Terms of Service

1. Member-only service; eligibility

The Service is available only to authorized members of the PeopleTech Partners community (each, a “Member”). You must be at least 18 years old and capable of forming a binding contract to use the Service. If you use the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

2. Accounts and access

You may need an account or other authentication to access the Service. You agree to provide accurate information and keep it current. You are responsible for all activity under your account and for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials. You may not share your account or permit others to access the Service through your credentials.

3. Community archive; purpose

The Service provides search, retrieval, and AI-assisted responses based in whole or in part on the Community Archive.

4. Summaries, citations, and source excerpts

The Service may generate summaries, syntheses, or other responses based on the Community Archive and other inputs. Where helpful, the Service may provide citations and/or source excerpts on a best-efforts basis. Source excerpts may be drawn from one or multiple messages and may vary in length.

5. Attribution and community expectations

Community Archive content may display the original sender name and/or email address consistent with how messages were historically visible to community participants. You agree to treat attribution information and Community Archive content as confidential community information and to use them only for legitimate community purposes. The Service is not intended for solicitation, lead generation, marketing outreach, or any other use unrelated to participation in the PeopleTech Partners community.

6. Confidentiality; no external sharing

The Service and the Community Archive are Member-only. You agree not to share, republish, distribute, transmit, or disclose Community Archive content (including sender information and excerpts) outside the community except as required by law. You are responsible for ensuring your use of the Service complies with any confidentiality or other obligations you may have to third parties.

7. User inputs

Information you submit to the Service (including prompts, questions, and feedback) is “User Input.” Do not submit confidential, privileged, proprietary, or sensitive personal information unless you have the right to do so and you understand it may be processed by the Company and its service providers to operate the Service.

8. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• use the Service in any way that violates applicable law or regulation;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts or systems;
• upload malware or interfere with the Service’s operation;
• use the Service to harass, defame, or violate the rights of others;
• submit or request content you do not have the right to use;
• use the Service to solicit Members, market products or services, or generate leads.

9. No bulk extraction; no competing database

You may not scrape, crawl, harvest, copy, or bulk-export Community Archive content or use the Service to build or attempt to build a competing database, directory, or product. We may implement rate limits or other technical controls, and we may suspend or terminate access for activity that suggests bulk extraction or misuse.

10. Intellectual property; limited license

The Company and its licensors own the Service, including software, design, and underlying technology. Subject to these Terms, you receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service solely for your internal Member-only purposes.

As between you and the Company, you retain any rights you have in your User Input. You grant the Company a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, process, and use your User Input to operate, provide, maintain, and improve the Service, including for security, analytics, and retrieval and summarization functionality.

11. Third-party services

The Service may rely on third-party providers (for example, hosting, authentication, analytics, and AI processing). The Company is not responsible for third-party services.

12. Feedback

If you provide suggestions or feedback about the Service, you grant the Company the right to use them without restriction or compensation.

13. Reporting and removal requests

If you believe specific content in the Community Archive should not be displayed through the Service due to confidentiality, privacy, or other concerns, you may contact us with enough detail for us to locate the content. We may remove or restrict access to specific content at our discretion to protect Members, reduce risk, or comply with law. We are not obligated to remove or de-identify content based on general requests to erase past participation in the community.

14. Copyright complaints (DMCA) and repeat infringers

We respect intellectual property rights. If you believe content available through the Service infringes your copyright, you may submit a notice to our designated agent at the contact information below. Your notice should include: (i) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (ii) identification of the allegedly infringing material and sufficient information for us to locate it; (iii) your contact information; (iv) a statement that you have a good faith belief the use is not authorized; and (v) a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf, along with a physical or electronic signature.

Upon receipt of a valid notice, we may remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material and may notify the affected user. Where appropriate, we may also accept and process counter-notifications consistent with applicable law.

We have a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, accounts of users who are repeat infringers. A repeat infringer is a user who is the subject of multiple valid copyright notices (or other credible evidence of repeated infringement) associated with their account. We may also limit access, suspend, or terminate accounts and remove content to protect the Service, our Members, and third parties, or to comply with law.

15. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate access to the Service if we reasonably believe you violated these Terms, pose risk to the Service or others, or if required by law. You may stop using the Service at any time. Sections intended to survive termination will survive.

16. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR UNINTERRUPTED.

The Service may provide AI-assisted outputs that can be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or unsuitable for your purposes. The Service is not legal, HR, tax, medical, or other professional advice.

17. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY’S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) $100 OR (B) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID THE COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply.

18. Indemnification

You will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to your User Input, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms.

19. Governing law; venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any permitted court action will be brought in the state or federal courts located in San Francisco County, California, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there.

20. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If changes are material, we will provide reasonable notice (for example, by posting on the Service or emailing account holders). Continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms.

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