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| 23 | Privacy Policy | 23 | Privacy Policy | ||
| 24 | Global Data Processing Agreement | 24 | Global Data Processing Agreement | ||
| 25 | Digital Services Act | 25 | Digital Services Act | ||
| n | 26 | Privacy Center | n | ||
| 27 | Cookie Policy | 26 | Cookie Policy | ||
| 28 | API Terms of Use | 27 | API Terms of Use | ||
| 29 | 'Upwork Team' Software License Agreement | 28 | 'Upwork Team' Software License Agreement | ||
| 49 | Independent Contractor Agreement | 48 | Independent Contractor Agreement | ||
| 50 | Master Subscription Agreement (Enterprise Core) | 49 | Master Subscription Agreement (Enterprise Core) | ||
| 51 | Recruitment Services Terms | 50 | Recruitment Services Terms | ||
| n | 52 | MCP Beta Participation Terms | n | ||
| 53 | Upwork Now Beta Addendum | 51 | Upwork Now Beta Addendum | ||
| n | n | 52 | Integration Terms of Use | ||
| 53 | Upwork API & MCP Terms of Use | ||||
| 54 | Terms of Service | 54 | Terms of Service | ||
| 55 | Version 7.3 | 55 | Version 7.3 | ||
| 56 | Effective July 28th 2025 | 56 | Effective July 28th 2025 | ||
| 1318 | For claims of trademark infringement or other claims of intellectual property in | 1318 | For claims of trademark infringement or other claims of intellectual property in | ||
| > | fringement, you must similarly provide us with clear information about the locat | > | fringement, you must similarly provide us with clear information about the locat | ||
| > | ion of the allegedly infringing work, including the URL or link where the work i | > | ion of the allegedly infringing work, including the URL or link where the work i | ||
| > | s located; complete information about your trademark or other intellectual prope | > | s located; complete information about your trademark or other intellectual prope | ||
| > | rty rights, including identifying the trademarked word(s) or symbol(s), trademar | > | rty rights, including identifying the trademarked word(s) or symbol(s), trademar | ||
| > | k registration number(s), and a direct link to the trademark record(s), if avail | > | k registration number(s), and a direct link to the trademark record(s), if avail | ||
| > | able; and your contact information (name, physical address, email address and te | > | able; and your contact information (name, physical address, email address and te | ||
| > | lephone number). Please also indicate your relationship to the trademark holder, | > | lephone number). Please also indicate your relationship to the trademark holder, | ||
| > | including whether you are the trademark holder or whether you are an authorized | > | including whether you are the trademark holder or whether you are an authorized | ||
| > | representative for the holder. | > | representative for the holder. | ||
| 1319 | Please submit your notice to Upwork’s Legal Department by submission of this onl | 1319 | Please submit your notice to Upwork’s Legal Department by submission of this onl | ||
| > | ine form or by email to legalnotices@upwork.com. | > | ine form or by email to legalnotices@upwork.com. | ||
| 1320 | Privacy Policy | 1320 | Privacy Policy | ||
| n | 1321 | Version 10.3 | n | 1321 | Version 11.1 |
| 1322 | Effective April 30th 2026 | 1322 | Effective September 9th 2026 | ||
| 1323 | Download | 1323 | Download | ||
| 1324 | Table of Contents | 1324 | Table of Contents | ||
| n | 1325 | This Privacy Policy explains how and why Upwork collects, uses, and shares perso | n | 1325 | Our Privacy Policy has moved to our new Privacy Center! Please go to the followi |
| > | nal information when you interact with or use our Site or Service. It also inclu | > | ng link to view our Privacy Policy: https://privacy.upwork.com/policies?name=pri | ||
| > | des any information Upwork collects offline in connection with the Service, whic | > | vacy-policy | ||
| > | h we may combine with information from the Site and Service. | ||||
| 1326 | When we say “Upwork”, we mean Upwork Global LLC, and any of its affiliates, incl | ||||
| > | uding Payment Escrow, Inc. When we say “Site”, we mean www.upwork.com, and when | ||||
| > | we say “Service”, we mean the Site plus any websites, features, applications, wi | ||||
| > | dgets, or online services owned or controlled by Upwork. | ||||
| 1327 | As part of the Service, Upwork provides a marketplace which facilitates interact | ||||
| > | ions between users. Users of the Service may be Clients, Freelancers, Agencies, | ||||
| > | or Site Visitors (as each is defined in the User Agreement). This Privacy Policy | ||||
| > | applies to Upwork’s processing of personal information of Users where Upwork de | ||||
| > | termines the purposes and means of processing. It does not apply to processing o | ||||
| > | f information by Users themselves, who may be controllers of the personal inform | ||||
| > | ation they access through the Service. For information about how Users process y | ||||
| > | our personal information, please contact them directly. | ||||
| 1328 | Accessibility: This Privacy Policy uses industry-standard technologies and was d | ||||
| > | eveloped in connection with the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessib | ||||
| > | ility Guidelines, version 2.1. If you wish to print this policy, please do so fr | ||||
| > | om your web browser or by saving the page as a PDF. | ||||
| 1329 | TABLE OF CONTENTS | ||||
| 1330 | INFORMATION COLLECTION | ||||
| 1331 | USE OF INFORMATION | ||||
| 1332 | DATA RETENTION | ||||
| 1333 | INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE | ||||
| 1334 | YOUR CHOICES AND RIGHTS | ||||
| 1335 | SECURITY | ||||
| 1336 | CROSS-BORDER DATA TRANSFERS | ||||
| 1337 | LINKS TO OTHER SITES | ||||
| 1338 | CHANGES TO THIS POLICY | ||||
