Terms of Use

Last updated: September 20, 2022

Welcome to AL Trollan

These Terms of Use (or "Terms") govern your use of AL Trollan, except where we expressly state that separate terms (and not these) apply, and provide information about the AL Trollan Service (the "Service"), outlined in the next section.

Our Services (as we have described below in detail) and these Terms are compliant with the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Information Technology Act, 2000, including all amendments made to it and rules framed under it. When you use our Platform, you accept and agree to these Terms. However, please note that we do not represent that we are compliant with laws of any country apart from India. If you wish to use our Services, please ensure that you are permitted to do so, in your jurisdiction.

You are required to follow certain rules while you use our Platform. We have listed these rules in this document. Please read these Terms and all other hyperlinks mentioned here carefully. Please note that by using our Platform, you agree to these Terms. Also, if you are using these services outside India, please comply with your local laws.

The AL Trollan Service

We agree to provide you with the AL Trollan Service. The Service includes all of the AL Trollan products, features, applications, services, technologies and software that we provide to advance AL Trollan’s mission: To build a community of Troll content creators (Trollans). The Service is made up of the following aspects:

  1. Offering the opportunity to create, build, discover and share Troll media.

    We wish to create a community of like minded people who enjoy troll contents and to popularise the troll media. AL Trollan provides you with the necessary tools and technologies to build such a community.

  2. To build a positive, inclusive and safe platform

    We develop tools and offer opportunities to the community members that wish to be creative with their troll ideas. Let us build a community that is positive, inclusive and brings together more people into the community.

  3. Developing and using technologies that help us consistently serve our growing community.

    Organising and analysing information for our growing community is central to our Service. A big part of our Service is creating and using cutting-edge technologies that help us personalise, protect and improve our Service on an incredibly large scale for a broad global community.

  4. Connecting you with brands, services and products

    We use data from AL Trollan to show you personalised ads, offers and other sponsored content that we believe will be meaningful to you.

  5. Research and Innovation

    We use the information we obtain to study our Service and improve on it to make your experience more beneficial.

Your Commitments

In return for our commitment to provide the Service, we require you to make the below commitments to us.

Who may use our services

Our Platform helps you create, share and enjoy troll media amongst your family and friends. The app interface is available in Malayalam (Regional Language of Kerala) and English for the time being. We understand your preferred content and personalise your feed to show you trolls, and suggest content available on our Platform ("Service/Services").

You may use our Services only if you are capable of forming a binding agreement with us and are legally permitted to use our Services. If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of a company or any legal persons, then you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind such an entity to these Terms and effectively "you" and "your" shall refer to the company.

Please ensure that you are allowed to use our services under the law.

How to use our Services

We are currently offering you two main services. Troll Editor and Troll Feed. Detailed usage is described below

  1. Troll Editor - To use AL Trollan troll editor, you do not require any form of authentication (sign-in/Login). Anybody can download and use the troll editor even without access to the internet.

  2. Troll Feed - To access any and all features of troll feed, you need active internet connectivity and authentication. To be authenticated, you can use one of the three authentication services we provide, Facebook Sign in, Google Sign in or Email Sign in. You will also be required to provide your contact mobile number to complete your sign up process. Once you are authenticated, you can fully enjoy all the features available to you.

How NOT to use our Services

Providing a safe and open Service for a broad community requires that we all do our part.

  1. You can’t impersonate others or provide inaccurate information

    You don't have to disclose your identity on AL Trollan, but you must provide us with accurate and up-to-date information (including registration information), which may include providing personal data. Also, you may not impersonate someone or something you aren't, and you can't create an account for someone else unless you have their express permission.

  2. You can't do anything unlawful, misleading or fraudulent or for an illegal or unauthorised purpose.
  3. You can't violate (or help or encourage others to violate) these Terms or our policies, including in particular the AL Trollan Content and Community Guidelines and AL Trollan Privacy Policy .
  4. You can't do anything to interfere with or impair the intended operation of the Service.

    This includes misusing any reporting, dispute or appeals channel, such as by making fraudulent or groundless reports or appeals.

  5. You can't attempt to create accounts or access or collect information in unauthorised ways.

    This includes creating accounts or collecting information in an automated way without our express permission.

  6. You can't sell, licence or purchase any account or data obtained from us or our Service.

    This includes attempts to buy, sell or transfer any aspect of your account (including your username); solicit, collect or use login credentials of other users; or request or collect AL Trollan usernames, passwords or misappropriate access tokens.

  7. You can't post someone else's private or confidential information without permission or do anything that violates someone else's rights, including intellectual property rights (e.g. copyright infringement, trademark infringement, counterfeit or pirated goods).

    You may use someone else's works under exceptions or limitations to copyright and related rights under applicable law. You represent that you own or have obtained all necessary rights to the content you post or share.

  8. You can't modify, translate, create derivative works of or reverse engineer our products or their components.
  9. You can't use a domain name or URL in your username without our prior written consent.
  10. You will not hack into or introduce malicious software of any kind onto our Platform.

    If you commit such actions, we may remove you from the platform and may report your actions to the police and/or relevant legal authorities.

Permissions you give to us

As part of our agreement, you also give us permissions that we need to provide the Service.

  1. When you publish any User Content on the Platform, you retain whatever ownership rights in that content you had to begin with. However, you grant us a licence to use that content.

    Nothing is changing about your rights in your content. We do not claim ownership of your content that you post on or through the Service and you are free to share your content with anyone else, wherever you choose. However, we need certain legal permissions from you (known as a "licence") to provide the Service. When you share, post or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights (such as photos or videos) on or in connection with our Service, you hereby grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide licence to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your privacy and application settings). This licence will end when your content is deleted from our systems. You can delete content individually or all at once by deleting your account.

