1. Terms of Service / Use
By using and accessing this website, http://www.mera.org.in AND www.thecontext.in (collectively referred to as the “Site” or “Modern English Research Alliance” in these Terms of Use), you (“you”, “user” or, “end user”) agree to
these Terms of Service (collectively, the “Terms of Service” or “Agreement”).
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, IMMEDIATELY
STOP ACCESSING THIS SITE.
You agree not to modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform,
reproduce, publish, license, transfer, create derivate work from, sell or
re-sell any content or information obtained from or through the Site.
1.1 Accounts
When you create an account with us, you must provide us
information that is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Failure to do
so constitutes a breach of the Terms, which may result in immediate termination
of your account on our Service.
You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to
access the Service and for any activities or actions under your password, whether
your password is with our Service or a third-party service.
You agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You
must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or
unauthorized use of your account.
1.2 Links to
Other Web Sites
Our Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services
that are not owned or controlled by
Modern English Research Alliance has no control over, and
assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of
any third-party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that Modern English Research Alliance shall not be responsible or liable, directly or
indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in
connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services
available on or through any such web sites or services.
We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and
privacy policies of any third-party web sites or services that you visit.
1.3 Termination of Use
Modern English Research Alliance shall have the right to immediately terminate or suspend, in its discretion, your access to all or part of the Site with or without notice for any reason.
Modern English Research Alliance shall have the right to immediately terminate or suspend, in its discretion, your access to all or part of the Site with or without notice for any reason.
1.4 Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the
laws of Maharashtra, India, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
1.5 Modifications to this Agreement
Modern English Research Alliance reserves the right to change or
modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement at any time.
You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review the Site and
these Terms of Service from time to time. Your continued use of the Site after
such modifications to this Agreement will constitute acknowledgment of the
modified Terms of Service and agreement to abide and be bound by the modified
Terms of Service.
1.6 Limitation of Liability
In no event shall Modern English Research Alliance be liable for
any indirect, incidental, special, punitive damages or consequential damages of
any kind, or any damages whatsoever arising out of or related to your use of
the Site, the content and other information obtained therein.
2. Privacy Policy
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are
concerned with how their 'Personally identifiable information' (PII) is being
used online.
2.1 What personal information do we collect from the people that visit
our website?
When registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter
your name, email address, mailing address, phone number or other details for a
verified and privileged user access. You may, however, visit our site
anonymously.
2.2 When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, subscribe
to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form or enter information on
our site.
2.3 How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, sign
up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or periodic communication, surf the
website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
·
To personalize
user's experience (your information helps us to better respond to your
individual needs)
·
To improve our
website (we continually strive to improve our website content, add ease of use
based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
·
To administer a
contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
·
To send periodic
emails (if you’re subscribed to our periodic email newsletter)
2.4 How do we protect visitor information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of
your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal
information.
2.5 Do we use 'cookies'?
We do not use cookies for tracking purposes.
2.6 Third Party Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your
personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice.
This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our
website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties
agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your
information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law,
enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or
safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided
to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
2.7 Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party
products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and
independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability
for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to
protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
2.8 Google
Google's advertising requirements can be summed up by Google's
Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience
for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the
future.
2.9 California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We value your privacy and we have taken the
necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy
Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to
outside parties without your consent.
2.10 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of
COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any
information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and
services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.
2.11 We collect your email address in order to:
• Send information, respond to
inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
2.12 If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future
emails, you can
• Follow the instructions at the
bottom of each email.
2.13 Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to
our online privacy policy.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact
us using the information below.
Modern English Research Alliance
95, Dhanlaxmi Nagar, Jintur Road, Parbhani 431 401. MS India. Contact: info@thecontext.in
3. Express Disclosures: Modern English Research Alliance THE CONTEXT Journal
3.1- Publication of articles received will occur only with your consent
after Modern English Research Alliance - THE CONTEXT editorial board
approves publication. However, your submission of manuscript via online
submission channel or by email itself indicates your agreement for publication
of your article after the editorial board approval.
3.2- Modern English Research Alliance will not use your
submission, subject to (3.6) below, in any way other than posting to THE
CONTEXT quarterly on line journal bearing ISSN 2349-4948.
3.3- That Modern English Research Alliance cannot control third
party usage of your article once posted online and that you, the submitter,
clearly understand and agree to this, and agree absolutely not to issue any
legal proceedings against Modern English Research Alliance should a
third party be proven by a court of law to have used wholly or partially any,
all or part of your submission.
