Disclaimers/Legalese

Content Disclaimer

This website & its contents do NOT represent the opinions or beliefs of IITKGP itself, or any representative or organization part of IITKGP. These are purely the opinions of the creators of this website, i.e. certain students in IITKGP during 2025.

Accuracy

While I, we, strive to ensure that this website & that content provided within it is not in error, we are ultimately human (I know Shocker!), and mistakes slip in. 

Furthermore, as this is meant primarily as a guide/suggestion website, and we can't ensure complete accuracy, we are not responsible for any issues caused by following the information on this website/repo without verifying it.

For any factually incorrect statements, please use the Error form in the Grievances webpage.

Opinions

Do note that while we try to only give out facts & verifiable information out, certain bits of opinions will come out. These are purely our opinions and are not in no way or form representative of the opinions of any socs, depts or groups we are part of (or even the college itself). Furthermore, they are part of what makes this website work so well, so if you do have any issues with them, please only fill out the Grievance Form with, and we will get back to you asap.

Copyright Disclaimer

Third Party Content

Intensive measures were made to ensure that any third-party content used in this repo were either available under Creative Commons licence, or in the Public Domain, or with permission from the Owner of said content.

However, some images & the like weren't able to be found under the above conditions, in which case Publicly available content (Open Websites or Google Maps) was used here under the "Fair Dealing" Educational/Non-profit Exception of Copyright Act 1957. These images will have FUE (Fair Use Exception) written in captions, or in alt-text.

Credit in form of Legal or User name will be given unless not found/requested not to.

Certain documents provided for public use (Such as Academic Calendar), are also embedded in the website. 

If you believe your content doesn't come under the above conditions, please fill out the Grievance Form in the Grievance Page to have it removed asap.

Original Content

Any content generated by us, including images & written content is available for use under CC BY-SA 4.0 License.

This does not apply for content derivative of 3rd party content, and in that case, the original license will apply with its full effects (whether it was used under CC or FUE).

If you're using our content, you will be required to a link to this website in your references section, with a footnote indicator wherever the content is being used. For very short usage (image or 1-2 lines), a phrase like "Taken from IITKGP Fresher's Repo 25" below it is sufficient. Do note that any such content (either direct, or derivative) in your website is under the same license (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Privacy Policy

Given the static nature of this website, and the fact that it's supposed to be solely an information repo, none of your PII (Personally Identifiable Info) is collected directly or indirectly by us.

Certain anonymized, aggregate information will be collected with Google Analytics. This includes is but not limited to approximate location - city/country (via hidden IP address), pages visited, forms filled, etc. 

Do note, your IP address will not be visible or available to us at any point, and any of the above data we receive will be aggregated (combined with similar datapoints for analytics), and anonymized (we will know a user saw X page, but not what user).

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However, do note that this website was built using google services, and runs on their servers. They may or may not collect your information when browsing your site, and please check their & other 3rd Parties' privacy policies for this information.

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We will collect any information you provide to us in the forms linked in this website, under this policy:

• Any Personally Identifiable Information, PII (including but not limited to names, roll numbers, contact info, etc.), will not be shared beyond anyone directly involved in this project.

• PII will be used for contacting you in regards to your question, and for anonymized data analysis. It will not be shared with any 3rd Party (excepting G-Forms, of course)

• Any other information (Such as questions & answers) are not protected and may be used for any relevant purpose (Data analysis, FAQs, etc.). If the question has any PII, it will be deleted before being used, and if that's not possible, said question will be considered PII and/or deleted,

• All the data collected will be stored on standardly secured accounts & devices of anyone directly involved in the project.

• "Directly Involved" refers to people who have played a role in helping shape the project & have an active say on how it is being made, and does not include Question-Answerers, Publicity Helpers, or any other person in similar roles.

• Non-PII data might be deleted at your request (Grievance Form), but final discretion lies with us after you submit said data. 

• PII data will be deleted asap upon request (Please give in writing via Grievance Form). We will try to delete all copies of PII at the end of this project, but no assurances can be made without a written request.

• This data is collected via Google forms or other 3rd Party Services, so please check their privacy policies for any possible issues. We are not responsible for these.

Terms of Service (ToS)

1. By using this website, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

2. This website is intended to provide helpful resources, guides, and links for incoming students. You may not use this website for any unlawful or harmful purpose .

3. This website may link to external resources, including third-party forms (e.g., Google Forms, IITKGP, student videos). We are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or accuracy of any external sites.

4. While we strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information, we make no guarantees about the completeness, reliability, or accuracy of the content. Please check the accuracy disclaimer for all in-depth information.

5. We do not directly collect personally identifiable info (PII) data through this website. Any information you submit through third-party forms is subject to their respective privacy policies. Information provided by you via said forms is subject to our privacy policy.

6. All original content provided on this website, unless otherwise stated, is under a CC BY-SA 4.0 License. Any 3rd party content is under their original license. See Copyright Disclaimer for more information.

7. You're allowed to download & reproduce any original content present in this website, without restrictions, provided you follow the CC BY-SA 4.0 License (Basically give credit, and any content you make using our original content is subject to the same license).

8. We reserve the right to update these Terms at any time. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the new Terms. 

9. Oh and this isn't a ToS, but FYI: No AI has been used in this site with one exception: polishing the ToS