TERMS OF USE FOR ALUMNI NETWORK

The Thoughtworks alumni site (“Site”) is a Site owned and operated by Thoughtworks, Inc. (“Thoughtworks”, “We”, “Our” or “Us”). The Site is hosted on our behalf by PeoplePath GmbH (“PeoplePath”).

BY USING OUR SITE YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS 

By accessing the Site, you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time and your continued use of the Site thereafter will constitute agreement with such modifications. These terms were most recently updated on August 6, 2025. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, then you are not authorized to use the Site.

THERE ARE OTHER TERMS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOU 

These Terms of Use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our Site:

• Our Privacy Policy, which is applicable to your personal data.
• Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our Site.

• PRECEDENCE

In the case of any conflict between the clauses of these Terms of Use and the Terms and Conditions the Terms and Conditions will prevail.

• REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP OF NETWORK

This Site and the services provided through it can only be accessed or used by bona fide alumni or employees of alumni (“Alumni” or “You”). We reserve the right to refuse access to this Site and any services provided through it.

To use this Site, you must complete the registration process and create an account with a username and password (“Account”). In doing so, you agree to provide complete, current and accurate information both during registration and while using the Site. If you have provided any information that is illegal, misleading, inaccurate or incomplete or there exists reasonable grounds to suspect such a situation, we have the right to revoke or suspend your Account and refuse to let you resume access to or use of the Site.

You agree and acknowledge that your Account is non-transferable and non-assignable. You agree to use the Site for its intended purposes, which include: connecting with fellow Alumni and current Thoughtworks employees; participating in discussions and sharing professional insights; accessing career opportunities at Thoughtworks; and identifying, facilitating, and discussing business development, referral, and sales opportunities that may be beneficial to Thoughtworks. If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at peoplesupport-na@thoughtworks.com.

By agreeing to safeguard your Account details, you agree to be liable for any interactions associated with your Account as it is assumed that all use or activity done through this Account, is undertaken by you or someone authorised by you.

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use.

We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Term.

• PERSONAL DATA AND PRIVACY POLICY

We will only use personal information collected through the use of the Site and any of its services in accordance with our Privacy Policy (https://www.thoughtworks.com/about-us/privacy-policy). As our Site is hosted by PeoplePath this company may have access to your Personal Data in its capacity either as a data processor or as a data controller in its own right, which is governed by their Privacy Policy (https://peoplepath.com/privacy-policy/).

• COOKIE POLICY

By using the Site, you agree to the use of cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy (https://www.thoughtworks.com/about-us/privacy-policy).

• AVAILABILITY OF SITE

The Site and its content is provided to you “as-is” and “as-available”. We do not guarantee that our Site or its content will always be available or that any service will be uninterrupted. We may suspend, withdraw, or restrict the availability of all or any part of our Site for business or operational or other reasons, at any time and without notice.

• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Site, and in the material published by us on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved to us or the relevant licensor.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others to content posted on our Site.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Site must always be acknowledged as part of any use you may make of such content.

You must not use any part of the content on our Site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy or download any part of our Site in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use our Site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

• DO NOT RELY ON INFORMATION ON THIS SITE 

The content on our Site is provided for general information purposes only and contributed both by us and registered users of the Site. Although we make all reasonable efforts to update the information on our Site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our Site is accurate, complete or up to date.

This Site will include information and materials uploaded by other users of the Site. This information and these materials have not been approved by Us. The views expressed by other users on our Site do not represent our views or values. We are under no obligation to restrict or monitor content in any way but we reserve the right to do so.  Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including other users, are those of the respective author(s) or contributor(s) and not ours.

You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such content. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, or otherwise transmitted via the Site.

If you wish to complain about information or materials uploaded by other users please contact us at peoplesupport-na@thoughtworks.com.

• UPLOADING CONTENT TO OUR SITE 

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to our Site, or to make contact with other users of our Site, you must comply with the content standards set out in these Terms of Use.  We reserve the right to remove any posting made or suspend or terminate your Account if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with these standards.

