Terms of Service

General Terms & Conditions CASTFOLIO Version updated on September 26, 2025

Article 1 – Legal Information

The online platform CASTFOLIO (https://castfolio.com) is published by the Dubai Company MEDIASLIDE WORLD, located FZLLC Arjaan Office Tower, Office # 908, Al Sufouh – Al Sufouh 2 – Dubai - UAE.

Contact:

Company: contact@castfolio.com

Host: Google Cloud Platform - https://cloud.google.com

Article 2 – Definitions

Company: MEDIASLIDE WORLD, Dubai company located FZLLC Arjaan Office Tower, Office # 908, Al Sufouh – Al Sufouh 2 – Dubaï – UAE.

Content: information or content uploaded, downloaded and/or published on the Platform by the User, which may include personal data, texts, visuals, photographic or video content or any other creation.

GTC: these general terms and conditions setting out the terms and obligations relating to the use of the Platform.

Identifying Codes: username and password chosen by the User when creating its User Account.

Platform: online network for professionals in fashion and advertising, accessible at the address https://castfolio.com.

Privacy Policy: legal documentation regarding the processing of personal data by the Company through the Platform.

Services: provision of the Company’s services relating to the online publication and accessing to the Platform.

User: any professional, legal entity or natural person, using the Platform, accessing the Platform or having created an account on the Platform.

User Account: dedicated account of the User on the Platform.

Article 3 – Subject

3.1. The Platform is an online network for professionals in fashion and advertising. The access to the Platform is not authorized to non-professional users.

Access to the Platform is subject to full acceptance of the GTC and the Privacy Policy as well as subscription to the Platform Services, in the conditions indicated in article 4.

3.2. The GTC and the Privacy Policy shall remain in force for the whole duration of the User’s subscription. The Company is entitled to modify and/or update the GTC and the Privacy Policy upon economic or legal necessities. The Company is also entitled to modify the Services, at any time, except in case of substantial modifications. GTC, and the Privacy Policy and/or Services modification updated and available on the Platform are in force as of their uploading.

Article 4 – Subscription and User Account

4.1. Subscription

4.1.1. To access and use the Platform, the User shall subscribe to the Services according to the duration and price conditions indicated directly on the Platform and in the GTC. The User may end its subscription at any time, subject to compliance with the termination terms set forth in article 9.1.

4.1.2. The User must:

  • be a professional acting in a professional context,
  • be of legal age (in case of natural person),
  • capable of entering into a contractual agreement,
  • and have all rights and powers to subscribe to the Services on the Platform.

The User declares having all knowledge, competence and resources, including human and technical abilities, to use the Services and the Platform, as well as having obtained all intellectual property rights and all third parts authorizations relative to the Content uploaded, downloaded and published by the User through the Platform.

4.1.3. Access to the Platform is submitted to Company’s validation of the User (i), to subscription price payment (ii) and the unreserved and express acceptance of the GTC and the Privacy Policy by the User (iii).

Before validating the User-Account creation, the User shall tick the box “I have read the General Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy and, I accept them”. This step is compulsory and the User shall only tick this box after having previously read and accepted all the provisions of the GTC and the Privacy Policy. Checking these boxes also implies the acceptance of the Services and their verification by the User of their adequation to its needs and expectations.

4.1.4. The Company reserves the right to refuse a user subscription if the Company considers the User’s activity is not in the scope of the Platform.

4.2. User Account

4.2.1. To use the Platform, the User shall create a User account and provide the following information:

  • natural person: first name, last name, post address, electronic address, Identifying Codes;

  • legal entity: name, post address, electronic address, Identifying Codes.

    4.2.2. When registering the User provides the required information and chooses Identifying Codes. The User undertakes not to choose any identifier that infringes the rights of a third party and in particular personal rights (names, images, disparagement, insults, etc.) or intellectual property rights (brand, logo, right of use, copyrights, etc.).

The User must provide a valid email address to receive the email confirming the creation of the User Account. In the event of failure to comply with these information obligations, the Company cannot be held responsible for any consequences and, in particular, the failure to receive any future updates to the GTC or the Privacy Policy.

