Terms of use

1. The Site

These website terms of use (the “Terms”) >2. About us

2.1. Thank you for choosing Flink to help you (in these terms we refer to you as “you", "your" and "yours”) to meet people who want to work flexibly and are interested in job-sharing. We are Flink World Ltd. and we run the Site. We’re a company registered in England and Wales with company number 11080303 whose registered address is at c/o Feltons, 8 Sovereign Court, 8 Graham Street, Birmingham B1 3JR. In these terms we refer to ourselves as “we”, “us”, “our” or “ourselves”. Our services are currently limited to a free feature designed to connect professionals who want to work flexibly and are interested in job-sharing, accessed via the Site (“Services”). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that are added to the current Site/Services, including the release of new tools and resources, shall be subject to these Terms.

2.2. You can get hold of us in any of the following ways:

by emailing us at info@flinkworks.co; or
by writing to us at Flink World Ltd, c/o Feltons, 8 Sovereign Court, 8 Graham Street, Birmingham B1 3JR.

3. Personal Data

We take your privacy very seriously. For information about how we collect and use your personal information, please see our Privacy Notice which is available here. Please also see our Cookie Policy which is available here.

4. Terms of use

4.1. These Terms set out the terms on which you may use the Site. These Terms are important and you should read them carefully before using the Site. They explain how you may use the Site.

4.2. By using (and continuing to use) the Site, you agree to comply with these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms then you must stop using the Site immediately.

5. Changes to these Terms

5.1. We may change these Terms from time to time. You should therefore check these Terms each time you visit our Site for any changes. These Terms were last updated on May 17, 2019.

5.2. If you do not agree with the new/amended Terms then you must stop using the Site immediately. If you continue to use the Site, you agree to comply with the new/amended Terms.

6. Site Availability and access to the Site

6.1. To use the Services, you must register for an account by either: (i) connecting using your through LinkedIn credentials or (ii) providing your name, a valid email address and any other information we may require from time to time (“Account”). Please see section 9 on Account security.

6.2. Once you have an Account, you can create an online profile (“Profile”). When creating your Profile, you agree to (i) provide accurate, current and complete information; and (ii) be personally responsible for the information you provide. We reserve the right to delete your Profile and suspend or terminate your Account if we, acting reasonably, suspect that any information you provide in your profile is untrue, inaccurate or does not comply with our Terms.

6.3. Our Site is currently aimed at website visitors based in the United Kingdom. The content on the Site may not be appropriate or available for use in locations outside of the United Kingdom.

6.4. We permit access to the Site on a temporary basis and we may amend, suspend or indefinitely withdraw the Site, without notice to you.

6.5. You may only use our Site for lawful reasons.

6.6. Whilst we try to make this Site available at all times, we make no promises that it will be available at all times and we will not be liable if the Site is unavailable for any period of time, for whatever reason.

6.7. Access to the Site may be restricted or the Site may be unavailable to allow us to repair, maintain or improve the Site. We do not guarantee that access to the Site will be uninterrupted.

6.8. Some areas of our Site may be restricted to those people who have an account with us.

6.9. You are responsible for ensuring that you have the necessary and compatible equipment or devices for accessing our Site.

7. Updates to Content

From time to time we may update or change content on our Site.

8. Reliance on Content

8.1. The content on our Site is posted for general information purposes on an ‘as is’ basis and is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely.

8.2. You should always obtain your own professional advice before taking any action or refraining from doing something based on the content of our Site.

8.3. We use reasonable endeavours to provide content which is up to date, but we do not warrant, represent, promise or guarantee that the content on our Site is up to date or accurate.

9. Account Details

9.1. If you have an Account to access any part of the Site, you must treat your Account details as confidential and you must not share them with or disclose them to any other person or third party group.

9.2. You will be responsible for all activity under your Account. If you believe that someone else knows your password then you should contact us immediately using the details set out in section 2 above.

9.3. If we believe that you have not complied with these Terms or any other terms applicable to you, then we reserve the right to disable or suspend your Account.

9.4. If we believe that there has been a breach of security in relation to your Account or we believe that your Account has been misused then we may lock your Account and require you to change your password.

10. Third Party Sites

The Site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content on any linked website and we accept no responsibility for any loss or damage suffered due to your use of them. We provide these links as we believe it may assist you and other visitors to our Site but by providing the link we do not in any way approve the linked website or anything contained therein.

11. User’s content

11.1. If you submit any content to our Site (such as entering Profile details, posting details of a job-share opportunity and having one to one conversations with any connections you make) you agree that:

you own the intellectual property rights in the content you submit and no content which you submit will infringe the intellectual property rights of anybody else;
you are personally responsible for the content which you submit;
you will not impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;
you will not submit anything which is false, misleading or inaccurate;
you will not submit anything which is defamatory, threatening or which is otherwise considered offensive or which is against the law;
you will not submit anything which is threatening, abusive or invades another's privacy, or causes annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;
you will not submit anything which is likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person; and
you will not submit anything which contains viruses or similar programs or files which damage equipment, devices or software.

