TERMS OF USE
Last updated July 5, 2025
AGREEMENT TO OUR LEGAL TERMS
We are Inovact Private Limited ('Company', 'we', 'us', or 'our'), a company registered in India at 731, E&F Block, Kuvempunagar, Mysore, Karnataka 570023.
We operate the mobile application Inovact Social (the 'App'), as well as any other related products and services that refer or link to these legal terms (the 'Legal Terms') (collectively, the 'Services').
Inovact Social is a social network that enables students and entrepreneurs to collaborate on projects and ideas through proof of work.
You can contact us by phone at 8296024720, email at inovacteam@gmail.com, or by mail to 731, E&F Block, Kuvempunagar, Mysore, Karnataka 570023, India.
These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity ('you'), and Inovact Private Limited, concerning your access to and use of the Services. You agree that by accessing the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Legal Terms. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Services from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Legal Terms from time to time. We will alert you about any changes by updating the 'Last updated' date of these Legal Terms, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your responsibility to periodically review these Legal Terms to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Legal Terms by your continued use of the Services after the date such revised Legal Terms are posted.
All users who are minors in the jurisdiction in which they reside (generally under the age of 18) must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, their parent or guardian to use the Services. If you are a minor, you must have your parent or guardian read and agree to these Legal Terms prior to you using the Services.
We recommend that you print a copy of these Legal Terms for your records.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. OUR SERVICES
The information provided when using the Services 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 or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Services 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.
The Services are not tailored to comply with industry-specific regulations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), etc.), so if your interactions would be subjected to such laws, you may not use the Services. You may not use the Services in a way that would violate the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Our intellectual property
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Services, including all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the Services (collectively, the 'Content'), as well as the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the 'Marks').
Our Content and Marks are protected by copyright and trademark laws (and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws) and treaties in the United States and around the world.
The Content and Marks are provided in or through the Services 'AS IS' for your personal, non-commercial use or internal business purpose only.
Your use of our Services
Subject to your compliance with these Legal Terms, including the 'PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES' section below, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to: - access the Services; and
- download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access,
solely for your personal, non-commercial use or internal business purpose.
Except as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms, no part of the Services and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced,
aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded,
translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited
for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written
permission.
If you wish to make any use of the Services, Content, or Marks other than as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms, please address your request to: inovacteam@gmail.com. If we ever grant you the permission to post, reproduce, or publicly display any part of our Services or Content, you must identify us as the owners or licensors of the Services, Content, or Marks and ensure that any copyright or proprietary notice appears or is visible on posting, reproducing, or displaying our Content.
We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Services, Content, and Marks.
Any breach of these Intellectual Property Rights will constitute a material breach of our Legal Terms and your right to use our Services will terminate immediately.
Your submissions and contributions
Please review this section and the 'PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES' section carefully prior to using our Services to understand the (a) rights you give us and (b) obligations you have when you post or upload any content through the Services.
Submissions: By directly sending us any question, comment, suggestion, idea, feedback, or other information about the Services ('Submissions'), you agree to assign to us all intellectual property rights in such Submission. You agree that we shall own this Submission and be entitled to its unrestricted use and dissemination for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you.
Contributions: The Services may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality during which you may create, submit, post, display, transmit, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or through the Services, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, music, graphics, comments, reviews, rating suggestions, personal information, or other material ('Contributions'). Any Submission that is publicly posted shall also be treated as a Contribution.
You understand that Contributions may be viewable by other users of the Services.
When you post Contributions, you grant us a licence (including use of your name, trademarks, and logos): By posting any Contributions, you grant us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and licence to: use, copy, reproduce, distribute, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, store, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part), and exploit your Contributions (including, without limitation, your image, name, and voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, your Contributions, and to sublicence the licences granted in this section. Our use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media channels.
This licence includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and commercial images you provide.
You are responsible for what you post or upload: By sending us Submissions and/or posting Contributions through any part of the Services or making Contributions accessible through the Services by linking your account through the Services to any of your social networking accounts, you:
- confirm that you have read and agree with our '
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES' and will not post, send, publish, upload, or transmit through the Services any Submission nor post any Contribution that is illegal, harassing, hateful, harmful, defamatory, obscene, bullying, abusive, discriminatory, threatening to any person or group, sexually explicit, false, inaccurate, deceitful, or misleading;
- to the extent permissible by applicable law, waive any and all moral rights to any such Submission and/or Contribution;
- warrant that any such Submission and/or Contributions are original to you or that you have the necessary rights and licences to submit such Submissions and/or Contributions and that you have full authority to grant us the above-mentioned rights in relation to your Submissions and/or Contributions; and
- warrant and represent that your Submissions and/or Contributions do not constitute confidential information.
You are solely responsible for your Submissions and/or Contributions and you expressly agree to reimburse us for any and all losses that we may suffer because of your breach of (a) this section, (b) any third party’s intellectual property rights, or (c) applicable law.
We may remove or edit your Content: Although we have no obligation to monitor any Contributions, we shall have the right to remove or edit any Contributions at any time without notice if in our reasonable opinion we consider such Contributions harmful or in breach of these Legal Terms. If we remove or edit any such Contributions, we may also suspend or disable your account and report you to the authorities.
Copyright infringement
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the Services infringes upon any copyright you own or control, please immediately refer to the
'
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS'
section below.
By using the Services, you represent and warrant that: (1) all registration information you submit
will be true, accurate, current, and complete; (2) you will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information as necessary; (3) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Legal Terms; (4) you are not a
minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside, or if a minor, you have
received parental permission to use the Services; (5) you will not access the Services through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script or
otherwise; (6) you will not use the Services for any illegal or unauthorised purpose; and (7) your use of the Services will not violate any applicable law or regulation.
If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).
You may be required to register to use the Services. You agree to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
You may not access or use the Services for any purpose other than that for which we make the Services available. The Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavours except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.
As a user of the Services, you agree not to:
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Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
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Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
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Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Services and/or the Content contained therein.
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Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Services.
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Use any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
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Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
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Use the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
5A. INOVACT OPPORTUNITIES: DATA USE & PROOF OF WORK REQUIREMENTS
As part of our Services, we offer Inovact Opportunities to help students, freshers, and self-taught developers build a Proof of Work (POW) profile and apply for verified job and internship opportunities. By using Inovact Opportunities, you expressly agree to the following terms in addition to the rest of these Legal Terms:
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Email Consistency Requirement
You agree to use the same email for your Inovact Social and GitHub accounts to enable reliable verification of your repositories. We collect confirmation of the email match only for the purpose of associating your work with your profile. We do not access your inbox or unrelated data.
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GitHub Connection Authorization
You authorize us to access your public GitHub repositories via GitHub’s official authentication mechanism solely to read repository names, URLs, profile information, commit metadata, and code within linked public repositories. We do not collect your login credentials, nor do we have write access to your repositories.
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Phone Number Verification
You agree to provide and verify your phone number so we can confirm your identity and facilitate contact from recruiters. We will not publicly share, sell, or use your phone number for unsolicited marketing purposes.
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Project Upload Requirement
You agree to upload at least three projects with titles, descriptions, technologies used, and GitHub repository links as part of your Proof of Work profile. You retain ownership of your projects. By uploading, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to display your projects on your profile for recruitment purposes.
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Linking GitHub Repositories
You acknowledge that linking GitHub repositories to your projects provides recruiters direct access to your code, increasing transparency. We do not access private repositories unless you choose to make them public and link them. We do not modify your code.
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Skill Profile Updates
You agree to provide an accurate list of your key skills to help us and recruiters match you with relevant opportunities. We will use your skills data solely for display on your profile and to facilitate relevant job matching.
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Application Confirmation
You acknowledge that by clicking “Apply Now” for an opportunity, you confirm your profile is complete and you consent to share your profile data (including projects, skills, and GitHub analysis) with employers for that opportunity. We do not automatically submit your profile without your explicit action.
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Data Use and Retention
We collect only the data necessary to verify your skills and facilitate job applications. We will never sell your data. We will retain your data for as long as your account remains active or as required by applicable law. You may request deletion of your profile and associated data by contacting us at inovacteam@gmail.com.
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Intellectual Property
You retain ownership of your projects and code. By submitting them, you grant us a limited license to use them strictly for the purpose of displaying your Proof of Work profile and facilitating employment opportunities through the Services.
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Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Inovact Private Limited disclaims liability for any errors in verification, data breaches outside our reasonable control, or employment decisions made by recruiters based on your Proof of Work profile.
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Governing Law
These Inovact Opportunities terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws set forth in Section 15 (GOVERNING LAW) of these Legal Terms.
By using Inovact Opportunities, you represent and warrant that you have read, understood, and agreed to these terms as part of your binding agreement with Inovact Private Limited.