The ‘Zombie Tracker’ is a platform which monitors cases which include a charge under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act 2000 (as amended in 2008).

TERMS OF USE

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using this platform.

This platform is maintained and developed by the Internet Freedom Foundation, in partnership with our technological partner CivicDataLab.

Terms of website use

  • These terms of use (together with the documents referred to in it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website zombietracker.in (hereinafter referred to as the platform)
  • Use of our site includes accessing and browsing.
  • By using the Datasets or any presentations of data derived from them, or by using our APIs in connection with the Datasets, you consent to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
  • Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use our site, as these will apply to your use of our site.
  • By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site. These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:
    • Our privacy notice, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
    • Our acceptable use policy, which sets out the permitted uses and prohibited uses of our site. When using our site, you must comply with this acceptable use policy.
    • Our cookies policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.
  • We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.

Advisory material – not legal advice

  • Though all efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the content on this platform, the same should not be construed as a statement of law or used for any legal purposes.
  • This platform’s content is for general information purposes only and is not intended to constitute legal or other professional advice. Any individual claim needs to be considered on its own facts and circumstances in the light of the information available.
  • You should seek appropriate professional legal advice in relation to any particular legal matter or before acting on the information provided on this platform.

Intellectual property rights and re-use of public sector information

  • Data on cases was obtained from the E-courts website (https://ecourts.gov.in/ ).
  • All contents licensed under CC-BY unless stated otherwise.

Links to other websites

  • Links to other websites that have been included on this platform are provided for public convenience where appropriate to help users find other related information.
  • IFF and its partners are not responsible for the contents or reliability of linked websites.
  • We cannot guarantee the reliability of those links nor the accuracy of information on other organisations' websites.
  • We cannot guarantee the availability of such linked pages at all times.
  • A link on this platform to another website does not imply endorsement of that organisation nor of their information. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.

Links to our website

  • You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
  • You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
  • You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.
  • Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.The pages belonging to this platform must load into a newly opened browser window of the User.
  • We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
  • The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our acceptable use policy.
  • If you wish to make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please complete the website feedback form.

Accessing our site

  • Our site is made available free of charge. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
  • We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production however we do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will:
    • always be available or be uninterrupted;
    • be free from errors or omissions; or
    • be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
  • You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.
  • It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus and anti-spyware program on all material downloaded from the internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption, or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur while using material derived from this website.
  • You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the law. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

Disclaimer

  • We may update our site from time to time, and may change the content at any time.
  • Whilst considerable effort is made to ensure that the information in this website is accurate and up to date, a website is limited in its ability to convey the complexities of information of a legal, policy or procedural nature and any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it.
  • IFF makes no representations, guarantees or warranties, either express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information on this website or its fitness for any purpose whatsoever.
  • In no event will IFF, or its partners, be liable for any direct, indirect, special incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of the information held on this website.

Limitation of liability

  • In no event will IFF or its partners be liable for any expense, loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any expense, loss or damage whatsoever arising from use, or loss of use, of data, arising out of or in connection with the use of this platform.

Applicable law

  • These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Indian Laws.
  • Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts at New Delhi.

Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP")

This acceptable use policy (hereinafter referred to as “AUP”) sets out the terms between you and us under which you may access our website www.zombietracker.in (our platform). This acceptable use policy applies to all users of, and visitors to, our site.

Your use of our site means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the policies in this acceptable use policy, which supplement our website terms of use.

www.zombietracker.in is a site operated by the Internet Freedom Foundation (we or us).

Prohibited uses

You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site:

  • In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
  • In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
  • For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
  • To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
  • To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
  • To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You also agree:

  • Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our website terms of use.
  • Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
    • any part of our site;
    • any equipment or network on which our site is stored;
    • any software used in the provision of our site; or
    • any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Suspension and termination

We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of our site. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate which includes notifying you if you have been affected by the breach.

Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the website terms of use upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

  • Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.
  • Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our site.
  • Issue of a warning to you
  • Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
  • Further legal action against you.
  • Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary

We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

Changes to the acceptable use policy

We may revise this acceptable use policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.