We respect your right to privacy and are committed to safeguarding personal information.  Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and disclose personal information collected from users in accordance with India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 and any other applicable data privacy laws or regulations.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms at all times, SardineAI grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and limited right to use the Services for your own personal, non-commercial use. Please note that availability of Service features (whether paid or free) may vary depending on your operating system (i.e. whether you are using an iOS or Android device), your location, and/or your mobile carrier.

You are not allowed to use the Services on any device that you do not own or control. You may not copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, modify, or create derivative works of the Sardine Protect app, any updates, or any part thereof (except as and only to the extent any foregoing restriction is prohibited by applicable law or to the extent expressly permitted by these Terms or may be permitted by the licensing terms governing use of any open source components included in the SardineAI software applications).

You are not granted any right to use SardineAI’s name, trademarks, or other commercial symbols. All rights not expressly granted to you under these Terms shall be retained by SardineAI.

SardineAI may provide technical support, upgrades, and updates for the Services. SardineAI shall, however, not be under any obligation to provide support or maintenance for the Services under these Terms and reserves the right to limit or discontinue the support, upgrades, and updates provided from time to time.

You guarantee that any information and other content, such as your profile information, your feedback, and information regarding the contacts contained in your device’s phone book, that you may share with SardineAI as a user of the Services (together “Content”), to the best of your knowledge, is correct, not in violation of applicable law, will not corrupt or disrupt the Services, and that you have the right to share the Content with SardineAI in order for SardineAI to provide the Services.

You shall not make any commercial use of the Services or the Content or otherwise transfer for value the Services or the Content. You agree not to challenge SardineAI's rights in, or otherwise attempt to assert any rights in, the Services, and you agree to use the Services and Content only as expressly permitted under these Terms.

You agree not to use the Services, Content or information to attempt to circumvent the regular operation of the Services, or reduce the fees or consideration that we may derive from the Services by any means including by creating multiple accounts, redirecting traffic, following other fraudulent or deceptive practices, creating a parallel repository thereof, or seeking to bypass the Services or compete with us. Furthermore, you may not circumvent, bypass, avoid or breach any geographical restrictions on the Services, websites and applications, or any other legal, contractual or technical restrictions applying to the online activity.

Scraping of any information contained in the Services, by use of automated systems or software to extract data, including any Content and any third-party information accessible via the Services, is strictly prohibited.

You may not use the Services or the Content in any way, which is illegal, harmful, or may be considered offensive by SardineAI, other users or third parties. You agree not to exploit the Services or the Content in any unauthorized way whatsoever, including but not limited to, trespassing or burdening network capacity. You further agree not to use our Services or Content in any manner to harass, abuse, stalk, threaten, defame, or otherwise infringe or violate the rights of any other party. Notwithstanding any other remedies available to SardineAI, you agree that SardineAI may suspend or terminate your use of the Services without notice if you use the Services or the Content in any prohibited manner, and that such use will be deemed a material breach of these Terms.

The Services are protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. SardineAI and its licensors shall retain ownership in and to the Services and to all related intellectual property rights, including without limitation copyrights, trademarks, trade names, database rights, and patents. You are granted only a limited right to use the Services subject to these Terms and no intellectual property rights are or will be deemed to be transferred or licensed to you except as contemplated herein.

You are solely liable for any content that you post or communicate directly in or on the Services and you agree to only post or communicate content that:

The Services may contain links to external content provided by third party websites and services. Such third-party content, websites and services may be subject to the respective third-party terms and conditions and SardineAI will not be liable for any such third-party content, websites, or services.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SARDINEAI MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES, THEIR QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND YOU AGREE THAT THE SERVICES ARE USED AT YOUR OWN RISK.

You understand and acknowledge that the Services may be unavailable from time to time and that SardineAI will not be liable for your inability to use the Services for whatever reason.

SardineAI makes no warranty or representation that the Services are available for use in any particular location. To the extent you choose to access and use the Services, you do so at your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with any applicable laws in connection with such access and use of the Services.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT SARDINEAI SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA AND GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OR THE CONTENT, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. In particular, and without limitation, SardineAI shall have no liability for any information stored or processed within the Services, including the costs of recovering such information. Your only right or remedy with respect to any problems or dissatisfaction with the Services, is to uninstall the SardineAI applications and cease to use the Services.

SARDINEAI SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE VALIDITY, RELIABILITY, OR CORRECTNESS OF THE CONTENT AND INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH AND IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF THE SERVICES. ANY USE OF THE CONTENT AND INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES SHALL BE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, YOU AKNWOLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THE SARDINE PROTECT APP WILL DETECT OR PREVENT SCAMS OR FRAUD, OR THAT MESSAGES, CALLS, AND ANY OTHER CONTENT IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIALLY FRAUDULENT BY THE SARDINE PROTECT APP IS ACTUALLY FRAUDULENT.

Nothing in these Terms shall limit or exclude our liability for any liability that mandatorily cannot be limited or excluded by law, including any rights you may have as a consumer under mandatory consumer law.

SardineAI may offer certain features or Services for which a fee will be payable (“Paid Services”). Your purchase of the Paid Services may be subject to foreign exchange fees or differences in prices based on location. If you purchase or subscribe to such Paid Services, you agree to pay us the applicable fees (“SardineAI Fees”) and taxes in accordance with the applicable third-party payment and billing terms, based on the platform you are using, which are incorporated herein by reference. You will be charged the applicable fees and taxes during the subscription period unless you cancel the Paid Service, in which case you agree to still pay these fees through the end of the applicable subscription period. We may change the SardineAI Fees from time to time by posting the changes in or on the Services or by notifying you in advance. All fees are, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or as required by applicable law, non-refundable. Failure to pay these fees may result in suspension or termination of your Service or subscription.

You acknowledge that you are fully responsible for the Internet connection and/or mobile charges that you may incur for using our Services. Please consult your carrier, mobile operator, etc. for further information.

Your right to use the Services continues until these Terms are terminated. SardineAI may terminate the Terms and your use of the Services at any time by written notice to you. You may terminate the Terms at any time by uninstalling the Sardine Protect app and ceasing the use of the Services. These Terms will automatically terminate if you fail to comply with them. Upon any termination, you agree to cease using the Services. Upon termination by you, or by SardineAI due to your breach of these Terms, you will not be refunded any SardineAI Fees. Upon termination by SardineAI without cause, you will be refunded any unused prepaid fees upon your written request, provided a receipt of such fees and a clear payment instruction are included in your request.

Provisions of sections Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, Termination, and Governing Law and Jurisdiction shall survive any termination of these Terms.

SardineAI reserves the right, at its own discretion, to freely assign and transfer the rights and obligations under these Terms to any third party.

SardineAI may change the Services at any time, such as by adding or removing features or discontinuing the Services. SardineAI also reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time by providing revised Terms to the user or by publishing the revised Terms within the Services. In case of material changes, the user shall always be notified thereof and provided the option to immediately terminate the Services. If you choose to terminate the Services, you will be refunded any unused prepaid fees upon your written request, provided a receipt of such fees and a clear payment instruction are included in your request. The revised Terms shall become effective upon such publishing or notification to the user. Any continued use by you of the Services following publication or notification of revised Terms shall constitute your acceptance to the revised Terms.

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of India. You agree that any legal action or proceedings may be brought exclusively in the competent courts/tribunals having jurisdiction in New Delhi, India and both SardineAI and you irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of such courts/tribunals.