Terms of Use

Participate usefully.

These terms set the ground rules for using and contributing to Ripples. They are designed to protect the people involved while keeping the central idea simple: lead with what you are prepared to give, not what you are trying to sell.

Effective date: 11 September 2026

1. About Ripples

Ripples is an editorial, podcast, events and connection project operated by Double You Anchor Corporation Pty Ltd in New South Wales, Australia. “Ripples”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Double You Anchor Corporation Pty Ltd and the people authorised to operate Ripples.

Ripples is developing a network around useful interactions between people. It is not a professional-services directory, recruitment agency, marketplace, paid membership program or provider of professional advice.

2. Accepting these terms

By using this website, submitting material, attending a Ripples event or asking Ripples to facilitate an interaction, you agree to these terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not submit material or use the relevant service. Direct participation and profile submissions are intended for people aged 18 and over.

3. No guaranteed outcome

Submitting a profile or contribution does not guarantee publication, an introduction, a response, an event invitation, continued inclusion or any personal or commercial outcome. We decide what to publish and facilitate based on relevance, capacity, safety, editorial judgement and the culture of Ripples.

4. Profiles and submissions

You must provide information that is accurate to the best of your knowledge and that you are entitled to share. Do not submit another person’s private information, image, work or confidential material without their permission.

We may clarify, fact-check, edit, format, decline, unpublish or remove material. Where an edit changes the substance of a personal profile, we will seek the person’s approval before publication. We may refuse or remove content that reads primarily as an advertisement or disguised lead generation.

5. Your content and permission to use it

You keep ownership of original content you submit. You give Ripples a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to review, edit, format, reproduce, publish and promote that content through Ripples websites, editorial channels, podcasts, event material and social channels for the purpose for which it was submitted.

This licence continues while the content is published. You may ask us to stop future use and remove content from channels we control. We will act within a reasonable time, but removal does not undo material already lawfully published, distributed, downloaded, quoted, archived or incorporated into a completed podcast, recording or event.

6. How participants must behave

Use Ripples in good faith. You must not:

• use a profile, introduction or contact pathway for spam, scraping, harassment or unsolicited mass marketing;
• misrepresent your identity, experience, intentions, availability or relationship with Ripples;
• submit unlawful, defamatory, threatening, discriminatory, deceptive or privacy-infringing material;
• publish or exploit another person’s private contact details without permission;
• interfere with the website, attempt unauthorised access or introduce malicious code; or
• suggest that Ripples endorses you, your services or your claims unless we have expressly agreed in writing.

Commercial activity is allowed. Disguised lead generation is not. A genuine offer to help may mention relevant professional experience; it should not become a sales pitch.

7. Contact and introductions

Ripples may mediate contact or make an introduction where it appears useful and the relevant people agree. We do not promise to pass on every message or make every requested introduction.

An introduction is not an endorsement, reference, verification or professional recommendation. You remain responsible for deciding whether to communicate, meet, share information, rely on advice, enter an arrangement or complete appropriate checks. Ripples is not a party to arrangements between participants unless expressly agreed in writing.

8. Editorial, podcast and event material

Ripples content is provided for general information, learning and discussion. It may contain opinions, personal experience, incomplete information or good-faith errors. It is not legal, financial, medical, mental-health or other professional advice. Verify information and obtain qualified advice where your circumstances require it.

Views expressed by guests, contributors or event participants are their own and do not necessarily represent Ripples. Separate booking, recording, venue, cancellation or conduct terms may apply to particular events or productions and will be provided where relevant.

9. Ripples intellectual property

The Ripples name, logos, visual identity, website design and original editorial material belong to Ripples or its licensors. You may share links and brief excerpts with clear attribution. You may not copy, sell, republish or use Ripples branding in a way that suggests affiliation or endorsement without written permission.

10. Third-party services and links

The website may link to people, organisations, platforms or resources operated by others. Those services have their own terms and privacy practices. Ripples is not responsible for their availability, security, content or conduct merely because we link to or mention them.

11. Availability and changes

We may change, pause or discontinue any part of Ripples, and cannot promise uninterrupted or error-free access. We may update these terms as Ripples develops. The current version and effective date will remain on this page. If a material change affects an existing submission or participation arrangement, we will take reasonable steps to notify the affected person.

12. Consumer rights, disclaimers and liability

Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies a right or guarantee that cannot lawfully be excluded, including rights under the Australian Consumer Law where it applies.

To the extent permitted by law, Ripples gives no guarantee about the accuracy, completeness, suitability or outcome of content, profiles, events, introductions or participant conduct. Ripples is not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of the website or a voluntary interaction with another person. Any liability that cannot be excluded is limited only to the extent permitted by law.

13. Responsibility for a breach

You are responsible for loss reasonably caused by your unlawful conduct, your material breach of these terms, or content you submit that infringes another person’s rights. This does not make you responsible for loss caused by Ripples’ own conduct or for matters beyond your reasonable control.

14. Suspension and removal

We may reject a submission, remove content, decline contact, suspend participation or restrict access where reasonably necessary to protect people, comply with law, address misuse or preserve the purpose and integrity of Ripples. Where appropriate and safe, we will explain the reason and allow a person to respond.

15. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. Courts with jurisdiction in New South Wales may hear disputes, subject to any rights you have to bring a matter elsewhere under applicable law.

16. Contact

Questions, concerns, correction requests and reports of misuse can be sent through the Ripples contact page.