Terms of Use | Praeco

1. Introduction

These Terms of Use apply to Praeco websites and services, including www.praeco.net and search.praeco.net, together referred to as “Praeco”, “we”, “us” or “our”.

By accessing, browsing, registering for or using Praeco, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you should not access or use the website or services.

These Terms apply to all users, including visitors, registered users, organizations, researchers, professionals, companies, agencies and any other person or entity using Praeco.

2. About Praeco

Praeco is a free search and discovery platform for circulars, notifications, gazettes, orders, regulatory updates, press releases, public notices, guidelines, instructions, decisions and other public information published by government departments, regulators, agencies, exchanges, statutory bodies, public authorities, international organizations and other publicly accessible sources across the world.

Praeco uses automated and manual methods, including crawling, scraping, indexing, extraction, classification, search, linking, tagging, metadata creation and organization, to collect and arrange publicly available information from third-party websites and official sources.

Praeco does not create, issue, approve, modify, authenticate, certify, endorse or validate the underlying circulars, notifications, orders, gazettes, regulatory documents or other source materials. The original publisher or issuing authority remains responsible for the content, accuracy, legality, validity, availability, interpretation and effect of such materials.

3. Free Access

Praeco is currently provided free of charge to users. We may add, remove, change, suspend, restrict or discontinue any feature, functionality, source, country, agency, category, search tool or service at any time without prior notice.

If paid features are introduced in the future, separate terms may apply and users will be informed where required by applicable law.

4. No Legal, Tax, Financial or Regulatory Advice

Praeco provides search and information discovery tools only. Content available through Praeco is for general informational and research purposes only and does not constitute legal, tax, financial, investment, regulatory, compliance, professional or other advice.

Users should verify important information directly from the original official source and consult qualified professionals before making decisions, filing documents, advising clients, taking compliance actions or acting based on any circular, notification, order, gazette, update, summary, metadata, search result or external link.

5. Publicly Available Sources, Crawling and Third-Party Content

Praeco indexes, references, extracts, summarizes, links to and displays information from publicly available websites that publish government circulars, notifications, gazettes, orders, regulatory updates, press releases, public notices, guidelines, instructions, decisions and similar materials.

These sources may include websites operated by governments, ministries, regulators, statutory authorities, public bodies, exchanges, agencies, international organizations and other public or official publishers.

Praeco does not claim ownership over third-party circulars, notifications, gazettes, orders or other source materials. Such materials remain owned by, controlled by or attributable to their respective publishers, authorities or rights holders, as applicable.

Praeco’s role is limited to search, discovery, indexing, organization, reference, classification, alerting, linking and user access facilitation. Praeco is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, legality, validity, authenticity, continued availability or interpretation of any third-party content.

Where Praeco provides links, snippets, metadata, summaries, categories, translations, classifications or extracted text, these are provided for convenience only. Users must refer to the original official source before relying on any information.

If any third-party website changes, removes, restricts, blocks, corrects, republishes, withdraws or updates content, Praeco is not responsible for any mismatch, delay, outdated result, broken link, missing document, duplicated result or inconsistency.

If there is any inconsistency between information shown on Praeco and the relevant official source, the official source shall prevail.

6. Source Website Terms, Robots, Access Restrictions and Takedown Requests

Praeco makes reasonable efforts to collect and index information from publicly available sources in a lawful and responsible manner. However, source websites are operated by third parties and may have their own terms of use, copyright notices, access rules, robots.txt files, technical restrictions, API conditions or content policies.

Praeco may add, remove, suspend, limit, re-index, de-index, recategorize or modify access to any source, document, agency, country, category or search result at any time and without prior notice.

Praeco may also remove, restrict or modify indexed content if we believe, in our sole discretion, that continued indexing, extraction, display, linking or access may create legal, technical, operational, security, reputational or commercial risk to Praeco.

If you are a rights holder, publisher, authority or website operator and believe that any content indexed, extracted, summarized, displayed or referenced by Praeco should be removed, corrected or restricted, please contact us with sufficient details. Praeco may review such requests but does not guarantee removal unless required by applicable law.

7. User Accounts

Some features may require registration or login. When creating an account, you agree to provide accurate, complete and current information and to keep your login credentials secure.

You are responsible for all activity that occurs through your account. You should notify us promptly if you suspect unauthorized access, misuse, loss of credentials or any security breach involving your account.

