Website Terms of Use

Version: LP-TERMS-1.0
Last updated: September 2026

These Website Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern access to and use of leadersperception.com (the “Site”).

The Site is operated by an individual operating Leaders Perception (“Leaders Perception”, “we”, “us” or “our”).

These Terms apply to ordinary use of the Site. Separate terms, permissions or notices apply to certain specific activities, including interview submissions and the processing of personal information.

Contact: contact@leadersperception

1. About Leaders Perception

Leaders Perception is an online publication featuring professional interviews, profiles, editorial content and related material concerning leaders, companies, business and professional topics.

Access to published Leaders Perception content is generally provided free of charge.

A person may also be invited to submit a free interview for possible publication on Leaders Perception. Interview submissions are governed by the separate Interview Submission & Publication Agreement presented during the interview-submission process.

Submitting an interview does not guarantee publication.

Leaders Perception may also provide information or links relating to optional services offered through other websites. Any such separate service is governed by the terms presented in connection with that service.

In particular, personalised package previews, ordering, payment and paid-package services offered through leadersthoughts.com are separate from ordinary use of leadersperception.com and are not governed solely by these Terms.

2. Using the Site

You may access and use the Site for lawful purposes.

You may:

browse and read publicly available content;
share links to public Leaders Perception pages;
refer to Leaders Perception content in accordance with applicable law;
quote limited portions of published content where permitted by applicable copyright law and with appropriate attribution; and
use normal browser and search-engine functionality to access the Site.

These Terms do not limit rights that applicable law gives you independently of these Terms, including lawful quotation, reference and other applicable copyright exceptions.

You may not use the Site in a way that:

violates applicable law or the rights of another person;
attempts to obtain unauthorised access to the Site, its servers, databases, accounts or connected systems;
introduces malware, malicious code or other harmful technology;
intentionally interferes with the security, availability or normal operation of the Site;
places an unreasonable or abusive technical load on the Site or its infrastructure;
attempts to circumvent technical access controls or security measures;
falsely represents an affiliation with, endorsement by or authority from Leaders Perception;
uses Leaders Perception branding in a misleading manner;
copies or republishes protected material in a manner not permitted by applicable law, the relevant rights holder or these Terms; or
systematically extracts or harvests substantial amounts of Site content for the creation of a commercial database, competing publication, content repository or similar service without permission, except where such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law.

Automated access must not interfere with the Site’s operation or circumvent technical restrictions. We may restrict automated systems that create security risks, excessive load or abusive use.

3. Intellectual property and ownership

Different materials appearing on Leaders Perception may have different rights holders.

Except where otherwise indicated, Leaders Perception or its operator owns or controls the rights in original materials created specifically for the Site, including original editorial text, Site design elements, graphics, branding, organisation and selection of content.

Published interviews may contain material owned by other people or organisations.

For example:

an interviewee may own rights in their original interview responses;
a photographer may own copyright in a photograph;
a company may own rights in its logo or trade marks;
an interview participant or another rights holder may own submitted images or other material; and
third-party material may be used under licence, permission or applicable law.

Publication of such material on Leaders Perception does not mean that Leaders Perception claims ownership of it.

Interview material supplied to us is handled under the permissions granted in the applicable Interview Submission & Publication Agreement.

Unless permitted by applicable law or by the relevant rights holder, you may not reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, commercially exploit or create unauthorised derivative uses of protected material appearing on the Site.

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of Leaders Perception intellectual property to you.

Likewise, nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of an interviewee’s, photographer’s, company’s or other third party’s intellectual property to Leaders Perception merely because that material appears on the Site.

4. Linking, sharing and quotations

You are welcome to link to public Leaders Perception articles and pages.

You may also share links through email, social networks, messaging services and similar channels.

Where applicable law permits quotation from published material, quotations should be used within the limits of that law and appropriately attributed.

You must not present copied Leaders Perception material in a way that falsely suggests:

that Leaders Perception operates your website or service;
that Leaders Perception has endorsed you or your organisation;
that an interviewee has endorsed something they have not endorsed; or
that copied or modified material is an official Leaders Perception publication when it is not.

Framing, cloning or reproducing substantial portions of the Site in a way that creates a misleading substitute for Leaders Perception is not permitted unless authorised or otherwise allowed by law.

5. Interviews and submitted material

If you submit an interview or related material through a Leaders Perception interview form, the submission is governed by the applicable Interview Submission & Publication Agreement presented with that form.

That agreement deals with matters including:

authority to submit an interview;
interview answers and professional information;
photographs and featured images;
company logos;
copyright and publication permissions;
editorial changes;
AI-assisted editorial preparation;
publication of excerpts and previews;
corrections and removal; and
electronic acceptance.

These Website Terms do not replace or expand that agreement.

If there is a conflict between these general Terms and the Interview Submission & Publication Agreement concerning a particular interview submission, the Interview Submission & Publication Agreement governs that submission.

6. Marketing consent is separate

Submitting an interview does not automatically subscribe you to commercial marketing.

Where Leaders Perception offers an optional personalised commercial offer, the relevant interview form may contain a separate optional marketing consent.

That consent is independent from these Terms and from the Interview Submission & Publication Agreement.

If you do not give that optional consent, your decision does not by itself prevent your free interview from being considered or published.

Where consent has been given, it may be withdrawn in the manner described in the relevant consent wording and Privacy Notice.

These Terms do not themselves constitute consent to receive newsletters, personalised sales offers or unrelated marketing.

7. Separate services and leadersthoughts.com

Leaders Perception may contain links to optional services or offers available through leadersthoughts.com or another separately identified website.

Those services are separate from ordinary use of Leaders Perception.

In particular, the Leaders Perception Site itself does not, merely through these Terms:

place an order for you;
create a paid-service agreement;
authorise additional paid publications;
require you to purchase anything;
process payment for a Leaders Thoughts package; or
incorporate the terms of a later paid package.

If you choose to purchase an optional service, the applicable order page and service terms presented during that purchase process govern that transaction.

The continued availability of a free Leaders Perception interview does not depend on purchasing such a service unless a separate lawful agreement expressly provides otherwise.

8. Editorial content and interviewee views

Leaders Perception contains interviews and other content involving third parties.

Statements, experiences, opinions, claims and views attributed to an interviewee or another contributor are generally those of the person to whom they are attributed.

Their publication does not necessarily mean that Leaders Perception independently endorses, verifies or adopts those views.

We may perform editorial review, formatting and reasonable fact-checking, but we do not guarantee that every statement made by an interview participant or other third party is complete, current or error-free.

If you believe published information about you is materially inaccurate, you may contact us at contact@leadersperception.com

9. Informational nature of the Site

Content published on Leaders Perception is provided primarily for general informational, editorial and professional-interest purposes.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, Site content is not individual legal, financial, investment, tax, medical or other regulated professional advice.

You should obtain appropriate professional advice where your circumstances require it.

You remain responsible for decisions you make based on information obtained from the Site.

10. Accuracy and availability

We aim to maintain useful and accurate content, but information may become outdated, incomplete or incorrect.

We do not guarantee that:

every page will always be available;
all information will remain current;
the Site will operate without interruption or error;
every external link will remain active;
every interview submission will be published; or
previously published material will remain online permanently.

We may correct, update, restructure, temporarily suspend or remove Site content where reasonably necessary.

Reasons may include editorial updates, rights complaints, legal requirements, security concerns, technical problems, loss of necessary permissions or changes to operation of the Site.

11. Third-party websites and services

The Site may link to or interact with websites, services or platforms operated by third parties.

Examples may include:

company websites;
professional profiles;
social-media platforms;
embedded forms;
hosting or file-delivery services; and
other external websites referenced in published articles.

A link does not mean that Leaders Perception owns, controls or endorses the external website.

Third parties operate under their own terms, privacy practices and policies.

We are not responsible for the content, availability, security or independent conduct of third-party websites and services, except to the extent responsibility cannot lawfully be excluded.

You should review the applicable terms and privacy information of a third-party service when interacting directly with it.

12. Privacy and personal information

Our handling of personal information is explained in the separate Privacy Notice available on leadersperception.com.

The Privacy Notice explains, among other things:

what personal information we process;
why we process it;
relevant legal bases;
publication of interview information;
service-provider categories;
international processing;
retention;
privacy rights; and
how to contact us about personal information.

These Terms do not constitute consent to personal-data processing.

Where consent is required for a particular activity, it is requested separately.

13. Website security

You must not attempt to compromise the security or integrity of the Site.

