Terms of Service

1. Contractual Capacity, Eligibility & Institutional Authority

By executing this Agreement, you warrant and represent that you possess the full legal right, authority, and capacity to enter into a binding contract under Section 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872:

• Adult Athletes (18+ Years): You certify that you are of the age of majority (18 years or older), of sound mind, and not disqualified from contracting by any applicable Indian law.
• Minor Athletes (Under 18 Years): Registration for competitors under 18 years must be executed with the explicit, verifiable affirmative consent of a natural parent, appointed legal guardian, or certified sports academy official having legal custody. The parent/guardian assumes joint contractual responsibility.
• Institutional Representation: If executing on behalf of a National Sports Federation (NSF), State Sports Association, Private Academy, or Corporate Sponsor, you warrant that you hold a valid board resolution or administrative power of attorney authorizing you to bind that entity.

2. Platform Scope & Intermediary Safe Harbor Immunity

IAUH provides centralized digital infrastructure for verified athletic identity passes, competition draw sheet indexing, tournament placement verification, anti-doping integrity tracking, and scout discovery.

In strict compliance with Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, IAUH operates as a digital intermediary. Consequently:

3. User Account Security & Credential Confidentiality

You are strictly responsible for maintaining the absolute confidentiality of your authentication credentials, session tokens, multi-factor authentication (MFA) devices, and cryptographic private keys.

You agree to notify our security team immediately via our official contact email or Contact Page upon discovering any unauthorized account access, credential compromise, or security breach. Sharing account credentials between multiple coaches or athletes is strictly prohibited and constitutes grounds for immediate account suspension.

4. Mandatory Authenticity Guarantee & Zero-Fraud Charter

The core mission of IAUH is eradicating fraudulent credentials and age manipulation in Indian sports. Users provide an absolute legal warranty that all uploaded documents and performance marks are 100% genuine and authentic. Users agree NOT to engage in:

* IAUH maintains a zero-tolerance policy. Detected fraudulent submissions are automatically referred to law enforcement cyber cells, State Police departments, and respective National Sports Federations.

5. National Sports Code & Anti-Doping Regulations

All platform members explicitly agree to comply with the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011 (NSDCI), directives issued by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), and regulations enacted under the National Anti-Doping Act, 2022.

Athletes under active provisional suspensions or sanction bans imposed by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), or Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) are under a mandatory duty to disclose such status. Verified badges may be suspended or annotated in public registers during active sanction periods.

6. Intellectual Property Rights & Limited User License

The IAUH platform name, trademarks, logos, visual user interface, component design, SVG graphics, verification token algorithms, and software codebase are the exclusive intellectual property of IAUH.

Athletes retain full ownership of their original personal profile media and physical athletic certificates. By uploading data to IAUH, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable license to store, format, index, cryptographically verify, and display your competition credentials strictly for operating the verified sports hub network.

Digital verification badges, cryptographic QR codes, and tamper-proof athlete passports issued by IAUH remain the proprietary asset of IAUH and may not be extracted, copied, or embedded on unauthorized third-party commercial portals.

7. Prohibited Content & Intermediary Due Diligence

Pursuant to Rule 3(1)(b) of the IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2021, users shall not host, display, upload, modify, publish, or transmit any information that:

• Belongs to another person and to which the user does not have any legal right;
• Is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, invasive of another's privacy, or racially/ethnically objectionable;
• Infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, or other proprietary rights;
• Deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of the message or communicates any misinformation;
• Threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security, or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order.

In compliance with statutory intermediary rules, upon receipt of a lawful court order or government notification, IAUH will disable access to offending content within thirty-six (36) hours.

8. Account Suspension, Blacklisting & Appeal Protocol

IAUH reserves the absolute contractual right to immediately suspend, revoke verified badges, or permanently blacklist any user account detected:

• Submitting fraudulent tournament certificates, doctored draws, or fabricated ages;
• Impersonating federation officials, selectors, or medical staff;
• Engaging in athlete harassment, abusive conduct, or attempting cybersecurity breaches.

Users subject to administrative sanction may file a formal appeal within fourteen (14) calendar days through our compliance desk. Determinations by the IAUH Sports Ethics Review Committee shall be final and binding.

9. Limitation of Liability & Comprehensive Indemnification

To the maximum extent permitted under applicable Indian law, IAUH, its directors, officers, employees, engineers, and federation partners shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages, loss of profits, athletic sponsorship opportunities, or data loss resulting from platform usage or technical downtime.

Our aggregate liability for all claims under these Terms shall be strictly capped at the greater of: (a) total fees paid by you to IAUH in the preceding twelve (12) months, or (b) INR 1,000 (Indian Rupees One Thousand).

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless IAUH, its affiliates, officers, and contractors against any third-party claims, legal fees, regulatory fines, or damages arising out of your breach of these Terms, submission of forged credentials, or infringement of third-party intellectual property.

10. Governing Law, Exclusive Jurisdiction & Binding Arbitration

These Terms shall be governed by, interpreted, and construed strictly in accordance with the substantive and procedural laws of the Republic of India.

Any legal dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms shall first be submitted to mutual amicable conciliation within thirty (30) calendar days.

If unresolved, the dispute shall be finally settled through binding arbitration administered in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (as amended). The arbitral tribunal shall consist of a sole arbitrator appointed by IAUH. The seat, venue, and place of arbitration shall be Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The language of proceedings shall be English, and the competent courts in Mumbai, Maharashtra shall possess exclusive judicial jurisdiction.

11. General Provisions & Official Communications

Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable under the Indian Contract Act 1872, that provision shall be severed without affecting the validity of the remaining clauses.

Force Majeure: IAUH shall not be liable for failure to perform obligations caused by events beyond reasonable control, including natural disasters, internet backbone outages, cyber warfare, sports federation boycotts, or government orders.

Official Communication: Notices, statutory legal inquiries, or takedown requests must be submitted via our designated contact email or through our official Contact & Support Page.