COLLEGE.DEV TERMS OF SERVICE

Updated on: August 29, 2024

This Agreement is between you and Wonksknow LLC and its affiliates, including Wonksknow Technologies India Private Limited ("College.dev," "we," "us," or "our") and governs your access to and use of our Services, in addition to any written Master Services Agreement / MoU executed between you and Vinterview. You may enter into this Agreement on behalf of yourself or on behalf of a legal entity. If you enter into this Agreement on behalf of a legal entity, you represent that you are a duly authorized representative with the authority to bind that legal entity to this Agreement. All references to "you" and "your" in this Agreement mean the person accepting this Agreement as an individual or the legal entity for which the representative is acting.

GENERAL

This Agreement consists of the following Terms (hereinafter the "General Terms") and terms and conditions, if any, specific to use of individual Services (hereinafter the "Service Specific Terms"). The General Terms and Service Specific Terms are collectively referred to as the "Terms". In the event of a conflict between the General Terms and Service Specific Terms, the Service Specific Terms shall prevail.

These Terms, along with the others found on our Platform, include our policy for acceptable use of College.dev, its content, the content posted on College.dev, your rights, obligations, and restrictions regarding your use of the Platform. By using College.dev, you accept, without limitation or qualification, all the Terms applicable to the Platform, as amended from time to time. If you do not accept these Terms, you must discontinue use of College.dev. By accepting these Terms, you are entering into a legally binding Agreement ("Agreement") with us.

We may modify these Terms from time to time and such modification will be effective upon posting on the Platform. You agree to be bound to any changes to these Terms when you use the Platform after any such modification is posted. It is important that you review these Terms regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes made. You must consent to our Privacy Policy to use this Platform.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Platform and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without prior notice to you.

ELIGIBILITY

You represent and warrant that you are fully able and competent to enter into and abide by the terms, conditions, representations, and warranties set forth in this Agreement. If it comes to our attention that you are under the legal age to enter into this Agreement or are otherwise ineligible to enter into this Agreement or to use the Services, your access to the Platform / Services may be terminated without warning.

Without limitation to the foregoing, in the event you are barred from undertaking legally binding obligations under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, you are not eligible to register for, use or avail the services available on the Platform.

REGISTRATION PROCESS

As part of the registration process and at any time thereafter, you may be required to provide and verify personal information. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, out of date or incomplete (or becomes untrue, inaccurate, out of date or incomplete), or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that the information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, out of date or incomplete, we may, in our sole discretion, discontinue the provision of the Services to you.

You may also be asked to choose a username and password to access or use the Services. We may reject, or require that you change, any such username or password, in our sole discretion.

All data you provide, including personal data, shall be subject to the terms set forth in our Privacy Policy, and you represent and warrant that you have the absolute right and authority to provide such data to College.dev.

YOUR ACCOUNT

You are allowed to create and operate only 1 (one) Account. In case you are unable to access your Account, or suspect any unauthorized use of Your Account, please connect with us at support@college.dev. We will not be liable for any unauthorized transactions made through your Account.
You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account details and will be liable for all activities and transactions that occur through your Account, whether initiated by you or any third party. Your Account cannot be transferred, assigned, or sold to a third party. We shall not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your Account, either with or without your knowledge. You will immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your Account.
If your Account has been compromised or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that your Account has been compromised, we may, in our sole discretion, discontinue the provision of the Services to you or discontinue your access to the Platform by suspending or terminating your Account.

USER ACCOUNT DISCLAIMERS

Verification of Students and Alumni: We do not undertake the verification of claims by Students or Alumni regarding affiliation with Institutions identified and selected as part of the registration process and shall hold no liability arising thereto.
Employer Verification: While we implement reasonable employer verification and account approval processes, Users are hereby cautioned that there may still be instances of individuals posing as employers or posting fictitious job opportunities. We undertake no liability arising from your reliance on such information.
Admin Verification and Access: We conduct reasonable verification process for Admins, and Users should be cognizant that their activities on the platform may be visible to these Admins.

STUDENT ACCOUNT ACCESS AND CAPABILITIES

Registered Student Accounts on the Platform can engage in various activities, including but not limited to:

  1. Viewing and applying for jobs posted by Employers.
  2. Creating and uploading resumes.
  3. Setting up personal profiles, which may contain personal data such as name, contact information, qualifications, and skills.
  4. Viewing other Users' profiles and interacting with them through chat.
  5. Viewing, creating, and sharing posts within their selected Institutions' community.
  6. Engaging in buy-and-sell activities and communicating with other transactional parties within their Institutions' community.
  7. Viewing, setting up, and joining clubs, societies, and other Student led initiatives pertinent to their selected Institution.

ALUMNI ACCESS AND CAPABILITIES

Registered Alumni Accounts on the Platform can engage in various activities, including but not limited to:

  1. Viewing and applying for jobs posted by Employers.
  2. Creating and uploading resumes.
  3. Setting up personal profiles, which may contain personal data such as name, contact information, qualifications, and skills.
  4. Providing professional information such as work experience, qualifications, previous employment history, etc.
  5. Viewing other Users' profiles and interacting with them through chat.
  6. Viewing, creating, and sharing posts within their selected Institutions' community.
  7. Engaging in buy-and-sell activities and communicating with other transactional parties within their Institutions' community.
  8. Viewing, setting up, and joining clubs, societies, and other Alumni led or Alumni specific initiatives pertinent to their selected Institution.

ADMIN ACCOUNT ACCESS AND CAPABILITIES

Registered Admin Accounts on the Platform can engage in various activities, including but not limited to:

  1. Setting up personal profiles, which may contain personal data such as name, contact information, qualifications, and skills.
  2. Providing professional information relating to yourself and the Institution such as name of the Institution, administrative details and contact information, employment history with said Institution, Institutional URL, etc.
  3. Viewing other Users' profiles and interacting with them through chat.
  4. Creating, administering, and moderating communities related to the Institution..
  5. Creating, administering, and moderating Student and Alumni Accounts related to the Institution.

EMPLOYER ACCOUNT ACCESS AND CAPABILITIES

Registered Employer Accounts on the Platform can engage in various activities, including but not limited to:

  1. Viewing Student and Alumni profiles, which may contain personal data such as name, contact information, qualifications, and skills.
  2. Providing professional information relating to yourself and your employer such as name of the organisation, administrative details and contact information, employment history with said organisation, organisational URL, etc.
  3. Viewing Users profiles and interacting with them through chat.
  4. Creating, administering, and moderating employment related content and postings.

USER PROFILE PUBLICITY CHOICE

  1. Users have the discretion to make their profiles public on the Platform. This is facilitated through a specific option during profile setup, labelled "make profile public". Alternatively, Users may choose to bypass this option by selecting "skip".
  2. Should a User opt to make their profile public, it will become accessible to all Employers on the College.dev platform and to other Users who have selected the same Institution. Please note private profiles may still be visible to the Admin Accounts related to your Institution.
  3. Please note that some features or functionalities of the Platform may not be available to private profiles.

COMMUNICATIONS

By availing our Services, you consent to receiving calls, messages, instant messages, e-mails, and communications from College.dev and/or other Users. We may send notifications to you via email or via SMS (text message or Wahtsapp), including to verify your identity before registering your mobile phone number. You may also be contacted by service providers with whom we or the Institution has entered into a contract in furtherance of our rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement and all other policies followed by us. The sharing of the information provided by you is governed by the Privacy Policy.

COLLEGE.DEV PLATFORM

  1. With respect to the Platform, you acknowledge that we display the Institution and related information based on your selection of the list of Institutions.
  2. The information featured on the Platform is based on the information provided by our Users which may not have been verified by us. It is hereby expressly clarified that, the information that you obtain or receive from the Platform, College.dev, and its employees, contractors, partners, advertisers, licensors or otherwise is for informational purposes only.
  3. We will be entitled to enter into any tie-up in terms of joint-venture or otherwise with any other institution engaged in the business of providing services analogous and/or similar to those herein contained. In such case, depending upon the modality and the mechanism as may be devised, you will be provided with the services by College.dev jointly and/or severally with the party/parties in joint venture. You hereby give your irrevocable consent and permission to such a tie-up. In the event of such a tie-up, the terms and conditions herein contained will, mutatis mutandis, become applicable in respect of such tie-up arrangement as well.
  4. In the event that you have a dispute with one or more Users of the Platform, you release us and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and employees from any claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUE OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR, INFORMATION RELATED TO SERVICES AS REFLECTED ON THE PLATFORM MAY BE INCORRECT. WE MAKE NO GUARANTEES, REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION ON THE PLATFORM. THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE PLATFORM MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND NEITHER COLLEGE.DEV, NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES MAKES ANY COMMITMENT OR ASSUMES ANY DUTY TO UPDATE SUCH INFORMATION, MATERIALS, OR SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU IN RELIANCE ON SUCH INFORMATION.

PROHIBITED CONDUCT

Subject to these and other Terms, we grant you a limited, non-transferable right to use the Platform and the Services for personal, lawful, and legal purposes alone.
You shall not use the Platform in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our servers or networks, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Platform or the Services. You shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of the Services, user accounts, or computer systems or networks, through hacking, cracking, intrusion to networks, password mining or any other means.
You shall not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share any information that

  1. belongs to another person and to which the user does not have any right;
  2. is obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, invasive of another’s privacy including bodily privacy, insulting or harassing on the basis of gender, racially or ethnically objectionable, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or an online game that causes user harm, or promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion or caste with the intent to incite violence;
  3. is harmful to child;
  4. infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights;
  5. deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of the message or knowingly and intentionally communicates any misinformation or information which is patently false and untrue or misleading in nature [or, in respect of any business of the Central Government, is identified as fake or false or misleading by such fact check unit of the Central Government as the Ministry may, by notification published in the Official Gazette, specify;
  6. impersonates another person;
  7. threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign States, or public order, or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence, or prevents investigation of any offence, or is insulting other nation;
  8. contains software virus or any other computer code, file or program designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource;
  9. is in the nature of an online game that is not verified as a permissible online game;
  10. is in the nature of advertisement or surrogate advertisement or promotion of an online game that is not a permissible online game, or of any online gaming intermediary offering such an online game; or
  11. violates any law for the time being in force.

Without limiting any of the foregoing, you agree that you shall not (and you agree not to allow any third party to):

  1. use the Platform for any purposes not expressly authorised by College.dev;
  2. copy, modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Platform, its content, or materials and/or the Services;
  3. remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Platform and/or the Services or in or on any content or other material obtained via the Platform and/or the Services;
  4. use any robot, spider, website search/retrieval application, or other automated device, process or means to access, retrieve, or index any portion of the Platform and/or the Services;
  5. reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Platform and/or the Services;
  6. disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to the Platform, systems resources, accounts, passwords, servers, or networks connected to or accessible through the Platform or any affiliated or linked websites; or
  7. upload or make available any data pertaining to a third-party without such third-party’s express and continuing consent.

In the event you breach these Terms, we have the right to terminate your access or usage rights to the Platform / Services immediately, or remove non-compliant information or both, in our sole discretion. In addition to our rights in these Terms, we may take any legal action and implement any technical remedies to prevent the violation of this provision and to enforce these Terms.

USER CONTENT

The User Content shall include, without limitation, the name, logo, and trademark of the Institution or employer, the service marks used by the Institution or employer, text, graphics, photographs, artwork collected from publicly available information or those provided by Institution/employer or their agents or representatives, and all data, content, communications, messages, files, documents, or other materials generated or provided in connection with the Services.
You own all rights, title, and interest in and to User Content, including Intellectual Property Rights, subject to any license or other rights granted herein. You are solely responsible for compliance with all Laws and regulations pertaining to the User Content, including Laws requiring you to obtain the consent of a third party to use, license or generate User Content.
We will only access, process or use User Content for the following reasons (the "Permitted Uses"): (i) consistent with this Agreement and as required to perform our obligations and provide the Services; (ii) in accordance with our Privacy Policy; (iii) as authorized or instructed by you; (iv) as required by Law; or (v) for legal, safety or security purposes. You grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license and all other rights required or necessary for the Permitted Uses.
Telemetry data, product usage data, diagnostic data, and similar data that we collect or generate in connection with your use of the Services is referred to as Service Data. We own all rights, title, and interest in and to Service Data.
If you send, transmit, or otherwise provide any feedback, comments, suggestions, questions, or the like, regarding the Services, including any ideas, know-how, concepts, enhancements, recommendations, or other information relating to the Services, including suggesting or recommending changes to the Services such as new features or functionality relating thereto (collectively, "Feedback"), you acknowledge that (i) we own, and shall retain ownership of, all right, title, and interest in and to such Feedback, including any Intellectual Property Rights therein, and (ii) we may use the Feedback for any purpose whatsoever without any attribution, financial compensation, or reimbursement of any kind to you or any third party.

COLLEGE.DEV INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

College.dev, its affiliates, and its licensors, own and shall retain ownership of (i) all Service Data, (ii) all Feedback, (iii) the Services, and any underlying or other technology and intellectual property embodied or contained in, used to provide or support, or otherwise associated or provided in connection with, the Services, including all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, and (iv) all trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, icons, insignia, symbols, interface and other designs, domain names and corporate names, and the like (whether registered or unregistered) ("Marks") associated or displayed with the Services, together with the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing Marks (all of the foregoing, collectively, "College.dev Property").

College.dev reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in this Agreement. Except for the limited rights and licenses expressly granted under this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement grants, by implication, waiver, estoppel, or otherwise, to you or any third party, any Intellectual Property Rights or other right, title, or interest in or to any College.dev Property.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

WE PROVIDE THE PLATFORM AND THE SERVICES 'AS IS', 'WITH ALL FAULTS' AND 'AS AVAILABLE'. WE MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES ABOUT THE PLATFORM OR THE SERVICES INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SECURITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES AND THE PLATFORM. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES (EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THIRD-PARTY NETWORKS) AT TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF YOUR CHOOSING. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ARE NOT FAULT-FREE AND OCCASIONAL PERIODS OF DOWNTIME OCCUR. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT CONTENT LOSS WON’T OCCUR, NOR DO WE GUARANTEE ANY CONNECTION TO OR TRANSMISSION FROM THE COMPUTER NETWORKS.

GENERAL LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

COLLEGE.DEV WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO ANY USER FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE, ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE PLATFORM; OR USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT DISPLAYED ON THE PLATFORM.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS, COLLEGE.DEV WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, SALES, BUSINESS, OR REVENUE; BUSINESS INTERRUPTION; LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS; LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, GOODWILL, OR REPUTATION; LOSS OF LIFE OR LIMB; LOSS TO COMPUTER OR TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, OR ANY INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE.

TERMINATION

College.dev reserves the right to suspend or terminate User access to the Platform and the Services with or without notice and to exercise any other remedy available under law, where:

  1. the User breaches these Terms;
  2. A third-party reports violation of any of its right as a result of your use of the Services;
  3. College.dev has reasonable grounds for suspecting any illegal, fraudulent, or abusive activity on part of the User;
  4. For Admin Accounts, Student Accounts and Alumni Accounts; at the request of the Institution or through Admin Accounts;
  5. As a result of the suspension or termination of services by College.dev; or
  6. College.dev believes in its sole discretion that the User actions may cause legal liability for other Users, third-parties or for College.dev, or are contrary to the interests of the Platform.
In the event you breach these Terms or submit content or information in breach of these Terms, we have the right to terminate this Agreement and your access or usage rights to the Platform / Services immediately, or remove non-compliant information or both, in our sole discretion.
Upon any termination of this Agreement, you must cease any further use of the Services.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless College.dev, and its affiliates and each of our licensors and suppliers ("Indemnified Parties") harmless, including any officers, directors, employees, shareholders, members, consultants, and agents of the Indemnified Parties, from any third party allegation, claim, proceeding, liability, damage, or cost (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to (i) your use of the Services or Platform, (ii) your breach of this Agreement or violation of applicable Law, (iii) your infringement or violation of any Intellectual Property Rights or other right of any person or entity, (iv) your relationship with any other User or any dispute between you and any other User, or (v) a personal injury, loss of life, or property damage to a third party relating to your acts or omissions.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms of Service and any supplemental terms, policies, rules, and guidelines posted on the Platform, including the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and us and supersede all previous written or oral agreements. If any part of these Terms of Service is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. The failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder.

