Terms & Conditions

For convenience, here's what a few words mean in these Terms:

• "Account" means the account you create to use the Service.
• "Content" means anything you submit, upload, or display through the Service — achievements, descriptions, media, resumes, personal notes, profile information, and any other materials.
• "Hypepage" means your public portfolio page on Hypebook.
• "Public Vault" means the optional surface where visitors to your Hypepage can browse the wider set of achievements you've marked as public.
• "Hype" means a verification, endorsement, or recommendation that a third party (a "Verifier") provides about one of your achievements.
• "School" means an educational institution that uses Hypebook as part of an educational program and that you have linked to your Account.
• "You" means the individual using the Service through an Account.

To use the Service you must be at least 13 years old, or the higher minimum age required in your country (for example, 16 in parts of the European Economic Area, or as otherwise set by national law). If you are under that age, you may only use the Service if your school enrolls you in an educational program that obtains the consents required under applicable law (for example, COPPA in the United States) on your behalf.

If you are using the Service on behalf of a company, school, organization, or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms, and "you" in these Terms will refer to that entity.

You may not use the Service if you are barred from doing so under any applicable law, or if your Account has previously been terminated by us for cause.

Hypebook is a portfolio service. The integrity of what's on your profile matters. By using the Service you specifically agree:

• Not to fabricate, materially exaggerate, or misrepresent achievements, credentials, education, employment, awards, or any other facts about yourself.
• Not to claim degrees, certifications, or recognitions you have not earned.
• Not to solicit, coordinate, or accept Hypes from people who are not in a position to verify the underlying achievement, or who agree to write fabricated recommendations.
• Not to impersonate a Verifier or submit a Hype on your own behalf using another person's identity.
• Not to engage in reciprocal Hype arrangements designed to inflate the credibility of either party's profile.
• To correct or remove any Content as soon as you become aware that it is inaccurate.

Violations of this section are grounds for immediate Account suspension or termination and, where permitted by law, we may notify schools, employers, or other parties who have relied on the affected Content.

You control which parts of your profile are visible to others:

• Items in your private vault are visible only to you (and, where applicable, to your linked school).
• Items you feature on your Hypepage are visible to anyone with your Hypepage link.
• Items you mark as "public" become visible on your Public Vault when you enable that surface.
• Resumes you share via a shareable link are visible to anyone with the link.

Once Content is publicly accessible, anyone with the link can view, screenshot, archive, or share it. We cannot guarantee that public Content will not be cached by intermediate networks, indexed by search engines, or otherwise persist after you make it private. Please publish thoughtfully.

Some features of the Service use third-party AI providers to suggest, summarize, or reformat Content (for example, the AI resume assistant). When you use these features:

• AI output is a draft, not a substitute for your judgment. You are responsible for reviewing, editing, and approving anything before you publish it.
• AI suggestions can be wrong, biased, or out of date. Don't rely on them for any decision with legal, financial, academic, or career consequences without independent verification.
• You retain the responsibilities in Section 5 (Accuracy and No Fraud) for any Content you publish, whether you wrote it or AI helped draft it.
• Our use of AI providers is described in our Privacy Policy.

If you link your Account to a School, or if a School invites you to Hypebook as part of an educational program, additional rules apply:

• Your School may have its own terms, acceptable-use policy, or code of conduct that governs your behavior while participating in its program. Those rules apply in addition to these Terms.
• Your School may view aspects of your activity inside its program, as described in our Privacy Policy.
• If your School removes you from its program, your participation in that program's surfaces may end. Your personal Account and Content created outside the School's program remain yours.
• If your School disputes the accuracy of credentials you have asserted (for example, a claim of graduation), we may suspend the affected Content while it's reviewed.

You may not use the Service to:

• Violate any law or anyone else's rights (including intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights).
• Post or transmit material that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, or invasive of another's privacy.
• Harass, bully, intimidate, or impersonate any person.
• Upload viruses, malware, or any code designed to interfere with the Service.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other Accounts, or any related systems.
• Scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access the Service except through interfaces we expressly authorize.
• Resell, sublicense, or otherwise commercially exploit the Service or any data accessed through it, except where we have given you express written permission.
• Use the Service to send unsolicited bulk messages or spam, including unsolicited Hype requests.
• Circumvent any technical limit, rate limit, security feature, or access control of the Service.

We're actively building Hypebook. We may add, change, or remove features at any time, and we may release new features in beta or as experiments. We'll try to give reasonable notice for changes that materially reduce functionality you actively rely on, but the Service is not guaranteed to be uninterrupted or unchanged.

The Service integrates with third-party services (for example, identity providers, storage, email and AI providers — see our Privacy Policy for the current list). When you sign in with a third-party provider or import data from a connected service, that provider's terms also apply. Hypebook is not responsible for third-party services, websites, or content linked from the Service.

Some features may be offered for a fee. If you purchase a paid feature, the pricing, billing terms, refund policy, and any additional terms presented at the point of purchase form part of these Terms with respect to that purchase. Payment processing is handled by our payment processor and is also subject to that processor's terms.

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available." To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Hypebook disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free from viruses or other harmful components, or that any defect will be corrected. Information and AI output you receive through the Service is for general informational purposes only and should not be relied on as professional, legal, financial, medical, academic, or career advice.

Some jurisdictions don't allow the exclusion of certain warranties; in those jurisdictions, the exclusions above apply only to the extent permitted by law.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:

• Hypebook will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, opportunity, or other intangible losses, arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or any other legal theory, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
• Hypebook's aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you have paid to Hypebook in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100).

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law (for example, liability for fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any other liability that cannot be lawfully limited).

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Hypebook and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any third-party claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your Content; (b) your use of the Service in violation of these Terms; (c) your violation of any law or any right of another person; or (d) any Hype you submit as a Verifier. We may, at our option, assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you; if we do, you will cooperate with our defense.

These Terms are governed by the laws of [jurisdiction to be confirmed], without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The exclusive venue for any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be the competent courts of [forum to be confirmed], and you and Hypebook consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

Before filing a claim, you agree to first contact us at legal@hypebook.xyz and try in good faith to resolve the dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days.

If you are a consumer in a jurisdiction whose mandatory law gives you the right to bring proceedings in the courts of your country of residence, nothing in this section limits that right.

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the date at the top and, where appropriate, notify you by email or through the Service. The updated Terms take effect when posted unless we say otherwise. Your continued use of the Service after the update means you accept the new Terms; if you don't agree, you should stop using the Service and may delete your Account.

If you have any questions about these Terms, please reach out:

• Legal: legal@hypebook.xyz
• Privacy: privacy@hypebook.xyz
• Postal: [to be inserted]

See also our Privacy Policy for how we handle your personal information.