Terms of Service
Last updated 20th, Feb 2023
Introduction
These Fullgap Terms of Service (the “Terms of Service” or “Terms”) govern access to and use of the Fullgap, Inc. (“Fullgap,” “we,” or “us”) website, applications, application plug-ins, and other services provided by us (collectively, the “Service”). Website visitors are referred to in these terms as “Site Visitors” and individuals or entities who use the Service or create an account (“Account”) and their Authorized Users are collectively referred to as “Customers”. Customers and Site Visitors may be referred to in these Terms as “you” and “your” as applicable.
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These Fullgap Terms of Service (the “Terms of Service” or “Terms”) govern access to and use of the Fullgap, Inc. (“Fullgap,” “we,” or “us”) website, applications, application plug-ins, and other services provided by us (collectively, the “Service”). Website visitors are referred to in these terms as “Site Visitors” and individuals or entities who use the Service or create an account (“Account”) and their Authorized Users are collectively referred to as “Customers”. Customers and Site Visitors may be referred to in these Terms as “you” and “your” as applicable.
Acceptance of Terms
By using the Service, you as a Site Visitor or Customer accept and agree to follow and be bound by these Terms (whether on behalf of yourself or a legal entity you represent). You also agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, as well as all rules or restrictions that are posted on the Service. If you do not agree to these Terms, you are not authorized and must cease using the service immediately.
About Fullgap
Fullgap is software as a service that provides a unified workspace for creatives and provides a digital platform that allow its customers to create, collaborate on, negotiate, and execute contracts, and turn agreements into operational business intelligence. Our simplified messaging brings all your chats together IG, WhatsApp, Facebook, website and email into one place, so you can easily view and reply on the go. Now you can chat with your clients from everywhere all in one place.
You understand and agree that Fullgap is not a law firm or an attorney, may not perform services performed by an attorney, and is not the substitute for the advice or services of an attorney. Any information contained on the Service is not legal advice and is not guaranteed to be correct, complete or up-to-date. If you need legal advice for your specific problem, you should consult a licensed attorney in your area.
Eligibility
You agree that by using the Service you are at least 18 years of age and you are legally able to enter into a contract.
If you are agreeing to these Terms on behalf of an organization or entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to agree to these Terms on that organization or entity’s behalf and bind them to these Terms (in which case, the references to "you" and "your" in these Terms, except for in this sentence, refer to that organization or entity).
If Fullgap has previously prohibited you from accessing the Service, you are not permitted to access or use the Service.
Fullgap Account
When you create an Account to use or access certain portions of the Service, you must provide complete and accurate information as requested on the registration form, and you must maintain and update such information to keep it complete and accurate. You will also be asked to provide a username and password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are responsible for all activities (whether by you or by others) that occur under your password or Account. You may not use a third party’s Account, user name or password at any time, and you will not allow anyone other than Authorized Users to access or use the Service from your Account.
You agree to notify Fullgap immediately of any unauthorized use of your account, user name or password. Fullgap shall not be liable for any losses you incur as a result of someone else’s use of your account or password, either with or without your knowledge. You may be held liable for any losses incurred by Fullgap, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents and representatives due to someone else’s use of your account or password.
You will promptly notify Fullgap of any suspected violation of these Terms by an Authorized User and will cooperate with Fullgap to address the suspected violation. Fullgap may suspend or terminate any Authorized User’s access to the Service upon notice to you in the event that Fullgap reasonably determines that such Authorized User violated these Terms.
ONBOARDING
To access our Services, you will be required to sign up by entering your email address and creating a password. You will also populate a KYC form and identify yourself via an authentication/authorization system.
Fullgap Service Offerings
PROJECT AND TASK MANAGEMENT
- With our project management dashboard, our users are able to manage their tasks, timelines, and deliverables easily. We share regular notifications and updates which serve as reminders that ensure our users never miss anything or fall short of their client’s expectations. To manage your projects and tasks, you will have access to the following features:.
- i. Project Setup: This feature helps you with project summary, client info, price, among others
- ii. Project Notes: This feature allows you to store and share information.
- iii. Chat Feature: You are able to maintain correspondence with clients as well as your team members by using this tool.
- iv. Time Tracker: With this feature, you can manage your time against assigned project timelines.
- v. Integration to Go-To Applications: Creatives are able to connect with everyday Apps while using Fullgap. Apps such as DocuSign, Google Drive, WhatsApp, Instagram, Calendly, Google Meet, Twilio, Dojah, Google SSO, etc. are at our users’ beck and call.
- vi. Invoice and Payment Tracker: As a creative, Fullgap allows you to track payments unsettled by your clients
ACCESS AUTOMATED CONTRACTS
- We provide our users with standardized and editable contract templates which can be easily updated to fit simple contracts between our users and their clients. This way you can get your deals signed 10 times faster. We work with world-class lawyers to create these templates so you have nothing to worry about. With Fullgap, you no longer have to be worried about things going out of control.
- Essentially, with this feature, you have access to:
- Contract development
- ii. Assignment of contracts to projects,
- and iii. Contract sharing
MANAGE YOUR BOOKS AND INVOICING SYSTEM
- With our Intelligent invoicing and payment feature, users can easily track how their clients pay issued invoices. This way, you are able to keep yourself updated of your earnings. You can:
- i. Create an invoice (inclusive of amount, discount & VAT),
- ii. Append invoice to a project,
- iii. View the list of invoices and the details,
- iv. View invoice payment status,
- v. Share an updated invoice, etc
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
- With our client relationship management feature, creatives are able to take a record of their clients (add the name, email, address, company name, and phone number). You can:
- i. View a list of your clients and their details,
- ii. View reviews/ratings submitted by your clients,
- iii. View client status (i.e., if your client has an active project),
- iv. Suspend/delete clients, and
- v. Schedule meetings with clients, among others
CLIENT NAVIGATION
- Clients of creatives on Fullgap will only be able to access the project via the project's link. They will be able to:
- i. View your contact details,
- ii. View project details and project status,
- iii. View project deliverables & milestones status and timeline,
- iv. View project deliverables status,
- v. View project notes,
- vi. Chat with you and comment on projects,
- vii. View the project contract,
- viii. View project invoice & execute payment (pay online or via transfer),
- ix. Rate you
PAID SUBSCRIPTION
Although registering to use our Web App and Mobile App are free, when you choose to take advantage of our paid subscription services, payment of the amount shown to you at the time of subscription will be charged to your account when the subscription begins. Payments are nonrefundable and there are no refunds or credits for partially used subscription periods
Intellectual Property Rights
The Service is owned and operated by Fullgap, Inc., and contains materials that are proprietary and are protected by copyright laws, international treaty provisions, trademarks, service marks, and other intellectual property laws and treaties. Except as otherwise expressly provided by Fullgap, none of the Service may be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, uploaded, posted, displayed, transmitted or distributed in any way and nothing on the Service shall be construed to confer any license under any of Fullgap’s intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. Any rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved by Fullgap.
The Service is also protected as a collective work or compilation under copyright and other laws
The Service is also protected as a collective work or compilation under copyright and other laws
and treaties. You agree to abide by all applicable copyright and other laws, as well as any additional copyright notices or restrictions contained on the Service. You acknowledge that the Service contains original works that have been developed, compiled, prepared, revised, selected, and arranged by Fullgap and others through the application of methods and standards of judgment developed and applied through the expenditure of substantial time, effort, and money and which constitute the valuable intellectual property of Fullgap and such others.
All present and future rights in and to trade secrets, patents, designs, copyrights, trademarks, database rights, service marks, know-how, and other intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any type, documentation, any improvements, design contributions, or derivative works thereto, and any knowledge or process related thereto, including rights in and to all applications and registrations relating to the Service, shall, as between you and Fullgap, at all times be and remain the sole and exclusive property of Fullgap.
The trademarks, logos, taglines, and service marks displayed on the Service (collectively, the “Trademarks”) are registered and unregistered Trademarks of Fullgap and others. The Trademarks may not be used without Fullgap’s prior express written permission. Fullgap acknowledges the Trademarks of other organizations for their respective products or services mentioned on the Service. Other than as provided in these Terms, your use of the Trademarks, or any other Fullgap content, is strictly prohibited.
Any software available for downloading through the Service or third-party websites or applications (the “Software”) is the copyrighted work of Fullgap and third-party providers. Use of the Software is governed by these Terms. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of the Software is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in civil and criminal penalties. Violators may be prosecuted.
Upon your acceptance of these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive non-sublicensable, and non-assignable license to access and use the Service for your internal purposes and only as expressly permitted in these Terms. You shall not use or permit use of the Service for any illegal purpose or in any manner inconsistent with the provisions of these Terms. If you are or become a direct competitor of Fullgap, you may not access or use the Service without Fullgap’s explicit, advance, written consent, and then only for the purposes authorized in writing. Except as otherwise restricted by these Terms, Fullgap grants you permission on a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited basis to display, copy, and download content and materials on the Service provided that you:
- retain all copyright and other proprietary notices on the content and materials;
- use them solely for internal use or in accordance with any applicable Fullgap Terms; and
- do not modify them in any way. Any violation by you of the license provisions contained in this Section 7 may result in the immediate termination of your right to use the Service, as well as potential liability for copyright infringement or other claims depending on the circumstances.
Copyright
Fullgap respects copyright law and expects its Site Visitors and Customers to do the same. If you believe that any content or material on the Service infringes copyrights you own, please notify us by contacting [email protected]
USER-GENERATED CONTENT
User Generated Content ("UGC") indicates the content added by users as opposed to content created by the site. All content uploaded to Fullgap by our users (you and Freelancers) is User Generated Content.
Fullgap does not supervise or accredit user uploaded/created content for appropriateness, violations of copyright, trademarks, other rights or violations and the user uploading/creating such content shall be solely responsible for it and the consequences of using, disclosing, storing, or transmitting it. By uploading to, or creating content on, the Fullgap platform, you represent and warrant that you own or have obtained all rights, licenses, consents, permissions, power and/or authority, necessary to use and/or upload such content and that such content or the use thereof in the Site does not and shall not
(a) infringe or violate any intellectual property, proprietary or privacy, data protection or publicity rights of any third party;
b) violate any applicable local, state, federal and international laws, regulations and conventions; and/or
(c) violate any of your or third party’s policies and/or terms of use. We invite everyone to report violations together with proof of ownership as appropriate. Reported violating content may be removed or disabled. Furthermore, Fullgap is not responsible for the content, quality or the level of service provided by the Freelancers (even if they are Pro-freelancers, Top Rated freelancers, offer Promoted gigs, or otherwise). We provide no warranty with respect to the gigs, their delivery, any communications between you and Freelancers.
By offering a service, the Freelancer undertakes that he/she has sufficient qualification, permissions, rights and/or licenses, where applicable, to provide, sell or resell the service that is offered on Fullgap.
User Comments, Feedback and Other Submissions
If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions or without a request from us you send creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, “Comments”), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate, and otherwise use in any medium any Comments that you forward to us. We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any Comments; or (3) to respond to any Comments.
We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms.
If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions or without a request from us you send creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, “Comments”), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate, and otherwise use in any medium any Comments that you forward to us. We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any Comments; or (3) to respond to any Comments.
