Welcome to PepTalk! We provide a platform connecting businesses with expert speakers and consultants. Before using our website or services, please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. This website (Site) is operated by Get a PepTalk Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, with company registration number 12933624 (we, our or us). These website terms of use (Terms) apply to your use of, and access to, the Site.
These Terms apply when you:
(a) sign up for our newsletter;
(b) submit a request using our contact or enquiry form;
(c) are advertised as an ‘expert’ on our Site; or
(d) otherwise interact with or use our Site.
While we use reasonable attempts to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the content and materials on the Site (Content), to the extent permitted by law (including the Consumer Rights Act 2015), we do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or suitability of any of the Content. The Content may be subject to change without notice and we do not undertake to keep the Site up-to-date. The Content is factual information only, is not comprehensive and is for general information purposes only. Expert profiles on our Site are for informational purposes and do not constitute recommendations or endorsements. We do not provide professional, financial, legal or business advice through our Site. We also do not warrant that access to the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free or free from viruses.
Expert profiles on our Site are compiled from various sources including direct communication with experts, publicly available information, and information provided by third parties. We make reasonable efforts to ensure profile accuracy but do not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of any expert information. Experts may be added to our Site based on publicly available information, and any expert who objects to their inclusion may contact us for removal using the contact details stated at the end of these Terms.
Unless otherwise indicated, we own or license the Content and all intellectual property rights (including any copyright, registered or unregistered designs, illustrations, artwork, patents or trade mark or logo rights and domain names) displayed or used on the Site (Our Intellectual Property).
We authorise you to access and use the Site solely for your own personal, non-commercial use and to display, print and download the Content onto your personal device provided that you do not remove any copyright notice included in Our Intellectual Property.
Subject to the above, your use of, and access to, the Site and the Content does not grant or transfer to you any rights, title or interest to Our Intellectual Property. Unless otherwise permitted in these Terms, you must not:
(a) copy or use, in whole or in part, any of Our Intellectual Property;
(b) reproduce, retransmit, distribute, display, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate any of Our Intellectual Property; or
(c) breach any intellectual property rights connected with Our Intellectual Property, including altering or modifying any of Our Intellectual Property, causing any of Our Intellectual Property to be framed or embedded in another website or platform, or creating derivative works from Our Intellectual Property.
Nothing in the above clause restricts your ability to publish, post or repost Content or Our Intellectual Property on your social media page or blog, provided that:
(a) you do not assert that you are the owner of the Content or Our Intellectual Property;
(b) unless explicitly agreed by us in writing, you do not assert that you are endorsed or approved by us;
(c) you do not damage or take advantage of our reputation, including in a manner that is illegal, unfair, misleading or deceptive; and
(d) you comply with all other terms of these Terms.
Where you, your agent, your personnel or your bureau provide images or content to us (including during expert onboarding or through contact forms, or for use in your expert profile), you represent and warrant that:
(a) you own all rights in such images/content or have obtained all necessary permissions from the rightful owner(s);
(b) the images/content do not infringe any third party intellectual property rights, including copyright;
(c) you have the full right and authority to grant us the licence set out below;
(d) our use of such images/content provided by you, will not violate any applicable laws or regulations; and
(e) you will indemnify and hold us harmless against any claims, damages, costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) or liability arising from your breach of these warranties.
You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable licence to use, reproduce, make minor modifications to, display and distribute any images or content you provide for the purposes of creating and displaying expert profiles, operating our Site and promoting our services.
If we receive a third party intellectual property infringement claim relating to any image/content you provided to us:
(a) we may immediately remove the disputed content or images from the Site;
(b) we will notify you of the claim and provide you with the details of the claim being brought;
(c) we may allow you to handle all aspects of the dispute; and
(d) the indemnification provision in the clause above (‘Images and Third Party Content’) will apply.
If you believe any image or content in our expert profiles infringes your rights, contact us immediately using the details at the end of these Terms.
Please note that:
(a) All images and content featured in expert profiles have been provided to us by the experts themselves or their authorised representatives, who have warranted to us that they own all necessary rights or have obtained all required permissions for such use. We rely on these warranties in good faith when displaying such content.
(b) To report a potential infringement, please provide us with:
(c) Upon receiving a valid notification, we will:
If you participate in our expert onboarding process, you additionally agree that:
(a) all information you provide is true, accurate and complete;
(b) you have the right and all consents needed to grant us rights to publish any images or materials you provide to us;
(c) we may use your information and materials to create, display and promote your expert profile;
(d) you will promptly notify us of any material changes to your information; and
(e) you indemnify us against any third party claims arising from the information, images or materials you provide to us.
If we receive a third party intellectual property infringement claim relating to any image/content you provided to us:
(a) we may immediately remove the disputed content or images from the Site;
(b) we will notify you of the claim and provide you with the details of the claim being brought;
(c) we may allow you to handle all aspects of the dispute; and
(d) the indemnification provision in the clause above (‘Images and Third Party Content’) will apply.
If you believe any image or content in our expert profiles infringes your rights, contact us immediately using the details at the end of these Terms.
Please note that:
(a) All images and content featured in expert profiles have been provided to us by the experts themselves or their authorised representatives, who have warranted to us that they own all necessary rights or have obtained all required permissions for such use. We rely on these warranties in good faith when displaying such content.
(b) To report a potential infringement, please provide us with:
(c) Upon receiving a valid notification, we will:
If you participate in our expert onboarding process, you additionally agree that:
(a) all information you provide is true, accurate and complete;
(b) you have the right and all consents needed to grant us rights to publish any images or materials you provide to us;
(c) we may use your information and materials to create, display and promote your expert profile;
(d) you will promptly notify us of any material changes to your information; and
(e) you indemnify us against any third party claims arising from the information, images or materials you provide to us.
You must not do or attempt to do anything that is unlawful, which is prohibited by applicable law, which we would consider inappropriate or which might bring us or the Site into disrepute. This includes:
(a) anything that would constitute a breach of an individual’s privacy or any other legal rights;
(b) using the Site to defame, harass, threaten, menace or offend any person;
(c) using the Site for unlawful purposes;
(d) interfering with any user of the Site;
(e) tampering with or modifying the Site, knowingly transmitting viruses or other disabling features, or damaging or interfering with the Site, including using trojan horses, viruses or piracy or programming routines that may damage or interfere with the Site;
(f) using the Site to send unsolicited electronic messages;
(g) using data mining, robots, screen scraping or similar data gathering and extraction tools on the Site; or
(h) facilitating or assisting a third party to do any of the above acts.
The Site may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Unless we tell you otherwise, we do not control, endorse or approve, and are not responsible for, the content on those websites. We recommend that you make your own investigations with respect to the suitability of those websites. If you purchase goods or services from a third party website linked from the Site, such third party provides the goods and services to you, not us.
We may receive a benefit (which may include a referral fee or a commission) should you visit certain third party websites via a link on the Site (Affiliate Link) or for featuring certain products or services on the Site. We will make it clear by notice to you which (if any) products or services we receive a benefit to feature on the Site, or which (if any) third party links are Affiliate Links.
We operate a referral program where you may receive benefits (including gift cards and commission) for successfully referring new users to our services. Details of our referral program, including terms and conditions, are available at https://referral.getapeptalk.com/login.
Nothing in these Terms is intended or operates to limit or exclude our liability in respect of which it would be unlawful for us to do so, including for:
(a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; and
(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
Where you purchase products or services from us, different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any products or services to you, which will be set out in our Terms and Conditions.
If you are a business user of our Site, then we exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to the Site or the Content. Subject to the above clause (“When our liability is not limited”), but despite anything else to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability for any loss or damage of any kind (including consequential loss, indirect loss, loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of opportunity or loss of reputation) whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise arising out of or in connection with the Site or the Content, including in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Site, or your use of or reliance on any Content.
If you are a consumer under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and any defective digital Content that we have supplied to you damages a device or digital content belonging to you, and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill, we will either repair the damage (within a reasonable period of time) or pay you compensation. Our total liability for such damage will be limited to us repairing the damage or paying you the compensation. However, we will not be liable for damage that was caused by you failing to have in place the minimum system requirements advised by us.
We respect your privacy and understand protecting your personal information is important. Our Privacy Policy (available on the Site) sets out how we will collect and handle your personal information.
We may, at any time and without notice, discontinue the Site (in whole or in part), or exclude any person from using our Site.
These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Each party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts operating in England and Wales and any courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts and waives any right to object to proceedings being brought in those courts, except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.
We may, at any time and at our discretion, vary these Terms by publishing the varied terms on the Site. We recommend you check the Site regularly to ensure you are aware of our current terms.
For any questions and notices, please contact us at:
Get a PepTalk Limited a company registered in England and Wales. Our company registration number is 12933624.