Terms of Use
Version 2.3

Last updated: January 23, 2019


1 SUMMARY OF PYAR

1.1 OVERVIEW

Pyar is a global online dating platform with a focus on (but not exclusively for) people of South Asian heritage/background. All users must be 18 or older to join, must not have been convicted of a felony and must not be required to register as a sex offender with any government authority. We require the user to agree to that statement, as well as our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy during registration. Upon any changes to our Privacy Policy or Terms of Use, we will notify the user immediately upon login (and through email communication). The user will have to agree to these before proceeding to browse.

1.2 INFORMATION COLLECTED

During registration, we collect the following information:

  Field   Displayed on Profile
First name Yes
Email No
Password No
(Optional) Social connection via Facebook No
Date of Birth Only displaying Age on profile
Gender Yes
Gender they're interested in Yes
Location of Residence (City, State/Province, Country) Yes

After registration is completed, we ask for this optional information:

  Field   Displayed on Profile
Photo (9 total uploads allowed) Yes
Phone Number (for verification purposes) No
Selfie Image (for verification purposes) No
Ethnicity Yes
Religion Yes
Relationship Status Yes
Number of Children Yes
Children Preference Yes
Build Yes
Height Yes
Hobbies Yes
Personality Traits Yes
Bio Question Responses Yes
Smoking Habits Yes
Drinking Habits Yes
Ideal Relationship Yes
Area of Work Yes
Education Yes
Hometown Yes
Number of Pets Yes
Pet Preference Yes
Match Preferences (consists of some of the above preferences) No

In addition to the above, Premium users are required to authorize a charge through their chosen payment provider. This charge will continue indefinitely until cancelled by the user.

In addition, when you use the service, we collect device-specific information (such as your hardware model, operating system version, and unique device identifiers).

1.3 INFORMATION USAGE

We use the user's information to:

  • -  Set up an account
  • -  Establish our product and service
  • -  Verify identity (that user is a real person)
  • -  Communicate via email about account changes or promotions
  • -  Give user better matches
  • -  Display to their matches
  • -  Develop and display content and advertising customized for the user's interests on our site and other sites
  • -  Perform ad tracking and website or mobile application analytics;
  • -  Find matches near them (on mobile devices, upon accepting our geolocation service request)
  • -  Send one-time emails to friends' emails that a user has referred
  • -  Access the photos on their mobile phone (upon accepting our camera/gallery service request)

In addition, we use cookies and other technologies to collect information from your device and about your activities on our site or application.

Information collected automatically. We automatically collect information from your browser or device when you visit our website or application. This information could include your IP address, device ID, your browser type and language, access times, the content of any undeleted cookies that your browser previously accepted from us (see Cookies below), and the referring website address.

Additionally, if you refer friends' emails to us through the Referral form, we automatically collect this information in our database. We send your referred friends an email that invites them to visit and join Pyar, as well as provide instructions on how to opt out or unsubscribe from our email list. You agree that you will not abuse the referral feature by entering the email addresses of individuals who would not be interested in Pyar.com.

To opt-out of pyar.com data collection for targeted advertising on other sites, click here: Opt Out Now. To opt-out of pyar.com data collection for referrals, click here: Friend Referral Opt Out. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, please note that you may not be able to sign in or use some of the interactive features offered on our site. Other cookies may reflect de-identified demographic or other data linked to the registration data you have submitted to us, e.g., your email address, in hashed, non-human readable form. No personally identifiable information is contained in these cookies. To opt-out of these cookies, please go to http://www.aboutads.info/choices.

Other Technologies. We may use standard Internet technology, such as web beacons, pixel tags, local storage and other technologies that facilitate personalization to track your use of the site. We also may use these technologies in advertisements or email messages to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon. The information we obtain in this manner enables us to customize the services we offer our website or application visitors to deliver targeted advertisements and to measure the overall effectiveness of our online advertising, content, programming, or other activities.

Financial information. We may use financial information or payment method information to (i) process payment for any purchases, (ii) protect against or identify possible fraudulent transactions, and (iii) otherwise as needed to manage our business.

1.4 USER INTERACTION

1.4.1 FAVORITING

The user will be able to personally bookmark the match, without sending any notification to that match.

1.4.2 FLIRTING

The user will be able to send a flirt to the match, so that the match is aware that the current user is interested in him/her. The user can only flirt with any match once, and the match can only flirt back with the user once. The user cannot take back a flirt.

1.4.3 MESSAGING

This is a premium-only feature, where a Premium user may send a message to a match. However, if the match happens to be a Basic member, (s)he will not be able to message the user back. Therefore, Basic members are only able to view messages; they are unable to send them.

Users are not allowed to send images through our messaging functionality. They may only send text, including emojis.

1.4.4 REPORTING A USER

The user can alert the administrators that someone is harassing, spamming, or breaking the rules, anonymously, by clicking on the report button appearing on the matches profile or match tile or by sending an email to team@pyar.com.

1.4.5 REPORTING AN IMAGE

The user can alert the administrators that someone is harassing, spamming, or breaking the rules, anonymously, by clicking the report button appearing on the matches uploaded images or by sending an email to team@pyar.com.

1.4.6 BLOCKING A USER

A user may block a specific match even if the match is not breaking the rules. If the user does not want either party to receive updates on one another, s(he) can block that match. A match may be unblocked from the user's Account page.

1.4.7 HIDING A MATCH

The user may hide a match. This essentially means they are unfollowing any updates about that match on their dashboard or notifications. However, this does not block them from viewing one another's profiles.

1.4.8 BROWSING (VIEWING)

Premium users may choose to browse invisibly (without notifying the match that they have seen their profile). Premium users are also allowed to see the matches who viewed them (provided the match is not a premium user who is browsing invisibly)

Basic users may not browse invisibly, but other basic users will not know that a basic user has viewed their profile and they have no visibility into who viewed their profile.

1.5 UPDATING INFORMATION

The user may update their information by going to their Account Settings page. The following personal information may be changed:

  Field
First name (Only allowed to be updated once in 90 days)
Email
Password
Date of Birth
Gender (Only once, by admin request)
Gender the user is interested in
Location of Residence (City, State/Province, Country)

1.6 SETTINGS

The user may change his/her Time Zone and Units of measurement (Imperial/Metric). Aside from that, the user may manage their email preferences and push notification preferences.

1.6.1 EMAIL

The user may select the types of email notifications to receive. However, there will be a select few that are non-negotiable.

  Email Notification Type   Opt-Out or Unsubscribe Possible?
Pyar Tips Yes
Pyar Promotions Yes
Account Updates No
Membership Updates No

1.7 ACCOUNT

1.7.1 DISABLE PROFILE TEMPORARILY

Basic and Premium users can disable their account temporarily, which means that their profile will not be visible to anyone until they sign in again. To the match, the user will resemble a user who has blocked the match.

1.7.2 DELETE ACCOUNT

Basic and Premium users can delete their account entirely. This means that:

  • The user's account and information will permanently be deleted from our main database. It will be transferred to a different database for purposes as set forth in the "Data Retention" section of our Privacy Policy. The user will no longer show up on anyone's recommendations.
  • There will be no refund for the user's Premium subscription.
  • The user's chat conversations will be lost.
  • The user's photos will be lost.

If the user decides to come back...

  • The user will have to fill out his/her information again.
  • The user will be able to create a new account with the same email or Facebook account.
  • The user will need to upload his/her photos again.
  • The user will have to purchase a subscription again if (s)he would like to be a Premium member.

1.8 SECURITY

1.8.1 PASSWORDS

Passwords must be a minimum of 8 characters, and are case sensitive.

To access personal information, a user must enter their current password. If the user does not remember their password, they must go through the reset password process, using their email address to verify ownership.

The security of your personal information is important to us. Pyar.com uses generally accepted commercially reasonable safeguards, including firewalls and Secure Socket Layers, to protect and secure your personal information. However, no data transmission over the Internet, mobile networks, wireless transmission, or electronic storage of information can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please note that we cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to us, and you use the Pyar.com website and service and provide us with your information at your own risk. You understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password of your account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your username and password. Pyar.com is not responsible for any loss or damage arising from the theft or misappropriation of your username or password.

1.8.2 INFORMATION

Only matches who are signed in with Pyar will be able to see the user's profile and information (provided the user has not blocked them). Any user's profile will not be visible from search engines or if the user is not logged in.

1.9 DATA RETENTION

We are not deleting the user's profile or information unless and until they complete the "Delete My Account" process from their Account - Privacy page. This involves:

  1. Confirming their desire to delete
  2. Clicking on the link from their email to get to the Delete my Account page
  3. Filling out their reason for deletion and agreeing to the conditions
  4. Clicking DELETE from the bottom of the page

After all these steps are completed, we will delete their entire account and data from our website's main database. It will be transferred to a different database for security purposes and for dispute handling. Should the user decide to come back again, (s)he will be treated as a brand-new user.

