Verified Project Terms

These Verified Project Terms (the “Project Terms”) govern each Project administered through 7BE. Capitalized terms not defined here have the meanings in the 7BE Terms of Service. The Buyer, Agency, and 7BE accept these Project Terms when they accept the applicable Project Order.

1. Project Formation and Order of Precedence

A Project begins only when: (a) the Project Order has been accepted by the Buyer and Agency and acknowledged by 7BE; (b) required identity, tax, sanctions, and payment checks are complete; and (c) the payment provider shows the required Project Funds as funded.

The Project Order controls project-specific matters. The Data Processing Addendum controls Customer Personal Data. These Project Terms otherwise control Project administration, Verification, and release or refund of Project Funds.

2. Independent Buyer–Agency Relationship

The Buyer purchases the Agency’s professional services, and the Agency performs them as an independent contractor. 7BE provides marketplace, administration, Verification, and payment-instruction services. 7BE is not the Agency, the Buyer, an employer, or a licensed escrow company.

Nothing creates a partnership, joint venture, employment, fiduciary, franchise, or agency relationship among the parties. Neither Buyer nor Agency may bind 7BE or the other party except as expressly authorized in writing.

3. Required Project Order Terms

Every Project Order must state, at minimum:

• the Buyer, Agency, and authorized contacts;
• the business outcome, Deliverables, dependencies, exclusions, and schedule;
• objective Verification Criteria, including metrics, baselines, thresholds, guardrails, test data, environment, procedure, and evidence;
• the Project Funds, separately disclosed 7BE fees, taxes, and payment schedule;
• the data permitted for the Project, security restrictions, approved systems, and deletion requirements;
• intellectual-property, confidentiality, support, and warranty terms;
• the Cure and Re-test process and any approved variations from these Project Terms; and
• any regulated activity, high-risk use, third-party licenses, or special compliance requirement.

An incomplete or subjective criterion must be clarified through written change control before the Agency relies on it.

4. Buyer Responsibilities

The Buyer will timely provide accurate requirements, lawful data, access, credentials, personnel, approvals, baseline information, and a test environment suitable for the Project. The Buyer represents that it has authority and a lawful basis to provide Customer Data and instructions.

Buyer-caused delay extends affected deadlines reasonably. If a Buyer dependency remains unmet for more than 10 business days after written notice, the Agency or 7BE may pause the Project. If the dependency remains unmet for a further 10 business days, the Project may be terminated under Section 14.

The Buyer must not manipulate the test environment, withhold material information, or unreasonably prevent the Agency from completing a permitted Cure.

5. Agency Responsibilities

The Agency will perform professionally, lawfully, securely, and in accordance with the Project Order. The Agency is responsible for its personnel, subcontractors, methods, licenses, taxes, employment obligations, and compliance.

The Agency will promptly disclose delays, defects, security incidents, conflicts of interest, material model or provider changes, and any reason the Deliverable may not satisfy the Verification Criteria. Subcontracting does not relieve the Agency of responsibility and requires any consent stated in the Project Order.

The Agency must not use Customer Data to train or improve a general-purpose or shared model, disclose it to an unapproved provider, or use it outside the Project.

6. Funding and Payment Protection

Unless the Project Order states a higher funding requirement, the Buyer must fund 100% of Project Funds before work begins. Project Funds are held and processed by the designated payment provider, subject to its terms, risk controls, settlement rules, and applicable law.

7BE does not take deposits, hold funds as a bank, or provide regulated escrow. “Payment protection” means that 7BE will not instruct release of Project Funds unless the release conditions in these Project Terms and the Project Order are met.

Neither party earns interest on Project Funds. Chargebacks, fraud reviews, sanctions, legal orders, payment-provider reserves, or account-verification failures may delay or prevent a transfer.

7. Submission for Verification

The Agency must submit the Deliverable and required evidence through the specified channel by the due date. A submission must identify the version, environment, known limitations, third-party dependencies, and all information needed to reproduce the result.

7BE will confirm whether the submission is administratively complete. Administrative completeness is not a Pass. If material information is missing, 7BE may return the submission without starting the Verification period.

8. Verification Procedure

7BE will apply the Verification Criteria stated in the Project Order using the agreed data, baseline, environment, and procedure. 7BE may use qualified personnel and approved tools or subprocessors subject to confidentiality and the Data Processing Addendum.

The result will be Pass, Fail with Cure available, Final Fail, or Unable to Test. The Verification record will identify the tested version, material evidence, criteria evaluated, result, and known limitations.

A Pass confirms only that the tested Deliverable satisfied the stated criteria under the stated conditions at the time tested. It is not a certification of legal compliance, security, fitness for every purpose, or future performance.

9. Pass and Release

Unless the Project Order expressly provides objective divisible criteria and partial payment, 100% of Project Funds are released only after final Verification results in Pass. Buyer approval alone does not require release unless the Project Order says Buyer acceptance replaces or supplements Verification.

After Pass and expiration or resolution of any timely Verification Dispute, 7BE will instruct the payment provider to release Project Funds to the Agency, less only fees, taxes, reserves, or offsets expressly authorized by the Project Order, checkout disclosure, payment-provider terms, or law.

Payment-provider processing time is not controlled by 7BE. The Agency remains responsible for payout-account accuracy and required compliance checks.

10. Cure and Re-test

Unless the Project Order states otherwise, the Agency receives one Cure opportunity after a first Fail. 7BE will provide a criteria-based failure notice, and the Agency will have 10 business days to submit a corrected version. The Cure must address the failed criteria and may not materially change the Project scope without written change control.

