Terms of Service

Socratease's Equip Platform helps recruiters find, screen, and evaluate candidates through an applicant tracking system, automated skill assessments, and AI interviews.

Our Privacy Policy describes how we handle the personal and business information you provide to us. You understand that through your use of Equip you consent to the collection and use of this information as set out in the Privacy Policy, including its transfer to the United States for storage, processing, and use by Socratease and our affiliates.

To be eligible to use Equip you must be at least 18 years old, and you represent and warrant that you: (a) are not currently restricted from accessing Equip or otherwise prohibited from having an account; (b) are not our competitor and are not using Equip for reasons that compete with us; (c) will maintain only one registered account at any given time; (d) have full power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and that doing so will not violate any other agreement to which you are a party; (e) will not violate any of our rights, including intellectual property rights such as patent, copyright, and trademark rights; and (f) agree to provide, at your own cost, all equipment, browser software, and internet access necessary to use Equip.

All content provided by Equip, including questions, tests, and other assessment materials, is the intellectual property of Equip and is protected by applicable copyright laws. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable licence to access and use that content solely for the purpose of running assessments and tests through the Equip Platform.

You are strictly prohibited from copying, reproducing, modifying, distributing, displaying, publishing, or creating derivative works from any content provided by Equip without prior written consent. In particular, you may not use any questions or assessment materials created by Equip to develop custom tests, or use them outside the Equip Platform.

Violation of this policy will result in the immediate termination of your account without recourse to refunds of any unused credits. Equip further reserves the right to initiate legal proceedings against individuals or entities that misuse our content.

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable, non-licensable, non-sublicensable license to access and use Equip.

You will not use, copy, adapt, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast, or otherwise exploit Equip. You are responsible for ensuring your internet connection is adequate, and for all charges, rates, tariffs, and other fees that may apply to it.

You agree that we are not liable for any damages or injury resulting from your access to or use of Equip. We provide no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or warranty of merchantability. There is no warranty which will extend beyond the description on the face hereof. Any damage alleged for a loss or injury is limited to the fee, if any, paid to SOCRATEASE, INC for the ability to access or use Equip.

You agree that Equip, including the Platform, Website, graphics, trademarks, and editorial content, contains proprietary content, information, and material owned by Socratease and/or our licensors, including our customers, brands, and agencies, and protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You agree that you will not use such proprietary content, information, or materials other than for your permitted use of our Platform, or in any manner inconsistent with this Agreement.

You agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on Equip, and you will not exploit Equip in any unauthorized way, including by using it to transmit computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or other malware, or by trespassing on or burdening network capacity. You further agree not to use Equip to harass, abuse, stalk, threaten, defame, or otherwise infringe or violate the rights of any other party. We are not responsible for any such use by you, nor for any harassing, threatening, defamatory, offensive, infringing, or illegal messages or transmissions you may receive as a result of using Equip.

You acknowledge and agree that Equip is provided for your use. Except to the extent necessary to access and use the Platform and Website, nothing in this Agreement grants any title or ownership interest in any copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights relating to Equip, whether expressly, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. Socratease and its licensors and service providers reserve and retain their entire right, title, and interest in and to Equip, including all copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights therein, except as expressly granted to you in this Agreement.

You can access and use our Website at https://equip.co/. When using our Platform you are required to provide registration information, including personal information. You agree that we may disable your access and use rights at any time if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of this Agreement or our Privacy Policy. You agree to cooperate with us if the security of the Platform or Website is compromised by you or by another person through the use of Equip. We will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section.

We collect personal and business information, as set out in our Privacy Policy, when you register to use Equip. This information is necessary for us to provide Equip to you and is stored on our servers so that we can continue to do so. On your written request we will provide you with a list of all the personal information we store about you within thirty (30) days. On your prior written request for deletion we will respond within thirty (30) days and complete the deletion within sixty (60) days, subject to our Privacy Policy. Please note that if you ask us to delete all such information we will not be able to continue providing Equip to you. Send requests to .

As a condition of access to Equip, you agree to this Agreement and to strictly observe the following.

Required conduct. You will:

1. Comply with all applicable laws, including tax laws, export control laws, and regulatory requirements;
2. Provide accurate information to Socratease, and update it from time to time as necessary;
3. Review our Privacy Policy; and
4. Review and comply with notices sent by Socratease concerning Equip.

Prohibited conduct. You will not:

1. Duplicate, license, sublicense, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, sell, rebrand, otherwise transfer, or commercially exploit Equip (excluding your own user content);
2. Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher, capture screenshots of, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for any underlying intellectual property used to provide Equip;
3. Use information, content, or data you view on or obtain from Equip to provide any service that competes with us;
4. Imply or state, directly or indirectly, that you are affiliated with or endorsed by Socratease, unless you have entered into a written agreement with us;
5. Adapt, modify, or create derivative works based on Equip, the technology underlying Equip, or other users' content;
6. Rent, lease, loan, trade, or sell/re-sell access to Equip or any information in it;
7. Access, reload, or "refresh" transactional servers, or make any other request to them, beyond generally accepted usage of web-based applications;
8. Use manual or automated software, devices, scripts, robots, or other means to scrape, crawl, or spider any web pages on the Website;
9. Use automated methods to add contacts or send messages;
10. Engage in framing, mirroring, or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of our Website;
11. Attempt to, or actually, access Equip by any means other than the interface provided by Socratease;
12. Attempt to, or actually, override any security component included in or underlying Equip;
13. Interfere with the proper working of, or place an unreasonable load on, our infrastructure, including through unsolicited communications, attempts to gain unauthorized access, or transmission or activation of computer viruses;
14. Remove any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on Equip, including those of Socratease or any of our licensors;
15. Use any information obtained from Equip to harass, abuse, or harm another user; or
16. Engage in any action, or promote any content, that is harmful, offensive, illegal, unlawful, discriminatory, dangerous, profane, or abusive.

You understand and agree that you may receive information and notifications from Socratease by email and within the Platform and Website. You consent to receiving these communications.

Email contact. We may send you promotional messages about us and our products and services related to Equip. When you email us a query at , you are providing consent for us to reply at that address. Every marketing email includes an unsubscribe option.

Access to assessments and AI interviews on Equip is paid for with credits, purchased in advance on a usage basis. You agree to pay the fees for the services you purchase, and you authorize us to charge your debit or credit card, or to process other means of payment, for those fees. Equip works with third-party payment processors to bill you.

Current pricing, the cost of each type of assessment and interview, any applicable discounts, and any minimum purchase are published on our pricing page, which forms part of this Agreement. We may modify our fees, and any change will be reflected there.

You are responsible for all taxes, levies, and duties applicable to your purchase, other than taxes based on our income. Purchased credits are non-refundable except as set out in this Agreement.

You decide which assessments, interviews, and proctoring measures to use, and which candidates to invite. In doing so you are the data controller for the candidate data collected through Equip, and Socratease acts as your data processor. See our Privacy Policy for what this means in practice.

You are responsible for: (a) ensuring you have a lawful basis to collect and process the candidate data you gather through Equip; (b) complying with all applicable employment, anti-discrimination, and data protection laws in the jurisdictions where your candidates are located; (c) the content of any custom questions, screening questions, and assessments you create; and (d) the decisions you make about candidates.

Equip's automated outputs, including Trust Scores, Job Fit Scores, AI grading, and interview reports, are advisory. You agree to review them and to exercise your own judgement before making any hiring decision. You will not use Equip to make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects on a candidate solely by automated means.

You are responsible for responding to candidate requests to access, correct, or delete their data. You can delete a candidate and their associated data from your dashboard at any time.

By entering into this Agreement, the Recruiter grants Socratease a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use the Recruiter's company's trademarks, service marks, and logos, as well as the Recruiter's name and designation (the "Marks"), in Socratease's marketing materials, including website displays, email communications, and promotional materials. This licence is granted for the purpose of promoting or advertising the relationship between the Recruiter and Socratease. You may opt out of this licence by providing written notice to, or emailing, Socratease, upon which we will cease using the Marks in any future marketing materials.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold Socratease and our officers, employees, managers, directors, customers, and agents (the "Indemnitees") harmless from and against any and all costs, liabilities, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) resulting from any claim, suit, action, demand, or proceeding brought by any third party against Socratease and our Indemnitees arising from: (i) a breach of this Agreement; (ii) the negligence, fraud, or willful misconduct of you or your employees, agents, or contractors; (iii) incorrect information provided by you in your account or elsewhere; or (iv) a failure by you or your candidates, test-takers, employees, agents, contractors, or invitees to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Your access to and use of the Platform, Website, and any content is at your own risk. You understand and agree that the Platform and Website are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, we disclaim all warranties and conditions, whether express or implied, of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We make no warranty or representation and disclaim all responsibility and liability for: (i) the completeness, accuracy, availability, timeliness, security, or reliability of the Platform, Website, or any content; (ii) any harm to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm resulting from your access to or use of the Platform, Website, or any content; (iii) the deletion of, or failure to store or transmit, any content and other communications maintained by Socratease; and (iv) whether the Platform or Website will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from us or through the Platform or Website will create any warranty or representation not expressly made here.

SOCRATEASE does not review, verify, revise, endorse, or otherwise approve any content created or posted by our users and communicated to other users or third parties via Equip, but SOCRATEASE will remove content that violates any laws or this Agreement. Under no circumstances will SOCRATEASE be liable in any way for any content created or posted by our users, including any errors or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of such content. The content is solely created by our users, and SOCRATEASE specifically disclaims any and all role whatsoever with respect to the creation or posting of such content.

You acknowledge and agree that in no event will Socratease be liable to you or any third party for any indirect, punitive, exemplary, incidental, special, or consequential damages, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, arising out of this Agreement or the use of, or inability to use, our Platform or Website, including any information made available through them. If the foregoing limitation of liability is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, then the maximum liability for all claims of every kind will not exceed one times (1x) the aggregate of payments received under this Agreement. This limitation covers, without limitation, any technical malfunction, computer error, or loss of data, and any other injury arising from use of the Platform or Website. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. To the extent that Socratease may not disclaim any implied warranty or limit its liabilities, the scope and duration of such warranty and the extent of Socratease's liability will be the minimum permitted under applicable law.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account, or to cease providing you with access to all or part of the Platform or Website, at any time for any or no reason, including if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated this Agreement or our Privacy Policy; (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for Socratease; or (iii) our provision of the Platform or Website to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you of such termination at the email address associated with your account, or the next time you attempt to access your account, depending on the circumstances. In all such cases this Agreement terminates, including your license to use the Platform and Website.

All sections which by their nature and context are intended to survive the termination of this Agreement will survive.

If you believe that any content on Equip violates your copyright, and you wish to have the allegedly infringing material removed, the following information must be provided to our designated Copyright Agent in the form of a written notification (pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, a "DMCA Takedown Notice"):

1. Your physical or electronic signature;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim to have been infringed;
3. Identification of the material on Equip that you claim is infringing and that you request us to remove;
4. Sufficient information to permit us to locate such material;
5. Your address, telephone number, and email address;
6. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the objectionable material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or under the law; and
7. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are either the owner of the copyright that has allegedly been infringed or that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Socratease's Copyright Agent to receive such notices is Jayanth Neelakanta, at and at Socratease, Inc, 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958 United States. You acknowledge that for us to be authorized to take down any content, your notice must comply with all the requirements of this Section. Please note that, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any misrepresentation of material fact in a written notification automatically subjects the complaining party to liability for any damages, costs, and attorney's fees incurred by Socratease in connection with the written notification and allegation of copyright infringement.

This Agreement is only for your benefit. You have no right to assign this Agreement, or any benefit or obligation under it, to any other party or legal entity. Any attempted assignment is void.

