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All use of our website app.stepsconnect, including all services, media and data available on it, (“Website”) is governed by these Terms of Conditions (“Terms”) and the following related policies: Our Privacy Policy: https://app.stepsconnect.com/legal/privacy which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you or others provide to us. By using our Website, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate. You also warrant that you have obtained the consent of all persons whose personal data you provide to us, for us to use that data to provide you and such other person with the requested product, service or information.
These Terms were most recently updated on: 25 January 2022
To make it easier for you to navigate these Terms, we have set them out in 3 sections:
A. INTRODUCTION
B. PROVISIONS SPECIFIC FOR EMPLOYERS
C. GENERAL
Steps SRL, trading as Steps is the data controller and is responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “Steps”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy).
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us by using the details set out below.
Contact details
Full name of legal entity: Steps SRL, trading as Steps.
E-mail address: info@stepsconnect.com
Postal address: Steps, Via Galvani 24, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
2. What is our site?
We provide an online platform that provides individual users who are seeking employment opportunities (“Candidate(s)”) with a job search product and also connects Candidates with Employers.
When the product is used as intended, interactions on the Website occur between Candidates and Employers. You acknowledge that Steps is not directly involved in or otherwise an agent or party to any transaction that may take place between a Candidate and an Employer.
By you visiting this Website as a person, company or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality) that is interested in hiring Candidates (“Employer”, “you” or “your”), and whether or not you become a registered user of the Website or not, you accept these Terms and you agree to comply with these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, then you must immediately stop using the Website.
BY CLICKING “REGISTER NOW”, OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD, AND, AS A CONDITION TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, THESE TERMS, INCLUDING OUR PRIVACY POLICY (https://app.stepsconnect.com/privacy). IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE, OR DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS, THEN YOU DO NOT HAVE OUR PERMISSION TO ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE.
We reserve the right to change the Terms by posting the new version to this page and, where appropriate, by notifying you of such change via email. Every time you wish to use our Website, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. You can review the current version of the Terms which apply to your use of the Website at any time on this page.
In consideration of you agreeing to abide by the Terms, we hereby grant to you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, license to use the Website, solely for your personal, non-commercial use.
We may update and change our Website from time to time to reflect changes to our products, our users’ needs and our business priorities. We do not guarantee that our Website, or any Content on it, will always be available uninterrupted or error free and we reserve the right to withdraw, suspend or amend the services or functionality that we provide on the Website without notice for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal. We will not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
If you choose, or you are provided with, a password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at info@stepsconnect.com.
We do not guarantee that our Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs, and platform to access our Website. You should use your own virus protection software. You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website. You must not attack our Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. If you do so, you may be committing a criminal offense under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, or other applicable laws based on your location. We may report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, we reserve the right to immediately cease your right to use the Website.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms and other applicable terms and conditions and that they comply with them.
You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
You must not establish a link to our Website in any website that is not owned by you. Our Website must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our Website other than the home page.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
If you wish to link to or make any use of Content on our Website other than that set out above, please contact info@stepsconnect.com.
In order to use the Website as an Employer you must register and create an account on the Website (“Account”). To be eligible for an Account you must be at least 18 years old. You may not use this Website if you previously had an Account terminated or suspended. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to accept or reject your registration for an Account. If your registration is accepted by us, you will be allocated an Account.
In registering for an Account on the Website, you agree: (1) to provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself; and (2) to maintain and promptly update the information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your Account. You are permitted to manage/edit your Employer profile, update and edit job listings for example by updating descriptions.
If you provide any Content on the Website (via your Account, or via any of your interactions within the Website) that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, or Steps has reasonable grounds to suspect that any such Content is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Steps has the right to remove such Content, suspend or terminate your Account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Website without notice to you.
You agree not to create an Account using a false identity or information, or on behalf of someone other than yourself. You undertake that your login may only be used by you and a login shared by multiple people is not permitted. You agree not to create an Account or use the Website if you have been previously removed by Steps, or if you have been previously banned from the Website. Steps has the right to verify each email address linked to each Employer Account. Accounts will only be activated following Steps’ email verification procedure.
Steps has the right to suspend or terminate your Account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Website at any time and for any reason.
As an Employer, you can find and message Candidates through the Website.
When you view, send, store or receive information (including CVs) through or using the Website, Steps may, for example, use such information for its internal business purposes including but not limited to data analysis, quality control, or refining the Website or any other product or service, whether via automated means or otherwise.
You may receive messages, emails or email notifications corresponding with your activity on or use of the Website. In all cases, such messages or notifications are provided solely as a courtesy. Steps disclaims all warranties regarding the transmission or storage of such courtesy notices, does not guarantee their delivery or receipt, and does not guarantee the date or time at which they may be sent.
You shall indemnify, keep indemnified, defend and hold harmless Steps, its agents, affiliates, and licensors from any and all losses, damages, costs, expenses (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees), third-party claims or any other liabilities arising out of any Account created by you, any job advert posted directly by you, any message sent by you or any other Content or material that is uploaded to, or access via, the Website.
As an Employer, you agree to keep confidential all information gained from Candidates through use of our Website (including but not limited to names, identities or personal information of any Candidates), together with all other information which is of a private, proprietary or confidential nature . You agree to: (1) not disclose the Confidential Information to any person other than your employees who have reasonable need to know the information in connection with the potential recruitment of the Candidate and not to anyone outside of your organization; (2) take appropriate physical, technical and administrative measures to protect the Confidential Information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. If requested by us, you shall immediately return or destroy (as directed by us) all Confidential Information.
You agree that for the purposes of applicable data protection legislation including but not limited to the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 or similar laws based on your applicable jurisdiction (“Data Protection Legislation”) you are a data controller of any and all personal data that you collect from Candidates on the Website and that you will process any such personal data submitted by Candidates in accordance with the Data Protection Legislation.
If you choose to upgrade your Account from Free Trial to include a subscription, we will provide you with the services described on the Website or on the documentation (company profile, pricing) we shared with you. Access as a subscriber is subject to ongoing payment of relevant fees.
Steps’ subscriptions are, unless otherwise agreed, for an initial 6 or 12 month term, and will not automatically renew at the end of the initial term (subject to any agreed pricing changes), unless you, or we, give 30 days’ written notice to terminate the subscription earlier. We will notify you of any increase in pricing at least 45 days prior to the end of the initial, or any subsequent, term. We may, at our discretion, refuse to renew a Steps subscription at the end of the initial, or any subsequent, term.
As a condition to the Guarantee, you must: (i) ensure that all your live vacancies are posted on the Website (excluding those that are not suitable for the Website), (ii) when technically possible, integrate your applicant tracking system with the Website; and (iii) continue to engage proactively with us throughout the term of the Steps subscription, including by responding to our messages promptly and implementing our reasonable suggestions. For the purpose of the Guarantee, “making a hire through the Website” means that you identified the relevant candidate on Steps at any time in the six months prior to hiring the candidate, or we have evidence that suggests they found or applied to a role at your company through Steps. This can be evidenced by various actions, including but not limited to, shortlisting or messaging a candidate on Steps and/or hiring a candidate that saved or applied to a role from your company on Steps.
We are the owner or the licensee of all patents, utility models, rights to inventions, copyright and neighbouring and related rights, moral rights, trade marks and service marks, business names and domain names, rights in get-up and trade dress, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off or unfair competition, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, rights to use, and protect the confidentiality of, confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) and all other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for and be granted, renewals or extensions of, and rights to claim priority from, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world (“Intellectual Property Rights”) in our Website, and in the material published on it, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations, page layout, underlying code and software, job adverts, company profiles, blog posts and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that appears on or forms part of this Website, together with any such Content uploaded by users of the Website (“Content”). Except as expressly set out in these Terms, all rights are reserved, and nothing on this Website shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, logo, or service mark displayed on the Website, or any other Intellectual Property Rights, without the owner’s prior written permission.
You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Website for your records.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any Content you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of Content on our Website must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the Content on our Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a license to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy or download any part of our Website in breach of these Terms, your right to use our Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload Content to our Website, or to make contact with other users of our Website, you must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and you shall indemnify, keep indemnified, defend, and hold harmless Steps, its affiliates, and its and their directors, officers, employees, agents, licensors, successors, and assigns from any and all losses, damages, costs, expenses (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees), third-party claims or any other liabilities arising out or in connection with 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.
Any Content you upload to our Website will be considered non-confidential. You retain all of your ownership rights in your Content, but you are required to grant us and other users of our site a limited, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid up, transferable, worldwide license to use, store and copy that Content, to distribute and make it available to third parties, and to create derivative works as necessary for the operation of the Website. 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 of their right to privacy.
We have the right to remove any posting you make on the Website if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.
You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your Content.
We do not store terrorist content.
We respect and appreciate the thoughts and comments from our users. If you choose to provide input and suggestions regarding existing functionalities, problems with or proposed modifications or improvements to the Website (‘Feedback’), then you hereby grant Steps an unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid, royalty-free right and license to exploit the Feedback in any manner and for any purpose, including to improve the Website and create other products and services. We will have no obligation to provide you with attribution for any Feedback you provide to us.
