual property complaints.
• Fraudulent or misleading information.
• A valid legal request or order.
• Technical or operational requirements.

Where appropriate and legally permissible, we may provide notice regarding such action.

18. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Website and its services are provided on an “as available” and “as is” basis.

We do not guarantee that:

• The Website will always operate without interruption.
• All information will be completely accurate or error-free.
• The Website will always be free from security vulnerabilities.
• User-submitted information will always be available.
• Family tree information will be historically or genealogically accurate.
• The Website will meet every individual requirement or expectation.

19. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Saraswat Kul shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive losses arising from or relating to:

• Use or inability to use the Website.
• Reliance on user-submitted information.
• Errors or omissions in family information.
• Unauthorized access resulting from circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
• Loss or misuse of information after it has been voluntarily shared by a user.
• Third-party websites, services, or links.
• Temporary Website unavailability or technical interruptions.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited under applicable law.

20. Indemnification

You agree, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and hold harmless Saraswat Kul, its operators, administrators, representatives, and service providers from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses arising from:

• Your violation of these Terms.
• Your unlawful use of the Website.
• Your User Content.
• Your violation of another person's rights.
• Your unauthorized submission or sharing of personal information.
• Your fraudulent or negligent activities.

21. Changes to the Website

We may add, remove, modify, or update Website features, services, content, functionality, or technical requirements from time to time.

We may also update these Terms when necessary to reflect changes in the Website, applicable law, security requirements, or our practices.

The updated Terms will become effective when published on the Website unless otherwise stated.

Your continued use of the Website after the updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

22. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of India.

Subject to applicable law, disputes arising from or relating to these Terms or the Website shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts in Rajasthan, India.

23. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable by a competent authority, that provision shall be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall continue to remain in full force and effect.

24. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Website's Privacy Policy and any other policies expressly incorporated into these Terms, constitute the understanding governing your use of the Website, subject to applicable law.

25. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, or requests regarding these Terms or the Website, please contact us:

Website: www.saraswatkul.in
Email: info.SaraSwatkul@gmail.com
Phone: +91 92512 69005

By registering for or using www.saraswatkul.in, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms and Conditions.