Terms of Use
Last updated: August 21, 2025
These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Happ Network, Inc. (“Happ,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) governing your access to and use of our website at https://happ.network, any informational pages, waitlists, and any related applications or services that link to these Terms (collectively, the “Services”). By accessing or using the Services, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.
1. Eligibility and Accounts
- You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, to use the Services. By using the Services, you represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms and that your use complies with applicable laws and regulations, including those of the United States and the State of New York.
- Some features may require creating an account. You agree to provide accurate information and to keep your credentials confidential. You are responsible for all activity under your account.
2. Scope of the Services
- The Services include an informational website and, as available, access to a platform designed to help freelancers and independent professionals manage creative and business processes, including collaboration tools, financial tracking, invoicing, and related utilities.
- We may add, change, or remove features at any time, including for maintenance, security, legal, or business reasons. Availability may vary by region.
3. Acceptable Use
- You agree not to misuse the Services. Prohibited conduct includes, without limitation, the following:
- Violating any law or regulation, including anti money laundering, counter terrorism, anti corruption, export control, and sanctions laws.
- Infringing intellectual property, privacy, or other rights.
- Introducing malware or attempting to interfere with the integrity or performance of the Services.
- Scraping, crawling, or harvesting data except as permitted by robots.txt or a written authorization from Happ.
- Impersonating another person or entity, or misrepresenting affiliation.
- We may suspend or terminate access for suspected violations.
4. User Content
- You retain ownership of content you submit to the Services (“User Content”). You grant Happ a worldwide, non exclusive, royalty free license to host, store, reproduce, display, and perform your User Content as necessary to operate, improve, and provide the Services.
- You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant the foregoing license and that your User Content does not violate any law or third party right.
- We may remove or disable access to any User Content that we reasonably believe violates these Terms.
5. Intellectual Property
- The Services, including software, features, design, text, graphics, logos, and trademarks, are owned by Happ or its licensors and are protected by United States and international laws.
- Subject to these Terms, Happ grants you a limited, revocable, non exclusive, non transferable license to access and use the Services for your internal business purposes. Any other use requires prior written consent.
- Feedback and suggestions you provide may be used by Happ without restriction. You assign to Happ all rights in feedback to the fullest extent permitted by law.
6. Payments and Subscriptions
- Paid features, if offered, may be subject to plan specific terms presented at purchase. Prices, taxes, and billing cycles will be disclosed at checkout.
- Subscriptions, if any, renew automatically unless canceled as described in the applicable plan terms. You authorize us or our payment processor to charge your payment method for fees and applicable taxes.
- Except as required by law or stated otherwise in plan terms, fees are non refundable.
7. Privacy and Data Protection
- Your use of the Services is subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and safeguard personal data.
- We aim to operate in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and relevant New York privacy and data security laws. By using the Services, you consent to the transfer and processing of your data in the United States.
8. Third Party Services and Links
- The Services may link to or integrate with third party websites or tools. We are not responsible for their content, policies, or practices. Your use of third party services is governed by their terms.
- Payment processing is provided by third party processors. We are not responsible for errors or delays caused by such providers.
9. Beta Features and AI Assisted Functionality
- We may offer early access or beta features. Such features are experimental, may change, and are provided as is. We may suspend or discontinue them without notice.
- AI assisted outputs may be inaccurate or incomplete and are provided for informational purposes only. They do not constitute legal, tax, accounting, or financial advice. You are responsible for independently verifying results and for compliance with your professional and regulatory obligations.
10. Compliance, Export, and Sanctions
- You represent that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country or region subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions, and that you are not on any U.S. government restricted party list.
- You agree to comply with United States export control and sanctions laws and with any applicable local laws in your jurisdiction.
11. Disclaimers
- The Services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non infringement.
- We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, secure, or error free, or that content will be accurate or reliable.
12. Limitation of Liability
- To the fullest extent permitted by law, Happ and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits, lost data, or business interruption.
- To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim arising out of or relating to the Services will not exceed the greater of one hundred U.S. dollars (USD 100) or the amount you paid to use the Services in the twelve months before the event giving rise to liability.
- Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.
13. Indemnification
- You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Happ and its affiliates from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the Services, your User Content, or your violation of these Terms or any law.
14. DMCA and Copyright Complaints
- If you believe content on the Services infringes your copyright, you may send a notice to our designated agent at team@happ.network with the information required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). We may remove content and terminate repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.
15. Governing Law, Venue, and Dispute Resolution
- These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States, without regard to conflict of laws principles.
- Before filing any claim, you agree to attempt to resolve the dispute informally with us by emailing team@happ.network. If we cannot resolve it within 30 days, the dispute will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will be held in New York, New York, in English, before a single arbitrator. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court with jurisdiction.
- Class actions and jury trials are waived to the fullest extent permitted by law. You may opt out of arbitration within 30 days of first accepting these Terms by sending written notice to team@happ.network with the subject line “Arbitration Opt Out,” including your name, the email associated with your account, and a clear statement that you want to opt out.
- Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek injunctive or equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property or confidential information.
16. Termination
- We may suspend or terminate your access if we believe you have violated these Terms or applicable law, or to protect the Services or users. Upon termination, your license to use the Services ends immediately. Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive.
17. Changes to the Services or Terms
- We may modify the Services or these Terms at any time. If we make material changes to the Terms, we will post the updated Terms and update the date at the top of this page. Your continued use after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the changes.
18. Miscellaneous
- Entire Agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any plan specific terms, are the entire agreement between you and Happ regarding the Services.
- Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
- No Waiver. A failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of the right to do so later.
- Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
- Electronic Communications. You consent to receive communications electronically and agree that all terms, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide electronically satisfy legal requirements.
19. Contact
Happ Network, Inc.
New York, NY
Email: team@happ.network
Website: https://happ.network