Terms of Use

These terms are an agreement between you and Techarda (“Techarda”, “we”) for using techarda.com, our community, emails, feeds and APIs (the “Service”). By using the Service you agree to them, and to our Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines and Acceptable Use Policy, which form part of these terms. Companies that manage a profile also agree to the Vendor Terms.

1. Eligibility and accounts

• You must be at least 16 to create an account and at least 18 to post in the community. If you use the Service for an organisation, you confirm you may bind it.
• We sign you in with one-time links sent to your email. Keep your email account secure; you are responsible for activity from your account. Tell us promptly at engage@techarda.com if you suspect misuse.
• Give accurate information and don’t impersonate anyone. One person, one account. Vendor staff must use an account linked to their company and are labelled automatically.

2. Your content

• You keep ownership of what you post (threads, replies, reviews, questions, answers, polls). You grant Techarda a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable and sub-licensable licence to host, reproduce, display, adapt (for format and length), translate, distribute and create aggregated statistics from it, on the Service, in feeds and APIs (including to search engines and AI assistants), in our reports, and in promoting the Service. The licence continues for content that remains published after you delete your account if you choose to keep it anonymously.
• You promise you have the rights to what you post, that it is accurate to the best of your knowledge, discloses any conflict of interest, and follows the Community Guidelines.
• We may moderate, label, decline, edit for formatting or remove content, suspend features, and keep records for safety and legal reasons. We are not obliged to monitor content but may do so.
• Feedback you give us about the Service may be used without obligation to you.

3. Our content and third-party content

• The Service, its design, software, databases, rankings, analytics and original content are owned by Techarda or its licensors. You may read and share links for personal and internal business use.
• News from other publishers is shown as short excerpts with attribution and a link to the original; those publishers own their content. See Copyright & Takedown.
• Company profiles are compiled from public sources and may be updated by authorised representatives. Trade marks belong to their owners; their appearance doesn’t imply endorsement.

4. Programmatic access

Use our Agent API, JSON feed and llms.txt to read content programmatically, subject to reasonable rate limits and attribution (“Source: Techarda” with a link). Other automated collection is governed by the Acceptable Use Policy.

5. Intelligence, reports and statistics

Statistics, rankings, forecasts and reports are estimates based on activity on the Service and transparent methods; they are provided for information and are not guarantees or professional advice. Illustrative figures are always labelled as such.

6. No advice

Content on the Service (including reviews, community posts, summaries and statistics) is general information and the opinion of its authors, not professional, legal, financial, security or purchasing advice. Evaluate products independently before relying on them.

7. Availability and changes

We may change, suspend or discontinue features, and may limit or end access for anyone who breaches these terms or creates risk for others. You can stop using the Service and delete your account at any time from Privacy & data.

8. Liability

• Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies rights or remedies you have under the Australian Consumer Law or other laws that cannot lawfully be excluded, including consumer guarantees. Where our liability for a failure to meet a consumer guarantee can be limited, it is limited (at our option) to supplying the services again or paying the cost of doing so.
• Otherwise, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and we are not liable for indirect, consequential or special loss, loss of profit, revenue, data or goodwill, or for content posted by others; and our total liability arising out of the Service is limited to AUD 100 (or, if greater, the fees you paid us in the 12 months before the claim).
• Consumers in the EU/UK keep their statutory rights; we are liable under applicable law for intent and gross negligence, and for death or personal injury caused by negligence.

9. Indemnity

If you use the Service for business, you indemnify Techarda against third-party claims arising from content you post or your breach of these terms, except to the extent caused by us.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. We will change the version and date above, and for material changes give signed-in members reasonable notice before they take effect. Continuing to use the Service after that means you accept the change; if you don’t, you can delete your account.

11. Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia, and the courts there have non-exclusive jurisdiction. If you are a consumer living elsewhere you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of your country and may bring proceedings in your local courts. Please contact us first at engage@techarda.com, as most issues can be resolved quickly.

12. General

If part of these terms is unenforceable the rest continues. Our failure to enforce a term isn’t a waiver. You may not assign these terms; we may assign them to a successor of the Service with notice. These terms, and the documents they reference, are the entire agreement about the Service.