Acceptance of the Terms of Use Agreement
In order to use the www.duke-duchess.in Site/Mobile Site/App/Community Site/ network sites
("Site"), you must register as a member of the Site ("Member"). www.duke-duchess.in is intermediary
as defined under sub-clause (w) of Section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. This Agreement
is an electronic contract that establishes the legally binding terms you must accept to use the Site and
to become a "Member." For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Member" means a person who
voluntarily submits information to the Site whether such person uses the Service as a free member or
a paid member. The Member or any users using the Site agree to be bound by these Terms of Use
("Agreement"). If you wish to become a Member and promote/ advertise your profile to other
Members and make use of the www.duke-duchess.in service ("Service"), read these Terms of Use and
follow the instructions in the Registration process.
By using the Service, you consent to submit your personal identifiable information, to collect, process,
display and use the said information to provide the Service. To withdraw this consent, you must
discontinue using our Service and delete your account.
The Site is a serious matchmaking platform to seek life partner for marriage and is not a casual dating
site. The membership and rights of admissions are reserved.
Eligibility
To register as a member of www.duke-duchess.in or use this Site, you must be legally competent and
of legal marriageable age as per the laws of India (currently, 18 years or over for females and 21 years
or over for males).
The www.duke-duchess.in site is only to facilitate personal advertisement for lawful marriage alliance
between persons who are legally competent to enter into matrimony under the laws to which they
are subject.
Membership in the Service is void where prohibited. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that
you have the right, consent, authority, and legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and that you
are not prohibited or prevented by any applicable law for the time being in force or any order or
decree or injunction from any court, tribunal or any such competent authority restraining you from
entering into matrimony.
You further confirm that, you intent to seek a life partner and that you shall not use this site for casual
dating. You also agree to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If at any time
www.duke-duchess.in is of the opinion (in its sole discretion) or has any reason to believe that you are
not eligible to become a member or that you have made any misrepresentation, or acted in violation
to this Terms of Use, www.duke-duchess.in reserves the right to forthwith terminate your
membership and / or your right to use the Service without any refund to you of any of your unutilized
subscription fee.
Account Security.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password you designate
during the registration process, and you are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your
username and password. You agree to immediately notify us of any disclosure or unauthorized use of
your username or password or any other breach of security, and ensure that you log out from your
account at the end of each session
Term & Termination
This Agreement will be effective, valid and subsisting as long as you use our Site.
You may terminate your membership at any time, for any reason by writing to www.duke-duchess.in.
In the event you terminate your membership, you will not be entitled to a refund of any unutilized
subscription fees, if any, paid by you, except where otherwise agreed in writing. www.duke-duchess.in
may terminate your access to the Site and/or your membership for any reason including but not
limited to breach of the terms of use, using the service for commercial purpose, engaging in prohibited
or inappropriate communication or activity, upon sending notice to you at the email address as
provided you in your application for membership or such other email address as you may later provide
to www.duke-duchess.in. If www.duke-duchess.in terminates your membership for breach of terms
of this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of any Subscription fees, if any, paid by you.
Term for the paid Membership would be in accordance with the type of membership undertaken.
Non-Commercial Use by Members
The Site is for the personal use of individual members to advertise and promote their profiles for the
purpose finding relevant matches and cannot be used in connection with any commercial endeavors.
This includes providing links to other web sites, whether deemed competitive to www.duke-
duchess.in or otherwise. Organizations, companies, and/or businesses cannot become Members of
www.duke-duchess.in and should not use the www.duke-duchess.in Service or Site for any purpose.
Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Site, including unauthorized framing of or linking to the Site
will be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil,
criminal, and injunctive redress.
Other Terms of Use by Members
www.duke-duchess.in reserves the right in its sole discretion to review the activity and status of each
account and block the access to the account based on such review.
www.duke-duchess.in reserve the right at its sole discretion to restrict/suspend your free access to its
website based on review of the member's activity, status or any such criteria https://duke-duchess.in/
may deems fit and proper with due intimation to you.
