END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE TALENT UX PLATFORM.
Introduction
This End User License Agreement (“EULA”) is a legally binding agreement that governs your use of the Customer-branded, web-based software platform (“Talent UX”) and any related documentation (“Documentation”). Talent UX, is licenced, operated and maintained by Randstad Enterprise BV., Diemermere 25, 1112 TC Diemen, the Netherlands, registration no. 24007243, a member of the Randstad Group (“Licensor”).
By clicking “Accept” or otherwise proceeding to access Talent UX, you agree that your access and use of Talent UX will be governed by the terms of this EULA. Licensor reserves the right to modify, to amend or to redraft this EULA at any time in its sole discretion.
Use of Talent UX for Customer Positions
Talent UX facilitates the pooling of candidates and matching of candidates in the talent pool with clients needing either permanent employees or contingent resource services The particular Talent UX instance to which you will have access hereunder relates solely to positions and projects at the customer(s) shown on the landing page (“Customer”). Any engagement by Customer for your services is the subject of a separate agreement or agreements between Customer and you (or among Customer and an employment agency for your services) and will not involve Licensor.
Contracting and Commercial Conditions
You will not be charged an entrance fee for the use of the Talent UX.
As noted above, if your application is selected by Customer to fulfil an open Customer opportunity you will be engaged either by the Customer direct or by a (Randstad) employment agency or broker for any contingent roles with the Customer. The commercial terms and conditions of your engagement will be the subject of a separate agreement between you and the Randstad agency or the broker.
Where the role is for a contingent resource that is a freelancer or independent contractor, before the engagement can be finalized certain control measures will be required to ensure that the performance of the work by you as a freelancer or independent contractor will be completed in a sufficiently independent way. There may be other screening checks also required either for engagement by the Customer or engagement by a Randstad agency.
Grant of Limited License
Licensor hereby grants you a personal, temporary, revocable, royalty-free, nonexclusive, nonsub-licensable and non-transferable license to use Talent UX and the Documentation solely in connection with your potential engagement to fill Customer's opportunities, subject to the terms set forth in this EULA. This is a limited license. All other rights and ownership with respect to Talent UX (including without limitation copyrights) reside with Licensor.
Registration
In order to use Talent UX, you must complete the online registration process and use the activation link in the verification email sent to you by Licensor. With your registration, you attest that you are a natural person at least 18 years old and legally competent, and if you work through a company as an independent contractor, that you are authorized to act on behalf of that company. You represent and warrant that all of the information you provide in connection with the registration is truthful, accurate and complete.
You will be required to provide a current email address during registration, which also serves the communication between user and Talent UX. You acknowledge and agree that all notices from Licensor will be sent to the email address you provide, and that it is your responsibility to monitor such address. In the event of any change to your email address, you agree to update your account information without delay.
Account and User Profile
Upon a successful registration you will be provided with an account, within which you can create your own profile.
You are limited to one account under this EULA. Your account and user profile are protected by a user name and a password (hereinafter referred to as “login information”) which are determined during the registration process. You must keep your login information confidential and you may not share such information with others. You must ensure that your login information is not accessible to third parties. In case of loss of the login information, or in case of suspicion that a third party has knowledge of the information or is making use of your account, you are obliged to inform the Licensor about this immediately and to change your login information.
You represent and warrant that all information you provide in connection with your account and your user profile is accurate and complete, and contains no misrepresentations as to your skills, competencies, experience, education or employment history. You agree to keep your user profile up-to-date and promptly correct any information that is or becomes untrue or misleading. You can request to delete your user profile at any time.
Your account and user profile are personal to you and cannot be transferred to a third party under any circumstances.
Data Within the Platform
Licensor retains ownership of your login information for Talent UX. You retain ownership of any data you enter into the platform with respect to your user account and profile (User Data). You hereby grant Licensor a permanent, royalty-free, nonexclusive, sub-licensable and transferable license to use your User Data in connection with the offering of services by Licensor or its affiliates to Customer. As noted above, you also agree that Licensor may (i) share User Data with Customer (ii) share User Data within Randstad (iii) share User Data with a broker.
You are responsible for maintaining your own copies of any User Data. Licensor reserves the right to delete User Data at any time, and makes no warranty or promise as to the retention of User Data for any particular length of time.
You are responsible for all User Data you entered into Talent UX. Licensor is authorized to block the access to or delete certain contents at any given time for any reason. This is particularly applicable in case of suspected violation of the EULA, applicable laws or rights of third parties, or if projects are completely finalized. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Licensor from any claims arising from your User Data, including without limitation claims that your User Data violates applicable law or infringes the rights of third parties.
Use and Protection of Your Data
Talent UX will process your personal data in accordance with the Privacy Policy and Consent on Data Use (https://www.talent-pool.com/privacy) as agreed upon under this EULA and as published on our website.
Restrictions on Use
Any use, modification, or distribution of Talent UX or Documentation outside the scope of the express licenses granted herein is strictly prohibited. You will not, and will not knowingly permit others to: (a) modify Talent UX; or (b) decompile, reverse-engineer, disassemble, or otherwise attempt, directly or indirectly, to obtain or create source code for Talent UX, (c) introduce viruses, worms, robots, scripts, macros or harmful code of any kind within Talent UX, or (d) manipulate, impair and/or excessively strain the operation of the online platform, its underlying technical infrastructure or its functions. You shall not, and shall not knowingly permit others to: (a) lease, license, sublicense, transfer, or assign any of your rights under this EULA; (b) sell, rent, or distribute Talent UX, including allowing others to access Talent UX using your account; or (c) copy, duplicate, or otherwise reproduce all or any part of Talent UX or Documentation. Any breach of the foregoing is a material breach of this EULA that is incapable of cure.
Right of Withdrawal for Consumers
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the date of contract conclusion. To exercise the right of withdrawal, you must inform us
Randstad Enterprise BV., Diemermere 25, 1112 TC Diemen, the Netherlands
Email: rsrdpo@randstad.com
of your decision to withdraw from this contract by an unequivocal statement (e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or email). To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of Withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we shall reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (with the exception of the supplementary costs resulting from your choice of a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us), without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract. We will carry out such reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
If you requested to begin the performance of services during the withdrawal period, you shall pay us an amount which is in proportion to what has been provided until you have communicated us your withdrawal from this contract, in comparison with the full coverage of the contract.
Exclusion of the Right of Withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not exist if, when entering into a legal transaction, you predominantly act in exercise of your trade, business or profession and are therefore deemed to be an entrepreneur.
The right of withdrawal vis-à-vis Licensor does not apply to agreements you enter into with third parties, i.e. where the Licensor is not legally involved. Any such rights of withdrawal may only be brought against the respective third party.
The right of withdrawal is not applicable to contracts regarding the delivery of made-to-order goods involving personalized production, that are not prefabricated.
You expressly agree that we will start to render the service before the end of the cancellation period.
Termination
This EULA may be terminated at any time and for any reason (or for no reason) by you or by Licensor upon written notice (including email). Upon any termination, (i) all licenses granted to you under this EULA will immediately terminate; (ii) you shall immediately cease using Talent UX and Documentation; and (iii) you must promptly return or destroy all copies of Documentation. The destruction requirement applies to copies in all forms, partial and complete, in all types of media and computer memory, and whether or not modified or merged into other materials. Termination of this EULA will not limit Licensor from pursuing any other remedies that may be available, including injunctive relief.
Limitation of Liability
Licensor shall not under any circumstances be liable for any special or consequential damages (including loss of profits, savings, revenue, or use, damaged or lost files or data, or business interruption) that may arise in connection with this EULA, the use or support of Talent UX, or any matter whatsoever, regardless of the cause of action or characterization of the damages, regardless of whether such damages were foreseeable and even if Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
If legally possible the aggregate liability of Licensor to you arising out of or relating to this EULA and the use or support of Talent UX, regardless of the cause of action or characterization of the damages, including without limitation Licensor's indemnification obligations hereunder, shall not exceed fifty Euro (€50.00). This does not apply for liability in the event of intent or gross negligence, due to injury to life, body or health, due to guarantee or due to culpable breach of significant contractual obligations (German: “Kardinalpflichten”).
Neither party will be liable for any damages based on actions or occurrences that occurred more than one year before the other party provides notice of the claim. The foregoing limitations of liability will survive and apply notwithstanding the failure of essential purpose of any remedies specified herein.
Disclaimers of Warranties
You acknowledge that Licensor makes no warranties to you regarding Talent UX, except as specifically set forth in the “use and protection of your data” section above.
Licensor takes no responsibility for any failure of use or suitability of Talent UX caused by the data you input, or by your failure to enter data properly.
Talent UX is provided “as is,” and Licensor makes no additional warranties, express, implied, arising from course of dealing or usage of trade, or statutory, as to any software or documentation provided hereunder, or any matter whatsoever. The parties disclaim all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, satisfactory quality, title, and noninfringement.
