This web page represents a legal document that serves as the terms of use for our website (“Terms of Use”), www.thegroupexplorers.com and any associated mobile application (collectively, “Website”).
www.thegroupexplorers.com is a booking platform and works with local suppliers across the globe to confirm certain stays and tours booked on The Group Explorers.
Capitalised terms, unless otherwise defined, have the meaning specified within the Definitions section below. This Terms of Use, and other posted guidelines within our Website, (collectively “Legal Terms”), constitute the entire and only agreement between you and The Group Explorers, and supersede all other agreements, representations, warranties and understandings with respect to our Website and the subject matter contained herein.
We may amend our Legal Terms at any time without specific notice to you. The latest copies of our Legal Terms will be posted on our Website, and you should review all Legal Terms prior to using our Website. After any revisions to our Legal Terms are posted, you agree to be bound to any such changes to them. Therefore, it is important for you to periodically review our Legal Terms to make sure you still agree to them.
By using our Website, you agree to fully comply with and be bound by our Legal Terms. Please review them carefully. If you do not accept our Legal Terms, do not access and use our Website.
If you do not accept our Legal Terms, you should not access our Website. If you have already accessed our Website and do not accept our Legal Terms, you should immediately discontinue use of our Website.
The terms: “us” or “we” or “our”
refers to The Group Explorers, the owner of the Website.
A “Member” is an individual that has
registered with our Website to use our Website’s features. A “supplier” is a
Member of our Website that is a business offering tours or any other
travel-related goods and services to the general public and has registered with
our Website to offer their goods/services. We refer to a Member who purchases
goods/services from suppliers as a “Customer”.
A “Profile” is an online collection
of information provided by a Member about their business if a supplier, or
generally about themselves if a Customer. A “User” is a collective identifier
that refers to either a Visitor or a Member. A “Visitor” is someone who merely
browses our Website.
All text, information, graphics,
audio, video, and data offered through our Website, whether free to all or part
of our paid features of our Website, are collectively known as our “Content”.
We may refer to Content provided by our Members, whether as part of their
Profile or in other postings to our Website, as “Member Content.” When we refer
to our Website, our Content is included by reference.
The
Group Explorers grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
revocable licence to access and use our Website strictly in accordance with our
Legal Terms. Your use of our Website is solely for the purposes as provided
herein.
The Group Explorers is strictly a venue that does NOT enter into any other relationship with you, other than that of an independent contractor. Our Legal Terms in no way create any agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee relationship between you and The Group Explorers, other Users, or our affiliates.
You agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations regarding your use of our Website. The Group Explorers reserves the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of our Legal Terms and to take any action we deem appropriate, including but not limited to cancelling your Member account, reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to your profile, email addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information, as allowed under our Privacy Policy.
You may view some of our Content
without becoming a Member of our Website. However, to use our Website, you may
have to register and become a Member. Your membership is not transferable or
assignable and is void where prohibited. You certify that you are at least 18
years of age or older. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, you certify
that you have your parent’s permission to join our Website and become a Member.
You may not access this website if you are under the age of 13.
By registering as a supplier, you
are certifying that you are a legitimate tour or travel-related business and
that you are the actual owner or authorized representative of the business and
have the right to register your business with our Website.
Any registration by any Member in
contravention of the above limitations is unauthorized, unlicensed and in
violation of our Legal Terms. You agree to and to abide by all of the terms and
conditions of our Legal Terms. The Group Explorers has the sole right and
discretion to determine whether to accept a Member, and may reject a Member’s
registration, with or without explanation.
When
you complete the registration process, you will create a username and password
that will allow you to access our Website. You agree to maintain the
confidentiality of your password and are fully responsible for all liability
and damages resulting from your failure to maintain that confidentiality and
all activities that occur through the use of your password. You agree to
immediately notify us of any authorised use of your password or any other
breach of security regarding your account or information. You agree that The
Group Explorers shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your
failure to comply with password security as discussed herein.
We do not knowingly solicit, collect or retain information from any individuals under the age of 18.
As a supplier, you can upload information about your business and other relevant information. By uploading such information, you warrant to The Group Explorers that such information is true to the best of your knowledge and is not in any way malicious or otherwise illegal for you to transmit to our Website.
Our Website offers suppliers the opportunity to sell their products and services through our Website. This service is strictly as a convenience to our Members and in no way means that The Group Explorers endorses a specific supplier, guarantees their products/services, or that The Group Explorers participates in any way in the sale of such products/services. Any purchases of products/services that a Customer may make through our Website are strictly between the supplier and Customer.
By interacting through our Website as supplier and Customer, you both agree that at all times, you will look to each other for any issues or information related to such sale of products/services, including, but not limited to, costs, scope of services, product features, payment terms, late or non-payment issues, delivery dates, shipping information, refunds, exchanges, and warranties.
As a supplier, if you contact Customers outside our Website with correspondence, you agree to abide by such Customers’ requests to be removed from future correspondence. If we receive complaints that you are failing to do so, we reserve the right to terminate your Profile at our sole discretion with no notice to you.
