Orko Terms of Service
Orko Health Limited, on behalf of itself under the brand "Orko",
is the author and publisher of the internet resource
www.myorko.com and the mobile applications “Orko pro” and “Orko
All”. Orko owns and operates the services provided through the
mobile applications.
NATURE AND APPLICABILITY OF TERMS
Please carefully go through these terms and conditions (“Terms”)
and the privacy policy available at
https://www.myorko.com/privacy (“Privacy Policy”) before you
decide to avail the services made available on the Applications
(“Apps”) by Orko. These Terms and the Privacy Policy together
constitute a legal agreement (“Agreement”) between you and Orko
in connection with your registration on the Apps or visit to the
Website and your use of the Services (as defined below).
The Agreement applies to you whether you are –
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A medical doctor, professional or health care provider
(whether an individual professional or an organization) or
similar institution wishing to be listed, or already listed,
on the Apps, including designated, authorized associates of
such medical professionals or institutions
(“Professional(s)”, “you” or “User”); or
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A patient, his/her representatives or affiliates, searching
for Professionals through the App (“End-User”, “you” or
“User”); or Otherwise a user of the Website (“you” or
“User”).
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This Agreement applies to those services made available by
Orko on the Apps, which are offered free of charge to the
Users (“Services”), including the following:
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For Professionals: Listing of Professionals and their
profiles and contact details, to be made available to the
other Users of the Apps;
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For other Users: Facility to (i) create and maintain ‘User
Accounts’, (ii) search for Professionals by name, specialty,
institution and geographical area, or any other criteria
that may be developed and made available by Orko, and (iii)
to make text, voice, video chat and appointments with
Professionals.
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The Services may change from time to time, at the sole
discretion of Orko, and the Agreement will apply to your
visit to and your use of the Apps to avail the Service, as
well as to all information provided by you on the Website
and Apps at any given point in time.
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This Agreement defines the terms and conditions under which
you are allowed to use the Apps and describes the manner in
which we shall treat your account while you are registered
as a member with us. If you have any questions about any
part of the Agreement, feel free to contact us at
ask@orko.com.
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By downloading or accessing the Apps to use the Services,
you irrevocably accept all the conditions stipulated in this
Agreement, the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, as
available on the Website and Apps, and agree to abide by
them. This Agreement supersedes all previous oral and
written terms and conditions (if any) communicated to you
relating to your use of the Apps to avail the Services. By
availing any Service, you signify your acceptance of the
terms of this Agreement.
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We reserve the right to modify or terminate any portion of
the Agreement for any reason and at any time. You should
read the Agreement at regular intervals. Your use of the
Apps following any such modification constitutes your
agreement to follow and be bound by the Agreement so
modified.
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We do not guarantee that our website and app, or any content
on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may
suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or
any part of our services for business and operational
reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any
suspension or withdrawal.
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You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who
access our services through your internet connection are
aware of these terms of use and other applicable Terms of
Service, and that they comply with them.
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You acknowledge that you will be bound by this Agreement for
availing any of the Services offered by us. If you do not
agree with any part of the Agreement, please do not use the
Website, Apps or avail any Services.
Your access to use
of the Apps and the Services will be solely at the
discretion of Orko.
The Agreement is published in compliance of, and is governed by
the provisions of relevant laws of Bangladesh.
SPECIFIC FEATURES OF Orko
Medical Consultation
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The Medical Consultation feature of Orko enables users to
get connected with registered medical Professionals on our
specially designed Platforms for medical consultations via
our text, audio and video chat applications. The
Professionals who deliver Services through Orko are
independent professionals practicing within a group of
independently owned professional practices collectively
known as “Orko Professionals”. Orko does not practice
medicine or any other licensed profession, and does not
interfere with the practice of medicine by Professionals,
each of whom is responsible for his or her services and
compliance with the requirements applicable to his or her
profession and license. We only provide the technology
platform to connect you with Orko Professionals, who shall
be available to provide you with certain non-emergency
medical advice. Neither Orko nor any third parties who
promote the Services or provide you with a link to the
Services shall be liable for any professional advice you
obtain from a Professional via the Services.
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The medical advice you receive from your Orko Professionals
is not a substitute for other medical treatment you may
need. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, you must
seek emergency medical help.
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To obtain optimum video consultation experience, A
high-speed internet connection is necessary under the video
chat feature. It shall be the responsibility of the Orko
users to ensure at their own costs that they have internet
access with sufficient bandwidth for video chats.
