Terms of Service for Japale
Version: 1.0 (Effective: May 2026)
Welcome to Japale, the World’s First Devotees Social Network. These Terms of Service ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Sewak Community ("Company", "we", "us", or "our") concerning your access to and use of the Japale mobile application.
1. Binding Acceptance
Acceptance of these Terms is obtained through explicit, affirmative action (such as checking an unticked box) during account registration, in strict compliance with the DPDP Act 2023. Material changes will require fresh explicit consent.
If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you are strictly prohibited from using the application and must discontinue use immediately. This document serves as a formal and legally binding contract governing your use of our platform.
2. Absolute Moderator Discretion (Zero-Tolerance Policy)
Japale strictly operates as a 'Zero-Tolerance' platform to preserve the sanctity of our devotee ecosystem. We maintain Absolute Discretion to monitor, review, and moderate any content submitted by users—including but not limited to posts, comments, private messages, or profile information.
In strict compliance with Rule 3(1)(b) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, users must not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share any information that belongs to another person, is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, invasive of another's privacy, threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India, or violates any current law.
If our internal review determines a violation of our community guidelines or these Terms, Japale reserves the exclusive right to take immediate, irrevocable action. This includes permanent account termination, content removal, IP blocking, and platform security restrictions (via device attestation & integrity checks), without providing prior notice or explanation, subject to your statutory right to appeal before our designated Grievance Officer under Rule 3(2) of the IT Rules, 2021.
3. Statutory Rights & Dispute Resolution
You agree that our administration maintains full operational discretion over content moderation and community standard enforcement. While internal platform decisions regarding individual content removal or account bans are administrative and binding within the app ecosystem, nothing in these Terms shall unlawfully restrict or waive your statutory rights under Indian law. You retain full legal rights under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 to seek lawful remedies, judicial review before competent courts in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, or file statutory grievances before the Data Protection Board of India (DPBI).
4. No Compensation & Privilege Clause
Use of Japale is a privilege, not a right. The application and its services are provided at our sole discretion. Any termination of access, for any reason whatsoever, shall not entitle the user to any form of compensation, refund, or legal recourse against the Company or its founders.
5. Anti-Circumvention and Ban Evasion
Attempting to bypass our moderation systems is a severe breach of these Terms. Creating alternate accounts after being banned, utilizing coded language to circumvent moderation or security enforcement measures, or using different email addresses/VPNs to evade IP or security integrity restrictions constitutes a direct attack on our ecosystem.
We reserve the right to initiate legal recovery of costs for any disruption caused to our ecosystem by users attempting to circumvent our security or moderation measures.
6. User-to-User Disputes
Users are solely responsible for their interactions with others on the platform. Japale has no obligation to monitor personal disputes between users and assumes absolutely no responsibility or legal liability for personal conflicts, disagreements, or damages that arise from user interactions on the platform.
7. G3 Voice Chanting & Microphone Privacy
The Japale application includes a "G3 Voice Chanting" feature that requires access to your device's microphone. We strictly adhere to the following privacy principles regarding this feature:
- Explicit Consent: Microphone access is never requested automatically. You must explicitly grant permission prior to using the voice chanting mode.
- Session-Based Activation: The microphone is active only while the G3 Voice Chanting mode is in use and is immediately deactivated once the session ends.
- 100% Local Processing (Zero Storage): All voice data is processed entirely on your local hardware. We do not record, transmit, or store your voice data on our servers. Your audio data is transient and never leaves your device.
8. International Compliance and Jurisdiction
Our administrative operations, management, and review teams are based entirely in India. However, to ensure high-availability cloud infrastructure and enterprise-grade security, our primary database servers are hosted via Supabase in the Southeast Asia (Singapore) region. By using the App, foreign and domestic users explicitly consent to the transfer, storage, and processing of their data across these cloud regions, governed exclusively by applicable Indian laws including the DPDP Act, 2023.
Any arbitration, legal proceedings, or disputes that bypass the waivers stated herein shall be strictly subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India.
9. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Japale, the Sewak Community, and its founders from any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand (including reasonable attorney’s fees) made by any third party due to or arising out of your violation of these Terms, your misuse of the platform, or your infringement of any law or third-party rights.
10. Amendments and Modifications
We reserve the right to modify or replace these Terms at any time at our sole discretion. It is your responsibility to review these Terms periodically. Acceptance of these Terms is obtained through explicit, affirmative action (such as checking an unticked box) during account registration, in strict compliance with the DPDP Act 2023. Material changes will require fresh explicit consent.
11. Contact Information
If you require formal clarification regarding these Terms or wish to raise a grievance, you may contact our designated Grievance Officer:
Name: Mohan Das Vaishnav
Address: Karagi Road, Kota, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh - 495113
Email: contact@sewakcommunity.in
Note: These Terms are to be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy available at privacy_policy.html