Terms of Service & Platform License Agreement

Effective: October 14, 2026 · Jurisdiction: Republic of India · Indian Contract Act, 1872 & IT Act, 2000

1. Binding Agreement & Service Nature

By accessing, running a diagnostic on, or purchasing a lifetime seat on Tark (https://www.tark.live), you enter into a legally binding contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Tark provides timed examination simulations (+2.00 / −0.66), OMR discipline tracking, the 50:50 Risk Ledger, 130-node syllabus practice sets, and primary-source daily intelligence.

Government Non-Affiliation Disclaimer: Tark is an independent private technology platform. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), any State PSC, Press Information Bureau (PIB), or any Ministry of the Government of India.

2. 500-Seat Founding Cohort & Single-Aspirant Seat Restriction

Founding Cohort lifetime access is strictly limited to 500 seats. Each seat is licensed exclusively to one (1) natural person. Account pooling, credential sharing, or distributing session tokens across Telegram groups is a material breach resulting in immediate license revocation.

3. Intellectual Property & Section 52(1)(q) Provenance

Historical Question Papers (2000–2025): Reproduced from public-record examinations conducted by the UPSC in strict accordance with Section 52(1)(q) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957.
Government Releases: Daily Brief statements link directly to primary government gazettes, PIB releases, and PRS Legislative briefs.
Tark Proprietary Rights: The 130-node syllabus taxonomy, Examiner Trap syntheses, telemetry algorithms, 50:50 mathematical risk ledger, and source code are the copyrighted intellectual property of Tark.

4. Acceptable Use & Anti-Scraping Covenants

You covenant not to scrape questions using automated scripts, tamper with server-side evaluation APIs (SRV_EVAL), or redistribute Tark's diagnostic analyses in commercial coaching materials or competing portals.

5. Limitation of Liability & Governing Law

Tark’s aggregate cumulative liability for any claim arising out of these Terms shall not exceed the amount paid by you (₹399). This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of India, with jurisdiction in competent Indian courts, preserving statutory consumer protections under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.