Candidate Terms of Use

These Dexta Candidate Terms of Service (“Terms”) outline the terms regarding your use of the Services and are an integral part of the agreement between you (“you” or “your”) and Career Tech LTD (“Dexta” “us” “we” or “our”). These Terms are a legally binding contract between you and Dexta. If you do not agree with these Terms, do not use the Services or register for a Dexta account. By using or accessing the Services or registering for a Dexta account, you agree to be bound by these Terms, the Privacy Notice, and the Cookie Policy (together the “Agreement”) as available on our website (“Website”). Dexta will be the controller of your personal data provided to or collected by or for or processed in connection with our Services. When you use the Services, you agree to all of these Terms including our Privacy Notice and the Cookie Policy, including updates, which state how we collect, use, share, and store your personal information.

1.1. Dexta provides skills-based assessments and tests for our customers' hiring and recruitment processes. The “Services” include all products and services provided by Dexta that are used or accessed by you.

1.2. The Services are for personal and private individual use. We reserve the right to immediately terminate your access to the Services and your account upon violation by you of this prohibited use of the Services under these Terms.

1.3. In order to use our Services, you must be at least 16 years of age. If applicable law requires that you must be older for Dexta to lawfully provide the Services to you without parental consent (including using your personal data), then the minimum age to use the Services is such older age. Failure to do so constitutes a breach of the Terms, which may result in termination of your access to the Services or account.

1.4. You agree that we may provide the Services to you through our affiliates.

2.1. You agree that Dexta can provide notices and messages to you either within the Services or via the contact information that you provided us (e.g., email, mobile number, physical address). You agree to keep your contact details up to date.

2.2. In case you have any questions or inquiries or require help, please contact Dexta support.

3.1. When you register for the use of the Services, you may opt to create a Dexta member account and become a member of Dexta (“Member”). If you have chosen not to register for an account, you may access and use the Services as a “User.”

3.2. If you want to register as a Member, you need to create an account. To create an account, you must provide your email address and create a password.

3.3. You are responsible for safeguarding your account details and password that you use to access the Service and for any activities or actions under your account. You agree not to share or transfer your account or disclose your password to any third party.

3.4. You are responsible for preventing unauthorized access to or use of the Services through your account and will notify Dexta immediately of any such unauthorized access or use. Dexta is not liable for any loss or damage arising from unauthorized use of your account.

4.1. In using the Services, you agree to (a) use the Services only in accordance with these Terms and applicable laws; (b) use your real name on your profile; (c) use the Services in a professional manner; (d) provide Dexta with information that is accurate, complete, and current during your use of the Services.

4.2. You will be solely responsible for all use of the Services under your account.

4.3. You are expressly prohibited from recording, disclosing, publishing, sharing, or making available assessment tests, individual questions, or assignments either to other individuals or to the general public online or otherwise.

4.4. In addition, you shall not: (a) create a false identity, misrepresent your identity, use the Services or create an account for anyone other than yourself, or use or attempt to use another’s account; (b) duplicate any portion of the Services or any documentation (except for your internal use); (c) modify, translate, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, adapt the Services, or attempt to derive the source code of the software offered through the Services; (d) use the Services or allow the transfer, transmission, export, or re-export of the Services or portion thereof in violation of any applicable law, regulation, or rule; (e) violate the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights; (f) violate the intellectual property or other rights of Dexta; (g) develop any software or service that is derived from the Services and materially similar in function to or competes with the Services; (h) bypass, hack, or breach any security device or protection used by the Services or access or use the Services with or without automated means (such as scrape, crawl, or spider); (i) remove, modify, or obscure any identification or proprietary or restrictive rights markings or notices from the Services or any component thereto; (j) input, upload, transmit, or otherwise provide to or through the Services any information or materials that are unlawful or injurious, including the distribution or publication of information that is in violation of applicable law, contrary to public order or public morality, or contain, transmit, or activate any software, hardware, or other technology, device, or means, including any virus, worm, malware, or other malicious computer code; (k) lease, (re)sell, (sub)license, assign, distribute, publish, transfer, or otherwise make available any Services to any third parties; or (l) aid or assist any third parties in doing any of the above.

4.5. If you violate these restrictions and Terms or threaten to violate them, Dexta is entitled to intervene without prior consultation to terminate the violation or to prevent any imminent danger, for example by disabling your account or your access to the Services. You will be liable for any damage caused by your use of the Services through your account in violation of these restrictions. Dexta is at all times entitled to report criminal offenses to the relevant authorities directly related to your violation of the restrictions it has discovered and shall have no liability for any damage to you that may result from such reports.

