Content & Image Usage

Content & Image Usage Policy

Effective Date: 7 September 2026
Last Updated: 7 September 2026

Welcome to ShikheeCares.

ShikheeCares is a personal website and digital journal created to share Shikhee's experiences, perspectives, stories and interests across areas including motherhood, family, beauty and skincare, travel, professional life, personal growth and everyday experiences.

The content published on ShikheeCares is personal, original and, in many cases, deeply connected to Shikhee's identity and the lives of people close to her.

This Content & Image Usage Policy explains what visitors may and may not do with the written, visual, audio, video and other creative material published on the Website.

By accessing or using ShikheeCares, you agree to respect the rights described in this Policy.

1. Ownership of Content

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the content published on ShikheeCares is owned by, created by, licensed to, or used with permission by ShikheeCares and/or Shikhee.

This may include:

• Articles and blog posts;

• Personal essays;

• Stories and reflections;

• Photographs;

• Family photographs;

• Travel photographs;

• Portraits;

• Videos;

• Audio recordings;

• Graphics and illustrations;

• Logos and branding;

• Page layouts and design elements;

• Captions;

• Original quotations and written expressions;

• Downloadable materials;

• Social-media content reproduced on the Website;

• Other original creative material; and

• The compilation, arrangement and presentation of Website content.

Such material may be protected by copyright, trademark, design, privacy, personality, publicity and other applicable rights.

All rights not expressly granted under this Policy are reserved.

2. Personal Nature of ShikheeCares Content

A significant portion of ShikheeCares is based on real-life experiences and personal storytelling.

The Website may therefore contain:

• Shikhee's personal experiences;

• Family stories;

• Childhood and family memories;

• Photographs of Shikhee and family members;

• Photographs involving children;

• Travel experiences;

• Personal milestones;

• Professional experiences;

• References to friends, colleagues or other people;

• Personal opinions and reflections; and

• Other material connected to Shikhee's life.

The publication of such material does not place it in the public domain.

Content being publicly accessible on the internet does not mean that it is freely available for copying, republication, commercial exploitation, scraping, redistribution or other unrestricted use.

3. What You May Do

Visitors are welcome to read, view and enjoy the content published on ShikheeCares for their own personal, non-commercial purposes.

Unless otherwise stated, you may:

• Read articles and other Website content;

• Share a link to a ShikheeCares webpage;

• Share the official URL of an article through social media;

• Discuss or comment on the ideas expressed in an article;

• Quote a brief portion of written content for genuine review, commentary, criticism, reporting or educational discussion, where permitted under applicable law;

• Refer others to ShikheeCares; and

• Print a reasonable copy of an article for your own personal reference.

When quoting or referring to ShikheeCares content, appropriate attribution should be provided.

Where reasonably possible, attribution should include ShikheeCares and a link to the original article.

4. What You May Not Do

Unless you have received prior written permission from the relevant rights holder, you may not:

• Copy substantial portions of articles;

• Republish complete articles;

• Reproduce photographs;

• Download or redistribute family photographs;

• Upload Website photographs to another website;

• Use Website photographs as profile pictures;

• Use Website photographs for social-media accounts;

• Use Website content in advertisements;

• Use Website content for commercial purposes;

• Sell or license Website content;

• Create derivative publications from Website articles;

• Translate and republish substantial Website content;

• Reproduce Website content in newsletters or publications;

• Copy Website content into another blog or website;

• Present Shikhee's writing as your own;

• Remove copyright or attribution information;

• Modify photographs and present them as original material;

• Create merchandise using Website content or images;

• Use Website content to promote a person, brand, organisation or product without permission;

• Use Website content for training, developing or improving an artificial-intelligence model or dataset;

• Use photographs for facial recognition or biometric analysis;

• Create profiles or databases of individuals appearing on the Website;

• Scrape, harvest or systematically collect Website content;

• Circumvent technical measures used to protect Website content; or

• Otherwise exploit Website content beyond the rights expressly granted by this Policy or applicable law.

5. Photographs and Images

Photographs are an important part of ShikheeCares.

They may include photographs of:

• Shikhee;

• Her children;

• Parents and relatives;

• Family members;

• Friends;

• Colleagues;

• Other individuals;

• Personal events;

• Family celebrations;

• Travel experiences;

• Places visited;

• Personal possessions or surroundings; and

• Other aspects of Shikhee's personal life.

Unless expressly identified as being available for reuse, these photographs are not free stock images.

They may contain both intellectual-property rights and personal privacy, personality or publicity rights.

Viewing a photograph on ShikheeCares does not grant permission to copy, download, reproduce, edit, publish, distribute, sell, license or otherwise use it.

6. Family Photographs and Children's Images

Some photographs published on ShikheeCares may include family members and children.

Such photographs are particularly personal.

You must not:

• Download or repost them;

• Use them on social-media profiles;

• Use them in advertisements;

• Use them for commercial purposes;

• Create altered or manipulated versions;

• Use them for AI image generation or training;

• Use them for facial recognition;

• Attempt to identify or locate individuals appearing in them;

• Combine them with other information to create personal profiles;

• Use them to track the whereabouts or routines of individuals; or

• Otherwise exploit or redistribute them.

