Please read the terms of use carefully as you are using internet based platform, you agree to be bound by the terms described herein.  If you do not agree to all these terms, do not use this internet based platform.

WHAT IS BUDDY4HEALTH ?

• The domain name www.buddy4health.com, an internet based portal  and Buddy4health a mobile application , is operated by Buddy4health LLP , a Limited Liability Partnership registered under the LLP Act, 2008 ( Hereinafter referred to as “ Buddy4Health “or “We “or “Our” or “Us” or “LLP”) having registered office at 301 - Serena Building , Senroofs , Off Goregaon -Mulund Link Road , Opposite Nahur Station ,Mulund East Mumbai -400081 , with GSTIN 27AAXFB9051H1ZX .The domain name and the mobile application are referred to as the “Website”.
• These Terms of Use constitutes a legal and binding contract between you (hereinafter referred to “You” or “Your” or the “User “)   on one part and Buddy4Health on the other Part.
• By accessing, browsing or in any way transacting on the Website, or availing any Services, You signify your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Use.  Further , by impliedly or expressly accepting these Terms Of Use , you also accept and agree to be bound by Our Policies , including the Privacy Policy ( as set out herein  below), and such other rules, guidelines , policies , terms and conditions as are relevant under the applicable law(s) in India and other jurisdictions for the purpose of accessing , browsing  or transacting on the Website, or availing any Services , and such rules , guidelines , policies, terms and conditions shall be deemed to be incorporated into, and considered as part and parcel of these Terms of Use.
• The Website is a platform that facilitates (i)  Diagnostic Services being offered by various third party diagnostic centers  ( “Third Party Labs”)  ; (ii) Online medical consultancy services being offered by independent doctors (“ Medical Experts “) and (iii)  Online advertisements of various sponsors advertising  and marketing their own good and services (Third Party Advertisers”) . Website also serves as an information platform providing health and wellness related information (Information Services”) to the Users accessing the Website.
• The arrangement between the Third Party Service Providers, You and Us shall be governed in accordance with these Terms of Use. The Services would be made available to such natural persons who have agreed to use the Website after obtaining due registration, in accordance with the procedure as determined by Us, from time to time, (referred  to as “ You” Or “Your “or “Yourself “or “User”, which terms shall also include natural persons who are accessing the Website merely as visitors). The Services are offered to you through various modes which shall include issue of discount coupons and vouchers that can be redeemed for various goods / services offered for sale by relevant Third Party Service Providers. To facilitate the relation between You and the Third Party Service Providers through the website, Buddy4Health shall send to You promotional content including but not limited to emailers, notifications and messages .
• You agree and acknowledge that the Website is a platform that you and Third Party Service Providers utilize to meet and interact with another for their transactions. Buddy4Health is not and cannot be a party to or save as except as may be provided in these Terms of Use, control in any manner, any transaction between you and the Third Party Service Providers.
• Buddy4Health reserves the right to change or modify these Terms of Use or any policy or guideline of the Website including the Privacy Policy, at any time and in its sole discretion. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the revisions on the Website and You waive any right You may have to receive specific notice of such changes or modifications, provided however that , we will inform You of such changes at least once a year. Your continued use of the Website will confirm your acceptance of such changes or modifications; therefore, you should frequently review these Terms of use and applicable policies to understand the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the Website.
• As a condition to your use of the Website, You must be 18 years of age or older to use /visit the Website. By visiting the Website or accepting these Terms of Use, You represent and warrant to Buddy4Health that You are 18 (eighteen) years of age or older, and that You have the right , authority and capacity to use the Website and agree to and abide by these Terms of Use.
• These Terms of Use is published in compliance of, and is governed by the provision of Indian laws, including but limited to:

 

1. 1. 1. the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (“Contract Act”);
      2.  the (Indian) Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) and the rules, regulations, guidelines and clarifications framed there under, including the (Indian) Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Information) Rules, 2011, and the (Indian) Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 (“IG Guidelines”);
      3.  The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 read with the Indian Medical Council Rules, 1957;
      4. The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 and Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020.

• • • Buddy4Health authorizes You to view and access the content available on the Website solely for the purposes of availing the Services, such as visiting, using, ordering, receiving, delivering and communicating only as per these Terms of Use. The contents on the Website including information, text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software code, design, and the collection, arrangement and assembly of content, contains Third Party Service Providerscontent (“Third Party Content”) as well as in-house content provided by Buddy4Health including without limitation, text, copy, audio, video, photographs, illustrations, graphics and other visuals (“Buddy4Health Content”) (collectively, “Content”). The Buddy4Health Content is the property of Buddy4Health and is protected under copyright, trademark and other applicable law(s). You shall not modify the Buddy4Health Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Buddy4Health Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose or for personal gain. Compliance with these Terms of Use would entitle you to a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to access and transact on the Website. Terms of Use constitute an electronic record in terms of the IT Act and rules framed there under, as applicable and amended from time to time. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.

Eligibility

For the purpose of availing the service and or transacting with the Third Party Service Providers through the website, you are required to obtain registration in accordance with the procedure established by Buddy4Health In this regard.

As part of the registration process, Buddy4Health may collect the following personal information from You:

• Name
• User Id
• Email Address and Address (including country and ZIP/ postal code)
• Gender and Age along with Phone number
• Password chosen by the User
• Valid financial account information; and other details as you may volunteer.

On registration the use/access of the Website is only available to natural persons, other than those who are ‘incompetent to contract’ under the Contract Act( Persons including Minors, Un-Discharges insolvents, etc ) are not eligible to register on or use / access the Website. By registering , accessing or using the Website , You accept the terms of these Terms of Use and represent and warrant to Buddy4Health that you are ‘ competent to contract’ Indian Contract Act and have the right , authority and capacity to use the Website and agree to and abide by these terms of Use.

 

• A registered id can only be utilized by the person whose details have been provided and Buddy4Health does not permit multiple persons to share a single log in/ registration id. However, a registered user, being also a parent or legal guardian of a person ‘incompetent to contract’ such as minors or persons with unsound mind, would be permitted to access and use the Website for the purposes of procuring the Services, on behalf of such persons.
• Organizations, Companies, and businesses may not become registered members on the Website or use the Website through individual members.
• You agree and acknowledge  that You would  create only 1 (one) account , provide accurate, truthful , current and complete information when creating Your account and in all Your dealings through the Website , maintain the security of Your account by not sharing Your Password with others and restricting access to Your account , promptly notify Buddy4Health if You discover or otherwise suspect any security breaches relating to the Website and take responsibility for all the activities that occur under Your account and accept all risk of unauthorized access.
• The Website uses temporary cookies to store certain Data (that is not sensitive personal data or information) that is used by Buddy4Health for the technical administration of the Website, research and development, and for User administration. In the course of serving advertisements or optimizing services to You, Buddy4Health may allow authorized third parties to place or recognize a unique cookie on the Your browser. Buddy4Health does not store personally identifiable information in the cookies.
• Buddy4Health, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to permanently or temporarily suspend Users, to bar their use and access of the Website and App, at any time while Buddy4Health investigates complaints or alleged violations of these Terms of Use or any Services, or for any other reason.

 Use of Services and the Website

• Guidelines on Advertising
• As part of the Services provided by us; We facilitate and allow Third Party Advertisers to place advertisements on the Website. Accordingly, there are guidelines which the Third Party Advertisers have to follow for placing such advertisements (the “Advertising Policy”)
• For the Users: Buddy4Health clearly distinguishes between the editorial content and content that is created or provided by one of Our Third Party Advertisers. The advertisements will be labeled as "sponsored", "from our Advertisers" or "advertisement". This content will not be reviewed by our in-house or outsourced editorial staff and shall not be subject to Our editorial policy (as set out herein below) but shall be subject to the Advertising Policy, these Terms of Use (except the editorial policy) and the Privacy Policy.
• For the Third Party Advertisers: The Third Party Advertisers must be honest about the products or services their advertisements promote; the advertisement shall not create unrealistic expectation and must not be misleading or offending; must be responsible and of the highest standards and without compromising the consumer protection. The Advertising Policy applies to all the advertisements, listed or sought to be listed, on the Website
• General Rules: All the advertisements must comply with the Advertising Policy, the terms of these Terms of Use (except the editorial policy) and the Privacy Policy. Buddy4Health may, at any time and without having to serve any prior notice to the Third Party Advertisers, upgrade, update, change, modify, or improve the Website or a part thereof in a manner it may deem fit, and  change the content of the Advertising Policy and/ or these Terms of Use and/ or the Privacy Policy. It is the responsibility of the Third Party Advertisers, in such cases, to review the terms of the Advertising Policy and/ or these Terms of Use and/ or the Privacy Policy, from time to time. Such change shall be made applicable when they are posted. Buddy4Health may also alter or remove any content from the Website without notice and without liability. All the advertisements are subject to the review and approval of Buddy4Health. Buddy4Health reserves the right to reject or remove any advertisement in its sole discretion for any reason. Further, Buddy4Health also reserves the right to request modifications to any advertisement, and to require factual substantiation for any claim made in an advertisement. The Third Party Advertisers are also responsible for ensuring that their advertisements comply with all applicable laws in India and any other jurisdiction that such Third Party Advertisers are based out of, industry codes, rules and regulations in each geographic area where the advertisements will run. All disclosures in the advertisements must be clear.

Content Prohibited on Website

• The advertisements must not infringe the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, copyright, or other legal rights of any person or entity. The advertisements must not be false, misleading, fraudulent, defamatory, or deceptive. The following advertisement content is prohibited:
•  Content that demeans, degrades, or shows hate toward a particular race, gender, culture, country, belief, or toward any member of a protected class; content depicting nudity, sexual behavior, or obscene gestures; content depicting drug use; content depicting excessive violence, including the harming of animals; shocking, sensational, or disrespectful content; deceptive, false or misleading content, including deceptive claims, offers, or business practices; content that directs users to phishing links, malware, or similarly harmful codes or sites; and content that deceives the Users into providing personal information without their knowledge, under false pretenses, or to companies that resell, trade, or otherwise misuse that personal information; and content that violates any law for the time being in force.

 

• Advertisements Prohibited on Website
• Adult products and services (other than contraceptives; see below);cigarettes (including e-cigarettes), cigars, smokeless tobacco, and other tobacco products; products or services that bypass copyright protection, such as software or cable signal descramblers ; products or services principally dedicated to selling counterfeit goods or engaging in copyright piracy; get-rich-quick or pyramid schemes or offers or any other deceptive or fraudulent offers; illegal or recreational drugs or drug paraphernalia; counterfeit, fake or bootleg products, or replicas or imitations of designer products; firearms, weapons, ammunition, or accessories; advertisements that promote particular securities or that provide or allege to provide insider tips; any illegal conduct, product, or enterprise; unapproved pharmaceuticals and supplements; prescription drugs; products that have been subject to any government or regulatory action or warning; products with names that are confusingly similar to an unapproved pharmaceutical or supplement or controlled substance; and material that directly advertises products to or is intended to attract children under the age of 13.
• Subject to the provisions of the Drugs and Magic Act, no person shall take any part in the publication of any advertisement referring to any drug which suggest or are calculated to lead to the use of that drug for – the procurement of miscarriage in women or prevention of conception in women; or the maintenance or improvement of the capacity of human beings for sexual pleasure; or the correction of menstrual disorder in women; or the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of any disease, disorder or condition specified in the schedule of the Drugs and Magic Act, or any other disease, disorder or condition (by whatsoever name called) which may be specified in the rules made under the Drugs and Magic Act; or provided that no such rule shall be made except, – (i) in respect of any disease, disorder or condition which requires timely treatment in consultation with a doctor or for which there are normally no accepted remedies; orprohibition of misleading advertisements relating to drugs ; subject to the provisions of the Drugs and Magic Act, no person shall take any part in the publication of any advertisement relating to a drug if the advertisement contains any matters which: directly or indirectly gives a false impression regarding the true character of the drug; or makes a false claim for the drug; or is otherwise false or misleading in any material particular. It is hereby clarified that that the Third Party Advertisers will comply with all the provisions of the Drugs and Magic Act and the rules made there under. Further, it is agreed that the Third Party Advertisers shall be solely responsible for any penalty or any action taken by the governmental authorities for non-compliance with the Drugs and Magic Act and the rules made there under.
•  Restricted Advertisements