5.1. We have the right to occasionally modify the features and operations of the Services and will use reasonable efforts to inform you.

5.2. The Services may occasionally become unavailable due to (a) the performance of scheduled or unscheduled maintenance, modifications, or upgrades; (b) hardware failures or failures of third-party providers; (c) to mitigate or prevent the effects of any threat or attack to the Services or any other network or systems on which the Services rely; or (d) as necessary for legal or regulatory reasons. We will use reasonable efforts to communicate any scheduled service outages to you in advance.

5.3. Dexta is not liable for any damages, losses, or any other consequences incurred as a result of unavailability of Services or the failure to provide notice of unavailability.

6.1. We may invite you to test out new or additional products or features of our Services that are not generally available to all Members or other Users of the Services (“Beta Products”).

6.2. Beta Products may contain errors and are provided for limited evaluation only.

6.3. Beta Products are provided “AS IS” without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise. Dexta specifically disclaims all implied warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, and fitness for a particular purpose in relation to Beta Products.

6.4. Dexta does not have any obligation to provide Beta Products to you and Dexta is entitled to terminate or discontinue a Beta Product at any moment.

7.1. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, Dexta hereby grants to you, and you accept, a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, non-assignable license to access and use the Services solely for your own personal use.

7.2. You acknowledge and agree that we and our licensors, as applicable, own all rights in and to the Services, software, including any related software application or component thereof, or to any associated materials or intellectual property, or in or to any enhancements, modifications, updates, or improvements of any of the foregoing (including any feedback you may provide) and all other materials created by us or provided by us to you as part of the Services under the Agreement.

7.3. The Agreement does not grant you any title or right of ownership in or to the Services or any related software application or component thereof, or to any associated materials or intellectual property, including test content and questions, test algorithms, and psychological profiling.

7.4. You are prohibited from modifying, translating, decompiling, reverse engineering, disassembling, publishing, sharing, or adapting the Services and the associated intellectual property rights, or attempting to or abstracting the source code from the software underlying the Services or the applications in any other way. You shall not remove or alter any of Dexta’s proprietary or copyright notices, trademarks, or logos contained in the Services.

8.1. Any content, feedback, and personal information that you have provided as input via the use of the Services, including the test results and scores derived from the Services (“Candidate Data”), shall be the exclusive property of you.

8.2. You grant us and our affiliates a worldwide, transferable, and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish, and process Candidate Data only to the extent necessary to provide the Services without any further consent, notice, and/or compensation to you or others.

8.3. As part of your agreement, you explicitly allow Dexta to make Candidate Data available to our customers as part of the Services.

8.4. You can end this license for specific content by deleting such content from the Services or generally by closing your account, except (a) to the extent such content has been shared with our customers as part of the Services and these customers copied, re-shared, or stored it, and (b) for the reasonable time it takes to remove from backup and other systems.

8.5. As a Member, you have the option to set the settings of your account as "public," which enables a feature that allows our customers to conduct recruitment searches based on skill sets or assessment results, which may include your profile and test results. By selecting this option, you explicitly agree that your profile and test results may be shared with our customers.

8.6. While we may edit and make format changes to your content (such as translating or transcribing it, modifying the size, layout, or file type, or removing metadata), we will not modify the results of your assessment and tests.

8.7. You and Dexta agree that if you provide personal data, such personal data is subject to our Privacy Policy.

8.8. You and Dexta agree that we may access, store, process, and use any information and personal data that you provide in accordance with these Terms, the terms of our Privacy Policy, as well as your choices and settings.

8.9. By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding our Services to Dexta, you agree that Dexta can use and share (but does not have to) such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you.

8.10. You agree to only provide content or information that does not violate the law nor anyone’s rights (including intellectual property rights). You also agree that your profile information will be correct.

9.1. The Services are used by our customers as an assessment and hiring tool to test and select potential future employees. As such, our customers can customize assessment tests and upload their own content, information, questions, and tests. By using the Services, your use of our customer’s content and information posted via our Services is at your own risk.

9.2. Dexta generally does not review content provided by our customers. You agree that we are not responsible for content or information provided by our customers. We cannot always prevent the misuse of our Services, and you agree that we are not responsible for any such misuse.

10.1. Dexta and its affiliates make 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, Dexta hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with respect to the Services, either express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to the implied warranties and/or conditions of title, accuracy of data, non-infringement, merchantability, of satisfactory quality, of fitness for a particular purpose, or accuracy.

11.1. You agree at your own expense to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Dexta and its employees, representatives, advisors, and agents against any claim, suit, action, or other proceeding to the extent based on or arising in connection with your use of the Services, including but not limited to: (i) any rejection of your job application in connection for which you used the Services, irrespective whether this rejection was based on your unsuitability based on your test results or other factors; (ii) a violation of the Terms by you or anyone using your account; (iii) a claim that any use of the Services by you infringes any intellectual property right of any third party; (iv) any unauthorized use of the Services by you or someone using your account and password; or (v) any misrepresentation or breach of representation, warranty, or covenant made by you contained herein.

11.2. To the greatest extent permitted by applicable law, Dexta, including its affiliates, will not be liable in connection with this Agreement for lost profits, lost business, lost or failed job opportunities, reputation (e.g., offensive or defamatory statements), loss of data (e.g., downtime or loss, use of, or changes to your information or content), or any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages.

11.3. Dexta and its affiliates will not be liable to you in connection with this Agreement for any amount that exceeds GBP 5,000 (five thousand pounds).

11.4. The limitations of liability in this article shall apply to all claims of liability (e.g., warranty, tort, negligence, contract, and law) even if Dexta or its affiliates has been told of the possibility of any such damage and even if these remedies fail their essential purpose.

11.5. These limitations of liability do not apply to liability for death or personal injury, gross negligence, or intent.

12.1. We shall have the right to remove any inappropriate content from the Services, limit, or suspend your access to your account and the Services with immediate effect and without prior notice in the event that in our reasonable determination if: (a) your use of the Services is for any unlawful, unauthorized, or fraudulent purpose; (b) you are in material breach of any provision of the Agreement; (c) your use of the Services is materially adversely threatening the security, availability, or integrity of the Services; (d) our provision or your use of the Services is not permitted by applicable laws or regulations; or (e) the account information you have provided is incorrect or incomplete.

12.2. If your account or use of the Services is suspended by us as a result of your actions or omissions pursuant to this Section 12, Dexta does not have any liability for damages or losses or any other consequences that you may incur as a result.

13.1. Both you and Dexta may terminate the Agreement at any time with notice to the other. On termination, you lose the right to access or use the Services.

13.2. Regarding a material breach of the Agreement by you, Dexta may, in addition to termination, suspend the provision of certain Services and close your accounts.

13.3. In the event of any expiration or termination of the Agreement: (a) you shall immediately cease all use of the Services; (b) Dexta will suspend your access to the Services and you shall no longer have access to Dexta’s platform, including your historical assessments; and (c) Dexta will delete your data unless (i) it is required to store such data longer as required by applicable law or (ii) as required to prosecute or defend a legal claim, in which case such information will only be retained for as long as required to resolve the claim. Such deletion shall in any case exclude specific Candidate Data that was shared with customers as part of the Service and these customers have copied, re-shared, or stored such Candidate Data.

13.4. In case of a termination, this shall not affect our rights to (continue to) use and disclose any anonymized or aggregated data (excluding personal data) based on your input and information you shared as part of your use of the Services, including the use of such anonymized or aggregated data by our customers.

13.5. The following sections and paragraphs shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement under Section 13 (Term and Termination): Section 7 (Intellectual Property and Data), Section 8 (License and Personal data), Section 10 (Warranties), Section 11 (Indemnification. Limitation of Liability), Section 14 (General), and Section 15 (Applicable law).

13.6. You can contact Dexta support to aid you in closing your account.

14.1. Transferability and subcontracting. You are not allowed to assign or transfer your rights or obligations under this Agreement nor your account without the prior and explicit consent from Dexta. Any attempt to do so shall be null and void. However, you agree that Dexta may assign this Agreement or parts thereunder to its affiliates or subcontractors.

14.2. Changes. Dexta is entitled to change and amend these Terms from time to time. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any material changes by posting an announcement on the Website or by email. To the greatest extent permitted by applicable law, the new Terms will take immediate effect, and your continued use of the Services following our posting or notice of the changes will constitute your acceptance of the updated Terms.

14.3. Entire Agreement. The Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and us with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all prior oral and written understandings, communications, or agreements.

14.4. Severability. If any provision of the Agreement should be found to be void or unenforceable, you and Dexta agree to modify such provision, but only to the extent necessary to comply with the law, and the remainder of the Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be terminated.

15.1. Any dispute relating to this Agreement, including the Terms or the Services, shall exclusively be governed by the laws of England and Wales, excluding its conflict of laws rules.

15.2. With respect to jurisdiction, you and Dexta agree to choose the courts in England and Wales to decide upon all disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement.