Please Read These Terms
These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of C-Connect, a campus-focused social platform intended for the University of Kerala’s Karyavattom Campus community (“C-Connect,” “Platform,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By creating an account, checking the acceptance box, or using the Platform after being presented with these Terms, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not create or use an account.
C-Connect is currently operated by an individual in Kerala, India, and is not represented by these Terms as a registered company or as an official University of Kerala service. “C-Connect Administration” is a public-facing team label and does not itself identify a separate legal entity.
1. Eligibility and Campus Community
1.1 C-Connect is intended for current students, researchers, teaching staff, and non-teaching staff associated with the University of Kerala’s Karyavattom Campus. It is not intended for school students or people outside this campus community.
1.2 You must be at least 18 years old to register or use C-Connect. By registering, you confirm that you meet this age requirement and that the information you provide is accurate.
1.3 At launch, C-Connect may not have a formal campus-identity verification process. Registration using an email address does not necessarily prove campus affiliation. We may request reasonable information to verify eligibility, restrict access, or suspend or remove accounts that we reasonably believe do not meet these requirements.
1.4 You must not impersonate another person, misrepresent your campus affiliation, or use false or misleading registration information.
2. Account Registration and Security
2.1 Registration currently requires a username, password, and email address, along with any other information requested in the signup flow. You must keep your account information accurate and updated.
2.2 You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for activity carried out through your account. Do not share your password or allow another person to use your account. Notify C-Connect promptly if you suspect unauthorized access.
2.3 Email verification may not be required before an account becomes active at launch. C-Connect may introduce verification or other account-security steps in the future.
2.4 You may not create accounts for others without permission, use another person’s account, or attempt to evade a suspension or restriction. C-Connect may limit or suspend accounts where reasonably necessary for security, eligibility, or platform integrity.
3. Acceptable Use and Community Conduct
You agree to use C-Connect respectfully and lawfully. You must not:
- Harass, threaten, bully, stalk, intimidate, or target another person.
- Post or transmit unlawful, hateful, discriminatory, sexually explicit, sexualized, suggestive, abusive, or otherwise prohibited content.
- Share another person’s private or confidential information without a lawful basis and appropriate permission.
- Impersonate a person or institution, or mislead users about your identity or affiliation.
- Infringe copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights.
- Upload malware, attempt to access accounts or systems without authorization, or interfere with the Platform’s operation.
- Spam users, automate activity without authorization, manipulate game scores or leaderboards, or exploit bugs.
- Use C-Connect for unlawful commercial solicitation, scams, fraud, or other unlawful activity.
You are responsible for the content and conduct associated with your account. These rules apply to profiles, posts, images, messages, connection activity, game activity, and other Platform features.
4. Profiles, Posts, and User Content
4.1 Profile information may include your name, username, email address, and department. Your email address is not intended to be displayed publicly to other users. Other profile information may be visible to logged-in C-Connect users. Check the current interface before submitting information you do not want other users to see.
4.2 Posts may be visible to logged-in users. You may be able to like posts and share links or content externally. Features can change as C-Connect develops. Users may delete their own posts where the Platform provides that function; post editing may not be available.
4.3 You retain ownership of content you create, subject to rights held by others. By submitting content to C-Connect, you grant C-Connect a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, and technically process that content only as reasonably needed to operate, maintain, secure, and provide the Platform and its features. This license ends when the content is deleted, except to the extent copies remain in backups, are retained as described in the Privacy Policy, or must be retained for legal or security reasons.
4.4 You represent that you have the rights and permissions needed to submit your content and to grant the license above. Do not upload copyrighted material, personal images, or other content in a way that violates another person’s rights or applicable law.
4.5 Image uploads may be subject to a size limit currently intended to be 5 MB per image, and to technical or content restrictions shown in the Platform. We may remove content that violates these Terms or creates legal, safety, or operational concerns.
5. Connections and Social Features
C-Connect may provide follow or connection requests. A connection may become mutual when the recipient accepts a request, as described by the feature’s interface. You may be able to cancel pending requests or remove followers. Do not use connection features to harass, spam, or pressure other users. We may restrict connection activity to protect users and the Platform.
6. Direct Messages
6.1 C-Connect currently provides one-to-one text and emoji messaging. Messages are not end-to-end encrypted. They may be stored in the Platform’s database and may be accessible to authorized administrators when reasonably necessary for platform operation, security, investigating abuse, or responding to legal obligations.
6.2 Messages are intended to disappear from the chat interface after 24 hours. Message records may be retained in database storage or backups for up to 30 days, subject to actual technical operation and the Privacy Policy. Deletion from the chat interface does not necessarily mean immediate deletion from all storage or backups.
6.3 Do not use C-Connect messages to share passwords, financial information, highly sensitive personal information, or information you would not want an authorized administrator to access.
6.4 Messaging features and retention practices may change. The Platform may not currently provide in-message reporting, blocking, or manual deletion controls.