As a Member, any information you upload to our Website is considered Member Content. By uploading Member Content, you warrant to The Group Explorers that you have legal right, whether by ownership, licence, or otherwise, to transmit, display, and use the underlying associated text and/or images. You are solely responsible for ensuring that you do not infringe the rights of any third parties in such Member Content and for any legal damages caused by your transmission, use, or display of Member Content.
You understand Member Content may contain material that someone may consider offensive, indecent, or objectionable. We have no control over Member Content provided by Members and do not in any way guarantee the quality, accuracy or integrity of such Member Content. The Group Explorers is not responsible for the monitoring or filtering of any Member Content. Should any Member Content be found illegal, The Group Explorers will submit all necessary information to the proper authorities.
If your Member Content is reported to The Group Explorers as being in violation of third party rights (i.e. copyrights), or is reported as offensive or inappropriate, we may ask you to retract or otherwise modify the questionable Member Content within 24 hours of being notified by The Group Explorers. Should you fail to comply with such a request or should The Group Explorers otherwise deem it necessary, The Group Explorers has full authority and sole discretion to remove the offending Member Content, restrict your ability to post further Member Content, and in our sole discretion, to immediately terminate your account without further notification to you.
You acknowledge that The Group Explorers is NOT liable for loss or damage to Member Content nor do we warrant that we may have a backup of your Member Content. You should always maintain your own backup copies of Member Content.
The Group Explorers does not make any ownership claims to your Member Content other than as noted within our Legal Terms. However, by uploading Member Content, you grant The Group Explorers a perpetual, world-wide, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, display, and redistribute your Member Content in any form we see fit.
If you believe that your work has been copied on our Website, or any of our other systems or networks in a way that constitutes, please provide the following information to Company for receipt of notification of claimed infringement (to ensure that your notification complies with the requirement of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, please see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3)):
The Group Explorers can be contacted by email at cs.thegroupexplorers@gmail.com
The Group Explorers will only respond to those notices that substantially comply with the above requirements. We will investigate your claim and will notify you.
As a Member, you agree not to use our Website to do any of the following:
Our Website may contain our trademarks as well as those of suppliers, our affiliates, and other companies, in the form of words, graphics, and logos. Your use of our Website does not constitute any right or license for you to use such trademark, without the prior written permission of the corresponding trademark owner.
The copying, redistribution, use or publication by you of any portion of our Website is strictly prohibited. Your use of our Website does not grant you ownership rights of any kind in our Content or Website. As mentioned, we do not claim ownership of your Member Content, but by providing it to our Website, you do not receive any other rights in our Content other than what belongs to you already.
You may provide links to our Website, provided (a) that you do not remove or obscure, by framing or otherwise, any portion of our Website, (b) your Website does not engage in illegal or immoral activities, and (c) you discontinue providing links to our Website immediately upon request by us.
Our Website may contain links to third party websites (“Third Party Websites”). These links are provided solely as a convenience to you. By linking to these Third Party Websites, we do not create or have an affiliation with, or sponsor such Third Party Websites. The inclusion of links within our Website does not constitute any endorsement, guarantee, warranty, or recommendation of such Third Party Websites. The Group Explorers has no control over the legal documents and privacy practices of third party websites; as such, you access any such Third Party Websites at your own risk.
The Group Explorers reserves the right to change any and all Content and features of our Website, at any time without notice. Our Website may be temporarily unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other reasons. The Group Explorers assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Member Content.
The Group Explorers Is not responsible for any technical malfunction or other problems of any telephone network or service, computer systems, servers, computer or mobile phone equipment, Website, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or any combination thereof, including injury or damage to anyone’s computer, mobile phone, or other hardware or Website, related to or resulting from using, uploading, or downloading materials in connection with our Website. Under no circumstances will The Group Explorers be responsible for any loss or damage, including any loss or damage or personal injury or death, resulting from anyone’s use of our Website, or for any interactions between Users of our Website, whether online or offline.
Our website is provided “as-is,” “as available,” with “all faults”, and all warranties, express or implied, are disclaimed (including but not limited to the disclaimer of any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose). Our website may contain bugs, errors, problems or other limitations. The Group Explorers, including all our affiliates, have no liability whatsoever for your use of our website, other than as specified in our legal terms. The Group Explorers cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of our website. The Group Explorers does not represent or warrant that our website is accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free or that it is free of viruses or other harmful components. Therefore, you should exercise caution in the use and downloading of any such content and use industry-recognized programs to detect and remove viruses. All responsibility or liability for any damages caused by viruses somehow attributed to our website is disclaimed.
Without limiting the foregoing, you understand and agree that you use our website at your own risk and that you will be solely responsible for your use thereof and any damages to you, your mobile device or computer system, or other harm of any kind that may result. We, as well as all of our affiliates, are not liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages (including damages for loss of income, business, profits, litigation, or the like), whether based on breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort (including negligence), product liability or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. The negation and limitation of damages set forth above are fundamental elements of the basis of the bargain between you and The Group Explorers. Our website would not be provided without such limitations. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us through our website shall create any warranty, representation or guarantee not expressly stated in our legal terms.