Licensor makes no warranty: (i) with respect to Talent UX's availability, (ii) that Talent UX will meet any requirements not specifically set forth herein, (iii) that the operation of Talent UX will be uninterrupted or error-free, or (iv) that all errors will be corrected.
Licensor makes no warranty as to the completeness or correctness of any list or set of Customer opportunities that you are shown within Talent UX. Licensor makes no warranty as to whether you will obtain any customer engagements through use of Talent UX, or as to the quality of such engagements. Licensor disclaims any responsibility for acts or omissions of Customer.
Licensor makes no representations or warranties as to the suitability or financial wherewithal of Customer.
No statement by any Licensor employee or agent, orally or in writing, will serve to create any warranty or obligation not set forth herein or to otherwise modify this EULA in any way.
Copyright Infringement - Platform
Licensor shall defend or, at its sole option, settle, at its own expense any suit, action, or proceeding brought in a court of competent jurisdiction against you by a third party to the extent it is based on a claim that Talent UX infringes any copyright or trade secret arising under the laws of any jurisdiction (an IP Action), and Licensor shall pay damages finally awarded against you in such IP Action, or those monetary damages agreed to by Licensor and the claimant in a monetary settlement of such IP Action, in either case subject to the limitations on liability stated herein; provided that Licensor will be relieved of the foregoing obligations unless you: (a) give Licensor and Customer prompt written notice of each such claim; (b) tender to Licensor sole control of the defense or settlement of each such IP Action; and (c) cooperate with Licensor in defending or settling each such IP Action. If Licensor receives notice of an allegation that Talent UX infringes or misappropriates a third party's intellectual property rights, or if your use of Talent UX is prohibited by permanent injunction of a court of competent jurisdiction as a result of such an infringement or misappropriation, Licensor may, at its sole option and expense: (i) procure the right to continue using Talent UX as provided hereunder; (ii) modify Talent UX so that it is no longer infringing; (iii) replace Talent UX with other software of equal or superior functional capability; or (iv) terminate this EULA.
Use of the Platform
You agree that at all times in using Talent UX you will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, especially criminal law, competition law, trademark law, copyright law, personal rights, data protection law and laws concerning the protection of young persons, and you agree not to violate the rights of any third party when using this platform.
You may not use Talent UX to send messages with advertising content (especially spam messages) without the consent of the recipient. In the event that content you post contains hyperlinks to pages of third parties, you shall ensure that you have proper authorisation to use the hyperlinks and that the website to which the link is established.
Talent UX is dependent on the fact that solely genuine bids and offers are posted. Therefore you should only apply for or indicate interest in projects and positions for which you have a genuine interest and a good belief that your background and experience are appropriate.
Confidentiality
You agree to keep strictly confidential, and not to disclose to any third party (other than on a need-to-know basis to a party subject to an obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the information, such as your legal counsel), any confidential or proprietary Customer or Licensor information to which you are exposed in your use of Talent UX (Confidential Information). You further agree to use Confidential Information solely for the purposes described in this EULA. Confidential Information includes, without limitation, any information that is marked as confidential or that could reasonably be expected to be considered confidential, including without limitation information about Open Orders, fees, and login information. Confidential Information hereunder does not include information that you can clearly establish: (i) is in the public domain (unless such information is public as a result of a breach by you), (ii) was disclosed to you by a third party that is not subject to confidentiality obligations or (iii) was known to you prior to your first access to Talent UX. If you believe you are required by an applicable law, regulation or court order to disclose Confidential Information, you will first provide notice to Licensor and cooperate with Licensor's efforts to limit such disclosure or obtain confidential treatment of such disclosure.
Applicable Law and Court of Jurisdiction
If you live in the EU/EEA or Switzerland, the laws of Germany govern all claims related to this EULA, but this shall not deprive you of the mandatory consumer protections under the law of the country where you have habitual residence. With respect to jurisdiction, you and Licensor agree to choose the courts of the country where you have habitual residence for all disputes arising out of or relating to this EULA, or in the alternative, you may choose the responsible court in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
For others outside of the EU/EEA or Switzerland, including those who live outside of the United States: You and Licensor agree that the laws of Germany, excluding its conflict of laws rules, shall exclusively govern any dispute relating to this EULA. You and Licensor both agree that all claims and disputes can be litigated only in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and you Licensor each agree to personal jurisdiction in those courts.
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to this EULA.
Contract Transfer
Licensor has the right to transfer this EULA, and all of Licensor's rights and obligations included herein, in connection with any sale, transfer or license of Talent UX to a third party.
Miscellaneous
In the event of any contradiction between the different language versions of these EULA, the English version shall take precedence.