You hereby confirm that as on date of this registration, you do not have any objection to receive
emails, messages and calls from www.duke-duchess.in and members of www.duke-duchess.in, as long
as you are a registered member of www.duke-duchess.in. This consent shall supersede any
preferences set by you with or registration done with the Do Not Disturb (DND Register)/ National
Customer Preference Register (NCPR). This consent extends to emails, messages or calls relating but
not limited to phone number verification, the provision of matchmaking advertising service,
matchmaking enquiries and promotions.
Multiple profiles of the same person are not allowed on www.duke-duchess.in. www.duke-duchess.in
reserves the right to deactivate all multiple profiles without any refund of subscription fees.
You confirm that the Content, information including the personal information provided by you is
correct and accurate. If you are creating the profile on behalf of your friend/sibling/children, you
hereby agree that you have the required permission from the profile holder for creating the profile on
www.duke-duchess.in. Impersonation is crime and punishable under various laws.
You are strongly advised to submit copy of your Driving License, Passport or any other Government
issued identity. Except for the purpose of promoting/advertising your profile for matchmaking
purposes, you cannot engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other Members to buy or sell any
products or services through the Service. You will not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other
www.duke-duchess.in Members. Although www.duke-duchess.in cannot monitor the conduct of its
Members off the www.duke-duchess.in Site, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information
obtained from other members in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to
contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any Member without their prior explicit consent.
www.duke-duchess.in reserves the right to take appropriate steps as it deems appropriate in its sole
discretion in order to protect www.duke-duchess.in and/or its Members from any abuse / misuse.
You cannot use any automated processes, including IRC Bots, EXE's, CGI or any other programs/scripts
to view content on or communicate / contact / respond / interact with www.duke-duchess.in and/or
its members.
www.duke-duchess.in reserves the right to screen communications/advertisements that you may
send to other Member(s) and also regulate the same by deleting unwarranted/obscene
communications/advertisements at any time at its sole discretion without prior notice to any Member
www.duke-duchess.in Members are expected to exercise simple precautions for their privacy and
safety. A suggestive guideline of such precautions is enlisted under security tips “Be Safe Online”.By
becoming a Member, you hereby agree to abide and adhere to the said Tips.
Proprietary Rights in the Content on www.duke-duchess.in
www.duke-duchess.in owns and retains all proprietary rights in the www.duke-duchess.in Site and the
www.duke-duchess.in Service. The Site contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other
proprietary information of www.duke-duchess.in, and its licensors. Except for that information which
is in the public domain such as member profile or for which permission has been obtained from the
user, you cannot copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such
proprietary information. Any such act or an attempted act on your part shall constitute a violation of
this Agreement and your membership is liable to be terminated forthwith by www.duke-duchess.in
without refund of any of your unused Subscription fees. www.duke-duchess.in reserves right to take
legal action (civil and/or criminal) wherever applicable for any violations.
Content Posted on the Site
You understand and agree that www.duke-duchess.in may delete any listing, content, communication,
photos or profiles (collectively, "Content") that in the sole judgment of www.duke-duchess.in violate
this Agreement or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten
the safety of either www.duke-duchess.in and/or its Members.
With respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the
Site including but not limited to your contact details, you hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grant
to www.duke-duchess.in the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and
publicly display such Content on the Site from time to time and also to share the details with the other
members of www.duke-duchess.in for matchmaking purpose.
You shall use the Services only to market and promote your profile and to reach out to other Members
for the purpose of finding relevant matches. You understand and hereby agree that all information,
data, text, photographs, graphics, communications, tags, or other Content whether publicly posted or
privately transmitted or otherwise made available to www.duke-duchess.in, are the sole responsibility
of the person from whom such Content originated and shall be at the member's/person's sole risks
and consequences. This means that you (and not www.duke-duchess.in) are solely responsibler all
Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. www.duke-
duchess.in does not control the Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the
accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. We advise all User/s to independently verify the content
/information posted by the other members before acting upon the same and under no circumstances
will www.duke-duchess.in be liable in any way for any Content, 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 any
Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service. www.duke-
duchess.in reserves the right to verify the authenticity of Content posted on the Site. In exercising this
right, www.duke-duchess.in may ask you to provide any documentary or other form of evidence
supporting the Content you post on the Site. If you fail to produce such evidence to the satisfaction of
www.duke-duchess.in, www.duke-duchess.in may, in its sole discretion, terminate your Membership
without a refund.
By posting Content/ advertising to any public area of www.duke-duchess.in, you automatically grant,
and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to www.duke-duchess.in, and other
www.duke-duchess.in Members, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide
license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute such information and content and to prepare
derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and
authorize sublicenses of the foregoing
The following is an indicative list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Site.
www.duke-duchess.in will investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against
anyone who violates this Agreement, including without limitation, removing the offending
communication / Content from the Service and terminating the Membership of such violators without
a refund.
Illegal and prohibitive Content includes Content which
is blatantly offensive to the community, such as Content that promotes racism, bigotry , hatred or
physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
involves the transmission of "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming";
promotes information that you know is false, misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that
is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing
pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-
installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
contains restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or
from another accessible page);
displays pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind;
provides material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits
personal information from anyone under 18;
provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons,
violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other
users; and
engages in commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests,
sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes.
Any content for seeking partner of same sex ie. Lesbian for lesbian and a gay for gay also any person
who is lesbian or gay by nature or by biological capabilities are strictly not allowed to approach or put
up any content matter in any manner whatsoever either directly or indirectly.
The payment of membership fees shall be utilized for charitable activity only and the member will
receive an official receipt for the same.
You must use the www.duke-duchess.in Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable
local, state, and federal laws, rules and regulations.
You cannot include in your Member profile, visible to other members, any telephone numbers, street
addresses, URL's, and email addresses.
Copyright Policy
You cannot post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other
proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary
rights. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on
the www.duke-duchess.in service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us
with the following information:
an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the
copyright interest;
a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the our Site;
your address, telephone number, and email address;
a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized
by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is
accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Notice of claims of copyright infringement can be sent to us in writing to the Mumbai address located
under the Help/Contact section on the site.
Your interaction with other Members and Member Disputes
You are solely responsible for your advertisement/communications with other www.duke-duchess.in
Members. www.duke-duchess.in reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes
between you and other Members. www.duke-duchess.in also reserves the right to take appropriate
action against errant members. However, www.duke-duchess.in is not obliged to share such action
with other members, including complainants. www.duke-duchess.in expressly disclaims any
responsibility or liability for any transactions or interactions between the members inter-se.
Privacy
Use of the www.duke-duchess.in Site and/or the www.duke-duchess.in Service is governed by our
Privacy Policy and follow simple guidelines to protect your privacy.
Disclaimers
www.duke-duchess.in is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content/listing posted on the
Site or in connection with the www.duke-duchess.in Service, whether caused by Users, Members or
by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Service, nor for the conduct
of any User and/or Member of the www.duke-duchess.in Service whether online or offline.
www.duke-duchess.in assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion,
defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or
unauthorized access to, or alteration of, User and/or Member communications or any
communications by www.duke-duchess.in to its Members.
www.duke-duchess.in is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone
network or lines, computer on-line-systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software,
failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at
any web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to Users and/or Members or to any
other person's computer related to or resulting and/or in connection with the www.duke-duchess.in
Service.
Under no circumstances will www.duke-duchess.in be responsible for any loss or damage resulting
from anyone's use of the Site or the Service and/or any Content posted on the www.duke-duchess.in
Site or transmitted to www.duke-duchess.in Members. You should not provide your financial
information (for example, your credit card or bank account information), or wire or otherwise send
money, to other Members.
The exchange of matchmaking profile(s) through or by "www.duke-duchess.in" is not a matrimonial
offer and/or recommendation from/by www.duke-duchess.in. www.duke-duchess.in shall not be
responsible for any loss or damage to any individual arising out of, or subsequent to, any relations
(including but not limited to matrimonial relations) established pursuant to the use of www.duke-
duchess.in.