Use Restrictions
By using the Service, you specifically agree not to engage in any activity or transmit any information that, in our sole discretion:
Is illegal, or violates any federal, state, or local law or regulation;
Violates any third-party right, including, but not limited to, right of privacy, right of publicity, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights;
Is harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, indecent, defamatory, sexually
explicit or pornographic, discriminatory, vulgar, profane, obscene, libelous, hate speech, violent or inciting violence, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable;
Interferes with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Service; Attempts to impersonate another person or entity;
Is commercial in a way that violates these Terms, including but not limited to, using the
Service for spam, surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, or other advertising materials;
Falsely states, misrepresents, or conceals your affiliation with another person or entity;
Accesses or uses the Account of another Customer or Paid Customer without permission;
Distributes computer viruses or other code, files, or programs that interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or electronic communications equipment;
Interferes with, disrupts, disables, overburdens, or destroys the functionality or use of any features of the Service, or the servers or networks connected to the Service, or any of the Service;
Improperly solicits personal or sensitive information from other Customers, Paid Customers or Site Visitors including without limitation address, credit card or financial account information, or passwords;
Decompiles, reverse engineers, disassembles, or otherwise attempts to derive source code from the Service, except as expressly permitted in these Terms or by law, unless and then only to the extent permitted by applicable law without consent;
Removes, circumvents, disables, damages, or otherwise interferes with security-related features, or features that enforce limitations on use of the Service;
Uses automated or manual means to violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers on the Service, if any, or bypasses or circumvents other measures employed to prevent or limit access, for example by engaging in practices such as “screen scraping,” “database scraping,” or any other activity with the purpose of obtaining lists of users or other information;
Modifies, copies, scrapes or crawls, displays, distributes, publishes, licenses, sells, rents, leases, lends, transfers, or otherwise commercializes any materials or content on the Service;
Privacy Uses the Service for benchmarking, or to compile information for a product or service;
Downloads (other than through page caching necessary for personal use, or as otherwise expressly permitted by these Terms), distributes, posts, transmits, performs, reproduces, broadcasts, duplicates, uploads, licenses, creates derivative works from, or offers for sale any content or other information contained on or obtained from or through the Service, by any means except as provided for in these Terms or with the prior written consent of Fullgap; or
When you create an Account to use or access certain portions of the Service, you must provide complete and accurate information as requested on the registration form, and you must maintain and update such information to keep it complete and accurate. You will also be asked to provide a username and password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are responsible for all activities (whether by you or by others) that occur under your password or Account. You may not use a third party’s Account, user name or password at any time, and you will not allow anyone other than Authorized Users to access or use the Service from your Account.
Attempts to do any of the foregoing.
In addition, you shall not, and shall not permit others to, do the following with respect to the Service:
Use the Service or allow access to it in a manner that circumvents contractual usage restrictions or that exceeds authorized use or usage metrics set forth in these Terms or any applicable Enterprise Terms;
License, sub-license, sell, re-sell, rent, lease, transfer, distribute or time share or otherwise make any portion of the Service available for access by third parties except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms;
Access or use the Service for the purpose of: (i) developing or operating products or services intended to be offered to third parties in competition with the Fullgap or (ii) allowing access to your Account by a direct competitor of Fullgap; or
Frame the Service, place pop-up windows over its pages, or otherwise affect the display of its pages.
You acknowledge that we have no obligation to monitor your – or anyone else’s – access to or use of the Service for violations of these Terms, or to review or edit any content.
However, we have the right to do so for the purpose of operating and improving the Service (including without limitation for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation and customer support purposes, analytics, and advertising), to ensure your compliance with these Terms and to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, consent decree, administrative agency or other governmental body.
You acknowledge that, except as described in these Terms or applicable Enterprise Terms, the information you provide to us or that we collect will be used and protected as described in the Fullgap Privacy Policy.
You acknowledge and agree that we may access, preserve, or share any of your information when we believe in good faith that such sharing is reasonably necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities or to comply with legal process (e.g. a subpoena or other legal process). We may also share your information in situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of the Fullgap Privacy Policy or our user agreements or terms; or to respond to the claims of violation of the rights of third parties and/or to protect the rights, property and safety of Fullgap, our employees, users, or the public. This may involve the sharing of your information with law enforcement, government agencies, courts, and/or other organizations.
You acknowledge and agree that we may access, preserve, or share any of your information when we believe in good faith that such sharing is reasonably necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities or to comply with legal process (e.g. a subpoena or other legal process). We may also share your information in situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of the Fullgap Privacy Policy or our user agreements or terms; or to respond to the claims of violation of the rights of third parties and/or to protect the rights, property and safety of Fullgap, our employees, users, or the public. This may involve the sharing of your information with law enforcement, government agencies, courts, and/or other organizations.
Customer Data
You are responsible for the data and information that you or your Authorized Users input or upload into the Service (“Customer Data”). You are further responsible for obtaining any necessary right and licenses for use of the Customer Data by your and Fullgap as contemplated in these Terms. You agree that you have the legal right and authority to access, use and disclose to Fullgap any Customer Data. You authorize Fullgap to access, process, and use the Customer Data as necessary to perform and fulfill its obligations hereunder, including to provide the Service to you. You and your Authorized Users acknowledge that Fullgap may process Customer Data in accordance with the Fullgap Privacy Policy
Customer Warranties
You hereby represent and warrant to Fullgap that: (a) you have all requisite rights and authority to use the Service under these Terms and to grant all applicable rights herein; (b) you are responsible for all use of the Service associated with its Account; (c) you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of its Account names and password(s); (d) you agree to immediately notify Fullgap of any unauthorized use of your Account of which you becomes aware; (e) you agree that Fullgap will not be liable for any losses incurred as a result of a third party's use of your Account, regardless of whether such use is with or without your knowledge and consent; (f) you will use the Service for lawful purposes only and subject to these Terms; (g) any information you submit to Fullgap is true, accurate, and correct; and (h) you will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the System or the Service, other Accounts, computer systems, or networks under the control or responsibility of Fullgap through hacking, cracking, password mining, or any other unauthorized means.
Fees
We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any part or content thereof) without notice. We shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
Modification of the Service
We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any part or content thereof) without notice. We shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
Transaction Charges
As a freelancer, you’ll pay a certain transaction fee on the earnings you make on Fullgap. This fee is charged on all your contracts with a client — whether hourly, fixed-price, or a Project Catalog project.
Term and Termination
These Terms are effective unless and until terminated by either you or us. You may terminate your use of the Service at any time by ceasing further use of the Service. Fullgap is also free to terminate (or suspend access to) your use of the Service or your account, for any reason in our discretion, including your breach of these Terms. We have the sole right to decide whether you are in violation of any of the restrictions set forth in these Terms.
If these Terms expire or are terminated for any reason:
(a) any and all of your liabilities to Fullgap that have accrued before the effective date of the expiration or termination will survive;
(b) licenses and use rights granted to you with respect to the Service and intellectual property will immediately terminate;
(c) Fullgap’s obligation to provide any further services to you under these Terms will immediately terminate, except any such services that are expressly to be provided following expiration or termination of these Terms. Any other provisions that, by their nature, should survive termination of these Terms shall survive termination. By way of example, all of the following will survive termination: any obligation you have to pay us or indemnify us, any limitations on our liability, and any terms regarding ownership or intellectual property rights.
Third Party Content
We may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other third-party websites, services, or resources that are beyond our control. We make no representations or endorsements as to the quality, suitability, functionality, or legality of any third-party content to which links may be provided, and you hereby waive any claim you might have against us with respect to such services.
FULLGAP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT ON THE INTERNET OR WEB PAGES THAT ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE SERVICE OR POSTS OF USER CONTENT. Your correspondence or
business dealings with, or participation in promotions of third parties found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third party or partner. You agree that we are not responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such partners or links to third-party websites or resources on the Service.
Warranties and Disclaimers
THIS DISCLAIMER SECTION IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THESE TERMS.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE USING THE SERVICE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST
When you create an Account to use or access certain portions of the Service, you must provide complete and accurate information as requested on the registration form, and you must maintain and update such information to keep it complete and accurate. You will also be asked to provide a username and password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are responsible for all activities (whether by you or by others) that occur under your password or Account. You may not use a third party’s Account, user name or password at any time, and you will not allow anyone other than Authorized Users to access or use the Service from your Account.
FULLGAP DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, IS FREE OF MALICIOUS CODE OR THAT IT IS FREE OF ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, OR LOSS OR SECURITY BREACH OF TRANSMITTED INFORMATION, OR THAT NO VIRUSES WILL BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICE.
YOU ARE ADVISED TO SAFEGUARD YOUR DATA, TO USE CAUTION AND NOT TO RELY IN ANY WAY ON THE CORRECT FUNCTIONING OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE AND/OR ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
Indemnification
You will defend, indemnify, and hold us, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, suppliers, consultants, and agents harmless from any and all third-party claims, liability, damages, and costs (including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees) arising from or related to, as applicable: (a) your access to and use of the Service; (b) violation of these Terms by you or your authorized Account user(s), as applicable; (c) infringement of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity by you; (d) the nature and content of all Customer or Paid Customer data processed by the Service; or (e) any products or services purchased or obtained by you in connection with the Service.
Fullgap retains the exclusive right to settle, compromise, and pay, without your prior consent, any and all claims or causes of action that are brought against us. We reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any matter in which we are named as a defendant and/or for which you have indemnity obligations without our prior written consent. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which provides: A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, and that if known by him or her would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.
f you are not a California resident, you waive your rights under any statute or common law principle similar to Section 1542 that governs your rights in the jurisdiction of your residence.
Limitations of Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FULLGAP, ITS AFFILIATES, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AND ITS THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS OF DATA OR INFORMATION), HOWEVER IT ARISES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND ALL RELATED COSTS AND EXPENSES OF LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION, OR AT TRIAL OR ON APPEAL, IF ANY, WHETHER OR NOT LITIGATION OR ARBITRATION IS INSTITUTED), REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF CLAIM OR THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY CLAIM FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY VIOLATION BY YOU OF ANY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS, STATUTES, RULES, OR REGULATIONS, EVEN IF FULLGAP HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT FULLGAP IS LIABLE TO YOU EXCEED THE GREATER OF (I) $100.00 OR (II) THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO FULLGAP IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT ON WHICH YOUR CLAIM IS BASED. THE FOREGOING CAP ON LIABILITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY OF FULLGAP FOR (1) DEATH, TANGIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY FULLGAP’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR FOR (2) ANY INJURY CAUSED BY FULLGAP’S FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION.
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE PRIOR LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMERS FORM AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES, AND FULLGAP WOULD NOT ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS, EXCLUSIONS, AND DISCLAIMERS.
Relationship of the Parties
At all times, you and Fullgap are independent contractors, and are not the agents or representatives of the other. These Terms are not intended to create a joint venture, partnership, or franchise relationship between the parties. Non-parties do not benefit from and cannot enforce these Terms. There are no third-party beneficiaries to these Terms. You must not represent to anyone that you are an agent of Fullgap or are otherwise authorized to bind or commit Fullgap in any way without Fullgap’s prior written authorization.
General
At minimum, we will retain your information for as long as needed to provide you services, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Fullgap may maintain some or all of this data in its archives even after it has been removed from the Site.
We will only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Unless you request that we delete certain information we retain government-issued identification documents you submit to verify your identity for 30 days, selfies you submit to verify your identity for 180 days, a copy of the headshot image from your identity document for 3 years, and other information we collect for longer. Your information may persist in copies made for ongoing fraud prevention, backup, and business continuity purposes for additional time.
Electronic Communications.
You agree to receive all communications, agreements, and notices that we provide in connection with the Service (“Communications”), including, but not limited to, Communications related to our delivery of the Service via electronic means, including by e-mail, text, in-product notifications, or by posting them on the Service. You agree that all Communications we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such Communications be in writing or be delivered in a particular manner and you agree to keep your Account contact information current.
Assignability.
You may not assign your rights or obligations, or delegate your responsibilities hereunder without Fullgap’s prior written consent. If consent is given, these Terms will bind your successors and assigns. Any attempt by you to transfer your rights, duties, or obligations under these Terms except as expressly provided in these Terms is void. Fullgap may, at any time, freely assign its rights, duties, and obligations hereunder without notice to you.
Force Majeure.
Neither party will be liable hereunder by reason of any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder (except for the payment of money owed) on account of events beyond the reasonable control of such party, which may include without limitation denial-of- service attacks, strikes, shortages, riots, insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts of God, war, terrorism, governmental action, labor conditions, earthquakes and material shortages, internet connectivity. The party affected by the force majeure event will provide notice to the other party within a commercially reasonable time and will use commercially reasonable efforts to resume performance as soon as practicable. Obligations not performed due to a force majeure event will be performed as soon as reasonably possible when the force majeure event concludes.
Governing Law.
These Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and Fullgap will be interpreted in accordance with the law of the State of California and the United States of America without regard to any conflict-of-law or other principles that provide for the application of the law of another jurisdiction. These Terms expressly exclude and disclaim the terms of the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, which shall not apply to any transaction conducted through or otherwise involving the Service.
Venue.
Any claim or dispute that between you and Fullgap that arises out of or is related to the Service and is not subject to arbitration or eligible for small claims action, shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in San Francisco, California, and you hereby consent to, and waive all defense of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens with respect to venue and jurisdiction in the state and federal courts of San Francisco, California.
