Terms of use

These terms apply to the Road Safety school portal run by Making The Difference NGO (“MTD”, “we”, “us”), a not-for-profit company registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.

By registering a school, creating an account or using the portal, you agree to these terms and to our privacy policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the portal.

• The portal is for schools taking part in the Road Safety Traffic Park Workshop, and for their principals, coordinators and teachers.
• The person who registers a school confirms that they are authorised by the school's management to register it and to accept these terms on its behalf.
• Students take tests only under the supervision of their teachers or MTD facilitators. They do not create accounts.

• Each person uses their own account. Do not share your password or let anyone else sign in as you.
• Teachers join with the school code and a school admin approves them. School admins are responsible for who they approve and for removing people who leave the school.
• The school is responsible for everything done through its accounts.
• Tell us at once at help@mtdngo.org if you think someone has used an account without permission.

The school agrees to:

• give true and up-to-date details about the school, its staff and its students;
• get the verifiable consent of each student's parent or lawful guardian before adding the student's details, and before adding a parent or guardian's mobile number, as the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 requires;
• record consent correctly for each student, and update it when a parent or guardian changes their mind;
• remove students and staff who no longer need to be on the portal;
• make sure tests are taken under supervision, on the school's premises or as agreed with MTD;
• use the portal and its data only for the workshop and not share student data outside the school.

You must not:

• use the portal for any purpose other than the workshop;
• add data about anyone without the right to do so, or add false, offensive or unlawful content;
• help a student cheat, or use tools, extensions or other people to answer a test;
• copy, scrape or download the portal's content or questions by automated means;
• try to get into accounts, schools or data that are not yours, or test, probe or break the portal's security;
• upload viruses or harmful code, or overload or disrupt the portal.

Misuse may also be an offence under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and other laws, and we may report it to the authorities.

• To keep tests fair, the test screen watches for signs of cheating, such as leaving the test window, switching tabs or trying to copy and paste.
• MTD may cancel or void a test attempt, or a whole sitting, where there are clear signs that it was not taken fairly.
• Test-integrity signals are used only for this purpose, as explained in our privacy policy.

• The portal and the workshop are free for schools.
• MTD reviews every registration and may approve, reject or suspend a school, for example when details cannot be verified or these terms are broken.
• We work to keep the portal available and accurate, but we provide it as it is and as available. We may change, pause or stop any part of it, and will give schools reasonable notice where we can.
• Workshop dates are agreed with each school and may change for reasons such as weather, safety or partner availability.

Scores, results and certificates show participation and learning in the workshop. They are for educational purposes only and are not an official qualification, licence or government certificate.

• The portal, its design, test questions, illustrations and workshop material belong to MTD or its partners. You may not copy, publish or reuse them outside the workshop without our written permission.
• The school keeps ownership of the data it adds. The school allows MTD to store and use that data only to run the workshop, the tests, results and certificates, as set out in our privacy policy.
• Partner names and logos shown on the portal belong to those partners.

To the extent the law allows, MTD is not responsible for any indirect or consequential loss arising from the use of the portal, or for loss caused by wrong data a school enters, by a school's failure to get consent, or by events beyond our reasonable control.

Nothing in these terms limits any responsibility that cannot be limited by law, including our duties to protect personal data.

If MTD faces a claim, penalty or cost because a school or its users broke these terms or the law (for example, by adding a student's data without a parent's consent), the school agrees to make good that loss to MTD, to the extent the law allows.

• A school may stop using the portal at any time by writing to us. We will then delete or anonymise its data as set out in our privacy policy.
• We may suspend or close an account or a school that breaks these terms, puts students' data at risk or misuses the portal. Where it is safe to do so, we will tell the school why.
• Sections that by their nature should continue, such as ownership, limits of responsibility, indemnity and governing law, continue after use ends.

These terms are governed by the laws of India. Any dispute will first be discussed in good faith. If it cannot be settled, the courts at Thane and Mumbai, Maharashtra will have exclusive jurisdiction.

We may update these terms. We will show the new date at the top of this page and tell school admins in the portal before an important change takes effect. Using the portal after that date means you accept the updated terms.