Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

1. The Service

Leaders & Readers is a professional digital bookshelf and learning-portfolio platform operated by HyoumanIntelligence, LLC. It lets users catalog books, record takeaways and applications of what they have read, organize custom lists, share selected content, and, where enabled, link to third-party retailers.

The Service is provided through our website at leadersnreaders.com. It is not currently offered as a native mobile app. We may add mobile apps or other access methods later.

We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time. We do not guarantee that any particular feature will remain available.

2. Eligibility and Accounts

You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, to use the Service. The Service is intended for professionals and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16, and anyone under 13 is prohibited from using the Service.

You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide, for keeping your login credentials confidential, and for all activity under your account. Notify us promptly if you suspect unauthorized use. Providing false contact information may result in termination.

If you use the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization, and “you” includes that organization.

3. Plans, Subscriptions, Trials, and Payments

We offer a free tier with limited features and one or more paid subscription plans (“Paid Services”). Current pricing, included features, book limits, and other plan differences are described on the Service at the time you subscribe and may change as provided in these Terms.

Paid Services may be billed by us directly or through a payment processor. If we later offer the Service through an app store, those purchases will also be subject to that store’s terms. Each purchase creates a separate contract for that Paid Service under these Terms.

Trials

If we offer a no-cost trial, you receive access for the trial period. Unless you cancel before the trial ends, you will be charged the then-current subscription price and billing will continue until you cancel. Any statutory withdrawal or cooling-off period, if applicable, begins when the trial starts, not when paid billing begins.

Cancellation and refunds

You may cancel a Paid Service through your account settings or the applicable app store. After cancellation you will not be charged again, and benefits continue until the end of the current billing period. Except where required by law or by the applicable store’s refund policy, prepaid fees are non-refundable if the Service is not defective or unavailable.

Purchases made through Google Play are subject to Google’s refund policies. Purchases made through the Apple App Store are subject to Apple’s refund policies.

Price changes and taxes

If the price of a recurring Paid Service increases, we will give you at least 30 days’ notice before the new price applies. If notice is shorter than 30 days, the increase applies to the payment after the next one. You may cancel before the next billing date if you do not accept the new price.

Applicable taxes may be added at checkout.

Referral program

We may offer a referral program that lets eligible users share a unique referral link. If another person uses that link to create an account and becomes a paying subscriber in the way we specify at the time, the referring user may receive a reduction in their own subscription cost, account credit, extended time, or another benefit we describe in the program rules.

Referral benefits are not guaranteed. We may cap, delay, withhold, reverse, or cancel a referral reward if we believe it was obtained through self-referral, fake accounts, fraud, circumvention of plan limits, or other abuse. Referral links have no cash value except as applied to an eligible Leaders & Readers subscription. We may change or end the referral program at any time. Unused referral credits do not survive account deletion unless required by law.

Discount codes

We may issue promotional or discount codes from time to time. Codes are valid only for the period, plan, and conditions stated when the code is issued. Unless we say otherwise, codes are one-time use, non-transferable, not redeemable for cash, and cannot be combined with other offers, including referral benefits. We may modify or revoke a code that was issued in error or used in violation of these Terms.

4. User Content

You retain ownership of content you submit to the Service (“User Content”), including book notes, takeaways, applications of learning, custom lists, profile information, and links you add.

You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, transmit, and otherwise process User Content solely as needed to operate, secure, improve, and provide the Service to you and to people you choose to share with. We do not claim ownership of your takeaways or lists.

If you publish or share a bookshelf, list, or takeaway, you grant viewers a limited right to view that shared content through the Service. You are responsible for choosing what is public, unlisted, or private.

You represent that you have all rights needed to submit User Content and that it does not infringe others’ rights or violate law. We may, but are not obligated to, monitor User Content and may remove or restrict content that violates these Terms.

We are not responsible for loss of User Content. You should keep your own copies of important notes and takeaways. We may, without obligation, be able to restore some deleted data from our own backups, but we do not guarantee that.

5. Affiliate Links and Third-Party Sites

Disclosure. The Service may include links to third-party websites and retailers, including Amazon and other booksellers. Some of those links are affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and complete a qualifying purchase, HyoumanIntelligence, LLC, the Service, and/or the user who shared the link may earn a commission. This does not change the price you pay.

Where a user has connected their own Amazon Associates or other affiliate identifier as a premium feature, commissions on qualifying purchases made through that user’s shared links may be attributed to that user under the applicable affiliate program’s rules. We do not control whether any particular click results in a commission.

