Terms of Use
VA4Hire (“we”, “us”, “our”) is a web-based platform that offers job postings and
search, member messaging and profiles, employment-related information, news,
search, and other career-related services. The va4hire.ph website (“site”,
“platform”) includes the web pages that VA4Hire operates. We offer you the site
conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and
notices here (“terms”) and in accepting our Privacy Policy. In the same way, using
the site makes you agree to all such terms. Please read and keep a copy of our
Terms of Use for your reference.
Users (persons and/or entities accessing this platform) that breach these terms
may have their access and use of the website services suspended or dismissed at
our discretion.
General Rules
- Do not disclose your personal details to anyone.
- Do not send money to anyone or accept a “job” without an interview. Beware of job scams. Do your research and make sure you are applying to real, valid employers. Please report anyone you think has created a job scam.
- Be cautious when communicating with international members.
- Do not publish details you consider private on the site.
- Get third-party expert advice on any matter related to employment.
Electronic Communications
Visiting VA4Hire or sending emails to va4hire.ph makes up electronic
communications. You agree to receive electronic communications and that
agreements, notices, disclosures, and other exchanges we bring you, through email
and on the site, meet legal requirements in writing.
User Account
If you use this site, you must keep your account and password confidential, and
restrict access to your computer. You agree, rather, to manage each activity that
occurs under your account or password. You may not assign or, otherwise, transfer
your account to any person or entity. In the same way, you acknowledge that
VA4Hire is not responsible for third-party access that results from theft or
misappropriation of your account. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel the
service, dismiss accounts, or remove or edit contents at our sole discretion.
VA4Hire does not collect, whether online or offline, personal data and bars people
under the age of Thirteen (13) from using this. If you are under eighteen (18) years
old, you may use this platform only with the permission and direct supervision of
your parents or guardian.
In registering an account, you must complete a user profile (“profile”). You
consent to show your profile to other users unless you change your privacy
settings. As a freelancer (unless you use the site as an employee), you represent
and warrant that you use your profile to market your business to form independent
contractor relations. You agree to give updated, true, accurate, and complete data
on your profile and all registrations and forms you access on the site. You, further,
agree to correct and not to give any details on your location, business, skills, or
services that are or have become false or misleading. In the same way, you agree
not to register over one employer and one freelancer account without our written
permission. You agree not to ask or let another person create an account on your
behalf for your use or profit.
Identity Verification
When you register for an account, from time to time after that, it will be open to
confirmation including, but not limited to, validation against third-party databases.
In addition, we will confirm one or more official government/legal documents that
prove your identity and ability to represent your business (if a separate legal entity)
on VA4Hire. You allow us to ask, directly or through third parties, to confirm your
identity and ownership of your email address or financial accounts, subject to
applicable laws. When requested, you must present to us your and your business’s
details.
Copyright, Trademark, and Usernames
Users of this site agree to respect the intellectual property rights of others and of
other people, brands, and companies. VA4Hire will not be liable for any copyright,
defamation, trademark, or trade name issues. Users agree that they alone will
manage all such copyright, defamation, trademark, or trade name liabilities made
through their use of va4hire.ph.
We reserve the right to change or delete any infringing content without notice, at
our sole discretion, and with no liability to any user or party. In like manner,
VA4Hire reserves the right to remove, cancel, and forever delete any user account,
which has infringed upon any right or other users. Likewise, we reserve the right to
ever delete a whole account, URL, content, and data, with no liability to the user,
without notice at our discretion for any reason.
When choosing a username and URL profile, users must practice good judgment.
VA4Hire.ph gives usernames, which include a tailored URL, on a first-come, first-
served basis that no one can reserve. We forbid cyber-squatting, creating of
malicious account names, profanity, and/or making false or multiple or misleading
identities. VA4Hire may remove, at its discretion, users who mislead, malign, or
hurt another party’s interests, including above-mentioned username and profile
issues, with no notice or liability to the latter.
Links to Third-Party Sites and Services
VA4Hire may have links to other websites (“linked sites”). Linked sites are not
under the control of va4hire.ph. In addition, we will not be liable for the contents
including, without limitation, any link contained, changes, or updates to them.
VA4Hire gives these links to you only for convenience; and including any does not
mean site endorsement by va4hire.ph or any association with its operators.
Third-party sites and organizations bring definite services made available by way of
this platform. By using any product, service, or functionality coming from the
va4hire.ph domain, you accept and consent that VA4Hire may share such data with
third-party sites. Third party, here, refers to users with whom we have a
contractual relationship to offer the requested product, service, or functionality on
their behalf.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property
VA4Hire grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, but revocable license to
access and use va4hire.ph under these Terms of Use. As a condition, you warrant
to va4hire.ph that you will not use the site for any purpose that is unlawful or
barred by these terms. You may not use the site in any manner that will damage,
disable, overburden, impair, or hinder any other party’s use and enjoyment of the
site. You may not obtain or try to obtain any material or details through any means
not made available or given on purpose through the site.
Content, included as part of the service, such as texts, graphics, logos, images,
their collection, and any software used on the site, belong to VA4Hire or its
suppliers. Copyright and laws that guard intellectual property and proprietary rights
safeguard them. You agree to observe and abide by copyright and proprietary
notices, legends, or other restrictions on any such content and will not change
them.
You cannot change, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, join in the transfer or sale,
create derivative works, or exploit any content, in whole or in part, found on the
site. VA4Hire’s content is not for resale. Your use of the site does not allow you to
make any illegal use of any protected content. In particular, you cannot delete or
alter any proprietary right or attribution notice on any content. You will use
protected content for your personal usage alone, and will make no other use of
them without the written permission of VA4Hire and the copyright owner. Besides,
you agree that you have no ownership right on any protected content. We do not
grant you any license, expressed or implied, to the intellectual property of VA4Hire
or our licensors, except as those allowed by these Terms of Use.
Use of Communication Services
The site may contain chat, email, voice, and video call services (en masse, “communication services”). Their design lets you communicate with a particular person or a group or the public at large. You agree to use the communication services only to post, publish, send, and/or receive messages and materials that are proper and related to the particular communication service.
By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not to pursue the following
when using our communication services:
- defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as privacy and publicity) of others;
- publish, post, upload, distribute, or spread any improper, profane, offensive, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful topic, name, material, or data;
- upload files with software or material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity), unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all needed consents;
- upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another user’s computer;
- advertise or offer to sell or buy any good or service for any business purpose, unless it allows such messages;
- conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, or chain letters;
- download any file posted by another user of a communication service you know or should know, and cannot be distributed with permission in such manner;
- falsify or delete any author attribution, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations, or software’s labels of origin or source or other material in an uploaded file;
- restrict or inhibit another user from using and enjoying the communication services;
- breach any code of conduct or other guidelines that may apply to any communication service;
- harvest or otherwise collect data about others, including email addresses, without their consent; and
- violate any applicable laws or regulations.
VA4Hire reserves the right, at all times, to disclose any details as necessary to
follow any applicable law, regulation, legal procedure, or government request; or to
edit, refuse to post, or remove any data or material, in whole or in part, at
VA4Hire’s sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any identifying data on yourself or your
children to any communication service. Hence, VA4Hire disclaims any liability on
the communication services and any action resulting from your participation in any
such service. Managers and hosts have no authority to act as VA4Hire
spokespersons; and their views do not reflect those of the company.
Materials uploaded to a communication service may be open to posted limitations
on usage, reproduction, and/or dissemination. You adhere to such limitations if you
upload them.
Communication with Other Users
Unless you have a prior relationship with another user, you must only communicate
with users by way of the site. You must not attempt to connect with users through
other means including, but not limited to, email, telephone, and messaging tools
outside our platform.
In relation to video and audio chats, you must confirm, in writing using the chat or
direct message function, any term agreed between you and any user.
VA4Hire may use details such as your name, location, display, or username, and or
your image, in relation to offering messaging services on the site.
We may read each correspondence posted at va4hire.ph; download or access, and
test (if needed) each uploaded file, program, and website related to using the
platform to check for fraud, regulate compliance, manage risk, and other purposes.
We may read each correspondence posted at va4hire.ph; download or access, and
test (if needed) each uploaded file, program, and website related to using the
platform to check for fraud, regulate compliance, manage risk, and other purposes.
