Terms & Conditions

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") constitute a binding legal agreement between you ("User", "you") and Lazy Frog Technologies Private Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 ("Company", "we", "us", or "our"), governing your access to and use of the HiringBlues website, applications, APIs, and related services (collectively, the "Service"). By accessing, registering for, or using the Service, you irrevocably accept these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility & Account

You represent that you are at least 18 years of age and have legal capacity to enter into a binding contract. You are responsible for all activity under your account, for maintaining the confidentiality of credentials, and for any loss resulting from unauthorized use. We may refuse, suspend, or terminate any account at our sole discretion, with or without notice or cause.

2. License

Subject to these Terms and timely payment of fees, the Company grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non- sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your internal business or personal hiring purposes. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company.

3. Restrictions

• No reverse engineering, decompiling, scraping, or extracting models, weights, prompts, or data from the Service.
• No use to build a competing product, dataset, or benchmark.
• No uploading of unlawful, discriminatory, infringing, malicious, or harmful content.
• No use that violates applicable employment, anti-discrimination, data-protection, or export laws.
• No circumvention of usage limits, security mechanisms, or access controls.
• No resale, sublicense, or provision of the Service to third parties without a written agreement.

4. User Content & License to Us

You retain ownership of content you submit ("User Content"). You grant the Company a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable, transferable license to host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works of, transmit, display, and otherwise use User Content to operate, secure, and improve the Service, including training, evaluating, and refining AI features in de-identified or aggregated form. You represent and warrant that you have all rights, consents, and authority necessary to grant this license and to submit such User Content.

5. Fees & Payment

Fees are payable in advance and are non-refundable except where expressly required by law. We may revise pricing at any time on prospective notice. Late payments accrue interest at 1.5% per month (or the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is lower). You are responsible for all applicable taxes, duties, and levies.

6. AI Output Disclaimer

The Service includes AI-generated content (job descriptions, summaries, screening scores, recommendations). AI output may be inaccurate, incomplete, biased, or unsuitable for a particular purpose. You are solely responsible for reviewing, validating, and deciding whether to rely on any output, including hiring decisions. The Company disclaims all liability arising from your use of AI output.

7. Intellectual Property

The Service, including all software, models, designs, text, graphics, trademarks, and the "HiringBlues", "HireHub Foundation", and "HireRight AI" marks, are the exclusive property of the Company and its licensors. No rights are granted by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.

8. Suspension & Termination

We may suspend or terminate the Service or your access at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including suspected breach of these Terms. Upon termination, all licenses granted to you immediately cease. Sections that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including Sections 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OPERATION, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. THE COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.

10. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR ENHANCED DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE COMPANY'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE LESSER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO THE COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE IN THE THREE (3) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) INR 10,000.

11. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to: (a) your use of the Service; (b) your User Content; (c) your breach of these Terms; (d) your violation of any law or third-party right; or (e) any hiring or employment decision made by you.

12. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of India, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Subject to Section 13, the courts at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes.

13. Arbitration

Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be finally resolved by binding arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, before a sole arbitrator appointed by the Company. The seat and venue of arbitration shall be Bengaluru, India. The language shall be English. Each party shall bear its own costs. The award shall be final and binding.

14. Modifications

We may revise these Terms at any time in our sole discretion. Changes are effective upon posting. Your continued use of the Service constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

15. Miscellaneous

These Terms (with the Privacy Policy) constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force. Our failure to enforce any right is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign freely. Notices to you may be given via email or in-product notice.