The Group Explorers, as well as all our affiliates, shall not be liable for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting in any way from (a) any errors in or omissions from our Website; (b) the unavailability or interruption of our Website; (c) your use of our Website; or (d) any delay or failure in performance of our Website.
The Group Explorers and its affiliates are not liable for the acts, errors, omissions, representations, warranties, breaches or negligence or for any personal injuries, death, property damage, or other damages or expenses resulting therefrom. The Group Explorers and its affiliates have no liability and will make no warranty, refund, or other restitution to you with regards to our website, other than as specified herein, for any reason, including, but not limited to, delays, cancellations, strikes, governmental issues, or force majeure.
In no event will The Group Explorers or its directors, employees or agents be liable to you or any third person for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including for any losses arising from your use of our website, even if The Group Explorers is aware or has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, The Group Explorers liability to you for any cause whatsoever, and regardless of the form of the action, will at all times be limited to your ceasing use of our website.
If at some point you pay to use our Website, you represent and warrant that when you make any payments to The Group
Explorers for such use:
All purchases and reservations made on The Group Explorers are final. The refund policy is updated on the product page in the FAQ’s section. In the event of a cancellation or request for modification of the reservation, The Group Explorers and the service suppliers are not obliged to honor such requests and the entire/ partial amount paid is forfeited by the customer as per the cancellation fees
Refunds, if any, are provided at the sole discretion of The Group Explorers and the service suppliers.
We reserve the right, and you authorize us, to the use and assignment of all of your Profile information and usage information regarding our Website in any manner consistent with our Privacy Policy. All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information communicated by you to us (collectively, “Submission”) are considered our property. To the extent that such Submission contains copyrighted, either owned by you or licensed to you, you grant The Group Explorers a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use such Submission as we see fit, in any form whether on our Website or elsewhere. We will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and will not be liable for any ideas (including without limitation, product, service or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in our Service or other operations.
Without limitation, we will have exclusive ownership of all present and future existing rights to the Submission of every kind and nature everywhere. We will be entitled to use the Submission for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever, without compensation to you or any other person sending the Submission. You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material you submit, and you, not us, have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Group Explorers and our partners, agents, officers, directors, employees, subcontractors, successors, assigns, third party suppliers, attorneys, advertisers, and affiliates, from any liability, loss, claim and expense, including
You acknowledge that if you violate the terms of our Legal Terms, The Group Explorers reserves the right to terminate your account without notice. You may also voluntarily terminate your account. You understand that if your account is terminated, you will lose access to our Website and any Member Content you have provided. You understand that we are not required to provide you with copies of such Member Content nor continue to maintain copies of such Member Content on our Website.
The Group Explorers and its partners may, from time to time, choose to run certain marketing promotions. These promotions may be made available to some or all customers at the discretion of the company.
Promotion Code: If you have a valid promotion code, you may use this during checkout to avail the necessary offer. The promotion discount, if applicable, will be deducted directly from your final price payable. Promotions are governed by the terms and conditions of individual offers and The Group Explorers reserves the right to cancel any orders that are found to be violating these terms. Customers who repeatedly abuse promotion terms may, at the discretion of the company, find their accounts blocked and they will be unable to reserve on the The Group Explorers platform any further.
The Group Explorers shall be treated as though they were executed and performed by Indian laws, the jurisdiction will be based out of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The Legal Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India.
The Group Explorers is a marketplace where mostly local suppliers / vendors upload the content and we have developed our in-house rules in order to prevent any misalignment of interests between the former and the later. Thereby also attempting to ensure that no material which is inconsistent with our terms and conditions set forth herein is present on the website, or in any physical form with the branding of The Group Explorers.
A visitor to the website may not reproduce, perform, create derivative works from, republish or upload in any way whatsoever any content from the website without the prior written consent of the company. You may, however, download any downloadable items displayed on the website, for personal, non-commercial home use only, provided all copyright and other notices contained in the contents are left intact.
As a supplier, you can upload information about your business and other relevant information. By uploading such information, you warrant to The Group Explorers that such information is true to the best of your knowledge and is not in any way malicious or otherwise illegal for you to transmit to our Website.
Our Website offers suppliers the opportunity to sell their products and services through our Website. This service is strictly as a convenience to our Members and in no way means that The Group Explorers endorses a specific supplier, guarantees their products/services.
This privacy policy is for www.thegroupexplorers.com and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it.
The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.
SECTION 1 – WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?
When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address.
When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.
SECTION 2 – CONSENT
How do you get my consent?
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it
for that specific reason only.
If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent.
SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.
SECTION 4 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for
your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to isclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.
Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.
Links
When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Google analytics:
Our store uses Google Analytics to help us learn about who visits our site and what pages are being looked at
SECTION 5 – SECURITY
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet
or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.
SECTION 6 – COOKIES
Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you that you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.
session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows us to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc).
cart, unique token, Stores information about the contents of your cart.
storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If the shop has a password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access.
PREF, persistent for a very short period, Set by Google and tracks who visits the store and from where
SECTION 7 – AGE OF CONSENT
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
SECTION 8 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at cs.thegroupexplorers@gmail.com
