Universal Policy Hub

Innovation Protection & Intellectual Property Policy

Effective Date: April 1, 2026
Last Updated: July 20, 2026

• Ownership of Intellectual Property: Innovators retain ownership of the intellectual property they lawfully own and submit to AWBM. Users must ensure they have the legal right to publish any innovation, project, document, image, video, prototype, design, software, or other content uploaded to the platform.
• Platform License: By publishing content on AWBM, innovators grant Anyworks Global Private Limited a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, promote, index, and distribute such content solely for operating, marketing, and improving the AWBM platform. Ownership of the underlying intellectual property remains with the rightful owner.
• Confidential Information: Innovators should avoid publicly disclosing confidential information, trade secrets, source code, proprietary algorithms, manufacturing processes, or other sensitive information unless they choose to do so. AWBM provides visibility tools but cannot guarantee complete confidentiality of publicly shared content.
• Private Sharing: Where supported by the platform, confidential documents, technical information, or project materials may be shared through controlled access features, private workspaces, or confidentiality agreements accepted by the participating parties.
• Non-Disclosure Agreements: AWBM may provide NDA templates, digital agreement workflows, or confidentiality features for eligible interactions. Unless expressly agreed by the participating parties, AWBM does not automatically impose confidentiality obligations on users.
• Respect for Intellectual Property: Users shall not copy, reproduce, distribute, reverse engineer, misuse, or commercially exploit another user's intellectual property without appropriate authorization or applicable legal rights.
• Commercial Negotiations: Licensing, investment, acquisition, manufacturing, commercialization, revenue sharing, equity participation, or other commercial arrangements remain the responsibility of the participating parties unless AWBM is expressly identified as a contracting party.
• Reporting Infringement: Users who believe their intellectual property rights have been infringed may submit a detailed complaint through AWBM's official support channels. AWBM reserves the right to investigate and remove content where appropriate.
• No Legal Advice: AWBM does not provide legal, patent, trademark, copyright, or intellectual property advisory services. Users are encouraged to obtain independent professional advice before publicly disclosing valuable innovations or entering commercial agreements.

Investor Engagement & Funding Policy

Effective Date: April 1, 2026
Last Updated: July 20, 2026

• Platform Role: AWBM serves as a technology platform that facilitates discovery, communication, collaboration, meetings, and potential funding opportunities between innovators, startups, businesses, institutions, and investors. AWBM is not a registered investment advisor, broker, merchant banker, portfolio manager, or financial institution.
• Investor Due Diligence: Investors are solely responsible for conducting their own commercial, legal, financial, technical, and intellectual property due diligence before making any investment, funding commitment, acquisition, partnership, or business decision.
• Meeting & Connection Services: Where enabled, investors may use platform features such as connection requests, meeting credits, paid consultations, virtual sessions, or other engagement services. The applicable terms, pricing, validity, and restoration rules will be displayed at the time of purchase or booking.
• Funding & Milestone Management: AWBM may provide milestone planning, payment scheduling, escrow facilities, funding management, or related transaction services for eligible projects. The applicable commercial terms shall be agreed between the participating parties and governed by the relevant transaction agreement.
• Platform Fees: AWBM may charge service fees, platform commissions, transaction fees, escrow management charges, payment gateway fees, or other applicable charges for services provided through the platform. Applicable fees will be disclosed before confirmation of the relevant transaction.
• No Investment Guarantee: Listing a project, startup, innovation, or business opportunity on AWBM does not constitute a public securities offering, investment solicitation, or guarantee of funding, commercial success, profitability, or financial returns.
• Independent Agreements: Any investment, acquisition, licensing, joint venture, partnership, or commercial agreement entered into between users remains solely the responsibility of the participating parties unless AWBM is expressly identified as a contracting party.
• Dispute Assistance: Where payment protection or milestone management services are provided, AWBM may assist in reviewing supporting documentation to facilitate platform administration. Such assistance shall not constitute arbitration, legal advice, or a judicial determination.
• Regulatory Compliance: Users participating in investment or funding activities are responsible for complying with all applicable laws, regulations, taxation requirements, foreign exchange rules, securities laws, and contractual obligations in their respective jurisdictions.

Ambassador, Affiliate & Referral Policy

Guidelines governing participation in AWBM partnership and referral programs.

• Independent Participation: Ambassadors, affiliates, referral partners, institutional representatives, and other promotional partners participate independently and are not employees, agents, or legal representatives of Anyworks Global Private Limited unless expressly agreed in writing.
• Eligibility: Participation in any ambassador or affiliate program is subject to eligibility requirements, approval by AWBM where applicable, and continued compliance with platform policies.
• Referral Attribution: Eligible referrals, registrations, partnerships, institutional collaborations, business activities, or other qualifying actions are tracked using approved referral mechanisms such as referral links, invitation codes, QR codes, campaign identifiers, or other tracking methods provided by AWBM.
• Reward Eligibility: Rewards, commissions, incentives, bonuses, or recognition are payable only after successful verification of the qualifying activity and compliance with the applicable program terms. Self-referrals, duplicate registrations, fake accounts, automated activity, or fraudulent referrals are not eligible.
• Responsible Promotion: Participants must promote AWBM honestly and professionally. Misleading claims, false promises, impersonation, unauthorized use of Anyworks branding, spam, unsolicited communications, or activities that may damage the reputation of AWBM are strictly prohibited.
• Brand Usage: The Anyworks and AWBM names, logos, trademarks, marketing materials, and other brand assets may only be used in accordance with official brand guidelines or with prior written authorization.
• Verification & Payments: Rewards may require identity verification, compliance review, and completion of the applicable payout threshold before withdrawal or payment processing.
• Program Changes: AWBM may introduce, modify, suspend, or discontinue ambassador programs, referral structures, commission rates, qualification criteria, or incentive models at any time.
• Policy Violations: AWBM reserves the right to withhold, reverse, or cancel rewards and suspend or terminate participation where fraudulent, misleading, abusive, or policy-violating activities are detected.

Payment Gateway & Transaction Terms

Secure payment processing and transaction guidelines.

• Payment Processing: Payments made on AWBM are processed through authorized third-party payment gateway providers using secure payment infrastructure.
• Supported Payment Methods: AWBM may support UPI, debit cards, credit cards, net banking, wallets, international payment methods, and other payment options made available through supported payment providers.
• Transaction Currency: Unless otherwise specified, payments are processed in Indian Rupees (INR). International transactions may be subject to exchange rates, taxes, and charges determined by the payment provider or financial institution.
• Milestone Payments: Where milestone-based projects or business engagements are enabled, payments may be divided into multiple milestones as mutually agreed between the participating parties. AWBM may provide milestone tracking and payment management features where applicable.
• Escrow & Payment Protection: For eligible services, projects, or business transactions, AWBM may offer escrow, payment holding, or payment protection mechanisms. The applicable terms will be presented before such services are used.
• Transaction Verification: AWBM may verify transactions, temporarily hold payments, or request additional information to prevent fraud, comply with legal obligations, or resolve payment disputes.
• Refunds & Reversals: Refunds, reversals, or payment adjustments shall be governed by AWBM's Refund & Cancellation Policy and may depend on the transaction type, milestone status, payment provider policies, and applicable laws.
• Dispute Resolution: Where a dispute arises regarding milestone completion or payment obligations, AWBM may temporarily hold the disputed amount while conducting a review based on the evidence submitted by the participating parties. AWBM's decision shall be limited to platform administration and shall not constitute legal arbitration unless expressly agreed.
• Fraud & Chargebacks: Fraudulent transactions, payment abuse, unauthorized payment methods, or abusive chargebacks may result in payment holds, account suspension, recovery proceedings, and reporting to the relevant financial or legal authorities where appropriate.
• Policy Updates: AWBM may introduce, modify, or discontinue payment methods, escrow services, milestone functionality, transaction limits, or payment procedures as the platform evolves.

