TERMS OF USE / USER AGREEMENT
Effective Date: April 22, 2026 Last Updated: April 22, 2026
Welcome to Pro2Pro. These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Pro2Pro website, platform, services, features, content, communications, events, and related tools (collectively, the "Platform").
By accessing, registering for, browsing, or using the Platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and by the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Platform.
1. About the Platform
Pro2Pro is an online peer-to-peer learning and professional networking platform that enables participants to connect, communicate, exchange knowledge, take part in learning activities, join Learning Cycles, form Learning Partners, attend events, and use related platform tools and resources.
The Platform may support one-on-one learning relationships, mini-groups, public or private events, messaging, profile pages, and shared resources.
The Platform is intended for professional, educational, and community-building purposes only. The Platform does not guarantee any educational, business, career, financial, legal, medical, psychological, or other outcome.
2. Eligibility
You may use the Platform only if:
- you are at least 18 years old;
- you have legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement;
- your use of the Platform is not prohibited by applicable law; and
- the information you provide is accurate and not misleading.
The Platform is not directed to children under 13, and persons under 18 may not create accounts or use the Platform.
3. Account Registration
To access certain features, you may be required to create an account. You agree to:
- provide accurate, current, and complete information;
- keep your information updated;
- maintain the confidentiality of your login credentials;
- be responsible for all activity under your account; and
- notify Platform administration promptly of any unauthorized access, suspected breach, or misuse of your account.
We may suspend, restrict, or terminate any account at any time, with or without notice, for security reasons, risk management, policy violations, legal concerns, reputational concerns, operational reasons, or any other reason in our sole discretion.
4. Public and Non-Public Profile Information
By registering and using the Platform, you understand and agree that certain profile information may be visible to other registered users of the Platform.
4.1 Information visible to other registered users
Unless otherwise specified by the Platform, the following information may be visible to other registered users:
- first name;
- last name;
- city;
- time zone;
- workplace / organization;
- biography / profile description;
- skills, expertise, topics you want to share, teach, or discuss;
- skills, expertise, or topics you want to learn;
- your activity in Learning Cycles, matches, requests, events, and other platform interactions, as applicable.
4.2 Email address
Your email address is not intended to be publicly displayed to other registered users by default. However, we may use your email address for account administration, service communications, security notices, invitations, onboarding, support, updates, newsletters, event invitations, and other platform communications.
4.3 User responsibility for disclosed information
You are solely responsible for any information, content, or materials you choose to include in your profile, messages, event participation, or other platform activity. Do not post any information you do not want other registered users or administrators to see.
5. User Conduct
You agree to use the Platform lawfully, respectfully, and at your own risk.
You must not:
- violate any law, regulation, sanctions regime, or third-party rights;
- use the Platform for fraud, misrepresentation, deception, impersonation, harassment, stalking, threats, exploitation, or abuse;
- upload or transmit unlawful, defamatory, obscene, hateful, discriminatory, violent, infringing, or otherwise objectionable content;
- use the Platform for spam, unsolicited mass outreach, phishing, scams, or deceptive promotions;
- collect, scrape, harvest, export, or misuse user data without authorization;
- interfere with platform security, integrity, or operation;
- attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, system, server, or data;
- transmit malware, spyware, ransomware, destructive code, or harmful links;
- use the Platform to organize, facilitate, promote, or support unlawful conduct;
- use the Platform in connection with trafficking, forced labor, bribery, corruption, illegal lobbying, prohibited financial flows, or other unlawful or prohibited activities;
- copy, mirror, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or exploit the Platform except as expressly permitted by law;
- use bots, scripts, automation, or data-mining tools without prior written authorization;
- circumvent moderation, access controls, blocks, limits, or safety features.
We may investigate suspected violations and may remove content, restrict features, suspend accounts, cooperate with service providers, and disclose information where reasonably necessary to protect the Platform, users, third parties, or legal interests.
6. Learning Partners, Learning Cycles, Events, and Peer Interactions
The Platform may facilitate introductions, matching, messaging, event participation, knowledge exchange, and peer-to-peer engagement. However:
- we do not guarantee the quality, accuracy, safety, legality, professionalism, identity, intentions, availability, conduct, or outcomes of any user, mentor, speaker, participant, Learning Partner, group, or event attendee;
- we do not verify all claims, credentials, biographies, qualifications, workplaces, identities, or experience levels;
- any interaction, communication, meeting, collaboration, exchange, call, session, referral, recommendation, or event participation is undertaken solely at your own risk.
You are solely responsible for evaluating whether to engage with any person, attend any event, share any information, rely on any content, follow any advice, or enter into any relationship or collaboration through the Platform.
7. Content and User Materials
You retain ownership of content you submit, post, upload, send, publish, or otherwise make available through the Platform ("User Content"), subject to the rights granted below.
By submitting User Content, you grant Pro2Pro a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, display, distribute, transmit, adapt, format, moderate, back up, and otherwise use your User Content as necessary to operate, improve, secure, promote, document, and administer the Platform and related activities.
You represent and warrant that:
- you own or control the rights necessary to provide your User Content;
- your User Content does not violate law or third-party rights;
- your User Content is accurate to the best of your knowledge and not intentionally misleading.
We are not obligated to monitor User Content, but we may review, remove, refuse, restrict, or preserve any content at any time in our sole discretion.
8. Communications and Email
By registering for the Platform, you agree to receive communications from Platform administration, including:
- account and login messages;
- onboarding and support messages;
- service announcements;
- security alerts;
- platform updates;
- event invitations;
- program-related informational materials;
- newsletters;
- learning opportunities;
- and other platform communications and activities.
You understand and agree that these communications are part of the Platform and its operation. If you do not wish to receive them, do not register for or use the Platform.
9. Third-Party Services and Links
The Platform may contain links to third-party websites, tools, meeting services, AI tools, payment services, communication channels, cloud services, forms, or other resources. We do not control and are not responsible for any third-party service, content, policy, availability, security, or performance.
Your use of third-party services is entirely at your own risk and subject to those third parties' terms and policies.
10. Intellectual Property
Except for User Content and third-party materials, the Platform and its content, software, design, branding, text, graphics, features, and compilation are owned by Pro2Pro or its licensors and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You receive a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and use the Platform for its intended purpose, subject to these Terms. No other rights are granted.
11. Privacy
Your use of the Platform is also governed by the Privacy Policy, which explains how information is collected, used, disclosed, stored, and protected.
12. No Warranties
THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," AND "WITH ALL FAULTS" BASIS.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PRO2PRO, ITS FOUNDERS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEAM MEMBERS, AFFILIATES, CONTRACTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, PARTNERS, SPEAKERS, MODERATORS, VOLUNTEERS, LICENSORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, SECURITY, COMPATIBILITY, COMPLETENESS, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, OR THAT THE PLATFORM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE FROM HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT:
- THE PLATFORM WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE OR ACCESSIBLE;
- DATA WILL NEVER BE LOST, DELAYED, INTERCEPTED, CORRUPTED, OR ALTERED;
- MATCHES, LEARNING RELATIONSHIPS, EVENTS, OR MESSAGES WILL LEAD TO ANY BENEFICIAL RESULT;
- ANY USER, SPEAKER, PARTICIPANT, OR THIRD PARTY IS SAFE, TRUSTWORTHY, QUALIFIED, OR AUTHENTIC;
- ANY CONTENT OR ADVICE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR SUITABLE FOR YOUR SITUATION.
13. Assumption of Risk
YOU VOLUNTARILY USE THE PLATFORM ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
YOU ASSUME ALL RISK ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO:
- YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE PLATFORM;
- YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT, PROFILE, MESSAGE, EVENT, RECOMMENDATION, MATCH, OR INTRODUCTION;
- YOUR COMMUNICATIONS OR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES;
- YOUR ATTENDANCE AT ONLINE OR OFFLINE EVENTS, CALLS, SESSIONS, OR MEETINGS;
- YOUR DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL, OR SENSITIVE INFORMATION;
- ANY DECISION TO COLLABORATE, TEACH, LEARN, HIRE, REFER, CONTRACT, DONATE, TRAVEL, SHARE MATERIALS, OR OTHERWISE ACT BASED ON PLATFORM ACTIVITY;
- ANY THIRD-PARTY TOOL, LINK, COMMUNICATION CHANNEL, FILE, OR SERVICE.