7BE will conduct one Re-test against the same criteria, except for approved corrections needed to make the original test executable. A Re-test Pass is a final Pass. A Re-test Fail is a Final Fail.

Additional Cure cycles require written agreement among Buyer, Agency, and 7BE, including any additional fees, time, and testing terms.

11. Unable to Test

If Verification cannot be completed because of a Buyer dependency, the Buyer must cure the dependency within 10 business days. If the cause is an Agency dependency, the Agency must cure it within the applicable Cure period. If the condition persists, 7BE may pause or terminate the Project and allocate documented, nonrecoverable third-party costs as stated in the Project Order.

If Verification is impossible because of a 7BE-controlled failure and cannot reasonably be rescheduled, 7BE will refund the Project Funds and outcome-contingent 7BE fees. This is without prejudice to other remedies that cannot lawfully be limited.

12. Verification Disputes

The Buyer or Agency may dispute a Verification result by sending a written, criterion-specific notice to projects@7be.io within five business days after the result. The notice must identify the alleged error and include supporting evidence. No Project Funds will be released while a timely dispute is pending.

7BE will review the Project Order, test record, evidence, conflicts, and procedure and issue a reasoned administrative decision. 7BE may repeat a test, correct a procedural error, or engage an independent expert bound by confidentiality. Unless the Project Order states otherwise, the party whose position is not sustained bears a reasonable, pre-disclosed external-expert cost; 7BE bears the cost when the dispute resulted from 7BE’s material error.

This process determines only Project administration and payment instructions. It does not waive a party’s legal rights under the governing agreements.

13. Final Fail and Refund

After a Final Fail, the Agency is not entitled to Project Funds unless the Project Order contains an express, objective partial-payment provision. 7BE will instruct the payment provider to return Project Funds to the Buyer.

Any outcome-contingent 7BE buyer fee will also be refunded. A payment provider’s nonrecoverable transaction, foreign-exchange, chargeback, or network fee may be deducted only when permitted by law and clearly disclosed before funding. Subscription charges, Connects, and unrelated Services are governed separately.

Unless the Project Order expressly grants a license to failed work, the Buyer may not deploy or commercially use a failed Deliverable. The Agency must return or delete Buyer materials as required by the Project Order and Data Processing Addendum.

14. Pause, Cancellation, and Termination

Before funding, the parties may cancel without Project payment liability, except for expressly agreed setup costs. After funding, cancellation requires written agreement or a contractual basis.

For material breach, the non-breaching party must provide written notice and, when curable, at least 10 business days to cure. 7BE may immediately pause access, testing, or payment instructions for fraud, sanctions, unlawful content, security risk, misuse of data, or legal process.

On Buyer cancellation without Agency breach after work begins, payment for completed work is due only if the Project Order includes objective divisible milestones or a stated cancellation fee. Otherwise, Project Funds are returned, subject only to pre-disclosed nonrecoverable third-party costs. On Agency abandonment or uncured material breach, Project Funds are returned to the Buyer.

15. Changes

Any change to scope, criteria, baseline, data, environment, price, schedule, model, provider, or dependency must be recorded in writing and accepted by Buyer, Agency, and 7BE before it affects Verification or payment. Silence, informal messages, or access to a changed system do not by themselves amend the Project Order.

16. Data, Confidentiality, and Security

The parties will follow the Project Order, confidentiality provisions, Privacy Policy, Data Processing Addendum, and Acceptable Use Policy. Customer Personal Data may be processed only as necessary for the Project, using approved systems and minimum access.

7BE and the Agency must not use Customer Data to train general-purpose or shared models. Raw Verification Data will be deleted or returned after the periods stated in the Data Processing Addendum, subject to legal holds, dispute evidence, and secure backup cycles.

Each party must promptly report suspected unauthorized access, disclosure, or loss affecting Project data. The Agency must not place regulated or highly sensitive data in the Services unless the Project Order and a required sector-specific addendum expressly authorize it.

17. Intellectual Property

Deliverable ownership and licenses are governed by the Project Order and the Terms of Service. Unless otherwise stated, transfer of ownership is conditioned on the Agency’s receipt of all amounts due. Each party retains its background technology, tools, methods, data, marks, and know-how.

7BE retains its Verification methods, test templates, platform, and generalized know-how. 7BE may use aggregated or de-identified operational statistics only when they cannot reasonably identify a User, individual, Project, or confidential business information.

18. Warranties and Remedies

The Agency warrants that its services will materially conform to the Project Order, be performed professionally, and, to its knowledge, not knowingly introduce malicious code or infringe third-party rights. The Agency will correct a covered defect reported during any warranty period in the Project Order.

The Buyer warrants that its instructions, data, and intended use are lawful and that it has necessary rights. 7BE warrants that it will administer Verification in material accordance with the Project Order and Verification Methodology.

Except for express warranties, remedies and limitations are governed by the Terms of Service and applicable law.

19. Records and Audit Trail

7BE may retain the accepted Project Order, funding status, submissions, Verification record, decisions, communications, and payment instructions for contract administration, dispute resolution, security, and legal compliance. Raw production data will be retained only as stated in the Data Processing Addendum.

Electronic records, timestamps, and authenticated actions may be used as evidence, subject to a party’s right to demonstrate error.

20. Contact

Project administration and disputes: projects@7be.io
Legal notices: legal@7be.io

7BE Inc.
2055 Limestone Road, Suite 200-C
Wilmington, Delaware 19808, USA