AWBM User Guidelines

• Professional Conduct: Users are expected to maintain respectful, ethical, and professional behavior while interacting with other members, organizations, investors, startups, businesses, educational institutions, and platform administrators.
• Independent Participation: Participation on AWBM does not create an employer-employee, agency, partnership, franchise, or joint venture relationship between users and Anyworks Global Private Limited. Users operate independently and are solely responsible for their activities.
• Accurate Information: Users must provide truthful, current, and complete information in their profiles, business pages, innovations, projects, job postings, investment opportunities, and other platform submissions.
• Account Security: Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their account credentials and for all activities performed through their account. Suspected unauthorized access should be reported immediately.
• Respect Intellectual Property: Users should only upload content, innovations, documents, images, videos, trademarks, or other materials that they own or are legally authorized to use.
• Responsible Promotion: Users may promote their innovations, businesses, projects, products, services, or opportunities responsibly. Spam, mass unsolicited messaging, misleading promotions, fake engagement, or excessive self-promotion that disrupts the community is prohibited.
• Prohibited Activities: Users must not engage in fraud, impersonation, harassment, hate speech, discrimination, illegal activities, malware distribution, phishing, unauthorized data collection, platform manipulation, or any conduct that may harm other users or the platform.
• Compliance with Laws: Users are responsible for ensuring that their activities on AWBM comply with all applicable local, national, and international laws and regulations.
• Reporting Violations: Users are encouraged to report content, accounts, or activities that violate these guidelines or applicable laws through AWBM's official support channels.
• Enforcement: AWBM may remove content, restrict platform features, suspend, or permanently terminate accounts that violate these guidelines or other applicable platform policies.

Payment Security & Fraud Prevention

• Secure Payments: Payments and withdrawals, where applicable, are processed using authorized payment partners and banking channels. Users should ensure that payment details provided are accurate and belong to them.
• Data Protection: Banking and payment information is handled with appropriate security measures and is shared only with authorized payment processors, financial institutions, service providers, or government authorities where required by law or for payment processing.
• Identity Verification: AWBM may require identity verification (including KYC where applicable) before processing withdrawals, high-value transactions, or when additional verification is necessary to prevent fraud.
• Fraud Prevention: AWBM actively monitors suspicious activities including fake accounts, identity impersonation, reward abuse, invalid referrals, automated scripts, bots, duplicate accounts, artificial traffic generation, and other fraudulent behavior.
• Account Restrictions: Accounts involved in fraudulent, abusive, or suspicious activities may be suspended, restricted, terminated, or subjected to additional verification. Related devices, payment methods, or network identifiers may also be restricted where appropriate.
• User Responsibility: Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their login credentials and payment information. Any unauthorized activity should be reported to AWBM immediately.
• Unauthorized Transactions: AWBM reserves the right to delay, reject, reverse, or investigate payments, withdrawals, rewards, or wallet credits that appear suspicious, violate platform policies, or are required to comply with applicable laws.
• Reporting Fraud: Users are encouraged to report suspected scams, phishing attempts, fake representatives, or fraudulent activities through AWBM's official support channels for prompt investigation.

Earning Settlement Policy

• Earning Sources: Earnings may be generated through eligible AWBM programs, including rewards, referrals, campaigns, business activities, approved partnerships, platform incentives, commissions, or other earning opportunities introduced by AWBM from time to time.
• Verification: All earnings are subject to verification. AWBM may validate user activity, referrals, submissions, traffic quality, business interactions, and compliance with platform policies before approving any earnings.
• Pending & Cleared Balance: Earnings may initially appear as pending until the applicable verification, approval, or settlement period is completed. Only cleared earnings become eligible for withdrawal.
• Minimum Withdrawal: Users may request a withdrawal only after reaching the minimum withdrawal threshold displayed on the platform. AWBM reserves the right to revise this threshold with prior platform updates.
• Settlement Review: Withdrawal requests may undergo manual or automated verification before approval. Processing timelines may vary depending on verification requirements, payment method, compliance checks, banking holidays, or technical factors.
• Adjustments & Deductions: AWBM reserves the right to reverse, adjust, or deduct earnings resulting from duplicate activity, invalid traffic, policy violations, fraudulent behavior, system errors, cancelled transactions, or any activity that does not comply with platform rules.
• Tax & Compliance: Users are responsible for complying with applicable tax laws and providing any information required for payment processing or regulatory compliance.
• Payment Methods: Approved withdrawals will be processed using payment methods supported by AWBM at the time of withdrawal. Users are responsible for ensuring that their payment details are accurate and up to date.
• Right to Suspend Payments: AWBM may temporarily hold or reject a withdrawal request if additional verification is required, suspicious activity is detected, legal obligations apply, or platform policies have been violated.
• Policy Updates: AWBM may modify earning programs, settlement timelines, withdrawal limits, eligibility criteria, and payment policies to ensure platform sustainability and regulatory compliance.

Legal Compliance & Terms

• Governing Law & Jurisdiction: These policies and all platform activities are governed by the applicable laws of India. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where Anyworks Global Private Limited is registered.
• Platform Role: AWBM is a digital business ecosystem that facilitates networking, collaboration, showcasing of innovations, business opportunities, and communication between members. AWBM does not guarantee funding, investments, business partnerships, employment, sales, or commercial success.
• User Responsibility: Users are solely responsible for the accuracy, legality, ownership, and authenticity of the information, projects, products, innovations, and business opportunities they publish on the platform.
• Intellectual Property: Users retain ownership of the intellectual property they submit. By publishing content on AWBM, users grant AWBM a non-exclusive license to display, promote, and market such content across its digital platforms unless otherwise requested.
• Rewards & Incentives: Any reward, incentive, wallet balance, bonus, referral benefit, or promotional offer may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at AWBM's discretion to maintain platform sustainability, prevent misuse, or comply with legal requirements.
• Service Availability: While reasonable efforts are made to maintain uninterrupted services, AWBM shall not be liable for temporary outages, technical failures, cyber incidents, data loss, third-party service interruptions, or events beyond its reasonable control.
• Account Suspension: AWBM reserves the right to suspend, restrict, or permanently terminate any account found engaging in fraudulent activities, misleading information, policy violations, abuse of platform features, or any activity deemed harmful to the ecosystem.
• Policy Updates: AWBM may revise these policies, terms, features, fees, or platform rules at any time. Continued use of the platform after such updates constitutes acceptance of the revised policies.
• Limitation of Liability: To the maximum extent permitted by law, Anyworks Global Private Limited shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, financial, or reputational damages arising from the use of the platform or interactions between users.
• Severability: If any provision of these policies is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 1, 2026
Last Updated: July 20, 2026

• Information We Collect: We may collect information you provide during registration or while using AWBM, including your name, email address, phone number, organization details, profile information, projects, innovations, business listings, portfolio content, communications, and other information necessary to provide our services.
• How We Use Your Information: Your information may be used to operate the platform, facilitate networking, business matching, investor discovery, recruitment, communication, customer support, security, analytics, fraud prevention, platform improvements, and compliance with applicable legal obligations.
• Profile Visibility: Information that you choose to publish, including business pages, innovations, projects, portfolios, job postings, and public profiles, may be visible to other users or visitors according to your selected privacy settings and the platform's functionality.
• Information Sharing: AWBM does not sell your personal information. We may share information with service providers, business partners, payment providers, recruitment partners, legal authorities, or other third parties where necessary to provide services, comply with legal obligations, protect platform security, or with your consent.
• Cookies & Analytics: We use cookies and similar technologies to maintain user sessions, remember preferences, improve platform functionality, analyze usage patterns, and enhance user experience. Additional information is available in our Cookie Policy.
• Data Security: We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to protect your information. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
• Data Retention: We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, or maintain legitimate business records.
• Your Rights: Subject to applicable law, you may request access to, correction of, updating, or deletion of your personal information, or withdraw certain consents by contacting our support team.
• Third-Party Links: AWBM may contain links to external websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party platforms.
• Policy Updates: This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically. Continued use of AWBM after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised policy where permitted by applicable law.