7. Orbit Games, Leaderboards, and Orbit Arcade
7.1 C-Connect may offer daily games and an Orbit leaderboard, including games such as Hue Knows, Anchor, Drawja Vu, Sector 3/9, and Eons. Leaderboard entries may display your username, department, and score to logged-in users.
7.2 Orbit Arcade is a personal free-play feature. It may record statistics such as games played, best score, average score, streaks, and performance history. Daily games and Arcade statistics may be retained in accordance with the Privacy Policy and platform operation.
7.3 Games are currently provided for entertainment without a promise of prizes, monetary rewards, or guaranteed availability. Scores must be earned through normal gameplay. Cheating, tampering, exploiting bugs, or manipulating scores may result in score removal or account restrictions. Any future contest, prize, or paid feature will be subject to separately communicated rules and terms.
8. Moderation, Reports, and Enforcement
8.1 C-Connect may review, remove, restrict, or disable content or features and may warn, suspend, or terminate accounts where we reasonably believe that these Terms, applicable law, or platform safety requirements have been violated, or where action is needed to protect users, the Platform, or its operation.
8.2 If you encounter concerning content or conduct, contact support.cconnect@gmail.com or use the support/contact route displayed in C-Connect. An in-app report or block feature may not currently be available.
8.3 We may consider the context and seriousness of an issue when deciding what action to take. We do not promise that every report will result in a particular outcome or that every item of content will be reviewed before it is displayed.
9. Account Suspension, Termination, and Deletion Requests
9.1 You may request account deletion by contacting support.cconnect@gmail.com or the contact route provided in the Platform. C-Connect currently uses a deletion-request period of approximately 30 days. During that period, you may be able to cancel the request by logging in, as described in the Platform’s current deletion flow.
9.2 After the deletion period, the account may be removed from the Platform. Data may remain in database storage or backups for an additional limited period, currently expected to be approximately 10–15 days, before being deleted or overwritten, subject to technical limitations, legal obligations, security needs, and the Privacy Policy.
9.3 Some information may remain in other users’ records, such as content they independently copied, screenshots they made, or records needed to preserve the integrity of their accounts. Deletion may not immediately remove every copy from backups or systems outside C-Connect’s control.
9.4 We may suspend or terminate access immediately where reasonably necessary for security, serious misconduct, legal compliance, or protection of users or the Platform.
10. Privacy
Your use of C-Connect is also governed by the C-Connect Privacy Policy, which explains the personal data the Platform handles, why it is used, who may access it, retention practices, and how to contact us about privacy requests. The Privacy Policy should be made available through a permanent link in the Platform. If these Terms and the Privacy Policy address personal-data handling differently, the Privacy Policy governs that subject to applicable law.
11. Availability and Changes to the Platform
C-Connect is provided on an evolving basis. Features may be added, changed, suspended, or removed, and the Platform may be unavailable due to maintenance, technical issues, hosting problems, or circumstances beyond our reasonable control. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation, and we may change the Platform to improve security, functionality, or user experience.
12. Intellectual Property
C-Connect’s name, branding, software, interface, and original materials may be protected by intellectual-property laws. Except as permitted by law or expressly authorized, you may not copy, modify, distribute, reverse engineer, or commercially exploit these materials. This section does not transfer ownership of user content to C-Connect.
13. Disclaimers
To the extent permitted by applicable law, C-Connect is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We do not warrant that the Platform will always be available, secure, accurate, or free from errors, or that user-generated content is accurate, lawful, or safe. We do not endorse user-generated content merely because it appears on C-Connect.
14. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, C-Connect and its operator will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive losses, or for loss of data, reputation, opportunity, or profits arising from use of the Platform, user content, or service interruption. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including any rights or remedies that applicable consumer or other law makes non-waivable.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to remove responsibility for a party’s own fraud, intentional misconduct, or liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law.
15. Indemnity
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to be responsible for claims, losses, and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful conduct, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of another person’s rights. This clause does not apply to the extent a claim is caused by C-Connect’s own unlawful conduct or where applicable law does not permit such allocation.
16. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms as C-Connect changes or to reflect legal, security, or operational requirements. We will update the “Last updated” date. Where appropriate and where the notification feature is available, we may notify users through the Platform and/or the registered email address. If a change materially affects your rights or obligations, we will take reasonable steps to bring it to your attention. Continued use after updated Terms take effect constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by law. If you do not agree, stop using C-Connect and request account deletion.
17. Governing Law and Disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of India. Subject to applicable law and any mandatory jurisdictional rules, courts having competent jurisdiction in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India, will have jurisdiction over disputes arising from these Terms or use of C-Connect.
18. General
If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the extent permitted by law. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of that provision. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any feature-specific rules presented to you, form the agreement governing your use of C-Connect, subject to applicable law.
19. Contact
For questions, complaints, content concerns, or account-deletion requests:
C-Connect Administration
Email:
support.cconnect@gmail.com
Location: Kerala, India
Operator information: C-Connect is currently operated by an individual and is not a registered company. Confirm the appropriate legal operator disclosure before publication.