Terms of Use

What Referencedesk is

Referencedesk helps a recruiter read up on a candidate. You give a LinkedIn link or a résumé, Referencedesk finds people who worked at the same company at the same time, and, in the reference portal, emails some of them to ask for their view and shows you the answers. Village supplies the people and company data.

Who may use it

You use Referencedesk for your work as a recruiter or hiring manager. You are responsible for what you do with an account and for the people you add to your workspace.

Permission first

Before you run a report or ask for references, you must have the candidate's permission to contact people who overlapped with them. You may not use Referencedesk to decide anyone's eligibility for employment, credit, housing or insurance. Referencedesk is not a consumer reporting agency and its reports are not consumer reports.

Fair use

• Do not use Referencedesk to harass, spam or mislead anyone.
• Do not try to get around limits, share your sign-in links, or probe the service for weaknesses.
• Do not use answers from references for anything other than judging the candidate for the role.

Payment

A report on the landing page is free. Each candidate you send to references uses one paid slot, at the price shown before you pay. Payments are handled by Stripe; Referencedesk does not see or store your card number. [Refund and cancellation terms: to be confirmed.]

Accuracy

Reports are built from public information and what references say. Overlap at a company does not mean two people worked together or know each other. Summaries are written by an AI model and can be wrong. Check what matters before you act on it.

Ending your use

You can delete a candidate at any time, which removes their report from Referencedesk. We may suspend an account that breaks these terms.

Liability

[Warranty, liability and governing law wording: to be written by counsel.]

Contact

Questions: [Contact email]. How we handle personal data is in the Privacy Policy.