Version 0.1, draft of 15 November 2026. Not published. Section 7, ticket 5.
Drafting marks, to be removed before publishing:
- [owner] a fact only the owner knows. Fill it; never guess it.
- [lawyer] a point a lawyer must check before this is relied on.
- [not built] the product does not do this yet.
The author is not a lawyer. These terms are for the free invited beta only. They are not the terms for a paid service. Nobody is charged until the owner has a lawyer's advice on the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (spec.md, Money; see the drafting notes).
1. Who we are and what this is
These terms are between you and Usman Bukhari Ltd, [owner: registered address] ("we"). Contact: [support email: set in configuration before publishing].
VacancyBot is in a free, invited beta. It may change, have faults, or stop. We will tell you before we stop it and give you time to export your information [not built: export].
To use it you must be 18 or over [lawyer/owner: minimum age], live in the UK, and be looking for work for yourself.
2. What you authorise us to do
By using VacancyBot you ask us to give you a private computer in the cloud that, on your behalf:
- uses your Reed account after you sign in to it yourself on that computer (saving a Reed password for automatic sign-in is off unless you turn it on, and is not available in the beta yet [not built]);
- searches Reed for roles matching the preferences you save, at most once a day on your schedule, and when you ask;
- prepares applications on Reed's own application form, using the CV you choose for each one and facts you have confirmed;
- sends an application only after you approve that exact application in the app;
- reads Reed's pages afterwards to check what happened.
You can pause or stop any of this at any time in the app, and disconnect Reed [not built: disconnecting and clearing the Reed sign-in].
Auto-apply, where applications are sent without your approval of each one, is not offered in the beta.
3. Your information and accuracy
- The assistant answers only from facts you have confirmed, or that your chosen CV states directly. When it does not know, it asks you; it does not guess.
- You are responsible for what is sent in your name. Keep your facts and CV accurate and current, and check each application before you approve it.
- We cannot guarantee that Reed's forms will work, that an application reaches the employer, or that any employer responds. If we cannot tell whether an application went through, the app says so and does not claim it did.
4. Reed
- You must follow Reed's own terms for your Reed account.
- VacancyBot is not connected with or approved by Reed. As far as we have read them, Reed's terms do not mention tools like this. They say Reed "may terminate your registration and/or deny you access to the Website" [to be confirmed by a person reading Reed's whole page: whether "at any time" and "without any explanation"]. Reed could suspend or close your account because of how VacancyBot uses it. We keep activity slow and limited to reduce that risk, but we cannot remove it, and we cannot restore a Reed account.
- You confirm you have read this before connecting Reed [not built: the acknowledgement screen].
5. Fair use
You agree:
- to use VacancyBot only for your own job search;
- not to apply for jobs for anyone else, or give false information;
- not to try to reach another user's computer or data, or our systems beyond your own account;
- not to use your VacancyBot computer for anything unrelated to your job search;
- not to try to make VacancyBot send applications in bulk or faster than its limits.
6. Our responsibility to you
[lawyer: this whole clause.]
- We provide the beta with reasonable care and skill.
- We are not responsible for decisions made by Reed or employers, for jobs you do not get, or for action Reed takes on your Reed account.
- Our total liability to you is limited to [lawyer/owner: amount], except where the law does not allow a limit.
- Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or anything else the law, including the Consumer Rights Act 2015, does not allow us to limit or exclude.
7. Ending
- You can stop at any time, and delete your account in the app [not built] or by emailing us. We delete your computer and its contents as the privacy notice says.
- We can suspend or end your access if you break these terms, if your use puts other users or the service at risk, or when the beta ends. Unless the law prevents it, we will offer you an export first [not built].
8. Your data
The privacy notice (version [owner: number]) explains what we collect and why. It is part of what you accept.
9. Support
We aim to reply within one working day, UK hours [owner: confirm; section 6's on-call promise]. There is no out-of-hours support.
10. Changes
We will tell you by email and in the app before changing these terms in a way that matters. Your computer will not act on Reed again until you accept the new version [not built: the consent gate].
11. Law
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. [lawyer: courts, and the position for users in Scotland and Northern Ireland.]
Version 0.1. [owner: date published.]