Last Updated: March 1, 2025

1. Acceptance of Terms

This User Agreement (“Agreement”) constitutes a legally binding contract between Public Sector Talent Analytics, which owns, operates, or control’s various websites, including, without limitation PublicSectorTalentAnalytics.com and DBA’s such as City Compensation or City Comp Data (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and you (“User,” “Customer,” or “you”). By accessing, browsing, or using our website and services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Agreement and the Terms of Use (TOU). If you do not agree, you must discontinue use of our services immediately.

2. Modification of Terms

We reserve the right to modify this Agreement at any time. Changes will be posted on our website, and your continued use of the services following any modifications constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms. It is your responsibility to review this Agreement periodically.

3. Services Provided

Our services include City Compensation, a salary and compensation benchmarking tool and contract database for appointed officials. You may use our services only in compliance with this Agreement and all applicable laws and regulations. Subject to this agreement (“Agreement”), Public Sector Talent Analytics will provide Customer with access to use a subscription to the software–as-a-service offering and other services (the “Subscription Service”) and/or Consulting Services (as defined herein) as purchased either via any and all Public Sector Talent Analytics websites or purchased in an order (each separately and together, the “Service”) for the duration of the Subscription Term (as defined herein). As part of provision of the Service, Public Sector Talent Analytics may provide Customer with access to various compensation, HR, and/or other information or data (the “Compensation Data”) which Customer may only use solely and exclusively for its own internal purposes.

4. User Obligations

• You must provide accurate and complete registration information and keep it up to date.
• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.
• You agree not to use our services for any illegal, fraudulent, or unauthorized purpose.
• You may not modify, distribute, or create derivative works based on our content without our express permission.

5. Intellectual Property

All content, data, software, and technology provided by us are the property of the Company or its licensors. You may not reproduce, distribute, or exploit any part of our services without prior written consent.

6. Customer Data

All data and information uploaded or otherwise submitted into the Service by Customer (“Customer Data”) will remain the property of Customer. Customer represents and warrants that it has full power and authority to enter into the Agreement and to convey all rights granted under the Agreement, including all rights in and to the Customer Data. Customer grants Company the right to use, modify and anonymize and aggregate Customer Data for purposes including, but not limited to provide details reports to Customer, providing aggregated and anonymized compensation analysis and information, and for use in data comparison. Such aggregated and anonymized information is deemed Company Data and is excluded from Customer Data.

7. Prohibited Use

You may not copy, cut and paste, email, broadcast, adapt, edit, re-utilize, reproduce, disseminate, reverse engineer, sell, extract, paraphrase, or create any derivative works based on the Salary Data for any reason whatsoever including, but not limited to other analytics or artificial intelligence environments. You also agree not to provide access to Salary Data to anyone else other than your fellow employees who have an explicit need to know or use such Salary Data.

While non-systematic downloading of insubstantial parts of Salary Data are acceptable, bulk and/or systematic downloads including, but not limited to downloading of the entire Salary Data database and/or an aggregated data set for commercial machine learning purposes, are not allowed. All data found on the site including, but not limited to Salary Data and job descriptions are the intellectual property of Salary.

Customer may not share Confidential Information, which includes, without limitation, the Service, its user interface design and layout, pricing information about the Service, and all Compensation Data.

8. Payment Terms (If applicable)

• All payments are non-refundable unless expressly stated otherwise.
• We reserve the right to suspend or terminate access to our services for non-payment.

9. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account without prior notice if you violate this Agreement or engage in any prohibited activity. You may also terminate your account by contacting us at customerservice@publicsectortalentanalytics.com.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all liability for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of our services. Our total liability in any matter related to this Agreement will not exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for access to our services.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless from any claims, losses, damages, or liabilities arising from your breach of this Agreement or misuse of our services.

12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Texas. Any disputes shall be resolved through arbitration in Ft. Worth, TX, except where prohibited by law.

13. Contact Information

For any questions regarding this Agreement, please contact us at customerservice@publicsectortalentanalytics.com.

By using our services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to this User Agreement.