Circuits.com Listing Terms & Acceptable Use Policy
Welcome to Circuits.com (“Circuits.com,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). This Listing Terms & Acceptable Use Policy (“Policy”) governs every listing, advertisement, profile, Circuits-Keyword™, image, document, message, and other content submitted to Circuits.com.
By creating, publishing, purchasing, or maintaining a listing on Circuits.com, you agree to comply with this Policy, our Terms of Service, and all applicable laws and regulations.
If you do not agree with this Policy, you may not publish or maintain a listing on Circuits.com.
1. Purpose
Circuits.com exists to connect the global circuits industry by helping companies, organizations, professionals, and buyers discover one another through searchable Circuits-Keywords™.
To protect the quality, accuracy, and integrity of the directory, all listings must comply with this Policy.
2. Eligibility
You may publish a listing only if you:
- Are at least 18 years old.
- Have the legal authority to represent yourself or the organization you are listing.
- Provide accurate and truthful information.
- Comply with all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws.
3. Listing Standards
Every listing must:
- Be truthful.
- Be current.
- Be accurate.
- Be complete.
- Clearly identify the business, organization, or individual represented.
- Relate to the selected Circuits-Keyword™.
- Not intentionally mislead visitors.
You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of your listing at all times.
4. Circuits-Keyword™ Requirements
Each listing must be relevant to its selected Circuits-Keyword™.
You may not:
- Register keywords unrelated to your business.
- Misrepresent your products or services.
- Attempt to manipulate search results.
- Use deceptive keyword stuffing.
Circuits.com may determine whether a listing is sufficiently relevant to a Circuits-Keyword™. Our determination is final.
5. Acceptable Listings
Examples include:
- Manufacturers
- PCB Fabricators
- PCB Assemblers
- Component Suppliers
- Electronic Parts
- Engineers
- Engineering Firms
- Recruiters
- Testing Laboratories
- Consultants
- Equipment Suppliers
- Software Providers
- Industry Organizations
- Training Providers
- Universities
- Educators
- Certifications
- Industry Services
- Logistics Providers
- Industry Publications
This list is not exhaustive.
6. Prohibited Content
Listings may not contain:
- False statements
- Fraudulent claims
- Misleading information
- Scams
- Counterfeit products
- Illegal products
- Stolen property
- Copyright infringement
- Trademark infringement
- Patent infringement
- Trade secret violations
- Pornographic material
- Sexually explicit material
- Hate speech
- Harassment
- Threats
- Violence
- Discrimination
- Defamation
- Obscene content
- Graphic imagery
- Malware
- Viruses
- Spyware
- Tracking scripts
- Phishing attempts
- Hidden redirects
- Misleading links
- Spam
- Keyword stuffing
- AI-generated fake reviews
- Fake testimonials
- Impersonation
- Deepfakes
- False certifications
- False compliance claims
- False quality claims
- False business locations
- False contact information
- Duplicate listings intended to manipulate search results.
7. Restricted Products
Listings may not advertise or facilitate:
- Illegal drugs
- Controlled substances
- Counterfeit goods
- Stolen goods
- Weapons prohibited by law
- Explosives
- Hazardous materials sold illegally
- Money laundering services
- Fraudulent financial services
- Pyramid schemes
- Ponzi schemes
- Identity theft services
- Hacking services
- Malware
- Pirated software
- Fake documents
- Illegal surveillance services
- Human trafficking
- Wildlife trafficking
- Any activity prohibited by applicable law.
8. Professional Conduct
Users must conduct themselves professionally.
You may not:
- Harass users
- Threaten users
- Impersonate others
- Attempt to extort businesses
- Submit fraudulent complaints
- Interfere with listings
- Manipulate rankings
- Attempt to circumvent Circuits.com systems.
9. Accuracy
You agree that:
- Specifications are accurate.
- Images represent actual products or services.
- Descriptions are truthful.
- Certifications are legitimate.
- Business addresses are valid.
- Phone numbers are valid.
- Email addresses are monitored.
- Claims can be substantiated upon request.
10. Images
You may upload only images that:
- You own
- You have permission to use
- Are relevant
- Accurately represent your business
Images may not contain:
- Pornography
- Graphic violence
- Offensive language
- Misleading edits
- Competitor logos used deceptively
- Watermarks you do not own
- Copyrighted images without permission.
11. Intellectual Property
You retain ownership of your content.
By submitting content, you grant Circuits.com a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to display, host, store, cache, resize, optimize, index, distribute, and promote your content solely for operating and promoting the directory.
You represent that you possess all necessary rights.
12. Search Integrity
You may not manipulate search visibility through:
- Fake businesses
- Duplicate listings
- Keyword stuffing
- Hidden text
- Hidden links
- Automated submissions
- Bots
- Fake traffic
- Artificial engagement
- Purchased reviews
- Purchased clicks
- Purchased rankings.
12a. Keyword Position and What “Permanent” Means
Positions within a Circuits-Keyword™ listing are ordered by when each listing was claimed. The company that claims a keyword first holds the first position, the next holds the second, and so on. Later applicants cannot buy their way past an earlier one.
Your position is held for as long as your subscription remains active. It is not a one-off purchase and it is not owned outright. If a subscription lapses, is canceled, or fails to renew after any grace period, the listing stops being displayed and the position is released to the next company in order. Your company data is retained so the listing can be restored if you return, but the original position is not guaranteed to still be available.
“Beta pricing” means the rate agreed at sign-up is held for as long as the subscription stays continuously active. A lapse ends that rate.
12b. Trust Badges
Trust Badges such as “Authorized”, “Featured”, “Preferred”, “Specialist” and “Premium” are a paid presentation option. They describe how a company chooses to present itself and are not a statement by Circuits.com about that company. A badge may not use wording that implies Circuits.com has certified, verified, approved or endorsed the company.
The Circuits.com badge is different. It marks a listing run by the Circuits.com team itself. It cannot be purchased and cannot be self-assigned. Only Circuits.com staff can apply it.
12c. What Circuits.com Checks
This section is what the short note at the foot of every company profile links to. In plain terms, here is the line between what a company tells us and what we have looked at ourselves.
Supplied by the company, and not checked by us: the company name, description, contact details, address, opening hours, staff list, images, documents, and any certifications or approvals it lists, including certificate files it uploads. A certification shown on a profile means the company says it holds it. It does not mean we have seen or confirmed it.
Chosen and paid for by the company: Trust Badges, and the green Sponsored marking on a keyword that shows an exclusive Circuits-Keyword™ sponsorship. Neither is a quality judgment by us.
Applied by Circuits.com: the Circuits.com badge, whether a listing is approved to appear at all, whether a listing has been claimed by its company, and whether a buyer review is published.
Companies warrant the accuracy of everything they supply under section 9, and we can remove a listing under section 16 when they do not. Buyers doing significant business should still confirm certifications and credentials with the company or the issuing body directly.
12d. Job Board and Talent Board
Posting a job, posting a resume and applying to a job are free. No fee is charged for any of them and none of them affects a Circuits-Keyword™ position.
Job posts. A job you post is reviewed by Circuits.com before it appears. Once approved it is live on the Job Board for thirty days, and each further approval extends it by thirty days. A job post must describe a genuine, current opening at the company that posts it, must state the employer truthfully, and must comply with the employment and anti-discrimination laws that apply to that employer. Circuits.com may decline, pause or remove a job post at any time, and may decline to approve a company for the Job Board at all.
Resumes. A resume you post must be your own and must be truthful. You choose whether it is listed on the Talent Board and can switch it off or remove it at any time. Your name, contact details and resume file are shown only to signed-in accounts, as the Privacy Policy describes.
Contact details from the boards. Contact details, resumes and applications obtained through the Job Board or the Talent Board may be used only to discuss the opportunity they were obtained for. They may not be collected in bulk, added to a mailing or marketing list, sold, shared with a third party, or used for any other purpose. Automated collection of anything on either board is prohibited under section 12.
Applications. An application goes to the company that posted the job with a link to the applicant’s profile. Circuits.com is not a party to any resulting conversation, interview or hire, does not screen applicants or employers, and makes no representation about either.
13. Reviews
If reviews are permitted, reviews must reflect genuine experiences.
Businesses may not:
- Buy reviews
- Sell reviews
- Offer incentives
- Publish fake reviews
- Create multiple accounts.
Circuits.com may remove any review without notice.
14. Premium Placements (Exclusive Circuits-Keyword™ Sponsorships)
Premium placements are subject to availability.
Purchasing a premium placement does not guarantee:
- Sales
- Leads
- Traffic
- Revenue
- Search ranking outside the purchased placement.
Circuits.com may reject any premium placement that violates this Policy.
15. Payments
Fees are due in advance unless otherwise stated.
Failure to pay may result in:
- Listing removal
- Loss of premium placement
- Account suspension
- Termination.
Unless otherwise stated, listing fees are non-refundable after publication.
16. Enforcement
Circuits.com may, at its sole discretion:
- Edit listings
- Reject listings
- Remove listings
- Hide listings
- Suspend listings
- Terminate listings
- Suspend accounts
- Terminate accounts
- Remove keywords
- Investigate violations
- Refer matters to law enforcement
- Take legal action.
No prior notice is required.
17. Reporting Violations
Users may report listings believed to violate this Policy.
Submitting knowingly false reports may itself constitute a violation.
18. Monitoring
Circuits.com is not obligated to monitor listings.
However, we reserve the right to review any listing at any time.
19. No Guarantee
Publication does not constitute approval, endorsement, verification, certification, or recommendation by Circuits.com.
Users should conduct their own due diligence before entering into any transaction.
20. Limitation of Liability
Circuits.com is a directory and discovery platform.
We do not manufacture, distribute, inspect, guarantee, or endorse products or services listed by users.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Circuits.com shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from the use of the directory or reliance on any listing.
21. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Circuits.com, its owners, employees, affiliates, contractors, and partners from any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, expenses, or legal fees arising from:
- Your listing.
- Your content.
- Your violation of this Policy.
- Your violation of any law.
- Your infringement of another party’s rights.
22. Reservation of Rights
Circuits.com reserves the right, at any time and for any reason, to:
- Refuse service.
- Remove content.
- Reassign categories or Circuits-Keywords™.
- Modify listings for formatting or clarity.
- Correct obvious typographical errors.
- Reject any listing that does not align with the purpose or standards of the directory.
- Investigate suspicious activity.
- Cooperate with law enforcement or regulatory authorities.
- Update or discontinue any feature of the platform.
Our decisions regarding directory management are final.
23. Policy Changes
We may modify this Policy at any time.
Changes become effective upon publication unless otherwise stated.
Continued use of Circuits.com after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy.
24. Contact
Questions regarding this Policy may be submitted through the “Have A Question?” form provided on the Circuits.com contact page.