Entire Agreement. These Terms and any documents expressly incorporated by reference constitute the the final, complete, and exclusive expression of the agreement between you and Fullgap regarding the Service provided under these Terms. These Terms supersede and the parties disclaim any reliance on previous oral and written communications with respect to the subject matter hereof and apply to the exclusion of any other terms that you seek to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing.
Fullgap hereby rejects any additional or conflicting terms appearing in a purchase order or any other ordering materials submitted by you and conditions assent solely based on these Terms and conditions of these Terms as offered by Fullgap. Except as explicitly permitted in these Terms, no modification or amendment of these Terms shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized agent of the party against whom the modification or amendment is being asserted.
Trade Restrictions.
You acknowledge that the Service and any related products, information, documentation, software, technology, technical data, and any derivatives thereof, that Fullgap makes available (collectively “Excluded Data”) are subject to the export control and sanctions laws and regulations of the United States and other countries that may prohibit or restrict access by certain persons or from certain countries or territories currently including, but not limited to, Cuba, the Crimea region of the Ukraine, Sudan, Iran, North Korea and Syria ("Trade Restrictions”).
You represent and warrant that you are not: (i) located in an embargoed country or territory, (ii) under the control of an entity organized in or a resident of an embargoed country or territory, (iii) listed on any U.S. government list of persons or entities with which U.S. persons are prohibited from transacting, including, but not limited to, OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Other Blocked Persons, the U.S. State Department's Nonproliferation Sanctions lists, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Entity List or Denied Persons List located at https://www.export.gov/article? id=Consolidated-Screening-List; or (iv) subject to end destination export control regulations, such as, but not limited to, the U.S. Export Administration Regulations and U.S. Government EU Dual-Use Regulation EC 428/2009. You are solely responsible for complying with Trade Restrictions for all Excluded Data and any of its content transmitted through the Service.
Language and Translations
Fullgap may provide translations of these Terms or other terms or policies. Translations are provided for informational purposes and if there is an inconsistency or conflict between a translation and the English version, the English version will control.
Waiver
Fullgap may provide translations of these Terms or other terms or policies. Translations are provided for informational purposes and if there is an inconsistency or conflict between a translation and the English version, the English version will control.
Severability
If any part of these Terms is found to be illegal, unenforceable, or invalid in any respect, the remaining portions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. If any material limitation or restriction on the grant of any license to you under these Terms is found to be illegal, unenforceable, or invalid, the license will immediately terminate.
Interpretation
Any ambiguities in the interpretation of these Terms shall not be construed against the drafting party.
Headings
The headings used throughout these Terms are solely for the convenience of reference and are not to be used as an aid in the interpretation of these Terms.
Consumer Complaints.
California users are entitled to the following specific consumer rights notice: The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210.
Changes to Terms of Service
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Terms. The most current version of the Terms will be posted on the Service and it is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes. If the changes include material changes that affect your rights or obligations, we will notify you of the changes by reasonable means, which could include notification through the Service or via email. Your continued use of the Service following the effective date of any changes to these Terms constitutes acceptance of those changes. If you do not agree to the new Terms, you may not use the Service.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the Service or these Terms, please contact us at [email protected]
Definitions
An affiliate is anyone or anything that in any way manages, is managed by, or shares management with us. A client is someone using our site to find freelancer services from another user.
A deep fake is a video or image that has been changed to replace one person with another in a deliberately misleading way, without asking the person whose face has been used.
A freelancer is an individual or agency using our site to offer their services to clients.
Freelancer services refer to the work freelancers do on Fullgap A means of direct contact is information that would let someone get in touch with you directly (or find the information to do that) so you can bypass our site. For example, phone numbers, email and physical addresses, social media accounts, and personal websites with contact information are means of direct contact.
Site services are all services, applications and products – apart from freelancer services – that people can access through Fullgap.
Content is what users post to Fullgap themselves, like comments, profiles, feedback, images, or other information. It includes anything posted by you even if elements of the content were originally generated by generative AI or other tools, or in response to questions posed to you by Fullgap or other users or Fullgap.