Terms & Conditions

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing, browsing, creating a user account, or using the search mechanisms of FreeCourse.io (collectively, the "Services"), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions (the "Terms") and all applicable laws and regulations of the Republic of India. If you do not accept these Terms in their entirety, you are strictly prohibited from using the platform.

2. Eligibility & Capacity

You represent and warrant that you are at least 13 years of age (or the applicable statutory minimum age in your jurisdiction) and possess the legal capacity to enter into a binding contractual agreement. If you are under the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction, you may only access the platform under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms.

3. User Accounts & Security

Accessing specific personalization features (such as saving courses or jobs) requires creating a user profile via email registration or Google OAuth.

• Account Integrity: You agree to provide true, accurate, and current information. Impersonating another person or entity will result in immediate termination.
• Credential Confidentiality: You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password and authentication parameters. We are not liable for losses caused by unauthorized account access.
• Account Inactivity: FreeCourse.io reserves the right to delete user profiles that have remained inactive for a continuous period exceeding 24 months.

4. Scope of Platform Services

FreeCourse.io is an educational aggregation and search engine. We do not own, create, host, license, stream, or sell educational courses directly.

All links routing users to external systems are discovery paths. FreeCourse.io does not guarantee:

• The academic validity, accuracy, or quality of external course content.
• The issuance of official certifications or academic credits.
• Positive learning outcomes, admissions, or employment results.

5. Third-Party Course Listings

Listed course titles, brand names, product logos, and promotional graphics are trademarks of their respective owners (such as Udemy, Coursera, edX, etc.). FreeCourse.io references these assets solely under nominative fair use to describe the source of educational listings. All copyright and proprietary rights remain vested in the original authors or providers.

6. Job Postings & Career Services

Job opportunities aggregated on FreeCourse.io are parsed from public databases or partner feeds. Application processes occur entirely on third-party recruitment sites. FreeCourse.io is not an employer, recruitment agency, or labor broker. We do not participate in, screen, or influence hiring decisions, interviews, or salary negotiations.

7. Coupon Codes & Promotions

Course coupons and discounts are provided "as is" and are highly time-sensitive. FreeCourse.io cannot guarantee coupon validity, code redemption, or promotional availability. Third-party providers reserve the right to limit coupon redemptions or deactivate coupons prematurely without notice.

8. User Generated Content & License

If you submit coupons, edit profile bios, write comments, or publish course reviews (collectively, "User Content"):

• Ownership: You retain ownership of all intellectual property rights in your User Content.
• License Grant: You grant FreeCourse.io a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to display, host, distribute, translate, and run your content solely to operate and improve the platform.
• Prohibited Content: You warrant that you own or have permission to submit such content, and that it does not infringe third-party copyrights or local laws.

9. Acceptable Use Policy & Scraping Restrictions

You agree to use our Services solely for lawful educational discovery. The following practices are strictly prohibited:

• Using automated crawlers, scrapers, search scripts, or bots to harvest content, index tables, or bypass Meilisearch queries without prior written permission.
• Credential stuffing, unauthorized load testing, introducing malware, reverse engineering, or exploiting rate limits.
• Publishing duplicate coupons, spam links, commercial advertisements, or fraudulent offers.

10. Intellectual Property Rights

FreeCourse.io, its custom software, original code snippets, search algorithms, user interfaces, branding logos, design systems, and operational metadata are the exclusive property of FreeCourse.io. Copying, distributing, or modifying our core trademarked materials without our express permission is strictly prohibited.

11. Third-Party Links & Integrations

When you exit FreeCourse.io via external redirect links, you are subject to the terms of use, privacy declarations, and cookies configuration of those third-party services. We hold no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content or behaviors of third-party platforms.

12. Affiliate & Advertising Disclosure

FreeCourse.io participates in educational affiliate relationships. Clicking specific listing links may route you through affiliate networks, generating referral commissions for FreeCourse.io upon course purchase. This commission comes at no extra cost to you. Affiliate relationships do not compromise our editorial evaluations or listing decisions.

13. User Warranties & Representations

You represent and warrant that your access to FreeCourse.io complies with all applicable local, national, and international laws, and that your participation will not violate the rights of any third party.

14. System Availability & Maintenance

We aim to ensure high platform uptime. However, we reserve the right to temporarily modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature or route of the Services (including updating structural APIs or executing server maintenance patches) without prior warning or liability.

15. Beta Features & AI Enhancements

Certain features (such as search ranking AI, learning suggestions, or profile dashboards) may be marked as "Beta", "Preview", or "Experimental". You acknowledge that these functions are provided for testing purposes, may contain errors, and should not be relied upon without independent human verification.

16. Copyright Infringement & Takedown Claims

FreeCourse.io respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material aggregated on our website violates your copyright under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, or corresponding international frameworks, please submit a formal takedown notice containing:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized representative.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
• The specific URL link(s) or listing identifier on FreeCourse.io.
• Your contact details (email address and phone number).

Submit notices directly to [email protected]. We will investigate and remove violating links within statutory timelines.

17. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICES AND ALL INFORMATION, LISTINGS, COUPONS, AND REDIRECT PATHS SHOWN ON FREECOURSE.IO ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

18. Limitation of Liability

In alignment with Indian technology laws, FreeCourse.io, its founders, operators, or affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages (including loss of profits, data corruption, academic credit loss, or employment rejection) arising from your access to or reliance on our Services.

19. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless FreeCourse.io, its operators, developers, and affiliates from and against any third-party claims, liabilities, damages, or legal costs arising out of your violation of these Terms, unauthorized scraping activity, or illegal User Content submissions.

20. Term & Termination

FreeCourse.io reserves the right, without prior warning and in our sole discretion, to suspend, disable, or delete your user account or terminate your access to the platform for:

• Breaching these Terms.
• Engaging in fraudulent or illegal activity.
• Submitting malicious coupon listings.

21. Privacy & Cookie Gating

Our practices surrounding the collection, use, and security of your personal data are detailed in our Privacy Policy. By using our Services, you consent to the data operations defined therein.

22. Force Majeure

We are not responsible for defaults or delays in system performance caused by natural disasters, telecommunications outages, routing failures, government intervention, war, server hacks, civil unrest, or events outside our reasonable control.

23. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. You agree that any legal claims, suits, or arbitrations arising from our Services will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

24. Severability & Entire Agreement

If any provision of these Terms is found to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable by a court of law, that provision will be severed, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and FreeCourse.io regarding the use of the platform.

25. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service at any time. Material changes will be highlighted via a site announcement or email notification to registered users. Continued access or use of FreeCourse.io following any update constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.