Advertisements in the following categories are restricted and require approval on a case-by-case basis:

• Advertisements that promote or reference alcohol; for online dating services for gambling and games of skill; advertisements for lotteries; for financial services; advertisements for contraceptives ; advertisements for online pharmacies or pharmaceuticals; and political advertisements.

 

• Testimonial and Endorsements

Any testimonials and endorsements contained in advertisements must comply with all applicable law(s), industry codes, rules, and regulations. For example, a clear and conspicuous disclaimer is required if an endorser's results were atypical or if the endorser was paid; Buddy4Health recognizes and maintains a distinct separation between advertising and sponsored content and editorial content. All advertising or sponsored content on the Website of the Company will be clearly and unambiguously identified; and a click on an advertisement may only link the User to the website of the Third Party Advertiser(s).

 Editorial Policy For the Website

As part of the Services, Buddy4Health provides Buddy4Health Content on the Website targeted at general public for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or recommendations of any kind. Buddy4Health Content is subject to the following information:

•  Buddy4Health Content is original and is relevant to the general public;
•  Topics for Buddy4Health Content are chosen on the basis of current health news, drug alerts, new drug launches, latest medical findings published in peer-reviewed medical journals. 
• Buddy4Health maintains principles of fairness, accuracy, objectivity, and responsible, independent reporting; the member of Buddy4Health has to fully disclose any potential conflict of interest with any of the Third Party Service Providers

 Diagnostics Services

As a condition of your use of and access to the diagnostic services provided through the Website and Your acceptance of these Terms of Use, You are subject to the following rules and guidelines:

• Buddy4Health provides Services through the Website as a marketplace and facilitates the Users to avail diagnostic test/ packages facilities offered by Third Party Labs through the Website. Buddy4Health is not and shall not be responsible for any sample collected, tests conducted and reports generated by the Third Party Labs and does not deal with any of Third Party Labs’ client or patient managed by Third Party Labs through the Website and only provides facilitation Services to the Users through the Website. Use of the Website may require the Third Party Labs to use software and the Third Party Labs have to ensure the procurement of such software from the concerned providers. User and the Third Party Labs agree to use the Website and the materials provided therein only for purposes that are permitted by: (a) these Terms of Use; and (b) any applicable law(s), regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions.
• The Third Party Labs may not access the Services if the Third Party Labs are Buddy4Health’s direct competitor, except with Buddy4Health’s prior written consent. In addition, the Third Party Labs may not access the Services for purposes of monitoring their availability, performance or functionality, or for any other benchmarking or competitive purposes.
• Buddy4Health will provide to the Third Party Labs basic support for the Services at no additional charge, and/or upgraded support if purchased separately and will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Services available 24 (twenty-four) hours a day, 7 (seven) days a week, except for (i) planned downtime or (ii) any unavailability caused by circumstances beyond Buddy4Health’s reasonable control, including without limitation Force Majeure Events (as defined herein below). Buddy4Health will provide the Services only in accordance with applicable law(s) and government regulations.
• The Services may be subject to certain limitations, such as, limits on disk storage space, on the number of calls Third Party Labs are permitted to make against Buddy4Health’s application programming interface, and, other limitations dependent on the Third Party Labs plan, for example, number of SMS, or number of Users. Any such limitations are specified in the Third Party Labs’ plans. The Services provide real-time information to enable Third Party Labs to monitor such Third Party Labs’ compliance with such limitations.
•  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Third Party Labs alone shall be liable for Third Party Labs’ dealings and interaction with the Users who avail the services of the Third Party Labs or diagnostic centres contacted or managed through the Website and Buddy4Health shall have no liability or responsibility in this regard. Buddy4Health does not guarantee or make any representation with respect to the correctness, completeness or accuracy of the information or details provided by such User, Third Party Labs or any diagnostic centre or any third party through the Website. The Services should not be used for emergency appointment purposes.
• Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Third Party Labs alone shall be liable for dealings and interaction with Users contacted or managed through the Website and Buddy4Health shall have no liability or responsibility in this regard. Buddy4Health does not guarantee or make any representation with respect to the correctness, completeness or accuracy of the tests conducted and reports generated by the Third Party Labs.
• Buddy4Health may, at its sole discretion, suspend Third Party Labs or Users ability to use or access the Website at any time while Buddy4Health investigates complaints or alleged violations of these Terms of Use, or for any other reason. Buddy4Health has the right to edit profiles of Third Party Labs to make them more suitable for package searches on the Website. If Third Party Labs and/ or Users find any wrong information on the Website in relation to such Third Party Labs and/ or User, they can correct it themselves or contact Buddy4Health immediately for such corrections. Buddy4Health shall have no liability or responsibility in this regard.