14. Release and Waiver of Claims
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU IRREVOCABLY RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE, AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE PRO2PRO, ITS FOUNDERS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEAM MEMBERS, AFFILIATES, CONTRACTORS, PARTNERS, SPEAKERS, VOLUNTEERS, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, CAUSES OF ACTION, DAMAGES, LOSSES, COSTS, LIABILITIES, EXPENSES, PENALTIES, FEES, OR INJURIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO:
- YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE PLATFORM;
- ANY USER CONTENT OR THIRD-PARTY CONTENT;
- ANY USER, MATCH, LEARNING PARTNER, EVENT PARTICIPANT, SPEAKER, OR THIRD PARTY;
- ANY COMMUNICATION, INTERACTION, DISPUTE, OFFENSE, MISCONDUCT, MISREPRESENTATION, FAILURE TO PERFORM, NON-PERFORMANCE, OR HARM CAUSED BY ANY USER OR THIRD PARTY;
- ANY EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL, CAREER, BUSINESS, FINANCIAL, LEGAL, PERSONAL, OR REPUTATIONAL CONSEQUENCE;
- ANY DATA LOSS, SECURITY INCIDENT, INTERRUPTION, SYSTEM FAILURE, CONTENT REMOVAL, OR ACCESS RESTRICTION;
- ANY DECISION MADE OR NOT MADE IN RELIANCE ON THE PLATFORM.
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE PLATFORM, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO STOP USING IT.
15. Limitation of Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PRO2PRO AND ITS FOUNDERS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEAM MEMBERS, AFFILIATES, CONTRACTORS, PARTNERS, SPEAKERS, VOLUNTEERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY CLAIMS, DEMANDS, ACTIONS, DAMAGES, LOSSES, COSTS, EXPENSES, LIABILITIES, OR INJURIES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM, ITS USE, ITS UNAVAILABILITY, ANY USER CONTENT, ANY THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, ANY USER OR THIRD-PARTY CONDUCT, ANY EVENTS, ANY COMMUNICATIONS, ANY MATCHES, ANY LEARNING RELATIONSHIPS, ANY DECISIONS MADE IN RELIANCE ON THE PLATFORM, OR ANY TECHNICAL, SECURITY, OR DATA-RELATED ISSUE.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PRO2PRO DISCLAIMS AND EXCLUDES LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF REPUTATION, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF INCOME, LOSS OF EXPECTED BENEFITS, OR PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL HARM OF ANY KIND, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY AND ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS ALLOCATION OF RISK, YOU MUST NOT USE THE PLATFORM.
16. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Pro2Pro and its founders, administrators, team members, affiliates, contractors, service providers, partners, speakers, volunteers, licensors, and representatives from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, investigations, liabilities, damages, judgments, settlements, fines, penalties, costs, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or relating to:
- your use or misuse of the Platform;
- your User Content;
- your violation of these Terms;
- your violation of any law or third-party rights;
- your interactions, disputes, or arrangements with any user or third party;
- any false, inaccurate, misleading, unlawful, or harmful information you submit, post, or transmit.
We may assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification, and you agree to cooperate fully.
17. Suspension and Termination
We may suspend, restrict, deactivate, remove, or terminate your access to the Platform, account, content, or features at any time, with or without notice, and for any or no reason, including suspected policy violations, abuse, legal risk, security concerns, inactivity, operational changes, or platform discontinuation.
Upon termination, provisions that by their nature should survive will survive, including provisions regarding licenses, disclaimers, waivers, releases, limitations of liability, indemnification, dispute terms, and data retention where applicable.
18. Modification of the Platform
We may change, suspend, restrict, discontinue, or remove any part of the Platform at any time without liability.
19. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. Updated Terms become effective when posted, unless a later date is stated. Your continued use of the Platform after the effective date of updated Terms constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
20. Governing Law and Venue
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.
Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to the Platform or these Terms shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in New York County, New York, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of those courts.
21. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, unlawful, unenforceable, or overbroad, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
22. Entire Agreement
These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and Pro2Pro regarding the Platform and supersede prior or contemporaneous understandings relating to the same subject matter.
23. Contact
For questions regarding these Terms, contact: pro2pro.study@gmail.com