3.4- That you, the submitter, by submitting your article, confirm and
agree that the work is wholly your own, that the article has been exclusively
submitted to THE CONTEXT journal, and where ideas or thoughts have been
included that emanated from a third party, you have clearly acknowledged, in a
scholarly way, that fact, and that you, the submitter, agree unreservedly not
to claim financial reward for the said online publishing of your article. You
further confirm that the article has not been published elsewhere or is in
consideration for publishing elsewhere. You also agree unreservedly that you
will not seek republishing of the said published article, in the original or an
edited form, without first obtaining the written permission of the Modern English Research Alliance. Modern English Research Alliance may from
time to time request two independent names who may be contacted by
3.5- That once you have agreed to have your article published on-line,
it will not be removed unless - your written request is forwarded to Modern English Research Alliance - THE CONTEXT and responded to. The decision to
remove any article remains absolutely with Modern English Research Alliance - THE CONTEXT.
3.6- Every year critically acclaimed articles are compiled and published
in that year’s journal. By agreeing to have your article published on www.thecontext.in Internet site, you unreservedly agree that your article may be entered into
that year’s journal.
3.7- Copyright – though the copyright for the article remains with the
submitter upon on-line publication, the author agrees unreservedly to allow Modern English Research Alliance to post that article on-line or in any hard-bound
publication as Modern English Research Alliance determines in their
sole discretion.
3.8- We levy article processing charges towards editing and on-line web
work, the Modern English Research Alliance requires that authors pay
such charges before publication failing which his / her article will not be
published even though the acceptance of manuscript is intimated to the author.
It is author’s responsibility to keep in contact with the journal and respond
in timely manner.
3.9- If the submitted article is accepted for publication Modern English Research Alliance THE CONTEXT Journal requires that authors sign
Licensing Agreement before publication failing which his / her article will not
be published even though the acceptance of manuscript is intimated to the
author. It is author’s responsibility to keep in contact with the journal and
respond in timely manner.
3.10- The Modern English Research Alliance - THE CONTEXT journal
grants permission for articles published on this site to be photocopied without
any request for royalties, subject to the following conditions: (a) that
reproductions must only be used for non-profit educational purposes (b) that
each photocopy include the entire bibliography (c) that no permission is
granted to any other on-line or hard cover journal to republish any article
whatsoever without the express written permission of the Modern English Research Alliance - THE CONTEXT journal. Breaches may result in legal
proceedings.
3.11- Content Disclaimer: copyright of the published content remains
with the author(s); all copyright conflicts, including but not limited to plagiarism,
shall be the responsibility of the who submitted respective content.
4. Content License (applicable for articles published in The Context Journal only)
4.1 Copyright and License
Authors choosing online Open Access publication will retain
copyright in their articles. Modern English Research Alliance applies
the Creative
Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC) to works we publish
in The Context Journal. Under this license, authors retain ownership of the
copyright for their content, but allow end User to use it as expressed in CC
BY-NC as long as the original authors and source are cited. No special
permission is required.
4.2 Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License
The Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC)
permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original
work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
Copyright in any online open Access article published under the CC
BY-NC license is retained by the author(s). Authors grant Modern English Research Alliance a license to publish the article and identify itself
as the original publisher. Authors also grant any third party the right to use
the article freely as long as it is not used for commercial purposes and its
original authors, citation details and publisher are identified.
5. Cancellation and Refund Policy - membership
The Modern English Research Alliance reserves the right to refuse/cancel a membership in the MERA. If MERA refuses a
new or renewing membership, registrants will be offered a refund.
During the renewal process each year, members must
attest to continued eligibility for membership based on the criteria of being in
harmony with the aims and objectives of the MERA. Regular auditing of membership
records will be conducted.
5.1 Membership Cancellation by Participant
Membership cancellations received within 7 days of
registration may be eligible to receive a full refund less Rs. 30/- service
fee. Cancellations received after the stated deadline will not be eligible
for a refund.
Cancellations will be accepted via phone or e-mail,
and must be received by the stated cancellation deadline. In addition:
- All refund requests must be made by
the member with proof of identity and account details.
- Refund requests must include the name
of the member and/or transaction number.
- Refunds will be credited back to the
original subscribing member with proof of identity and account details.
- All benefits and incentives received by the participant must be
cancelled/returned to the MERA.
The above policies apply to all MERA memberships
unless otherwise noted in the corresponding program materials. Please read all
individual program information thoroughly.
Any questions or cancellation requests may be directed
to MERA staff at info@thecontext.in
This policy document was last modified on 2nd Feb 2024