1.10 CONTACT

  • Phone: 732-444-8437
  • Fax: 732-940-4300
  • Email: team@pyar.com
  • Location: 210 N Center Dr.
    North Brunswick, NJ 08902, USA

1.11 IMAGE GUIDELINES

Images must adhere to the usage guidelines outlined in “Section 6 – Usage” of the Pyar.com Terms of Use as well as the Pyar.com Photo Guidelines outlined in the Help/Contact Us page of Pyar.com under the section "Photos." Violation of these guidelines may result in the photo being permanently removed from the platform. Depending on the situation the user may receive a warning or a ban from the platform. Photo and usage guidelines are subject to change based on the growth and needs of the platform.

2 PAYMENTS

2.1 REFUND POLICY

All subscriptions available on the Pyar.com platform are charged through iTunes or Google Play Store in-app purchases. Consequently, Pyar.com has no ability to grant refunds through these parties. For more information on obtaining a refund, please see the resources provided by Apple or Google support.

If a refund is granted, Pyar.com reserves the right to cancel Premium Membership at the date of refund, at which time the user’s profile will return to Basic Membership. Messages and other information created while using Premium Membership will be saved but inaccessible to the user. Pyar.com reserves the right to terminate a user’s account upon refund, depending on reason for refund and/or abuse of the platform.

2.2 MEMBERSHIP

2.2.1 MEMBERSHIP TYPES

There are three types of membership; Basic, Premium, and a temporary Premium Trial Membership which will have access to most Premium benefits.

2.2.2 FREE TRIAL

Users will be able to access a default free trial membership upon registration. No payment information is required at this point. At the end of the trial period, users will be prompted to start a Premium Membership or downgrade to Basic Membership, free of charge.

2.2.3 PROMOTIONAL DEALS

Users who sign up through the Pyar.com Coming Soon page, pre-launch, will be given an additional 30 days of free Premium Membership. This is a promotional deal that may change at the discretion of Pyar.com, at any time.

2.3 TRANSACTIONS

2.3.1 ACCEPTED FORMS OF PAYMENT

  • Android In-App Purchases
  • Apple In-App Purchases

2.3.2 PLATFORM

In-App Purchases will be the only accepted payment method on the Pyar.com App.

2.3.3 PAYMENT REOCCURANCE

Payments will be automatically billed. Each payment will be charged automatically, once a month, unless the subscription is cancelled.

2.3.4 PRICING

Pricing may vary depending on country of residence and/or currency exchange rate to US dollars and/or the purchasing platform.

3 TERMINATION

Pyar.com may terminate your access to the platform and/or your membership for any reason effective upon sending notice to you at the email address as provided by you. If Pyar.com terminates your membership for breach of terms of this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of any Subscription fees, if any, paid by you. Certain provisions of this Agreement including sections 1.9. 2.1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Agreement shall remain effective even on termination. Terms for the paid Membership would be in accordance with the type of membership undertaken.

4 LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY

Pyar.com reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the website or service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. The user agrees that Pyar.com shall not be liable to the user or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Service. To protect the integrity of the website and service, Pyar.com reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block users from certain IP addresses from accessing the website or service.

Pyar.com is not responsible for the conduct of any user. The user agrees to use caution in all interactions with other users, whether in connection with using service, communicating outside of the services, or meeting in person. Users should not provide financial information (for example, credit card or bank account information), or wire or otherwise send money, to other users.

YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PYAR.COM DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OR OTHERWISE INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF ITS USERS. PYAR.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT OF USERS. The user agrees to indemnify and hold Pyar.com, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and other partners and employees, fully indemnified and harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of the user's use of the website or service in violation of these Terms of Use and/or arising from a breach of these Terms of Use and/or any breach of the user's representations and warranties set forth above and/or any fraudulent act on the user's part.

SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, IN WHICH CASE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR LIABILITY EXCEED THE SUM OF FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS ($50.00).

EACH PARTY AGREES THAT EACH OF US MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING. UNLESS BOTH PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE, NO CLAIM MAY BE CONSOLIDATED OR JOINED WITH MORE THAN ONE PERSON'S OR PARTY'S CLAIMS. UNLESS BOTH PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE, NEITHER PARTY MAY JOIN ANY CONSOLIDATED, REPRESENTATIVE, OR CLASS PROCEEDING. UNLESS BOTH PARTIES AGREE OTHERWISE, EITHER PARTY MAY ONLY SEEK AND/OR ACCEPT AN AWARD OF RELIEF (INCLUDING MONETARY, INJUNCTIVE, AND/OR DECLARATORY RELIEF) IN FAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL SEEKING RELIEF AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RELIEF NECESSITATED BY THAT PARTY'S INDIVIDUAL CLAIM(S).