This restriction applies even where an image is publicly viewable without a login or registration.

Public visibility is not permission for reuse.

7. AI, Machine Learning and Automated Data Collection

Unless expressly authorised in writing, ShikheeCares content may not be used to:

• Train artificial-intelligence models;

• Fine-tune machine-learning systems;

• Build AI datasets;

• Build image datasets;

• Build facial-recognition datasets;

• Generate synthetic likenesses of Shikhee or her family;

• Create digital replicas or avatars;

• Develop biometric profiles;

• Systematically extract personal information;

• Build automated databases; or

• Develop or improve automated systems using substantial Website content.

This includes both written and visual content.

Automated systems, crawlers, bots, scrapers and similar technologies must not be used to systematically collect or reproduce Website content except where such access is expressly permitted by applicable technical standards or authorised by ShikheeCares.

8. Social Media Sharing

ShikheeCares encourages readers to share articles with others.

The preferred method of sharing is to use the original webpage URL or the sharing functionality provided by the Website or relevant social-media platform.

You may share a link to an article without copying the entire article onto another platform.

Where a platform automatically generates a preview containing a title, thumbnail or excerpt, such display may occur as part of the platform's ordinary linking functionality.

However, manually copying and uploading complete articles or Website photographs to social-media platforms is not permitted without permission.

9. Linking to ShikheeCares

You are generally welcome to link to ShikheeCares.

A normal hyperlink to:

• The homepage;

• An article;

• A publicly accessible page; or

• Another publicly available Website resource

is permitted, provided that the link:

• Does not falsely imply endorsement;

• Does not misrepresent ShikheeCares or Shikhee;

• Is not used in connection with unlawful, defamatory or misleading content; and

• Does not suggest a partnership, sponsorship or affiliation that does not exist.

You may not frame, mirror or reproduce substantial portions of ShikheeCares within another website without permission.

10. Quoting Written Content

Short quotations may be used where permitted by applicable law for legitimate purposes such as:

• Review;

• Criticism;

• Commentary;

• Journalism;

• Research;

• Education; or

• Discussion.

The quotation should be limited to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

You should provide appropriate attribution to ShikheeCares and, where reasonably possible, link to the original article.

Copying an entire article, or substantial portions of an article, and presenting it elsewhere is not permitted merely because attribution is provided.

Attribution does not replace permission where permission is legally required.

11. Commercial Use

Commercial use of ShikheeCares content requires prior written permission unless the particular content is expressly identified as available for such use.

Commercial use includes, without limitation:

• Advertising;

• Marketing;

• Brand promotion;

• Product promotion;

• Commercial publications;

• Paid newsletters;

• Corporate presentations;

• Promotional websites;

• Commercial social-media accounts;

• Merchandise;

• Paid courses;

• Books or publications;

• Marketing campaigns;

• Brand campaigns; and

• Other revenue-generating activities.

Permission, where granted, may be subject to conditions including attribution, duration, territory, platform and permitted purpose.

12. Use of Shikhee's Name, Image and Likeness

Shikhee's name, photograph, likeness, personal identity, biography, professional identity and other aspects of her personal brand may not be used in a manner that:

• Suggests endorsement;

• Suggests sponsorship;

• Implies a commercial relationship;

• Misrepresents her views;

• Promotes a product or service without permission;

• Creates a false association;

• Uses her identity for advertising;

• Creates a misleading profile; or

• Otherwise exploits her personal identity without appropriate authorisation.

This applies independently of copyright ownership.

A person may not assume that because an image can be viewed or copied from the internet, the individual depicted has consented to its commercial or promotional use.

13. Family Members and Other Individuals

Content published on ShikheeCares may contain references to people other than Shikhee.

This may include family members, children, friends, colleagues, mentors, professional contacts or other individuals.

The inclusion of an individual in a story or photograph does not grant visitors permission to:

• Investigate that person;

• Identify additional personal information about them;

• Contact them;

• Track them;

• Create profiles about them;

• Use their photographs commercially;

• Reproduce their images; or

• Otherwise interfere with their privacy.

Particular care should be exercised with information concerning children and other vulnerable individuals.

14. Scraping, Crawling and Automated Extraction

Systematic extraction of Website content is prohibited unless expressly authorised.

This includes the automated collection of:

• Articles;

• Photographs;

• Captions;

• Personal stories;

• Names;

• Biographical information;

• Metadata;

• Links;

• Images;

• Other Website content; or

• Information relating to individuals appearing on the Website.

This restriction does not prevent ordinary search-engine indexing that is consistent with applicable law and the Website's technical instructions.

However, search-engine indexing should not be interpreted as permission to reproduce or commercially exploit indexed content.

15. Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Rights

Copyright in original Website content remains with the relevant copyright owner.

Nothing in this Policy transfers copyright or any other intellectual-property right to a Website visitor.

Unless expressly stated otherwise:

• Articles remain protected;

• Photographs remain protected;

• Graphics remain protected;

• Videos remain protected;

• Website design elements remain protected; and

• Other original creative works remain protected.

