Terms
of use

Welcome to the Candid Site. By using it, you are agreeing to these Terms of Use (defined below). Please read them carefully. If you have any questions, contact us here.

These Terms of Use were last updated on January 16, 2020.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE
Candid Group B.V. (“ CANDID ” " we " or “ us ” or “ our ”) owns and operates the website, www.candidplatform.com, the mobile and touch versions and any sites we have now or in the future that reference these Terms of Use (collectively, " Site "). By (a) using the Site and CANDID services through the Site, (b) signing up for an account you agree to these Terms of Use (defined below), (c) signing up for an account you agree to our Trademark & Brand Guidelines incorporated herein by reference and located at https://www.candidplatform.com/trademark-guidelines.html (“Trademark & Brand Guidelines”) and any additional terms applicable to certain programs in which you may elect to participate. You also agree to our Privacy Policy, incorporated herein by reference and located at  https://www.candidplatform.com/privacy-policy.html ("Privacy Policy"), and acknowledge that you will regularly visit the Terms of Use (defined below) to familiarize yourself with any updates. The Privacy Policy, together with these terms of use, and any other terms contained herein or incorporated herein by reference, are collectively referred to as the "Terms of Use". The term "using" also includes any person or entity that accesses or uses the Site with crawlers, robots, data mining, or extraction tools or any other functionality.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, IMMEDIATELY STOP USING THE SITE AND DO NOT USE ANY CANDID SERVICE OFFERED THROUGH THE SITE.

Ownership of the Site
The Site, any content on the Site, and the infrastructure used to provide the Site are proprietary to us. By using the Site and accepting these Terms of Use: (a) CANDID grants you a limited, personal, nontransferable, nonexclusive, revocable license to use the Site pursuant to these Terms of Use and to any additional terms and policies set forth by CANDID; and (b) you agree not to reproduce, distribute, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, license, sell, or re-sell any content, software, products, or services obtained from or through the Site without the express permission of CANDID.

Your Privacy
We take the privacy of your Personal Information (defined in the Privacy Policy) seriously. We encourage you to carefully review our Privacy Policy for important disclosures about ways that we may collect, use, and share personal data and your choices. Our Privacy Policy is incorporated in and subject to these Terms of Use, and available here.

Copyright and Trademarks
The Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information, including, without limitation, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music, and sound, and the entire contents of the Site are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws of The Netherlands and the European Union. CANDID owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. You may not modify, distribute, publish, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part. Except as otherwise expressly stated under copyright law, no downloading, copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication, or commercial exploitation of the content without the express permission of CANDID or the copyright owner is permitted. If downloading, copying, redistribution, retransmission, or publication of copyrighted material is permitted, you will make independent attribution and/or make no changes in or deletion of any author attribution, trademark legend, or copyright notice. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material. Any violation of these restrictions may result in a copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right infringement that may subject you to civil and/or criminal penalties.

CANDID owns trademarks, registered and unregistered, in many countries and "CANDID," the CANDID logos and variations thereof found on the Site are trademarks owned by Candid Group B.V. or its related entities and all use of these marks inures to the benefit of Candid. “CANDID” is a trademark registered in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK. This is a non-exhaustive trademarks list of Candid: Platform, Platform to Perform, Autonomy at Scale, Be open. It's contagious., Candid Logo, Candid logo elements.

Other marks on the site not owned by CANDID may be under license from the trademark owner thereof, in which case such license is for the exclusive benefit and use of CANDID unless otherwise stated, or may be the property of their respective owners. You may not use Candid's name, logos, trademarks or brands, or trademarks or brands of others on the Site without Candid's express permission.

Choice of Law
Any disputes arising out of or related to these Terms of Use and/or any use by you of the Site or Candid’s services shall be governed by the laws of the Netherlands, without regard to its choice of law rules and without regard to conflicts of laws principles.