Website Terms and Conditions

1. About DevMate

DevMate is operated by:

2. Website purpose

DevMate provides information about:

• technology consulting;
• business technology services;
• software engineering and technical leadership;
• technology assessments;
• career preparation;
• mock interviews; and
• CV and LinkedIn profile reviews.

The website may also provide no-sign-up assessments intended to suggest a possible service match, priority, or next step. Assessment results are indicative and subject to the DevMate Disclaimer.

3. Eligibility and younger users

You must be at least 15 years old to use this website.

If you are under 18 years old, you may use the website only with the knowledge and consent of a parent or legal guardian. A parent or legal guardian must make any service enquiry, booking, purchase, or agreement on your behalf.

By allowing a person under 18 to use the website, the parent or legal guardian accepts responsibility for supervising that use.

DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. does not knowingly enter into paid service agreements directly with persons under 18.

If DevMate reasonably believes that a person under 15 has used the website or submitted personal information, DevMate may restrict access and delete that information where appropriate.

4. Enquiries do not create an engagement

Sending an email, completing an enquiry form, participating in an assessment, or discussing a possible service does not by itself:

• create a consultant-client relationship;
• require DevMate to accept an engagement;
• guarantee availability or a response;
• reserve a session or delivery date; or
• create an obligation to perform services.

A paid engagement begins only after DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. and the customer agree to its scope and commercial terms in writing.

5. Professional services

Paid services may be governed by a quotation, proposal, statement of work, order, engagement letter, or other written service agreement.

The applicable agreement may address:

• scope, deliverables, and exclusions;
• fees, taxes, and payment terms;
• timelines and dependencies;
• customer responsibilities;
• access to systems, accounts, and information;
• confidentiality and data handling;
• intellectual-property ownership and licences;
• acceptance criteria;
• changes to scope;
• cancellation and rescheduling; and
• support, maintenance, or follow-up arrangements.

If a service agreement conflicts with these website Terms and Conditions, the service agreement will govern the relevant paid engagement to the extent of the conflict.

6. Prices, currency, and taxes

Unless expressly stated otherwise, prices displayed on devmate.consulting are quoted in United States dollars (USD).

Displayed prices are informational and do not constitute binding quotations. DevMate will confirm the final price, scope, currency, payment schedule, and applicable taxes or charges before a paid engagement begins.

Unless a quotation or service agreement states otherwise, displayed prices exclude:

• applicable taxes and government charges;
• payment-processing fees;
• bank charges and currency-conversion costs;
• third-party software and licences;
• hosting and infrastructure costs;
• hardware and equipment;
• travel expenses; and
• work outside the agreed scope.

Customers are responsible for charges imposed by their bank, card provider, payment provider, or currency-conversion service.

Where DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. is legally required to collect or charge a tax, that amount will be included in or added to the final invoice as stated in the applicable quotation or service agreement.

7. Customer and user responsibilities

When using the website or contacting DevMate, you agree to:

• provide information that you reasonably believe is accurate;
• avoid sending confidential, highly sensitive, or security-critical information unless a suitable secure process has been agreed;
• ensure that you are authorized to provide information relating to another person or organization;
• maintain suitable backups and safeguards for your systems and data;
• independently review important recommendations and decisions;
• obtain any necessary internal or third-party approvals; and
• cooperate with reasonable information and access requirements for an agreed service.

You remain responsible for decisions made using website content, assessment results, or professional recommendations.

8. Acceptable use

You must not:

• use the website unlawfully or fraudulently;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, its infrastructure, accounts, or data;
• introduce malware, malicious code, or other harmful material;
• interfere with the security, availability, or operation of the website;
• conduct unauthorized security testing;
• scrape, copy, or systematically extract website content except where permitted by law;
• reverse-engineer assessments or tools for harmful or unauthorized commercial use;
• impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity or authority;
• submit content that infringes another party’s rights; or
• use the website to attack or interfere with another system.

DevMate may restrict access where reasonably necessary to protect the website, its users, DevMates (Pvt) Ltd., or another party.

9. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise stated, the website’s branding, written content, assessment structures, methods, visual design, graphics, and other original materials are owned by or licensed to DevMates (Pvt) Ltd.

You may view and make limited personal or internal-business use of publicly available website materials.

You may not reproduce, publish, sell, license, adapt, distribute, or commercially exploit those materials without prior written permission, except where applicable law permits.

Product names, logos, and other third-party materials remain the property of their respective owners.

Ownership and permitted use of deliverables created during a paid engagement will be defined in the applicable service agreement.

10. Information you submit

You retain ownership of information and materials you submit.

You give DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. permission to use submitted information only as reasonably necessary to:

• respond to your enquiry;
• determine whether DevMate can assist you;
• prepare a quotation or proposed engagement;
• provide an agreed service;
• protect the website and prevent misuse; and
• comply with applicable legal obligations.

You must not submit material that you do not have the right or authority to share.

Personal information will be handled in accordance with the DevMate Privacy Policy.

11. Confidential information

Information submitted through a general website form or ordinary email should not be treated as a secure method for transmitting passwords, access credentials, private keys, financial details, health information, sensitive personal data, or confidential source code.

Confidentiality obligations relating to a paid engagement should be defined in the applicable service agreement or a separate confidentiality agreement.

12. Third-party websites and services

The website may contain links to or rely on third-party products and services. Third parties operate independently and under their own terms and privacy policies.

DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. is not responsible for third-party:

• content;
• availability;
• security;
• privacy practices;
• prices;
• contractual terms;
• conduct; or
• performance.

You are responsible for reviewing the relevant third-party terms before using their services.

13. Website availability and changes

DevMate may update, restrict, suspend, or discontinue any part of the website.

DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. does not guarantee that the website or any particular feature will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

Website content, service descriptions, assessment methods, prices, and availability may be updated as DevMate’s services develop.

14. No warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its publicly available content are provided “as is” and “as available.”

DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. does not warrant that:

• the website will meet every user’s requirements;
• the website will always be available or free from errors;
• content or assessment results will be complete or accurate;
• recommendations will produce a particular outcome; or
• every defect, risk, or vulnerability will be identified.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions affects a warranty or consumer right that cannot lawfully be excluded.

15. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential loss arising from:

• access to or use of the website;
• inability to access or use the website;
• reliance on general website content;
• reliance on an indicative assessment; or
• use of a third-party website or service.

Such loss may include loss of profits, revenue, opportunity, data, goodwill, or anticipated savings.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful.

Liability relating to a paid engagement should be addressed in the applicable service agreement.

16. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to be responsible for losses, claims, or reasonable costs arising from:

• your unlawful use of the website;
• your material breach of these Terms and Conditions;
• your infringement of another party’s rights; or
• material you submit without the necessary rights or authority.

17. Privacy and cookies

The DevMate Privacy Policy explains how DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal information.

The DevMate Cookie Notice explains whether cookies or similar technologies are used and the choices available to website visitors.

18. Suspension and termination

DevMate may suspend or terminate access to the website where a user:

• materially breaches these Terms and Conditions;
• creates a security or operational risk;
• infringes another party’s rights; or
• uses the website unlawfully.

Provisions that reasonably need to continue after termination—including provisions concerning intellectual property, liability, submitted information, and governing law—will remain effective.

19. Changes to these Terms and Conditions

DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. may revise these Terms and Conditions when its website, services, business practices, or legal obligations change.

The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

Changes will apply from the date of publication unless otherwise stated or applicable law requires a different approach.

20. Severability

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the fullest extent permitted by law.

21. No waiver

A delay or failure by DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. to enforce a provision of these Terms and Conditions does not waive its right to enforce that provision later.

22. Governing law and disputes

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of Sri Lanka.

Subject to any mandatory consumer rights or dispute-resolution procedures under applicable law, the courts of Sri Lanka will have jurisdiction over disputes arising from or relating to these Terms and Conditions.

Before beginning formal legal proceedings, you and DevMates (Pvt) Ltd. should make a reasonable good-faith attempt to resolve the dispute through written communication.

23. Contact

Questions about these Terms and Conditions may be sent to: