Terms of Use

01 Acceptance of these terms

These Terms of Use (the "Terms") form a binding agreement between you and DigestIQ Life Sciences Private Limited, a private limited company incorporated in India ("DigestIQ", "we", "us", or "our"), governing your access to and use of the website located at www.digestiq.in (the "Website").

By visiting, browsing, or otherwise using the Website, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. If you do not agree to any part of these Terms, please do not use the Website.

02 Informational purpose of this website

This Website is the corporate and informational website of DigestIQ Life Sciences Private Limited. It exists to communicate the company's purpose, scientific approach, product families, and corporate identity to stakeholders, partners, prospective collaborators, and members of the public.

This Website does not currently:

• Sell products or process payments
• Host user accounts, profiles, or personal dashboards
• Operate as a consumer storefront
• Provide regulated advice of any kind

Any consumer-facing commerce associated with our brands — including gutHERO, our consumer brand — is or will be conducted through separate platforms with their own terms and conditions.

03 No medical advice

Nothing on this Website should be interpreted as a diagnosis, prescription, treatment recommendation, or guarantee of any health outcome. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making decisions about your health, diet, or use of any nutritional or wellness product. Reliance on any information on this Website is solely at your own risk.

Descriptions of product families, ingredients, scientific domains, or formulation directions on this Website are provided for corporate information only and should not be read as final product labels, advertisements, approved claims, or consumer-facing health promises.

04 Product information and "Coming Soon" status

Product names, descriptions, formulation categories, and brand families displayed on this Website are presented to communicate the company's planned product direction. At the time of writing, products are marked as "Coming Soon".

Final products — including but not limited to their composition, packaging, claims, names, regulatory classification, pricing, and availability — are subject to change at any time, including as a result of:

• Ongoing formulation, R&D, and quality decisions
• Regulatory review and any conditions imposed by competent authorities
• Trademark and intellectual-property considerations
• Manufacturing, supply-chain, and distribution decisions
• Commercial strategy

Nothing on this Website constitutes an offer to sell a product, a binding promise about a future product, or a representation that any specific product will become available in any particular form, on any particular date, or at any particular price.

Any future consumer products, product labels, claims, packaging, and commercial communications associated with DigestIQ or gutHERO will be developed subject to applicable Indian laws, FSSAI requirements, substantiation, and relevant approvals, where required.

05 Intellectual property

All content on this Website — including but not limited to text, copy, logos, brand marks, wordmarks, trade names, illustrations, photographs, video, audio, animations, source code, page layouts, design system, typography choices, and the overall visual identity — is the property of DigestIQ Life Sciences Private Limited or is used with permission, and is protected by applicable copyright, trademark, design, and other intellectual-property laws.

The names "gutHERO", "LactoMatic", "GastroMatic", and "NeuroMag" are proposed or working brand and product-family names used by DigestIQ Life Sciences Private Limited while trademark, regulatory, and legal review processes continue. These names, product-family references, logos, visual identity, website design, content, and brand assets may be updated, replaced, or refined based on availability, approvals, and legal advice. All website content, design elements, copy, graphics, and brand assets are owned, controlled, licensed, or used by DigestIQ Life Sciences Private Limited, subject to applicable intellectual-property rights.

You may view this Website for personal, non-commercial reference. You may not reproduce, republish, redistribute, modify, reverse-engineer, or create derivative works from any part of this Website, in any medium, without our prior written consent — except that ordinary browser-side caching, search-engine indexing, and personal printing for non-commercial reference are permitted.

06 Acceptable use

When using this Website, you agree that you will not:

• Use the Website in violation of any applicable law or regulation
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Website, its hosting infrastructure, or any related systems
• Introduce malware, viruses, scripts, or other harmful code
• Interfere with the operation, integrity, or availability of the Website (for example, through denial-of-service activity or excessive automated requests)
• Scrape, harvest, or systematically extract content from the Website for the purpose of training a third-party model, building a competing product, or republishing content as your own
• Misrepresent your identity or affiliation, or impersonate DigestIQ or any of its team members
• Use the Website to transmit unsolicited communication, spam, or harmful content

We may restrict or suspend access, take technical or legal steps, or seek appropriate remedies if we believe the Website is being misused, accessed unlawfully, scraped, copied in bulk, interfered with, used to misrepresent DigestIQ, or used in violation of these Terms or applicable law.

07 Third-party links and services

The Website may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources operated by parties other than DigestIQ. Such links are provided as a convenience and do not imply endorsement. We do not control, are not responsible for, and make no representations about the content, privacy practices, security, or availability of any third-party site. Your use of any third-party site is subject to that site's own terms and policies and is at your own risk.

08 No warranties

The Website and all content on it are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without any representation, warranty, or guarantee of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, we do not warrant that:

• The Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or free of errors or defects
• The information presented will be complete, accurate, current, or fit for any particular purpose
• Any defects in the Website will be corrected
• The Website or its servers are free of viruses or harmful components

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we expressly disclaim all warranties, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

09 Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall DigestIQ Life Sciences Private Limited, its directors, officers, employees, founders, advisors, contractors, and/or agents be liable to you for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, business, goodwill, data, or other intangible losses, arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Website — whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), statute, or any other legal theory, and whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our total cumulative liability arising out of or relating to the Website or these Terms — for any reason — shall not exceed one thousand Indian Rupees (INR 1,000).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under the laws of India.

10 Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless DigestIQ Life Sciences Private Limited, its directors, officers, employees, founders, advisors, contractors, and agents from and against any claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to: (i) your use or misuse of the Website; (ii) your breach of these Terms; (iii) your violation of any applicable law or regulation; or (iv) your infringement of any right of any third party, including intellectual-property and privacy rights.

11 Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the Website (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by the laws of India, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

The parties shall first attempt to resolve any dispute through good-faith discussions and, where appropriate, mediation. If the dispute is not resolved, it may be referred to arbitration seated and conducted in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, in accordance with applicable Indian arbitration law.

Subject to applicable law, the competent courts at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India shall have jurisdiction for interim relief, enforcement of arbitral awards, and matters not capable of arbitration.

12 Changes to these terms

We may update or modify these Terms from time to time, in our reasonable discretion, to reflect changes to the Website, our services, our service providers, applicable law, or our internal practices. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the Terms were most recently revised. Your continued use of the Website after any revision constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to a revision, your sole remedy is to stop using the Website.

13 General

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a competent authority, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and DigestIQ regarding the Website and supersede any prior understandings or agreements relating to its subject matter.

14 Contact

For any question about these Terms, please write to: