Our mission is to help companies attract, hire and retain amazing leadership candidates. It is, therefore, important that Users (e.g. companies looking to build their executive teams) and Individuals (eg individuals submitting their details to us) understand their rights and obligations when using our services. Users and Individuals are also referred to as “you” or “your” below.
We are StartUp Lane Ltd, a company incorporated in England, UK under registration number 13598883 and with a registered office at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom (referred to as “StartUp”, “we”, “us” or “our” below).
If you are a User, when you subscribe to our services or if you are an Individual, when you register your details with us, or when either of you access or use our services (described below), you are agreeing to enter into a legally binding contract with StartUp based on these Terms.
If you are subscribing to our services on behalf of company or organisation, you are representing to us that you have authority to subscribe on behalf of that company or organisation and committing them to these Terms and payment of any applicable fees.
If you do not agree to these Terms, do not access or otherwise use any of the services.
YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE LIABILITY SECTION BELOW WHICH CONTAINS IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY.
Our services are more generally described on our website and are designed to (a) make available to Users a database of (i) candidates who have submitted their details to us ( “Active Individuals”) and (ii) details of other individuals that have not submitted any details to us directly but have we conducted research based on publicly available information and enhanced by us to give you a better understanding of whether such individuals could be someone you may wish to approach for a suitable position in your company or organisation (“referred to as “Passive Individuals”); and (b) for Active Individuals the opportunity to have their details on our database and made available to Users. We are not a recruitment agency and we do not effect any introductions between Users and Individuals – we create a forum that allows Users to identify Individuals that be interesting to them and for the User to make their own introductions/approaches to such Individuals.
For Users, depending on the pricing plan you choose and the limits therein, we will use all reasonable efforts to (a) ensure that we have a pool of Active Individuals available for your selection and details of Passive Individuals that may be of interest to you for future employment; and (b) that our services are accessible by you at all times other than for planned or unscheduled maintenance or outages.
For Active Individuals, we will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that (a) your details are made available as part of our services for review by Users; (b) we will correct any inaccuracy or make updates to your details as soon as reasonable practicable upon written request from you and (c) we will make your details available only to Users and not to any third parties.
If you are a User or Active Individual, for so long as you are paying the fees to us (in the case of a User) or you are registered with us (in the case of an Active Individual), we give you permission to use and access our Services. This permission is non-exclusive, is not transferable and is revocable as stated in these Terms. Our permission is personal to you; all passwords and other access details provided by us to you are confidential and you may not share access or use our services with any third party unless previously approved by us in writing.
You agree that you will not:
You are solely responsible for the information sent to us for the services and for selecting Individuals that you may wish to approach. In terms of Passive Individuals, you are solely responsible for making the approach to them directly.
Users’ subscriptions can be monthly or yearly as per the applicable pricing plan chosen by you. The fees payable for a monthly or yearly plan are payable monthly or yearly in advance (as applicable) prior to commencement of the plan. Fees are payable upfront by credit card or if, we specifically agree in writing, by bank transfer against an invoice payable within 30 days net of the date of the invoice. If you pay by credit card and are on a monthly plan, you authorise us to take payment each month of your subscription. You also agree to notify us promptly if your credit card details change. We reserve the right to change fees at any time. The revised fee will be charged from the next month after we notify you if you are on a monthly plan or from the next year if you are on a yearly plan. If you received promotional or introductory pricing for the first year, the price will revert to our normal fee rates after the first year.
There are no fees payable by Active Individuals.
Any payments not made by the due date will result in cancellation or termination of the services (at our discretion) and all sums due from you shall become immediately due. All pricing is exclusive of any applicable VAT, sales tax or similar tax that may be chargeable and will be payable in addition.
Users on a monthly pricing plan may end their subscription at any time by giving us 30 days’ notice in writing to georgiana@startuplane.io. Such Users’ subscriptions will automatically renew each month until such cancellation is received by us or the subscription is otherwise terminated as stated below
Users on an annual pricing plan may end their subscription at the end of any annual subscription period by giving us notice in writing to georgiana@startuplane.io at any time prior to the expiry of the 12 month term. Such Users’ subscriptions will automatically renew each year until such cancellation is received by us or the subscription is otherwise terminated as stated below
Active Individuals can cancel their registration with us at any time by giving written notice to georgiana@startuplane.io. We will remove your details within 30 days after receipt of any such notice. Until then your registration with us will continue until terminated as stated below.
We reserve the right to terminate your subscription or registration (as applicable) at any time by giving you 30 days’ notice in writing. If we do so and you are a User that has prepaid fees to us, we will refund you pro rata to the remaining duration of your subscription.
If we or you are in material breach of these Terms and we or you (as applicable) do not remedy the breach (if capable of remedy) within 30 days’ of receiving a breach notice in writing specifying the breach then the party not in breach can terminate the subscription or registration at the end of the 30 day’s notice. Similarly, your subscription or registration shall end if either you or we become bankrupt, unable to pay debts, insolvent or anything similar happens.
We warrant to you that we shall provide the services to you with reasonable skill and care in a professional manner. We also warrant that we are legally entitled to provide the services to you and that we will comply with all applicable laws in proving the services to you.
Except as stated above, we do not provide any other warranties, make any representations or give any undertakings in respect of the services which are all provided on an “as is” basis. To the maximum extent allowed by law, we exclude all implied warranties. We do not warrant that use of the services will be uninterrupted or error-free; and are not responsible for any unavailability or suspension of the services for causes beyond our reasonable control.
Nothing in these Terms shall limit or exclude our liability for:
Subject to the above paragraph, we shall not be liable to you, whether in contract, tort (including without limitation negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with these Terms for loss of profits; loss of sales or business, business opportunity or goodwill; loss, corruption or recovery/restoration of data or information; loss of agreements or contracts; loss of anticipated savings; loss of or damage to goodwill; loss of use or corruption of software; or any indirect, special or consequential loss, whether foreseeable or not.
Subject to the above two paragraphs, our maximum liability to you per claim or series of connected claims under or in connection with the services, whether in contract, tort (including without limitation negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the services shall be limited to, for Users, the fees paid by you in the 12 months’ period preceding the date of the incident(s) giving rise to the relevant claim and (b) for Individuals £1,000 (one thousand pounds).
We are registered with the UK Data Protection Register under registration number ZB354905. We agree to comply with all applicable privacy and data protection laws that may apply to any personally identifiable information/personal data provided to us by you in the course of us providing the services in line with our privacy policy set out at https://www.startuplane.io/legal/privacy
The following definitions are used in this in these Terms:
Each of the parties agrees to comply with all applicable requirements of the relevant Data Protection Legislation. This is in addition to, and does not relieve, remove or replace, either of your or our obligations under the Data Protection Legislation.
Except as stated below, we agree that we will not, when performing the services, process your Personal Data outside of the UK or EU without putting in place appropriate safeguards as permitted by applicable Data Protection Legislation.
You warrant to us that you have taken all steps that are required to enable us to process the Personal Data in compliance with all Data Protection Laws including without limitation that you have in place the necessary notices, consents from Data Subjects for you to lawfully transfer their Personal Data to us, or have another appropriate legal basis in place to enable lawful transfer of the Personal Data to us and for us to process use and transfer such personal data in connection with the provision of the Services.
We shall Process Personal Data only in accordance with your lawful instructions, including with regard to transfers of Personal Data to a further third country or an international organisation, unless required to do so by applicable law to which we are subject; in such a case, we shall inform you of that legal requirement before Processing, unless such applicable law prohibits us from so notifying you.
We will not sell your personal data and we will not share your personal data with third parties except as agreed in these Terms.
“Confidential Information” means any information that is marked or designated as confidential or which a reasonable person would assume is confidential information. It can oral or written.
You and we each agree not to use the Confidential Information of the other for any purpose other than the use of or provision of the services in accordance with these Terms. Except as permitted herein, the parties agree not to disclose the Confidential Information of the other party to third parties and agree that they will restrict its disclosure to those persons who need to have the Confidential Information in order to carry out their duties in respect of the services and who are also under similar obligations of confidentiality.
Confidential Information shall not include any information that: (a) is or becomes publicly known through no action or inaction of the Receiving Party; (b) is in the possession of the Receiving Party at the time it receives the Confidential Information from the Disclosing Party; (c) the Receiving Party receives from a third party not under an obligation of confidentiality; (d) is independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of or reference to the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; or (e) is required to be disclosed by law.
No failure or delay by a party in enforcing its rights or remedies shall prejudice or restrict any rights or remedies available to it. No waiver of any rights or remedies available to a party or of any breach of any contractual terms by the other party shall be valid unless in writing signed by each party’s directors or equivalent officer. A waiver shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default.
We may amend these Terms from time to time. All revised Terms will be published on our website at https://www.startuplane.io and shall be effective for Users when their subscription renews and for Active Individuals 30 days after publication. If you do not agree with the revisions made to our Terms, you will have the right to terminate your subscription by giving us 30 days’ notice in writing any time thereafter and for Users who have prepaid us, we will refund you pro rata for the remaining duration of your paid subscription.
The parties agree to comply with all applicable anti-bribery, corruption and anti-money laundering laws and regulations.
No one other than a party to these Terms, their successors and permitted assignees, shall have any right to enforce any of the Terms.
These Terms contain the whole agreement between you and us in relation to their subject matter and supersede all prior agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations, arrangements and understandings between you and us relating to that subject matter. Each party agrees that it shall have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in these Terms. Each party agrees that it shall have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation or negligent misstatement based on any statement in these Terms.
The parties hereby agree that these Terms and any dispute or claim (including without limitation non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with these Terms or their subject matter or formation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England. The parties hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in London, England to settle any dispute or claim (including without limitation-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with these Terms or their subject matter or formation.