Health Information
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As part of Orko, we also provide healthcare information
services, and health tips, through mobile and Orko Social
Media pages (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin etc). The content
and material provided through the Services are intended to
educate consumers on health care and medical issues that may
affect their daily lives. Nothing in the content or material
should be considered, or used as a substitute for, medical
advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Appointment Booking
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Eligible Orko users may be able to book appointments with
Professionals who have agreed to be enrolled with Orko. Such
Orko Professionals are responsible for providing their
services to you. Any service or advice that you take from a
Orko Professional shall be at your sole discretion and risk.
We do not endorse or recommend Orko Professional or any of
their services to you. Services that you may take from them
shall be based on your sole discretion and judgment, without
any representation, warranty or endorsement from Us. Any
complaint or dispute that you may have in relation to their
services shall be raised directly to the Orko Professionals.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR USING THE APP
The App includes software provided by people other than the
Company, and uses certain data that you provide to it in order
to work
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The App operates only on Android-enabled phones running
Android v4.3 or higher. It requires a consistent 4G or
faster data connection and does not operate reliably on 3G,
GPRS or EDGE connections.
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We recommend that if you are using a wireless network to
access the App, you avoid use of public wi-fi facilities in
favour of a personal wi-fi connection, and that the wireless
network is secured with WPA-2 security. We recommend that
the device from which you access the App is password
protected, set to lock after a short period of inactivity,
and protected with suitable anti-virus and anti-malware
software.
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From time to time, updates to the App may be made available
to you. We recommend that you use the latest version of the
App at all times, to take advantage of the latest
enhancements. Depending on the update, you may not be able
to use the Services until you have downloaded or streamed
the latest version of the App and accepted any new terms.
TERMS OF USE APPLICABLE TO ALL USERS OTHER THAN PROFESSIONALS
The terms in this Clause are applicable only to Users other than
Professionals.
END-USER ACCOUNT AND DATA PRIVACY
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When you register on the App, you are required to create an account (“Account”) by entering your
name, email address, password and certain other information collected by Orko (collectively “Account
Information”). To create an Account, you must be of legal age to form a binding contract. If you are
not of legal age to form a binding contract, you may not register to use our Services.
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Orko may by its Services, collect information relating to the devices through which you access the
Website, Apps and anonymous data of your usage. The collected information will be used only for
improving the quality of Orko’s services and to build new services.
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The Apps allow Orko to have access to registered Users’ personal email or phone number, for
communication purpose so as to provide you a better way of booking appointments and for obtaining
feedback in relation to the Professionals and their practice.
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A customer’s phone number is used only to send push SMS’s and other promotional purposes.
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We are not sharing any number or any personal information with any third party services.
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A customer’s number and all the information are completely safe from Orko’s end.
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You agree that the Account Information that you provide to us at all times, including during
registration and in any information you upload to the Site, will be true, accurate, current, and
complete. You may not transfer or share your Account password with anyone, or create more than one
Account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account password and for
all activities that occur under your Account.
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Orko reserves the right to take any and all action, as it deems necessary or reasonable, regarding
the security of the Apps and your Account Information. In no event and under no circumstances shall
Orko be held liable to you for any liabilities or damages resulting from or arising out of your use
of the App, your use of the Account Information or your release of the Account Information to a
third party. You may not use anyone else's account at any time.
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You shall immediately notify Orko of any actual or suspected unauthorized use of the User’s
account or password. Although Orko will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use
of your account, you may be liable for the losses of Orko or such other parties as the case may be,
due to any unauthorized use of your account.
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Orko shall not be responsible in any manner for the authenticity of the personal information or
sensitive personal data or information supplied by the User to Orko or to any other person acting on
behalf of Orko.
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If a User provides any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete (or
becomes untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete), or Orko has reasonable grounds to suspect
that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Orko has the right to
discontinue the Services to the User at its sole discretion.
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Orko may use such information collected from the Users from time to time for the purposes of
debugging customer support related issues.
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The Services are available for use by children but children are not authorized to become Members
and may not use the Services without the supervision of a parent or legal guardian. If you register
as the parent or legal guardian on behalf of a minor, you will be fully responsible for complying
with these Terms of Use.
PROFESSIONAL SEARCH ALGORITHM
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Orko’s search algorithm for the Professionals is a fully
automated system that lists the Professionals, their profile
and information regarding their Practice on its Apps. These
listings of Professionals do not represent any fixed
objective ranking or endorsement by Orko. The listing of
Professionals will be based on automated computation of the
various factors including inputs made by the Users including
their rating and review. Such factors may change from time
to time, in order to improve the search algorithm. Orko in
no event will be held responsible for the accuracy and the
relevancy of the listing order of the Professionals on the
Apps.
LISTING CONTENT AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION
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Orko collects, directly or indirectly, relevant information
regarding the profile and practice of the Professionals,
such as their specialization, qualification, fees, location,
visiting hours, and similar details. Although Orko screens
and vets the information and photos submitted by the
Professionals, it cannot be held liable for any inaccuracies
or incompleteness represented from it.
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The Website may be linked to the website of third parties,
affiliates and business partners. Orko has no control over,
and not liable or responsible for content, accuracy,
validity, reliability, quality of such websites or made
available by/through our Website. Inclusion of any link on
the Website does not imply that Orko endorses the linked
site. User may use the links and these services at User’s
own risk.
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Orko assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for,
any damages to, or viruses that may infect User’s equipment
on account of User’s access to, use of, or browsing the
Website or install the Apps or the downloading of any
material, data, text, images, video content, or audio
content from the Website. Users are responsible for
configuring your information technology, computer programmes
and platform to access our app and website. User should use
own virus protection software. If a User is dissatisfied
with the Website and Apps, User’s sole remedy is to
discontinue using the Website and Apps.
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User must not misuse our app and website by knowingly
introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other
material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You
must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to our app and
website, the server on which our app and website is stored
or any server, computer or database connected to our app and
website. You must not attack our app and website via a
denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service
attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a
criminal offence. We will report any such breach to the
relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate
with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them.
In the event of such a breach, your right to use our app and
website will cease immediately.
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If Orko determines that you have provided fraudulent,
inaccurate, or incomplete information, including through
feedback, Orko reserves the right to immediately suspend
your access to the Website or any of your accounts with Orko
and makes such declaration on the website alongside your
name/your clinic’s name as determined by Orko for the
protection of its business and in the interests of Users.
You shall be liable to indemnify Orko for any losses
incurred as a result of your misrepresentations or
fraudulent feedback that has adversely affected Orko or its
Users.
BOOK APPOINTMENT AND CALL FACILITY
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Orko enables Users to connect with Professionals through two
methods: a) Direct connection via Text messaging, Voice or
Video chats with use of Apps b) Book appointment upon
request sent by Users to respective Professionals.
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Orko will ensure Users are provided confirmed appointment on
the Book facility. However, Orko has no liability if such an
appointment is later cancelled by the Professional, or the
same Professional is not available for appointment.
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If a User has utilized the Chat services, Orko reserves the
right to share the information provided by the User with the
Professional and store such information and/or conversation
of the User with the Professional, in accordance with our
Privacy Policy.
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The results of any search Users perform on the App for
Professionals should not be construed as an endorsement by
Orko of any such particular Professional. If the User
decides to engage with a Professional to seek medical
services, the User shall be doing so at his/her own risk.
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Without prejudice to the generality of the above, Orko is
not involved in providing any healthcare or medical advice
or diagnosis and hence is not responsible for any
interactions between User and the Professional. User
understands and agrees that Orko will not be liable for:
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User interactions and associated issues User has with
the Professional;
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the ability or intent of the Professional (s) or the
lack of it, in fulfilling their obligations towards
Users;
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any wrong medication or quality of treatment being
given by the Professional (s), or any medical
negligence on part of the Professional (s);
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inappropriate treatment, or similar difficulties or
any type of inconvenience suffered by the User due to
a failure on the part of the Professional to provide
agreed Services;
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any misconduct or inappropriate behaviour by the
Professional or the Professional’s staff;
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Users are allowed to provide review about their experiences
with the Professional, however, the User shall ensure that,
the same is provided in accordance with applicable law. User
however understands that, Orko shall not be obliged to act
in such manner as may be required to give effect to the
content of Users review, such as suggestions for delisting
of a particular Professional from the Website.
Limitations and restrictions on the use of services
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We do not guarantee the availability of any particular
Professional at any particular time. We will do what we can
to arrange a consultation with a Professional as soon as
possible, but do not guarantee to offer consultations within
a particular time.
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Professionals may hold different clinical opinions on the
same medical condition or symptoms and, provided these
opinions are reasonably held, the fact that two or more
Professionals give different opinions in the course of
service provision does not necessarily indicate that our
services are defective.
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We do not tolerate abuse or offensive behavior towards
Professionals.
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Our services are designed to be accessed remotely by any of
our customers, and are designed for both Bangla and English
speakers.
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The App has not been developed to meet your individual
requirements. It is therefore your responsibility to ensure
that the facilities and functions of the App meet your
requirements.
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While certain information controlled, generated by,
displayed within or stored in the App may be helpful in
providing warning of certain medical or health conditions or
circumstances, the App is not designed as, nor may you use
it as, a device to detect, diagnose, treat or monitor any
medical or health condition or to establish the existence or
absence of any medical or health condition.
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We may suspend your access to services or terminate your
account with us if your use of services breaches any of
these terms.
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It is hereby expressly clarified that, the Information that
you obtain or receive from Orko, and its employees,
contractors, partners, sponsors, advertisers, licensors or
otherwise on the Apps is for informational purposes only. We
make no guarantees, representations or warranties, whether
expressed or implied, with respect to professional
qualifications, quality of work, expertise or other
information provided on the App. In no event shall we be
liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action
taken by you in reliance on such information.
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The Services are not intended to be a substitute for getting
in touch with emergency healthcare. If you are an End-User
facing a medical emergency (either on your or a another
person’s behalf), please contact an ambulance service or
hospital directly.
Orko Professional Activity
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These terms & conditions governing “Orko Professional
Activity” are applicable to Users (being both end-users/
Professional). However, it is clarified that the terms and
conditions herein applicable only to Professionals and
applicable to Users are called out separately, as the
context warrants.
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Orko Professional Activity is one of the features of
Professional Profile at “Orko Pro” App, wherein
Professionals who have created a Orko profile can utilize
this feature to post professional activities and health and
wellness related contents.
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Professionals can use Orko Professional Activity by signing
in their Orko Pro App account, creating original content
comprising text, audio, video, images, data or any
combination of the same (“Content”), and posting said
Content at Activity section. The Content shared via Orko
Professional Activity does not constitute medical advice and
may not be construed as such by any person.
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Professionals acknowledges that they are the original
authors and creators of any Content uploaded by them at
their Orko Professional Activity section in their Profile
and that no Content uploaded by them would constitute
infringement of the intellectual property rights of any
other person. Orko reserves the right to remove any Content
which it may determine at its own discretion as violating
the intellectual property rights of any other person,
including but not limited to patent, trademark, copyright or
other proprietary rights.
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Professionals agrees to absolve Orko from and indemnify Orko
against all claims that may arise as a result of any third
party intellectual property right claim that may arise from
the Professional’s uploading of any Content on the Orko
Professional Activity.
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Professional hereby assigns to Orko, in perpetuity and
worldwide, all intellectual property rights in any Content
created by the User and uploaded by the User via Orko
Professional Activity.
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Professional shall ensure that the Content or any further
responses to the Content (including responses to Users) is
not harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene,
pornographic or libelous in any manner. Further,
Professionals should ensure that the Content is not invasive
of any other person’s privacy, or otherwise contains any
elements that is hateful, racially or ethnically
objectionable, disparaging, or otherwise unlawful in any
manner whatever. Orko reserves the right to remove any
Content which it may determine at its own discretion is
violative of these Terms and Conditions or any law or
statute in force at the time. Also, the Professionals agrees
to absolve Orko from and indemnify Orko against all claims
that may arise as a result of any legal claim arising from
the nature of the Content posted by the Professionals on
Orko Professional Activity.
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Professional shall ensure that the Content is not
threatening the unity, integrity, defense, security or
sovereignty of Bangladesh, friendly relations with foreign
states, or public order. Further the Professional shall
ensure that the Content will not cause incitement to the
commission of any cognizable offence or prevent
investigation of any offence or is insulting to any other
nation.
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User agrees that the Content they access on Orko
Professional Activity does not in any way constitute medical
advice and that the responsibility for any act or omission
by the User arising from the User’s interpretation of the
Content, is solely attributable to the User. The User agrees
to absolve Orko from and indemnify Orko against all claims
that may arise as a result of the User’s actions resulting
from the User’s viewing of Content on Orko Health feed.
CONTENT OWNERSHIP AND COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARKS CONDITIONS
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The contents listed on the Website and User generated
content belong to Orko. The information that is collected by
Orko directly or indirectly from the End- Users and the
Professionals shall belong to Orko. Copying of the
copyrighted content published by Orko on the Website and
Apps for any commercial purpose or for the purpose of
earning profit will be a violation of copyright and Orko
reserves its rights under applicable law accordingly.
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Orko authorizes the User to view and access the content
available on or from the Website and Apps solely for
receiving, delivering and communicating only as per this
Agreement. The contents of the Website and Apps information,
text, graphics, images, logos, icons, buttons, software
code, design, and the collection, arrangement and assembly
of content on the Website (collectively, "Orko Content"),
are the property of Orko and are protected under copyright,
trademark and other laws. User shall not modify the Orko
Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute,
or otherwise use the Orko Content in any way for any public
or commercial purpose or for personal gain.
REVIEWS AND FEEDBACK
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By using this Website, you agree that any information shared
by you with Orko or with any Professional will be subject to
our Privacy Policy.
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You are solely responsible for the content that you choose
to submit for publication on the Apps, including any
feedback, ratings, or reviews (“Critical Content”) relating
to Professionals. The role of Orko shall not be liable to
pay any consideration to any User for re-publishing any
content across any of its platforms.
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Orko, at its sole discretion, may choose not to publish your
reviews and feedback, if so required by applicable law.
