Terms of Service

What We Provide

Tech Salary Data is a platform that:

• Collects anonymous salary and compensation data from tech professionals
• Aggregates and displays this data to help inform career decisions
• Provides insights into compensation trends across Australia and New Zealand
• Maintains user privacy through anonymization and data protection

What We Don't Provide

• Career advice or professional counseling
• Guaranteed accuracy of all submitted data
• Job placement or recruitment services
• Legal or financial advice

Accurate Information

When submitting salary data, you agree to:

• Provide truthful and accurate information
• Submit data about your own compensation or roles you have direct knowledge of
• Not submit false, misleading, or fabricated data
• Update or correct information if you discover errors

Prohibited Activities

You agree NOT to:

• Submit spam, duplicate, or irrelevant data
• Attempt to identify specific individuals from the data
• Use automated tools to scrape or harvest data
• Interfere with the platform's security or functionality
• Submit data that violates confidentiality agreements
• Use the service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose
• Attempt to reverse engineer or hack the platform

Respectful Use

You agree to:

• Respect the privacy and anonymity of other users
• Use the data responsibly and ethically
• Not attempt to deanonymize or identify specific submissions
• Report any suspected misuse or violations

Your Data Rights

• You retain ownership of the information you submit
• You can request deletion of your submissions (subject to anonymization)
• You can correct inaccurate information you've submitted

License to Use

By submitting data, you grant us a license to:

• Process, anonymize, and aggregate your submission
• Display anonymized data publicly on our platform
• Use aggregated data for research and insights
• Share anonymized, aggregated data with the community

This license is non-exclusive, royalty-free, and continues even if you stop using our service, but only for data that has been anonymized and aggregated.

Key Privacy Commitments

• All submissions are anonymous by default
• We never sell your personal data
• We use industry-standard security measures
• You can request data deletion at any time

Data Accuracy

While we strive to maintain accurate data, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of all user-submitted information. The data is provided "as is" for informational purposes only.

No Professional Advice

Our platform provides information only and should not be considered as:

• Professional career advice
• Legal or financial counsel
• Employment recommendations
• Negotiation guidance

Always consult with qualified professionals for specific advice.

Service Availability

We strive to maintain continuous service availability but cannot guarantee uninterrupted access. We may temporarily suspend service for maintenance, updates, or other operational reasons.

Specific Limitations

We are not liable for:

• Decisions made based on platform data
• Inaccurate or misleading user-submitted information
• Technical issues or service interruptions
• Loss of data or unauthorized access
• Third-party actions or content

Our Rights

We own or license:

• The platform design, code, and functionality
• Our trademarks, logos, and branding
• Aggregated and anonymized data compilations
• Analysis, insights, and reports we create

Your Rights

You may:

• Use the platform for personal, non-commercial purposes
• Share publicly available data with proper attribution
• Reference our data in research or articles with citation

Restrictions

You may NOT:

• Copy, modify, or distribute our platform code
• Use our trademarks without permission
• Create derivative works based on our platform
• Commercially exploit our data without agreement

Your Right to Terminate

You may stop using our service at any time. You can also request deletion of your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Our Right to Terminate

We may suspend or terminate your access if you:

• Violate these Terms of Service
• Submit false or misleading data repeatedly
• Engage in prohibited activities
• Attempt to harm the platform or other users

Effect of Termination

Upon termination, your right to use the service ends immediately. However, anonymized data you've contributed may remain in our database to preserve the integrity of our dataset.

Notification of Changes

• We'll post updated Terms on this page
• We'll update the "Last updated" date
• For significant changes, we'll provide additional notice
• Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance

Dispute Resolution

Before pursuing legal action, we encourage:

• Direct communication to resolve issues
• Good faith negotiation
• Mediation if necessary

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding your use of our service.

Assignment

We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms. You may not assign your rights without our written consent.

Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision.