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“(f) Talent Node's Intellectual Property. Talent Node grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Site and Site Services. Talent Node and our licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to all intellectual property rights related in and to the Site and the Site Services.”
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Restricts users from assigning or transferring the Terms without Talent Node's prior written consent (subject to applicable law), while granting Talent Node the unrestricted right to freely assign or transfer the Terms, creating an asymmetric assignability regime.
Limits Talent Node's and its service providers' liability to the maximum extent permitted by law by excluding all incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages and capping total liability, thereby restricting the monetary remedies available to users arising out of use of the Site Services or these Terms.
Excuses both parties from liability for failure or delay in performance caused by force majeure events beyond their reasonable control, including natural disasters, government acts, infrastructure failures, and similar circumstances, limiting remedies in such situations.
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- Your outputs and prompts are explicitly yours — Braintrust's terms include affirmatively protective IP language.
- Data handling is conditional — 9 privacy or retention clauses warrant review before using Braintrust at scale.
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Defines 'Intellectual Property Right' comprehensively to include copyright, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, confidential information, and similar rights worldwide, establishing the scope of the IP rights regime applied in subsequent clauses.
" (c) Definition of Intellectual Property Right. "Intellectual Property Right" means all right, title and interest in and to copyright, rights in databases, patents, trademarks, service marks, design rights, logos, rights in goodwill, compil..."
Grants Client a fully-paid, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual license in Work Product to the extent a license (rather than assignment) is required, ensuring Client's use rights are preserved regardless of assignment validity.
" (f) License in Work Product. To the extent licensed rights are required, Freelancer grants or shall cause to be granted to Client a fully-paid, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive license in perpetuity."
Specifies document verification practices, defines Non-Identifying Information and usernames as a category, and explains that usernames are public—establishing the scope and treatment of non-personal data collected through the Service.
"We may request documents to verify this information, such as a copy of your government-issued identification or photo or a billing statement. Non-Identifying Information/Usernames: We also may collect other information, such as zip codes, ..."
This clause identifies the legitimate interest legal basis under which Freelance Labs processes Personal Information, creating an obligation to limit such processing to the enumerated commercial purposes (service provision, analytics, marketing, security) and to balance those interests against individual rights.
" We use your Personal Information for the purposes described above: For Our Legitimate Interests. In many cases, we handle Personal Information on the grounds that it furthers our legitimate interests in commercial activities, such as the ..."
Reserves Braintrust's right to block access from certain IP addresses and devices at its sole discretion to protect platform integrity, and defines 'Restricted Territory' as sanctioned or embargoed jurisdictions where use is prohibited.
" (a) Eligibility. We offer the Site for your business purposes only and not for personal, household, or consumer use. You may use the Site Services only if you: (i) are 18 years or older and capable of forming a binding contract with us; an..."
Restricts prohibited user conduct by requiring adherence to the Code of Conduct and Network Standards, with the consequence of removal or permanent ban from the network for violations.
" (d) Account Permissions. You agree not to request or allow another person to create an Account on your behalf, except that an authorized employee or agent may create an Account on behalf of your business. By granting other Users permission..."
Disclaims that the Site is appropriate or available outside the United States, places compliance risk on users accessing the Site from other jurisdictions, and restricts users from exporting or transferring software or services without required government authorizations, imposing regulatory compliance obligations on international users.
" (g) Access of the Site Outside the United States. Talent Node makes no representations that the Site is appropriate or available for use outside of the United States. Those who access or use the Site from other jurisdictions do so at their..."
Imposes an obligation on users to create and maintain compliance records documenting satisfaction of their obligations under the Terms (including payment, tax, and employment law compliance), and to provide copies to Talent Node upon request, placing the burden of recordkeeping and production squarely on the user.
" Users will each (a) create and maintain records to document satisfaction of their respective obligations under these Terms, including payment obligations and compliance with tax and employment laws, and (b) provide copies of such records t..."
Clause A states that users cannot opt out of administrative and service announcements, while Clause B implies that users can opt out of all communications, including administrative ones.
" You have certain choices regarding how we may communicate with you. Registered Freelance Labs Users may update their choices regarding the types of communications you receive from us through your online account. You also may opt-out of receiving marketing emails from us by following the opt-out instructions provided in those emails. Please note that we reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to your account or use of the Service (for example, administrative and service announcements) via email and other means and these transactional account messages may be unaffected if you opt-out from receiving marketing communications. You may opt-out of receiving text messages by replying "STOP" to any text message received. Registered Freelance Labs Users who access the Service by using an Freelance Labs mobile application may, with permission, receive push notifications. Similarly, registered Freelance Labs Users who access the Service by using certain desktop browsers may, with permission, receive push notifications. Notification preferences can be modified in the settings menu for the mobile application or the applicable browser. All Users may request access to or correction of any Personal Information we have about them or delete their account and/or request deletion of all Personal Information we have about them. In certain jurisdictions, Users may have certain rights with regard to their Personal Information. "
" To provide and improve the Service, complete your transactions, and address your inquiries, process your registration, verify the information you provide is valid, and for compliance and internal business purposes. To contact you with administrative communications and Freelance Labs newsletters, marketing or promotional materials (on behalf of Freelance Labs or third parties) and other information that may be of interest to you. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive such communications from us, please follow the instructions in the Your Choices and Rights section, below. To tailor content we display to you and offers we may present to you, both on the Service and elsewhere online. To administer and develop our business relationship with you and, if applicable, the corporation or other legal entity you represent. To assess your proposal to perform a freelance project for Freelance Labs and prepare related governmental and internal statistics reports. To enforce and comply with the law, including to conduct an investigation, to protect the property and rights of Freelance Labs or a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, illegal, fraudulent, unethical or legally actionable activity. We may also use Device Identifiers to identify Freelance Labs Users. For the purposes disclosed at the time you provide your information, with your consent, and as further described in this Privacy Policy. "
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"We may request documents to verify this information, such as a copy of your government-issued identification or photo or a billing statement. Non-Identifying Information/Usernames: We also may collect other information, such as zip codes, demographic data, information regarding your use of the Service, and general project-related data ("Non-Identifying Information"). We may aggregate information collected from Freelance Labs registered and non-registered users ("Freelance Labs Users"). We consider usernames to be Non-Identifying Information. Usernames are made public through the Service and are viewable by other Freelance Labs Users. In some cases, we may render Personal Information (generally, email address) into a form of Non-Identifying Information referred to in this Privacy Policy as "Hashed Information." This is typically accomplished using a mathematical process (commonly known as a hash function) to convert information into a code. The code does not identify you directly, but it may be used to connect your activity and interests. Combination of Personal and Non-Identifying Information: Certain Non-Identifying Information would be considered a part of your Personal Information if it were combined with other identifiers in a way that enables you to be identified (for example, combining information with your name). But the same pieces of information are considered Non-Identifying Information when they are taken alone or combined only with other non-identifying information (for example, your viewing preferences). "
Specifies document verification practices, defines Non-Identifying Information and usernames as a category, and explains that usernames are public—establishing the scope and treatment of non-personal data collected through the Service.
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" If you choose to post a work listing via the Service as a Client, the contents of such listing will be viewable publicly, unless you designate the listing as only viewable through the Service or as private using the settings available on the applicable website. Work listings include information such as budget, location, history of work listing(s) by the Client, the names of other Freelancers performing work for the Client, Client feedback and rating information and timing of project performance."
Specifies that work listings posted by Clients are publicly viewable by default unless privacy settings are applied, and enumerates the types of data visible in listings (budget, location, client history, freelancer names, feedback), establishing disclosure obligations for listing data.
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" We take a number of steps to protect your data, but no security is guaranteed. Freelance Labs takes commercially reasonable steps to help protect and secure the information it collects and stores about Freelance Labs Users. All access to the Site is encrypted using industry-standard transport layer security technology ("TLS"). When you enter sensitive information (such as tax identification number), we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology ("SSL"). We also use HTTP strict transport security to add an additional layer of protection for our Freelance Labs Users. But remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Thus, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, Freelance Labs cannot ensure and does not warrant the security of any information you transmit to us."
This clause establishes commercially reasonable security obligations including TLS encryption, SSL for sensitive data transmission, and HTTP strict transport security, while including a disclaimer that no security is guaranteed.
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" Like other online companies, we receive technical information when you use our Services. We use these technologies to analyze how people use our Services, to improve how our Site functions, to save your log-in information for future sessions, and to serve you with advertisements that may interest you. We and our third party service providers, including analytics and third party content providers, may automatically collect certain information from you whenever you access or interact with the Service. This information may include, among other information, the browser and operating system you are using, the URL or advertisement that referred you to the Service, the search terms you entered into a search engine that led you to the Service, areas within the Service that you visited, and other information commonly shared when browsers communicate with websites. We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve services we offer you, to improve marketing, analytics, and site functionality. The information we collect also includes the Internet Protocol ("IP") address or other unique device identifier ("Device Identifier") for any device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) used to access the Service. A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned or connected to the device you use to access the Service, and our servers identify your device by its Device Identifier. "
Describes automated technical data collection by Freelance Labs and third-party service providers (analytics, content providers), specifying the types of information collected and the purposes (analytics, site improvement, login persistence, advertising), establishing the scope of automated data processing obligations.
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"Some mobile service providers may also provide us or our third party service providers with information regarding the physical location of the device used to access the Service. Freelance Labs and its partners use cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users' movement around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. The technology used to collect information automatically from Freelance Labs Users may include the following: Cookies: Like many websites, we and our marketing partners, affiliates, analytics, and service providers use "cookies" to collect information. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. We use both persistent cookies that remain on your computer or similar device (such as to save your registration ID and login password for future logins to the Service and to track your compliance with the Freelance Labs Terms of Service) and session ID cookies, which expire at the end of your browser session (for example, to enable certain features of the Service, to better understand how Freelance Labs Users interact with the Service and to monitor aggregate usage by Freelance Labs Users and web traffic routing on the Service). You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, but if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functionality of the Service. "
Describes collection of physical location data from mobile providers and use of cookies and similar technologies by Freelance Labs and partners for analytics, tracking, and demographic profiling, establishing obligations and disclosures regarding location and behavioral data collection.
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"For further information on cookies and how they are used for the Service, please visit our Cookie Policy . Web Beacons: We and our marketing partners, affiliates, analytics, and service providers may also employ software technology known as "web beacons" and/or "tracking tags" to help us keep track of what content on our Service is effective and to serve relevant advertising to you. Web beacons are small graphics with a unique identifier that may be invisible to you, and which are used to track the online activity of Internet users. Web beacons are embedded in the web pages you review or email messages you receive. Web beacons or similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including, without limitation, to count visitors to our Service, to monitor how Freelance Labs Users navigate the Service, to count how many emails that were sent were actually opened, or to count how many particular articles or links were actually viewed. Embedded Scripts: We and our marketing partners, affiliates, analytics, and service providers may also employ software technology known as an Embedded Script. An Embedded Script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Service, such as the links you click on. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your computer or other device and is deactivated or deleted when you disconnect from the Service. In addition, we and our marketing partners, affiliates, analytics, and service providers may use a variety of other technologies (such as tags) that collect similar information for security and fraud detection purposes and we may use third parties to perform these services on our behalf."
Discloses use of web beacons and tracking tags by marketing partners, affiliates, analytics, and service providers for content effectiveness measurement and targeted advertising, establishing obligations regarding pixel-based tracking technologies.
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" Freelance Labs does not respond to, or alter its practice, when a Do-Not-Track signal is received."
States that Freelance Labs does not respond to or alter its data collection practices upon receipt of Do-Not-Track signals, disclaiming any obligation to honor such browser signals.
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" (h) Suspension or Termination. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site Services at any time in connection with any transaction as required by applicable law, any governmental authority, or if we determine you are violating these Terms."
Grants Braintrust a broad, unrestricted, and uncompensated right to use any Feedback submitted by users, effectively assigning or licensing feedback without restriction or consideration owed to the submitting user.
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" (e) Removal of User Content. You can remove your User Content by specifically deleting it. You should know that in certain instances, some of your User Content may not be completely removed and copies of your User Content may continue to exist on the Site Services."
Informs users that deleting User Content may not result in complete removal and that copies may persist on the Site Services, disclaiming any guarantee of full deletion and signaling ongoing retention of residual copies.
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" Third parties may also give us information about you. If we combine that information with information about you collected through the Service, we will still treat that combined information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. We also may receive information about you from third parties. For example, we may supplement the information we collect with outside records or third parties may provide information in connection with a co-marketing agreement or at your request (such as if you choose to sign in with a third-party service). If we combine the information we receive from others with information we collect through the Service, we will treat the combined information as described in this Privacy Policy."
States that information received from third parties is combined with user data and governed by this Privacy Policy, and describes sources such as co-marketing agreements and third-party sign-in services, establishing obligations for how third-party-sourced data is handled.