The User commits to inform the Company by electronic mail or through its User Account of any change of such information and of any change of the User’s electronic address.

4.2.3. The User is the sole responsible for the accuracy, quality, legality and updating of the data (including personal data and Content) the User, uploads, downloads and publishes on the Platform. The User is also able to complete and/or modify such information at any time through its User Account.

4.2.4. The use of the Identifying codes of the User is under the User’s sole responsibility. All actions on the Platform must be performed under the Identifying Codes and all acts performed under the Identifying Codes are deemed to have been executed by the User.

In case of loss, omission, misuse or fraudulent use of the User’s account of the User’s Identifying Codes by a third part, the User commits to immediately inform the Company of this situation, by electronic mail or through its User Account.

Upon reception of the written and duly justified notification, the Company shall carry out an examination of the case and will be entitled, for security measures, to suspend any access to the User Account. The Company will perform the User’s request at the earliest possible time after verification of the User’s identity.

The User remains fully responsible for the use of its User Account performed by third parties until modification, by the Company, of its Identifying Codes; the User therefore guarantees the Company against any claims or demands regarding the loss of data resulting from the loss or the fraudulent use of its Identifying Codes.

4.2.5. The User agrees that the Company may use their contact information to send promotional and commercial communications related to the Platform's services, including but not limited to new offers, products, or events. The User can at any time choose to stop receiving these communications by modifying their notification preferences in their account or by sending a request to contact@castfolio.com. In case of loss, omission, misuse or fraudulent use of the User’s account of the User’s Identifying Codes by a third part, the User commits to immediately inform the Company of this situation, by electronic mail or through its User Account. Upon reception of the written and duly justified notification, the Company shall carry out an examination of the case and will be entitled, for security measures, to suspend any access to the User Account. The Company will perform the User’s request at the earliest possible time after verification of the User’s identity. The User remains fully responsible for the use of its User Account performed by third parties until modification, by the Company, of its Identifying Codes; the User therefore guarantees the Company against any claims or demands regarding the loss of data resulting from the loss or the fraudulent use of its Identifying Codes.

4.2.6. Any breach of the User to the commitments of this article may lead to immediate termination of the User’s subscription without prior notice.

4.2.7. The User accepts that electronic records made by the Company and/or its suppliers for the delivery of the Services and/or any operation carried out in particular through the User Account can be used or produced as evidence before any administrative authority and/or competent court.

Article 5 – Financial conditions

5.1. The price of the subscription and the condition of payment are indicated directly on the Platform. 5.2. Any default or delay in payment when due, for whatever reason, will result in immediate payment of all sums due to the Company for the User’s subscription and will automatically incur penalties calculated at the higher of the European Central Bank rate plus 10 points of percentage, from the due date, as well as any additional amount incurred by the Company (such as legal fees), without prior notice. In addition, in such case, the access of the User to the Platform will be suspended until full payment and the Company shall be entitled to terminate the User’s subscription under the conditions of article 9.2, without prejudice to any damages, interest and compensation.

Article 6 – Use of the Platform

6.1. The Platform is an online network for professionals in fashion and advertising, on which the User can give access to its information and Content to a determined public according to the User’s personal choices selected on the User Account. The User is able to upload, download and publish Content on the Platform, as defined in article 2, provided their full compliance with the GTC and the Privacy Policy. The User is therefore fully informed that the Platform allows a public broadcast of its information, including personal data, professional information and/or images and the Content. The User guarantees the Company against any claim regarding this publication and in particular any claim based on the protection of its personal rights (image, name) or copyright. Likewise, the Platform allows the User to share the geographical localization with the public the User has selected. The Company does not intervene, in any way, for the publication of the localization or the selection of the public having access to such information. 6.2. While accessing and using the Platform and the Services, the User is expressly forbidden to: communicate or publish false, illegal or incorrect information or content. provide any shocking, racial, ethnic, politic, philosophic or religious information, as well as trade union membership, sexual orientation, health or which could be illegal. In case of non-compliance with this provision, the Company is entitled to delete such litigious message without former notification and to terminate the User’s subscription.

