Terms of Service
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using ScreenerCompanion ("Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
2. Description of Service
ScreenerCompanion is an AI-powered decision-support tool that generates interview plans, question sets, and qualifications checklists to assist human interviewers in evaluating candidates for technical roles. The Service uses large language models (LLMs) from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI to generate content based on resume and job description text you provide.
3. Decision-Support Only — No Employment Decisions
The Service is a decision-support tool, not a decision-making tool. You agree that:
- All hiring, screening, and employment decisions are made solely by qualified human reviewers.
- AI-generated output will not be used as the sole or determinative basis for any employment decision.
- The qualifications checklist and priority focus areas generated by the Service reflect information present in the documents you provided; they are not an assessment of the candidate's suitability for employment.
- Interview questions and scoring rubrics generated by the Service are starting points for human interviewers, not objective evaluation criteria.
4. Your Compliance Obligations
You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of the Service complies with all applicable laws and regulations in your jurisdiction, including but not limited to:
- NYC Local Law 144 (2023): If you are an employer or employment agency in New York City, you may be required to conduct and publish an annual bias audit of any Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) you use, and to notify candidates that an AEDT was used.
- Illinois Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act: If you use AI-assisted tools in Illinois hiring processes, you must notify candidates and obtain consent before using AI to evaluate video interviews.
- Colorado AI Act (SB 21-169): Colorado employers using AI in consequential employment decisions must provide disclosures and conduct bias testing.
- EU AI Act: AI systems used in employment decisions are classified as high-risk under the EU AI Act and subject to conformity assessment, transparency, and human oversight requirements.
- Equal Employment Opportunity laws: You remain responsible for ensuring that your interview process complies with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and all applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws.
- GDPR / CCPA and other privacy laws: You are the data controller for candidate personal data. You are responsible for your own compliance obligations with respect to collecting, processing, and retaining candidate information.
ScreenerCompanion does not conduct bias audits on your behalf, does not serve as your compliance officer, and does not guarantee that use of the Service satisfies any particular regulatory requirement.
5. Candidate Notification Obligation
You agree to notify candidates, prior to or at the time of application review, that AI tools assisted in reviewing their application materials, as required by applicable law. ScreenerCompanion does not send such notifications on your behalf.
6. Permitted Use
You may use the Service only for lawful employment screening purposes. You may not:
- Use the Service to make automated employment decisions without human review.
- Use the Service to screen candidates based on protected characteristics.
- Reverse engineer, resell, or redistribute outputs of the Service as a standalone product.
- Attempt to circumvent usage limits or access controls.
- Upload content you do not have the right to process (e.g., resumes obtained without candidate consent).
7. Credits and Billing
- Monthly subscription credits are issued at the start of each billing cycle and expire at the end of that cycle. Unused monthly credits do not roll over.
- Purchased credit packs do not expire.
- Monthly credits are consumed before purchased credits.
- Credits are non-refundable once consumed.
- Unused purchased credits may be refunded within 30 days of purchase at our discretion, subject to a processing fee.
- We reserve the right to adjust credit pricing with 30 days' notice.
8. No Warranty
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT AI-GENERATED OUTPUT IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, UNBIASED, OR FIT FOR ANY PARTICULAR HIRING DECISION.
9. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SCREENERCOMPANION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE OR ANY EMPLOYMENT DECISION MADE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR DIRECT DAMAGES SHALL NOT EXCEED THE FEES YOU PAID TO US IN THE THREE MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless ScreenerCompanion and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any applicable law in connection with your hiring practices.
11. Intellectual Property
Interview plans and related content generated by the Service using your inputs are provided to you for your internal business use. ScreenerCompanion retains no rights to content generated from your specific resume and job description inputs. You retain ownership of the input documents you provide.
12. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your account for violation of these Terms, non-payment, or illegal use. You may close your account at any time by contacting support@screenercompanion.com. Unused purchased credits at the time of account closure may be refunded at our discretion.
13. Changes to Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated via email or in-app notice at least 14 days before they take effect. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
14. Governing Law and Disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute shall be resolved by binding arbitration under the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, with proceedings conducted in English. Class action waiver: you agree to resolve disputes individually and waive any right to participate in a class action.
15. Contact
For questions about these Terms:
legal@screenercompanion.com