The Site and the Service are provided "AS-IS" and www.duke-duchess.in expressly disclaims any
warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. www.duke-duchess.in cannot
guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Site and/or the www.duke-
duchess.in Service. You understand that www.duke-duchess.in makes no guarantees, either express
or implied, regarding compatibility with individuals you meet through the Service.
www.duke-duchess.in expressly disclaims any liability or responsibility whatsoever and howsoever
arising as a result of any Content/listing posted on the Site / made available to www.duke-duchess.in
by any Members or the users of the Site or any third party.
www.duke-duchess.in does not assume any responsibility or liability for any illegal Content posted on
the Site by any Members, users or any third party.
All liability, whether civil or criminal arising out of any Content that is Posted on the Site will be of that
Member / user / third party who has Posted such Content and www.duke-duchess.in reserves its right
to claim damages from such Member/ user / third party that it may suffer as a result of such Content
Posted on the Site. www.duke-duchess.in does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make
available for inclusion on the Service.
Limitation on Liability
In no event will www.duke-duchess.in be liable to you or any third person for any indirect,
consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including also lost profits arising
from your use of the Site or the www.duke-duchess.in Service, even if www.duke-duchess.in has been
advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, www.duke-duchess.in's liability to you for any cause whatsoever, and regardless of the form
of the action, will at all times be limited to the amount paid, if any, by you to www.duke-duchess.in,
for the Service during the term of membership.
Jurisdiction
If there is any dispute about or involving the Site and/or the Service, by using the Site, you
unconditionally agree that all such disputes and/or differences will be governed by the laws of India
and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Competent Courts in Gujarat, Ahmedabad,
India only.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold www.duke-duchess.in, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and
other partners and employees, fully indemnified and harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or
demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your
use of the Service in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of these Terms of Use
and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above and/or any fraudulent act
on your part.
Other.
By becoming a Member of the www.duke-duchess.in service, you agree to receive certain specific
email from www.duke-duchess.in and/or its group sites. . You can unsubscribe at any time for any
reason quickly and easily by clicking on the unsubscribe link enclosed in the mail. You can also manage
your subscription by modifying the privacy settings.
This Agreement, accepted upon use of the Site and further affirmed by becoming a Member of the
www.duke-duchess.in service, contains the entire agreement between you and www.duke-duchess.in
regarding the use of the Site and/or the Service. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the
remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
Grievance Officer
If you have any questions about this Terms of User, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this
Web site, please email us or contact us at.
www.duke-duchess.in
[email protected]
+91 9512095599
Prevention and Protection
We also have strict abuse-prevention and reporting systems for those that do get through our
screening systems.
However, in ensuring your safety & privacy, we're limited to actions that are within our control.
Therefore, it is necessary for you to exercise some simple precautions for your privacy & for a safe and
secure experience.
Here are some simple guidelines YOU can follow to protect your privacy.
Safeguarding against anonymity
Our system of anonymous contacting (sending invitation to connect, accepting/declining), is to ensure
that your identity is protected until YOU decide to reveal it.
Do
Remember that you are in control of your online experience at all times. You can decide your privacy
by setting the same as per your preference.
Don't
Don't include your personal contact information like name, email address, home address, telephone
numbers, place of work or any other identifying information in your initial messages.
Don't send contact information until your instincts tell you that this is someone you can trust. It's okay
to take your time.
Beware & Alert
Set up a separate email account for communicating. Trust your instincts and start by sharing only your
email address and communicating solely via email.
Do
Look for odd behavior or inconsistencies. Serious people will respect your space and allow you to take
your time.
Ask a friend to read the emails you receive - an unbiased observer can spot warning signs you missed.
Stop communicating with anyone who pressures you for personal information or attempts in any way
to trick you into revealing it.
Don't
Don't use signature lines in your emails that include your phone numbers and addresses.
Don't use your regular or official email id for communicating with a person you don't know well.
