The terms, in plain English.

What Stille is

Stille is a Big Five personality assessment with a written interpretation, built for self-reflection and self-development. Today that means a free short test covering one dimension of personality; the full assessment, coming soon, uses the IPIP-NEO-120 (Johnson, 2014), an open-source psychometric instrument, with norms drawn from the 26,607 Australian and New Zealand respondents within a published reference sample of 619,150.

What Stille is not

Stille is not a clinical assessment, a diagnosis, or a substitute for care from a registered mental health professional. What Stille describes — one dimension today, five dimensions and twenty-nine facets as the full assessment arrives — is descriptive, not prescriptive: tendencies, not destinies. Personality patterns are real but they shift across life stages, contexts, and effort.

If you are in distress, considering self-harm, or in crisis, please contact appropriate support rather than relying on a personality report:

• Aotearoa New Zealand: free call or text 1737 (Need to Talk? — any hour), Suicide Crisis Helpline 0508 828 865 (7am–midnight), or Lifeline 0800 543 354 / text 4357 (7am–midnight). The full list, with hours, is at stille.place/help.
• Outside New Zealand: findahelpline.com lists free local crisis lines for almost every country.

In an emergency, call 111 (NZ), 911 (US/Canada), 999 (UK), 000 (AU), or 112 (EU).

What you agree to

By taking the test, you confirm that:

• You are 18 years old or older.
• You’re answering honestly to the best of your ability.
• You understand the report describes broad tendencies, not fixed truths about who you are.
• You have read the Privacy Policy and agree to how your responses are handled.

What we agree to

• Do our best to compute your scores accurately, using a transparent published instrument and verifiable norms.
• Handle your data the way the Privacy Policy describes — nothing more, nothing weirder.
• Be honest about the limits of what a personality test can tell you, both in the report and in the methodology.
• Tell you (where we can) when something we change might affect your interpretation of past results.

Limits on liability

Stille is provided as-is, without warranty. Personality assessment is inherently approximate, and the report is descriptive rather than predictive. To the extent permitted by New Zealand law, Stille and the operator are not liable for decisions you (or anyone else) make based on the report. Use your own judgement; consult a qualified professional for decisions where stakes are high.

Nothing in these terms limits any rights you have under the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 or comparable consumer protection laws in your jurisdiction.

Jurisdiction

These terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand. If a dispute arises that we can’t resolve by talking to each other directly, the New Zealand courts have jurisdiction.

Changes to these terms

If we change these terms materially, we’ll bump the version number at the top of the page. Material changes affecting an active user (once accounts ship) will be notified via email before they take effect.

Contact

Email hello@stille.place for any question about these terms or about your data.