You agree not to promote, approach, use, distribute, transfer, provide, sub-license, share, or otherwise offer the Platform or Website in violation of any laws or of this Agreement, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, and similar anti-corruption statutes in all jurisdictions. Without limiting the foregoing, you will not knowingly, directly or indirectly, export, re-export, transfer, make available, or release the Platform or Website to any destination, person, entity, or end-use prohibited or restricted under US law without prior US government authorization, to the extent required by the applicable export control regulations. This includes any parties listed on the denied parties lists or specially designated nationals lists maintained under the Export Administration Regulations, or the Foreign Asset Control Regulations (31 CFR 500 et seq.) administered by the US Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change or modify this Agreement at any time. Modifications are binding on you upon your acceptance of the modified Agreement. We will inform you about modifications by email, on our Website or Platform by posting a modified version of this page, or by comparable means within a reasonable period. Your continued use of Equip constitutes your consent to those changes.

The parties are independent contractors, and nothing contained here shall be interpreted as creating any relationship other than that of independent contracting parties. The parties are not partners, joint venturers, shareholders, employer and employee, or agent and servant. You have no power or authority to bind Socratease to any obligation, agreement, debt, or liability, and you will not hold yourself out as an agent or representative of Socratease.

This Agreement is governed by the law of the State of Delaware, without respect to its conflicts of laws principles. Each of the parties consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts located in Sussex County, Delaware for any actions not subject to the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration provisions described below.

Please read the following section carefully, because it requires you to arbitrate certain disputes and claims with SOCRATEASE and limits the manner in which you can seek relief from us.

Binding Arbitration. Except for any disputes, claims, suits, actions, causes of action, demands, or proceedings (collectively, "Disputes") in which either party seeks to bring an individual action in small claims court, or seeks injunctive or other equitable relief for the alleged unlawful use of intellectual property (including copyrights, trademarks, trade names, logos, trade secrets, or patents), you and Socratease agree (a) to waive your and Socratease's respective rights to have any and all Disputes arising from or related to this Agreement or the use of Equip resolved in a court, and (b) to waive your and Socratease's respective rights to a jury trial. Instead, you and Socratease agree to arbitrate Disputes through binding arbitration, which is the referral of a Dispute to one or more persons charged with reviewing it and making a final and binding determination, instead of having the Dispute decided by a judge or jury in court.

Except for any Disputes in which either party seeks to bring an individual action in small claims court, or seeks injunctive or other equitable relief for the alleged unlawful use of intellectual property, you and SOCRATEASE agree that any Dispute must be commenced or filed within one (1) year of the date the Dispute arose, otherwise the underlying claim is permanently barred.

Further: (a) any arbitration will occur in Santa Clara County, California; (b) arbitration will be conducted confidentially by a single arbitrator in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules and the Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (the "AAA Rules") then in effect, except as modified by this Section; and (c) the state or federal courts of the State of Delaware have exclusive jurisdiction over any appeals and the enforcement of an arbitration award. You may also litigate a Dispute in the small claims court located in the county of your billing address, if the Dispute meets the requirements to be heard in small claims court.

No Class Arbitrations, Class Actions, or Representative Actions. You and Socratease agree that any Dispute arising out of or related to these Terms of Service, or the use of or access to the Platform or Website, is personal to you and Socratease, and that such Dispute will be resolved solely through individual arbitration and will not be brought as a class arbitration, class action, or any other type of representative proceeding. You and Socratease agree that there will be no class arbitration, and no arbitration in which an individual attempts to resolve a Dispute as a representative of another individual or group of individuals. You and Socratease further agree that a Dispute cannot be brought as a class or other type of representative action, whether within or outside of arbitration, or on behalf of any other individual or group of individuals.