Prohibited conduct includes knowingly:

introducing malicious software;
testing vulnerabilities without authorisation where doing so would be unlawful or disruptive;
attempting unauthorised access to administrative systems;
interfering with hosting or content-delivery infrastructure;
impersonating the operator or another person for fraudulent purposes; or
using automated requests in a manner intended to degrade availability or bypass reasonable restrictions.

We may take reasonable technical measures to protect the Site, investigate suspected abuse and restrict access where necessary to maintain security or comply with law.

14. Copyright and other rights complaints

We respect intellectual-property and other legal rights.

If you believe material published on Leaders Perception infringes your copyright, trade mark, privacy or another legal right, contact:

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Your notice should, where possible, include:

your name and contact details;
identification of the right you believe is affected;
the URL or other clear identification of the material concerned;
an explanation of why you believe the material is unlawful or unauthorised;
information showing that you are the rights holder or are authorised to act for them, where relevant; and
any other information reasonably necessary for us to understand the request.

We may request additional information where reasonably necessary to assess the complaint.

We will review credible complaints and take action required by applicable law. Depending on the circumstances, this may include correcting, restricting or removing material, seeking clarification from the person who supplied it, or referring the issue to the appropriate authority.

This is not a US DMCA procedure and no statement “under penalty of perjury” is required merely to contact us.

15. Disclaimer and limitation of liability

The Site is provided on an “as available” basis.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Leaders Perception does not guarantee uninterrupted availability, error-free operation, particular business results, search-engine performance, publicity, traffic, commercial opportunities or other outcomes merely because a person appears in or uses the Site.

To the extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for losses caused solely by:

reliance on statements made independently by interview participants or other third parties;
the content or conduct of websites that we do not operate;
temporary technical interruptions outside our reasonable control;
actions of third-party service providers outside our reasonable control; or
unauthorised third-party copying, sharing or republication of material that was lawfully made public.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by applicable law.

In particular, nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, including liability arising from intentional misconduct or gross negligence where applicable.

Nothing in these Terms removes mandatory statutory rights that apply to you.

16. No guarantee of commercial results

Publication of an interview on Leaders Perception is an editorial publication service and does not constitute a promise of any particular commercial outcome.

Unless expressly agreed in a separate written agreement, we do not guarantee:

a particular number of visitors or readers;
search-engine rankings;
backlinks from third parties;
leads, customers or sales;
media coverage;
social-media reach;
employment or investment opportunities; or
any other specific commercial result.

17. Changes to the Site

We may change the Site’s design, structure, categories, technical infrastructure or available features.

We may also add, modify, archive or discontinue parts of the Site.

Nothing in these Terms requires us to maintain a particular website design, URL structure, feature or publication category indefinitely.

Changes to the Site do not automatically alter permissions already granted under a separate Interview Submission & Publication Agreement or another separately accepted agreement.

18. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms when our Site, practices or applicable legal requirements change.

The current version and Last updated date will appear at the top of this page.

Changes apply prospectively from the date the updated Terms take effect.

Updating these general Website Terms does not retrospectively expand:

an interview publication licence;
marketing consent;
rights in Submitted Materials; or
the scope of a separately concluded paid-service agreement.

Where additional consent or contractual acceptance is legally required for a new activity, we will obtain it separately.

19. Relationship with other legal documents

Different documents apply to different parts of the Leaders Perception process.

For clarity:

the Privacy Notice explains personal-data processing;
the Interview Submission & Publication Agreement governs submission and publication of a free Leaders Perception interview;
the optional marketing consent governs the specific personalised commercial offer described in that consent;
these Website Terms of Use govern general use of leadersperception.com; and
any later paid service is governed by the terms presented with that service.

Accepting one of these documents does not automatically mean accepting another where separate acceptance or consent is required.

20. Severability

If a provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will apply only to the extent permitted by law.

Where possible, the remaining provisions will continue to apply independently.

21. No waiver

If we do not immediately exercise a right available under these Terms or applicable law, that does not automatically mean that we have permanently waived that right.

22. Contact

Questions about these Website Terms of Use may be sent to:

Leaders PerceptionWebsite: leadersperception.com
Email: contact@leadersperception.com

For questions specifically concerning personal information or privacy rights, please use the contact information provided in our Privacy Notice.