Attachment A — Creator Participation Terms

These terms apply to every creator who participates in a research interview booked through Offbrain Research, LLC ("Provider"). They are presented to the creator before the creator accepts the invitation. Acceptance is recorded in the consent ledger.

1. What you are agreeing to §

You are agreeing to participate in one (1) research interview for a Provider client. You are not agreeing to:

• Post anything on your social media account.
• Endorse, promote, or recommend the client or any product.
• Provide a testimonial, quote, or public statement.
• Share Provider's or the client's confidential information outside the interview.
• Allow your name, handle, or likeness to appear in marketing.
• Continue working with the client after the interview, unless a separate agreement is signed.

2. Eligibility §

• You are 18 years of age or older. If the study covers an age-restricted topic — alcohol, cannabis, gambling, tobacco, or other topic disclosed in the invitation as 21+ — you must be 21 or older.
• You are a United States resident during this pilot phase. International recruiting is not currently offered.
• You are the real owner or authorized operator of the account submitted in the screener.
• You truthfully completed the screener.
• You are not currently subject to a Provider do-not-contact list (see §6a). A reliability hold (also §6a) does not bar eligibility for studies you are explicitly invited to.

3. The interview §

• Length, format, and topic are stated in the invitation you accepted.
• You may decline any question.
• You may end the interview early. If you end early without cause before the agreed minimum duration, the interview is not "completed" under §5.
• If recording is required, the recording flag is shown to you before you accept. You can refuse to be recorded; if recording is required for the study, you may decline the study without penalty.

4. Identity and privacy §

• Your identity is shared with the client only as stated in the invitation, using one of three settings: full (legal name, display name, handle, profile URL), masked (none of those — only your screener answers and the consented recording, with identifying details bleeped/redacted), or anonymized (screener answers stripped of identifying details, recording redacted).
• In no setting does the client receive your email, phone number, or DM channel outside of the scheduled interview session.
• The complete field-by-field map of what the client sees under each setting is published in §5a of the SOW for your project and is summarized for you in plain English in the invitation.
• For masked or anonymized studies, Provider also applies live-session privacy controls (Provider-issued calendar invite, Provider-provisioned meeting room, alias display name, redaction of identifying details before any recording reaches the Client) per SOW §5b. For anonymized, Provider conducts or co-hosts the call so a Client researcher does not see or hear you directly in real time. If a Client requires a format that breaks those controls, masked/anonymized is not offered for that study and Provider will tell you before you accept.
• Your screener answers and any recording are governed by Attachment B (Creator Privacy Notice).

5. Payment §

• The invitation you accept is the controlling source for your payment date and amount. The invitation will state either "within 48 hours of completion" or an exact review-window date no later than 10 business days after completion. If anything in this Attachment, the SOW, or Attachment D appears to conflict with the invitation, the invitation wins for that interview.
• Default schedule (when the invitation says nothing more specific): Provider pays you within 48 hours of the interview being marked "completed."
• "Completed" means: you joined, stayed for the agreed minimum duration, and the client or Provider confirmed the session.
• If a session does not complete due to client cancellation after you arrived on time, you are paid in full.
• Payment method: Stripe Connect, Wise, PayPal Goods & Services, or US ACH — your preferred method recorded at onboarding.

6. Cancellation, no-show, and reschedule §

• You may cancel at least 24 hours before the interview without penalty.
• Cancellation under 24 hours, or a no-show, may result in a reliability hold under §6a (not a do-not-contact list).
• Reschedules within the project window are allowed once at no penalty if Provider confirms creator and client availability.
• Provider may cancel an interview; if Provider cancels under 24 hours, you receive the full base incentive for that session.

6a. Suppression list — split into two categories §

Provider operates two distinct lists, with very different effects:

Do-not-contact list. This list contains creators who told Provider not to contact them again, or whom Provider must not contact for legal/safety/fraud reasons. Entries persist indefinitely in hashed form so we can honor "never contact me" requests permanently. You can add yourself by emailing privacy@get.offbrain.ai. Removal: only on your request, after Provider confirms identity.

Reliability hold. This list contains creators whose recent attendance pattern (multiple late cancels, no-shows, or session-quality complaints) makes Provider pause future invitations. You are notified in writing when a reliability hold is applied, told the specific reason, and offered an appeal path (reply within 30 days with context; Provider responds within 10 business days). A reliability hold expires automatically 12 months from the triggering event unless renewed by a new event.

Notes:

• A reliability hold does not prevent you from accepting invitations you receive from Provider — it only suppresses outbound new-study invites.
• Provider does not share either list with clients.

7. Anti-bypass — what the client may not do §

• The client may not contact you outside the Provider platform for the purpose of this study, or for hiring you for paid work tied to it, for twelve (12) months following the interview. This restriction binds the client through their separate agreement with Provider — it is not an obligation you are taking on.
• If the client attempts off-platform contact in violation of their agreement with Provider, please report it to Provider at ops@get.offbrain.ai. You keep your incentive in full, and you may receive any future-priority or reporter bonus Provider awards for reporting.
• You are not prevented from accepting unrelated direct opportunities you would have received independently of this study.
• You are not bound by any non-compete, exclusivity, or non-circumvention covenant by signing these terms. The §7 restriction lives entirely in the client's contract with Provider.

8. Withdrawal and deletion §

• You may withdraw consent for future contact at any time by emailing privacy@get.offbrain.ai.
• You may request deletion of your screener and profile data per Attachment B.
• Withdrawal does not retroactively delete a recording the client has already received and licensed under your signed consent, but you can request that Provider stop further use within the limits described in Attachment B.

9. Sponsor disclosure §

Some studies are sponsored. The invitation will tell you:

• Whether the client identity is disclosed before, during, or after the interview.
• Whether you are speaking on behalf of yourself only (you always are, under these terms).

You are never asked to publicly disclose participation as if it were sponsored content, because you are not posting anything.

10. Disputes §

• First step: email Provider at ops@get.offbrain.ai. Provider responds within 3 business days and works in good faith to resolve any payment, identity, or privacy issue within 30 days.
• Governing law: the laws of the State of California govern your participation with Provider, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Nothing in this section overrides any non-waivable consumer-protection right of your home state.
• Court — default venue: if informal resolution fails, claims may be brought in the state and federal courts of competent jurisdiction in Los Angeles County, California.
• Small-claims carve-out for payment disputes. For any payment-related dispute up to your local small-claims jurisdictional limit (e.g., $12,500 in California, with comparable limits in other US states), you may bring the claim in the small-claims court of your home county in any US state. Provider consents to personal jurisdiction and waives objection to venue in your home county for those payment disputes only.
• No mandatory arbitration. Provider does not require you to arbitrate. The parties may agree in writing to arbitrate a specific dispute after it arises.
• Injunctive relief. Either side may seek injunctive relief in court for misuse of your identity, recording, or contact data.

11. Changes §

Provider may update these terms. Changes apply to future invitations only and not to interviews you have already accepted. The version of these terms in effect when you accepted the invitation governs that interview.

Version: v1.0.2 · Effective: 2026-05-07 · Recorded in consent ledger as: creator_participation_terms@v1.0.2

Changelog:

• v1.0.2 (2026-05-07) — Provider contact email migrated from offbrain-get.com to get.offbrain.ai (administrative; no substantive policy change).
• v1.0.1 (2026-05-07) — §7 anti-bypass rewritten to put the obligation grammatically on the client and to add an explicit non-compete / non-circumvention disclaimer for the creator. No other substantive change.