Terms of Service
Version 2.0
Last Updated: September 25, 2026 | Effective Date: September 19, 2026
Welcome to RiseFlake (the "Platform"), a digital employment and professional networking platform operated by Bold India Platforms Private Limited (CIN: U85499PN2025PTC246360) ("Company", "we", "us", or "our").
By accessing or using our website at www.riseflake.com and mobile applications available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store (collectively, the "Services"), you ("User", "you", or "your") agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree to these Terms, you must immediately discontinue use of our Services.
These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Bold India Platforms Private Limited. Your continued use of the Platform constitutes acceptance of any modifications to these Terms.
2.1 Age Requirement: You must be at least 18 years of age to use RiseFlake. By using the Platform, you represent and warrant that you meet this age requirement.
2.2 Legal Capacity: You must have the legal capacity to enter into binding contracts under applicable law. 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.
2.3 Account Information: You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to update such information to maintain its accuracy. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.
2.4 Account Security: You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account. You must immediately notify us of any unauthorized access or security breach. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from unauthorized account access due to your failure to maintain security.
2.5 One Account Per User: Each user may maintain only one active account. Creating multiple accounts for fraudulent purposes or to circumvent restrictions is prohibited.
2.6 Age and Accuracy of Date of Birth: The Platform is for people aged 18 or older. You must give your real date of birth. If we learn that an account belongs to someone under 18, or that the date of birth given is false, we may lock the account and delete its data.
3.1 Intermediary Status: RiseFlake operates as an online intermediary platform that connects job seekers with employers and recruiters. We are NOT an employment agency, recruitment firm, or employer.
3.2 No Employment Guarantee: We do not guarantee, warrant, or promise:
3.3 No Contractual Relationship: RiseFlake is not a party to any employment contract, agreement, or relationship formed between job seekers and employers through the Platform. All employment terms, conditions, compensation, and arrangements are solely between the employer and employee.
3.4 Independent Verification Required: Users must independently verify all information, including job postings, employer legitimacy, candidate credentials, and company details. We do not conduct background checks, employment verification, or credential authentication.
4.1 Job Seekers: Job seekers may use the Platform to:
Job seekers represent and warrant that all information provided is accurate, current, and not misleading. You are solely responsible for the content of your profile and applications.
4.2 Employers & Recruiters: Employers and recruiters may use the Platform to:
Employers represent and warrant that all job postings are genuine, non-discriminatory, legal, and comply with applicable labor laws, including but not limited to laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, caste, gender, age, disability, or any protected characteristic.
4.3 General Conduct: All users agree to use the Platform in a lawful, ethical, and professional manner consistent with community standards and business practices.
Users are strictly prohibited from engaging in the following activities:
5.1 Fraudulent Activity:
5.2 Discriminatory Content:
5.3 Unlawful Content:
5.4 Spam & Misuse:
5.5 Inappropriate Content:
Violation of these prohibitions may result in immediate account termination, legal action, and reporting to law enforcement authorities.
6.1 User Content: You retain ownership of all content you post on the Platform ("User Content"), including resumes, profiles, job postings, messages, and other materials. However, by posting User Content, you grant Bold India Platforms Private Limited a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, display, distribute, and create derivative works from your User Content for the purpose of:
This license continues even after you stop using the Platform, except for User Content you delete from your account.
6.2 Content Responsibility: You are solely responsible for your User Content. You represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights to post User Content and that it does not violate any third-party rights or applicable laws.
6.3 Platform Content: All Platform content, features, functionality, design, logos, trademarks, trade names, graphics, images, software, and other materials (excluding User Content) are owned by Bold India Platforms Private Limited and protected by copyright, trademark, patent, and other intellectual property laws.
6.4 Restrictions: You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, or reverse engineer any part of the Platform without express written permission.
6.5 Content Removal: We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor, review, edit, or remove User Content that violates these Terms, is inappropriate, or for any other reason at our sole discretion.
7.1 Employer Obligations: Employers posting job listings represent and warrant that:
7.2 Job Seeker Obligations: Job seekers represent and warrant that:
7.3 Platform Role: RiseFlake's role is limited to facilitating connections. We do NOT:
7.4 Due Diligence: Users must conduct their own due diligence before entering into any employment relationship, including verifying company legitimacy, job details, and conducting interviews.
8.1 Free Platform: RiseFlake currently provides all its services completely free of charge to all users. There are no paid plans, subscriptions, premium tiers, or in-app purchases available on the Platform at this time. All features — including job discovery, profile building, networking, job posting, candidate search, chat, and all other functionalities — are available to every user at no cost.
8.2 No Payments Required: Users are not required to make any payment to access or use any feature of the Platform. Since no payments are collected, no refunds are applicable. For more details, please refer to our Refund Policy.
8.3 Future Paid Services: We reserve the right to introduce paid features, premium plans, or subscription-based services in the future. If and when paid services are introduced:
8.4 Third-Party Charges: RiseFlake is not responsible for any charges imposed by your mobile carrier, internet service provider, or any third-party service accessed through the Platform. Standard data and messaging rates from your carrier may apply.
9.1 Privacy Policy and Consent: Your use of RiseFlake is governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms and explains how we collect, use, store, share and delete your personal data under the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and other applicable laws. Accepting these Terms is not consent to optional processing. Promotional messages, a public and searchable profile, recruiter visibility of your email or phone number, Find Nearby, phone-contact sync and location in assessments are separate choices that you can give or withdraw at any time in Settings, and none of them is a condition of using the core service.
9.2 Public Profile Licence: You grant RiseFlake a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, display and index the content of your profile on the Platform and, while Profile Visibility is switched on, to show it on public pages so that search engines may index it. You can switch this off at any time under Settings → Profile Visibility; we remove your page from our public directory within about 15 minutes. Search-engine caches and copies made by other people are outside our control.
9.3 Feature-Specific Terms: Some features need extra permissions:
9.4 Communications: We send service messages (one-time passwords, application and interview updates, security and policy notices), which you cannot opt out of while you hold an account, and promotional messages, which are optional. Every promotional email has an unsubscribe link, and you can turn off notifications in Settings or your device.
9.5 Other People’s Data: If you enter or upload personal data about another person (for example a referral, a teammate, a placement officer’s contact details, or your address book), you confirm that you have a right to do so, that it is accurate, and that you will not misuse it. You are responsible for that data.
9.6 Your Duties as a Data Principal: You agree to give accurate information, not to impersonate another person, not to suppress material information, and not to file false or frivolous grievances or complaints. Breach of these duties can lead to account action and may attract penalties under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
9.7 Recruiters, Employers, Colleges and Organisers as Independent Data Fiduciaries: When you receive personal data of candidates, students or participants through the Platform you become an independent Data Fiduciary for your copy and you agree to:
Colleges and institutions must in addition have authority to upload student data, give students a notice before uploading or inviting them, and use invitation flows that let each student create and control their own account. For data an institution uploads, the institution decides the purpose and RiseFlake processes it on the institution’s instructions on the Platform. We may suspend access, remove data and take legal action for breach of this clause.
9.8 Rights Requests and Grievances: To access, correct or erase your data, withdraw consent, nominate a representative or make a complaint, use Settings, the delete-account form, or email privacy@riseflake.com. Our Grievance Officer’s details are in the Privacy Policy (Section 18) and on the Regulatory & Other Info page.
10.1 "AS IS" Basis: THE PLATFORM AND ALL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
10.2 No Verification: WE DO NOT VERIFY, ENDORSE, OR GUARANTEE:
10.3 Third-Party Conduct: We are not responsible for the conduct, actions, or omissions of any user, employer, recruiter, or third party. Users interact with each other at their own risk.
10.4 Limitation of Liability: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BOLD INDIA PLATFORMS PRIVATE LIMITED, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR:
10.5 Maximum Liability: Since RiseFlake currently provides all services free of charge, in no event shall our total aggregate liability to you exceed INR 10,000 (Ten Thousand Indian Rupees). If paid services are introduced in the future, our liability shall not exceed the greater of (a) the amount paid by you to RiseFlake in the 12 months preceding the claim, or (b) INR 10,000.
10.6 Jurisdictional Limitations: Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or limitations of liability. In such jurisdictions, our liability will be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
10.7 User Acknowledgment: You acknowledge that these disclaimers and limitations are fundamental elements of the agreement between you and Bold India Platforms Private Limited, and that we would not provide the Services without these limitations.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Bold India Platforms Private Limited, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, partners, and licensors from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses, fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from or related to:
This indemnification obligation survives termination of these Terms and your use of the Platform.