RECORDS
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Orko may provide End-Users with a free facility known as
‘Records’ on its mobile application ‘Orko. Information
available in your Records is of two types:
1. User-created: Information uploaded by you or information
generated during your interaction with Orko ecosystem, eg:
appointment, Report or Prescription uploaded as image by
you.
2. Practice-created: Health Records generated by your
interaction with a Professional who uses ‘Orko Pro.
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The specific terms relating to such Health Account are as
below, without prejudice to the rest of these Terms and the
Privacy Policy:
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Your Records is only created after you have signed up
and explicitly accepted these Terms.
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Practice-created Health Record is provided on an as-is
basis at the sole intent, risk and responsibility of
the Professional and Orko does not validate the said
information and makes no representation in connection
therewith. You should contact the relevant
Professional in case you wish to point out any
discrepancies or add, delete, or modify the Health
Record in any manner.
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The reminder provided by the Records is only a
supplementary way of reminding you to perform your
activities as prescribed by your Professional. In the
event of any medicine reminders provided by Orko, you
should refer to your prescription before taking any
medicines. Orko is not liable if for any reason
reminders are not delivered to you or are delivered
late or delivered incorrectly, despite its best
efforts. In case you do not wish to receive the
reminders, you can switch it off through the Orko app.
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It is your responsibility to keep your correct mobile
number and email ID updated in the Records. The Health
Records will be sent to the Records associated with
this mobile number and/or email ID. Every time you
change any contact information (mobile or email), we
will send a confirmation. Orko is not responsible for
any loss or inconvenience caused due to your failure
in updating the contact details with Orko.
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Orko, uses industry–level security and encryption to
your Health Records. However, Orko does not guarantee
to prevent unauthorized access if you lose your login
credentials or they are otherwise compromised. In the
event you are aware of any unauthorized use or access,
you shall immediately inform Orko of such unauthorized
use or access. Please safeguard your login credentials
and report any actual suspected breach of account to
ask@orko.com.
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If you access your dependents’ Health Records by
registering your dependents with your own Records, you
are deemed to be responsible for the Health Records of
your dependents and all obligations that your
dependents would have had, had they maintained their
own separate individual Records. You agree that it
shall be your sole responsibility to obtain prior
consent of your dependent and shall have right to
share, upload and publish any sensitive personal
information of your dependent. Orko assumes no
responsibility for any claim, dispute or liability
arising in this regard, and you shall indemnify Orko
and its officers against any such claim or liability
arising out of unauthorized use of such information.
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In case you want to delete your Records, you can do so
by contacting our service support team. However only
your account and any associated Health Records will be
deleted, and your Health Records stored by your
Professional will continue to be stored in their
respective accounts.
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You may lose your “User created” record, if the data
is not synced with the server.
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Orko is not liable if for any reason, Health Records
are not delivered to you or are delivered late despite
its best efforts.
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Orko has the ability in its sole discretion to retract
Health Records without any prior notice if they are
found to be shared incorrectly or inadvertently.
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Orko will follow the law of land in case of any
constitutional court or jurisdiction mandates to share
the Health Records for any reason.
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You agree and acknowledge that Orko may need to access
the Health Record for cases such as any technical or
operational issue of the End User in access or
ownership of the Records.
PRICE & PAYMENT
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You agree to pay all fees or charges to your Account in
accordance with the fees, charges, and billing terms in
effect at the time a fee or charge is due and payable. The
fees (and any other charges) relating to the Services will
be payable by you in Bangladeshi Taka using, mobile
financial services, debits cards, credit cards or other
available payment methods.
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Your online payment transactions will be executed by an
appointed "Payment Gateway". The Payment Gateway is a
separate entity that will collect your payment and forward
it to the processing bank for further execution. The Payment
Gateway will be responsible for executing all transactions
with your bank or MFS provider. All information related to
your MFS, Card/Bank Account will be exclusively dealt with
by the Payment Gateway and the Bank. We will not ask for
your payment information on our site nor do we retain your
payment information. The use of your MFS, credit/debit card
or account to account transfer services is governed by the
agreed terms and conditions between you and your bank. For
any unsuccessful payment or other payment related queries,
you must contact your Card issuing Bank or the Bank in which
you maintain your account. Once you confirm your payment,
you will not be able to cancel your order. You agree that we
are authorized to bill your account and charge your
designated method of payment when payments are due,
including any sales or other applicable tax that may be
required.
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There can be a situation where some technical problems may
occur which are completely unintentional and due to which
your payment may be deducted but we may not receive
confirmation and consequently delivery or activation of your
desired service may be delayed.
TERMS OF USE PROFESSIONALS
The terms in this Clause 5 are applicable only to Professionals.