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU USE THE WEBSITE AND SERVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION UNDER LAW

5 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Pyar.com owns and retains all proprietary rights in the Pyar.com website and service. The Pyar.com website contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of Pyar.com, and its licensors. Except for that information which is in the public domain such as member profile or for which permission has been obtained from the user, you cannot copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information. Any such act or an attempted act on your part shall constitute a violation of these Terms of Use and your membership is liable to be terminated forthwith by Pyar.com without refund of any membership fees. Pyar.com reserves right to take legal action (civil and/or criminal) wherever applicable for any violations.

If you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Pyar.com website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information:

(a) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;

(b) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

(c) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Pyar.com website;

(d) your address, telephone number, and email address;

(e) a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

(f) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Notice of claims of copyright infringement can be sent to us at copyright@pyar.com or to the following address:

210 N Center Dr.

North Brunswick, NJ 08902, USA

6 USAGE

Your participation on the Pyar.com website is subject to all of these Terms of Use, including the following rules:

a. Your User-Generated Content. All of your User-Generated Content either must be original with you or you must have all necessary rights in it from third parties in order to permit you to comply with these Terms of Service and any additional terms. Your User-Generated Content should not contain any visible logos, phrases, or trademarks that belong to third parties. Do not use any User-Generated Content that belongs to other people and pass it off as your own; this includes any content that you might have found elsewhere on the Internet. If any third party contributes to your User-Generated Content or has any rights to your User-Generated Content, or if any third party appears or is referred to in the User-Generated Content, then you must also have their permission to submit such User-Generated Content to Pyar.com.

b. Photos: No Pictures, Videos, or Images of Anyone Other Than You and Your Friends and Family. If you choose to submit photos to the Pyar.com website, link to embedded videos, or include other images of real people, then make sure they are of you or of you and someone you know – and only if you have their express permission to submit it.

c. Act Appropriately. Be respectful of others' opinions and comments. Cursing, harassing, bullying, stalking, insulting comments, personal attacks, gossip, and similar actions are prohibited. Your User-Generated Content must not threaten, abuse, or harm others, and it must not include any negative comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability. Your User-Generated Content must not be defamatory, slanderous, indecent, obscene, pornographic, or sexually explicit.

d. Do Not Use for Commercial or Political Purposes. Your User-Generated Content must not advertise or promote a product or service or other commercial activity, or a politician, public servant, or law.

e. Do Not Use for Inappropriate Purposes. Your User-Generated Content must not promote any infringing, illegal, or other similarly inappropriate activity.

f. Be Honest and Do Not Misrepresent Yourself or Your User-Generated Content. Do not impersonate any other person, user, or company, and do not submit User-Generated Content that you believe may be false, fraudulent, deceptive, inaccurate, or misleading, or that misrepresents your identity or affiliation with a person or company.

h. Do not Share Other Peoples' Personal Information. Your User-Generated Content should not reveal another person's address, phone number, e-mail address, social security number, credit card number, medical information, financial information, or any other information that may be used to track, contact, or impersonate that individual.

i. Don't Damage the Service or Anyone's Computers or Other Devices. Your User-Generated Content must not submit viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, or any other technologies or malicious code that could impact the operation of the Pyar.com website or service or any computer or other device.

j. Do not Promote Illegal Drugs or Products. Your User-Generated Content must not promote the use or sale of illegal, prescription, or recreational drugs or related products.

k. If you submit User-Generated Content that Pyar.com reasonably believes violates these Terms of Use, then we may take any legally available action that we deem appropriate, in our sole discretion. However, Pyar.com is not obligated to take any action not required by law. We may require, at any time, proof of the permissions referred to above in a form acceptable to us. Failure to provide such proof may lead to, among other things, the User-Generated Content in question being removed from the website.

l. Alerting Us of Violations. If you discover any content that violates these Terms of Use, then you may report it to us at violations@pyar.com.

7 DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Except where prohibited by law, you agree that any disputes will be settled by arbitration, and you waive your right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action.

8 AMENDMENT

These Terms of Use are subject to change by Pyar.com at any time.

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