These Terms of Use are entered into by and between you and RiseKit® ("Company", "we" or “us”). These Terms of Use, together with any other written contracts between you and us and any documents these Terms of Use expressly incorporate by reference, govern your access to and use of our products and services (collectively, “Services”), as well as our website, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through www.risekit.co, whether as a visitor or a registered user (collectively, “Website”).

Please read the Terms of Use carefully. By using our Services and/or the Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use our Services or the Website.

As a user of our Services and/or Website, the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to this Privacy Policy and other documents referenced in the Privacy Policy) and updates.

The Website and our Services are not for use by anyone under the age of 16. However if local laws provide for an alternative minimum age for the provision of the Website and/or our Services to you, then that shall apply as the applicable minimum age. If you are under the age of 18 or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you must use the Website under the supervision of your parent, legal guardian or responsible adult.  If you do not satisfy these requirements, you should cease use of the Website and our Services. 

The Company does not knowingly collect personal data from minors who are under the age of 16 through the Website without appropriate consent. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personally identifiable information without his/her consent, then he or she should contact us at the information described below. If we become aware that a child under the age of 16 has provided us with personally identifiable information, we will delete such information from our files.

As between you and Company, you own the content and information that you provide in conjunction with the Services and/or Website, and you are only granting us and our affiliates the following non-exclusive license:  A worldwide, transferable and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish and process, information and content that you provide through our Services and/or Website, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or others. 

License to Users who are Job Seekers.‍

We hereby grant you a limited, terminable, non-exclusive right to access and use the Website and our Services only for your personal use consistent with seeking employment opportunities for yourself. You agree that you are solely responsible for the content you post to the Website and any consequences arising from such posting. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your usage of the Website and/or our Services in our discretion should we reasonably believe you may be in violation of our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy.

License to Use by Organizations.‍

We hereby grant you a limited, terminable, non-exclusive right to access and use the Website and our Services only to support and/or hire candidates seeking employment.  You may not sell, transfer or assign any of the Services or your rights to any of the Services provided by us to any third party without our express written authorization. You agree that you are solely responsible for the content of any information you post to our Website and any consequences arising from such posting. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access and use at any time if we reasonably believe you are in breach of these Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy.

Additional License Terms for All Users:

1. We may change or end any Service or modify our prices prospectively, consistent with rights and obligations in any other written contract we may have with you.
2. We don’t promise to store or keep showing any information and content that you’ve posted. You agree that we have no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content or information that you or others provide, except to the extent required by applicable law and as noted in our Privacy Policy.
3. Your use of others’ content and information posted on our Website and/or via our Services is at your own risk.
4. By using our Website and/or Services, you may encounter content or information that might be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, illegal, offensive or otherwise harmful. You agree that we are not responsible for others’ (including job candidates and organizational) content or information. 
5. We may help connect job seekers to organizations for employment, training or other engagement. You acknowledge that we do not screen, supervise, direct, control or monitor job seekers or organizations with respect to suitability, fitness, or any engagement with you. We are not responsible for any conduct or activity related to engagement between you and any other parties.
6. We reserve the right to limit your use of the Website and/or our Services, including your ability to connect with others parties. We reserve the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate your account if you breach any agreements with us, violate the law or are misusing the Website and/or our Services.
7. We reserve all of its intellectual property rights in the Website and Services. Trademarks and logos used in connection with the Website and Services are the trademarks of their respective owners. 
8. We use the information and data that you provide and that we have about you to make recommendations for pathways, connections, content and features that may be useful to you. Keeping your Profile and other information accurate and up to date helps us to make these recommendations more accurate and relevant.

The Services and Website allow for Group Uploads from organizations providing certain services (i.e. educational institutions, housing resources, workforce development resources etc.). “Group Uploads” is the process of uploading limited personal information from the organization’s individual client base for the purpose of creating an initial profile for that individual on the Website. If you are an organization providing a Group Upload, you warrant and represent that you are in compliance with all privacy, security, and other regulatory restrictions applicable to your organization and the supplied information (i.e. the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, etc.), including any state and local equivalent or additional regulations, to include rules of the State Board of Education and any other state/local agencies. Furthermore, by initiating a Group Upload, you represent that you have the authority and/or consent to provide the uploaded information, and that you are in compliance with all other Terms of Use and

Some parts of the Services and/or Website offerings are billed on a subscription basis ("Subscription(s)"). Upon registering for a Subscription, you will be billed in advance on a recurring and periodic basis ("Billing Cycle"). Billing cycles are set on a monthly basis.

At the end of each Billing Cycle, your Subscription will automatically renew under the exact same conditions unless canceled by you or the Company. You may cancel your Subscription renewal either through your online account management page or by sending an email to info@risekit.co.

A valid payment method, including credit/debit card or PayPal, is required to process the payment for your Subscription. You will provide Us with accurate and complete billing information including full name, address, state, zip code, telephone number, and a valid payment method information. By submitting such payment information, you automatically authorize Us to charge all Subscription fees incurred through your account to any such payment instruments on a recurring basis.

Should automatic billing fail to occur for any reason, the Company will issue an electronic invoice indicating that you must proceed manually, within 10 business days of such notice of failed payment, with the full payment corresponding to the billing period as indicated on the invoice.

Our Services and our Website (including and its contents, features and functionality) are owned by the Company, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

Specifically, the Company name, the term RiseKit, the Company logo, and all related Company names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

These Terms of Use permit you to use the Website and our Services for your own use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material from our Services or our Website, except as follows:

• Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
• You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
• If we provide desktop, mobile or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.
• If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.

