These Terms & Conditions (“Terms“) govern your access to and use of imariners.com, any subdomains, related websites, digital properties, products, services, communities, communications, downloadable resources, courses, consultations, subscriptions, paid promotions, paid advertisements, affiliate offerings, memberships, and other features made available by iMariners Digital Media (“iMariners,” “we,” “us,” or “our“). By accessing or using the website, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

1. Eligibility

You may use the website only if you are at least 18 years old, are legally capable of entering into a binding contract, and are not prohibited from using the website under any applicable law. If you access or use the website on behalf of an entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.

2. Account Registration

You may be required to create an account to access certain features or services. You agree to provide accurate, current, complete, and lawful information and to keep it updated at all times.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials, for all activities that occur under your account, and for ensuring that devices, passwords, and login access remain secure. We may suspend, restrict, or terminate any account at our sole discretion without prior notice where we believe a violation, security risk, fraud risk, legal risk, operational issue, or misuse has occurred.

3. Products and Services

We may offer physical products, digital products, courses, consulting, memberships, subscriptions, templates, ebooks, downloads, paid promotions, advertisements, sponsored placements, employment-related services, maritime-related information services, and other offerings. All products and services are subject to availability and we reserve the right to add, modify, suspend, withdraw, reject, or discontinue any product, service, feature, listing, or order at any time without liability, subject to applicable law.

Any descriptions, specifications, pricing, promotional content, timelines, delivery estimates, and availability statements are provided on a best-effort basis and may be corrected, updated, or withdrawn at any time.

4. Pricing and Payment

By purchasing any product or service, you agree to pay all charges, fees, taxes, levies, gateway fees, penalties, subscription dues, renewal amounts, or other sums applicable to your transaction. Payments may be processed by third-party gateways including Razorpay and PayU Money and are subject to the terms, conditions, policies, verifications, authorizations, and fraud controls of those providers.

We reserve the right to refuse, hold, cancel, limit, or reverse any order or transaction where we suspect error, fraud, abuse, pricing mistake, unauthorized use, prohibited conduct, legal issue, or operational difficulty.

5. Refunds, Cancellations, and Chargebacks

Unless a specific product, service, or offer expressly states otherwise in writing, all sales may be treated as final to the fullest extent permitted by law, particularly for digital goods, downloadable products, advertising services, consultation bookings, promotional placements, custom work, and services already rendered or commenced.

We reserve the right to evaluate refunds, cancellations, rescheduling, account credits, or replacement access on a case-by-case basis. Unauthorized chargebacks, payment disputes initiated in bad faith, fraudulent reversal attempts, or abuse of refund processes may result in suspension of services, account termination, denial of future purchases, legal action, recovery efforts, and reporting to relevant payment, legal, or commercial authorities.

6. User Content and Public Submissions

You may be able to submit comments, reviews, posts, forum content, testimonials, documents, profile data, media, listings, job-related information, or other materials through the website (collectively, “User Content”). You remain responsible for your User Content and represent that you own or control all necessary rights and permissions to submit it.

By submitting User Content, you grant iMariners a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free right and license to host, store, reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, display, distribute, market, promote, communicate, and otherwise use such User Content in connection with the operation, promotion, development, moderation, or improvement of the website and our business, subject to applicable law and any separate written agreement where required.

We may, but are not obligated to, monitor, review, edit, reject, restrict, remove, report, preserve, or disclose User Content at any time and for any reason.

7. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to use the website to:

Submit false, misleading, fraudulent, incomplete, or unauthorized information.
Upload unlawful, defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening, harassing, infringing, confidential, deceptive, or harmful material.
Upload viruses, malware, spyware, malicious code, spam, chain messages, automated bots, scraping tools, or disruptive technologies.
Infringe intellectual property, privacy, publicity, confidentiality, employment, contractual, or other rights of any person or entity.
Use the website to impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation, credentials, authorization, employment, or identity.
Copy, reproduce, reverse engineer, exploit, resell, mirror, or commercially misuse the website or its content except as expressly permitted.
Interfere with website integrity, security, availability, advertising systems, analytics systems, payment systems, moderation systems, or business operations.
Use the website in violation of any law, regulation, sanction, court order, contract, or professional standard.

8. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the website and its contents, including text, graphics, branding, logos, layout, code, images, audio, video, downloads, databases, designs, educational resources, and compilations are owned by or licensed to iMariners and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may not copy, republish, modify, distribute, frame, scrape, exploit, or create derivative works from our content without our prior written permission, except as expressly allowed by law or by a written license granted by us.

9. Third-Party Services, Ads, Sponsors, and Affiliate Links

The website may feature third-party advertisements, affiliate links, sponsored placements, embedded content, external services, payment gateways, social media integrations, product promotions, or partner offerings. We may earn commissions, service fees, referral income, or promotional revenue when users interact with or purchase through such links or offerings.

Third-party websites and services operate independently from us and are governed by their own terms and privacy practices. We are not responsible for third-party offers, content, availability, conduct, transactions, data collection, claims, warranties, losses, or disputes.

10. Employment, Career, and Opportunity Listings

Where the website allows job-related content, CV submissions, maritime opportunity listings, profile displays, or recruitment-related communications, iMariners does not guarantee employment, selection, suitability, accuracy of opportunities, employer credibility, compensation, visa outcomes, vessel conditions, legal compliance of third parties, or the success of any application, engagement, or placement.

Users are solely responsible for verifying all employers, recruiters, vessels, training providers, certificates, opportunities, and representations before relying on them or taking action.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the website and all products, services, content, features, materials, information, listings, communications, data, software, downloads, and functionality are provided on an “as is,” “as available,” and “with all faults” basis without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise.

We disclaim all warranties including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, compatibility, availability, security, accuracy, completeness, performance, uninterrupted access, non-infringement, and freedom from malware or harmful components. We do not warrant that the website will be error-free, uninterrupted, current, secure, reliable, or suitable for your needs.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, iMariners, Ajit Tiwari, the proprietorship, its staff, officers, employees, consultants, affiliates, contractors, licensors, service providers, and partners shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, business, commercial, maritime, employment-related, reputational, data-related, or economic losses arising out of or related to the website, any content, any product or service, third-party services, user conduct, reliance on information, inability to access the website, security events, transaction failures, employment outcomes, or service interruptions.

Where liability cannot be excluded, our aggregate liability shall not exceed the amount actually paid by you to us for the specific product or service giving rise to the claim during the three months immediately preceding the event giving rise to liability, or INR 5,000, whichever is lower, to the extent permitted by law.

13. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless iMariners, Ajit Tiwari, the proprietorship, its future entities, affiliates, staff, office personnel, employees, consultants, contractors, agents, licensors, partners, service providers, and representatives from and against any and all claims, complaints, actions, liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, fines, costs, expenses, investigations, and legal fees arising out of or related to: your use of the website; your breach of these Terms; your violation of any law or third-party rights; your User Content; your uploaded files or documents; your transactions; your communications; your fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or misconduct; or your reliance on or misuse of content, opportunities, services, or third-party offerings.

14. Suspension and Termination

We may suspend, restrict, disable, remove, or terminate your account, access, order, listing, content, or use of the website at any time, with or without notice, for any reason we consider appropriate, including actual or suspected breach, abuse, dispute, legal risk, reputational risk, security concern, inactivity, payment issue, or operational need.

15. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. Subject to applicable law, the courts located in Mumbai / Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to the website, these Terms, any product, any service, or any transaction with us.

16. Changes to Terms

We may modify these Terms at any time by posting the updated version on the website. Your continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.