Paid Services of VA4Hire
Certain va4hire.ph software and services, if any, we offer can be available to users
on a paid basis. Users that use paid services agree to these extra terms and
conditions. We reserve the right to change or append services and their pricing any
time. We will tell users of any price change that will take effect in the next billing
cycle.
You shall pay any tax due on the services. If you are exempt from otherwise
applicable taxes, you must give your tax identification number and exemption
certificate to va4hire.ph for review before the start of paid services.
We may cancel orders for any reason. A few common situations for which we cancel
orders are pricing errors, availability issues, or credit card payments declined by the
issuing financial institution.
We may cancel orders for any reason. A few common situations for which we cancel orders are pricing errors, availability issues, or credit card payments declined by the issuing financial institution.
Regarding any paid or free service offers, VA4Hire will have no specific responsibility on the veracity of resumes, interviews, work performance, or suitability before or after the hiring. The company will not take part in any negotiation on hiring, promoting, disciplining, firing, or relocating such applicants hired later by the employer.
VA4Hire cannot promise the effectiveness of any of its services related to getting a
job or career advancement. We make no promise or guarantee of employment with
free or paid services. We perform our services for general and informational use
only.
International Users
VA4Hire controls and manages the service from our office in the Philippines. If you
are accessing the service from another location, you must comply with local laws.
You agree that you will not use the site’s content accessed through va4hire.ph in
any country, or in any manner not allowed by any applicable law, restriction, or
regulation.
Indemnification
You agree to protect, defend, and hold harmless VA4hire, its officers and
employees, for any loss, cost, and liability (including attorneys' fees). This relates
to or comes from your use of or inability to use the site or its services. This,
likewise, holds true for user posting(s) you made, your defiance of any of these
Terms of Use, right of a third party, or applicable law, rule, or regulation.
We reserve the right, at our own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control
of any matter, otherwise, subject to your indemnification; in which event you will
liaise with us in stressing any existing defense.
Liability Disclaimer
THE DATA, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES, INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE
ON THE SITE, MAY INCLUDE MISTAKES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. VA4HIRE
OFTEN ADD CHANGES TO THE DATA HERE. WE MAY IMPROVE AND/OR CHANGE
THE SITE ANYTIME.
WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION ON THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY,
TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE DATA, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES,
AND RELATED GRAPHICS ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. VA4HIRE, TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OFFERS ALL SUCH DATA, SOFTWARE,
PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND RELATED GRAPHICS "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY OR CONDITION. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS
REGARDING THESE DETAILS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND RELATED
GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PRECISE PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-
INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE FULL EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL
VA4HIRE BE LIABLE FOR ANY HARM INCLUDING, WITH NO LIMITATION, DAMAGES
FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, ARISING FROM OR IN ANY WAY LINKED TO
THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR FAILURE TO USE
THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES; GIVING OF OR FAILURE TO GIVE DATA,
SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND RELATED GRAPHICS GAINED THROUGH
THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE, COMING FROM ITS USE, WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHER THOUGH VA4HIRE
RECEIVED ADVICE ON SUCH. SINCE FEW JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES, THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH
ANY PART OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND
EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO CEASE USING THEM.
Updates and Revisions to Terms of Use
Subject to the conditions set forth here, VA4Hire, in its sole discretion, may amend
these terms, at any time, by posting a revised version on the site; and will notify
you in advance of any amendment that includes a substantial change. Changes to
these terms of service will take effect on the noted effective date or when posted if
no noted effective date (each, as applicable, the “Effective Date”) exists.
Effective Date
March 2021
Contact Us
VA4Hire welcomes your questions and comments on these Terms of Use. You can
reach us through the following means:
VA4Hire Headquarters
FilWeb Asia Building
Maharlika Drive, United San Pedro Subdivision
Barangay San Antonio, San Pedro City, Laguna 4023
Maharlika Drive, United San Pedro Subdivision
Barangay San Antonio, San Pedro City, Laguna 4023
Email Address
info@va4hire.ph
Contact Number(s)
+63 2 8868 0096 (Philippines)
+1 805 823 4145 (United States)
+61 2 9037 0206 (Australia)
+1 805 823 4145 (United States)
+61 2 9037 0206 (Australia)