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" (d) Account Permissions. You agree not to request or allow another person to create an Account on your behalf, except that an authorized employee or agent may create an Account on behalf of your business. By granting other Users permissions under your Account, you represent and warrant that (i) the User is authorized to act on your behalf, (ii) you are responsible for the User's actions taken in accordance with those permissions, and (iii) you are fully responsible and liable for any action of any User under your Account."
Restricts prohibited user conduct by requiring adherence to the Code of Conduct and Network Standards, with the consequence of removal or permanent ban from the network for violations.
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" TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER TALENT NODE NOR ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUES, LOST SAVINGS, LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF DATA OR GOODWILL, SITE SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE SERVICES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL TALENT NODE'S TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS EXCEED THE AMOUNTS YOU HAVE PAID OR ARE PAYABLE BY YOU TO TALENT NODE FOR USE OF THE SITE SERVICES OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD ANY PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS TO TALENT NODE, AS APPLICABLE. THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN TALENT NODE AND YOU."
Limits Talent Node's and its service providers' liability to the maximum extent permitted by law by excluding all incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages and capping total liability, thereby restricting the monetary remedies available to users arising out of use of the Site Services or these Terms.
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" (e) Force Majeure. The parties will not be responsible for the failure to perform or any delay in performance of any obligation due to labor disturbances, accidents, fires, floods, telecommunications or Internet failures, denial of service attacks, strikes, wars, riots, rebellions, blockades, acts of government, or any other similar conditions beyond the reasonable control of such party."
Excuses both parties from liability for failure or delay in performance caused by force majeure events beyond their reasonable control, including natural disasters, government acts, infrastructure failures, and similar circumstances, limiting remedies in such situations.
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" (d) Assignability. Except where provided by applicable law in your jurisdiction, you may not assign or transfer these Terms without Talent Node's prior written consent. Talent Node may freely assign or transfer these Terms without restriction."
Restricts users from assigning or transferring the Terms without Talent Node's prior written consent (subject to applicable law), while granting Talent Node the unrestricted right to freely assign or transfer the Terms, creating an asymmetric assignability regime.
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" (d) Your Responsibility for User Content. You are solely responsible for all your User Content. You represent and warrant that you have (and will have) all rights that are necessary to grant us the license rights in your User Content under these Terms."
Places sole responsibility on the user for their User Content and imposes a representation and warranty obligation that the user holds all rights necessary to grant the license in segment 43, creating a contractual assurance of title.
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" When you use the Service, you may provide us with information about you. This may include your name and contact information, financial information to make or receive payment for services obtained through the Freelance Labs platform, or information to help us fill out tax forms. When you use the Service, we may also collect information related to your use of the Service and aggregate this with information about other users. This helps us improve our Services for you. You may also provide us with information about your contacts or friends if, for example, you'd like to add those contacts to a message room. Agencies may also provide us with information about Freelancers associated with the Agency. Personal Information: In the course of using the Service (whether as a Client or Freelancer), we may require or otherwise collect information that identifies you as a specific individual and can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Information"). Examples of Personal Information include your name, email address, company address, billing address, and phone number. Payment Information: If you use the Service to make or receive payments, we will also collect certain payment information, such as credit card, PayPal or other financial account information, and billing address. Identity Verification: We may collect Personal Information, such as your date of birth or taxpayer identification number, as may be required by law, such as to complete tax filings. "
Describes the types of personal information collected when users interact with the Service (name, contact, financial, tax information) and states that Freelance Labs aggregates and uses this information to improve services, establishing the controller's data-collection and processing obligations.
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" Freelance Labs uses Google Analytics as a web analytics tool to track user behavior on the Site. Google Analytics collects anonymized information in accordance with their Privacy Policy. However, if you do not want Google Analytics to track your use, you may opt-out by installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on."Permalink to this finding →
This clause identifies Google Analytics as a specific subprocessor used to track user behavior, describes the anonymized data it collects, and provides users with a mechanism (browser add-on) to opt out of such tracking.
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" Freelancers may create a profile, with certain or all information publicly available. Clients and Agencies may also create organization profiles. You may have the opportunity to create a profile, which consists of information about you, and may include Personal Information, photographs, examples of your work, information on work previously performed via the Service and outside the Service, skills, tests taken, test scores, hourly pay rates, feedback/rating information and other information, including your username ("Profile"). The information in your Profile may be visible to all Freelance Labs Users and the general public subject to the privacy choices you make within your Freelance Labs Profile. You may edit certain information in your Profile via your account and may choose to limit who is able to view certain content you post to your Profile. Clients and Agencies of associated individual users or companies may also have the opportunity to create an organization Profile. If, in any case, you believe that an unauthorized profile has been created about you, you can request for it to be removed by contacting us at legal@usebraintrust.com ."
Describes the public visibility of profile information for Freelancers, Clients, and Agencies, specifying the types of data included in profiles and their accessibility to other users and the public, establishing disclosure and visibility obligations for profile data.
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Common questions about Braintrust's policies
- Who owns the content you create with Braintrust?
- You own your outputs — based on 2 verified findings from Braintrust's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
Clause detail — protections, your obligations, and coverage
Every clause below is a verbatim quote from Braintrust's own published policy, read in full and linked to its exact location. Protections and user obligations are reported separately from risk because they are different kinds of clause — an obligation on you is not a risk to your data. Informational only, not legal advice.
✅ Protections found
13 verified clausesClauses in Braintrust's policies that work in your favour — commitments the platform made to you.
- Privacy & data use
“We will honor User requests to the extent we can reasonably do so and as required by law. Upon request Freelance Labs will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. You may access, correct, or request deletion of your…”
This clause grants users the right to access, correct, or request deletion of their Personal Information, and imposes a 30-day response obligation on Freelance Labs for access requests, subject to legal requirements.
📍 § 6 (Your Choices and Rights)Jump to exact text → - Subprocessors & data sharingsale/sharing of personal data
“We allow you to choose whether we share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes. Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83, California residents who provide us with personal information in obtaining products or se…”
This heading introduces the section on compliance with COPPA and GDPR as they relate to children, defining the scope of age-related data collection restrictions and parental notification obligations discussed in the segm…
📍 § 11 (California Residents – Your California Privacy Rights)Jump to exact text → - Privacy & data usesale/sharing of personal data
“You have certain choices regarding how we may communicate with you. Registered Freelance Labs Users may update their choices regarding the types of communications you receive from us through your online account. You also may opt-out of receiving marketing ema…”
This clause grants users the right to update communication preferences and opt out of marketing emails, while also reserving Freelance Labs' right to send transactional and administrative messages regardless of opt-out c…
📍 § 6 (Your Choices and Rights)Jump to exact text → - Privacy & data usechildren's data
“Only persons age 18 or older are authorized to create an account. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child (a) under the age of 16 in applicable EU Member Coun…”
This clause permits Freelance Labs to update the Privacy Policy at any time with changes effective upon posting, but imposes an obligation to provide advance notice of material changes via the Services or email, and rest…
📍 § 12Jump to exact text → - Output ownership
“(e) Assignment of Work Product. All inventions, discoveries, trade secrets, designs and improvements thereto, including but not limited to photographs, video, reports, designs, computer programs, systems designs, work notes, program plans, specifications, proj…”
Assigns all Work Product created by Freelancer for Client—including inventions, code, designs, and authored works—as the sole and exclusive property of Client, with Freelancer assigning all rights, title, and interest in…
📍 § 15 (Default Terms Between Client and Freelancer)Jump to exact text → - Governing law & disputesarbitration & class-action waiver
“(d) Arbitration Costs. Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA Rules. If we prevail in arbitration we'll pay all of our attorneys' fees and costs and won't seek to recover them from you. If you prevail in arbitrati…”
Allocates arbitration costs by reference to AAA Rules and establishes fee-shifting provisions: Talent Node will not seek to recover attorneys' fees if it prevails, but the user is entitled to attorneys' fees to the exten…
📍 § 28 (Disputes Between You and Talent Node)Jump to exact text →
+ 7 more verified clauses of this kind on this platform, cited in full in the report.
📋 Rules you must follow
11 verified clausesWhat Braintrust requires of YOU. These are your obligations, not risks to your data or IP, so they are cited here and excluded from this platform's risk rating.
- Moderation & enforcementconduct restrictions
“You agree not to do any of the following: Post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any User Content that: (i) infringes intellectual property rights; (ii) violates any applicable law or regulation; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive; (iv) is…”
Enumerates specific prohibited conduct categories—including IP infringement, illegal activity, fraud, defamation, discriminatory content, violence, and unauthorized framing or access—restricting how users may interact wi…
📍 § 10 (Prohibited Uses of the Site)Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcementconduct restrictions
“(b) Talent Non-Circumvention. In consideration of the significant time, effort and investment expended in enrolling Talent in the Braintrust talent network and finding Clients for Talent, Talent agrees that during the period over which it provides any Freelanc…”
Prohibits Talent from entering into employment or consulting relationships with Clients discovered through Braintrust during the service period and for twelve months after completion without first providing written notic…
📍 § 17 (Non-Circumvention)Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcementconduct restrictions
“(a) Client Non-Circumvention. During the period in which Client uses the Site Services and for twelve (12) months thereafter, Client will not, directly or indirectly, encourage or solicit to hire, or otherwise hire or engage for performance of services any Tal…”
Prohibits Clients from directly or indirectly hiring, soliciting, or engaging Talent discovered through Braintrust during use of the platform and for twelve months thereafter, and from referring such Talent to related en…
📍 § 17 (Non-Circumvention)Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcement
“(g) Access of the Site Outside the United States. Talent Node makes no representations that the Site is appropriate or available for use outside of the United States. Those who access or use the Site from other jurisdictions do so at their own risk and are ent…”
Disclaims that the Site is appropriate or available outside the United States, places compliance risk on users accessing the Site from other jurisdictions, and restricts users from exporting or transferring software or s…
📍 § 29 (General)Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcementconduct restrictions
“In order to access or use the Site or Site Services, you must and hereby represent that you are not: (i) a citizen or resident of a geographic area in which access to the Site is prohibited by applicable law; (ii) a citizen or resident of, or located in, a Res…”
Requires users to represent and warrant that they are not residents of restricted territories, are not on U.S. government denied persons, blocked persons, or debarred parties lists, and are not otherwise prohibited from…
📍 § 29 (General)Jump to exact text →
+ 6 more verified clauses of this kind on this platform, cited in full in the report.
What the policies actually cover
12 topics- Product telemetry & usage tracking2 clauses
- Advertising & tracking5 clauses
- Sale or sharing of personal data2 protective2 clauses
- Sensitive data (biometric, location, health)2 clauses
- Children's data1 protective1 clause
- Government & law-enforcement disclosure1 clause
- Arbitration & class-action waiver2 protective5 clauses
- Damages & liability cap2 clauses
- Indemnity direction4 clauses
- Deletion rights & post-termination survival2 clauses
- Feedback ownership1 clause
- Conduct restrictions4 obligations4 clauses
54 further verified clauses are cited on this page but not yet assigned a topic.
Cross-clause notes
The Terms of Service, § 9 (User Content) describes rights the platform takes in user content, and the Privacy Policy, § 4 (Information Sharing and Disclosure) describes disclosure of data to third parties or subprocessors. Both clauses are in force at the same time — read them together.
Automated cross-reference against the published rubric — not legal advice.
Clause intelligence
Canonical clauses and stance patterns extracted from the same gate-verified citations shown on this page.
The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.
“(c) Conducting Arbitration and Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect. Any arbitration hearings will take place in the county (or parish) where you live, unless we both agree to a different location.”Open source citation
The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.
“WE DO NOT MAKE EXCEPTIONS. THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE A RESTRICTED PERSON, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THE SITE SERVICES. USE OF A VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK ("VPN") OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR MEANS INTENDED TO CIRCUMVENT THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH HEREIN IS PROHIBITED. IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING ARBITRATION FOR U.S. CUSTOMERS: WHEN YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS YOU ARE AGREEING (WITH LIMITED EXCEPTION) TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN YOU ...”Open source citation
The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.
“These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act, federal arbitration law, and the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 28, the exclusive jurisdiction for all Disputes that you and Talent Node are not required to arbitrate will be the state and federal courts located in the...”Open source citation
The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.
“(a) Mandatory Arbitration of Disputes. We each agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the Site Services (collectively, "Disputes") will be resolved solely by binding, individual arbitration and not in a class, representative or consolidated action or proceeding. You and Talent N...”Open source citation
The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.
