ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS & CONDITIONS
Please read these Terms and Conditions of Use before using the site
http://www.aepcindia.com. By using the Portal, you signify your agreement with these Terms. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to amend these Terms from time to time. We will post a notice on the Portal to inform you of any such amendments, which shall become effective immediately after they are posted on the homepage of the Portal. If you do not agree to these Terms or any amendments to these Terms, you must discontinue using the Portal. Your continued use of the Portal will signify your acceptance and agreement to be bound by these Terms as amended from time to time.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
We currently provide users of the Portal with access to a variety of on-line services including trading zone, online discussion forums, resource center, industry reports/statistics, exporters/suppliers directory, events/fairs, quota policies, exim data, and apparel related content such as news, fashion, material, import/export etc.

We may, in our sole discretion and at any time, without notice to you, add to, amend, suspend or remove any information, text, data, content, analysis, news, reports, programs, photographs, pictures, graphics, software and other materials (collectively, the "Information") from the Portal, or alter the presentation, substance or functionality of the Portal.

We may, in our sole discretion and at any time, add to, alter, suspend or cancel all or part of the Services. We shall not be liable to you for such addition, alteration, suspension or cancellation.

You may use the AEPC Portal to purchase products or services from any third party partners. In this event, your contract for such products will be with the third party partner and not with AEPC.

ACCESS TO THE SERVICES
You are responsible for securing, at your sole cost, all necessary World Wide Web connections and related services to access the Services. It is also your responsibility to pay all applicable taxes, duties and fees you incurred for accessing the Services.

Access to certain Services may require prior registration with us. If you register with us, you agree to provide and maintain true, accurate, current and complete information about you as prompted by our member registration form. You agree to inform us of any changes to such information as soon as possible. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or if we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your registration and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof) by you. If you have registered with us on behalf of a company or other entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind such company or entity to these Terms.

Access to certain AEPC premium content may be subject to a fee. All payments (including applicable taxes) must be made in advance in US Dollars or other currency specified by AEPC. You are responsible for the payment of all charges associated with the use of the Site using your USERID.

USERID, PASSWORD AND CONFIDENTIALITY
During the registration process you will select a USERID and a Password. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your USERID and Password for all activities that occur under your USERID and Password. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your USERID or Password or any other breach of security and ensure that you properly exit the Portal at the end of each session. You may not disclose your USERID or Password to any third parties or use your USERID or Password for any unauthorized purpose.

Terms of Use
As a condition of your use of the Portal, you must not:

       a. Trespass, break into, access, use or attempt to trespass, break into, access or use any other parts of our servers, and/or any data areas for which you have not been authorized by us;

       b. Restrict or inhibit any other user from using the Portal;

       c. Post or transmit any unlawful, fraudulent, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane, threatening, abusive, hateful, offensive, or otherwise objectionable or unreasonable Information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that may constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national or foreign law (including without limitation those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);

       d. Post or transmit any advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid schemes, investment opportunities or schemes or other unsolicited commercial communication not related to the Services, or engage in spamming or flooding;

       e. Post or transmit any Information which contains any virus, Trojan horse, dial-home program, time bomb, worm or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or Information relating to the Portal;

       f.  Post, publish, transmit, reproduce, sell, distribute or in any way exploit any Information obtained through the Portal for commercial purposes not related to the Services;

       g. Upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute in any way, Information obtained through the Portal which is protected by copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy, or create derivative works with respect to copyrighted Information, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner or right holder.

           You have no rights in or to the Information available on the Portal and you will not use the Information available on the Portal in any manner or for any purpose, except as permitted under these Terms.

INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY USER
Any Information submitted to the premium company profiles, discussion forum, or other public areas of our Portal is the sole responsibility of the person or entity posting it and we assume no responsibility of any kind whatsoever for any such Information. We reserve the right to remove any postings at any time and in our sole discretion.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
All intellectual property rights subsisting in respect of the Portal belong to us or have been lawfully licensed to us for use on the Portal. By agreeing to these Terms, you are expressly granted a limited one-off license to access, by way of your Internet Browser only, and solely for your own use, any of the Information found on the Portal. Any other use of the Information is prohibited, including without limitation copying, reproducing, republishing, modifying, uploading, posting, transmitting, or distributing in any way. In addition, the use of any Information found on the Portal on any other Portal or networked computer environment is prohibited. Any use of the Information found on the Portal other than as expressly set forth in these Terms is a violation of our copyrights and/or other proprietary rights.

You grant to us the irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual and royalty-free right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display (in whole or in part) your Information and/or to incorporate your Information in other works in any form, media or technology whether now known or hereafter devised, and to sublicense such right to such third parties as we may in our sole discretion decide.

LINKS TO AND FROM THE PORTAL
The Services may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because we have no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" , "AS AVAILABLE" AND "AS ON" BASIS. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT: (i) THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; AND (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMIATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASES OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICES.

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Services, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that we shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Services. If you intend to create or join any service, receive or request any news messages, alerts or other information from the Services concerning companies, stock quotes, investments or securities, please be advised we shall not be responsible nor liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any such information transmitted via the Services, and shall not be responsible nor liable for any trading or investment decisions made based on such information.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
You shall comply with all applicable laws, directives, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of the Services and your bidding on, listing, purchase and sale of items, including, but not limited to, complying with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.

INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees harmless from any claim or demand (including legal expenses and the expenses of other professionals) made by a third party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms, your Information or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

FORCE MAJEURE
We shall not be liable to you for delays or failures in performance resulting from causes beyond our control, including without limitation, acts of God, labor disputes or disturbances, material shortages or rationing, riots, acts of war, governmental regulations, communication or utility failures, or casualties.

PRIVACY POLICY
When you voluntarily disclose your Information in our Portal, your Information is collected and disseminated to our other users and may be used by them. While we do not share your personally identifying information with third parties not related to the Services, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties if you post such information on-line that is accessible by the public.

We may disclose to third parties certain aggregate information compiled from the personally identifying information provided by you, such information will NOT include personally identifying information except as specifically authorized by you or in our good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with applicable law.

For further information about our privacy policies, please refer to our Privacy Policy Statement.

NOTICE
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices shall be given by email to [info@aepc.com] (in our case) or to the email address you provide to us during the registration process (in your case), or such other address, as a party shall specify. Notice shall be deemed given twenty-four (24) hours after email is sent, unless the sending party is notified that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, we may give you notice by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to the address provided to us during the registration process. In such case, notice shall be deemed given three (3) days after the date of mailing.

REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS
You will promptly report to us any violation of these Terms by any third parties by sending an email to: abuse@aepcindia.com