Terms & Conditions

1.1 This website, www.artit.net (the " Platform" or " Website"), is owned, operated and maintained by Artit London Ltd (" ARTIT", " we", " us" or " our"), a company registered in England and Wales with company registration number 10024386, whose registered office is at Second Floor Belgrave Court, 23A, 36 Westferry Circus, London, E14 8RL.

1.2 ARTIT operates an online platform that connects visual artists and other creatives with art opportunities from around the world. Through the Platform, Creators build a portfolio, showcase their work, and discover and enter opportunities — such as competitions, open calls and contests — while Opportunity Providers create, promote and run those opportunities. ARTIT acts as an intermediary between Creators and Providers (see clause 4). An Opportunity Provider may be formal — a legally constituted entity such as a registered business, company, institution, non-profit or charity — or informal — for example an unregistered collective, group or project, or an individual acting in a personal capacity. (These two categories are reflected in how ARTIT verifies Providers; see clause 5.) ARTIT may also act as an Opportunity Provider in respect of Opportunities that it organises itself, and where it does so the obligations imposed on Opportunity Providers under these Terms apply to ARTIT in that capacity (see clause 6.5). Some people register only to browse, follow and engage with art (for example, art enthusiasts or "art lovers"). They are covered by these Terms as Users, and the Creator and Provider provisions apply to them only if and when they act in those capacities.

1.3 These terms and conditions (the " Terms") govern your access to and use of the Platform and the services we make available through it (the " Services"). By registering for an account, or by accessing or using the Platform, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use the Platform.

1.4 These Terms should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect and process personal data in accordance with UK data protection law (UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). The Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

1.5 We may change these Terms in accordance with clause 18. The version in force is always available on this page.

1.6 If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of an organisation (for example, as an Opportunity Provider acting for a business, institution or project), you warrant that you have authority to bind that organisation, and "you" refers to both you and that organisation.

1.7 You can contact us at contact@artit.net or at our registered address above.

In these Terms, unless the context requires otherwise:

• " Account" means a registered user account on the Platform.
• " Content" means any material uploaded, posted, submitted, transmitted or displayed on the Platform, including text, images, photographs, illustrations, video, audio, graphics, files, comments and metadata.
• " Creator" means a User who registers to build a portfolio and/or enter Opportunities.
• " Creator Portfolio" means the area of the Platform where a Creator uploads, organises and describes their works. A Creator Portfolio is publicly available.
• " Creator Profile" means the area of the Platform where a Creator provides personal information, such as a biography and background details. A Creator Profile is publicly available.
• " Entry Fee" means any fee payable by a Creator to enter a paid Opportunity, whether charged on submission or on selection.
• " Opportunity" (also referred to as a "contest", "competition", "open call" or "call for art") means an art opportunity created and run by an Opportunity Provider (or by ARTIT) through the Platform.
• " Opportunity Contract" means the contract described in clause 4.3 between a Creator and an Opportunity Provider governing a specific Opportunity.
• " Opportunity Provider" or " Provider" means a User who creates and runs one or more Opportunities. A Provider may be formal — a legally constituted entity such as a registered business, company, institution, non-profit or charity — or informal — for example an unregistered collective, group or project, or an individual acting in a personal capacity.
• " Platform Fee" means ARTIT's fee of 10% described in clause 8, charged on all paid Opportunities.
• " Prize" means any award offered by an Opportunity Provider (or by ARTIT) to a Winner in connection with an Opportunity. A Prize may be monetary (for example, cash or other financial support) or in-kind (a non-cash benefit), and typically falls into one or more categories such as: financial support; exhibitions and events; residencies and studio or space; learning and development (for example, mentoring or courses); media and promotion (for example, features or publications); and professional opportunities. The specific Prize(s) for each Opportunity — including their nature, value, number and any conditions — are set and described by the Provider in that Opportunity.
• " Provider Application" means the process by which, and the information and materials a Provider provides when, applying to set up and publish an Opportunity on the Platform, which is subject to ARTIT's review and approval (see clause 7.3).
• " Services" means the services ARTIT makes available through the Platform, as described in clause 1.3.
• " Stripe" means Stripe, Inc. and its affiliates, the third-party payment processor used by the Platform (see clause 8).
• " Stripe Connect Account" means the connected payment account a Provider must set up with Stripe to receive payments.
• " Submission" means Content submitted by a Creator to a specific Opportunity.
• " User", " you" or " your" means any person who accesses or uses the Platform, whether as a Visitor, Creator or Opportunity Provider.
• " Verified" / " Verified badge" means the status described in clause 5.
• " Visitor" means a person who browses the Platform without a registered Account.
• " Winner" means a Creator selected to receive a Prize in an Opportunity.

3.1 Minimum age — 18. The Platform is for adults only. You must be at least 18 years old to register or use the Services.

3.2 Age gating at registration. Registration is age-gated. When you sign up, you must provide your date of birth, and the Platform will not permit registration by any person whose stated date of birth indicates that they are under 18. This minimum-age check is applied automatically at the point of registration. By registering, you confirm that the date of birth you have provided is accurate and that you are 18 or over.

3.3 Your account. To use most features you must register for an Account, and you confirm that you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms. You agree to provide information that is true, accurate and complete, and to keep it up to date. You are responsible for keeping your login details confidential and for all activity that takes place under your Account. You must not create more than one Account (except that an authorised individual may operate an organisation's Account on its behalf), impersonate any person, or allow anyone else to use your Account. You must notify us promptly at contact@artit.net if you believe your Account has been accessed without your authorisation or its security has been compromised.

3.4 Closing your account. You may close your Account at any time through your account settings or by contacting us at contact@artit.net. When your Account is closed, your Creator Profile and Creator Portfolio are removed from public display and the licence in clause 11.2 ends (subject to the carve-outs in that clause). Closing your Account does not affect: (a) any Opportunity you have already entered that is still running — your Submission and your contract with the Provider continue unless the Provider agrees otherwise; (b) fees already due or paid; or (c) any provision that survives under clause 22.11.

