Terms of service

Last updated: October 2, 2026. Takes effect: October 2, 2026.

In plain words

Qwestly gives members a free career agent, and companies pay a subscription to meet members. Here's what that means legally.

1. What Qwestly does

For members: get a free LinkedIn review, brief your career agent in chat, see pay ranges, make plans for a raise, a promotion or a self review, and ask your agent for introductions. Your agent writes a pitch that leaves out your name, and you choose when to reveal your identity. Your agent also talks to hiring managers for you, and you only hear about a role once your agent and the hiring manager both want to talk.

For companies: meet members through an annual subscription.

For everyone: we facilitate introductions. You handle everything after that.

2. Account requirements

Members

  • May verify your LinkedIn profile to show the profile is yours
  • Must provide accurate professional information
  • What you tell your agent, and your pitch, must reflect your real experience
  • One account per person
  • Cannot share account credentials with others

Companies

  • Must be legitimate business entities
  • Must complete company verification process
  • Must pay annual subscription fee before accessing candidates
  • Must be transparent about conversation goals (hiring, advice-seeking, networking, etc.)

3. How your anonymized pitch works

Your responsibility

  • You control what goes in your pitch. Your agent drafts it from what you tell it, and you can edit every line
  • Before you publish your pitch, you must review it and make sure it leaves out anything you want to keep private
  • We help protect your identity, but you decide what to share
  • Don't include identifying information you want to keep private

Our responsibility

  • Leave your name out of your pitch
  • Only reveal your identity when you explicitly consent
  • Companies can't see your name, current employer, or contact info unless you approve

No guarantees

  • You are required to review your pitch before you publish it and confirm it leaves out what you want kept private
  • We can't guarantee that no one will recognize you (determined parties might figure things out)
  • We're not responsible if you accidentally reveal identifying information
  • Third parties might recognize your experience pattern

4. Company access and conversations

How platform access works

  • Companies pay annual subscription fees for platform access
  • Payment due upfront before gaining full access to candidate profiles
  • Qwestly's career agent is AI software. It talks with members in chat, writes their pitches with their names left out and talks to hiring managers for them.
  • Companies can express interest in candidates
  • Candidates choose whether to connect
  • We facilitate the introduction, you handle the rest

Conversation transparency

  • Companies must be transparent about their conversation goals
  • Whether seeking to hire, get advice, network, or explore opportunities
  • Candidates have the right to know what companies hope to gain from conversations
  • No bait and switch: represent your intentions accurately

What we don't do

  • We don't conduct interviews
  • We don't verify credentials (that's your job)
  • We don't guarantee candidate performance or availability
  • We don't handle employment disputes or negotiations

5. User content and behavior

Your content

  • You own the information you give us
  • You're responsible for accuracy
  • No false, misleading, or illegal content
  • No confidential information belonging to others

Prohibited uses

  • Creating fake accounts or companies
  • Sharing account credentials with others
  • Trying to work out who is behind a pitch
  • Harassing other users
  • Using platform for anything other than legitimate recruiting/networking
  • Circumventing our privacy protections

Content removal

  • We can remove content that violates these terms
  • We can suspend accounts for policy violations
  • Repeated violations = permanent ban

6. Privacy and data

What we collect

  • What you tell your agent, the documents you upload and your LinkedIn profile, to do the work you ask your agent for
  • How you use Qwestly, including screen replays, to fix problems and improve it
  • Communications between users

What we don't do

  • Sell your personal data
  • Share identity information without consent
  • Keep data longer than necessary

Your rights

  • Edit your pitch and your other documents anytime
  • Ask to delete your account in settings, and we delete your personal data within 30 days, except records the law requires us to keep
  • Ask for a copy of your data at privacy@qwestly.com

Full details in our privacy policy

7. Payments and subscriptions

Annual subscription fees

  • Companies pay annual subscription fees for platform access
  • Payment due upfront before gaining full access to candidates
  • Late payments may result in account suspension
  • Disputed payments must be raised within 60 days

No refund policy

  • All subscription fees are non-refundable
  • Subscriptions are annual commitments
  • Account cancellation doesn't entitle you to refunds
  • Platform access continues through end of paid subscription period

Payment disputes

  • Good faith efforts to resolve directly first
  • Formal dispute process available
  • Arbitration for unresolved disputes (see Section 10)

8. Disclaimers and limitations

What we promise

  • Good faith effort to provide accurate introductions
  • Reasonable security measures for your data
  • We are SOC 2 certified through Vanta.
  • Platform availability (though outages happen)

What we don't promise

  • A good fit from every introduction
  • Candidate performance after hiring
  • 100% platform uptime
  • Elimination of all hiring risks

Limitation of liability

  • Our maximum liability to you is the subscription fees you paid in the last 12 months
  • We're not liable for indirect damages (lost profits, business interruption, etc.)
  • We're not liable for user conduct or third-party actions
  • Some states don't allow these limitations, so they may not apply to you

9. Intellectual property

Our stuff

  • Qwestly platform, algorithms, and branding belong to us
  • You can use our platform but can't copy our technology
  • Qwestly's software, prompts and branding belong to us

Your stuff

  • The information you give us belongs to you
  • You grant us license to use it for platform operations
  • You can delete your data and revoke this license anytime

Respect others

  • Don't copy other users' content
  • Don't infringe on company trademarks in your pitch
  • Report intellectual property violations to legal@qwestly.com

10. Dispute resolution

Try direct resolution first

  • Talk to us: support@qwestly.com
  • Most issues get resolved quickly with good faith discussion
  • We want happy users, not legal battles

Formal process

  • Arbitration: disputes go to binding arbitration (faster and cheaper than courts)
  • Individual basis: no class action lawsuits
  • Location: arbitration in San Francisco, CA
  • Exception: either party can go to court for intellectual property disputes

11. Account termination

You can leave anytime

  • Members pay nothing, so they have no subscription to cancel.
  • Delete your account in settings
  • We'll remove your data per our retention policy
  • Companies: cancel your subscription to prevent future charges. There are no refunds for unused subscription time.

We can terminate for

  • Violating these terms
  • Fraudulent activity
  • Harassing other users
  • Legal requirements
  • Non-payment of subscription fees

What happens after

  • You lose access to the platform immediately
  • Your data gets deleted per our privacy policy
  • No refunds for remaining subscription period

12. Changes and updates

Terms changes

  • We'll email you about significant changes
  • 30-day notice before changes take effect
  • Continued use means you accept new terms
  • You can delete your account if you disagree

Platform changes

  • We may add, remove, or modify features
  • We'll try to give advance notice for major changes
  • Some changes may be immediate for security reasons

13. Legal stuff

Governing law

  • California law governs these terms
  • Federal arbitration law governs dispute resolution

Entire agreement

  • These terms + privacy policy = our complete agreement
  • Supersedes any previous agreements
  • Changes must be in writing

Severability

  • If part of these terms is unenforceable, the rest still applies

Contact us

  • Legal questions: legal@qwestly.com
  • General support: support@qwestly.com
  • Privacy issues: privacy@qwestly.com

These terms are effective as of the date above. By using Qwestly, you agree to these terms.