Terms.

Reparations.design (“the Site”) is operated by Neeley Worldwide Ltd (“we”, “us”, “our”), a private limited company registered in England & Wales under company number 10288310, registered office at 86-90 Paul Street, London, England, EC2A 4NE, VAT number GB267313990. Neeley Worldwide Ltd owns and runs the School of Critical Design as its education project; the Site, the ledger, the voluntary contributions, and the scholarship are all operated by, and inside, the same group. By accessing or using the Site, you (“you”, “the user”) agree to these Terms.

The Site is a public, permanent record of voluntary first- person confessions of harmful design work. Confessions are free to submit and publish. Confessors may give an entirely voluntary contribution that funds scholarships at the School of Critical Design. The Site is not a legal forum, an employment record, or a complaint system about other people.

The Site also publishes Cases of Record, marked as such and referenced CR-001 onward. These are written by us, drawn from the public record — regulatory findings, court filings, published studies, and reporting — and are editorial works of ours rather than submissions. No individual confessed a Case of Record, none is an admission by any identified person or company, and each carries the source it draws on. Where an entry is a Case of Record we say so on the entry itself; nothing on the Site presents one as a confession. See About for why they exist.

By submitting a confession you confirm that:

• The confession is true, written by you, in the first person.
• You have the right to publish the content without breaching any duty of confidentiality, contract, NDA, or applicable law.
• The content does not name colleagues, executives, or specific companies in a way that identifies them.
• The content does not contain defamation, slurs, threats, or unlawful material.
• You grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free license to publish, display, archive, and excerpt the confession on the Site and in related materials.

Editorial guidelines, including length and formatting rules, are described on the About page.

We review every submission before publication and may decline submissions that don’t meet the guidelines. Where possible, we will work with you to edit a submission so it can be published; you will have an opportunity to approve edits before publication.

Publication is never conditional on payment, and a contribution does not buy publication. If a confession is declined, any contribution given alongside it is treated as a non-refundable gift to the scholarship pool. Contributions are not charitable donations and are not tax-deductible (see section F). We do not refund declined submissions.

We reserve the right to remove or edit any published confession at any time, including for legal reasons.

Confessions are free to submit and publish — $0 is an option on the submission form, and no payment is ever required. Any contribution is entirely voluntary and buys nothing: it is not consideration for publication or for any service provided by us. You may give alongside a confession or simply give to back the cause.

If you choose to give, you select from a fixed set of tiers ranging from $0 to $10,000,000 USD. Contributions under $10,000 are processed by Stripe and will appear on your statement under the descriptor NWW*REPARATIONS. Contributions at or above $10,000 are invoiced separately by Neeley Worldwide Ltd via our accounting system (Xero); the invoice will be issued in the name of Neeley Worldwide Ltd with the line item “Reparations.design programme — voluntary contribution to School of Critical Design scholarships.” Payment is due within 30 days of the invoice date.

VAT. Neeley Worldwide Ltd is VAT‑registered (GB267313990). Every tier amount shown on this site is the total you pay: amounts are inclusive of any VAT that applies, and nothing is added at checkout or on the invoice. Where a contribution falls within the scope of VAT, invoices for tiers at or above $10,000 show the VAT treatment applied.

All contributions are non-refundable.

100% of every contribution, less payment-processor fees, funds scholarships at the School of Critical Design (critical.design), our education project — covering course places for recipients and the cost of delivering them. Because the School of Critical Design is an education project from Neeley Worldwide Ltd and not a separate registered charity, contributions are not charitable donations and are not tax-deductible. See the Related-party disclosure on the About page for the full ownership picture.

Neeley Worldwide Ltd (the operator of the Site) and the School of Critical Design (the beneficiary of the scholarship pool) are part of the same group: Neeley Worldwide Ltd owns and runs the School of Critical Design as its education project. There is no separate legal entity behind the School. We disclose this here because the operator and the beneficiary are related parties; this is material to your decision to give.

We publish a yearly summary of what we collect and award on the Scholarship page.

Entries are written in the first person about the author’s own work, and our guidelines forbid naming colleagues, executives, or specific companies. Cases of Record are drawn from the public record and cite their source. Even so, a published entry may describe work you recognise, or a source we have read differently than you would.

If you believe a published entry identifies you or your organisation, mischaracterises your work, or rests on a source that does not support it, write to privacy@reparations.design. Tell us the entry reference (for example № 00001 or CR-001) and what you say is wrong. You do not need a lawyer to do this, and you do not need to be the subject of the entry to point out that a source has been misread.

What we do. We acknowledge within 5 working days and aim to resolve within 30 days. We will review the entry, and where a Case of Record is disputed we will go back to the cited source. We may then take any of the following steps, and we will tell you which:

• Publish your reply alongside the entry, in your words, attributed to you or to your organisation.
• Correct or amend the entry, or its source line.
• Remove the entry from the public ledger.
• Leave it as published, with our reasons in writing — in which case you are free to escalate.

Urgent matters — a credible claim of defamation, a breach of confidence, or a risk to someone’s safety — are handled on receipt rather than on the timetable above, and we will unpublish first and review afterwards where the claim is plausible on its face.

Nothing here limits your legal rights, and using this process is not a precondition to exercising them.

You may submit anonymously. If you sign your name, your name, optional role, and optional website are published alongside the confession. Your contact email is never published. See the Privacy policy for full data handling details.

You agree not to:

• Use the Site to defame, harass, or expose third parties.
• Submit fabricated or fictional confessions.
• Submit content that infringes another person’s intellectual property, privacy, or legal rights.
• Attempt to access non-public administrative areas of the Site.
• Scrape or republish substantial portions of the Site for commercial purposes without permission.

The Site does not provide legal, financial, employment, or professional advice. If your confession concerns conduct that may carry legal implications for you or others, consult your own attorney before submitting.

The Site is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Neeley Worldwide Ltd is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your use of the Site or any submission you make.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law (for example, liability for gross negligence or wilful misconduct under English law).

These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

We may update these Terms from time to time. The “updated” date at the top of this page reflects the latest revision. Continued use of the Site after a change constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

Questions about these Terms, or any legal matter relating to the Site, may be sent to confess@reparations.design. Postal correspondence should be addressed to Neeley Worldwide Ltd, 86-90 Paul Street, London, England, EC2A 4NE.