3.5 Provider-set eligibility and submission requirements. Each Opportunity is different, and Providers tailor their Opportunities to their own needs. As part of this, a Provider may ask a Creator to provide: (i) personal documentation or information — for example relating to country of origin, age, gender or another group the Opportunity is designed for, because many Opportunities are aimed at specific groups of people; and/or (ii) information or materials relating to the Creator's practice and work — for example an artist's statement, a cover letter, or answers to specific questions. The Provider sets these requirements and Creators apply accordingly.

• (a) Some of this information is mandatory to participate in, or qualify for, the relevant Opportunity or benefit; other information is optional and only strengthens a Creator's application.
• (b) A Creator is never required to upload any document they do not wish to. A Creator who prefers not to provide requested information may simply choose not to participate in that Opportunity (or to forgo the relevant benefit).
• (c) A Creator may choose to save such documents to their Account for faster future applications, or may choose not to. Storage and handling of any such documents are governed by the Privacy Policy.

4.1 ARTIT is an intermediary only. ARTIT provides a technology platform that enables Creators and Opportunity Providers to find one another and to run and enter Opportunities. ARTIT is not the organiser of Opportunities created by Providers, is not a party to the relationship between a Creator and a Provider, and does not itself award, fund or guarantee any Prize offered by a Provider.

4.2 Tier 1 — Platform Services Agreement (ARTIT ↔ User). When you register and use the Platform, you enter into an agreement with ARTIT on these Terms, under which ARTIT provides the Platform and the Services. ARTIT is a party to this agreement. In consideration for the Services in respect of paid Opportunities, ARTIT charges the Platform Fee (clause 8). This agreement governs matters such as account use, Content, platform conduct, the Platform Fee, and the use of Stripe through the Platform.

4.3 Tier 2 — Opportunity Contract (Creator ↔ Provider). Each Opportunity is a separate contract formed directly between the participating Creator and the Opportunity Provider that runs it. The terms of that Opportunity Contract are set by the Provider (for example: eligibility, theme, judging criteria, jury, deadlines, Prize, and any rights requested in Submissions). ARTIT is not a party to the Opportunity Contract. ARTIT does not set, negotiate, guarantee or enforce its terms, does not guarantee the conduct of the Provider or any Creator, and is not responsible for the selection of winners, the payment or delivery of Prizes, or any dispute arising between a Creator and a Provider — except to the limited extent expressly stated in these Terms (in particular the refund mechanics in clause 9, the enforcement measures in clauses 10 and 13, and Opportunities that ARTIT itself runs under clause 6.5).

4.4 Provider responsibility. The Opportunity Provider is solely responsible for the lawful and fair operation of each Opportunity it runs, including compliance with any laws applicable to competitions, prize promotions, advertising, consumer protection and taxation in the relevant jurisdiction(s). In particular, the Provider is responsible for ensuring that the way it selects winners and awards Prizes complies with any prize-promotion, competition, lottery or gambling laws that apply to it. These laws vary by country and can be engaged where winners are chosen wholly or partly by chance (for example, a random draw) rather than on merit; Opportunities on the Platform are ordinarily judged on artistic merit by a jury against published criteria, but the Provider remains responsible for compliance for the Opportunity it designs and runs.

4.5 No agency or partnership. Nothing in these Terms creates any agency, partnership, employment or joint venture between ARTIT and any User, or between Creators and Providers beyond the Opportunity Contract itself.

4.6 Disputes between Users. Any dispute between a Creator and a Provider arising out of an Opportunity is a matter between those parties under the Opportunity Contract. ARTIT is not a party to, and is not required to resolve, such disputes. ARTIT may, at its discretion and without assuming any obligation or liability, provide reasonable assistance (for example, by sharing relevant records or facilitating communication) and may take the enforcement measures in clauses 10 and 13 where appropriate.

5.1 Verified badges are currently available to Providers. At present, the Verified badge is available only to Opportunity Providers. It is intended as a trust signal indicating that a Provider has completed ARTIT's verification checks. The criteria and process for Provider verification are published on the Platform and may be updated periodically. ARTIT may introduce verification for Creators in the future; if it does, it will describe the applicable criteria and process at that time.

5.2 Verified badge not required to run a paid Opportunity. A Provider does not need an ARTIT Verified badge in order to run a paid Opportunity.

5.3 Stripe verification is required for payments. However, to create or run a paid Opportunity (or otherwise to receive payments through the Platform), a Provider must complete verification through Stripe as part of setting up a Stripe Connect Account. This includes the identity, business and anti-money-laundering checks Stripe requires. A Provider that has not completed Stripe verification cannot receive Entry Fees or run paid Opportunities.

5.4 Two separate things. ARTIT verification (the badge) and Stripe verification are separate: Stripe verification is a payments prerequisite for Providers, while the badge is a trust signal. Creators paying an Entry Fee complete a standard card payment through Stripe and are not required to hold a Verified badge; any additional verification a Creator provides relates to Provider-set eligibility under clause 3.5, not to payment.

5.5 Loss of badge. We may withhold, suspend or remove a Verified badge at our reasonable discretion, including as a consequence of the enforcement measures in clauses 10 and 13.

6.1 Portfolio. Creators may upload their works to build a portfolio and present their practice professionally. You are responsible for the Content you upload and the rights in it (see clause 11).

6.2 Matching. The Platform may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence, to analyse the theme and attributes of your works and portfolio in order to suggest relevant Opportunities. The scope of this internal use is set out in clause 11.7.

6.3 Entering Opportunities. Creators may submit works to Opportunities they choose. By submitting, you agree to the specific terms of that Opportunity set by the Provider (the Opportunity Contract), including any Entry Fee and any Submission licence (clause 11.4), in addition to these Terms.

6.4 Your responsibility on submission. You are responsible for ensuring your Submission complies with the Opportunity's stated eligibility and rules, that you own or are licensed to submit the Content, and that the Submission does not infringe any third-party rights.