Praeco may refuse registration, suspend accounts, disable access, remove users or restrict features where we believe that an account has been misused or may create risk to Praeco, other users, source websites or third parties.

8. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use Praeco to:

Violate any applicable law, regulation, contract, website term or third-party right.
Copy, scrape, crawl, harvest, download or extract Praeco data at scale without written permission.
Reverse engineer, reproduce, duplicate, resell, redistribute or create a competing database or service using Praeco content, metadata or search results.
Access Praeco through bots, scripts, automated tools, bulk-query systems or unauthorized integrations.
Overload, damage, disable, impair, interfere with or disrupt Praeco’s systems, servers, infrastructure, security or user experience.
Bypass authentication, security controls, usage limits, rate limits, technical protections or access restrictions.
Introduce viruses, malware, harmful code, scraping tools, denial-of-service attacks or other disruptive technology.
Misrepresent your identity, organization, purpose or affiliation.
Use Praeco for unlawful, misleading, fraudulent, abusive, defamatory, harassing or harmful purposes.
Use Praeco search results as a substitute for professional legal, regulatory, tax, financial or compliance advice.
Remove, obscure or alter copyright notices, source attributions, disclaimers or proprietary markings.
Use Praeco in a manner that may expose Praeco to legal, regulatory, operational, reputational or security risk.

Praeco may monitor usage, apply rate limits, block access, suspend accounts, restrict features, investigate activity or take legal action where we believe the service is being misused or these Terms are being violated.

9. Praeco Database, Index and Search Technology

Although third-party source documents remain attributable to their respective publishers, Praeco’s database, index, metadata, search ranking, categorization, extraction logic, user interface, classifications, tags, agency mappings, country mappings, alerts, summaries, software, design, workflow, compilation methods and organization of information are proprietary to Praeco or its licensors.

You may not copy, reproduce, extract, scrape, mirror, republish, sell, license, redistribute, commercially exploit or use Praeco’s database, index, metadata, search results, classifications, compiled datasets, source mappings or proprietary structure to build, train, support or improve a competing product or service without Praeco’s prior written permission.

Limited personal, professional, research or internal business use of Praeco is permitted, provided such use complies with these Terms and does not involve unauthorized bulk extraction or redistribution.

10. No Guarantee of Complete Coverage

Praeco aims to make publicly available circulars and regulatory updates easier to discover. However, Praeco does not guarantee that it covers every country, agency, regulator, circular, notification, order, gazette, update, amendment, correction, withdrawal, clarification, archive or historical document.

Search results may be incomplete, delayed, outdated, duplicated, incorrectly categorized, mistranslated, unavailable or affected by source website changes, technology limitations, access restrictions or indexing errors.

Users are responsible for verifying all information from the relevant official source before relying on it.

11. Search Results, Summaries, Translations and Alerts

Praeco may provide search results, snippets, summaries, translations, classifications, categories, alerts, dates, agency names, document titles, tags and other metadata. These are generated or organized for convenience and may contain errors or omissions.

Praeco does not guarantee that any summary, translation, classification, alert or metadata accurately reflects the full meaning, legal effect, applicability, current status or official interpretation of the underlying source document.

Users should review the complete official document and consult qualified professionals before relying on any result, summary, translation or alert.

12. Intellectual Property

Praeco’s website design, branding, logo, software, database structure, index, user interface, compilation methods, search features, workflow, agency mapping, country mapping and related materials are owned by Praeco or its licensors, unless otherwise stated.

Official circulars, notifications, gazettes, orders and third-party materials remain the property of their respective publishers or are subject to the terms applicable to the relevant official source.

You may use Praeco for personal, professional, research and internal business purposes, subject to these Terms. No right, title or interest in Praeco’s intellectual property is transferred to you.

13. Feedback and Suggestions

If you provide feedback, suggestions, ideas, requests for new agencies, country coverage, corrections, features or improvements, you grant Praeco a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free and transferable right to use, modify, implement and commercialize such feedback without restriction or obligation to compensate you.

14. Privacy

Use of Praeco is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect information.

Please read our Privacy Policy.

15. Disclaimers

Praeco is provided on an “as is”, “as available” and “with all faults” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Praeco disclaims all warranties, representations and conditions, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise.

Without limitation, Praeco does not warrant that the service, search results, indexed content, links, metadata, summaries, classifications, translations, alerts or extracted text will be accurate, complete, current, uninterrupted, secure, error-free, virus-free, legally valid, suitable for your purpose or available at all times.

Praeco does not warrant that any source website permits or will continue to permit crawling, scraping, indexing, linking, display, extraction or access. Praeco may modify or remove sources and content at any time.

Praeco does not provide legal, tax, financial, regulatory, investment, compliance or professional advice. Users must independently verify information and obtain professional advice before acting on any search result, document, alert, summary or metadata.

16. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Praeco and its owners, directors, officers, employees, contractors, consultants, partners, licensors, vendors and service providers shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, punitive or similar damages.

This includes, without limitation, loss of profits, revenue, business, contracts, opportunity, goodwill, reputation, data, documents, compliance status, regulatory benefit, legal position or savings, even if Praeco has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Praeco shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from:

Reliance on search results, summaries, metadata, classifications, alerts or third-party documents.
Errors, omissions, delays, broken links, outdated documents, incomplete coverage or duplicate results.
Changes, restrictions, downtime, withdrawal, correction or removal of content by source websites.
Incorrect interpretation of circulars, notifications, orders, laws, regulations or regulatory updates.
Unauthorized access, cyber incidents, service interruptions, indexing failures or data loss.
Use of Praeco in violation of these Terms or applicable law.
Any decision, action, omission, filing, advice, report or compliance step taken based on Praeco.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Praeco’s total aggregate liability for any claim relating to the service shall be limited to the amount paid by you to Praeco in the three months preceding the claim. If you use Praeco for free, Praeco’s total liability shall be limited to INR 1,000 or the minimum amount permitted by applicable law, whichever is lower.

17. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Praeco and its owners, directors, officers, employees, contractors, consultants, partners, licensors, vendors and service providers from and against any claims, demands, actions, losses, liabilities, damages, penalties, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising from or related to:

Your use or misuse of Praeco.
Your reliance on any search result, indexed content, third-party document or external source.
Your violation of these Terms.
Your violation of any law, regulation, contract, website term or third-party right.
Your unauthorized scraping, extraction, copying, redistribution or commercial use of Praeco data.
Your use of Praeco to provide advice, reports, products, services or outputs to third parties.
Any content, data, instruction, query, request, feedback or material submitted by you.
Any dispute between you and a third party arising from your use of Praeco.

18. Suspension or Termination

We may suspend, restrict, block or terminate access to Praeco at any time if we believe that a user has violated these Terms, misused the service, created risk for Praeco or other users, interfered with source websites or where required by law.

We may also suspend or terminate accounts, revoke access tokens, block IP addresses, restrict queries or disable features for security, operational, legal, reputational or compliance reasons.

19. Changes to the Service

We may modify, add, remove, suspend, restrict or discontinue any part of Praeco at any time, including supported agencies, countries, filters, account features, search tools, alerts, website pages, source coverage, indexes or databases.

Praeco shall not be liable for any loss or inconvenience caused by modification, suspension, restriction or discontinuation of any part of the service.

20. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When changes are made, we will update the “Last updated” date above. Continued use of Praeco after updated Terms are posted means you accept the revised Terms.

21. Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Injunctive Relief

These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of India, unless a different governing law is mandatorily required by applicable law.

Subject to applicable law, the courts located in India shall have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising from or relating to Praeco, these Terms or your use of the service.

You agree that any unauthorized scraping, copying, extraction, redistribution, misuse of Praeco’s database, misuse of Praeco’s intellectual property, interference with Praeco’s systems or breach of confidentiality or access restrictions may cause irreparable harm. Praeco may seek injunctive, equitable or urgent relief from any court of competent jurisdiction without being required to prove actual damages or post a bond, where permitted by law.

22. Force Majeure

Praeco shall not be responsible for any delay, failure, interruption or unavailability caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including internet outages, cloud provider issues, cyber incidents, source website changes, government restrictions, legal changes, natural disasters, war, civil unrest, strikes, power failures, technical failures or acts of third parties.

23. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. The invalid or unenforceable provision shall be interpreted or replaced to achieve, as closely as possible, the original intent of the provision.

24. No Waiver

Praeco’s failure to enforce any provision of these Terms shall not be treated as a waiver of that provision or of any other right. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by Praeco.

25. Contact Us

For questions about these Terms, legal notices, takedown requests, source-related concerns or other legal matters, please contact us at:

Email: legal@praeco.net

You may also use the contact page: Contact Praeco

To help us review takedown or correction requests, please include the source URL, Praeco search result URL if available, a description of the issue, your relationship to the content and any supporting details.