You are entirely responsible for all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials that you upload, post, email or otherwise transmit via the Site (“Content”).  Any Content you upload to our Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your Content, (unless specified otherwise) but you are required to grant us and other users of our Site a limited licence to use, store and copy that Content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. You also acknowledge and agree that we are not liable for any loss, damage or harm that you may suffer as a result of such activities. You agree to indemnify and hold Thoughtworks harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit or transmit through the Site.

We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our Site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or other rights, including their right to privacy.

• PROHIBITED CONTENT

You agree not to upload, post, email, or otherwise transmit through our Site Content or any other materials that are or could appear to be: (a) untrue, misleading, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, discriminatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous, invasive of another person's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (b) infringing a third party's intellectual property rights; (c) of a type that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships, such as inside information or confidential information (including confidential information or opinions about our clients); (d) unsolicited, unacknowledged or unauthorised advertising; (e) software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; (f) data or information obtained through access that was not authorised by the owner of the data or information, or with respect to which such posting would constitute unauthorised use; or (g) in violation of any applicable local, state, national or international law, regulation, or statute (including export laws).

You  will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of the above Term. This means you may be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of the above Term.

• PROHIBITED CONDUCT

You agree not to do, or attempt to do, any of the following: (a) access or use the Site in any way that violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, regulation, or statute (including export laws), contracts, intellectual property rights or constitutes the commission of a tort, or for any purpose that is harmful, or other than in full compliance with these Terms; (b) tamper with postings, registration information, profiles, submissions or content provided by other users; (c) use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or interface not provided by us to access the Site; (d) transmit any unsolicited advertising, “junk mail,” “spam,” or “chain letters”; (e) advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services except as expressly permitted by us; (f) frame any part of the Site, or link to the Site, or represent  that we have endorsed you or your content;  (g) reverse engineer any aspect of the Site or attempt to gain access to our or any third party’s source code, or bypass or circumvent measures deployed to prevent or limit access to any area, content or code of the Site (except as otherwise permitted by law); (h) introduce to us or the Site (or anything or anyone else) any harmful, illegal, deceptive or disruptive code such as a virus, “spyware,” “adware,” or other code that could adversely impact the Site or any user of it; or (j) interfere with or disrupt the Site or any server or network connected to the Site, or otherwise interfere or attempt to interfere with the operation of the Site.

• WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR VIRUSES 

We do not guarantee that our Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses, although we will use all reasonable efforts to ensure the security and integrity of the Site and its content.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to safely access our Site. You agree to use your own virus protection software.

• THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

Where this Site includes links to other internet websites, they are provided solely for information purposes and are beyond the control of Alumni portal. We do not take responsibility for the content on any of these pages. We do not endorse, approve or make representations regarding any of these websites or the content contained. Any and all use of such sites, and their contents, are solely at your risk. 

The Site may also contain links to job boards with opportunities from Thoughtworks’ clients and other third parties.

Thoughtworks does not vet, endorse, or guarantee these third-party postings or websites. We are not an employment agency and are not responsible for the accuracy, legality, or safety of any third-party content, job postings, or hiring processes. Your interactions with any third-party company, including application and employment processes, are solely between You and that third party.

• WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS DISCLAIMER

The content on our Site is provided for general information only and is contributed by Alumni and Thoughtworks. We make no representations or warranties that the content is accurate, complete, or up to date. No representation, warranty or condition, express or implied, statutory or otherwise, as to condition, satisfactory quality, performance, fitness for purpose or otherwise is given by us  in respect of the Site or any content and all such representations, warranties and conditions are excluded, and and We will not be liable for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with the use of, or inability to use, our Site or reliance on any content displayed on our Site, except to the extent that their exclusion is prohibited by applicable law.

• LIABILITY

We do not (or seek to) exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. However, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we will not be liable for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with the use of, or inability to use, our Site or reliance on any content displayed on our Site.

Please note that as a registered user You have agreed not to use our Site for commercial purposes and we have no liability to You for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity that You or any business operated by You may suffer.

• GOVERNING LAW AND FORUM

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Any dispute between You and us regarding the content or use of this Site shall be resolved by arbitration under the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association, with hearings held in the English language in Chicago, IL, US, and shall not be joined with any dispute that any other person or entity may have with the Site.