Amazon and other retailers are independent third parties. We are not responsible for their products, pricing, availability, shipping, returns, or privacy practices. Your purchases on those sites are solely between you and the retailer and are governed by that retailer’s terms.

We do not endorse third-party sites merely by linking to them. You access third-party sites at your own risk. Review their terms and privacy policies before providing information or making a purchase.

Users who enable affiliate identifiers must comply with Amazon Associates Operating Agreement (or the equivalent program rules), Federal Trade Commission endorsement guides, and any other applicable advertising-disclosure laws. Users must not hide, cloak, or misrepresent affiliate relationships. We may disable affiliate features for accounts that violate program rules or these Terms.

6. Acceptable Use

You may not use the Service or User Content to:

1. violate any law or regulation;
2. solicit others to commit unlawful acts;
3. infringe our intellectual property or that of others;
4. harass, abuse, defame, threaten, or discriminate;
5. submit false, misleading, or impersonating information;
6. upload malware or interfere with the Service’s security or operation;
7. collect or track personal information of others without authorization;
8. spam, phish, crawl, scrape, or mine the Service, except through any API we expressly authorize;
9. use the Service to train public AI models on other users’ content without authorization;
10. use another person’s affiliate identifier, or buy through your own affiliate links in violation of program rules;
11. abuse referral links or discount codes, including by creating fake accounts or referring yourself;
12. misrepresent reading activity, takeaways, or credentials in a way intended to deceive employers or the public.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these rules.

7. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its software, design, trademarks, and documentation, is owned by HyoumanIntelligence, LLC or its licensors. These Terms do not transfer any Company intellectual property to you. You may not copy, reverse engineer, or create derivative works from the Service except as allowed by law.

Book metadata, cover images, and descriptions displayed in the Service may be supplied by third-party data sources (for example, Google Books, Open Library, or retailer catalogs) and remain subject to those providers’ terms. We do not claim ownership of publisher or author copyrights.

8. Professional-Development Content — No Credential Guarantee

Takeaways, lists, and shared bookshelves are user-generated reflections. They are not degrees, licenses, certifications, or verified credentials. We do not verify that a user read a book or applied its ideas. Employers, recruiters, and other viewers should treat shared portfolios as self-reported professional development, not as independently audited qualifications.

Nothing on the Service is professional, legal, financial, medical, or career advice.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

10. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, HYOUMANINTELLIGENCE, LLC AND ITS OFFICERS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, DATA, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY.

OUR TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF TEN U.S. DOLLARS (US $10) OR THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN CASH FOR THE SERVICE DURING THE THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS; IN THOSE PLACES OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED.

11. Indemnification

You will indemnify and hold harmless HyoumanIntelligence, LLC and its officers, members, employees, and agents from claims, damages, losses, and reasonable attorneys’ fees arising out of your User Content, your use of the Service, your affiliate-link practices, or your violation of these Terms or applicable law.

12. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate access if you breach these Terms, if required by law, or if we discontinue the Service. Upon termination, your license to use the Service ends. Sections that by their nature should survive (including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law) will survive.

13. Dispute Resolution and Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Except where prohibited, you and we submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. You waive any right to a jury trial to the extent permitted by law.

If you are a consumer resident in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, you may also have the right to bring proceedings in your country of residence, and nothing in these Terms limits mandatory consumer protections of that country.

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply

14. Changes

We may update these Terms by posting a revised version in the Service and updating the “Last updated” date. Material changes will be announced in the Service or by email where we have an address. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree, stop using the Service and delete your account.

15. General

If a provision is held unenforceable, the remainder stays in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service.

This Privacy Policy explains how HyoumanIntelligence, LLC collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information when you use the Service. It is intended to meet transparency requirements under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the UK GDPR, and similar laws, including where we offer the Service to people in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or other regions with comparable rules.

HyoumanIntelligence, LLC is the data controller for personal information we collect through the Service, unless we process data solely on behalf of an organization customer under a separate agreement, in which case we act as a processor.

16. Personal Information We Collect

Depending on how you use the Service, we may collect:

Information you provide

• Account details: name, email address, username, and password (stored in hashed form).
• Profile details you choose to add: birth year, mailing address or ZIP/postal code, profession, job title, and company.
• Learning content: books you add, custom lists, notes, takeaways, and descriptions of how you applied a book’s ideas.
• Social and public links you choose to add (for example LinkedIn or other profile URLs).
• Affiliate identifiers you choose to connect (for example an Amazon Associates tag).
• Referral information, such as the referral link you share or the code used when you sign up.
• Communications you send us (support requests, feedback).
• Payment-related information processed by our payment providers. We do not store full paymentcard numbers on our servers.

