Terms of Service

By creating an account or using LinkedOut, you agree to these terms, the Privacy Policy and the Community Guidelines. If you do not agree, do not use the platform.

You must be at least 16 years old, or the age of digital consent in your jurisdiction if that is higher. [LEGAL REVIEW NEEDED: minimum age varies by jurisdiction]

You keep ownership of everything you post. You grant LinkedOut a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce and display it for the purpose of operating the platform. That licence ends when you delete the content, except for copies already distributed and copies retained under Section 8.

You are responsible for what you post. Specifically, you confirm that:

• Accounts of your own experience are truthful to the best of your knowledge.
• Statements you present as fact are things you believe to be true and can substantiate.
• You are not disclosing information you are contractually barred from disclosing.
• You have the right to post any media you attach.

On confidentiality agreements: LinkedOut does not and cannot advise you on whether posting something breaches an NDA or a separation agreement you signed. That is between you and the agreement, and the consequences fall on you. If in doubt, get advice before posting. [LEGAL REVIEW NEEDED: whistleblower protections vary and may override some contractual restrictions in some jurisdictions]

You may post anonymously. When you do, your generated handle is shown instead of your name and your account identity is not exposed through any public interface.

The limits of that, stated plainly:

• Your real account is recorded against every post. Anonymity is a display decision, not an absence of data.
• Moderators can see the real author of reported or auto-held content. Every such view is logged with the moderator’s identity and a written reason.
• LinkedOut will disclose identity in response to a valid, binding legal order. Where we are legally permitted to notify you first, we will, and we will publish aggregate figures on how often this happens.
• Anonymity does not change your responsibility for what you write. An anonymous defamatory statement is still a defamatory statement.

• Publish false statements of fact about identifiable people or organisations.
• Publish private information about anyone — home address, personal phone number, medical details, immigration status, family members.
• Name individuals below a senior level in a way that targets them personally. Criticise decisions and roles, not junior colleagues by name.
• Harass, threaten or incite violence against anyone.
• Impersonate a person or organisation.
• Post content that is unlawful in the jurisdiction where it is hosted.
• Scrape, bulk-collect or resell platform data.
• Attempt to deanonymise another member.
• Circumvent rate limits, security controls or a suspension.

A negative review is not a violation. Neither is a review a company disputes. See the Community Guidelines for where the line is.

We may remove content or restrict an account when these terms or the guidelines are breached. When we remove content, we tell the author which rule was breached and how to appeal. Appeals go to a different moderator than the one who made the original decision.

Enforcement escalates: warning, then temporary suspension, then ban. We skip steps only for doxxing, threats, or coordinated inauthentic behaviour.

Company representatives may respond to reviews of their company. They cannot remove them. There is no process by which a company can have a truthful account of someone’s experience taken down because it is unflattering.

LinkedOut is a platform for content created by its members. We do not verify the accuracy of reviews and we do not endorse them. Employment decisions, hiring decisions and any other decisions you make based on content here are yours.

The service is provided “as is”. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties. [LEGAL REVIEW NEEDED: warranty disclaimers, limitation-of-liability caps, and intermediary-liability protections (Section 230 in the US, the Digital Services Act in the EU, the Defamation Act 2013 s.5 in the UK) all need proper drafting]

You can delete your account at any time from Settings → Data privacy. Deletion has a 30-day grace period, after which your personal data is permanently removed.

Your reviews stay published, reattributed to “Deleted member”. This is deliberate: if closing an account erased its reviews, any company able to pressure a former employee into deleting their account could clear its own review page. If you want specific posts removed, delete those posts before closing the account.

We may terminate an account for repeated or severe breaches. Where we do, the content posted under it is handled the same way.

We will give at least 30 days’ notice of material changes, by email and by a notice in the product. Continuing to use LinkedOut after a change takes effect means you accept the revised terms. Previous versions will remain available.

[LEGAL REVIEW NEEDED: governing law, venue, dispute-resolution mechanism, and whether arbitration or a class-action waiver is appropriate or enforceable in the target jurisdictions. This cannot be drafted without knowing where the entity is incorporated and where it will operate.]