Disclaimer & safety

1. Our role and current service

I Need You is a personal, community-benefit resource and collaboration information project operated by JC in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is currently free, accepts no advertising or paid promotion, and charges no collaboration commission.

The platform provides listings, search, bookmarks, proposals and messaging. It is not a buyer, seller, employer, agent or guarantor in users’ collaborations. Unless expressly agreed in a separate written arrangement, participants agree and perform their own collaborations.

2. No verification, escrow or transaction guarantee

The platform currently provides no identity or business verification, escrow, payment processing, performance guarantee, refund protection or transaction insurance. Signing in, profile completeness, portfolios, recent activity and completion counts do not verify identity, qualifications, honesty or ability to deliver.

Completion counts reflect confirmations by both participants, not an independent audit or quality guarantee. Content labelled as an example is fictional and is not a real offer to transact.

3. Information and collaboration risks

Users are responsible for information they publish or share. The platform cannot guarantee the accuracy, legality, availability or suitability of user content, links, advertising or translations. Machine translations can be wrong; check original wording and confirm important terms with the other party in writing.

Risks include false identities, misleading descriptions, lost payments, non-delivery, intellectual-property disputes and privacy disputes. Free platform access does not mean a collaboration is free or risk-free. Make independent checks rather than relying only on what appears here.

4. Before collaborating

Verify identity, organizations and qualifications through independent sources. Agree in writing on scope, price and currency, taxes, deadlines, acceptance criteria, intellectual property, confidentiality, cancellation and refunds. Consider a small pilot, staged delivery and payment methods with dispute processes.

Do not share passwords, verification codes, banking details, identity documents or unnecessary sensitive information. Be cautious about pressure to pay, guaranteed returns or “release fees.” The platform will not ask through another user’s private messages for you to receive or forward money or pay a platform guarantee deposit.

5. Advertising and external services

We currently accept no advertising or paid promotion. If an acquisition, investment or commercialization changes services, charges or data handling, we will explain those changes and update the terms before they take effect, obtaining renewed consent where required. A commercial relationship is not identity verification or a transaction guarantee. External websites and transaction services have their own operators and terms.

6. Concerns and limits

Report a listing, profile or message through its report control, or use the contact email on this page. Preserve relevant links, accounts, dates and necessary evidence without publicly exposing sensitive information. If you suspect fraud after paying, contact your payment provider and local police promptly. Reporting is not an emergency service or continuous monitoring.

The operator may restrict access, remove content or take other appropriate steps after reports and reasonable review, but cannot promise to detect every issue promptly or recover money. Nothing here excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limits mandatory consumer, privacy or other statutory rights. Responsibility is determined under applicable law.