ASSIGNMENT

You may not assign your rights or transfer any of your obligations under this Agreement without our prior express written consent. Any purported assignment or transfer in violation of this section is null and void. We may assign our rights or transfer any or all of our obligations under this Agreement at any time, without prior notice to you, (i) in the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, or (ii) to our affiliate. This Agreement is binding upon, and inures to the benefit of, the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

NOTICE

We may give notice to you by (i) electronic mail to your email address on record in your account information, (ii) written communication sent by letter delivered by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or (iii) registered post / speed post to your address on record in your account information. You are responsible for ensuring that your email address and property address on record are current. You agree that any notice sent to the then-current email or property address in our systems is adequate and binding notice upon you.

CHOICE OF LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

These Terms shall be deemed to have been entered into and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of India. The courts in Bangalore, Karnataka, shall have the jurisdiction for all suits arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

THIRD PARTY APIS AND LINKS

The Platform may contain APIs and links to services and websites that we and our affiliates do not own, operate, or control. All such APIs and links are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these APIs and links, you will leave the Platform. Neither we nor any of our affiliates are responsible for any content, materials, or other information located on or accessible from any third party APIs or website. Neither we nor any of our affiliates endorse, guarantee, or make any representations or warranties regarding any third-party APIs and links, or any content, materials or other information located or accessible from any other websites, or the results that you may obtain from using such APIs and links. If you access any other websites linked to or from the Platform, you do so entirely at your own risk.

KEY TERMS

"Account" shall mean the account created by the User for availing the Services provided by the Platform.

"Admin" shall mean the category of user that has registered on the platform as an admin and has selected the appropriate Institution, indicating that they are for the duration of this agreement with the Platform, validly employed with the Institution as a member of the teaching or non-teaching faculty, in either case, holding administrative privileges over the students of the Institution.

"Alumni" shall mean the category of user that has registered on the Platform as an 'alumnus’ of the identified and selected Institution, indicating that they were validly admitted to, and have successfully pursued education from the Institution, resulting in a degree, diploma, or a license, granted in accordance with Applicable Laws.

"Employer" shall mean the category of user that has registered on the Platform to interact with Students and Alumni for the purposes of providing them employment.

"Institution" shall mean any educational institution that awards or facilitates the award of degrees, diplomas, or licenses in accordance with Applicable Laws.

"Intellectual Property Rights" shall mean all intellectual property rights and all analogous rights subsisting under the laws of each and every jurisdiction throughout the world and intellectual property for the full term of the rights concerned and including all extensions and renewals of such rights, whether or not such rights are registered or capable of registration, including, without limitation, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, service marks, service names, patents, designs and all other proprietary rights of whatsoever description whether or not protected and whether or not capable of protection.

"Law" or "Applicable Law" shall mean any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, judgment, notification, rule of common law, order, decree, by-law, government approval, directive, guideline, budgetary declarations, circular, press notes, requirement or other governmental restriction, or any similar form of decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation, policy or administration having the force of law in India or any other relevant jurisdiction, by any authority having jurisdiction over the matter in question, whether in effect as of the date of this document or thereafter, and the word "Laws" shall be construed accordingly.

"Services" means (i) any services described in this Agreement, (ii) any free services provided by College.dev to you, in its sole discretion, in connection with this Agreement and whether or not described herein, (iii) any support services provided by College.dev, and (iv) the College.dev Website, including any access to or use of the College.dev website / platform.

"Student" shall mean the category of user that has registered on the Platform as a student and has identified and selected the appropriate Institution, indicating that they are for the duration of this agreement with the Platform, a student validly admitted to, and presently pursuing, education from the Institution, resulting in a degree, diploma, or a license, granted in accordance with Applicable Laws.

"User" shall mean any of the following categories of user availing the Services: (i) Student; (ii) Admin; (iii) Alumni; and (iv) Employer.

"We", "Us", "Our", "Company" shall mean Wonksknow LLC, a company incorporated and registered in , having its place of business at 6920 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 219 Pleasanton CA 94566 USA.