Terms of Service

1. The service and these terms

JoinUp is a free, volunteer-run platform for discovering startup jobs, talent, organizations and events. It provides profiles, listings and tools to help people connect. These terms govern your use of JoinUp and your account with us.

JoinUp is not an employer, recruitment agency or a party to an employment or other agreement between users. A listing, profile, badge, search result or AI-generated score is not a guarantee of identity, qualifications, suitability, availability or a successful application. Check relevant information with the person or organization concerned.

2. Accounts and your responsibilities

When you complete new-account onboarding, you must actively agree to these terms. Provide accurate information, keep it reasonably current and use an email account you control. Do not impersonate another person or claim authority to represent a startup that you do not have.

Protect access to your email and sign-in providers, do not share one-time codes or sessions, and sign out on shared devices. Tell us promptly if you suspect unauthorized use. You are responsible for activity you authorize through your account; this does not make you responsible for every event beyond your control.

If you act for an organization, you must have authority to manage its profile, memberships and job listings. Keep listings accurate and remove or close opportunities that are no longer available.

3. Your content and publication choices

You keep any rights you hold in content you provide. You grant us permission to store, reproduce, process and display that content as needed to operate the features you choose, including profile publication, document sharing and the processing described in the Privacy Policy. This permission is limited to operating JoinUp and does not transfer ownership of your content to us.

Only provide content that you are entitled to share. Do not include confidential information or another person's private details without appropriate permission. You are responsible for checking imported or generated profile information before publishing it.

Listed talent profiles can be viewed without signing in. Enabling public CV visibility can make the CV and its contents accessible through that profile. Anyone with a valid document share link can access the shared document. Changing visibility or revoking a link cannot retrieve copies that others have already made.

4. Acceptable use

Use JoinUp lawfully and respectfully. Do not post fraudulent or misleading opportunities, unlawful discrimination, harassment, threats, malware or content that infringes another person's rights. Do not send spam or use the service to deceive people or collect information under false pretences.

Do not bypass access controls or rate limits, attempt unauthorized access, interfere with the service, or use automated collection that violates these terms. Report security concerns to our contact address without accessing or exposing data beyond what is necessary to describe the issue.

5. Startup and recruiter use of talent information

Use talent information on JoinUp only to assess and discuss relevant professional opportunities. Do not export, scrape, bulk-copy or reuse talent profile data outside JoinUp, sell it, build external recruiting databases from it or use it for unrelated marketing. Public visibility is not permission for those uses.

Contact people only through channels they make available for relevant professional contact. Respect their choices and any request to stop. If a person separately provides information directly to you, you are responsible for explaining and lawfully handling your own processing of that information. These duties apply to startup representatives, recruiters and anyone using the talent directory.

6. Imports, AI features and external services

Some features use services operated by others, including social sign-in, LinkedIn imports, file storage, maps and AI processing. Their applicable terms and privacy practices also matter when you use them. External application and event links take you to services we do not control.

AI extraction, CV feedback and semantic search can be inaccurate or biased. Review the output before relying on or publishing it. A score is guidance, not a hiring decision or a promise about your prospects. Do not upload unnecessary sensitive or third-party information. See the Privacy Policy for actual data flows, visibility controls and the limits of available opt-outs.

7. Availability and changes to the service

JoinUp is provided without a platform usage fee. Volunteer support, maintenance, provider failures and ongoing development can affect availability. We do not promise uninterrupted access, a particular response time or that every feature will remain available indefinitely.

We may change or discontinue features. Where reasonably practicable, we will give notice of changes that materially affect your ongoing use. This does not remove any notice or other protection required by applicable law. Keep your own copies of important information rather than relying on JoinUp as your only archive.

8. Reports, restrictions and ending use

You may stop using JoinUp at any time. Contact us for account-wide deletion or other data requests; the Privacy Policy explains the current request route and possible retention limits.

We may remove content or restrict access where reasonably necessary to address a breach of these terms, protect users or the service, or meet a legal obligation. We will consider the circumstances and, where appropriate, explain the restriction and let you contact us about an error. Urgent security or legal circumstances can require action before notice.

Ending access does not erase obligations already incurred or make data previously copied by others disappear. Rules protecting other people's information and rights continue to apply to information you obtained while using JoinUp.

9. Responsibility and liability

Users and external providers supply much of the information available through JoinUp. We cannot guarantee that every listing, profile, imported field, external link or generated result is accurate, complete or current. Exercise your own judgment and verify important details before applying, hiring or entering an agreement.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, we do not accept liability for losses arising from unavailable features, inaccurate user-supplied information or agreements and disputes between users. Nothing in these terms excludes liability for intentional misconduct or gross negligence, or limits any liability or mandatory right that the law does not allow us to exclude or limit.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the service or applicable requirements change. The current version is available on this page with its revision date. Where additional notice or renewed agreement is required, we will seek it; publication alone does not override that requirement. Contact us if a change raises a question about your continued use.

11. Governing law

Swiss law governs these terms, subject to mandatory protections that apply to you. This clause does not remove mandatory consumer rights or any court or complaint rights that cannot lawfully be waived. Please contact us first if you have a concern so we can try to resolve it.

12. Contact and privacy

Questions, reports and account requests: it@entrepreneur-club.org.

Our Privacy Policy describes how we process personal data. Operator details are also available in the Imprint.