Website Restrictions

You must not:

• Use this Website (including the mobile app and any webpage and/or data that passes through the web domain at Risekit.co), its underlying computer programs (including application programming interfaces (“APIs”)), domain names, Uniform Resource Locators (“URLs”), databases, functions or its content other than for private, non-commercial purposes (unless pursuant to a separate written agreement with us). 
• Use any automated system or software, whether operated by a third party or otherwise, to extract any data from this website for commercial purposes (“screen scraping”). 
• Modify copies of any of our Website materials.
• Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from the accompanying text.
• Delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.

If you:

• wish to make any use of material from our Services or the Website other than that set out in this section, please address your request to: info@risekit.co.  

• print, copy, modify, download or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

• believe that any User Contributions violate your copyright, please send a notice of such infringement to info@risekit.co. It is the policy of the Company to terminate the user accounts of repeat or serious infringers.

You may use the Website and our Services only for lawful purposes. 

You agree not to use the Website and/or our Services:

• In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international laws or regulations (including, without limitation, any data privacy laws or laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).
• For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise.
• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the standards set out in these Terms of Use.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material without our prior written consent, including any "junk mail", "chain letter" or "spam" or any other similar solicitation.
• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the Company, a Company employee, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing).
• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website or expose them to liability, or in any way interferes with the proper working of the Website.

The Website may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards, and other interactive features (collectively, "Interactive Services") that allow users to post, submit, publish, display or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, "post") content or materials (collectively, "User Contributions") on or through the Website.

All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set forth herein.

Any User Contribution you post to the site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Contribution on the Website, you grant us and our affiliates, partners and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.

You represent and warrant that:

• You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above to us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns.
• All of your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
• You are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not the Company, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy and appropriateness.
• We are not responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Website.

We have the right to:

• Remove or refuse to post any User Contributions for any or no reason in our sole discretion.
• Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms of Use, including the Content Standards, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public or could create liability for the Company.
• Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
• Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
• Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.

These content standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not:

• Contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.
• Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
• Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.
• Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.
• Be likely to deceive any person.
• Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act.
• Cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
• Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.
• Involve commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, barter or advertising.
• Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by us or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.

This Website may provide certain social media features that enable you to:

• Link from your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on this Website.
• Send e-mails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on this Website.
• Cause limited portions of content on this Website to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites.

You may use these features solely as they are provided by us, and solely with respect to the content they are displayed with and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not:

• Establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.
• Cause the Website or portions of it to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by, for example, framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site.
• Link to any part of the Website other than the homepage.
• Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on this Website that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.

You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice and in our discretion.

We may update the content on our Website from time to time. Our Website content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

This Website includes content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, aggregators, and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

We do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on the Website and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website. 

YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that the Website and/or our Services will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. 

WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY OF OUR SERVICES OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES, THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE) IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. OUR SERVICES AND THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE AND/OR OUR SERVICES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE OR OUR SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY OF OUR SERVICES WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW (AND UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS ENTERED INTO A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT SPECIFICALLY OVERRIDES THIS CONTRACT), THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, PARTNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SERVICES, YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

TO THE EXTENT COMPANY OR ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, PARTNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS MAY HAVE ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW OR CONTRACT, SAID LIABILITY SHALL NOT BE FOR AN AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS (A) THE TOTAL FEES PAID OR PAYABLE BY YOU TO COMPANY FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT, IF ANY, OR (B) US $1000.

The limitations of liability herein are part of the basis of the bargain between you and the Company and shall apply to all claims of liability (i.e. warranty, tort, negligence, contract and law) even if the Company has been told of the possibility of any such damage, and even if these remedies fail their essential purpose.

These limitations of liability do not apply to liability for death or personal injury or for fraud, gross negligence or reckless misconduct.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, partners, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, any separate written contracts with you involving our Services, or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website's content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or a separate written contract with us

You agree that we will provide legal notices and messages to you in the following ways: (1) within the Website or via use of our Services, or (2) sent to the contact information you have otherwise provided us (i.e. email, mobile number, physical address). You agree to keep your contact information up to date.

If you wish to contact us regarding these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, or for other matters, you can reach us as follows: 

info@risekit.co
‍1639 W. Walnut St., Suite 2
Chicago, Illinois 60612          

NOTE: If you are providing legal notice to us, you should make sure to contact us at our physical address above (in addition to the email address), with return receipt required.

We may modify these Terms of Use and/or our Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to them, we will provide you notice. We agree that changes cannot be retroactive. If you object to any changes, you may discontinue use of our Services and Website. Your continued use of our Services and/or Website after we publish or send a notice about our changes to the Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policy means that you are consenting to the updated terms as of their effective date.

The owner of the Website and provider of the Services is based in the State of Illinois, United States. We provide this Website and these Services for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries or states. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws

If a court with authority over our contractual engagement with you finds any part of it unenforceable, you and we agree that the court should modify the terms to make that part enforceable while still achieving its intent. If the court cannot do that, you and we agree to ask the court to remove that unenforceable part and still enforce the rest of the relevant contract(s).

If we don't act to enforce a breach in any of our contractual terms with you, that does not mean that we have waived our right to enforce these or other terms. You may not assign or transfer any of our contracts to anyone without our consent. However, you agree that the Company may assign its contracts with you to its affiliates or a party that buys it without your consent. There are no third-party beneficiaries to our contract(s) unless specifically indicated.