You may not use the Website for any of the following purposes: (i) in any way which causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or interferes with any other person’s use or enjoyment of the Website; (ii) making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of Content protected by Intellectual Property Rights laws without the permission of the owner; (iii) in any way which is harmful, unlawful, illegal, abusive, harassing, threatening or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any applicable law, regulation, governmental order. You shall indemnify, keep indemnified, defend and hold harmless Steps, its affiliates, and its and their directors, officers, employees, agents, licensors, successors, and assigns from any and all losses, damages, costs, expenses (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees), third-party claims or any other liabilities arising out or in connection with any breach of this Clause 11.
Where our Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by Steps of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under the control of Steps or that of our affiliates. You acknowledge and agree that in setting up an Account, Steps may link to your website and other third party websites to direct Candidates to the relevant application portal.
We assume no responsibility for the content of such websites and disclaim liability for any and all forms of loss or damage arising out of the use of them.
The inclusion of a link to another site on this Website does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
Subject to the clause above:
We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
We will not be liable for:
Each provision of these terms that provides for a limitation of liability, disclaimer of warranties, or exclusion of damages is intended to and does allocate the risks between the parties under these terms. This allocation is an essential element of the basis of the bargain between the parties. Each of these provisions is severable and independent of all other provisions of these terms. These limitations will apply even if any limited remedy fails of its essential purpose.
These Terms are effective beginning when you accept the Terms or first download, install, access, or use the Website, and ending when terminated as described below.
If you violate any provision of these Terms, then your authorization to access the Website and these Terms automatically terminate. In addition, Steps may, at its sole discretion, terminate these Terms or your Account on the Website, or suspend or terminate your access to the Website, at any time for any reason or no reason, with or without notice, and without any liability to you arising from such termination. You may terminate your Account and these Terms at any time by contacting customer service at info@stepsconnect.com.
Upon termination of these Terms: (a) your license rights will terminate, and you must immediately cease all use of the Website; (b) you will no longer be authorized to access your Account or the Website; © you must pay Steps any unpaid amount that was due prior to termination; and (d) all payment obligations accrued prior to termination and Clauses 9, 10, 13, 14 and 15, will survive. You are solely responsible for retaining copies of any Content you upload to the Website since upon termination of your Account, you may lose access rights to any Content you uploaded to the Website. If your Account has been terminated for a breach of these Terms, then you are prohibited from creating a new Account on the Website using a different name, email address or other forms of account verification.
Except as expressly provided in these Terms the rights and remedies provided under these are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.
Neither party shall be in breach of the Terms nor liable for delay in performing, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under the Terms if such delay or failure result from events, circumstances or causes beyond its reasonable control.
All amounts due under Terms from you to us shall be paid in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by law). You agree to bear all taxes, including withholding, sales, use, and other similar taxes imposed by any jurisdiction. All amounts due under these Terms from you to us shall be paid in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction, or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by law). If any such taxes are required to be withheld from, or are imposed on, any amounts that you are required to pay us under this agreement, you agree to pay us such additional amounts as are required such that, after the withholding or payment of all such taxes, we receive the same net amount as if such taxes had not been required to be withheld or paid. If any amounts due under these Terms are subject to any sales, use, or similar tax in any jurisdiction and you have not remitted the applicable tax, you will be responsible for the payment of such tax and any related penalties or interest to the relevant tax authority.
You shall allow Steps (or Steps’ authorized key account) to have access to your Account at all times in order to audit your use of the Website and help you with an always-opened hotline.
You may not transfer any of your rights under these Terms to any other person without our prior written consent. We may transfer our rights under these Terms without your consent.
These Terms together with the Privacy Policy and Acceptable Use Policy contain the whole agreement between the parties relating to its subject matter and supersede all prior discussions, arrangements or agreements that might have taken place in relation to the Terms.
The Contracts shall not apply to these Terms and no third party will have any right to enforce or rely on any provision of these Terms.
If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of these Terms (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of these Terms will not be affected.
Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.
Regarding Content Usage for Advertising on Social Media, as a user of the StepsConnect platform, you acknowledge and agree that when you upload a job offer onto our platform, and by accepting our Privacy Terms and Conditions, you grant StepsConnect the right to use the information and content provided in the job offer, including the company's logo and job offer details, for the purpose of creating advertising on social media platforms such as Instagram.
These advertisements, referred to as social job post ads, may include the company's logo and relevant job offer information. These ads will be posted on StepsConnect's social media advertising accounts and will be linked to the respective job offer page on the StepsConnect platform.
StepsConnect will utilize this content in compliance with our Privacy Policy and all applicable laws and regulations.
By using our platform and uploading job offers, you consent to this content usage for advertising purposes, and you agree to the terms outlined in this section.
These contract shall be governed by the Laws of Italy.
For any disputes arising because of or under the above Terms and Conditions the Courts of Law at Torino (Italy) shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
According to article 1341 of the Italian Civil Code, the User has read and accepts the terms.