Terms of use

When using the Website, the registered visitor of Hays (collectively and individually referred to as "User") is obliged to comply with all applicable statutory and legal regulations. In addition, any inappropriate use of the website is prohibited.

The following behaviour in particular is inappropriate:

• Uploading and distributing chain letters and/or spam mails;
• Uploading and promoting lewd, offensive, pornographic, sexual, racist, political, religious or violence-glorifying content;
• Deliberate interference with the operability or functionality of the website, for example by hacking or by injecting malware such as viruses or harmful data into the website, the services or the operating system;
• Viewing, modifying and unauthorised copying or deletion of content from the website or of content or data uploaded by other users;
• Publishing content that has been uploaded by other users or third parties without their consent;
• Advertising, regardless of whether it is for our own purposes or for the purposes of third parties;
• Any other behaviour that does not serve to fulfil the purposes of the website and which is contrary to these terms of use and/or applicable law.

Users are subject to the following obligations when they upload data, post content or share contributions:

• Statements and posted content and/or data must be accurate;
• No bullying, insulting, intimidating or degrading other people when using the website or a service;
• No deceiving, harassing, annoying, exposing or harassing other people;
• No impersonation of another person's identity or misrepresentation of one's own identity or relationship to other persons;
• No giving the false impression that data, content or contributions originate from another person;
• No infringement of Hays' or any third party's intellectual property rights in connection with the use of the Website or the Services, including the use of any content or materials (to the extent their use is not licensed by these Terms of Use);
• Not to use any offensive, defamatory or otherwise objectionable content or materials when using the Website or the Services or any content or materials that violate Hays' Content Guidelines;
• Not use the Website or the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, compromise or impair Hays' systems or security, or interfere with any other user;
• Not encouraging, promoting or inciting others to violate the law or to commit or participate in a criminal offence, such as copyright infringement or computer fraud;
• Not making statements which the user knows or believes that parts of the public to whom the statement is or is intended to be addressed are likely to understand it as a direct or indirect incitement or other inducement to commit, prepare or instigate terrorist acts. This also applies if the user has reasonable grounds to believe that his/her statements will be understood in this way;
• No collection or extraction of information or data from the Services or Hays' systems, no attempt to decrypt transmissions to or from the servers on which the Services are hosted; and
• No offering or advertising of services that compete with the services of Hays.