 Terms for use of the Online Doctor Consultancy Services:

Buddy4Health is an online health platform that provides a variety of online and online-linked health products and services to the Users for health related information and resources. Whenever We use the words "Your physician" or "Your doctor" or "healthcare provider" or similar words on the Website, including in these Terms of Use, We mean Your personal doctor with whom You have an actual, mutually acknowledged, doctor-patient relationship. Buddy4Health’s Medical Experts are not "Your" physician or healthcare provider

• • • NO DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP: Buddy4Health does not replace your relationship with physician or healthcare provider. The information interpreted SHOULD NOT be relied upon as a substitute for sound professional medical advice, evaluation or care from Your physician or other qualified healthcare provider. You acknowledge that the Medical Experts empanelled with Us are independent contractors and thereby Buddy4Health has an independent contractor relationship with such Medical Experts and therefore in no event Buddy4Health will be directly or vicariously liable for any advice or medical consultancy or any loss arising there from that the Medical Experts may provide to You or You may avail as part of the Services.
    • You acknowledge that the e-prescription which may be issued by the medical expert(s), in certain events, is not be a valid prescription under applicable law(s) of India and may not be used for dispensation of medicines by any pharmacist including the Third Party Pharmacies. You further agree and acknowledge that if You request us to process the e-prescription or any form of prescription (whether original or scanned copy of the original prescription) for facilitation of medicine orders, then we will only act as an aggregator and assume no responsibility and/ or liability in relation to the dispensation of the medicines, which shall at all times be at your sole risk and the sole responsibility of the Third Party Pharmacies supplying the medicines to you.
    • You acknowledge that although some of the content, text, data, graphics, images, information, suggestions, guidance, and other material (collectively, “Information”) that is provided to You on the Website (including Information provided in direct response to Your questions or postings) may be provided by individuals in the medical profession, the provision of such Information does not create a doctor/medical professional-patient relationship, but is provided to inform You on various medical conditions, medical diagnosis and treatment and it does not constitute a direct medical diagnosis, treatment or prescription. Everything on the Website should be used for information purposes only.
    • Buddy4Health is designed to support the health decisions and choices that you make. These decisions and choices are yours, and we believe that you, in connection with the advice you receive from your doctor or other professional healthcare provider, are the best decision maker about your health. We cannot make decisions for you. However, what we can do is help you find good health information and connect with doctors for in-person information. On Buddy4Health You can ask and find informational questions and related educational answers by Medical Experts. The Website is not a place for the practice of medicine, but Medical Experts on the Website can be a resource for reliable, relevant general health information.
    • Even if your real life doctor is on Buddy4Health, personal medical advice, treatment or diagnosis are not permitted through the Website, and by using the Website You agree not to solicit these or use any information as if it were personal advice, treatment, or diagnosis. Whenever you want personal medical advice, treatment, or diagnosis, you should contact your physician or professional healthcare provider and see them in person.
    • We do not recommend or endorse any specific Medical Expert(s), tests, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Website. Reliance on any information provided on the Website is solely at your own risk. In case of any medical emergency, kindly contact your nearest doctor/hospital or any related helpline.
    • The Services are not for use in medical emergencies or for critical health situations requiring prompt medical attention. The Services are not intended to be real-time and may not be the best solution when a face-to-face consultation is a must and therefore we strongly discourage any delay in seeking advice from your doctor on account of something that You may have heard/viewed on the Website. You take full responsibility for ensuring that the information submitted is accurate and Buddy4Health shall not make any effort to validate any information provided by you for using the Services with respect to content, correctness or usability. We, with an intention to provide the best services possible could ask you to share more information as and when needed.
    • The opinions, statements, answers and tele-consultations (collectively “Consultation”) provided by the Medical Experts through the Website are solely the individual and independent opinions and statements of such Medical Experts and do not reflect the opinions of Buddy4Health, its affiliates or any other organizations or institutions to which such Medical Expert or such specialist or professional is affiliated or provides services. Buddy4Health does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Website or by a licensee of Buddy4Health.
    • The inclusion of professionals, specialists and/ or Medical Experts on the Website or in any professional directory on the Website does not imply recommendation or endorsement of such specialists and/ or Medical Experts nor is such information intended as a tool for verifying the credentials, qualifications, or abilities of any specialists and/ or Medical Experts contained therein. Such information is provided on an ‘as-is’ basis and Buddy4Health disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for particular purpose.
    • Buddy4Health (the owners and the employee staff of Buddy4Health), Medical Experts and third-party professionals who offer the Services through the Website accept no responsibility for any medical, legal or financial events or outcomes related to the Services availed through the use of the Website.
    • Buddy4Health makes no warranty that the Services will meet your requirements, or that the Service(s) will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free. This includes loss of data or any service interruption caused by Buddy4Health employees. Buddy4Health is not responsible for transmission errors, corruption of data.
    • Buddy4Health is for personal use and the Services are for individuals to use for supporting their personal health decisions. You may use the Website for personal, but not for commercial, purposes.
    • The Website may not be used for illegal purposes. The Information and Services may not be used for any illegal purpose. You may not access our networks, computers, or the Information and Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair them, or interfere with any other person's use and enjoyment. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Information or Services, other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected with the Website, the Information, or Services. You may not use any automated means (such as a scraper) to access the Website, the Information, or Services for any purpose. Such unauthorized access includes, but is not limited to, using another person’s login credentials to access his or her Buddy4Health profile/ account. Any attempt by any individual or entity to solicit login information of any other user or Medical Expert or to access any such account is an express and direct violation of these Terms of Use and of applicable law(s), including relevant privacy and security laws and laws prohibiting unfair or unethical business practices.
    • Your right to use the Services is not transferable.
    • Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, you alone shall be liable for your dealings and interaction with patients or Medical Experts (as the case may be) contacted or managed through the Website and Buddy4Health shall have no liability or responsibility in this regard. Buddy4Health does not guarantee or make any representation with respect to the correctness, completeness or accuracy of the Information or detail provided by such client, patient, User, Medical Experts or any third party through the Website. The Services should not be used for emergency appointment purposes.
    • The exchanges between the Medical Experts and the patient through the chat window or over telephone (as the case maybe) and the e-prescription would be accessible to Buddy4Health for the purposes of monitoring the quality of the consultation.
    • Buddy4Health may, at its sole discretion, suspend User’s or Medical Expert’s ability to use or access the Website at any time while Buddy4Health investigates complaints or alleged violations of these Terms of Use, or for any other reason. Buddy4Health has the right to edit profiles of Medical Experts to make them more suitable for patient/ Users searches on the Website.
    • The Services should not be depended upon and should not be treated as a replacement for obtaining consultation for diseases as the consultation provided through the Website is generic in the approach and shall not and cannot act as a substitute for physical consultation with a doctor. Also the Consultations provided through the Website are not diagnostic in nature.

 Risks of using Buddy4Health’s Services

As with any medical procedure, there are potential risks associated with using the Services. By using the Services, You agree to abide by these Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and risks described below. These risks include, but may not be limited to:

• • • While the Website is an honest attempt to provide access to the best possible medical information to the Users, the Medical Experts will not be examining you physically. The Medical Experts may not have access to all or some of your medical history that might be critical to consult you. The Medical Experts will not have the benefit of information that would be obtained by examining you in person, observing your physical condition and by going through your medical records. This means that the Services provided is different from the diagnostic and treatment services typically decided by a physician. Therefore, the Medical Experts may not be aware of facts or information that would affect his or her opinion of your diagnosis. To reduce the risk of this limitation, Buddy4Health strongly encourages you to be in touch with an on-ground physician and share the Buddy4Health’s opinion with him/her. By requesting a medical opinion through the Website, You acknowledge and agree that:
    • the advice/information/opinion on diagnosis You may receive could be limited and provisional; the medical opinion is not intended to replace a face-to-face visit with a physician and it does replace an actual doctor-patient relationship;
    •  in case of a second opinion where there is a difference of opinion among Our Medical Experts and Your physician, You would bear the responsibility to decide on online or offline consultation, or procedure, and/or treatment,
    • the Medical Expert is reliant on information provided by You and hence any information demonstrated to have been falsified, misleading or incomplete will immediately render the opinion and all details therein null and void
    • in some cases, the Medical Expert may determine that the transmitted information is of inadequate quality and may ask for more information, without which he/she may refuse to answer the query;
    • in rare cases, the Medical Experts may feel that the query may not be answerable without physically examining the patient/ Users and the Consultation may be refused forthwith;
    • In very rare instances, security protocols could fail, causing a breach of privacy of personal medical information; and delays in medical evaluation and answers could occur due to deficiencies or failures of the service as per those mentioned in these Terms of Use.

 Miscellaneous Terms

Your Profile, Collection, Use, Storage and Transfer of Personal Information:

• Your Buddy4Health profile is created to store record of Your Consultations and Your personal health information online, including history, health conditions, allergies and medications.
• Any information provided as part of a web Consultation or obtained from use of the Services by You becomes part of Your Buddy4Health record. You agree to provide accurate information to help Us serve You best to Our knowledge, to periodically review such information and to update such information as and when necessary. Buddy4Health reserves the right to maintain, delete or destroy all communications and materials posted or uploaded to the Website according to its internal record retention and/or destruction policies. You might be contacted via email to review the information provided by You for Buddy4Health’s record or for the Services. Please make sure You provide a valid email-id and You update it as and when needed.For additional information regarding use of information about You, please refer to the Privacy Policy.
• The terms “personal information” and “sensitive personal data or information” are defined under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Information) Rules, 2011 (the “SPI Rules”), and are reproduced in the Privacy Policy.
• The Privacy Policy sets out: the type of information collected from Users, including sensitive personal data or information; the purpose, means and modes of usage of such information; and how and to whom Buddy4Health will disclose such information.
• The Users are expected to read and understand the Privacy Policy, so as to ensure that he or she has the knowledge of the fact that the information is being collected; the purpose for which the information is being collected; the intended recipients of the information; the name and address of the agency that is collecting the information and the agency that will retain the information; and the various rights available to such Users in respect of such information.
• Buddy4Health shall not be responsible in any manner for the authenticity of the personal information or sensitive personal data or information supplied by the Users to Buddy4Health or any other person acting on behalf of Buddy4Health.
• The use of the Website involves every Users’ registration information and browsing history being stored and submitted to the appropriate authorities. The consent and procedure for such collection and submission is provided in the Privacy Policy. The other information collected by Buddy4Health from Users as part of the registration process is described in the Privacy Policy. The consent and revocation procedures in relation to the same are set out in the Privacy Policy.
• The Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the Users’ account access information and password. The Users shall be responsible for all uses of the Users’ account and password, whether or not authorized by the Users. The Users shall immediately notify Buddy4Health of any actual or suspected unauthorized use of the Users’ account or password.
• If a User provides any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete (or becomes untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete), or Buddy4Health has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Buddy4Health shall have the right to suspend or terminate such account at its sole discretion.
• Buddy4Health may disclose or transfer User Information (as defined in the Privacy Policy) to its affiliates in other countries, and you hereby consent to such transfer. The SPI Rules only permit Buddy4Health to transfer sensitive personal data or information including any information, to any other body corporate or a person in India, or located in any other country, that ensures the same level of data protection that is adhered to by Buddy4Health as provided for under the SPI Rules, only if such transfer is necessary for the performance of the lawful contract between Buddy4Health or any person on its behalf and the user or where the User has consented to data transfer.
•  By accepting these Terms of Use and by registering on the Website, You consent to be contacted by Us and by the Third Party Service Providers and You further consent to receive emails and messages (SMS) notifications and information at any time from Us and from Third Party Service Providers.
• Payment, Fees and Taxes:
• Registration on the Website and the access to the information provided on the Website is free. Some parts of the Service are chargeable as may be specified from time to time. We will tell you about applicable charges for any paid Service and the payment terms presented to you when you use or order a paid Service are deemed part of these Terms of Use. As a convenience to you, we also collect payments due to medical practitioners, pharmacies and diagnostic laboratories / centre for their services that you avail or book through the Service. Subject to receipt of the payments from you, we will be responsible to pass on the payments due to these third parties. We reserve the right to change our charges and payment terms at any time provided however that the new charges will not be applicable to orders accepted before the change is notified. If you don't pay for paid Service on time, we reserve the right to suspend or cancel your order for the said Service or to not provide you with the ordered Service. We shall not be responsible for any Service that is not provided to you if you fail to pay the applicable charges for the same. Charges paid are non-refundable except in our sole discretion.
• We use a third-party payment gateway for processing payments due to us. The processing of payments will be subject to the terms, conditions and privacy policies of the payment gateway, in addition to these Terms. We don’t control and are not liable for the security or performance of the payment gateway. You agree to pay us, through the payment gateway, all charges at the rates then in effect for any purchase in accordance with the applicable payment terms. We reserve the right to correct, or to instruct our payment gateway to correct, any errors or mistakes, even if payment has already been requested or received.
• We do not store any payment details including but not limited to net banking, Credit card or Debit card details.

