Terms of Service

1. Nature of Service & Educational Purpose

DegreeLive is an independent, community-driven educational directory designed to assist undergraduate and postgraduate university students in accessing structured study materials, lecture summaries, syllabus guides, and campus academic information. All resources provided on this platform are strictly for personal, non-commercial, and educational reference purposes.

2. Disclaimer of Institutional Affiliation

DegreeLive is completely independent and is not affiliated, endorsed, certified, or sponsored by the University of Calicut (Calicut University), the University Grants Commission (UGC), or any other educational institution, governmental body, or university authority.

All university names, course codes, degree titles, and syllabus references (including FYUGP, CUCBCSS, and CBCS) mentioned on this website are used strictly under nominative fair use for identification and academic reference purposes. Official notifications, examination schedules, fee structures, registration deadlines, and curriculum details must always be verified directly through official university channels (such as uoc.ac.in).

3. Intellectual Property Rights & Acceptable Use

The software architecture, user interface design, logos, compilation structure, and original educational commentary published on DegreeLive are the property of DegreeLive and protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws.

• Permitted Use: Students and educators are granted a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access, view, and read study notes online or download provided PDF materials solely for private study, classroom learning, and examination revision.
• Prohibited Conduct: You agree not to copy, systematically scrape, re-host, sell, rent, commercialize, or mass-distribute materials from DegreeLive on third-party servers, mobile applications, or competing platforms without prior written consent.
• You agree not to bypass security controls, introduce automated bots or scrapers, interfere with server infrastructure, or deploy malicious scripts targeting the website.

4. Academic Integrity & Student Responsibility

Study notes, summaries, formulas, and revision aids published on DegreeLive are intended as supplementary revision tools to accompany standard university textbooks and prescribed lectures. DegreeLive does not guarantee that studying these notes will ensure specific examination grades, marks, or academic outcomes.

Students remain solely responsible for attending college lectures, verifying their specific university syllabus requirements, and adhering to the academic integrity codes of their respective colleges.

5. Third-Party Links, Services & Advertising

DegreeLive may contain links to external third-party websites, including official university portals, scholarship portals, and college event registration forms. DegreeLive does not control and is not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of external third-party sites.

We may partner with third-party advertising networks, including Google AdSense, to serve advertisements on the platform. These third-party vendors may use cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on prior user visits. For comprehensive details on how data is handled and how to opt out of personalized ad tracking, please consult our Privacy Policy.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

DegreeLive is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. While our editorial team makes diligent efforts to ensure notes and syllabus topics accurately reflect university curricula, DegreeLive makes no warranty that:

• The content is completely error-free, uninterrupted, or up to the minute.
• Any specific subject notes will cover every question asked in university examinations.
• The website or server hosting it is free of bugs, downtime, or transmission delays.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, DegreeLive, its founders, student contributors, and operators shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your access to, use of, or inability to use the platform, including but not limited to academic outcomes, exam performance, or data loss.

8. Copyright Complaints & DMCA Takedown Policy

DegreeLive respects intellectual property rights. If you are a copyright owner, author, or academic institution and believe that any content hosted on DegreeLive infringes upon your copyright or intellectual property rights, please contact us immediately with:

• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
• The exact URL or location of the infringing material on DegreeLive.
• Your contact information (name, address, phone number, and official email).
• A statement of good faith belief that the disputed use is unauthorized.

Upon receipt of a valid notice, we will review the matter promptly and remove or disable access to the disputed material in accordance with applicable laws.

9. Modifications to Terms

We reserve the right to revise or modify these Terms of Service at any time without prior notice. Any updates will become effective immediately upon posting to this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Continued use of DegreeLive after modifications constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.

10. Governing Law & Contact Information

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, with primary jurisdiction in the state of Kerala.

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