7.1 Overview

To promote trust, transparency, security, and integrity across the Services, Growwr may offer identity verification, business verification, professional verification, compliance screening, fraud detection, and other verification services (collectively, the “Verification Services”).

Verification Services are intended to assist users in making more informed decisions by reviewing certain information and evidence submitted by users or obtained from authorized third-party sources.

Verification Services are designed to improve trust within the Growwr ecosystem but do not eliminate risk, replace independent due diligence, or guarantee the identity, qualifications, conduct, competence, reliability, or future performance of any individual or Organization.

Growwr reserves the right to determine, at its sole discretion and in accordance with Applicable Law, the scope, methods, requirements, and availability of Verification Services.

7.2 Verification Categories

Depending on the Services used, Growwr may perform one or more of the following verification activities:

Identity Verification (KYC)

Verification of an individual’s identity using government-issued identification, biometric verification where permitted by Applicable Law, photographs, liveness detection, identity databases, or other verification technologies.

Business Verification (KYB)

Verification of business entities, legal registrations, incorporation documents, beneficial ownership information, regulatory registrations, tax information, and other business-related records.

Professional Verification

Verification of resumes, employment history, professional experience, educational qualifications, certifications, portfolios, projects, technical skills, licenses, references, publications, work samples, and other professional credentials.

Portfolio Verification

Review of work samples, repositories, design portfolios, published projects, websites, applications, research, technical contributions, creative works, and other materials submitted by users.

Portfolio verification may include review of publicly available information, metadata, repositories, project documentation, references, demonstrations, or other supporting evidence.

Skills Verification

Assessment or evaluation of technical, professional, or occupational skills using AI systems, interviews, practical exercises, assessments, certifications, work history, project evidence, third-party data, or other evaluation methods.

Compliance Screening

Compliance-related reviews, including sanctions screening, politically exposed person (PEP) screening where applicable, fraud screening, anti-money laundering (AML) checks where required, watchlist screening, and other legally required compliance measures.

Ongoing Verification

Growwr may periodically update, repeat, supplement, or revoke verification based on newly available information, regulatory requirements, fraud detection, user reports, or other circumstances.

Verification is not necessarily permanent and may change over time.

7.3 Information Required for Verification

To complete Verification Services, Growwr may request information including, but not limited to:

• government-issued identification;
• passport or national identity documents;
• driver’s licenses;
• business registration documents;
• proof of address;
• tax information;
• educational records;
• professional certifications;
• resumes or curricula vitae;
• employment records;
• portfolios;
• work samples;
• project documentation;
• references;
• publicly available professional information;
• payment verification information;
• photographs or video verification;
• biometric information where permitted by Applicable Law; and
• any other information reasonably necessary to complete verification.

You agree to provide accurate, current, complete, and authentic information throughout the verification process.

7.4 Third-Party Verification Providers

Growwr may use trusted third-party Service Providers to perform or support Verification Services.

These providers may assist with:

• identity verification;
• document authentication;
• fraud detection;
• sanctions screening;
• business verification;
• biometric verification;
• public records searches;
• compliance screening; and
• other verification-related activities.

You acknowledge and agree that Growwr may securely share information necessary to perform Verification Services with authorized Service Providers in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws.

7.5 Verification Badges and Status

Growwr may assign Verification Badges, trust indicators, verification statuses, scores, or other designations to users who complete certain verification processes.

Verification Badges are intended solely to indicate that specified verification steps have been completed in accordance with Growwr’s verification procedures.

Verification Badges:

• do not constitute professional certification;
• do not constitute governmental approval;
• do not constitute legal accreditation;
• do not constitute an employment recommendation;
• do not guarantee identity;
• do not guarantee qualifications;
• do not guarantee competence;
• do not guarantee honesty;
• do not guarantee reliability;
• do not guarantee future conduct;
• do not guarantee future performance; and
• do not guarantee suitability for any employment, contractual, commercial, or business relationship.

Growwr reserves the right to suspend, revoke, modify, or remove any Verification Badge at any time where appropriate.

7.6 User Responsibilities During Verification

You agree to:

• provide only truthful, complete, and authentic information;
• cooperate with reasonable verification requests;
• promptly update information that becomes inaccurate;
• promptly notify Growwr of material changes affecting previously verified information;
• refrain from submitting forged, altered, manipulated, misleading, or fraudulent documents;
• comply with all verification requirements established by Growwr; and
• maintain the ongoing accuracy of your profile and credentials.

Failure to comply may result in delayed verification, suspension, revocation of verification status, restriction of Services, or termination of your Account.

7.7 No Guarantee of Verification Outcomes

Verification reflects Growwr’s assessment of the information, documentation, evidence, and data available at the time verification is performed.

Verification does not constitute a guarantee, warranty, representation, insurance, certification, endorsement, or promise regarding:

• identity;
• honesty;
• integrity;
• competence;
• professional ability;
• work quality;
• future conduct;
• future performance;
• criminal history;
• financial responsibility;
• legal compliance;
• ownership of intellectual property;
• authenticity of information beyond the evidence reviewed;
• employment suitability; or
• suitability for any Project, role, contract, or engagement.

Verification is not a substitute for independent due diligence.

Users remain solely responsible for evaluating whether another user is appropriate for any employment, contractual, financial, or commercial relationship.

7.8 Employer Responsibilities

Employers remain solely responsible for:

• interviewing candidates;
• conducting any desired background investigations;
• performing reference checks;
• verifying qualifications beyond Growwr’s Verification Services where appropriate;
• determining employment suitability;
• assessing legal eligibility to work;
• complying with employment, labor, immigration, tax, and regulatory requirements; and
• making all hiring and contracting decisions.

Growwr’s Verification Services are intended to assist Employers and shall not replace their independent judgment or legal obligations.

7.9 Fraud and Misrepresentation

Growwr prohibits fraudulent or deceptive conduct relating to Verification Services.

Without limitation, users may not:

• submit forged documents;
• impersonate another individual or Organization;
• create fake identities;
• falsify employment history;
• falsify educational records;
• submit fraudulent certifications;
• manipulate portfolios;
• misrepresent project ownership;
• create misleading AI-generated evidence;
• use another person’s verification documents; or
• otherwise attempt to deceive Growwr or other users.

Growwr may suspend, terminate, report, investigate, or permanently prohibit users engaged in fraudulent conduct.

Where required or permitted by Applicable Law, Growwr may cooperate with law enforcement or regulatory authorities.

7.10 Revocation of Verification

Growwr may suspend, revoke, modify, or withdraw any verification status, Verification Badge, or trust designation at any time where Growwr reasonably determines that:

• previously verified information is inaccurate;
• fraud is suspected;
• supporting documentation is no longer valid;
• information becomes outdated;
• additional evidence contradicts previous findings;
• regulatory obligations require action;
• security concerns arise; or
• continued verification would undermine the integrity of the Services.

Growwr has no obligation to maintain verification indefinitely.

7.11 Limitation of Verification Services

Verification Services are provided on an “as available” and “as assessed” basis.

Because verification depends upon information provided by users, third parties, public records, technology providers, governmental authorities, educational institutions, employers, and other external sources, Growwr cannot guarantee that all information is complete, accurate, current, or free from error.

Verification reflects only the information reasonably available during the verification process and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of future events or undiscovered facts.

7.12 Reservation of Rights

Growwr reserves the right to modify, expand, reduce, suspend, discontinue, or redesign any Verification Service, methodology, verification criteria, scoring model, verification technology, or evidence requirements at any time.

Nothing in these Terms obligates Growwr to verify every user, perform any particular verification procedure, or issue a Verification Badge.

The existence or absence of verification does not, by itself, determine a user’s suitability, trustworthiness, or eligibility for any opportunity.