1. Acceptance of Terms
Welcome to Oppam Magazine. These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of oppammagazine.com and our Malayalam edition at oppammagazine.in (together, the “Website”), including our articles and monthly digital magazine issues. The Website is operated by Oppam Magazine, Pullur, Thrissur, Kerala, India (“we”, “us”, “our”).
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.
2. Use of the Website
You may use the Website for lawful, personal and non-commercial purposes. You agree not to:
- Use the Website in any way that breaks an applicable law or regulation
- Copy, scrape or collect content from the Website using automated tools, bots or similar methods without our written permission
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, its servers or any connected systems
- Introduce viruses, malware or any other harmful code
- Interfere with or disrupt the Website or the experience of other users
- Post spam, advertising or unrelated links in comments
- Impersonate any person or misrepresent your connection with any person or organisation
3. Intellectual Property
All content on the Website, including articles, text, images, graphics, logos, layout, magazine issues and PDFs, is owned by or licensed to Oppam Magazine and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. © Oppam Magazine. All rights reserved.
You may:
- Read, view and download our content for your personal, non-commercial use
- Share links to our articles and magazine issues on social media and other platforms
- Quote short extracts with a clear credit to Oppam Magazine and a link back to the original page
You may not, without our prior written permission:
- Republish, reproduce, sell, distribute or commercially use our content, in whole or in large part
- Remove copyright or credit notices from our content
- Translate or adapt our articles for publication elsewhere
To request permission, contact us using the details in Section 13.
4. Comments and User Contributions
The Website may allow you to post comments. By posting, you confirm that:
- You own what you post or have the right to share it
- Your comment is not unlawful, defamatory, abusive, hateful, obscene or misleading
- Your comment does not infringe anyone’s copyright, privacy or other rights
You keep ownership of your comments, but you give us a free, non-exclusive right to display, edit and use them on the Website. We may edit, refuse or delete any comment at our discretion, without notice. Comments are public, and opinions expressed in them are those of the commenter, not of Oppam Magazine.
5. Article and Content Submissions
If you send us an article, story, photograph or other material for publication, you confirm that it is your original work and does not infringe any third party’s rights. By submitting it, you give us permission to edit, publish and distribute it on the Website, in our magazine issues and on our social media channels. We are under no obligation to publish any submission. Please contact us if you wish to have a submission removed.
6. Disclaimer of Advice
The content on the Website is published for general information, inspiration and reflection only.
- Health and wellness: Our articles on health, mental health, fitness, food and related topics are not medical advice and are not a substitute for diagnosis or treatment by a qualified professional. Always consult a doctor or qualified health professional about any medical or mental health concern. If you are in an emergency or in distress, contact your local emergency services or a crisis helpline immediately.
- Family, relationships and finance: Articles on these and other topics reflect the views of their authors and are not professional, legal, financial or counselling advice.
You use the information on the Website at your own risk.
7. Accuracy of Information
We try to keep the Website accurate and up to date, but we make no promise that all content is complete, accurate or current. Content may contain errors or become outdated. Views expressed in articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Oppam Magazine.
8. Advertising and Third-Party Links
The Website may display advertisements, including those served by Google AdSense and other partners, and may contain links to third-party websites and social media pages. We do not control or endorse these sites or advertisers and are not responsible for their content, products, services or privacy practices. Your dealings with any advertiser or third-party site are solely between you and them.
9. Digital Magazine Issues
Our monthly magazine issues are provided as PDF files for your personal reading. They remain our property. You may not alter, resell or distribute them for commercial purposes, or upload them to other websites or platforms without our written permission.
10. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
The Website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. We do not guarantee that the Website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure or free from errors or viruses.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Oppam Magazine, its editors, authors and contributors will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Website, or from reliance on any content on it.
11. Changes to the Website and These Terms
We may change, suspend or remove any part of the Website at any time without notice. We may also update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms.
12. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the laws of India. Any dispute arising from these Terms or your use of the Website will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at Thrissur, Kerala, India.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, or want to request permission to use our content, please contact us:
Oppam Magazine Jominas Building, Near S.N.B.S. L.P. School Pullur P.O., Thrissur District, Pin 680 683 Kerala, India
Email: oppammagazine@gmail.com Phone: +91 92076 93935, +91 94472 69363