Photo – To Judge Instincts
A photo will give you a good idea of the person's appearance, which may prove helpful in achieving a
gut feeling.
Do
Request for a photo.
In fact, it's best to view several images of someone in various settings: casual, formal, indoor and
outdoors. If all you hear are excuses about why you can't see a photo, consider that he or she has
something to hide.
Caution against FAKE Chat on the phone
A phone call can reveal much about a person's communication and social skills. Consider your security
and do not reveal your personal phone number to a stranger.
Do
Use a pre paid mobile phone number. Only furnish your phone number when you feel completely
comfortable and have some background information on the other person.
If someone gives you a phone number with a strange area code, check it out to make sure it's not a
charge number before you make the call.
Meet on only being Assured – Double Check and Cross check the details with facts and figures
The beauty of meeting online is that you can collect information gradually, later choosing whether to
pursue the relationship in the offline world. You never are obligated to meet anyone. Go at your own
pace!
Do
Remember that you are in control when it comes to taking an online relationship offline.
Even if you decide to arrange a meeting, you always have the right to change your mind. It's possible
that your decision to keep the relationship at the anonymous level is based on a hunch that you can't
logically explain. Trust yourself. Go with your instincts.
Meeting should be an Open Secret for close friends and Family !!!
When you choose to meet offline it is a good idea to try and include either or both of your families.
But if you trust the person enough to meet alone always tell a friend or your family where you are
going and when you will return.
Do
When you decide to meet face to face with someone for the first time, choose a public place (such as
a restaurant / cafe) at a time when many people are around and ensure your own transportation to
and fro.
For the first meeting it is always good not to meet the other person alone. Take a friend or relative
along and ask him/her to do the same
In case you do decide to meet him/her alone leave the name, address and telephone number of the
person you are going to meet with your friend or family member. Take a cellular phone along with
you.
Don't
Never arrange for your prospective match to pick you up or drop you at home.
Choose Public vicinity and frequently visited place for Meeting
Watch for warning signs
When you choose to meet offline it is a good idea to try and include either or both of your families.
But if you trust the person enough to meet alone always tell a friend or your family where you are
going and when you will return.
Do
Ask a lot of questions and watch for inconsistencies. This will help you detect liars & cons, and it will
help you find out if you're compatible.
Pay attention to displays of anger, intense frustration or attempts to pressure or control you. Acting
in a resentful manner, making demeaning or disrespectful comments, or any physically inappropriate
behavior are all warning signs.
Involve your family or your close friends in your search for a life partner and do not take a decision
unilaterally.
Don't
Don't ignore the following behavior specially if it is without an acceptable explanation:
Provides inconsistent information about age, interests, appearance, marital status, profession,
employment, etc.
Fails to provide direct answers to direct questions
Appears significantly different in person from his or her online persona
Never introduces you to friends, professional associates or family members
Beware of money scams
Watch out for money scams. There are just too many con artists and scam artists around the world,
and they are everywhere.
Do
Be wary of those who try to ask money from you for whatever reason. But it would be safer to cut off
the communication. Remember a genuine person will not ask you for money in any circumstance. If
someone asks you for money, use common sense and never give in to such requests.
In case someone asks you for money report the situation to us.
Don't
Take all the time you need to decide on a trustworthy person and pay careful attention along the way.
Be responsible about romance, and don't fall for the oldest con tricks of people who shower love and
affection at the first instance and disappear later. Don't become prematurely close to someone, even
if that intimacy only occurs online.
Using your own good judgment is your best bet because ultimately you are responsible for your
personal experience. Trust your instincts and then move ahead with the right person!
If you do have an unpleasant experience you can always report it to the authorities.
Be a Whistle Blower !!!
In case of any concern regarding a possible misuse, you may follow the below mentioned steps to
register a complaint:
Go to the concerned profile and report misuse against the profile
The complaint would be acted upon by our Safety Desk
An email would be sent to your registered email address about the receipt of the complaint and the
action taken
You can then always use the Ticket ID and reach out to our grievance officer by writing to [email protected] in for any escalations.