TERMS OF USE

1. What Faze is

Faze is a marketplace that helps brands (including app developers and other businesses) find creators, and helps creators find paid campaigns. Brands can post campaigns and invite creators. Creators set their own rates and apply to campaigns that fit. Payment for deals run through Faze is intended to be handled through third-party payment providers such as Stripe, often held until the agreed work is posted.

• Faze is a platform. We are not a talent agency, booking agency, employer, or joint venturer with you. We do not guarantee campaigns, applicants, approvals, views, sales, or payouts.

2. Eligibility

• You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract.
• The Service is currently iOS-only for the app. You are responsible for having a compatible device and for any carrier or Apple fees.
• If you use Faze for a company, you represent that you have authority to bind that company.

3. Accounts

• You must provide accurate information and keep it updated.
• You are responsible for your account, your password, and everything done through your account.
• Notify us right away at tyler@fazeapp.org if you think someone else has access.
• We may refuse, suspend, or close an account at any time if we believe these Terms were broken, if required by law, or if we stop offering the Service.

4. Marketplace roles

• Brands are responsible for their campaigns, briefs, budgets, product claims, and who they approve or invite.
• Creators are responsible for their profiles, rates, applications, deliverables, and for actually posting or delivering what they agreed to.
• You deal with the other party at your own risk. Review the other party, the brief, and the rate before you accept. Faze does not vet every user, campaign, or piece of content.

5. Risks you accept

Faze is a marketplace. Things go wrong between brands and creators. You understand and accept that the following can happen, and that except where the law says we cannot limit this, they are your risk, not Faze's:

• A creator may apply, get approved, and never post, or may post something that does not match the brief.
• A brand may approve a creator and never pay, delay payment, or file a chargeback after the work is done.
• Stripe or another payment provider may hold, reverse, reserve, or fail to deliver funds. If a chargeback happens after a creator has been paid, someone may be asked to return the money. Faze is not a bank and does not guarantee that funds will stay put.
• If you pay outside Stripe (PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, wire, cash, or anything else), Faze does not hold the money and is not responsible if it is lost, stolen, reversed, or never sent.
• Campaigns, invites, and applications are not job offers. Creators are independent contractors of the brand they deal with, or independent users of Faze. Nothing on Faze makes a creator an employee of Faze or of a brand.
• Other users may be fake, abroad, underage despite our 18+ rule, or using stolen accounts. We do not promise we have checked them.
• Profiles, follower counts, niches, and reach numbers are supplied by users. They can be wrong or outdated.
• Sponsored posts can trigger FTC, state advertising, or platform (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube) enforcement if they are not clearly disclosed or if they make false claims. That is the brand's and creator's problem to get right.
• User Content can infringe copyright, music rights, trademarks, or publicity rights. The person who uploaded or posted it is responsible.
• If a brand ships a product to a creator, Faze is not the seller, shipper, or manufacturer. Lost packages, customs, allergies, injuries, and product defects are between the brand, the creator, and the carrier.
• Honest reviews and opinions can be negative. Faze is not liable for a review a creator posts, including one a brand dislikes.
• We may remove content, refuse a campaign, or close an account. That can cost you a deal. We are not liable for that lost deal.
• Marketing claims on our site or in emails (including performance, ROAS, or "typical" results) are illustrations, not a promise that your campaign will get those results.
• The app can go down, data can be lost, and third-party logins (Apple, TikTok, Stripe) can break or ban you. We are not liable for those outages.
• Messages in deal chat are not legal advice, tax advice, or a guarantee of payment.

6. Deals, escrow, and payouts

When a brand and creator agree to a deal on Faze, they are contracting with each other. Faze may facilitate messaging, status tracking, and payment collection through Stripe or similar providers. Except where the law says otherwise, Faze is not a party to that deal and is not responsible for the other party's performance.

• You only pay a creator for a Faze deal when the agreed post or deliverable is actually made, subject to the campaign terms and the payment provider's rules. Fees, holds, reserves, chargebacks, and payout timing are controlled in part by Stripe (or the other provider) and by the campaign.
• If a creator cannot use Stripe (for example, some international users), the brand and creator may agree in the deal chat to pay another way (PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, or similar). Those off-platform payments are solely between the brand and creator. Faze does not hold that money, does not escrow it, and is not responsible for nonpayment, fraud, or disputes on those channels. Agree on terms in chat before starting work.
• You are responsible for your own taxes. Faze does not provide tax advice and may issue tax forms if required by law.
• Refunds, cancellations, and chargebacks are handled under the campaign terms, these Terms, and the payment provider's rules. We may withhold, reverse, or delay a payout if we reasonably believe there is fraud, a broken deal, a chargeback, or a legal requirement.

