Last Updated November 28, 2022
Welcome to Handprint! The world of work is changing. People are looking for meaningful jobs that have a positive impact, and companies are recognizing that purpose and responsibility are good for business. Handprint is a conscious hiring platform to connect people seeking meaningful work with companies who believe in business as a force for good. These Terms of Use (our “Terms”) explain how Handprint works and what you can expect when using our Services. Our Privacy Policy and other notices and agreements may apply to our Services, each of which is considered part of these Terms. Sometimes we make changes to our Services or these Terms. When that happens, we will update this page and you will be bound by those changes going forward.
All of these Terms of Use make up your contract to use Handprint Services. When you’ve finished reading, click to accept these Terms and start using Handprint Services! If you have any questions about these Terms or our Services or would like to express concerns, you can contact us here.
These Terms cover your use of Handprint.io and all websites, mobile applications, products and services (collectively, our “Services”) offered by Handprint Ventures SPC (“Handprint,” “us” or “we”). These Terms are a contract to use our Services. You agree that by clicking “Join Now”, “Sign Up” or similar, or by registering, accessing or using our Services in any manner, you are agreeing to enter into a legally binding contract with Handprint. If you are using or accessing the Services on behalf of an Organization, you represent, agree, and warrant that you are authorized to act on behalf of the Organization and to bind such Organization to these Terms. ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS IS REQUIRED FOR USE OF HANDPRINT’S SERVICES AND ANY USE OF HANDPRINT’S SERVICES SHALL CONSTITUTE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use our Services. If you wish to terminate these Terms, you can do so at any time by closing your account and discontinuing access and use of the Services.
You might use our Services as an individual end user (“Talent”) or as a company or organization seeking to hire Talent (“Organization”). You may access certain limited features as a visitor (“Visitor”). To use the Services, you must (i) be at least 16 years old or at least the minimum age for Handprint to lawfully provide you with the Services without parent or guardian consent (“Minimum Age”); (ii) live in a country where Handprint offers its Services; (iii) not be restricted from using Handprint. You may only have one account with Handprint, and you must use your real name to register your account. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising out of your failure to maintain your security on the Services.
Talent and Organizations must register and create an account on the Services. Visitors may access certain limited features without registering. If you use the Services as Talent or an Organization, you agree to provide Handprint with accurate and complete information, keep your account credentials secure, accept responsibility for all activity that occurs under your login, abide by our Community Standards, and notify Handprint immediately of any suspected misuse of your account. Registering or creating an account with false information is a violation of our Terms, including accounts registered on behalf of others who do not meet our Minimum Age or other eligibility requirements.
The collection, use, and sharing of your personal information via the Services is subject to our Privacy Policy (and other documents referenced in the Privacy Policy). As between you and others (including your employer), your account belongs to you. If your access to the Services is paid by your Organization or a third party, the party paying for such Service has the right to control access to and get reports on your use of the Services; however, they do not have rights to your personal account.
Handprint provides certain Services for free while others are available in exchange for payment of a monthly fee payable in advance by automatic credit against your payment method on file with us. Fees are posted on the Services and presented to you at the time you sign up or adjust your Services level. We may adjust fees from time to time at our discretion. If we adjust our fees or you request to upgrade or downgrade your Services level, and we agree to the change, the following month’s fee will be amended to reflect the change. All fees are quoted in United States dollars. Subscription billing starts on the day you sign up for Services that incur a fee.
You agree that we may charge your payment method on file with the fees due under this section, as well as any sales and use taxes and any late fees or interest (described below). You represent and warrant that the payment information you provide to us is correct and accurate and you are using a form of payment that you are legally authorized to use for this purpose. You agree that you are solely liable for any payment or credit card fraud, abuse or unauthorized use by you or others. Payments are nonrefundable, and there are no refunds or credits for partially used periods.
If you do not pay on time or if we cannot charge the payment method you have on file for any reason, we reserve the right to either suspend or terminate your access to the Services. In addition, if any payment is not received within 30 days after the due date, then we may charge a late fee of $10 and we may assess interest at the rate of 1.5% of the outstanding balance per month (18% per year), or the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is lower, from 30 days after the due date until the date paid. If your unpaid fees are referred to an attorney or collections agency, you shall pay all reasonable attorney’s fees or collections agency fees.
Handprint grants you access to the Services with the understanding that your use will always be polite and professional. You agree to follow these Community Guidelines at all times.
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If you violate any of these Community Guidelines, Handprint reserves the right to limit, suspend, or terminate your access to the Services, which may include removing and/or deleting your profile, listings, account, or any content at our sole discretion. If you violate our system or network security, you may face civil or criminal liability. You agree to cooperate with us in any fraud investigation and to use any fraud prevention measures as we set forth. You also agree that we may report any activity that we suspect is unlawful to appropriate government authorities and to cooperate with any investigation conducted.
