Velvet Ties terms and Bad Actor Identifier consent

Eligibility & accurate information

• You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter this agreement.
• You are responsible for the accuracy of the information you submit and for any activity tied to your account.

Acceptable use

• You must use Velvet Ties lawfully and respectfully, and may not engage in harmful, illegal, or disruptive conduct.
• Velvet Ties may suspend or terminate access at any time for safety, policy, or operational reasons.

No guarantees

• Velvet Ties does not guarantee any minimum number of dates, matches, or outcomes unless expressly stated in a separate paid offering.

Events: photography, filming, and likeness release

Velvet Ties hosts in-person events, dinners, parties, and retreats, including events hosted or co-hosted under the “Dani” brand or by Daniella Guips personally (each, an “Event”). Events are photographed, filmed, and recorded. By registering for, entering, or attending an Event, you agree to the following — whether you attend as a member, an applicant, a guest of an attendee, a partner, a vendor, or a plus-one. If you do not agree, do not enter the Event.

• You grant Velvet Ties a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable right to photograph, film, and record you at an Event, and to use your name, image, likeness, photograph, voice, video, statements, and appearance (“Event Media”) in any and all media now known or later developed — including Instagram and other social platforms, the Velvet Ties app and website, marketing, advertising, promotional and editorial materials, press, newsletters, and pitch or investor materials.
• This license is granted in perpetuity. It does not end when you leave the Event, withdraw your application, cancel your membership, or delete your account, and it survives termination of these terms.
• You will receive no compensation for Event Media, and you waive any right to inspect or approve any Event Media, any finished use, or any accompanying copy before it is published.
• To the fullest extent permitted by law, you release Velvet Ties, its personnel, its hosts (including Daniella Guips), and its licensees from any claim arising out of the use of Event Media, including invasion of privacy, violation of a right of publicity, defamation, false light, and misappropriation of likeness.
• Commitments we make in return: we will not use Event Media to state or imply that you personally endorse a third-party product or service without asking you first, and we will not sell Event Media to an unaffiliated third party as stock imagery.
• You may ask us to stop using a specific piece of Event Media going forward by writing to dg@velvetties.com. We consider every request in good faith and honor it where reasonably practicable, but we are not obligated to, and we cannot recall Event Media already published, distributed, or reshared by others.
• If you do not want to appear in Event Media, tell the host or the photographer at the Event and we will make reasonable efforts to keep you out of shot. Events are live and candid, so we cannot guarantee it — the reliable way to avoid appearing in Event Media is not to attend.
• Events are 18+. If you bring a guest, you are responsible for telling them this section applies to them before they enter.

Governing law

• Any disputes tied to Velvet Ties services are governed by New York law, with Manhattan, New York courts as the agreed forum unless a separate agreement controls.