6.5 Opportunities that ARTIT runs. Where ARTIT organises and runs an Opportunity itself, ARTIT acts as the Opportunity Provider for that Opportunity, and the Provider obligations in these Terms — including those relating to Prizes (clause 10) and refunds (clause 9) — apply to ARTIT accordingly. For all other Opportunities, ARTIT acts solely as intermediary under clause 4.

7.1 Setting up an Opportunity. A Provider creates an Opportunity by completing the required fields, which may include: the Opportunity's duration/deadline; the Prize(s); the judging/evaluation criteria; the jury or selection panel; eligibility conditions; and whether the Opportunity is free or paid (clause 8.4).

7.2 Provider warranties. By publishing an Opportunity, the Provider represents and warrants that:

• (a) it has authority to run the Opportunity and to offer the stated Prize(s);
• (b) the Opportunity information is accurate and not misleading;
• (c) it will run the Opportunity fairly and in accordance with the criteria it has published;
• (d) it will award and deliver the stated Prize(s) to the selected winner(s); and
• (e) it will comply with all applicable laws (see clause 4.4).

7.3 Changes require ARTIT's approval. Once an Opportunity has been reviewed and is ready to be published, any change the Provider wishes to make to it — including changing the Entry Fee, the dates or deadline, the Prize, the eligibility, or the judging criteria, or cancelling the Opportunity — requires ARTIT's prior approval. The Provider must request the change through ARTIT, with reasons, and ARTIT actions approved changes and cancellations from its administration system. This requirement protects the Creators who are participating in, or considering, the Opportunity. A Provider must not make a material change to the detriment of participants after Submissions have opened without ARTIT's approval and clear notice to affected Creators; a material change may be a refund trigger under clause 9.2.

7.4 Provider use of Submissions. A Provider's rights to use Submissions are limited by clause 11.4 (judging and showcase only) and clause 11.5 (anti-rights-grab). A Provider must not claim ownership of, or exclusive rights in, a Creator's Content except through a separate, clearly disclosed agreement with the Creator's express opt-in.

7.5 Promotional materials. ARTIT may make promotional materials (for example, a social media kit) available to Providers to promote their Opportunity and winners. Use of ARTIT brand assets is subject to clause 11.3.

7.6 Cancelling an Opportunity — full refund of all fees. By publishing a paid Opportunity, the Provider agrees, under these Terms, that if the Opportunity is cancelled at any time from its start date onwards (that is, once it is live and running), the Provider will refund all Entry Fees paid by all participating Creators, in full. For a live paid Opportunity, cancellation therefore means a full refund of every Entry Fee (see clause 9, including ARTIT's return of its Platform Fee under clause 9.5). To cancel, the Provider must request cancellation through ARTIT, with reasons, and ARTIT will process it from its administration system. For free Opportunities the same requirement to obtain ARTIT's approval to change or cancel applies, although there are no Entry Fees to refund. This protects everyone participating in the Opportunity.

7.7 Judging, results and disqualification. Winners and results are decided by the Opportunity Provider, in its discretion, against the criteria it has published. Entering an Opportunity is not a guarantee of selection, shortlisting or any Prize. ARTIT plays no part in judging or in selecting winners and is not responsible for a Provider's decisions. A Provider may disqualify a Submission that breaches the Opportunity's rules or these Terms (for example, ineligible, plagiarised or infringing Content); where a Creator is disqualified for such a breach, the Entry Fee is non-refundable and the refund triggers in clause 9.2 do not apply.

8.1 Payment processor — Stripe Connect. All payments on the Platform are processed by Stripe using Stripe Connect. By making or receiving payments through the Platform, you agree to be bound by the applicable Stripe terms (including the Stripe Connected Account Agreement and Stripe Services Agreement). ARTIT does not store full card details.

8.2 Provider is the merchant of record. For paid Opportunities, the Opportunity Provider is the merchant of record for Entry Fees. Entry Fees are paid directly to the Provider's Stripe Connect Account. ARTIT collects its Platform Fee of 10% as an application fee on each Entry Fee at the point of payment.

8.3 What the 10% is calculated on. The Platform Fee is 10% of the gross Entry Fee. Stripe payment-processing fees are separate from, and additional to, the Platform Fee and are borne by the Provider.

8.4 Opportunity fee models. An Opportunity may be:

• (a) Free — no Entry Fee and no Platform Fee;
• (b) Fee-on-submission — the Creator pays the Entry Fee when submitting; or
• (c) Fee-on-selection — the Creator pays the Entry Fee at the point of selection.

The 10% Platform Fee applies to all paid Opportunities (models (b) and (c)).

8.5 Fee-on-selection mechanics. To enter a fee-on-selection Opportunity, the Creator must provide valid payment-card details at the time of submission and expressly authorise ARTIT and Stripe to charge the Entry Fee if and when the Creator is selected. The Creator is charged only upon selection; no Entry Fee is taken from Creators who are not selected. If the Entry Fee cannot be collected at selection (for example, the card is declined), the Creator will be given 7 days from the failed charge to provide valid payment, during which ARTIT and Stripe may make automated retry attempts. If valid payment has not been received by the end of that period, the Creator may be treated as withdrawn from selection. A Provider may specify a different period for a particular Opportunity, in which case the period stated in the Opportunity applies.

8.6 Currency. Each Provider sets the Entry Fee in its own supported currency. Where a Creator pays in a different currency, any currency conversion and related handling are carried out by Stripe under its terms, and any conversion charges are as applied by Stripe.

8.7 Taxes and invoicing.

• (a) ARTIT's 10% Platform Fee is the consideration for the platform and intermediary services that ARTIT supplies to the Opportunity Provider. Where VAT or other tax applies to that fee, ARTIT will account for it and issue an appropriate invoice or receipt for the Platform Fee to the Provider. The applicable treatment depends on the Provider's location and status — broadly, UK VAT is charged where the Provider belongs in the UK, while place-of-supply and reverse-charge rules generally apply to business Providers outside the UK.
• (b) The Provider, as merchant of record for the Entry Fee, is responsible for determining, charging, collecting and accounting for any VAT or other tax due on the Entry Fee itself, and for issuing any receipts or invoices that Creators require in respect of the Entry Fee.
• (c) Providers and Creators located outside the UK remain responsible for their own local tax obligations. ARTIT relies on the tax-status and location information collected through Stripe (including any VAT registration details) to apply the correct treatment to the Platform Fee.

8.8 Authority to charge. By entering a paid Opportunity, the Creator authorises the charging of the Entry Fee (and, for fee-on-selection, the charge on selection) through Stripe in accordance with the Opportunity's fee model.

8.9 No fee avoidance (non-circumvention). The Platform Fee is how ARTIT is paid for connecting Creators and Providers. Where a Creator and a Provider are introduced or connected through the Platform in relation to an Opportunity, they must transact through the Platform for that Opportunity and must not arrange or complete it off-platform, or otherwise act, in order to avoid the Platform Fee. Attempting to circumvent the Platform Fee is a breach of these Terms and may lead to enforcement action under clause 13.

8.10 Chargebacks and payment disputes. If you believe you are entitled to a refund, you must use the process in clause 9 rather than starting a card chargeback or payment dispute with your bank. If you raise a chargeback instead of following that process, or one that ARTIT reasonably considers illegitimate, ARTIT may place a hold on or suspend your Account, may recover from you any resulting costs, fees or losses (including any amount charged back plus related fees), and may take enforcement action under clause 13. Chargebacks and payment disputes are handled through Stripe under its terms.

8.11 Premium features and subscriptions. ARTIT may offer optional paid features or subscription plans (for example, premium tools for Organisations). Where it does, the price, billing cycle, renewal and cancellation terms will be shown to you clearly before you subscribe, and any such charge is separate from and additional to the Platform Fee. We may change premium pricing on reasonable notice, and any change will not affect a paid period you have already started.

9.1 General rule — Entry Fees are non-refundable once a Submission is accepted. Except where a refund trigger in clause 9.2 applies (or where you have a statutory right to a refund — see clause 16), an Entry Fee is non-refundable once the Submission has been accepted into the Opportunity.

9.2 Refund trigger events. The Provider commits to refund Entry Fees to affected Creators where any of the following occurs:

• (a) Cancellation — the Provider cancels the Opportunity before completion;
• (b) Material change — the Provider makes a material change to the Opportunity to the detriment of participants after Submissions opened (clause 7.3), and the Creator does not wish to continue;
• (c) Non-occurrence — the Opportunity does not take place, or judging/selection does not happen as described; or
• (d) Provider default — the Provider otherwise fails to run the Opportunity substantially in accordance with its published terms.

9.3 Refund window. Where a trigger event occurs, refunds are due within 14 days of the trigger event (or of the Creator's valid refund request, if later).

9.4 ARTIT-initiated refunds — exceptional last resort. Primary responsibility for issuing refunds rests with the Provider. ARTIT will only step in as an exceptional last resort. Before ARTIT initiates any refund from a Provider's funds, ARTIT will have taken all of the following steps:

• (a) notified the Provider of the refund obligation and requested that the Provider issue the refund directly;
• (b) allowed the Provider a reasonable period to do so;
• (c) carried out an internal review to confirm that a trigger event under clause 9.2 has in fact occurred; and
• (d) notified the Provider of ARTIT's intention to act if the refund is not made.

Only where the Provider has still failed to refund after those steps, and solely in order to ensure that affected Creators are compensated, ARTIT may as a last resort initiate the refund of Entry Fees from the Provider's Stripe balance / Stripe Connect Account, and the Provider authorises ARTIT to do so for this purpose. ARTIT's exercise of this right is exceptional, does not make ARTIT a party to the Opportunity Contract, and does not make ARTIT liable for the refund itself; it is a facilitation mechanism of last resort.

9.5 Return of the Platform Fee. On a full cancellation of an Opportunity, ARTIT will also refund its 10% Platform Fee to affected Creators, so that the Creator is made whole. Where an Entry Fee is refunded for any other trigger event under clause 9.2, ARTIT will refund the Platform Fee attributable to that refunded Entry Fee on the same basis, so that the Creator does not bear the Platform Fee on a refunded entry.

9.6 Insufficient Provider balance. If the Provider's Stripe balance is insufficient to fund a refund, the refund obligation remains the Provider's. ARTIT does not guarantee refunds from its own funds and is not the source of refund monies; unpaid refunds are a breach by the Provider that may trigger the enforcement measures in clauses 10 and 13.

9.7 Statutory rights unaffected. Nothing in this clause 9 limits any non-excludable statutory rights a Creator may have as a consumer (clause 16).

10.1 ARTIT is not responsible for Prizes. Prizes are offered, funded, awarded and delivered by the Opportunity Provider, not by ARTIT. ARTIT does not guarantee that any Prize will be awarded or delivered, and (save as expressly set out in these Terms, and save for Opportunities ARTIT runs itself under clause 6.5) has no liability in respect of Prizes. This reflects the intermediary role in clause 4.

10.2 Provider's binding prize undertaking. By publishing an Opportunity that offers a Prize, the Provider irrevocably undertakes, represents and warrants to ARTIT and to participating Creators that:

• (a) it genuinely intends, and has the means, to award and deliver each Prize exactly as described in the Opportunity;
• (b) it will award and deliver each Prize to the selected winner(s) within the timeframe stated in the Opportunity or, if none is stated, within a reasonable period;
• (c) it will not advertise, promise or offer any Prize that it is not able and willing to deliver, and will not describe any Prize inaccurately or in a misleading way; and
• (d) any failure to deliver a Prize as described, or any misrepresentation of a Prize, is a serious breach of these Terms.

This undertaking is given as a binding contractual commitment on which ARTIT and Creators rely.

10.3 Consequences of prize default. If a Provider fails to award or deliver a Prize, or otherwise breaches clause 10.2, ARTIT may (without being obliged to, and without prejudice to the Creator's own rights against the Provider) take one or more of the following measures:

• (a) conduct an internal reliability/trust review of the Provider;
• (b) remove the Provider's Verified badge;
• (c) suspend or ban the Provider's Account;
• (d) publicly delist the Provider and/or the affected Opportunity;
• (e) apply the strikes system in clause 10.4; and/or
• (f) instruct Stripe to hold or withhold Provider payouts in accordance with clause 13.1.

10.4 Strikes system. ARTIT operates a strikes system to record Provider defaults and other serious breaches and to inform escalating consequences (which may include warnings, loss of the Verified badge, suspension, delisting and, ultimately, a ban). The thresholds and procedure are applied at ARTIT's reasonable discretion and are published separately in our Strikes & Provider Accountability Policy. Each case is assessed individually on its own facts — there is no single, automatic "one-size-fits-all" outcome. In deciding what action (if any) to take, ARTIT will consider relevant factors such as the seriousness of the breach, the harm caused to Creators, whether the conduct is repeated or isolated, and whether the Provider has acted in good faith. The affected Provider will ordinarily be given an opportunity to explain or respond before a serious measure is applied, except where immediate action is necessary.

10.5 Provider's prize commitment; ARTIT's reserved right to require pre-funding. ARTIT does not currently require Providers to pre-fund or place Prize monies in escrow before publishing an Opportunity. Instead, ARTIT relies on the Provider's binding undertaking in clause 10.2 — by publishing a Prize, the Provider contractually commits, through these Terms, that it will deliver the cash or other Prize it has promised and that it will not promise anything it cannot deliver — backed by the enforcement measures in clauses 10.3 and 13. However, ARTIT reserves the right, at its discretion and on reasonable notice, to require a Provider to pre-fund a cash Prize, or to place the Prize amount on hold or in escrow (for example, on the Provider's Stripe balance), before an Opportunity is published or before winners are announced — in particular for higher-value cash Prizes above a threshold that ARTIT may set. Where ARTIT introduces such a requirement, it will apply to Opportunities created after the requirement takes effect, and a Provider that does not meet it may be prevented from publishing the relevant Opportunity. This is a reserved right that ARTIT may switch on in future without re-issuing these Terms: ARTIT is under no obligation to exercise it, and its existence does not reduce the Provider's undertaking in clause 10.2.

10.6 No ARTIT guarantee. For the avoidance of doubt, the measures in this clause are enforcement and trust mechanisms operated by ARTIT in its discretion; they do not amount to a guarantee by ARTIT of any Prize or of Provider performance.

10.7 Winner obligations and publicity. To receive a Prize, a selected winner may be required to provide information reasonably needed to deliver it (for example, contact, delivery or payment details, or proof of eligibility). By taking part in an Opportunity, Creators agree that ARTIT and the Provider may announce and promote the results — including the winner's name or username and the winning or selected Content, with attribution — on the Platform and in related promotion, consistent with clauses 11.2 to 11.4. A winner who does not provide the information reasonably required to claim a Prize within a reasonable time may forfeit it, as set out in the Opportunity. Winners are responsible for any taxes due on a Prize they receive.

11.1 Your work is solely yours. The works and other Content you create and upload to ARTIT are, and remain, solely yours: copyright and all other rights in your Content stay with you (or the rightful owner) at all times, and ARTIT acquires no ownership of them. Your selected copyright settings remain associated with each published work. The only rights you give ARTIT are the limited permissions in clause 11.2, which exist so that we can host, display and promote your work — nothing more. You also keep your moral rights in your Content — including the right to be identified as its author and the right to object to derogatory treatment of your work. ARTIT does not require you to waive your moral rights, and a Provider must not require you to assign your copyright or to waive your moral rights as a condition of simply entering an Opportunity, except through the express, opt-in disclosure step in clause 11.5.

11.2 Limited licence to ARTIT (while online). To host, display, organise, index and propagate your portfolio and works across the Platform, you grant ARTIT a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to reproduce, display, format/reformat, distribute, publish and communicate your Content for the period during which your Content is published on the Platform, and to include it in ARTIT-powered features, categories, search results and promotional or editorial materials about you and your work (with attribution). This licence terminates automatically when the Content is removed from the Platform, save that (i) we may retain back-up copies for a reasonable period and as required by law, and (ii) Content already lawfully incorporated into third-party materials before removal (for example, a partner's promotion of a past Opportunity) may persist. In plain terms, this licence lets ARTIT disseminate and use the Content you upload in order to promote both the Platform and you — for example, featuring your work in ARTIT's marketing, website, social media, newsletters and editorial features, and in partner promotions of Opportunities — always with attribution to you. ARTIT uses your Content only to host, display and promote the Platform and you; it does not sell your Content or grant commercial rights in it to third parties except with your separate opt-in (see clauses 11.4–11.6).

11.3 Provider brand/logo licence to ARTIT. By running an Opportunity, a Provider grants ARTIT a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use the Provider's name, logo and brand assets for the purpose of promoting the Opportunity and the Platform (for example, on the Opportunity listing and in related promotion), for the duration of the Opportunity and for reasonable archival and editorial reference afterwards. ARTIT will use brand assets consistently with any reasonable brand guidelines the Provider supplies.

11.4 Limited licence to the Provider — judging and showcase only. When a Creator submits Content to an Opportunity, the Creator grants the Provider a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use the Submission solely for the purposes of that Opportunity — namely receiving, reviewing, judging, and showcasing/announcing the Submission and results in connection with the Opportunity (with attribution to the Creator). This licence does not permit the Provider to exploit the Submission commercially (for example, reproduction on merchandise, resale, advertising unrelated to the Opportunity, or incorporation into the Provider's products) without a separate agreement and the Creator's express opt-in (clause 11.5).

11.5 Anti-rights-grab. A Provider must not, through the Opportunity terms or otherwise, claim ownership of, an assignment of, or an exclusive or commercial licence over a Creator's Content, unless: (a) this is clearly and prominently disclosed to the Creator before submission, through the standardised disclosure step ARTIT provides; and (b) the Creator gives express, informed opt-in consent to those specific terms at submission (separate from, and in addition to, simply entering the Opportunity). Every Provider accepts this rule as a condition of using the Platform under these Terms. A Provider may only request ownership, an assignment, or an exclusive or commercial licence over a Submission by using ARTIT's standardised disclosure-and-opt-in step, so that the Creator sees the request clearly and must actively agree to it before it can take effect. ARTIT may refuse to publish, or may remove, any Opportunity whose terms attempt to take such rights without this step, and any such purported rights grab is a breach of these Terms. ARTIT does not become a party to any arrangement that a Creator does opt into, but it controls whether such requests may be made on the Platform and how they must be presented.

11.6 No third-party AI training without opt-in consent. ARTIT will not use your Content, and will not license, sell or otherwise make your Content available to any third party, for the purpose of training artificial-intelligence or machine-learning models, unless you have first given express opt-in consent. This means:

• (a) consent is opt-in: absent your active consent, no such use takes place;
• (b) giving or withholding consent is not a condition of using the Platform;
• (c) consent may be given at account level or per individual work, as offered in your settings; and
• (d) you may withdraw consent at any time, with effect for the future.

11.7 Limited internal AI use for operating the Platform. ARTIT may use automated tools, including AI, solely internally and for the purpose of operating and improving the Platform's matching, discovery and organisation features — for example, analysing the theme and attributes of works to recommend relevant Opportunities and to categorise portfolios and Opportunities. This internal use may include improving ARTIT's own matching and recommendation models. Where ARTIT uses third-party service providers to help process Content for these internal purposes, those providers act on ARTIT's instructions under contractual confidentiality and data-protection obligations, may only process the Content to provide the service to ARTIT, and may not use the Content for their own purposes (including training their own models). Such processing is described further in the Privacy Policy. This internal use never transfers ownership of your Content.

11.8 Attribution. ARTIT will attribute Content to the Creator where it is displayed, and Providers must attribute Submissions to the Creator when showcasing them. Attribution does not cure any unauthorised use.

11.9 Takedown — notice and counter-notice. If you believe that Content on the Platform infringes your rights (including copyright) or breaches these Terms, contact us at contact@artit.net with: (a) your name and contact details; (b) identification of the Content and where it appears on the Platform (for example, a link); (c) a description of the right infringed or the breach; and (d) a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised. On receiving a valid notice, ARTIT will review it and may remove or disable access to the Content, and will notify the Creator who posted it. That Creator may send a counter-notice to contact@artit.net explaining why the Content should be restored (for example, that they hold the rights or the use is permitted); if ARTIT considers the counter-notice valid, it may restore the Content. ARTIT may remove Content, and may suspend or terminate Users who repeatedly infringe, acting reasonably.

11.10 Your warranty. By uploading or submitting Content you warrant that you own it or are authorised to submit it, and that it does not infringe any third-party rights or any law. You agree to indemnify ARTIT in respect of breaches of this warranty (clause 15), subject to clause 15.2.

11.11 ARTIT's own IP. All intellectual property in the Platform itself (excluding User Content) belongs to ARTIT or its licensors. You may not copy, modify or exploit the Platform or ARTIT's marks except as permitted by these Terms.

11.12 Feedback. If you send us ideas, suggestions or feedback about the Platform, you agree that we may use them freely, without restriction and without any obligation to you, to operate and improve the Services. Feedback is given voluntarily and is not treated as confidential.

11.13 Our commitment to fair creator terms. ARTIT is committed to the fair treatment of Creators and designs its rules to be consistent with widely recognised fair-competition principles, including those of the Artists' Bill of Rights: Creators retain copyright and moral rights; assignment of copyright or waiver of moral rights is never a condition of simply entering an Opportunity; any rights a Provider asks a Creator to grant must be clearly disclosed in advance and expressly opted into (clause 11.5); and Content is credited to the Creator (clause 11.8).

12.1 Prohibited Content. You must not upload, submit or transmit Content that: infringes any third party's intellectual property, privacy or other rights; is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, sexually explicit in a manner harmful to others, harassing, threatening, abusive, or hateful (including on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age); is harmful to minors; is false or misleading; contains malware; or is unsolicited advertising or spam.

12.2 Prohibited conduct. You must not: impersonate any person; harvest others' credentials or data; create multiple or fake Accounts; use automated means to access the Platform except permitted feeds; place an unreasonable load on, or interfere with, the Platform; circumvent access controls; artificially inflate or manipulate ratings, votes, comments or Opportunity results; buy or sell votes/rankings; sell or transfer your profile; or promote or sell another person's Content as your own.

12.3 Mature and sensitive content. The Platform is for users aged 18 and over and may contain artistic Content that some people may find sensitive (for example, nudity in an artistic context). ARTIT does not pre-screen all Content and does not guarantee that it will be free of material you may find objectionable. We take reasonable steps to keep the Platform safe — including these content standards, our reporting tools, and our right to remove Content and take enforcement action under clauses 12.4 and 13. If you come across Content that you believe is harmful or inappropriate, please report it to us at contact@artit.net and we will review it.

12.4 Our rights over Content and Services. We may, acting reasonably and where necessary (including for breach of these Terms, legal risk, or to protect Users), remove or disable Content and change, restrict, suspend or discontinue Services or features. We are not liable for doing so, subject to your statutory rights. The Platform should not be relied on as your sole store of your Content.

12.5 Prohibited businesses, sanctions and lawful use. You must use the Platform only for lawful purposes. Providers must not use the Platform, or Stripe through it, for any business or activity that is prohibited or restricted under Stripe's rules (including Stripe's list of restricted businesses) or that is otherwise unlawful. You must not use the Platform if you are subject to applicable sanctions, and you must comply with applicable sanctions and export-control laws. We may refuse, suspend or terminate access where we reasonably believe these requirements are not met.

13.1 Enforcement measures. Where we reasonably believe a User has breached these Terms, provided false information, misused the Platform, or where a Provider has defaulted (clause 10), we may take proportionate action, including: issuing a warning or strike; removing Content or an Opportunity; withholding or removing a Verified badge; suspending or terminating the Account; publicly delisting a Provider or Opportunity; instructing Stripe to place a hold on, or to withhold, a Provider payout pending investigation of a dispute, suspected breach or default (releasing, or reversing, the funds according to the outcome of the investigation); and, for unlawful conduct, reporting to the authorities and pursuing legal remedies. See also our Strikes & Provider Accountability Policy.

13.2 Proportionality, fairness and notice. We will exercise the powers in this clause 13 fairly and proportionately. Where practicable, before taking a serious measure (such as suspending or closing your Account) we will give you notice, explain the reason, and give you an opportunity to respond — except where immediate action is necessary, for example to deal with unlawful Content, a security risk, or a risk of harm to other Users. Any action we take will not affect rights you have already accrued (including any refund due to you) and, if you are a consumer, will not affect your statutory rights. If we suspend or close your Account without good reason, we will restore it or, where appropriate, refund any Platform Fees relating to services we can no longer provide to you.

13.3 Effect of termination. On termination of your Account you may continue to access the Platform as a Visitor. Accrued rights and obligations (including payment, refund and indemnity obligations) survive termination, as do clauses intended to survive by their nature.

13.4 Inactive accounts. We may close or remove an Account that has been inactive for a long period. Where we do, we will first give you reasonable advance notice to the email address associated with your Account, so that you can keep the Account or retrieve your Content before any removal takes effect.

14.1 Intermediary disclaimer. ARTIT operates the Platform as an intermediary that connects Creators and Providers. Except for Opportunities that ARTIT itself runs as Provider under clause 6.5, ARTIT does not organise Opportunities, does not award, fund or guarantee any Prize, does not guarantee the conduct of any User or the outcome of any Opportunity, and does not guarantee the accuracy of User Content. ARTIT is not a party to Opportunity Contracts (clause 4).

14.2 Not liable for Provider default. In particular, and for the avoidance of doubt, ARTIT is not liable to any Creator or other person if a Provider fails to award or deliver a Prize, fails to run or complete an Opportunity, or otherwise breaches an Opportunity Contract. ARTIT's responsibility in respect of Prizes and the running of Opportunities is limited to those Opportunities that ARTIT itself organises and runs as Provider under clause 6.5. The refund facilitation in clause 9.4 and the enforcement measures in clauses 10 and 13 do not make ARTIT liable for a Provider's obligations.

14.3 Services provided with reasonable care. We provide the Platform with reasonable care and skill but do not warrant that it will be uninterrupted, error-free or always available, as we rely on third-party providers (including Stripe and hosting/network providers).

14.4 Exclusion and limitation of ARTIT's liability. This clause is subject to clause 14.5, and nothing in it affects liabilities that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

• (a) If you use the Platform as a business (non-consumer): to the fullest extent permitted by law, and because ARTIT acts only as an intermediary and charges only the Platform Fee, ARTIT excludes all liability to you arising out of or in connection with the Platform, the Services, any Opportunity, any Prize, any User, or any Content — including any direct, indirect or consequential loss, any loss of profit, revenue, business, goodwill, data or opportunity, and any loss arising from the acts or omissions of any User.
• (b) If you use the Platform as a consumer: we are responsible for foreseeable loss and damage that we cause by breaking these Terms or by failing to use reasonable care and skill, and we do not exclude that responsibility. However, ARTIT is not liable for: loss or damage that is not reasonably foreseeable; loss arising from the acts or omissions of Providers or other Users (including a Provider's failure to award or deliver a Prize — see clause 14.2); or any indirect or consequential loss. We are also not liable for loss you could have avoided, for example by following our reasonable instructions or keeping your account details secure.

14.5 Liabilities not excluded. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under English law — including, for consumers, liability under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (clause 16).

15.1 Indemnity by you. You agree to indemnify ARTIT and its officers, employees and agents against claims, liabilities, losses and reasonable costs arising from: (a) your breach of these Terms; (b) your Content or Submissions (including any claim that they infringe third-party rights); and (c) for Providers, the operation of your Opportunities and any Prize obligations.

15.2 Consumers. If you use the Platform as a consumer (clause 16), the indemnity in clause 15.1 applies only to the extent that the relevant claim, liability, loss or cost arises from your own breach of these Terms or your own wrongful or unlawful act or omission, and nothing in this clause requires you to indemnify ARTIT beyond what is permitted by law.

16.1 Some Creators are consumers. Many Creators use the Platform as individuals, for purposes outside any trade, business or profession. If that is you, you are a consumer under UK law and you have legal rights that these Terms do not remove or reduce — including under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013. Where anything in these Terms conflicts with those rights, your statutory rights come first.

16.2 Your "cooling-off" cancellation right and paid entries. When you buy a service online as a consumer, you normally have 14 days to change your mind and cancel for a refund (a "cooling-off" period). However, that right can end once the service has started with your agreement. Entering a paid Opportunity is a service that begins as soon as your Submission is processed. So, at checkout, you will be asked to agree that the service begins immediately and to acknowledge that you lose the 14-day cancellation right once your Submission has been accepted into the Opportunity. This is why an Entry Fee is non-refundable once your Submission is accepted (clause 9.1) — except in the refund situations in clause 9.2 (for example, if the Provider cancels or materially changes the Opportunity), and except for any refund you are entitled to by law.

16.3 Fair treatment. Where these Terms give ARTIT discretion (for example, to change the Services or to suspend or close an Account), ARTIT will use that discretion fairly and reasonably, and in a way that does not remove your statutory rights as a consumer (see clause 13.2).

16.4 Where you can bring a claim. As a consumer, you may be able to bring proceedings in the courts of the country where you live (see clause 22).

16.5 Complaints. If you are unhappy with the Platform or the Services, please contact us at contact@artit.net and we will try to resolve your complaint. If you are a consumer and we cannot resolve it between us, you may be entitled to use an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) or online dispute resolution scheme; this does not affect your right to bring a claim in court (see clause 22).

17.1 The Platform relies on third parties (including Stripe for payments). Your use of those services may be subject to their own terms. We are not responsible for third-party websites or services linked from the Platform.