“(d) Arbitration Costs. Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA Rules. If we prevail in arbitration we'll pay all of our attorneys' fees and costs and won't seek to recover them from you. If you prevail in arbitration you will be entitled to an award of attorneys' fees and expenses to the extent provided under applicable law.”Open source citation
Tier matrix
Plan-level conditions detected from citation-backed clauses. Empty tiers mean AIRIN has not captured decisive tier language yet.
| Tier | Surface | Verdict | Risk | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All applicable tiers | data retention | worsens | HIGH | 3 |
| All applicable tiers | governing law disputes | conditional | MEDIUM | 6 |
| All applicable tiers | indemnity liability | conditional | MEDIUM | 2 |
| All applicable tiers | moderation enforcement | worsens | HIGH | 1 |
| All applicable tiers | output ownership | worsens | HIGH | 2 |
| All applicable tiers | privacy data use | worsens | HIGH | 11 |
| All applicable tiers | subprocessors data sharing | conditional | MEDIUM | 4 |
| Government | privacy data use | worsens | HIGH | 2 |
| Government | subprocessors data sharing | worsens | HIGH | 2 |
| Standard | audit rights dpa residency | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
| Standard | privacy data use | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
| Team / Business | subprocessors data sharing | worsens | HIGH | 1 |
Policy evolution
Open full timelineBefore/after stance changes across captured policy versions. When no material delta exists yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.
data sharing improved from high/sale or sell to medium/third party or vendor sharing.
“Legal and Investigative Purposes: Freelance Labs will share information with government agencies as required by law in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements and, including without limitation, in connection with reporting earnings. We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We will disclose information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (including but not limited to subpoenas), or, at the request of governmental authorities or other third parties conducting an investigation where we determine in our sole discretion the disclosure is necessary to (a) protect the property and rights of Freelance Labs or a third party, (b) protect the safety of the public or any person, or (c) prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or pose a risk of being, illegal, fraudulent, unethical or legally actionable activity. Internal and Business Transfers: Freelance Labs may share information, including Personal Information, with its parent company Freelance Labs Inc., and any current or future subsidiaries or affiliates, primarily for business and operational purposes. We may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of our assets, including your Personal Information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets (including, in each case, as part of the due-diligence process with any potential acquiring entity) or in the event of bankruptcy.”Before citation
“(i) Confidentiality Obligations. Both parties agree to hold Confidential Information in strict confidence, not to disclose it to third parties or to use it other than as permitted under these Terms. The obligations shall remain in effect during the term of the Agreement and for two (2) years thereafter, but such obligation will not expire for trade secrets under applicable law.”After citation
Latest stance: sublicensable or transferable on output ownership
“(f) Talent Node's Intellectual Property. Talent Node grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Site and Site Services. Talent Node and our licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to all intellectual property rights related in and to the Site and the Site Services.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: broad license on output ownership
“(f) Talent Node's Intellectual Property. Talent Node grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Site and Site Services. Talent Node and our licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to all intellectual property rights related in and to the Site and the Site Services.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights on privacy data use
“(b) Compliance. In order to protect the integrity of the Site Services, we reserve the right, at any time, in our sole discretion, to block access to the Site Services from certain IP addresses and unique device identifiers. For the purposes of the Terms, "Restricted Territory" means Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic regions of Ukraine or any other country to which the United States embargoes goods or imposes similar sanctions.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights on subprocessors data sharing
“(b) Creating a Profile. To register for an Account to join the Site, you must complete a User profile ("Profile"), which you consent to be shown to other Users and, unless you change your privacy settings, to the public. You authorize Talent Node, directly or through third parties, to make any inquiries necessary to validate your identity and your location, and confirm your ownership of your email address or financial accounts, subject to applicable law. You agree to provide true, accurate, and complete information on your Profile and all registration and other forms you access on the Site or provide to us and to update your information to maintain its truthfulness, accuracy, and completeness. You agree not to provide any false or misleading information, including information about your identity or location, your business, your skills, or the services your business provides and to correct any such information that is or becomes false or misleading. We reserve the right to revoke the privileges of the Account or access to or use of the Site or Site Services, and those of any and all linked Accounts without warning if, in our sole discretion, false or misleading information has been provided in creating, marketing or maintaining your Profile or Account.”Open timeline citation
Capture recency
- Privacy Policy:Last captured 2026-06-08· verified 2026-06-08verified once — no re-scan in 96 days
- Terms of Service:Last captured 2026-06-08· verified 2026-06-08verified once — no re-scan in 96 days
Dates state when our pipeline captured and verified each document — not when the vendor last changed it. Documents are re-scanned on a recurring cadence; a document verified once says so until a re-scan confirms it again.
↑ 5 more findings this quarter vs last (109 vs 104). First scan: June 2026.
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