Policy

Terms of Use

The terms on which the International Process Excellence Council makes this website and its content available.

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Draft — pending legal review

This document is a professionally structured draft. It is not legal advice and has not been settled by counsel. Clauses marked in amber require review or a decision by the Council before publication.

01Acceptance

By accessing or using www.ipecouncil.org you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

02About this website

This website is operated by the International Process Excellence Council, a Section 8 not-for-profit company incorporated in India on 15 July 2025.

It exists to describe the Council's work, publish its research and resources, and provide routes for institutions and individuals to collaborate with it.

03Permitted use

You may read, download and print material from this site for your own use, for the use of your institution, and for educational and non-commercial purposes, provided that you do not alter it and that you attribute it to the International Process Excellence Council.

You may not use this site or its content in any way that is unlawful, that infringes another person's rights, that seeks to gain unauthorised access to our systems, that introduces malicious code, or that misrepresents your identity or affiliation.

Automated collection of content from this site at a scale that affects its availability to others is not permitted.

04Intellectual property

Unless stated otherwise, the content of this website — including text, frameworks, curricula, toolkits, graphics, layout and design — is the property of the International Process Excellence Council or is used with permission.

The IPEC name, logo and the mark 'Process Excellence Beyond Boundaries' are the property of the Council and may not be used without written permission.

ReviewConfirm the intended licensing position for published frameworks, toolkits and curricula. IPEC's stated commitment to open knowledge sharing suggests an open licence (for example CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) may be appropriate for some categories. Decide and state it explicitly.

Photographs on this site are used under the licences recorded in the Council's image register. Third-party trademarks referred to on this site remain the property of their respective owners.

05Accuracy of information

We take care to ensure that information on this site is accurate and current. Frameworks, curricula and programme descriptions are under active development and may change.

Information about legal status, registrations and governance reflects the Council's records at the date of publication.

Nothing on this site constitutes legal, financial, medical, educational or professional advice on which you should rely without independent verification appropriate to your circumstances.

06No claim of official endorsement

The NEP 2030 Strategic Forum is an independent initiative of the International Process Excellence Council. It is not a government policy, a government programme or a government-endorsed framework, and nothing on this website should be read as claiming otherwise.

IPEC does not claim accreditation, affiliation, empanelment or partnership with any government body, university, international organisation or accreditation authority except where such a relationship is expressly and specifically stated.

07Forms and submissions

Information you submit through a form on this site must be accurate and must be information you are entitled to provide.

Submitting an enquiry does not create a contract, a partnership or an obligation on the Council to provide any programme or service.

Personal information submitted is handled in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

08Contributions

Financial contributions made through this site are governed by the Contribution Terms and the Refund & Cancellation Policy.

09Third-party links

Links to third-party websites are provided for convenience. We do not endorse and are not responsible for their content, products, services or practices.

10Availability

We aim to keep this site available but do not guarantee uninterrupted access. We may suspend, withdraw or change any part of it without notice.

11Limitation of liability

ReviewLimitation of liability must be settled by counsel against Indian law and the Council's insurance position. Do not publish a boilerplate clause.

12Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of India. ReviewConfirm the courts of exclusive jurisdiction once the registered office is confirmed.

13Contact

Questions about this document should be addressed to the International Process Excellence Council.

Registered office: ReviewIPEC to supply the registered office address

Email: ReviewIPEC to supply a monitored contact address, e.g. legal@ipecouncil.org

Telephone: ReviewIPEC to supply a contact number

Organisation
International Process Excellence Council
Legal status
Section 8 Not-for-Profit Company
Incorporated
15 July 2025
Registrations
Sections 12A and 80G

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