 

Return, Refund, Cancellation and Shipping charges:

We offer return and refund on the Services ordered by you on the Website which are subject to further terms and conditions as detailed in the Cancellation & Refund Policy (“Cancellation and Refund Policy”). The Cancellation and Refund Policy forms an integral part of these Terms of Use and the Users are requested to carefully read the same

Covenants:

• • •  (Covenanters for the purposes of these Terms of Use shall include the Users and the Third Party Service Providers)Each Covenanter undertakes that it shall not do any act or post, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information that
    • belongs to another person and to which the such Covenanter does not have any right;
    • is grossly harmful, insulting or harassing on the basis of gender, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another's privacy including bodily privacy, hateful, racially or ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise inconsistent with or contrary to the laws in force;
    • infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights;
    • violates any law for the time being in force;
    • impersonates another person harmful to child;
    • deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or knowingly and intentionally communicates any information that is patently false or misleading in nature but may reasonably be perceived as a fact;
    • contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource;
    • is prohibited under applicable law(s) for the time being in force including Drugs Act read with the Drugs Rules, the Drugs and Magic Act, the Indian Penal Code, 1860, as amended from time to time and rules made there under;
    • is patently false and untrue, and is written or published in any form, with the intent to mislead or harass a person, entity or agency for financial gain or to cause any injury to any person; and
    • Threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation.
    • You are also prohibited from:
    • violating or attempting to violate the integrity or security of the Website or any Buddy4Health Content; transmitting any information (including job posts, messages and hyperlinks) on or through the Website that is disruptive or competitive to the provision of Services by Buddy4Health;
    • intentionally submitting on the Website any incomplete, false or inaccurate information; making any unsolicited communications to other Covenanters; using any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (such as robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the Website; attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any part of the Website;
    • copying or duplicating in any manner any of the Buddy4Health Content or other information available from the Website; and
    • framing or hot linking or deep linking any Buddy4Health Content.
    • Buddy4Health, upon obtaining knowledge by itself or been brought to actual knowledge by an affected person in writing or through email signed with electronic signature about any such information as mentioned above, shall be entitled to disable such information that is in contravention of this Clause or any provisions of these Terms of Use. Buddy4Health shall be entitled to preserve such information and associated records for at least 90 (ninety) days for production to governmental authorities for investigation purposes.
    • In case of non-compliance with any applicable law(s), rules or regulations, or these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy by a Covenanter, Buddy4Health has the right to immediately terminate the access or usage rights of the Covenanter to the Services and to remove noncompliant information.

