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Terms and Conditions

Updated on 01/Sep/2021


The headings used in this agreement are included for convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms.


1. WEBSITE OWNER

This website www.studioblackdot.com is owned and operated by Studio Black Dot, having their office at Bengaluru, India. These Terms set forth the terms and conditions under which you may use our website and services as offered by us. This website offers visitors distinctive home décor products and online interior design consultation.

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2. THE OFFERING AND BINDING OF TERMS

Please read and understand the terms stated here carefully. By accessing or using this website, including all information, tools and services available from this site to you, the user, implies that you have read and agree to all the terms and conditions. This constitutes a legally binding agreement between you and Studio Black Dot. These terms apply to the entire website and any email or other type of communication between you and Studio Black Dot. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the website or any of its services.


This document is an electronic record published in accordance with the provisions of the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 that require publishing the Rules and Regulations, Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for access or usage of the website and being generated by a computer system, it does not require any physical or digital signatures.

These Terms & Conditions are a contract between you and Studio Black Dot (referred to in these Terms & Conditions as "Studio Black Dot", "us", "we" or "our"), the provider of the Studio Black Dot website and the services accessible from the Studio Black Dot website (which are collectively referred to in these Terms & Conditions as the "Studio Black Dot Service"). In these Terms & Conditions, "you" refers both to you as an individual and to the entity you represent.


3. ELIGIBILITY

In order to use our website and/or receive our services, you must be at least 18 years of age, and possess the legal authority, right and freedom to enter into these Terms as a binding agreement. If you are younger than 18 years of age, you must have the consent of a parent or legal guardian. You are not allowed to use this website and/or receive services if doing so is prohibited in your country or under any law or regulation applicable to you.

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4. GENERAL CONDITIONS

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.

You understand that your content (not including credit card information), may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. Credit card information is always encrypted during transfer over networks.

You agree not to, and you will not permit others to:

  • Reproduce, duplicate, license, copy, sell, resell, rent, lease, assign, distribute, transmit, host, outsource, disclose or otherwise commercially exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service or any contact on the website through which the service is provided, without express written permission by us.

  • Modify, make derivative works of, disassemble, decrypt, reverse compile or reverse engineer any part of the website.

  • Remove, alter or obscure any proprietary notice (including but not limited to copyright or trademark laws) of Studio Black Dot or its affiliates, partners, suppliers or the licensors of the website.

  • Transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.

A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate termination of our Services.

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5. ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION

We are not responsible if information made available on this site is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. Any reliance on the material on this site is at your own risk.

This site may contain certain historical information. Historical information, necessarily, is not current and is provided for your reference only. We reserve the right to modify the contents of this site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on our site. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to our site.

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6. KEY COMMERCIAL TERMS OFFERED TO CUSTOMERS

When buying an item, you agree that: (i) you are responsible for reading the full item listing before making a commitment to buy it: (ii) you enter into a legally binding contract to purchase an item when you commit to buy an item and you complete the check-out payment process.
The prices we charge for using our services / for our products are listed on the website. We reserve the right to change our prices for products displayed at any time, and to correct pricing errors that may inadvertently occur. Additional information about pricing and sales tax is available on the payments page.

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7. RETURN AND REFUND POLICY

Please refer to our Return/Cancellation Policy

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8. RETENTION OF RIGHT TO CHANGE OFFERING

We may, without prior notice, provide enhancements or improvements to the website or the services; stop providing the services or any features/functionality of the services we offer; or create limits for the services. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend access to the services without notice and liability for any reason, or for no reason. We shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service. The changes in offering will be (i) deemed to constitute an integral part of the website, and (ii) subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.


9. PRODUCTS OR SERVICES

Certain products or services may be available exclusively online through the website. These products or services may have limited quantities and are subject to return or exchange only according to our Return/Cancellation Policy.

We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colours and images of our products that appear at the store. We cannot guarantee that your computer monitor's display of any colour will be accurate. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to limit the sales of our products or Services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction. We may exercise this right on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to limit the quantities of any products or services that we offer. All descriptions of products or product pricing are subject to change at any time without notice, at the sole discretion of us. We reserve the right to discontinue any product at any time. Any offer for any product or service made on this site is void where prohibited.