Unauthorised reproduction may constitute copyright infringement or violation of other applicable rights.

16. Third-Party Content

Some content appearing on ShikheeCares may belong to third parties or may be used under licence or permission.

Where third-party content is used, the rights associated with that material may belong to its respective owner.

This Policy does not grant permission to reuse third-party content.

You should independently verify the applicable rights before reproducing any material.

17. User Submissions

If ShikheeCares allows comments, reviews, messages, photographs, stories or other material to be submitted by visitors, the person submitting such material remains responsible for ensuring that they have the necessary rights and permissions.

By submitting material, you should not provide:

• Confidential information belonging to another person;

• Personal information that you do not have authority to disclose;

• Photographs of another person without appropriate permission where required;

• Copyrighted material that you do not have the right to submit;

• Defamatory or unlawful content; or

• Material that violates another person's privacy or other rights.

Where Website functionality requires a licence to display or reproduce submitted material, the relevant terms applicable to that functionality will apply.

18. Requests for Permission

If you would like to use ShikheeCares content beyond the uses permitted by this Policy, you may request permission.

Permission requests may relate to:

• Reproducing an article;

• Quoting substantial content;

• Using a photograph;

• Using a family photograph;

• Using content in a publication;

• Using content for educational purposes;

• Commercial use;

• Media use;

• Brand collaborations; or

• Other proposed uses.

Please contact:

info@shikheecares.com

Your request should include:

• Your name;

• Organisation, if applicable;

• The specific content you wish to use;

• The URL where the content appears;

• The proposed use;

• Where the content will appear;

• Whether the use is commercial;

• Expected audience or distribution; and

• Any other relevant details.

Permission is not granted unless expressly confirmed in writing.

19. Removal Requests and Privacy Concerns

If you are depicted in a photograph or referenced in Website content and have a genuine privacy, safety or other legitimate concern, you may contact us.

Please provide:

• Your name;

• The relevant webpage URL;

• Identification of the photograph or content;

• The reason for your request; and

• Any information reasonably necessary to evaluate the concern.

Requests involving children, sensitive personal information or genuine safety risks will be given particular consideration.

We may remove, crop, replace, anonymise or modify content where we consider such action appropriate.

However, removal from ShikheeCares does not guarantee removal from third-party websites, search-engine caches, social-media platforms, archives, screenshots or other copies that may have been created independently.

20. Respect for Personal Stories

Many articles on ShikheeCares may represent personal experiences rather than formal statements, professional advice or universally applicable conclusions.

Readers are welcome to disagree, discuss and engage with ideas expressed on the Website.

However, personal stories should not be taken out of context and presented in a way that materially misrepresents Shikhee, her family or the people involved in those stories.

21. No Implied Endorsement

Using, reproducing or linking to ShikheeCares content does not create an endorsement by Shikhee or ShikheeCares.

Likewise, displaying Shikhee's photograph, name or content alongside another person's product, service, political communication, commercial activity or other message does not imply her support or association.

Any representation of endorsement, sponsorship or affiliation requires prior written permission.

22. Reporting Unauthorised Use

If you discover that ShikheeCares content or photographs are being used without appropriate permission, please notify us.

Reports may be sent to:

info@shikheecares.com

Where possible, please provide:

• The original ShikheeCares URL;

• The location of the unauthorised copy;

• A description of the material;

• Screenshots or other evidence;

• The nature of the suspected misuse; and

• Your contact information.

We may review the matter and take appropriate action, including requesting removal, issuing notices, reporting infringement to relevant platforms or pursuing other remedies available under applicable law.

23. Enforcement

ShikheeCares reserves the right to enforce its intellectual-property, privacy, personality and other applicable rights against unauthorised use of its content.

Depending on the circumstances, this may include:

• Requesting voluntary removal;

• Issuing a formal infringement notice;

• Requesting a platform or hosting provider to remove content;

• Reporting misuse to relevant services;

• Seeking appropriate injunctive or other relief;

• Pursuing claims for damages where legally available; and

• Taking any other lawful action considered appropriate.

Nothing in this Policy limits any rights or remedies available under applicable law.

24. Changes to This Policy

This Content & Image Usage Policy may be updated from time to time.

Updates may be made to reflect:

• Changes to the Website;

• New types of content;

• New technologies;

• Changes in applicable law;

• New methods of content distribution;

• Changes in monetisation or commercial activities; or

• Improvements to our protection of personal and creative content.

The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

25. Governing Law

This Policy shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of India, subject to applicable mandatory legal provisions.

Any dispute relating to the use of ShikheeCares content shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts and authorities having jurisdiction under applicable Indian law.

26. Contact

For permissions, licensing requests, image-use requests, copyright concerns, privacy concerns or other questions concerning Website content:

ShikheeCares
Email: info@shikheecares.com

For requests concerning photographs or family-related content, please mention “Content & Image Usage Request” in the subject line.

27. Simple Rule of Thumb

If you are unsure whether you may use something from ShikheeCares, the safest approach is simple:

Read it. Enjoy it. Share the link. But don't take it and republish it.

If you want to reproduce an article, photograph, family image, personal story or other substantial Website content, ask first.

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