The Platform may contain links to third-party websites, applications, or services that are not owned or controlled by Bold India Platforms Private Limited. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, terms of service, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
You acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such third-party content, goods, or services.
We strongly advise you to read the terms of service and privacy policies of any third-party websites or services that you visit.
13.1 Terms Modification: We reserve the right to modify, update, or replace these Terms at any time at our sole discretion. Material changes will be communicated through:
Changes take effect immediately upon posting for new users, and after the notice period (minimum 7 days) for existing users. Your continued use of the Platform after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the modified Terms.
13.2 Service Modification: We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Platform or Services, temporarily or permanently, with or without notice. We shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of Services.
14.1 Termination by User: You may delete your account at any time from Settings → Delete Account, through the delete-account request form on our website, or by emailing privacy@riseflake.com. Your account is locked immediately (we may verify your identity first), and we erase or irreversibly anonymise your personal data within 30 days, except a small set of records kept for legal, security and audit purposes for the limited periods listed in Section 10.2 of the Privacy Policy. Deletion cannot be undone. It does not reach copies already held by recruiters, companies or other users as independent Data Fiduciaries. You may instead Hibernate your account to hide it without losing data. We may suspend or terminate accounts for violation of these Terms, fraud, or as required by law.
14.2 Account Hibernation: If you wish to take a break without losing your data, you may Hibernate (deactivate) your account. While hibernated, your profile will not be visible to other users and you will not receive communications. You can reactivate your account at any time by logging back in.
14.3 Termination by RiseFlake: We reserve the right to suspend, disable, or terminate your account and access to the Platform at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including but not limited to:
14.4 Effects of Termination: Upon termination:
15.1 Governing Law: These Terms and your use of the Platform shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to conflict of law principles.
15.2 Jurisdiction: Subject to the arbitration clause below, you agree that any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform shall be instituted exclusively in the courts located in Pune, Maharashtra, India. You irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and waive any objection to venue.
15.3 Amicable Resolution: Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform shall first be attempted to be resolved through good-faith negotiations between the parties. We encourage you to connect with us directly at support@riseflake.com or via WhatsApp at +91 92252 20170 before pursuing formal dispute resolution.
15.4 Arbitration Agreement: If negotiations fail within 30 days, either party may refer the dispute to binding arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The arbitration shall be:
The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding, and judgment may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
15.5 Exceptions to Arbitration: Notwithstanding the above, either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent infringement of intellectual property rights or confidential information.
15.6 Class Action Waiver: TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN A PARTY'S INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE ACTION, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
16.1 Entire Agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, Refund Policy, and any other policies referenced herein, constitute the entire agreement between you and Bold India Platforms Private Limited regarding the Platform and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.
16.2 Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable, or if not possible, severed from these Terms. The remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
16.3 Waiver: No waiver of any term or condition of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Our failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
16.4 Assignment: You may not assign, transfer, or delegate these Terms or your rights and obligations hereunder without our prior written consent. We may freely assign these Terms without restriction. Any attempted assignment in violation of this provision is void.
16.5 Force Majeure: We shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance due to causes beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, riots, labor disputes, government actions, internet failures, or equipment failures.
16.6 Notices: All notices to Bold India Platforms Private Limited must be sent to the contact information provided in Section 18. We may provide notices to you via email, in-app notifications, or postings on the Platform.
16.7 No Agency: No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer, or franchisor-franchisee relationship is intended or created by these Terms.
16.8 Survival: Provisions that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including but not limited to intellectual property rights, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution provisions.
Users must comply with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, regulations, and ordinances in their use of the Platform, including but not limited to:
You represent and warrant that your use of the Platform does not violate any applicable laws or regulations in your jurisdiction or the jurisdiction where you conduct business.
For questions, concerns, disputes, or any other matters regarding these Terms of Service, please contact us:
For grievance-related concerns, please contact our Grievance Officer at grievance@riseflake.com or reach us via WhatsApp at +91 92252 20170.
BY ACCESSING OR USING RISEFLAKE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT:
These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use the Platform.