Terms of Service

1. Introduction & Scope

Aretea is a B2B SaaS platform that helps organizations collect structured project feedback, analyze project outcomes, evaluate consultant performance, and build optimal teams.

These Terms apply to all users of the platform, including organization owners, administrators, members, and invited consultants or assessors.

By using Aretea, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms. If you are using the platform on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

2. Operator & Contact

The platform is operated by:

Registered in the Commercial Register of the Canton of Zurich

3. Definitions

The following terms are used throughout these Terms of Service:

Platform

The Aretea web application and all associated services.

User

Any individual who creates an account on the platform.

Organization

A company or entity that uses Aretea to manage projects and collect feedback.

Member

A user who belongs to an organization with a specific role (owner, admin, or member).

Assessment

A structured feedback form completed by a team member about a project they participated in.

TEAM Score

An aggregated performance metric computed from assessments, covering four dimensions: Talent, Experience, Agility, and Mindset.

Consultant Feedback

Specific feedback about an external consultant or colleague on a project, including performance ratings and standout qualities.

Content

All data, text, feedback, ratings, and information uploaded or generated by users on the platform.

4. Account Registration & Eligibility

To use Aretea, you must create an account. By registering, you agree to the following:

• You must be at least 16 years of age.
• The platform is intended for professional and business use only.
• You must provide accurate and complete registration information (name, business email address, password).
• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for all activities that occur under your account.
• You may belong to multiple organizations simultaneously.
• Organization administrators who invite users via email represent that they have the authority to do so on behalf of their organization.

5. Service Description

Aretea provides the following core services. The platform is currently offered as a free MVP (minimum viable product) and no payment is required.

6. User Obligations & Acceptable Use

You agree to use the platform responsibly and in accordance with these Terms. Specifically, you must not:

• Use the platform for any purpose other than its intended professional use.
• Submit false, misleading, defamatory, or malicious feedback about colleagues or consultants.
• Impersonate other users or manipulate assessments in any way.
• Attempt to de-anonymize anonymous assessments or identify anonymous assessors.
• Interfere with the platform's operation, security, or availability.
• Use the platform to collect data about individuals without a legitimate business purpose.
• Use automated means (bots, scrapers) to access the platform without prior written consent.

Important: Feedback about colleagues and consultants constitutes personal data about those individuals. By submitting such feedback, you confirm that it is truthful, fair, and provided for a legitimate professional evaluation purpose.

Organization administrators are responsible for managing their members and ensuring appropriate use of the platform within their organization.

7. Assessment Anonymity & Data Integrity

Aretea supports anonymous assessments to encourage honest feedback. This section explains how anonymity works on the platform.

In summary: "anonymous" means your identity is hidden from all other users. It does not mean your identity is unlinked from your account internally. This approach is standard practice in employee feedback systems and is disclosed transparently in both these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

8. Intellectual Property & Content Ownership

9. Feedback About Third Parties

The platform allows users to provide feedback about colleagues and consultants who participated in projects. This feedback may include performance ratings, standout qualities, and willingness to collaborate again.

Such feedback constitutes personal data about the individuals being evaluated. By submitting consultant or colleague feedback, you represent that:

• The feedback is truthful, fair, and based on genuine professional experience with the person on the specific project.
• You have a legitimate reason to provide this feedback (e.g., you worked together on the same project).
• You are aware that aggregated scores derived from your feedback may be visible to members of the organization.

WE The Collaboration Group AG processes consultant feedback on the legal basis of the organization's legitimate interest in evaluating project performance (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f); Swiss nFADP Art. 31(1)).

Individuals who are the subject of feedback have data subject rights as described in our Privacy Policy, including the right of access and the right to object.

10. Account Deletion & Consequences

You may delete your account at any time from Settings > Account. Account deletion requires password confirmation. Upon deletion:

• Your account credentials and personal profile data are permanently deleted.
• Your assessment records and TEAM Scores are anonymized — your identity is removed, but the feedback data is preserved for aggregate organizational scoring.
• Your project memberships and skill selections are deleted entirely.
• Your audit log entries are anonymized.
• If you are the sole owner of an organization, you must transfer ownership before deleting your account.

Account deletion terminates your agreement under these Terms.

Note: Anonymized data remaining after deletion cannot be attributed back to you and is retained to preserve the integrity of organizational data. This is consistent with our Privacy Policy.

11. Availability & Service Levels

The platform is provided on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis. WE The Collaboration Group AG strives to maintain high availability but does not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free service.

Scheduled maintenance may cause temporary downtime. Where possible, we will provide advance notice of planned maintenance.

As the platform is currently offered as a free MVP, no service level agreements (SLAs) apply. Service levels may be introduced with future paid plans.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, WE The Collaboration Group AG shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the platform.

Our total liability for direct damages is limited to the amount you have paid for the service in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

WE The Collaboration Group AG is not liable for the accuracy, completeness, or consequences of feedback, ratings, or scores submitted by users of the platform.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for gross negligence or intentional misconduct, as required by Swiss law (Swiss Code of Obligations, Art. 100(1)).

13. Changes to These Terms

WE The Collaboration Group AG reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time.

For material changes, we will notify you via email or in-app notification at least 14 days before the changes take effect. The updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.

Your continued use of the platform after the effective date of any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree with the changes, you may delete your account before the effective date.

14. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Switzerland, excluding its conflict-of-law provisions.

The exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from or in connection with these Terms is Zurich, Switzerland, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

For consumers residing in the European Union, the mandatory consumer protection provisions of their country of residence remain unaffected.

The parties agree to attempt to resolve any disputes amicably before pursuing formal legal proceedings.

15. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible. The remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

16. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us: