VentrBox Marketplace Rules & Licence Terms

2. Definitions

1. Anonymisation First: No personal or identifiable data may be listed or transferred through VentrBox.
2. Licence, Not Sale: All transactions are licences of limited use, not ownership transfers.
3. Transparency & Traceability: All actions (uploads, acceptances, disputes) are logged and time-stamped.
4. Compliance Declarations: Sellers declare applicable requirements and attest to anonymisation and licensing rights.
5. Escrow Protection (planned): Escrow is planned and not yet live. VentrBox does not currently hold any funds.
6. Auditability: VentrBox records transaction and delivery activity.

Sellers must:

1. Own or Control Rights
   • You may only list datasets you lawfully own or have the contractual right to license.
   • You cannot license customer data unless your SaaS agreements explicitly grant that right.
2. Ensure Anonymisation
   • Datasets must be fully anonymised and stripped of any direct or indirect personal identifiers.
   • Aggregated, synthetic, or statistically de-identified data is acceptable.
3. Declare Compliance
   • Select the requirements that apply to your dataset and provide accurate attestations.
   • Upload documentation if available.
4. Deliver What You Describe
   • Dataset must match your listing's title, schema, coverage, and metadata.
   • Misrepresentation voids the licence and may forfeit payment.
5. Respect Scope
   • Buyers receive a limited licence for model training and analysis, not ownership or redistribution rights.
6. Maintain Quality
   • Data should be accurate, stable, and delivered in the declared format and timeframe.
7. Keep It Clean
   • No unlawful, confidential, or offensive content.
   • No inclusion of datasets derived from or exposing others' IP or customer data.
8. Ongoing Deliveries
   • Ongoing licences must deliver updates on the agreed cadence (e.g., monthly or quarterly).
9. Cooperate on Audit or Disputes
   • Provide evidence of provenance or anonymisation if requested by VentrBox or regulators.

5. Buyer Rules

Buyers must:

1. Use Within Licensed Scope
   • Use the dataset only for model development, testing, benchmarking, or evaluation.
   • Resale, redistribution, or publication of the dataset is strictly prohibited.
2. Respect Anonymity
   • No re-identification or de-anonymisation attempts.
   • No data enrichment using other sources to reverse anonymity.
3. No Onward Sharing
   • You may not share or sublicense the dataset to affiliates, clients, or third parties unless the licence explicitly allows it.
4. Respect Confidentiality
   • You may not disclose dataset contents or seller identity without permission.
5. Derivative Models Are Yours: Data Is Not
   • You may commercialise models trained on licensed data, but you may not redistribute the training data itself.
6. Retention & Deletion
   • You must delete or re-license the dataset upon licence expiry or upon request from the seller.
7. Compliance Obligations
   • You must use data in accordance with applicable privacy and AI governance laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.).
8. Audit Cooperation
   • You agree to provide reasonable evidence of compliance if requested under investigation.

6. VentrBox Responsibilities

VentrBox will:

1. Vet Listings: automated and manual checks for completeness, legality, and anonymisation statements.
2. Escrow (planned): VentrBox does not hold funds today. When escrow launches, these rules will be updated before it applies.
3. Record Licence Terms: proposed licence terms are recorded in the Deal Room for both parties.
4. Maintain Records: deal activity such as deliveries and acceptances is logged with timestamps.
5. Help Resolve Disputes: VentrBox may review disputes raised in the Deal Room and mediate between the parties.
6. Protect Both Parties: no data is visible to other users outside deal participants and admin reviewers.

7. Payment & Fees

• Buyers: VentrBox Pro costs £199 per month or £1,990 per year, including any applicable VAT, sold and billed by Stripe. See Pricing and the Cancellation and Refund Policy.
• Sellers: listing is free.
• Planned, not live: licence payments through VentrBox, with a 15% platform fee on batch licences and 5% on ongoing licences, escrow and seller payouts. No fee is charged on licences today.
• Until licence payments launch, buyers and sellers agree and settle payment directly.

• Buyer may dispute delivery within the inspection window.
• Escrow is planned; VentrBox does not hold funds, so disputes over payment are settled between the parties.
• VentrBox may suspend listings or accounts that break these rules.
• VentrBox reserves final adjudication authority unless both parties escalate via arbitration (see §12).

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