Legal

Terms of Service

Last updated: April 2026

These Terms govern your use of BharatSeal — the platform, API, and claimed business profiles. Plain language first, legalese kept to a minimum.

Acceptance

  • By accessing BharatSeal you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the platform.
  • These Terms apply to all users: free, paid, API consumers, and claimed business profiles.
  • We may update these Terms with 14 days notice via email. Continued use constitutes acceptance.

Permitted use

  • You may use BharatSeal to search, verify, and export Indian business data for legitimate commercial and research purposes.
  • API access is permitted for integration into your own products, provided you do not resell raw BharatSeal data as a standalone product.
  • Claimed business profiles may be used to manage and improve your company's publicly visible information.

Prohibited use

  • Automated scraping, crawling, or bulk downloading of data beyond your plan's export limits.
  • Reselling, redistributing, or sublicensing BharatSeal data to third parties without written agreement.
  • Using BharatSeal data to send unsolicited marketing communications (spam) to businesses listed on the platform.
  • Attempting to reverse-engineer, decompile, or interfere with the BharatSeal platform or API.
  • Creating fake or misleading business profiles, or gaming the confidence score system.

Data accuracy

  • BharatSeal aggregates public government data. We make no warranty that information is complete, current, or error-free.
  • Government data has inherent delays. Company status, directors, and financials reflect the last available government filing.
  • Do not use BharatSeal as the sole basis for credit decisions, due diligence, or legal proceedings. Always verify critical information from primary government sources.

API terms

  • API rate limits are enforced per plan. Exceeding limits will result in temporary suspension of your API key.
  • You must not use the API in any application that could cause harm to individuals or businesses listed in our database.
  • API keys are personal and must not be shared publicly (e.g., in public GitHub repositories). You are responsible for all usage under your key.
  • We may deprecate API endpoints with 60 days notice. Breaking changes require a major version bump.

Account termination

  • We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms without prior notice.
  • You may cancel your subscription at any time from your dashboard. No refunds for partial billing periods.
  • On termination, your data export rights remain active for 30 days.

Limitation of liability

  • BharatSeal is provided 'as is'. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties.
  • Our liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us in the 3 months preceding the claim.
  • We are not liable for indirect, consequential, or incidental damages arising from use of the platform.

Governing law

  • These Terms are governed by the laws of India.
  • Any disputes will be resolved in the courts of Bengaluru, Karnataka.
  • Contact: legal@bharatseal.io