Handprint owns all rights, title, and interests in the Services, including all Contents therein. “Contents” includes all images, illustrations, designs, photographs, video clips, text, graphics, icons, designs, software code, written information and screens, and other materials, as well as names, logos, taglines, trade dress, and other trademarks, in Handprint and all services and features on and in our software, website, and other services(all together called the “Contents”). The Contents are protected by U.S. and foreign copyright, trademark, trade dress, or other proprietary right laws and international conventions. You may view, copy, retransmit, and print the Contents as a personal or internal business resource. You may not use our trademarks, name, or meta tags without our express written permission. These are your only rights to use the Contents. Only a duly authorized agent of Handprint may grant additional permissions.
Your Content is your account data and other information and materials that you provide to us, and it always belongs to you. You grant Handprint a worldwide, transferable and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish, and process Your Content. If you provide us with comments, content, or other feedback (“Feedback”), you grant us all rights to the Feedback and you represent that the Feedback is not subject to any intellectual property claim by a third-party or any license terms. If this grant is not sufficient for us to fully use the Feedback, you grant us a license to use any of the Feedback.
You agree that Handprint may access, store, process and use any information and personal data contained in Your Content in accordance with the terms of the Handprint Privacy Policy and your privacy settings and choices. We may use Your Content in an anonymized or aggregated format (like in the reports we use your data for), and if we do this then that processed and aggregated data becomes part of our Contents.
We have no obligation to monitor Your Content, but we reserve the right to review, modify, distribute, remove, or delete any user data, Feedback, or ratings of any kind and for any reason. We also reserve the right to disclose any information as we deem necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post, or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part. You are responsible for the technology needed for you to access or use Handprint. We cannot guarantee complete security for online transfers of information, and we will not be responsible for any account data or Your Content that gets lost or stolen while transmitting information on the internet. It is your responsibility to keep copies of any account data and Your Content.
The Services may contain access to content, features, or services or links to websites owned or operated by third parties (“Third Party Content”). This access is provided solely for your convenience. We are not responsible for Third Party Content, nor do we make any representations about the content or accuracy of material on any Third Party Content. When you click on links that take you to external websites, you do so at your own risk, and you will be subject to third party privacy policies and practices, not ours.
Other Talent or Organizations may post their content or information on the Services, such as position listings or offering their own products and services. Handprint is not responsible for that content or information or any activities of other Talent or Organizations on the Services. Your use of other Talent’s or Organization’s content and information posted on our Services is at your own risk.
By using the Services, you may encounter content or information that might be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, illegal, offensive, or otherwise harmful. Handprint generally does not review content provided by end users. You agree that we are not responsible for others’ (including other Talent or Organizations) content or information. Handprint cannot always prevent this misuse of our Services, and you agree that we are not responsible for any such misuse.
You may not be able to access all or some of the Services from outside of the United States and access may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. You agree to comply with all applicable local, state, federal, and foreign laws in using our services. Handprint makes no representation that our services comply with legal or regulatory requirements of jurisdictions outside the United States. Handprint uses commercially reasonable efforts to maintain Services availability. Sometimes the Services will undergo scheduled maintenance or something outside our controls will cause an outage or other unavailability. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to notify you of planned downtime and unavailability.
If you use the Services through a mobile app, you must have a compatible device and internet access to use the mobile app. Any software requirements can be found on the relevant app store page. The app may request certain privacy permissions, such as access to your calendar, device camera or microphone, or other apps and associated features on your device. The terms of agreement with your respective mobile network provider, as well as any data and messaging charges, will continue to apply when using the Services.
Handprint may use your contact information to communicate with you about your use of our Services, or we may send you notices through the Services. We may also send you marketing communications as permitted by law and according to your stated preferences. If you provide your wireless phone number, you consent to Handprint sending you informational text messages. You can unsubscribe from text messages by replying STOP or UNSUBSCRIBE. Messaging and data charges may apply to any text message you receive or send.
By using the Services or registering with Handprint or typing your name into any of our electronic forms and indicating your acceptance or submission of information by clicking a box, you consent to: (a) Handprint communicating with you electronically; (b) receiving all applications, notices, disclosures, and authorizations from us electronically; and (c) entering into agreements and transactions using electronic records and signatures. Note that federal law treats electronic signatures as having the same legal force and effect as if they were signed on paper by hand, and online contracts have the same legal force as signing an equivalent paper contract in ink. We will use electronic documents for all communications, notices, agreements, disclosures, authorizations, and other documents necessary to provide you with our services. If you require assistance with your records, please reach out to us through this form.
HANDPRINT MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY ABOUT THE SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES (INCLUDING CONTENT AND INFORMATION) ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, HANDPRINT DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTY, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF TITLE, ACCURACY OF DATA, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
IN NO EVENT AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (SUCH AS DELIBERATE AND GROSSLY NEGLIGENT ACTS) OR AGREED TO IN WRITING, SHALL HANDPRINT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER ARISING AS A RESULT OF THESE TERMS OR OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE HANDPRINT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES), EVEN IF HANDPRINT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY AMOUNTS EXCEED THE AGGREGATE OF THE TOTAL OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SPECIFIC SERVICE GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY OR, IF NO AMOUNT WAS PAID, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). These limitations of liability are part of the basis of the bargain between you and Handprint and shall apply to all claims of liability (e.g., warranty, tort, negligence, contract, and law) even if Handprint has been told of the possibility of any such damage, and even if these remedies fail their essential purpose.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Handprint and its officers, directors, employees, licensors, representatives, and/or agents at all times from and against any direct or third-party claims, demands, actions, proceedings, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and/or expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees) in connection with or as a result of any claim that arises from (a) your breach of these Terms; (b) our provision of the Services to you; (c) Your Content or account data; (d) your breach or alleged breach of any representation or warranty made by you hereunder; or (e) your violation of any law or regulation or the right of a third party. Handprint may select its own legal counsel to represent its interests when defending against direct or third-party claims or demands, and you must (i) reimburse Handprint for its costs and attorney’s fees immediately upon request as they are incurred and (ii) remain responsible to Handprint for any loss, liability, cost, expense, claim, damages, or demand identified in this section.
YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO COMMENCE OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST HANDPRINT RELATED TO ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY, AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO OPT OUT OF ANY CLASS PROCEEDING AGAINST HANDPRINT OTHERWISE COMMENCED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE TERMS.
This section is important as it affects rights that you may otherwise have, so read it carefully. Resolution of most disputes will be through arbitration instead of court trials and class actions. YOU AGREE TO GIVE UP ANY RIGHTS TO LITIGATE CLAIMS IN A COURT OR BEFORE A JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION WITH RESPECT TO A CLAIM. OTHER RIGHTS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IF YOU WENT TO COURT, SUCH AS ACCESS TO DISCOVERY, ALSO MAY BE UNAVAILABLE OR LIMITED IN ARBITRATION. Any controversy or claim between you and Handprint shall be resolved exclusively by a binding arbitration administered by the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (“JAMS”), or its successor. Either party may commence the arbitration process called for in this Agreement by filing a written demand for arbitration with JAMS, with a copy to the other party. The arbitration will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of JAMS's Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures in effect at the time of filing of the demand for arbitration and will be held exclusively in King County, State of Washington, USA. The parties will cooperate with JAMS and with one another in selecting an arbitrator from JAMS' panel of neutrals, and in scheduling the arbitration proceedings. The parties covenant that they will participate in the arbitration in good faith, and that they will share equally in its costs. The provisions of this section may be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction, and the prevailing party shall be entitled to an award of all costs, fees, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to be paid by the party against whom enforcement is ordered. Any and all issues shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Washington. Each party hereby consents to service of process by certified mail.
Except as expressly agreed in writing between you and Handprint, the Federal Arbitration Act, Washington state law, and applicable U.S. federal law, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions, will govern these Terms. If any claim is not subject to arbitration, you consent to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts located within King County, Washington.
These Terms and the license granted to you will terminate automatically if you terminate your agreement to these Terms, if you are no longer eligible for the Services, if you breach these Terms, or for any other reason at our sole discretion. If you violate our Terms, we may immediately terminate your access to the Services without prior notice to you. In addition, we may terminate your access and/or subscription for any or no reason by giving you 30 days’ notice. All terms which by their nature should survive termination will survive termination, including without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
These Terms and the agreements referenced herein are the entire agreement between you and Handprint regarding the subjects in these Terms and supersede all prior understandings and agreements. You and Handprint are independent contractors under these Terms.
If any of these Terms are found to be inconsistent with applicable law, then such term shall be interpreted to reflect the intentions of the parties, and no other terms will be modified. If we don't act to enforce a breach of these Terms, that does not mean that Handprint has waived its right to enforce these Terms. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remainder of the provision shall be amended to achieve as closely as possible the economic effect of the original term and all other provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
Neither party will be liable to the other for any failure or delay in performance of an obligation, other than obligations to make payments, arising out of any event or circumstance beyond the reasonable control of that party, including without limitation acts of God, earthquakes, fires, floods, pandemics, power outages, interruptions in telecommunication services, strikes, and governmental actions.
You may not assign or transfer these Terms (or your membership or use of Services) to anyone without our consent. However, you agree that Handprint may assign these Terms to a third party without your consent. There are no third-party beneficiaries to these Terms. We may modify these Terms (or the notices and agreements incorporated herein) from time to time. If we make material changes to it, we will provide you notice through the Services or by other means. Your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to these terms means that you are consenting to the updated terms as of their effective date.