Terms of Service

Effective Date: April 2026

• Acceptance of Terms: By accessing, registering, or using AWBM, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and all related platform policies.
• Eligibility: You must have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement under applicable laws. If you register on behalf of an organization, you confirm that you are authorized to represent that organization.
• User Accounts: You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities conducted through your account. You must provide accurate and up-to-date information during registration.
• Acceptable Use: Users must use AWBM only for lawful purposes and shall not upload false information, infringe intellectual property rights, distribute malware, spam other users, manipulate platform activities, impersonate others, or engage in fraudulent or abusive conduct.
• User Content: Users retain ownership of the content they submit. By publishing content on AWBM, you grant Anyworks Global Private Limited a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, promote, and distribute such content solely for operating and promoting the platform.
• Platform Role: AWBM serves as a digital ecosystem connecting innovators, startups, investors, businesses, institutions, professionals, and service providers. AWBM does not guarantee investments, funding, employment, partnerships, commercial success, or the accuracy of user-generated content.
• Third-Party Interactions: Any agreements, investments, purchases, collaborations, employment, or business transactions between users are solely their responsibility. AWBM is not a party to such arrangements unless explicitly stated.
• Intellectual Property: All platform software, branding, logos, designs, features, and proprietary content are owned by or licensed to Anyworks Global Private Limited and are protected under applicable intellectual property laws.
• Account Suspension & Termination: AWBM may suspend, restrict, or permanently terminate accounts that violate these Terms, applicable laws, community guidelines, or engage in activities harmful to the platform or its users.
• Modification of Services: AWBM may modify, discontinue, add, or remove platform features, services, reward programs, pricing, or functionality at any time without prior notice where permitted by law.
• Disclaimer of Warranties: The platform is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. AWBM makes no warranties regarding uninterrupted availability, accuracy, reliability, or fitness for any particular purpose.
• Limitation of Liability: To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Anyworks Global Private Limited shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or financial losses arising from the use of the platform.
• Governing Law: These Terms shall be governed by the laws of India. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
• Updates to Terms: AWBM may revise these Terms from time to time. Continued use of the platform after such updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

Advertising, Cookies & Tracking

How advertisements, cookies, and tracking technologies are used on AWBM.

• Advertising: AWBM may display advertisements, sponsored listings, promotional campaigns, or featured content from third-party businesses, startups, investors, educational institutions, and service providers. Sponsored content will be identified where reasonably applicable.
• Interest-Based Content: We may personalize advertisements and recommendations based on your profile, preferences, browsing activity, interactions within the platform, and business interests to improve your experience.
• Cookies & Similar Technologies: AWBM uses cookies, local storage, pixels, and similar technologies to maintain user sessions, remember preferences, improve platform performance, enhance security, analyze usage patterns, and support advertising functionality.
• Analytics: We may use trusted third-party analytics services to understand platform usage, measure performance, detect technical issues, and improve our services. These services may collect anonymized or aggregated usage information.
• Managing Cookies: Most web browsers allow users to manage, block, or delete cookies through browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain platform features and functionality.
• Third-Party Advertising: Advertisements displayed by third-party partners may link to external websites or services. AWBM does not control or assume responsibility for the content, privacy practices, products, or services offered by such third parties.
• No Endorsement: The appearance of an advertisement, sponsor, featured listing, or promotional campaign on AWBM does not constitute an endorsement, recommendation, or guarantee by Anyworks Global Private Limited.
• Policy Updates: Our advertising and cookie practices may be updated from time to time in accordance with applicable laws, technological changes, and platform requirements.

Refund & Cancellation Policy

Effective Date: April 1, 2026 | Last Updated: July 20, 2026

• Paid Services: Refund eligibility depends on the specific service, subscription, promotion, event, project, or transaction purchased through AWBM.
• Digital Products & Services: Unless otherwise stated, payments for digital services, subscriptions, promotions, listing fees, verification services, and downloadable content are generally non-refundable once the service has been activated or delivered.
• Cancelled Transactions: Payments that fail, are cancelled before completion, or are duplicated due to technical reasons may be reversed or refunded after verification.
• Milestone & Escrow Payments: Where milestone or escrow services are available, refunds and payment releases shall be governed by the applicable project agreement and transaction terms.
• Processing Time: Approved refunds will be processed through the original payment method wherever possible. Actual credit timelines depend on the payment gateway, banking partner, and financial institution.
• Abuse Prevention: Refund requests involving fraudulent activity, policy violations, chargeback abuse, or misuse of platform services may be rejected.
• Policy Changes: AWBM reserves the right to update refund eligibility and cancellation rules for future services or offerings.

Account Deletion & Data Retention Policy

Effective Date: April 1, 2026 | Last Updated: July 20, 2026

• Account Closure: Users may request deletion of their AWBM account through their account settings or by contacting official support.
• Verification: AWBM may verify the identity of the account holder before processing deletion requests to protect user security.
• Data Retention: Certain information may be retained for legal, taxation, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, audit, security, or regulatory compliance purposes, even after account deletion.
• Public Content: Projects, innovations, business listings, forum posts, reviews, or collaborative content may remain visible where removal would affect platform integrity or the rights of other users, unless otherwise required by law.
• Pending Transactions: Accounts with pending disputes, payments, investigations, or legal obligations may not be immediately eligible for deletion.
• Data Requests: Users may request access, correction, or deletion of personal information subject to applicable laws and platform policies.

Grievance Redressal Policy

Effective Date: April 1, 2026 | Last Updated: July 20, 2026

• Support Commitment: AWBM is committed to resolving user concerns fairly, transparently, and within reasonable timeframes.
• Grievance Submission: Users may report complaints relating to accounts, payments, innovations, intellectual property, fraud, content, technical issues, or platform services through AWBM's official support channels.
• Review Process: Each grievance is reviewed based on available information, platform records, and applicable policies. Additional information may be requested where necessary.
• Response Time: Resolution timelines may vary depending on the complexity of the issue, third-party involvement, legal requirements, or ongoing investigations.
• False Complaints: Knowingly submitting false, misleading, malicious, or abusive complaints may result in account restrictions or other platform action.
• Escalation: If a matter cannot be resolved through standard support procedures, it may be escalated to the appropriate compliance or management team.

Content Moderation Policy

Effective Date: April 1, 2026 | Last Updated: July 20, 2026

• User Responsibility: Users are responsible for ensuring that all published content complies with applicable laws and AWBM policies.
• Prohibited Content: Content involving fraud, impersonation, spam, malware, hate speech, harassment, illegal activities, misleading investment claims, copyright infringement, or deceptive business practices is prohibited.
• Review Process: AWBM may use automated systems and manual review to monitor reported content and maintain platform quality.
• Content Removal: AWBM reserves the right to remove, restrict, edit, or disable access to content that violates platform policies or applicable laws.
• Account Actions: Serious or repeated violations may result in warnings, feature restrictions, account suspension, reward forfeiture, or permanent termination.
• User Appeals: Users may request a review of moderation decisions by contacting AWBM support with relevant information.

Copyright & Intellectual Property Complaint Policy

Effective Date: April 1, 2026 | Last Updated: July 20, 2026

• Reporting Infringement: Copyright owners or authorized representatives may report content believed to infringe their intellectual property rights through AWBM's official grievance channels.
• Required Information: Complaints should include sufficient details to identify the copyrighted work, the allegedly infringing content, proof of ownership or authorization, and contact information for the complainant.
• Investigation: AWBM may review submitted information, request additional evidence, temporarily restrict access to the reported content, or remove content where appropriate.
• Counter Response: Users whose content has been removed or restricted may be given an opportunity to submit supporting documentation demonstrating their rights or authorization.
• Repeat Infringement: Users who repeatedly violate intellectual property rights may have content removed, accounts suspended, rewards revoked, or platform access permanently terminated.
• Legal Cooperation: AWBM may cooperate with lawful requests from courts, regulatory authorities, or government agencies relating to intellectual property disputes or legal investigations.