Federal Arbitration Act. You and Socratease agree that these Terms of Service affect interstate commerce, and that the enforceability of this Section is both substantively and procedurally governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. (the "FAA"), to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

Notice; Informal Dispute Resolution. Each party will notify the other in writing of any arbitral or small claims Dispute within thirty (30) days of the date it arises, so that the parties can attempt in good faith to resolve it informally. Notice to Socratease must be sent by certified mail or courier to Socratease, Inc, 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958 United States. Your notice must include (a) your name, postal address, telephone number, the email address you use or used for your Socratease account and, if different, an email address at which you can be contacted, (b) a description in reasonable detail of the nature or basis of the Dispute, and (c) the specific relief you are seeking. Our notice to you will be sent electronically in accordance with this Agreement and will include the equivalent information. If you and Socratease cannot agree how to resolve the Dispute within thirty (30) days after the date notice is received by the applicable party, then either party may, as appropriate and in accordance with this Section, commence an arbitration proceeding.

Authority of Arbitrator. As limited by the FAA, these Terms of Service, and the applicable AAA Rules, the arbitrator will have (a) the exclusive authority and jurisdiction to make all procedural and substantive decisions regarding a Dispute, including the determination of whether a Dispute is arbitrable, and (b) the authority to grant any remedy that would otherwise be available in court. The arbitrator does not have the authority to conduct a class arbitration or a representative action, which is prohibited by these Terms of Service. The arbitrator may only conduct an individual arbitration, and may not consolidate more than one individual's claims, preside over any type of class or representative proceeding, or preside over any proceeding involving more than one individual. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary here or in the applicable AAA Rules, discovery in the arbitration is limited to one set of interrogatories, one set of requests for admissions, and one set of requests for production of documents.

The arbitrator's award of damages must be consistent with the Limitation of Liability section above as to the types and amounts of damages for which a party may be held liable. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favour of the claimant, and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the claimant's individual claim. If you prevail in arbitration you will be entitled to an award of attorneys' fees and expenses, to the extent provided under applicable law. We will not seek, and hereby waive all rights we may have under applicable law to recover, attorneys' fees and expenses if we prevail in arbitration.

Rules of AAA. The AAA Rules are available at adr.org/Rules, or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879. By agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Service you either (a) acknowledge and agree that you have read and understand the AAA Rules, or (b) waive your opportunity to read the AAA Rules and any claim that they are unfair or should not apply for any reason.

Severability. If any term, clause, or provision of this Section is held invalid or unenforceable, it will be so held to the minimum extent required by law, and all other terms, clauses, and provisions of this Section will remain valid and enforceable. The waivers set out here are severable from the other provisions of this Agreement and will remain valid and enforceable, except as prohibited by applicable law.

Opt-Out Right. You have the right to opt out of binding arbitration within thirty (30) days of the date you first accepted the terms of this Section by writing to: Socratease, Inc, 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958 United States. In order to be effective, the opt-out notice must include your full name and clearly indicate your intent to opt out of binding arbitration.

Cancellation Policy. You may request to cancel your account at any time. Purchased credits are non-refundable. Once purchased, credits cannot be refunded or transferred, except where there is an error on our end and you were unable to satisfactorily use the service. In such cases we expect you to provide evidence of the issue so that the refund request can be considered.

Refund Policy. Credits purchased on our Platform are final and non-refundable. We do not offer refunds or transfers of credits unless there is a demonstrable error on our part which prevented satisfactory use of our services. If you believe you qualify for a refund under this policy, you must provide clear evidence of the issue for your request to be considered.

This Agreement, along with our Privacy Policy, constitutes the entire agreement between you and Socratease, and supersedes any prior agreements between you and Socratease with respect to the subject matter here. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. If any provision is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, we both agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to our intentions as reflected in that provision, and that the other provisions remain in full force and effect. You agree that, regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Platform or Website, or to this Agreement, must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose, or be forever barred. A party's failure to act with respect to a breach by the other party does not constitute a waiver of that party's right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. All sections intended to survive the termination of this Agreement will survive. The section titles are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices to Socratease must be given by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to Socratease, Inc, 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958 United States. Any notices to you will be provided through Equip, or given to you at the email address or physical address you provide to Socratease during registration.