Information collected automatically

• Log and device data: IP address, browser type, device identifiers, pages viewed, dates and times of access, and referring URLs.
• Cookies and similar technologies used for authentication, preferences, security, and, where permitted, analytics.

Information from third parties

• Book metadata, covers, and descriptions from catalog providers when you search for or add a book.
• Account information if you sign in through a third-party identity provider, to the extent that provider shares it with us.

You are not required to provide optional profile fields (birth year, address or ZIP code, profession, title, company, social links, or takeaways). If you do not provide required account information, we may be unable to create or maintain your account.

17. How We Use Personal Information and Legal Bases (GDPR)

If you are in the EEA or UK, we process personal information only where we have a legal basis under Article 6 GDPR (and UK equivalent). The main bases we rely on are:

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we balance those interests against your rights. You may object as described below. Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting processing that occurred before withdrawal.

We do not use special-category data (such as health, religion, or political opinions) as part of the core Service, and we ask that you not include such data in takeaways or profile fields.

18. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information with:

• Service providers who process data for us (hosting, email delivery, analytics, payment processing, customer support), under contracts that require them to use the data only on our instructions.
• Retailers and affiliate networks when you click an outbound purchase link. Those parties receive whatever data is necessary to attribute a click or sale under their programs (for example, a cookie or affiliate tag). Their use of that data is governed by their policies.
• People you choose to share with, when you publish a bookshelf, list, takeaway, or profile field.
• Professional advisers, or a buyer or successor, if we transfer the business, provided the recipient agrees to protect the information consistent with this Policy.
• Authorities when required by law or to protect rights, safety, or the integrity of the Service.

Book metadata pulled from public catalogs is not treated as your personal information.

19. International Transfers

We are based in the United States. If you access the Service from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, your information will be processed in the United States and possibly other countries that may not provide the same legal protections as your home country.

Where required, we use appropriate transfer safeguards, which may include the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Addendum, and, if we certify, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. You may request a copy of relevant safeguards by contacting us.

20. Retention

We keep account and profile information for as long as your account is active. After you delete your account, we delete or anonymize personal information within a reasonable period, unless we must retain it to complete transactions, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, or meet legal, tax, or security requirements.

Content you made public or shared with others may remain visible to those people until they delete their copies. Server backups are overwritten on a rolling schedule.

Payment and invoice records are typically retained for up to seven years where tax law requires.

21. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• access the personal information we hold about you;
• correct inaccurate information;
• delete your information (“right to be forgotten”), subject to legal exceptions;
• restrict or object to certain processing, including processing based on legitimate interests;
• receive a portable copy of information you provided;
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
• lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your country of residence.

To exercise these rights, email us at the address below or use in-product account controls where available. We will respond within 30 days, or sooner if required by law. We may need to verify your identity.

California residents may have additional rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including the right to know, delete, and correct personal information and to opt out of “sale” or “sharing” as those terms are defined by California law. We do not sell personal information. If that changes, we will provide a required optout mechanism.

EEA and UK users may contact their local data protection authority. A list of EEA authorities is published by the European Data Protection Board.

22. Cookies

We use essential cookies to keep you signed in and to secure the Service. With your consent where required, we may use analytics cookies to understand how the Service is used. You can control non-essential cookies through our cookie banner (if shown) and through your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may prevent login or core features from working.

23. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, including encryption in transit, access controls, and hashed passwords. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. You are responsible for choosing a strong password and for activity on your account.

If we become aware of a personal-data breach that is likely to result in a high risk to your rights, we will notify you and, where required, the relevant supervisory authority without undue delay and, for GDPR-covered breaches, generally within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach.

24. Children

The Service is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we learn that we have collected such information, we will delete it. Parents or guardians who believe a child has provided information should contact us.

25. Automated Decision-Making

We do not make legally significant decisions about you solely by automated means. Features such as book search rankings or suggested titles are not intended to produce legal or similarly significant effects.

26. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will change the “Last updated” date and, for material changes, provide additional notice in the Service or by email. Continued use after the effective date means you acknowledge the updated Policy.

27. Contact

Questions about these Terms or this Privacy Policy, and GDPR or other privacy requests, may be sent to:

Contact us for appointed EU or UK representative under GDPR Article 27 or UK GDPR.

By using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read these Terms and this Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by them