Article 7 – Intellectual property

7.1. User’s Content The User is responsible for any Content the User provides or gives access to on the Platform, regarding its information, recordings and any visual supports, pictures and images uploaded by the User and more generally of all publications including all intellectual works (such as videos, films, audio-visual supports, photographs, logos, texts, music, trademarks, patents, etc.) with copyrights or protected by any intellectual property rights. The User is expressly informed that any act of publishing the Content on the Platform involves the granting to the Company of a free and non-exclusive license. Therefore, by publishing any Content on the Platform, the User expressly and specifically grants to the Company the right to represent, to reproduce, to communicate to the public and to publish the Content on the Platform and on all existing and future electronic communication networks (such as Internet, mobile phone 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, ADSL TV, etc.) and to distribute the Content. The license also includes the right to modify the Content, particularly to meet the necessary technical requirements, including digital compression. This license is granted for the whole world and for the term of protection indicated in article 7 of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (as amended on September 28th, 1979). The User guarantees: being the sole owner of the Content the User uploads, publishes and broadcasts on the Platform. having all rights to perform such publishing, reproduction and diffusion. having all rights to grant the license to the Company. that the uploading, broadcasting, publishing and the access to the Content do not violate any protected rights, whether it is personal rights (image right, personality rights, names, etc.) or intellectual property rights (copyrights, trademarks, designs, patents, etc.). to not publish, upload nor broadcast any Content on or through the Platform which may: cause harassment to third parties or to call third parties to cause harassment, incite hatred, discrimination, racism, fanaticism and the physical violence, portray scenes of pornography, paedophilia, or any other subject that is offensive or contains a link to an illicit website or an adult-only website, illicitly solicit personal information from minors, illicitly provide phone/fax numbers, electronic or post addresses, represent or advocate illegal activities or conducts of a defamatory, insult, obscene, threatening or slanderous nature as well as false or misleading information, offer an illegal or unauthorized copy of works protected by copyright, patents, designs or trademarks, distribute reproduce, publish or modify in any way the elements protected by copyrights, trademarks or any proprietary rights belonging to third parties without their prior consent, provoke or encourage the transmission of unsolicited e-mails, chains of e-mails, mass mailings, instant messages, unwanted advertising messages or unsolicited letters, encourage any illegal activity or criminal enterprise or giving indications or instructions on how to promote illegal activities, invasion of privacy, dissemination and creation of computer viruses, solicit passwords or personal information from other Users for commercial and/or illegal purposes. The User also guarantees to comply with personal data regulations and laws. The publication by the User on the Platform of any personal data is under the User’s sole and exclusive responsibility. The Company does not control the Content of the User on the Platform. The User guarantees the Company against any infringement rights due to the Content published by the User on the Platform. In case of any action or claim due to such infringement’s rights, the User will assume all responsibility and will indemnify any costs, condemnations or penalties the Company may incur in any such matter. 7.2. Code of Conduct: Castfolio is a professional platform dedicated to the fashion, media, and advertising industries. All users must adhere to the following principles:

  1. Real Identity & Professional Register and operate under your real legal name or a verified company name. Only verified professionals, agencies, or entities may use the platform. Personal, recreational, or non-professional use is strictly prohibited.
  2. Authenticity & Integrity Always represent yourself, your business, and your postings truthfully. Misrepresentation of roles, credentials, fees, or opportunities is forbidden. Ensure your content and interactions reflect your professional standing.
  3. Respectful Communication Maintain professionalism in all interactions with users, agencies, and third parties. Discrimination, harassment, and abusive language are not tolerated. Engage in constructive and respectful dialogue at all times.
  4. Confidentiality & Data Privacy Respect the privacy and confidentiality of all users and agencies. Never misuse or disclose sensitive or proprietary information. Ensure the security of personal data and comply with data protection laws such as GDPR.
  5. No Spam or Unsolicited Activity Do not send spam, phishing content, or irrelevant commercial offers. All outreach must be related to legitimate professional casting, bookings, or services. Users should only send communications for professional purposes.
  6. Legal Compliance Comply with all applicable laws, including labor, data protection, intellectual property, and non-discrimination laws. Castfolio has zero tolerance for unlawful labor practices or exploitation. Always ensure that your interactions and content on the platform comply with the law.
  7. Platform Enforcement Castfolio reserves the right to suspend or terminate accounts at its sole discretion for any breach of these terms, with or without notice. Any violation of the platform’s guidelines may result in the immediate termination of the user’s account.
  8. Disclaimer of Responsibility Castfolio is a networking tool and is not a party to any deals or agreements made between users. Users are solely responsible for conducting due diligence and all resulting arrangements with agencies, clients, or other users.
  9. Commercial and Promotional Communications By using Castfolio, users agree to receive communications related to promotions, offers, and updates relevant to the platform’s services. All promotional or commercial outreach will be related to legitimate professional opportunities or services. Users can opt-out of receiving such communications at any time by adjusting their notification preferences within their account settings. 7.3. Company’s intellectual property rights Except the Content uploaded and published by the Users for which the Company is licensee, the Company is the exclusive owner of all content on the Platform and, particularly, all intellectual creations and works (texts, comments, works, illustrations, videos and images), whether visual or auditive, reproduced and broadcasted through or in the Platform, as well as all trademarks, patents or any protected element on the Platform. All these creations are protected by copyrights, trademark and patent laws, image rights, etc. For the use of the Platform, the Company grants to the User a personal and non-exclusive license allowing to reproduce and to display the contents of the Platform, but only in a strict professional use, for the purposes of the Platform use and display. This license excludes the right to modify, copy, traduce, broadcast, publish, transmit, distribute, produce, display or grant the rights of all the content of the Platform or accessible through the Platform, without express authorization of the Company. Any partial or total copy, inspiration or reproduction of the Platform and its contents is forbidden without prior written consent of the Company. The license is granted is for the whole world and for the duration of the use of the Services. The Platform integrates API modules such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Tik Tok, WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Messenger, Skype and Facebook, created by third parts. The Company is not responsible for the use of these websites and applications. 7.4. Artificial Intelligence Usage Restrictions 7.4.1. By accepting these General Terms and Conditions (“GTC”), the User expressly acknowledges and agrees that any use of images, videos, data, or any other content (“Content”) relating to talents displayed on the Platform for purposes connected, directly or indirectly, with artificial intelligence (“AI”)—including, without limitation, AI training, machine learning, data modeling, algorithmic development, or content manipulation—without the Company’s and the relevant talent’s explicit prior written consent, is strictly prohibited. 7.4.2. In particular, the User undertakes not to: (a) use any Content, including images, videos, likenesses, personal data, or related materials, to train, develop, enhance, or otherwise contribute to AI models, algorithms, or technologies; (b) employ AI tools or technologies to edit, alter, modify, or manipulate Content in any manner that infringes intellectual property rights, image rights, moral rights, or privacy rights of the talents; (c) share, transfer, sublicense, distribute, or otherwise provide access to any Content to third parties for AI-related purposes. 7.4.3. The User expressly acknowledges that any unauthorized use of Content for AI-related purposes shall constitute a material breach of these GTC. Such breach may result in, without limitation: (i) immediate suspension or termination of the User’s subscription and access to the Platform; (ii) legal proceedings initiated by the Company and/or the affected talents; and (iii) the payment of damages, interest, and/or compensation to the Company and/or the affected talents. 7.4.4. The User shall fully indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, and the talents against any and all claims, actions, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, costs, or legal fees arising out of or in connection with any unauthorized use of Content for AI-related purposes by the User or its affiliates, employees, contractors, or agents. 7.4.5. The Company reserves the right to audit, monitor, and investigate any suspected misuse of Content for AI-related purposes and to take any measures it deems necessary to protect the rights of the talents, its own legal interests, and the integrity of the Platform, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available under applicable law.