LISTING POLICY
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Orko, directly and indirectly, collects information
regarding the Professional profiles, contact details, and
practice. Orko reserves the right to take down any
Professional’s profile as well as the right to display the
profile of the Professional, with or without notice to the
concerned Professional. This information is collected for
the purpose of facilitating interaction with the End-Users
and other Users. If any information displayed on the Orko
Pro App in connection with you and your profile is found to
be incorrect, you are required to inform Orko immediately to
enable Orko to make the necessary amendments.
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Orko shall not be responsible or liable in any manner to the
Users for any losses, damage, injuries or expenses incurred
by the Users as a result of any disclosures or publications
made by Orko, where the User has expressly or implicitly
consented to the making of disclosures or publications by
Orko. If the User had revoked such consent under the terms
of the Privacy Policy, then Orko shall not be responsible or
liable in any manner to the User for any losses, damage,
injuries or expenses incurred by the User as a result of any
disclosures made by Orko prior to its actual receipt of such
revocation.
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Orko reserves the right to moderate the suggestions made by
the Professionals through feedback and the right to remove
any abusive or inappropriate or promotional content added on
the App. However, Orko shall not be liable if any inactive,
inaccurate, fraudulent, or non- existent profiles of
Professionals are added to the Website.
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Professionals explicitly agree that Orko reserves the right
to publish the Content provided by Professionals to a third
party including content platforms.
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You as a Professional hereby represent and warrant that you
will use the Services in accordance with applicable law. Any
contravention of applicable law as a result of your use of
these Services is your sole responsibility, and Orko accepts
no liability for the same.
PROFILE OWNERSHIP AND EDITING RIGHTS
Orko ensures easy access to the Professionals by providing a
tool to update your profile information. Orko reserves the right
of ownership of all the Professional’s profile and photographs.
You hereby represent and warrant that you are fully entitled
under law to upload all content uploaded by you as part of your
profile or otherwise while using Orko’s services, and that no
such content breaches any third party rights, including
intellectual property rights. Upon becoming aware of a breach of
the foregoing representation, Orko may modify or delete parts of
your profile information at its sole discretion with or without
notice to you.
REVIEWS AND FEEDBACK DISPLAY RIGHTS
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Orko reserves the right to collect review for all the
Professionals listed on the Orko Pro App.
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Orko shall have no obligation to review, filter, modify,
refuse or remove any or all reviews from any User, except as
required by applicable law.
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You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed
to reviews that you may find offensive or objectionable.
Orko shall not be liable for any effect on Professional’s
business due to review of a negative nature. In these
respects, you may use Orko Pro at your own risk. Orko
however, as an ‘intermediary, takes steps as required to
comply with applicable law as regards the publication of
reviews.
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If Orko determines that you have provided inaccurate
information or enabled fraudulent feedback, Orko reserves
the right to immediately suspend any of your accounts with
Orko and makes such declaration on the website alongside
your name/your clinics name as determined by Orko for the
protection of its business and in the interests of Users.
SEARCH ALGORITHM
Orko has designed the search algorithm in the best interest of
the End-User and may adjust the search algorithm from time to
time to improve the quality of the results given to the
patients. It is a pure merit driven, proprietary algorithm which
cannot be altered for specific Professional’s. Orko shall not be
liable for any effect on the Professional’s business interests
due to the change in the search Algorithm.
PROFESSIONAL UNDERTAKING
The Professional is and shall be duly registered, licensed and
qualified to practice medicine/ provide health care, as per
applicable laws/regulations/guidelines set out by competent
authorities and the Professional shall not be part of any
arrangement which will prohibit him/her from practicing medicine
within the territory of Bangladesh. The Professional shall at
all times ensure that all the applicable laws that govern the
Professional shall be followed and utmost care shall be taken in
terms of the consultation/ services being rendered.
USAGE IN PROMOTIONAL & MARKETING MATERIALS
In recognition of the various offerings and services provided by
Orko to Professional, Professional shall (subject to its
reasonable right to review and approve): (a) allow Orko to
include a brief description of the services provided to
Professional in Orko’s marketing, promotional and advertising
materials; (b) allow Orko to make reference to Professional in
case studies, and related marketing materials; (c) serve as a
reference to Orko’s existing and potential clients; (d) provide
video logs, testimonials, e-mailers, banners, interviews to the
news media and provide quotes for press releases; (e) make
presentations at conferences; and/or (f) use the Professional’s
name and/or logo, brand images, tag lines etc., within product
literature, e-mailers, press releases, social media and other
advertising, marketing and promotional materials.