18.1 How we make changes. We may update these Terms periodically, for example to reflect changes to the Platform, our Services, or legal or regulatory requirements. Where a change is material, we will give you reasonable advance notice — normally by email to your registered address and/or a prominent notice on the Platform — before the change takes effect. Non-material changes (such as minor clarifications) take effect when posted. Your continued use of the Platform after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms; if you do not agree, you should stop using the Platform and may close your Account. A change will not apply retrospectively to an Opportunity you have already entered: the version of these Terms in force when you entered that Opportunity continues to govern it.

19.1 We process personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms and explains your rights under UK data protection law (UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). Payment data is handled by Stripe under its own terms and privacy policy. Where a Creator takes part in an Opportunity, both ARTIT and the Opportunity Provider may process the Creator's personal data, each for its own purposes: broadly, ARTIT processes it to operate the Platform, and the Provider processes it to run, judge and administer its Opportunity. Each is responsible, as a controller, for its own handling of that personal data. If you have any questions about how your personal data is used, or wish to exercise your data-protection rights, contact us at contact@artit.net; full details are in the Privacy Policy. You can also view our Record of Processing Activities (ROPA).

20.1 We do not guarantee that Users are who they say they are. ARTIT is an open platform that any eligible person can join. The information Users provide — in a Creator Profile, a Creator Portfolio, a Provider Application, or when applying to or running an Opportunity — is provided by those Users, not by ARTIT. ARTIT does not create this information and cannot and does not guarantee that it is true, accurate, complete or genuine.

20.2 One person may hold more than one role. A single person or organisation may create more than one presence on the Platform — for example, a Creator Profile and Creator Portfolio as a Creator and, separately, a presence as an Opportunity Provider / organiser. The existence of any account or profile does not imply endorsement, sponsorship or approval by ARTIT.

20.3 Fake or misleading profiles — ARTIT is not liable. ARTIT is not responsible or liable if a User creates a fake, impersonating or misleading Profile, Portfolio, account or Provider presence, or provides untrue information — whether that User acts as a Creator, as an Opportunity Provider / organiser, or as both. You interact with, apply to, rely on, and transact with other Users at your own risk, and you should exercise your own judgement before doing so.

20.4 Verification is carried out to the best of our knowledge only. Where ARTIT verifies a Provider (see clause 5), it does so to the best of its knowledge and ability, on the basis of the information and documents made available to it at the time. It is entirely possible that information provided for verification is itself untrue, incomplete, or later changes. A Verified badge therefore indicates only that a Provider has completed ARTIT's checks at a point in time — it is not a guarantee by ARTIT of that Provider's identity, honesty, solvency, intentions or conduct. ARTIT is not liable for any loss arising from reliance on a Verified badge or on any verification.

20.5 Reporting and action. If you believe that a Profile, Portfolio, account or Opportunity is fake, impersonating or misleading, please report it to contact@artit.net. ARTIT may investigate and take action under clauses 12 and 13 (including removing content and suspending or banning accounts), but ARTIT is under no obligation to monitor for, or to detect, false or misleading information.

21.1 A global space for art. ARTIT is a space for art, where creators from across the world share their work and their perspectives. The works, statements and views that Creators publish through their Creator Profiles and Creator Portfolios are public and open to everyone who is signed up to ARTIT, and some selected Content may also be shown to Visitors who are not signed up.

21.2 Diverse views are welcome. Art is often personal and political. Many Creators use ARTIT to express political, environmental, social and other views, and this is welcomed. As a result, you may encounter Content, opinions or perspectives that you disagree with, or that you find challenging, provocative or uncomfortable. That is part of being an open platform for artistic expression.

21.3 ARTIT is the intermediary and does not endorse Users' views. ARTIT provides the Platform; it does not create Creators' works and does not adopt their views. The views and opinions expressed in Content are those of the Creators (or Providers) who publish them, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of ARTIT or Artit London Ltd. Nothing on the Platform should be taken as endorsed by ARTIT unless ARTIT expressly says so.

21.4 Limits — extreme and illegal content. Freedom of expression on the Platform is not unlimited. Content that is illegal, or that falls within the prohibited categories in clause 12 — including pornography, content that sexualises or endangers minors, hate speech, incitement to violence, harassment and other unlawful or seriously harmful material — is not permitted, whatever its artistic framing. ARTIT may remove such Content and take enforcement action under clauses 12 and 13.

21.5 Tell us. ARTIT does not pre-screen all Content. If you come across Content that you believe should be removed, please write to us at contact@artit.net and we will review it and act on your report in accordance with clauses 12 and 13.

22.1 Governing law. These Terms, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them (including non-contractual disputes), are governed by the law of England and Wales.

22.2 Jurisdiction. The courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction, except that a consumer may also bring proceedings in the courts of the country in which they are domiciled and may be entitled to the protection of mandatory provisions of their local law.

22.3 Severability. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force.

22.4 No waiver. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.

22.5 Assignment. You may not assign your rights under these Terms without our consent. We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations on reasonable notice, provided your rights are not adversely affected.

22.6 Entire agreement. These Terms (together with the Privacy Policy and any Opportunity-specific terms set by a Provider) constitute the entire agreement between you and ARTIT regarding the Platform, and supersede any previous terms of use.

22.7 No third-party rights. Except as expressly stated in these Terms, a person who is not a party to these Terms has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of its terms. In plain terms, these Terms are between you and ARTIT; someone who is not you or ARTIT generally cannot rely on them to bring a claim. This does not affect any rights or remedies a Creator and a Provider have against each other under an Opportunity Contract.

22.8 Force majeure. We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control.

22.9 Notices / contact. Contact us at contact@artit.net or at our registered address above.

22.10 Electronic communications and acceptance. You agree that we may communicate with you electronically (for example, by email or through the Platform), and that agreeing to these Terms and entering into transactions electronically has the same legal effect as if done on paper. Notices to you may be given by email to your registered address or by posting on the Platform.

22.11 Survival. Any provision of these Terms that is intended to continue after your Account is closed or these Terms end will do so — including the provisions on intellectual property and licences (clause 11), fees already due (clause 8), refunds (clause 9), disclaimers and exclusion of liability (clause 14), indemnity (clause 15), and authenticity and no guarantee about Users (clause 20).