Terms of Service
These Terms of Service were updated effective June, 2023
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Welcome to Hill Robinson Recruitment. Hill Robinson Recruitment provides its service to you, subject to the following Terms of Service (“TOS”), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. You can review the most current version of the TOS at any time.
In addition, when using particular Hill Robinson Recruitment services, you and Hill Robinson Recruitment shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS. Hill Robinson Recruitment also may offer other services, which are governed by different TOS these will be posted under a different title.
These Terms constitute a binding agreement between You and Hill Robinson Recruitment and are deemed accepted by You each time that You use or access any Hill Robinson Recruitment Site or Hill Robinson Recruitment Services. If You do not accept the Terms stated here, do not use the Hill Robinson Recruitment Sites and the Hill Robinson Recruitment Services.
2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
Hill Robinson Recruitment currently provides a candidate placement service to our fleet of yachts and external clients. Candidates register their data online. This data can either be personal details entered by a candidate, a “Candidate Profile”, or associated documents. You understand and agree that the service may include certain communications from Hill Robinson Recruitment, such as service announcements and administrative, and that these communications are considered part of Hill Robinson Recruitment membership and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhances the current Service, shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service is provided “AS-IS” and that Hill Robinson Recruitment assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization details. Registering as a candidate is free of charge.
3. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
In consideration of your use of the Service, : (a) You must be 18 years of age or older to visit or use any Hill Robinson Recruitment Site in any manner. (b) You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service’s registration form (such information being the “Registration Data”) and (c) You agree to maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Hill Robinson Recruitment has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Hill Robinson Recruitment has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
4. Hill Robinson Recruitment PRIVACY POLICY
Registration Data and certain other information about you is subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, see our full privacy policy click on Privacy Policy.
5. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY
You will have entered a password and account designation upon completing the Service’s registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify Hill Robinson Recruitment of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Hill Robinson Recruitment cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5.
6. MEMBER CONDUCT
You agree to not use the Service to: upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; harm minors in any way; impersonate any person or entity, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service; upload, post or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); upload, post or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights (“Rights”) of any party; upload, post or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
You acknowledge that Hill Robinson Recruitment shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or move any Content that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Hill Robinson Recruitment shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content presented by Hill Robinson Recruitment, including without limitation information in Hill Robinson Recruitment Jobs Boards.
You acknowledge and agree that Hill Robinson Recruitment may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Hill Robinson Recruitment, its users and the public.
You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
7. SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the UK or the country in which you reside.
8. CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE SERVICE
Hill Robinson Recruitment does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, you grant Hill Robinson Recruitment the following world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable:
With respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of Hill Robinson Recruitment the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purposes of providing and promoting Hill Robinson Recruitment to which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or Hill Robinson Recruitment removes such Content from the Servi
With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible area of the Service, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Service and will terminate at the time you remove or Hill Robinson Recruitment removes such Content from the Service.
With respect to Content other than photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed.
9. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Hill Robinson Recruitment, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.
10. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You acknowledge that Hill Robinson Recruitment may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including without limitation the maximum number of days that registered data, Documents or other uploaded Content will be retained by the Service. You agree that Hill Robinson Recruitment has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that Hill Robinson Recruitment reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that Hill Robinson Recruitment reserves the right to change these general practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice.
11. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
Hill Robinson Recruitment reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Hill Robinson Recruitment shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
12. TERMINATION
You agree that Hill Robinson Recruitment may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your membership account and access to the Service. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions), (d) discontinuance or material modification to the Service (or any part thereof), (e) unexpected technical issues or problems, and (f) extended periods of inactivity. Termination of your membership account includes (a) removal of access to the Service, (b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring further use of the Service. Further, you agree that all terminations for cause shall be made in Hill Robinson Recruitment’s sole discretion and that Hill Robinson Recruitment shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your account.
13. LINKS
The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that Hill Robinson Recruitment is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Hill Robinson Recruitment shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
14. HILL ROBINSON RECRUITMENT’S PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You acknowledge and agree that the Service and any necessary software used in connection with the Service (“Software”) contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that information presented to you through the Service is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by Hill Robinson Recruitment or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service or the Software, in whole or in part. Hill Robinson Recruitment grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form, or to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Hill Robinson Recruitment for use in accessing the Service.
The contents of the Hill Robinson Recruitment Sites, such as designs, text, graphics, images, video, information, logos, button icons, software, audio files and other content which makes up the Hill Robinson Recruitment site, (collectively, Hill Robinson Recruitment Content”), are protected under copyright, trademark and other laws. All Hill Robinson Recruitment Content is the property of Hill Robinson Recruitment or its licensors. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of all content on the Hill Robinson Recruitment Sites is the exclusive property of Hill Robinson Recruitment and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Unauthorized use of the Hill Robinson Recruitment Content may violate these laws and/or applicable communications regulations and statutes, and is strictly prohibited. You must preserve all copyright, trademark, service mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Hill Robinson Recruitment Content on any authorized copy You make of the Hill Robinson Recruitment Content.
15. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. Hill Robinson Recruitment EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Hill Robinson Recruitment MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM Hill Robinson Recruitment OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT Hill Robinson Recruitment SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF Hill Robinson Recruitment HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY , DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
17. NOTICE
Notices to you may be made via either email. The Service may also provide notices of changes to the TOS or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on the Service.
18. TRADEMARK INFORMATION
Hill Robinson Recruitment, the Hill Robinson Recruitment logo, trademarks and service marks, are trademarks of Hill Robinson Yacht Management Consultants.
19. COPYRIGHTS and COPYRIGHT AGENTS
Hill Robinson Recruitment respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Hill Robinson Recruitment the following information:
– an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
– a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
– a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site; your address, telephone number, and email address;
– a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
– a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.
Jonathan Franklin
By phone: 0033 492 90 59 59
By email: recruitment@hillrobinson.com
20. GENERAL INFORMATION
The TOS constitute the entire agreement between you and Hill Robinson Recruitment and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Hill Robinson Recruitment. The TOS and the relationship between you and Hill Robinson Recruitment shall be governed by the laws of the U.K without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and Hill Robinson Recruitment agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the U.K. The failure of Hill Robinson Recruitment to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS 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 Service or the TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in the TOS are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
21. VIOLATIONS
Please report any violations of the TOS to recruitment@hillrobinson.com .
22. QUALITY STATEMENT
Our mission We focus on providing the very best candidates, matching the correct candidate to the correct position on board your Yacht.
Our vision Our goal is to ensure your yacht has the best crew team on board to ensure a safe and enjoyable owner experience.
At Hill Robinson Recruitment we believe that:
The integration of a quality system allows us to continuously improve the way we operate our business in terms of customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance, and efficiency, thus adding value to all interested parties.
In order to achieve this goal in a sustainable manner the following Policy for its personnel recruitment and placement activities are:
– We commit to the continual improvement of our system in terms of customer satisfaction and effectiveness to exceed our stakeholders’ expectations.
– We ensure that all legal, regulatory, and interested party requirements will always be fulfilled to the best of our abilities.
– We will live up to our quality policy, making it available, communicating and exemplifying it in our relations with all interested parties and we will use it as a framework for our objectives, our improvement plans and our day to day decisions.