7. Your content and license

You keep ownership of content you upload (profile info, photos, videos, messages, portfolio, campaign briefs, and the like) ("User Content").

• You grant Faze a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, display, and transmit User Content as needed to run the Service (including showing profiles to other users, showing campaigns, and operating escrow and support).
• For a deal, the brand and creator must agree what the brand may do with the finished work (organic post, ads, usage window, and so on). If they do not write it down, the default is: the creator owns the work; the brand gets a license to use it for the campaign purpose they agreed, for 90 days from delivery, unless they agree otherwise in writing.
• You represent that you have the rights to everything you upload and that it does not infringe anyone else's rights.

8. Sponsored content and the law

• Creators must follow advertising law, including FTC endorsement guides. That means clear, honest disclosure that a post is paid or gifted, and no fake claims.
• Brands are responsible for their product claims and for making sure the brief is lawful.
• Faze is not responsible for your failure to disclose, for misleading ads, or for another user's content.

9. Acceptable use

You will not:

• Break the law, or ask someone else to
• Scam, harass, or impersonate anyone
• Post anything you do not have the right to post
• Upload malware or try to break or scrape the Service
• Make fake accounts, fake applications, or fake campaigns
• Circumvent escrow to avoid fees in a way that defrauds Faze or another user (talking through payout method for international creators is allowed)
• Use Faze to send spam
• Collect other users' data except as needed to complete a deal you are in

10. Third-party services

The Service uses third parties, including Apple, Stripe, TikTok login or connection features, cloud hosting, and email. Their terms apply to you as well. Faze is not responsible for outages, policy changes, or account bans on those services.

11. Intellectual property of Faze

The Faze name, app, site, and our own materials are ours. You may not copy, reverse engineer, or resell the Service except as allowed by law.

12. Disclaimer

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, FAZE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY BRAND, CREATOR, CAMPAIGN, OR PAYMENT WILL WORK OUT.

13. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, FAZE AND ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND CONTRACTORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOST GOODWILL, OR LOST BUSINESS, EVEN IF WE WERE TOLD THEY WERE POSSIBLE.

• TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF THE SERVICE IS CAPPED AT THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAID TO FAZE IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).
• These limits do not apply to liability that cannot be limited under applicable law (for example, certain claims for death, personal injury, or fraud).

14. Indemnity

You will defend and indemnify Faze and its officers, employees, and contractors against claims, damages, and reasonable legal fees arising from: (a) your User Content; (b) your campaigns, posts, or deals; (c) your breach of these Terms; (d) your violation of law or third-party rights; or (e) a dispute between you and another user, including payment disputes off Stripe.

15. Disputes between users

If you have a dispute with another user, you release Faze from claims arising out of that dispute, to the fullest extent allowed by law. We may, but do not have to, help you talk it through. Our decision to step in or not is not a legal finding.

16. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, except that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the arbitration section below.

17. Informal resolution and arbitration

• Before you file a claim, email tyler@fazeapp.org with a short description of the dispute and the relief you want, and give us 30 days to try to resolve it.
• If we do not resolve it, any dispute arising out of these Terms or the Service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by JAMS or AAA under their applicable consumer or commercial rules, in English. The seat of arbitration will be Los Angeles County, California, unless we both agree to another place or to phone/video. The arbitrator may award the same individual relief a court could.
• YOU AND FAZE WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. CLAIMS MAY BE BROUGHT ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY.
• Either of us may bring an individual claim in small claims court if it qualifies. Either of us may seek injunctive relief in court for unauthorized use of intellectual property or the Service.
• If the class waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim must proceed in court, not arbitration. If the arbitration agreement is found unenforceable, the exclusive venue for court claims is state or federal courts in Los Angeles County, California, and you consent to that venue.

18. Apple-specific terms

You acknowledge that these Terms are between you and Faze, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or its content. If the app fails to meet a warranty that cannot be disclaimed, you may notify Apple for a refund of the app price (if any). Apple has no other warranty obligation. Apple is not responsible for claims about the app, including product liability, legal compliance, or consumer protection claims. Apple is a third-party beneficiary of this section.

19. Changes

We may update these Terms. We will post the new version in the app or on the site and update the date above. If you keep using Faze after the change, you accept the new Terms. If you do not, stop using the Service.

20. Termination

You may delete your account at any time. We may suspend or end access at any time. Sections that should survive (including 5–17) will survive.

21. Miscellaneous

These Terms are the entire agreement between you and Faze about the Service. If a court or arbitrator finds a part unenforceable, the rest still applies. You may not assign these Terms without our consent. We may assign them as part of a sale or reorganization. Failure to enforce a term is not a waiver. No agency, partnership, or employment is created by these Terms.

22. Contact

• Faze Marketing
• https://fazeapp.org
• tyler@fazeapp.org