Legal
Effective 22 October 2026
Operator details marked in brackets are being finalised.
These terms are the agreement between you and [Your full legal name], sole proprietor, trading as ProofStack ("ProofStack", "we") for using ProofStack. By creating an account or using ProofStack you accept these terms, our Privacy Policy and our Community Guidelines. They also serve as our rules and user agreement under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter a binding contract under Indian law. You must give your real date of birth and accurate account details, and keep them up to date. Recruiters must be authorised to act for the organization they represent.
Candidates: genuine employers never charge you to apply. Report any job post that asks for money.
You must not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share any information that:
You also must not scrape or harvest other users' data, send spam, attack or overload our systems, try to get around security or limits, or use ProofStack to commit fraud.
You keep ownership of what you post. You give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to host, store, display and share it only as needed to run ProofStack and show it to the audience you choose. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except where the law requires us to keep it.
Report content or raise a complaint with our Grievance Officer, [Grievance Officer full name], at [grievance email]. We acknowledge complaints within 24 hours and resolve them within 15 days. Requests to remove content that breaks section 5 are resolved within 72 hours. If you are not satisfied with our decision, you may appeal to the Grievance Appellate Committee set up by the Government of India within 30 days. Details are on our Contact and grievances page.
If you believe content on ProofStack infringes your copyright or trademark, email the Grievance Officer with the link to the content, proof that you own the right, and your contact details. We review and remove infringing content.
You can delete your account at any time from your account page; see the Privacy Policy for what happens to your data. We may suspend or close accounts as described in section 7, or if we stop offering ProofStack, in which case we will give reasonable notice where we can.
ProofStack is provided "as is". We work to keep it available and secure but do not promise it will be uninterrupted or error-free. Content posted by users is their responsibility, not ours. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, and our total liability to you is limited to ₹1,000. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 or any liability that cannot legally be limited.
You agree to compensate us for losses caused by your breach of these terms or the law, to the extent the law allows.
We may update these terms. For material changes we will ask you to accept the new version before you continue. We will also remind all users of these rules at least once a year, as the IT Rules require.
These terms are governed by the laws of India. Courts at [City], India have jurisdiction, without affecting your right to approach a consumer commission where you live.
[Your full legal name], sole proprietor, trading as ProofStack, [Postal address in India: city, state, PIN]. Email: [contact email].