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10. ACCURACY OF BILLING AND ACCOUNT INFORMATION

We reserve the right to refuse any order you place with us. We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household or per order. These restrictions may include orders placed by or under the same customer account, the same credit card, and/or orders that use the same billing and/or shipping address. If we make a change to or cancel an order, we may attempt to notify you by contacting the e-mail and/or billing address/phone number provided at the time the order was made. We reserve the right to limit or prohibit orders that, in our sole judgment, appear to be placed by dealers, resellers or distributors. You agree to provide current, complete and accurate purchase and account information for all purchases made at our store. You agree to promptly update your account and other information, including your email address and credit card numbers and expiration dates, so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed.

For more detail, please review our Returns Policy.

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11. OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, COPYRIGHTS AND LOGOS

The website and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, graphics, logos, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by Studio Black Dot, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by India and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. The material may not be licensed, rented, copied, modified, reproduced, downloaded or distributed in any way, in whole or in part, without the express prior written permission of Studio Black Dot, unless and except as is expressly provided in these Terms & Conditions. Any unauthorized use of the material is prohibited.


You recognize and agree that by uploading any content (including, but not limited to designs, images, animations, videos, audio files, fonts, logos, illustrations, compositions, artworks, interfaces, text and literary works) through any means to the website, you confirm that you own all the relevant rights or received the appropriate license to upload/transfer/send the content. You agree and consent that the uploaded/transferred content may be publicly displayed at the website.


12. USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS

If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions (for example contest entries) or without a request from us you send creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, 'comments'), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, use, edit, copy, modify, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium any comments that you forward to us. These comments shall remain the sole and exclusive property of Studio Black Dot. We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments. Studio Black Dot and its affiliates shall have no obligations with respect to such submissions or posts and may use the ideas contained in such submissions or posts for any purposes in any medium in perpetuity, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products and services using such ideas.


We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libellous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms of Service. You agree that your comments will not violate any right of any third-party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other personal or proprietary right. You further agree that your comments will not contain libellous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material, or contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of the Service or any related website. You may not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third-parties as to the origin of any comments. You are solely responsible for any comments you make and their accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any comments posted by you or any third-party.

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13. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your submission of personal information through the website is governed by our Privacy Policy. Please refer to our Privacy Policy.

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14. ERRORS, INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS

Occasionally there may be information on our site or in the Service that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing, promotions, offers, product shipping charges, transit times and availability. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders if any information in the Service or on any related website is inaccurate at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order). If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is cancelled, we shall immediately issue a credit to your credit card account or other payment account in the amount of the charge.

We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify information in the Service or on any related website, including without limitation, pricing information, except as required by law. No specified update or refresh date applied in the Service or on any related website, should be taken to indicate that all information in the Service or on any related website has been modified or updated.

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15. PROHIBITED USES

In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using the site or its content:

  1. for any unlawful purpose;

  2. to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts;

  3. to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances;

  4. to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others;

  5. to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability;

  6. to submit false or misleading information;

  7. to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet;

  8. to collect or track the personal information of others;

  9. to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape;

  10. for any obscene or immoral purpose; or

  11.  to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses.

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16. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

You agree that from time to time we may remove the service for indefinite periods of time or cancel the service at any time, without notice to you. You expressly agree that your use of, or inability to use, the service is at your sole risk. The website and all products and services delivered to you through the website are (except as expressly stated by us) provided 'AS IS' and 'AS AVAILABLE' for your use, without any representation, warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, merchantable quality, fitness for a particular purpose, durability, title, and non-infringement.

You acknowledge and agree that if Studio Black Dot disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the Service, your account details or any files or other materials which is contained in your account.


Without limitation to the foregoing, Studio Black Dot provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind that the website will meet your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, systems or services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards or be error free or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected.


Without limiting the foregoing, neither Studio Black Dot nor any Studio Black Dot's provider makes any representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied:

  • as to the operation or availability of the website, or the information, content, and materials or products included thereon;

  • that the website will be uninterrupted or error-free;

  • as to the accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information or content provided through the website; or

  • that the website, its servers, the content, or e-mails sent from or on behalf of Studio Black Dot are free of viruses, scripts, trojan horses, worms, malware, timebombs or other harmful components.


17. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Studio Black Dot, our directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, contractors, interns, suppliers, service providers or licensors be liable for any injury, loss, claim, or any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, special, consequential or exemplary damages of any kind, including, without limitation lost profits, lost revenue, lost savings, loss of data, business interruption, personal injury, replacement costs, or any similar damages, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, arising out of or relating to the use of, or inability to use, any of the service or any products procured using the website, or for any other claim related in any way to your use of the service or any product, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the service or any content (or product) posted, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the website, even if advised of their possibility.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Studio Black Dot assumes no liability or responsibility for any (i) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content; (ii) personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to or use of our service; and (iii) any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all personal information stored therein.


18. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Studio Black Dot and our parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers, interns and employees, harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses ( including reasonable attorneys’ fees), due to or arising out of your: (a) use of the website or any of the products/services offered on the website; (b) violation of this Agreement or any law or regulation; or (c) violation of any right of a third party.

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19. SEVERABILITY

In the event that any provision of these Terms of Service is determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms of Service, such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.

This Agreement, together with the Privacy Policy and any other legal notices published by Studio Black Dot on the Services, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Studio Black Dot concerning the website and the products and services offered on the website. If any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. Studio Black Dot’s failure to assert any right or provision under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.


20. TERMINATION

The obligations and liabilities of the parties incurred prior to the termination date shall survive the termination of this agreement for all purposes.

These Terms of Service are effective unless and until terminated by either you or us. You may terminate these Terms of Service at any time by notifying us that you no longer wish to use our Services, or when you cease using our website. If in our sole judgment you fail, or we suspect that you have failed, to comply with any term or provision of these Terms of Service, we also may terminate this agreement at any time without notice and you will remain liable for all amounts due up to and including the date of termination; and/or accordingly may deny you access to our Services (or any part thereof).

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21. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

The failure of us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

These Terms of Service and any policies or operating rules posted by us on this site or in respect to The Service constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between you and us and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and us (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Service). Any ambiguities in the interpretation of these Terms of Service shall not be construed against the drafting party.

You may be subject to additional terms and conditions that apply when you use or purchase other Studio Black Dot’s services, which Studio Black Dot will provide to you at the time of such use or purchase.

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22. GOVERNING LAW

These Terms, the rights and remedies provided hereunder, and any and all claims and disputes related hereto and/or to the services, shall be governed by, construed under and enforced in all respects solely and exclusively in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the state of Karnataka, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any and all such claims and disputes shall be brought in, and you hereby consent to them being decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Whitefield, Bengaluru, Karnataka. The application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is hereby expressly excluded.


In the event of a dispute, you or Studio Black Dot must give the other a Notice of Dispute, which is a written statement that sets forth the name, address, and contact information of the party giving it, the facts giving rise to the dispute, and the relief requested. You must send any Notice of Dispute via email to: contact.studioblackdot@gmail.com. Studio Black Dot will send any Notice of Dispute to you by mail to your address if we have it, or otherwise to your email address. You and Studio Black Dot will attempt to resolve any dispute through informal negotiation within sixty (60) days from the date the Notice of Dispute is sent. After sixty (60) days, you or Studio Black Dot may commence arbitration.


23. CHANGES TO TERMS OF SERVICE

You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time at this page.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website or the Service following the posting of any changes to these Terms of Service constitutes acceptance of those changes. If you do not agree to any of these terms or any future version of the Terms, do not use or access (or continue to access) the website or the service.

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24. COMMUNICATION

You agree to receive from time-to-time promotional messages and materials from us, by mail, email or any other contact form you may provide us with (including your phone number for calls or text messages). If you don't want to receive such promotional materials or notices – please just notify us at any time. 


25. MISCELLANEOUS

Studio Black Dot operates and controls the Studio Black Dot Service from its offices in India. The Service is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Studio Black Dot Service from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. These Terms & Conditions (which include and incorporate the Studio Black Dot Privacy Policy) contains the entire understanding, and supersedes all prior understandings, between you and Studio Black Dot concerning its subject matter, and cannot be changed or modified by you. The section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and will not be given any legal import.

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26. CONTACT INFORMATION

Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to us at contact.studioblackdot@gmail.com or via this link https://www.studioblackdot.com/contact

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