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Terms and Conditions

Rules and policies for using Top500People.

Last updated: 24 May 2026

Service provider and company information

Top500People is operated by Tayoo s.r.o., a company registered in the Czech Republic. These company details identify the service provider for the Top500People website and related services.

  • Legal name: Tayoo s.r.o.
  • Registered address: Táboritská 880/14, 13000 Praha 3, Czech Republic
  • Company ID: 24152889
  • VAT ID: CZ24152889
  • Website: https://top500people.com
  • Contact: info@top500people.com

1. Agreement

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the website, applications, and services offered under the name Top500People (collectively, the "Service"), operated by the party identified as the service provider on the Service ("we", "us", "our").

By creating an account, accessing, or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.

We may offer the Service in multiple languages. If there is a conflict between translations, the English version may prevail for interpretation unless mandatory local law requires otherwise.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to use the Service, or the minimum age required in your country to consent to data processing and enter into contracts online, whichever is higher.

If you use the Service on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation.

3. Description of the Service

Top500People is an online platform that allows users to view ranked lists of people, assign context-specific popularity indicators (such as “likes” or similar), participate in community features (including duels where available), browse by leagues or categories, and share referral links.

The Service may allow registered users to purchase virtual credits used to interact with the platform (for example, to allocate likes). Credits are a limited, revocable permission to use Service functionality; they are not money, electronic money, or a financial instrument.

The Service may include an affiliate programme: users may receive referral commissions on qualifying purchases made by others through tracked links, subject to separate programme rules and payout requirements (including identity verification and use of Stripe Connect where applicable).

We may add, change, suspend, or discontinue features, leagues, rules, algorithms, or content at any time. Rankings and statistics are generated automatically or from community activity and do not constitute our endorsement of any person.

4. Accounts and security

You must provide accurate registration information and keep it up to date. You are responsible for all activity under your account and for safeguarding your password and devices.

You must not share your account credentials, create multiple accounts to evade restrictions, or use another person’s account without permission.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, pose security risks, or are inactive for extended periods, where permitted by law.

5. Virtual credits and payments

Credits may be purchased through our payment processor (Stripe). Prices, taxes, and available packages are shown at checkout. You authorise us and Stripe to charge your selected payment method.

Credits are non-transferable except where the Service explicitly allows, have no cash value outside the Service, and may expire or be adjusted if we change the Service, subject to applicable law.

Unless required by mandatory consumer law in your jurisdiction, purchases of credits are generally final: we do not provide refunds for unused or partially used credits once the purchase has completed successfully, except where we decide otherwise at our discretion or where the law requires a right of withdrawal or refund.

If you believe a charge is unauthorised or incorrect, contact us promptly and your payment provider. Chargebacks may result in suspension of your account and reversal of credits.

6. Affiliate programme and payouts

If you participate in the affiliate programme, you must comply with our programme rules (including the dedicated Affiliate program terms published on the Service), applicable advertising and marketing laws, and tax obligations in your country.

Commissions may become available only after conditions stated on the Service (for example, time-based release or consumption of purchased credits). Minimum withdrawal amounts may apply.

Payouts may require completing Stripe Connect onboarding and maintaining a valid connected account in good standing. We may withhold or delay payouts where required by law, fraud prevention, or Stripe requirements.

7. User content and submissions

You may submit or upload content (including suggested profiles, descriptions, images, or links) where the Service allows. You retain ownership of your content, but you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, modify, display, and distribute your content as needed to operate, promote, and improve the Service.

You represent that you have all rights necessary to grant the above licence and that your content does not infringe third-party rights or violate law.

We may moderate, remove, or refuse content that violates these Terms or that we reasonably consider harmful, illegal, or low quality, without prior notice where permitted.

8. Prohibited conduct

You agree not to:

  • Use the Service for unlawful, harassing, defamatory, hateful, discriminatory, or pornographic purposes, or to promote violence or illegal activity.
  • Manipulate rankings, credits, referrals, or duels through bots, scripts, fake accounts, coordinated inauthentic behaviour, or exploitation of bugs.
  • Attempt to access non-public systems, scrape or overload the Service, or circumvent security or rate limits.
  • Misrepresent your identity or affiliation, or impersonate others.
  • Collect personal data of users without lawful basis or in violation of privacy rules.
  • Use the Service in any way that could damage, disable, or impair the Service or other users’ experience.

9. Reporting

The Service may offer reporting tools for inappropriate content or behaviour. We may investigate reports and take action at our discretion. False or abusive reports may lead to account restrictions.

10. Intellectual property

The Service, including software, design, logos, and branding (except user content and third-party materials), is owned by us or our licensors. Except for the limited right to use the Service under these Terms, no rights are granted to you.

You must not copy, modify, reverse engineer, or create derivative works from the Service except as permitted by mandatory law.

11. Third-party services

The Service relies on third parties such as Stripe (payments and Connect), hosting providers, authentication providers (for example Google OAuth), and analytics. Their terms and privacy policies also apply to your use of those services.

12. Privacy

Our processing of personal data is described in our Privacy Policy. By using the Service, you acknowledge that we process data as described there.

13. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted, error-free, or secure operation. Rankings and statistics are for entertainment or community purposes unless we state otherwise. We are not responsible for user-generated content.

14. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE AND OUR AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, AND EMPLOYEES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.

OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM, OR (B) FIFTY EUROS (EUR 50), EXCEPT WHERE LIABILITY CANNOT BE LIMITED UNDER MANDATORY LAW (INCLUDING LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, OR FRAUD).

15. Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us and our affiliates from any claims, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your content, your use of the Service, or your breach of these Terms, except to the extent caused by our gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

16. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, for breach of these Terms, legal requirements, or operational reasons.

You may stop using the Service at any time. Provisions that by their nature should survive (including licences granted to us, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and governing law) will survive termination.

17. Governing law and disputes

Unless mandatory consumer protection rules in your country require otherwise, these Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the operator is established, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

You and we agree that the courts of that jurisdiction shall have exclusive jurisdiction, subject to mandatory rights for consumers to bring proceedings in their home country where EU/EEA or local law requires.

The European Commission provides an online dispute resolution platform (ODR) for consumers: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. We are not obliged to use alternative dispute resolution entities unless required by law.

18. Changes to these Terms

We may modify these Terms from time to time. We will post the updated Terms on the Service and update the “Last updated” date. If changes are material, we will provide reasonable notice where required by law (for example by email or a notice on the Service). Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance unless you terminate your account.

19. Contact

For questions about these Terms, contact us using the contact details published on the Service (for example the contact email or form in the footer or About section).