11.2. You warrant that any content you submit complies with the above standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.

11.3. Any content you upload to our Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights to your content, but you grant to us and other users of our Site a limited licence to use, store and copy that content.

11.4. We reserve the right to remove any submissions or content uploads made to our Site.

11.5. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our Site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or their right to privacy.

11.6. If you fail to comply with this section 11 of these Terms, we reserve the right to suspend or withdraw indefinitely your access to or use of our Site (including your Account). We may also take legal action against you and we may disclose your details to law enforcement agencies where we believe this is necessary or if we are required to disclose them by law. We may take any other action as we consider is necessary.

11.7. We do not usually edit or monitor content uploaded by users. Users’s content has not been approved by us and does not necessarily represent our views or values. We do not endorse any content posted by users. If there is content uploaded by other users that you wish to complain about then please contact us using the details set out in section 2 above.

12. Viruses and bugs

12.1. We do not guarantee that our Site will be free from viruses, bugs or other harmful code or programs. It is your responsibility to ensure that the equipment and devices you use to access our Site are installed with up to date and sufficient anti-virus software.

12.2. You must not intentionally introduce viruses, bugs or other harmful code or programs to our Site.

12.3. You must not attempt to hack or attack or attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Site, any part of it or any software or equipment connected to it. We may take legal action against you and we may disclose your details to law enforcement agencies where we believe this is necessary or if we are required to disclose them by law. We may take any other action as we consider is necessary.

13. Our Liability

13.1. Nothing in this section 13 or these Terms shall exclude or place limits on our liability for any death or personal injury caused by our negligence or for any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited by law.

13.2. To the fullest extent permitted by law we exclude all liability for loss or damage arising out of or in connection with your use of our Site (including any inability to use our Site). This exclusion covers, but is not limited to, liability for:

any direct loss;
any loss of profit;
any loss of revenue, anticipate savings or goodwill; or
any indirect or consequential loss.

13.3. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all representations and warranties relating to our Site and the content on it.

13.4. As explained in section 8, we will not be liable for any loss or damage arising out of or in connection with your use of or reliance on any content on our Site.

13.5. If you are a consumer, then none of these exclusions or limitations or other terms in these Terms affect your rights under consumer law.

14. Intellectual Property Rights

14.1. Except in respect of content uploaded by visitors (see section 11) we own (or we are an authorised licensee) of all intellectual property rights on this Site and in the material and content published on it. These are protected by worldwide intellectual property laws and we reserve all such rights.

14.2. Flink is our registered trademark. You are not permitted to use this trademark unless you use them in compliance with section 14.4. To the extent that there are trademarks, service marks and/or logos from other organisations on our Site, they are the trademarks, service marks and logos of those respective organisations. You are granted no general right or commercial license with respect to our trademarks, service marks and logos or of the trademarks, service marks or logos of those other organisations.

14.3. Except for the visitor content (defined above) all of the content available through the Site/Services (including the right to sue for passing off, design rights, reports, data, databases, tools, code, photographs, pictures, video, interfaces, web-pages, designs, text, graphics, images, information, software (“Software”), audio and other media files, their selection and arrangement, materials and all other intellectual property rights) are owned by us or are licensed to us by a third party (“Our Content”). You acknowledge and accept that you are expressly prohibited from using Our Content except where we grant you a limited license to use Our Content in connection with the Site/Services, as set out in clause 14.4.

14.4. You must not license or resell any content printed or downloaded from our Site unless you have been granted a limited license by applying in writing to our registered address. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, worldwide and non-exclusive licence to use Our Content for the exclusive purpose of using the Services for your own personal, non-commercial use (“Licence”). Your Licence to use Our Content is restricted to use of the object code of the Software, and it is a condition of the Licence that, except where permitted under applicable law, you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, rent, lease, loan, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree not to access the Site by any means other than through the interfaces that are provided by us for use in accessing the Service.

15. Links to our Site

You may link to our Site but any such link is subject to the following conditions:

the link must not damage our reputation;
you must ensure that the link does not in any way suggest that there is any kind of association between us and does not suggest that we promote or endorse you in any way; and
we reserve the right to withdraw permission to you linking to our Site.

16. Severance

If any part of these Terms is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant part shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of such part under this clause shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of these Terms.

17. Law and Jurisdiction

If there is ever any dispute between you and us, then it will be resolved using the law of England and Wales. Unless you are a consumer living in Scotland or Northern Ireland, we both agree respectively that proceedings will be brought in the English courts. However, if you are a consumer living in Scotland, you can bring proceedings in Scottish or English courts and if you are a consumer living in Northern Ireland you can bring proceedings in Northern Irish or English courts.

Please contact us with any questions you might have about these Terms of Use via hello@flinkworks.co.