Liability  

• Buddy4Health shall not be responsible or liable in any manner to the Users or any Third Party Service Providers (collectively referred to as the “Other Parties”) for any losses, damage, injuries or expenses incurred by Other Parties as a result of any disclosures made by Buddy4Health, where Other Parties have consented to the making of such disclosures by Buddy4Health. If the Other Parties had revoked such consent under the terms of the Privacy Policy, then Buddy4Health shall not be responsible or liable in any manner to the Other Parties for any losses, damage, injuries or expenses incurred by the Other Parties as a result of any disclosures made by Buddy4Health prior to its actual receipt of such revocation.
• The Other Parties shall not hold Buddy4Health responsible or liable in any way for any disclosures by Buddy4Health under Regulation 6 of the SPI Rules.
• The Services provided by Buddy4Health or any of its licensors or providers or Third Party Service Providers are provided ‘as is’, as available, and without any warranties or conditions (express or implied, including the implied warranties of merchantability, accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, arising by statute or otherwise in law or from a course of dealing or usage or trade). Buddy4Health does not provide or make any representations, warranties or guarantees express or implied about the Website or the Services. Buddy4Health does not verify any content or information provided by the Other Parties on the Website and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law(s), disclaims all liability arising out of the Other Parties’ use or reliance upon the Website, the Services, the Buddy4Health Content, Third Party Contents, representations and warranties made by the Other Parties on the Website or any loss arising out of the manner in which the Services have been rendered.
• The Website may be linked to the website of third parties, affiliates and business partners. Buddy4Health has no control over, and not liable or responsible for content, accuracy, validity, reliability, quality of such websites or made available by/through the Website. Inclusion of any link on the Website does not imply that Buddy4Health endorses the linked website. Other Parties may use the links and these services at their own risk.
• .Buddy4Health shall not be responsible for the mishaps/missed services due to no service/no show from the Other Parties; Buddy4Health shall not be responsible for any error in any of the services being provided by the Third Party Service Providers.
• Users accept and acknowledge that Buddy4Health does not provide any representation or give any guarantee or warranty (whether express or implied, or whether arising by virtue of a statue or otherwise in law or from a course of dealing or usage or trade) in relation to the goods/ products and services made available on its Website by Third Party Service Providers, including any guarantee or warrantee that such goods/ products (i) are merchantable; (ii) fit for the purpose of which they are to be (or have been) purchased;(iii) have accurate description; (iv) do not cause any infringement; and (v) that the Third Party Service Providers have legal title over the goods/products being offered for sale by them on the Website. Buddy4Health also does not provide any representation or give any guarantee or warranty (whether express or implied) about the Website or any of the Services offered or services offered or provided by the Third Party Service Providers.
• The Other Parties further accept and acknowledge that Buddy4Health does not verify any content or information provided by either the Users or the Third Party Services/ or obtained from the Users or the Third Party Service Providers, and to fullest extent permitted by applicable law(s), disclaims all liability arising out of the Other Parties’ use or reliance upon the Website, the Services, the Buddy4Health Content, Third Party Content, representations and warranties made by the Other Parties on the Website or any opinion or suggestion given or expressed by Buddy4Health or any Third Party Service Providers in relation to any Services provided by Buddy4Health.
• Buddy4Health assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect Other Parties’ equipment on account of the Other Parties’ access to, use of, or browsing the Website or the downloading of any material, data, text, images, video content, or audio content from the Website. If any of the Other Party is dissatisfied with the Website, the sole remedy of such Other Party(s) is to discontinue using the Website.
• The listing of Third Party Service Providers on the Website is based on numerous factors including Users comments and feedbacks. In no event shall the Protected Entities (as defined herein below) be liable or responsible for the listing order of Third Party Service Providers on the Website.
• To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law(s), Buddy4Health, its affiliates, independent contractors, service providers, consultants, licensors, agents, and representatives, and each of their respective directors, officers or employees (“Protected Entities”), shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary or consequential damages, or any other damages of any kind, arising from, or directly or indirectly related to, (i) the use of, or the inability to use, the Website or the content, materials and functions related thereto; (ii) User's provision of information via the Website; even if such Protected Entity has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
• In no event shall the Protected Entities be liable for, or in connection with, (i) the provision of, or failure to provide, all or any products or service by a Third Party Service Provider to any User; or (ii) any comments or feedback given by any of the Users in relation to the goods or services provided by any Third Party Service Providers; or (ii) any content posted, transmitted, exchanged or received by or on behalf of any User, Third Party Service Providers or other person on or through the Website.
• Buddy4Health disclaims any liability in relation to the validity of the medical advice provided by the Medical Experts and the validity and legality of the e-prescription for dispensation of medicines and conduct of diagnostic tests. All liabilities arising out of any wrong diagnosis of medical condition by the Medical Experts and/ or arising from the e-prescription will be of the concerned Medical Expert. Further, all liabilities arising out of any wrong diagnosis report by the Third Party Labs and Services will be of the concerned Third Party Labs as the case may be.
• The Users may share their previous medical history during interaction with the Medical Experts. The Users undertake to share such information at their own risk. Buddy4Health reserves the right to retain such information for the purpose of providing Services to the Users.
• With respect to the Consultation Services, after selection of the type of treatment viz. Homeopathy, Allopathy or Ayurveda along with the specification of the disease by the patient, Buddy4Health will decide the Medical Expert to whom the query should be directed based on the information shared by the User. However, in no event the Protected Entities shall be held liable for the losses attributable to such decision making and in no event shall the Protected Entities be liable for any Consultation provided and/or e-prescription issued by the Medical Expert by using the interface of online medical consultancy.
• The Users acknowledge that the Protected Entities merely act in the capacity of facilitators between the Other Parties by providing a platform for them to interact and transact. In no event shall the Protected Entities be held liable for any of the losses attributable to Services offered through the Website.
• In no event shall the total aggregate liability of the Protected Entities to any Other Parties for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract or tort, including, but not limited to negligence, strict liability, product liability or otherwise) arising from these Terms of Use or any Other Parties’ use of the Website exceed an aggregate amount of INR 1000/- (Indian Rupees One Thousand only). Buddy4Health accepts no liability for any errors or omissions on behalf of the Other Parties.
• In no event shall the Protected Entities be liable for failure on the part of the Users or Third Party Service Providers to provide agreed services or to make himself/herself available at the appointed time, cancellation or rescheduling of appointments. In no event shall the Protected Entities be liable for any comments or feedback given by any of the Users in relation to the services provided by a Third Party Service Providers.

Indemnity
The Covenanters agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Buddy4Health, the Protected Entities, independent contractors, service providers, consultants, licensors, agents, and representatives, and each of their respective directors, officers and employees, from and against any and all claims, losses, liability, damages, and/or costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney fees and costs) arising from or related to (a) Covenanters access to or use of Website; (b) Covenanters violation of these Terms of Use or any applicable law(s); (c) Covenanters violation of any rights of another person/ entity, including infringement of their intellectual property rights; or (d) Covenanters conduct in connection with the Website.

Modification of Website

Buddy4Health reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website or any features or portions thereof without prior notice. Other Parties agree that Buddy4Health will not be liable for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Website or any other part thereof.

Intellectual property rights
All the intellectual property used on the Website except those which have been identified as the intellectual properties of the Other Parties shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. The Other Parties agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security related features of the Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any materials or enforce limitations on use of the Website or the materials therein. The materials on the Website or otherwise may not be modified, copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, sold, compiled, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or other means.

Compliance of Applicable Law

• • While communicating/ transacting with each other through the Website, the Other Parties shall at all times ensure full compliance with the applicable provisions of the Contract Act, IT Act, IG Guidelines, Drugs Act read with the Drug Rules, Drugs and Magic Act, The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 read with the Indian Medical Council Rules, 1957, Consumer Protection Act, 1986, SPI Rules, etc (“Captioned Laws”). as well as all other laws for the time being in force, and ensure due payment of applicable taxes.
  • The Users must also ensure that the prescription uploaded on the Website or emailed to Buddy4Health for processing the order for Prescription Drugs is a valid prescription duly obtained from a registered medical practitioner. The Users acknowledge and accept that they shall bear all costs/ liability/ damages, caused to the Third Party Service Providers or to Buddy4Health, as a result of any dispensation of Prescription Drugs by the Third Party Service Providers owing to the non-compliance by the User in this regard.
  • Termination (Parties for the Purpose of these Terms of Use shall collectively mean the Other Parties and Buddy4Health)
  • The provisions of these Terms of Use shall continue to apply until terminated by either of the Party as set for below:
  • In case of Other Parties wanting to terminate these Terms of Use, Other Parties may do so by not accessing the Website; or closing their accounts for all of the Services that they use.
  • Buddy4Health reserves the right to, at any time, and with or without notice, terminate these Terms of Use against each of the Users or the Third Party Service Providers or the Other Parties as a whole, if there is:
  • breach any of applicable law(s), including but not limited to the Captioned Laws or the provisions of these Terms of Use or the terms of the Privacy Policy or any other terms, conditions, or policies that may be applicable to the Other Parties from time to time (or have acted in a manner that clearly shows that Other Party(s) do not intend to, or are unable to, comply with the same); orBuddy4Health is unable to verify or authenticate any information provided to Buddy4Health by Other Party(s); orBuddy4Health believes, in its sole discretion, that Other Party(s) actions may cause legal liability for Buddy4Health (or any ofits affiliates, independent contractors, service providers, consultants, licensors, agents, and representatives) or are contrary to the interests of the Website; orBuddy4Health is required to do so by law; or if Other Party(s) fail to provide (or after providing such consent, later revoke) the consents necessary or desirable for Buddy4Health to provide the Services to the Other Party(s); or The provision of the Services to the Other Party(s), or to the general public, is in Buddy4Health’s opinion, no longer commercially viable; orBuddy4Health has elected to discontinue, with or without reason, access to the Website or the Services (or any part thereof).

Termination

• • Buddy4Health may also terminate or suspend (temporarily or permanently) all or a portion of Other Party(s) account or access to the Services, with or without reason. Except as may be set forth in any of the terms applicable to a particular Service, termination of Other Party(s) account may include: (i) removal of access to all offerings within the Website or with respect to the Services; and (ii) barring Other Party(s) from further use or access of the Website or of any of the Services.
  • Once terminated or suspended (temporarily or permanently), Other Party(s) may not continue to use the Website under the same account, a different account or re-register under a new account.
  • Upon termination of these Terms of Use, Buddy4Health shall have no obligation to maintain or provide any of Other Party(s) data and may thereafter, unless legally prohibited, delete all of Other Party(s) data in its systems or otherwise in its possession or under its control, including but not limited to Other Party(s) personal information, log-in ID and password, order details (including any prescriptions uploaded) and all related information, files and materials associated with or inside Other Party(s) account (or any part thereof).
  • Buddy4Health reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies, including but not limited to deletion of the Other Party(s) content from the Website with or without ability to access the Website and the other Services, upon any breach by the Other Party(s) of these Terms of Use or if Buddy4Health is unable to verify or authenticate any information the Other Party(s) submits to Buddy4Health, or if the Other Party(s) fail to provide (or after providing such consent, later revokes) the consents necessary or desirable for Buddy4Health to provide the Services to the Other Party(s).
  • The right to terminate/ suspend the account is in addition to, and without prejudice to, Buddy4Health’s right to initiate action against the Other Party(s), in accordance with applicable law.

Force Majeure

Other Parties accept and acknowledge that Buddy4Health shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the User as a result of delay or default or deficiency or failure in the Services as a result of any natural disasters, fire, riots, civil disturbances, actions or decrees of governmental bodies, communication line failures (which are not caused due to the fault of Buddy4Health or the Third Party Service Providers), or any other delay or default or deficiency or failure which arises from causes beyond Buddy4Health’s reasonable control (“Force Majeure Event”). In the event of any Force Majeure Event arising, Buddy4Health, depending on whose performance has been impacted under the Terms of Use, shall immediately give notice to the Other Party(s) of the facts which constitute the Force Majeure Event.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These Terms of Use and any contractual obligation between the Parties will be governed by the laws of India, without reference to the conflict of laws principles. Any legal action or proceeding related to Other Party(s) access to, or use of, the Website or these Terms of Use shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at Mumbai. All disputes will be subject to arbitration at Mumbai in English by a sole arbitrator appointed by Buddy4Health under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

Survival
Even after termination, certain obligations mentioned under Covenants, Liability, Indemnity, Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution will continue and survive termination.

Severability
If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid, unlawful, void or for any other reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions.

Contact Information
If any Other Party(s) has any grievance, comment, question or suggestion regarding any of our Services, please contact our customer service at care@buddy4health.com.

 

 If any Other Party(s) has any questions concerning Buddy4Health, the Website, these Terms of Use, or anything related to any of the foregoing, Buddy4Health can be reached at the following email address - care@buddy4health.com or via the contact information available from the following : Contact us. Please also refer to our grievance redressal policy available at https://buddy4health.com/page/customer-support-policy