  2. Permission to use your username, profile picture and information about your relationships and actions with accounts, ads and sponsored content.

    You give us permission to show your username, profile picture and information about your actions (such as likes) or relationships (such as follows) next to or in connection with accounts, ads, offers and other sponsored content that you follow or engage with that are displayed on AL Trollan Products, without any compensation to you. For example, we may show that you liked a sponsored post created by a brand that has paid us to display its ads on AL Trollan. As with actions on other content and follows of other accounts, actions on sponsored content and follows of sponsored accounts can be seen only by people who have permission to see that content or follow. We will also respect your ad settings.

  3. While we are not required to do so, we may access, review, screen, and delete your content at any time and for any reason.

    Including, to provide and develop the Services or if we think your content violates these Terms as well as for purposes as mandated by applicable laws. You alone, though, remain responsible for the content you create, upload, post, send, or store through the Service.

  4. You agree that we can download and install updates to the Service on your device.

Additional Rights we retain

  1. If you select a username or similar identifier for your account, we may change it if we believe it is appropriate or necessary (for example, if it infringes someone's intellectual property or impersonates another user).

  2. If you use content covered by intellectual property rights that we have and make available in our Service (for example, images, logos, designs, videos, or sounds we provide that you add to content you create or share), we retain all rights to our content (but not yours).

  3. If you use content covered by intellectual property rights that we have and make available in our Service (for example, images, logos, designs, videos, or sounds we provide that you add to content you create or share), we retain all rights to our content (but not yours).

  4. You must obtain written permission from us or under an open-source licence to modify, create derivative works of, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract source code from us.

Content removal and disabling or terminating your account

  1. We can remove any content or information that you share on the Service if we believe that it violates these Terms of Use, our policies (AL Trollan Community Guidelines) or we are permitted or required to do so by law. We can refuse to provide or stop providing all or part of the Service to you (including terminating or disabling your access to the AL Trollan Products and Aion Creative Wings products and Services) immediately to protect our community or services, or if you create risk or legal exposure for us, violate these Terms of Use or our policies (AL Trollan Community Guidelines), if you repeatedly infringe other people's intellectual property rights, or where we are permitted or required to do so by law. We can also terminate or change the Service, remove or block content or information shared on our Service, or stop providing all or part of the Service if we determine that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impacts on us. If you believe that your account has been terminated in error, or you want to disable or permanently delete your account, consult our Support. When you request to delete content or your account, we will initiate deletion of your account from our side. However, we shall retain all contents that you published on our Service, albeit being displayed as contents of a deleted user. You may delete your content manually using our services before requesting for account termination.

  2. If you delete or we disable your account, these Terms shall terminate as an agreement between you and us, but this section and the section below called "Our Agreement and What Happens if We Disagree" will still apply even after your account is terminated, disabled or deleted.

Our agreement and what happens if we disagree

Our Agreement

  1. If any aspect of this agreement is unenforceable, the rest will remain in effect.
  2. Any amendment or waiver to our agreement must be in writing and signed by us. If we fail to enforce any aspect of this agreement, it will not be a waiver.
  3. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.

Who has rights under this agreement.

  1. This agreement does not give rights to any third parties.
  2. You cannot transfer your rights or obligations under this agreement without our consent.
  3. Our rights and obligations can be assigned to others. For example, this could occur if our ownership changes (as in a merger, acquisition or sale of assets) or by law.

Who is responsible if something happens

  1. Our Service is provided "as is", and we can't guarantee that it will be safe and secure or will work perfectly all the time. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE ALSO DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
  2. We also don't control what people and others do or say, and we aren't responsible for their (or your) actions or conduct (whether online or offline) or content (including unlawful or objectionable content). We also aren't responsible for services and features offered by other people or companies, even if you access them through our Service.
  3. Our responsibility for anything that happens on the Service (also called "liability") is limited as much as the law will allow. If there is an issue with our Service, we can't know what all the possible impacts might be. You agree that we won't be responsible ("liable") for any lost profits, revenues, information or data, or consequential, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive or incidental damages arising out of or related to these Terms, even if we know that they are possible. This includes when we delete your content, information or account.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us, and our subsidiaries, affiliates and agents and their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns from and against any claim, proceeding, loss, damage, liability, cost, demand or expense (including but not limited to attorney's fees) of any kind arising out of:

  1. your access to or use of the Platform and Services;
  2. any breach by you of your obligations under this Agreement;
  3. your violation of the rights of any third party, including any infringement of intellectual property, or of any privacy or consumer protection right;
  4. any violation of law or contractual obligation and any claims, demands, notices pursuant to such violation;
  5. your negligence or willful misconduct.

This obligation will survive the termination of our Terms.

Unsolicited Material

We always appreciate feedback or other suggestions. We may use the same without any restrictions or obligation to compensate you for them and are under no obligation to keep them confidential.

How we will handle disputes

In all cases, you agree that disputes will be subject to the laws of India and the courts of Kerala shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.

Updating these Terms

We may change our Service and Policies, and we may need to make changes to these Terms so that they accurately reflect our Service and Policies. Unless otherwise required by law, we will notify you (for example, through our Service) before we make changes to these Terms and give you an opportunity to review them before they go into effect. Then, if you continue to use the Service, you will be bound by the updated Terms. If you do not want to agree to these or any updated Terms, you can request to delete your account.