Legal Contact & Notices
Every legal contact point for Boznaw, the statutory disclosures required of an intermediary, and how to serve a legal notice.
This page carries the statutory disclosures an Indian intermediary is required to publish, and routes each kind of legal correspondence to the right place.
Picking the right route matters: each has its own required contents and its own statutory clock, and a complaint sent to the wrong address is a complaint that starts late.
1. Who operates Boznaw
- Brand name
- Boznaw
- Legal entity
- Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [FULL LEGAL NAME], sole proprietor trading as Boznaw
- Registration number
- Not applicable — sole proprietorship
- Principal place of business
- Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [BUSINESS ADDRESS WITH PIN CODE]
- Address for service of legal notices
- Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [BUSINESS ADDRESS WITH PIN CODE]
- Country of operation
- India
- GST identification number
- Not applicable
- Status under the IT Act, 2000
- Intermediary within the meaning of Section 2(1)(w). Boznaw is not a Significant Social Media Intermediary: it is below the 50 lakh registered-user threshold notified for that category.
- Status under the DPDP Act, 2023
- Data Fiduciary. Boznaw has not been notified as a Significant Data Fiduciary under Section 10.
2. Choosing the right contact
| If you want to | Use | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Report a post, comment or profile | The Report control in that item's menu — faster and more precise than an email | Reviewed in queue order, priority by category |
| Make a formal complaint, or appeal a moderation decision | Grievance Redressal — Grievance Officer | 24 hours to acknowledge, 7 days to resolve |
| Report intimate imagery, impersonation, or altered images of you | Grievance Redressal, urgent track | 2 hours |
| Exercise a data right, or ask a privacy question | Data protection contact, below | Within the period the DPDP Rules prescribe |
| Report copyright infringement | Copyright Policy — copyright contact | 36 hours to remove; access suspended 21 days |
| Serve a court order, or make a law-enforcement request | Legal contact, below | 3 hours for a valid order under Rule 3(1)(d) |
| Ask for help with the product | Support contact, below | No statutory clock |
Report a post, comment or profile
- Use
- The Report control in that item's menu — faster and more precise than an email
- Clock
- Reviewed in queue order, priority by category
Make a formal complaint, or appeal a moderation decision
- Use
- Grievance Redressal — Grievance Officer
- Clock
- 24 hours to acknowledge, 7 days to resolve
Report intimate imagery, impersonation, or altered images of you
- Clock
- 2 hours
Exercise a data right, or ask a privacy question
- Use
- Data protection contact, below
- Clock
- Within the period the DPDP Rules prescribe
Report copyright infringement
- Use
- Copyright Policy — copyright contact
- Clock
- 36 hours to remove; access suspended 21 days
Serve a court order, or make a law-enforcement request
- Use
- Legal contact, below
- Clock
- 3 hours for a valid order under Rule 3(1)(d)
Ask for help with the product
- Use
- Support contact, below
- Clock
- No statutory clock
3. Grievance Officer
Published under Rule 3(2) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. This is the statutory complaint channel, and the route for appealing a moderation decision.
Grievance Officer
Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [FULL LEGAL NAME]
- grievance@boznaw.com
- Postal address
- Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [BUSINESS ADDRESS WITH PIN CODE]
- Working hours
- Monday to Friday, 10:00–18:00 IST, excluding public holidays
Appointed under Rule 3(2) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
What a complaint must contain, and what happens to it, is set out in the Grievance Redressal Policy.
4. Data protection contact
For access, correction, erasure, withdrawal of consent, nomination, and any other question about personal data.
Data protection contact
Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [FULL LEGAL NAME]
- privacy@boznaw.com
- Postal address
- Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [BUSINESS ADDRESS WITH PIN CODE]
Published under Section 5 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, read with the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025. A Data Protection Officer under Section 10 becomes mandatory only if Boznaw is notified as a Significant Data Fiduciary.
Your rights, and how each one is exercised, are set out in Section 11 of the Privacy Policy.
5. Copyright contact
For complaints under Section 52(1)(c) of the Copyright Act, 1957 read with Rule 75 of the Copyright Rules, 2013, and for trade mark complaints.
Copyright contact
Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [FULL LEGAL NAME]
- copyright@boznaw.com
- Postal address
- Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [BUSINESS ADDRESS WITH PIN CODE]
Complaints are handled under Section 52(1)(c) of the Copyright Act, 1957, read with Rule 75 of the Copyright Rules, 2013.
6. Legal notices and law-enforcement requests
Legal and law-enforcement requests
Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [FULL LEGAL NAME]
- legal@boznaw.com
- Postal address
- Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [BUSINESS ADDRESS WITH PIN CODE]
For orders and requisitions under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Rule 3(1)(d) of the 2021 Rules.
6.1 What a request should contain
- The legal authority relied on — the statute and provision, and the order, warrant or requisition itself.
- The issuing authority, and the name, designation and contact details of the officer.
- The specific Content, account or records sought, identified by URL or username. We cannot act on a general request.
- The period covered, where records are sought.
- Whether a preservation direction accompanies the request.
6.2 How we handle it
- We assess each request against the legal authority it cites, and act on a valid one within the period the law prescribes — 3 hours for an order under Rule 3(1)(d) of the IT Rules, 2021, as amended in 2026.
- We disclose no more than the request requires.
- We refuse a request that is not lawfully made, or that exceeds the authority it cites.
- Where the law permits us to notify the affected User, we do.
- We record every request and the action taken.
6.3 Service of legal notice
Legal notices should be served at Placeholder, to be configured before publication: [BUSINESS ADDRESS WITH PIN CODE], with a copy by email to the legal contact above. Service by email alone is accepted for correspondence but does not by itself constitute valid service where a statute or rule requires another mode.
7. Product support
For anything that is not a legal matter — a bug, a question about a feature, or trouble signing in.
General support
Boznaw support
- support@boznaw.com
8. Authorities you can approach directly
You are not required to come to us first in every case, and nothing on this page limits your access to these routes.
- Grievance Appellate Committee
- Constituted under Rule 3A of the IT Rules, 2021 to hear appeals against an intermediary's grievance decision, within 30 days of that decision. Appeals are filed through the portal the Central Government maintains for the purpose.
- Data Protection Board of India
- Constituted under the DPDP Act, 2023 with effect from 13 November 2025, to determine complaints about personal data after they have first been raised with the Data Fiduciary.
- National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal
- cybercrime.gov.in — for reporting cybercrime, including anonymous reports of online sexual content involving women and children.
- Consumer commissions
- Under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, where that Act applies to the matter.
9. Notices published under these documents
- Rule 3(1)(a) and (b) — terms and rules. The Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines and Content Policy are published and accessible without an account.
- Rule 3(1)(b) — periodic notice. We remind Users of the rules, and of the consequences of breaching them, at least once every three months.
- Rule 3(2) — Grievance Officer. Name and contact details are published in Section 3 of this page and on the Grievance Redressal page.
- Rule 3A — appeals. The right to appeal to a Grievance Appellate Committee within 30 days is stated in the Grievance Redressal Policy.
- Section 5, DPDP Act, 2023 — notice to Data Principals. Given through the Privacy Policy and at the point of sign-up.
- Rule 4, IT Rules, 2021 — Significant Social Media Intermediary obligations. Not applicable at Boznaw's current scale. If the 50 lakh registered-user threshold is crossed, the additional officers and monthly compliance reports required by that Rule will be implemented and published.
Drafted against
- Information Technology Act, 2000, Section 79
- Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, Rule 3(2)
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, Section 5
- Companies Act, 2013
Citing a statute is not a claim of compliance with it. Boznaw makes no claim to be certified, accredited or approved by any authority.
Related
Grievance Redressal
Boznaw's statutory complaint channel: who the Grievance Officer is, what they handle, what a complaint must contain, the timelines that bind us, and how to escalate.
Privacy Policy
What personal data Boznaw collects, why, how long it is kept, who it goes to, and the rights you can exercise over it.
Copyright
How to report copyright infringement on Boznaw under Indian law, what a valid complaint must contain, how the poster can respond, and how repeat infringement is handled.
Terms of Service
The agreement between you and Boznaw: who may use the Services, what you may post, what rights you keep, and how accounts are suspended, terminated and appealed.
Change history
- v1.0.0·11 September 2026
First published version.
This document is published for Users of Boznaw. It is not legal advice, and it does not create a relationship of advocate and client. If you need advice about your own position, consult a qualified lawyer.