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO CONTENT
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Orko hereby informs Users that they are not permitted to
host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or
share any information that:
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belongs to another person and to which the User does
not have any right to;
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is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous,
defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic,
libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or
racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging,
relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling,
or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever;
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harm minors in any way;
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infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other
proprietary rights;
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violates any law for the time being in force;
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deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of
such messages or communicates any information which is
grossly offensive or menacing in nature;
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impersonate another person;
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contains software viruses or any other computer code,
files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or
limit the functionality of any computer resource;
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threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or
sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign
states, or public order or causes incitement to the
commission of any cognizable offence or prevents
investigation of any offence or is insulting any other
nation.
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Users are also prohibited from:
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violating or attempting to violate the integrity or
security of the Website or any Orko Content;
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transmitting any information (including job posts,
messages and hyperlinks) on or through the Website
that is disruptive or competitive to the provision of
Services by Orko;
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intentionally submitting on the App any incomplete,
false or inaccurate information;
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making any unsolicited communications to other Users;
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using any engine, software, tool, agent or other
device or mechanism (such as spiders, robots, avatars
or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the App;
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attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or
reverse engineer any part of the Website & Apps;
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copying or duplicating in any manner any of the Orko
Content or other information available from the
Website;
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framing or hot linking or deep linking any Orko
Content.
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circumventing or disabling any digital rights
management, usage rules, or other security features of
the Software.
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Orko, upon obtaining knowledge by itself or been brought to
actual knowledge by an affected person in writing or through
email signed with electronic signature about any such
information as mentioned above, shall be entitled to disable
such information that is in contravention of Clauses 6.1 and
6.2. Orko shall also be entitled to preserve such
information and associated records for at least 90 (ninety)
days for production to governmental authorities for
investigation purposes.
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In case of non-compliance with any applicable laws, rules or
regulations, or the Agreement (including the Privacy Policy)
by a User, Orko has the right to immediately terminate the
access or usage rights of the User to the Apps and Services
and to remove non-compliant information from the Apps.
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Orko respects the intellectual property rights of others and
we do not hold any responsibility for any violations of any
intellectual property rights
TERMINATING SERVICES AND TEMPORARY SUSPENSIONS
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Orko will judge, in its discretion, whether there has been a
breach of its Terms on the part of our users. When a breach
of these Terms has occurred, we may take such action as
deemed appropriate by us. Failure to comply with the Terms
constitutes a material breach of the Terms upon which users
are permitted to use our Services, and may result in Orko
taking all or any of the following actions:
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Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of a User’s
right to use our Services;
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Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any
posting or material uploaded by a user to our
Services;
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Issue of a warning to a User;
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Legal proceedings against a User for reimbursement of
all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not
limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs)
resulting from the breach;
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Further legal action and/or disclosure of such
information to law enforcement authorities, as deemed
appropriate.
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Orko excludes liability for actions taken in response to
breaches of these acceptable use provisions. The responses
described herein are not limited, and we may take any other
action we reasonably deem appropriate.
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These Terms shall remain in full force and effect while the
Services are used or the User is a Member. Users may
terminate Membership at any time, for any reason, by
following the instructions on the Member's account settings
page. We may terminate your Membership at any time, without
warning. Although, please note that even after Membership is
terminated, these Terms will remain in effect.
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Once temporarily suspended, indefinitely suspended or
terminated, the User may not continue to use the Apps under
the same account, a different account or re-register under a
new account. On termination of an account due to the reasons
mentioned herein, such User shall no longer have access to
data, messages, files and other material kept on the Website
by such User. The User shall ensure that he/she/it has
continuous backup of any medical services the User has
rendered in order to comply with the User’s record keeping
process and practices.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SITE OR APPS IS AT YOUR SOLE
RISK. BOTH THE SITE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND
"AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. ORKO EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
USE OR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, OPERABILITY, CONDITION,
QUIET ENJOYMENT, VALUE, ACCURACY OF DATA AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION.
ORKO DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT
DELAYS, DISRUPTIONS, INTERFERENCES, IMPERFECTIONS, OR ANY
ADVERSE INCIDENT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
WHILST ORKO USE REASONABLE ENDEAVORS TO ENGAGE USERS WITH
PROFESSIONALS, ORKO DO NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY,
COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, LEGALITY OR USEFULNESS OF
THEIR SERVICES. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED
UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ORKO, ORKO PROFESSIONALS
OR THEIR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF REVENUES,
PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE APPS OR THE SERVICES,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY), WARRANTY, STATUTE
OR OTHERWISE. ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT USERS TAKE FROM
PROFESSIONALS SHALL BE AT USERS SOLE DISCRETION AND RISK,
WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR ENDORSEMENT FROM ORKO.
INDEMNIFICATION
User agree to indemnify and hold us, our parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, licensors, suppliers, and/or officers, directors,
employees, consultants, agents through whom we provide the
Services, harmless from and against any and all third-party
claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses and fees
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs) that such
parties may incur as a result of or arising from your use of our
Services, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of
any rights of any other person or entity. We reserve the right
to control the defense of any claim for which we are entitled to
indemnification, and you agree to provide us with such
cooperation as is reasonably requested by us.
Privacy and Communications
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Orko is required to comply with privacy and security laws
and maintain safeguards to protect the security of your
health information. Additionally, the information you
provide to your Professional during a medical consultation
is legally confidential, except for certain legal exceptions
as more fully described in our Privacy Policy. We devote
considerable effort toward ensuring that your personal
information is secure. Information regarding our use of
health and other personal information is provided in our
Privacy Policy.
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As part of providing you with the Services, we may need to
provide you with certain communications such as appointment
reminders, service announcements, privacy notices,
administrative messages and other communications about the
Services (“Communications”). These Communications are
considered part of the Services and your Account.
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User agrees that Orko may send to User Communications
through electronic means including but not limited to: (1)
by email, using the address that User provided to us during
registration, (2) short messaging service (“SMS”) text
message to the mobile number User provided Orko during
registration (“SMS Messages”), (3) push notifications on
User’s tablet or mobile device, or (4) by posting
Communications on the Site. The delivery of any
Communications from Orko is effective when sent by Orko,
regardless of whether User read the Communication. User can
withdraw consent to receive Communications by deactivating
the User Account. Orko cannot ensure the security or
confidentiality of messages sent by email. Information
relating to care, including clinical notes and medical
records, are stored on secure, encrypted servers maintained
by Orko.
COMPLAINTS AND DISPUTES
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You can always give us feedback on our services by calling
or emailing us via the details provided in the ‘About’
section of website or Get Help > Contact Us section of Orko
Apps.
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If you have a complaint about our services, we would like to
resolve it as soon as possible. Please tell us about your
complaint as soon as you can so that we can do this.
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If you wish to make a formal complaint about our services,
you should do so as soon as possible by calling or emailing
us via the details provided in the ‘About’ section of
website or Get Help > Contact Us section of Orko Apps. We
may ask you for certain details about you and your complaint
in order to address it. Please provide these as soon as you
can so that we can resolve your complaint quickly.
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Our Professionals are registered healthcare professionals,
and we will handle your complaint in an appropriate way, as
required to do so by the professional rules that apply to
our Professionals and to our services, and following our
complaints procedure.
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We will tell you the outcome of our investigation into your
complaint and give you the chance to discuss it with us. If
we have done something wrong, we will apologies to you. If
any disagreement between you and us arises in connection
with these terms, we will attempt to resolve it by
discussing it with you.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If a User has any questions concerning Orko, the Website, this
Agreement, the Services, or anything related to any of the
foregoing, Orko customer support can be reached at the following
email address: ask@myorko.com or via the contact information
available from the following hyperlink:
https://myorko.com/index.html#contact
MISCELLANEOUS
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These Terms are accepted upon use of the app or website or
any of the Services and is further affirmed by becoming an
Orko User. These Terms constitute the entire Terms between
you and Orko regarding the use of the Services. The failure
of Orko to exercise or enforce any right or provision of
these Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or
provision. The section titles in these Terms are for
convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
You may neither assign any of your rights nor sub-contract
any of your obligations under these Terms, and any such
attempt will be null and void.
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In the event of any difference or conflict between any
provision of these Terms and any provision mentioned
elsewhere (for example, our website, marketing materials
etc.), provision of these Terms shall prevail unless decided
otherwise by us as per our sole discretion.
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The validity, interpretation, construction and performance
of these Terms will be governed by the laws of Bangladesh.
Any dispute arising under or relating to these Terms will be
resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration in
accordance with the Bangladesh Arbitration Act, 2001. The
venue of the arbitration shall be located in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Our failure to enforce any provision of these
Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right. If any
provision is found to be invalid, the parties agree that
they will submit to the court to give effect to the parties’
intentions as reflected in the provision, and that the other
provisions of these Terms shall remain in full force and
effect. You have no authority to act on behalf of or bind Us
in any manner whatsoever.
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You agree to the use of electronic documents and records in
connection with future transactions and communications
involving our Services. You agree that all agreements,
notices, disclosures and other communications that we
provide to you in any form electronically satisfy any legal
requirement that such communications be in writing.
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Any and all provisions of these Terms that would reasonably
be expected to be performed after the termination of these
Terms shall survive and be enforceable after such
termination, including, without limitation, provisions
relating to ownership, indemnification, confidentiality,
limitation of liability and governing law.
I have read these Terms carefully, and understand the risks and
benefits of the Services and by checking the box containing "I
ACCEPT THE TERMS" I hereby state that I have read, understood, and
agree to the Term.