15.1 Ownership of User Content

You retain ownership of all Content, information, materials, portfolios, resumes, curricula vitae, project deliverables, work samples, designs, software, code, documentation, creative works, images, videos, audio, text, data, trademarks, and other materials that you lawfully own and submit, upload, publish, transmit, or otherwise make available through the Services (”User Content”).

Except for the licenses expressly granted under these Terms, Growwr does not claim ownership of your User Content.

You are solely responsible for ensuring that you possess all rights, permissions, licenses, and authorizations necessary to upload, publish, share, or otherwise make your User Content available through the Services.

15.2 License Granted to Growwr

By submitting or making User Content available through the Services, you grant Growwr a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable (solely as necessary to operate the Services), transferable (solely in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of assets), and revocable license to host, store, reproduce, process, transmit, display, publish, distribute, index, cache, format, modify solely for technical purposes, translate where necessary, and otherwise use your User Content as reasonably necessary to:

• provide and operate the Services;
• display your profile, portfolio, or professional information as authorized by your account settings;
• facilitate Projects, hiring, recruitment, and marketplace activities;
• enable AI-powered features requested by you or other authorized users;
• perform verification services;
• provide customer support;
• improve accessibility and interoperability;
• maintain security and prevent fraud;
• comply with Applicable Law;
• enforce these Terms; and
• improve, maintain, and develop the Services.

This license remains in effect for as long as your User Content is hosted on or otherwise necessary for the operation of the Services, subject to Growwr’s data retention practices and legal obligations.

15.3 Portfolio and Professional Profiles

The Services may allow Talent and other users to create professional profiles and portfolios showcasing their qualifications, experience, skills, certifications, employment history, completed Projects, publications, awards, creative works, software, designs, repositories, case studies, work samples, testimonials, ratings, reviews, and other professional achievements.

You are solely responsible for ensuring that your portfolio and professional profile:

• accurately represent your qualifications and experience;
• do not contain false or misleading information;
• do not misrepresent authorship or ownership of work;
• do not include confidential information without authorization;
• do not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights or other rights of any third party; and
• comply with these Terms and Applicable Law.

Growwr does not independently verify every portfolio item or professional representation unless expressly stated as part of its Verification Services.

15.4 Responsibility for User Content

You are solely responsible for all User Content that you upload, publish, transmit, or otherwise make available through the Services.

You represent and warrant that:

• you own or have all necessary rights to the User Content;
• your User Content does not infringe or misappropriate any Intellectual Property Rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, contractual rights, or other legal rights of any person or entity;
• your User Content is accurate and not misleading;
• your User Content complies with Applicable Law; and
• your User Content does not violate these Terms or Growwr’s policies.

Growwr is not responsible for verifying the accuracy, legality, ownership, or authenticity of User Content submitted by users.

15.5 User Content Restrictions

You may not upload, publish, transmit, or otherwise make available User Content that:

• is unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading;
• infringes the Intellectual Property Rights of another person or entity;
• violates confidentiality obligations;
• contains malicious code, viruses, malware, or other harmful software;
• contains defamatory, abusive, threatening, discriminatory, or harassing material;
• violates privacy or data protection laws;
• impersonates another individual or Organization;
• contains forged or manipulated documents;
• facilitates unlawful activity;
• violates export control or sanctions laws; or
• otherwise violates these Terms or Applicable Law.

Growwr reserves the right to remove or restrict access to User Content that it reasonably believes violates this Section.

15.6 AI Processing of User Content

Where you choose to use Growwr AI or other AI-powered features, you acknowledge and agree that User Content submitted to those features may be processed by Growwr and its authorized artificial intelligence providers solely for the purpose of providing the requested AI functionality.

Such processing shall be conducted in accordance with these Terms, the Privacy Policy, applicable product-specific terms, and Applicable Law.

Nothing in this Section grants Growwr ownership of your User Content.

15.7 Public and Private Content

Certain User Content may be designated as public, private, restricted, or visible only to specific users depending on your account settings and the functionality of the Services.

You acknowledge that:

• publicly shared User Content may be viewed by other users or visitors to the Services;
• private Content may be accessible to Growwr where reasonably necessary to operate the Services, provide support, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, or enforce these Terms; and
• you are responsible for selecting the appropriate visibility settings for your User Content.

Growwr cannot guarantee that information intentionally made public will remain confidential.

15.8 Monitoring and Removal

Growwr is not obligated to monitor User Content but reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to review, moderate, remove, disable access to, or refuse to publish any User Content that Growwr reasonably believes:

• violates these Terms;
• violates Applicable Law;
• infringes the rights of another person;
• creates legal or regulatory risk;
• threatens the security or integrity of the Services;
• is fraudulent or misleading; or
• is otherwise objectionable.

Growwr’s exercise or non-exercise of these rights does not create an obligation to monitor all User Content.

15.9 Backup and Retention

You are solely responsible for maintaining backup copies of your User Content.

Although Growwr may maintain backups for operational, disaster recovery, security, or legal compliance purposes, Growwr does not guarantee that User Content can always be recovered following deletion, corruption, technical failure, or Account termination.

Growwr may retain certain User Content following deletion or Account closure where necessary to:

• comply with Applicable Law;
• resolve disputes;
• investigate fraud or abuse;
• enforce these Terms;
• comply with legal preservation obligations; or
• protect the security and integrity of the Services.

15.10 User Content Between Employers and Talent

Employers and Talent are solely responsible for determining how User Content, project deliverables, confidential information, portfolios, work samples, and intellectual property may be used, shared, licensed, assigned, or displayed during and after a Project.

Growwr is not responsible for enforcing contractual arrangements between users relating to ownership, licensing, confidentiality, or permitted use of User Content unless expressly agreed in writing.

15.11 Reservation of Rights

Growwr reserves the right to refuse, remove, restrict, archive, preserve, or disable access to User Content where Growwr reasonably determines that such action is necessary to:

• comply with Applicable Law;
• enforce these Terms;
• protect the rights, property, or safety of Growwr or its users;
• investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents;
• comply with legal process or governmental requests; or
• maintain the integrity and operation of the Services.

Nothing in this Section obligates Growwr to host, retain, publish, or continue displaying any particular User Content indefinitely.