Article 8 – Responsibility

8.1. The User is informed that the Company only acts as a technical service provider. The Company only publishes and hosts the Platform. The User is informed that the Company is not an agent nor a representative and has no obligation of this sort to the User, except the provision of a network service. The responsibility of the Company can only be engaged in case of a non-compliance to the GTC and the Privacy Policy. The responsibility of the Company cannot be engaged because of the content of the API modules. 8.2. The Company only exercises ex post control over the Content uploaded by Users to the Platform. In case the User notices illegal content on the Platform, the User shall notify in writing the Company as soon as possible. The User assumes all risks associated with any content uploaded, downloaded or obtained in any other way using the Platform. 8.3. The Company does not provide any guarantee for any damage caused by a computer virus designed to damage, destroy or otherwise impair the functionality of a computer or to interfere with the proper functioning of a computer, including any transmission resulting from the uploading or downloading of any Content of the User, software used to upload or download the Content or the server allowing access to it. 8.4. By using the Platform, the User accepts the characteristics and limits of the internet and computers, and is aware: of the nature of the Internet, for the technical performance and response times of the Company to consult or transfer information. that the communication of personal identification elements or in general of any information deemed confidential by the User is made under the User’s sole responsibility. that it is up to the User to take all necessary measures to ensure that the technical characteristics of the smartphone or computer allow the consultation of the Platform. Therefore, the responsibility of the Company cannot be engaged for any inconvenience or damage inherent in the use of the Internet, including a break in service, an external intrusion or the presence of computer viruses. The Company does not guarantee an error-free supply, without punctual and secure interruption of the Services on the Platform. 8.5. The Company is not bound by any obligation of personalized technical assistance. The Company disclaims all express or implied warranties, regarding the quality and compatibility of the Platform for its use of the User, except the commitments set forth in the GTC. The Company does not guarantee any result or profit of the use of the Services and the Platform. 8.6. The liability of the Company is limited to direct and foreseeable material damage and shall not include any indirect damage, such as loss of turnover profit, reputation, action of third parties, commercial damage or any losses of income. The liability of the Company shall not exceed the total amount paid by the User for the User’s subscription. Any claim or legal action shall be initiated at the latest 1 year after occurrence of the operative event.

Article 9 – Termination

9.1. Termination of the subscription by the User The User can terminate the subscription directly on the Platform or by electronic mail to the Company at the address indicated at article 1. Termination of the subscription shall be effective upon full payment of the subscription of the User for the subscribed period. 9.2. Termination for fault In case of non-compliance with the terms of the GTC or the Privacy Policy, the Company shall have the right to terminate the User’s subscription and stop the User access and use of the Platform with a 48-hour notice.

Article 10 – Anti-Bot and Automated Access Policy

10.1 Prohibition of Automated Access The use of robots, spiders, crawlers, scrapers, or any other automated means to access, extract, copy, or index the Platform or its Content is strictly prohibited, unless expressly authorized in writing by the Company. 10.2 Fair Use of the Platform The Platform may only be accessed through standard web browsers or official applications provided by the Company. Any attempt to bypass security measures, access restrictions, or rate-limits is forbidden. 10.3 Monitoring and Protection For security purposes, the Company may implement technical measures (including but not limited to bot detection, rate-limiting, and IP blocking) to protect the integrity of the Platform and its Content. 10.4 Sanctions for Breach Any breach of this Anti-Bot Policy may result in the immediate suspension or termination of the User Account, without refund, and may expose the User to civil and/or criminal liability. Article 11 – Miscellaneous 11.1. Invalidity: If one or more provisions of the GTC should be held as invalid or declared as such in application of any law, regulation or after definitive decision of a competent court, the rest of the provisions of the GTC shall remain in force with full effect. 1

11.2. Title: In case of difficulty in interpretation between a provision and its title, title shall be deemed unwritten. 2

11.3. Law: The law applicable is the United Arab Emirates law. 3

11.4. JURISDICTION: ANY DIFFICULTY OF INTERPRETATION OR IN EXECUTION OF THE GTC SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY SUBMITTED TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES COMPETENT COURTS.