| 1339 | CONTACT US | ||||
| 1340 | 1. INFORMATION COLLECTION | ||||
| 1341 | a. Information You Provide to Us | ||||
| 1342 | When you use the Service, you may provide us with information about you. This ma | ||||
| > | y include your name and contact information, financial information to make or re | ||||
| > | ceive payment for services obtained through the Upwork platform, or information | ||||
| > | to help us fill out tax forms. When you use the Service, we may also collect inf | ||||
| > | ormation related to your use of the Service and aggregate this with information | ||||
| > | about other users. This helps us improve our Services for you. You may also prov | ||||
| > | ide us with information about your contacts or friends if, for example, you’d li | ||||
| > | ke to add those contacts to a message room. Agencies may also provide us with in | ||||
| > | formation about Freelancers associated with the Agency. | ||||
| 1343 | Depending upon our relationship with you, we may collect the following categorie | ||||
| > | s and types of personal information from and about you: | ||||
| 1344 | Categories of Personal Information We Collect | ||||
| 1345 | Examples of Personal Information Collected | ||||
| 1346 | Categories of Sources of Personal Information | ||||
| 1347 | Business Purpose for Collection of Personal Information | ||||
| 1348 | Identifiers | ||||
| 1349 | Name, Date of Birth, Social Media Account Information, Profile Data, IP Address | ||||
| 1350 | Directly from You or Your use of the Service; Cookies and Other Tracking Technol | ||||
| > | ogies; Third Parties (such as affiliates, agents, service providers and other us | ||||
| > | ers) | ||||
| 1351 | Developing, Improving, and Providing the Service, Identification, Communications | ||||
| > | , Marketing, Analytics, Security, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Obligations. | ||||
| 1352 | Contact / Account Profile Information | ||||
| 1353 | Email Address, Home Address, Billing Address, Phone Number | ||||
| 1354 | Directly from You or Your use of the Service; Third Parties (such as affiliates, | ||||
| > | agents, service providers and other users) | ||||
| 1355 | Developing, Improving, and Providing the Service, Identification, Communicating | ||||
| > | with You, Marketing, Analytics, Security, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Oblig | ||||
| > | ations. | ||||
| 1356 | Sensitive Personal Information / Government Issued Identification Numbers | ||||
| 1357 | Social Security Number, Driver’s License, State Identification or Passport Numbe | ||||
| > | r, VAT Identification Number, Tax Identification Number, Immigration Status, Cit | ||||
| > | izenship Information | ||||
| 1358 | Directly from You | ||||
| 1359 | Improving and Providing the Service, Verifying Your Identity and Detecting Fraud | ||||
| > | , Identity Theft, or Other Misuse of Your Account, Legal, Compliance and Regulat | ||||
| > | ory Obligations. | ||||
| 1360 | Commercial Information | ||||
| 1361 | Transaction Data including services offered, considered, or purchased | ||||
| 1362 | Directly from You or Your use of the Service; Third Parties (such as affiliates, | ||||
| > | agents, service providers and other users) | ||||
| 1363 | Developing, Improving, and Providing the Service, Identification, Communications | ||||
| > | , Marketing, Analytics, Security, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Obligations. | ||||
| 1364 | Financial Data/Payment Information | ||||
| 1365 | Credit card or other financial account information | ||||
| 1366 | Directly from You or Your use of the Service; Third Parties (such as affiliates, | ||||
| > | agents, service providers and other users) | ||||
| 1367 | Improving and Providing the Service, Identification, Communications, Security, L | ||||
| > | egal, Compliance and Regulatory Obligations. | ||||
| 1368 | Internet or Other Network or Device Activities Including Information from Cookie | ||||
| > | s | ||||
| 1369 | Unique device and app identifiers, browsing history or other usage data, the bro | ||||
| > | wser and operating system you are using, the URL or advertisement that referred | ||||
| > | you to the Service, the search terms you entered into a search engine that led y | ||||
| > | ou to the Service, areas within the Service that you visited, which links you cl | ||||
| > | icked on, which pages or content you viewed and for how long, other similar info | ||||
| > | rmation and statistics about your interactions, such as content response times, | ||||
| > | download errors and length of visits to certain pages and other information comm | ||||
| > | only shared when browsers communicate with websites | ||||
| 1370 | Directly from You or Your use of the Service; Cookies and Other Tracking Technol | ||||
| > | ogies; Third Parties (such as affiliates, agents, service providers and other us | ||||
| > | ers) | ||||
| 1371 | Developing, Improving, and Providing the Service, Identification, Communications | ||||
| > | , Marketing, Analytics, Security, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Obligations. | ||||
| 1372 | Geolocation Information | ||||
| 1373 | Your approximate or precise location | ||||
| 1374 | Directly from You or Your use of the Service; Cookies and Other Tracking Technol | ||||
| > | ogies; Third Parties (such as affiliates, agents, service providers and other us | ||||
| > | ers) | ||||
| 1375 | Developing, Improving, and Providing the Service, Identification, Communications | ||||
| > | , Marketing, Analytics, Security, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Obligations. | ||||
| 1376 | Customer Support Interactions | ||||
| 1377 | Audio recordings if you call our customer service, video recording (if you provi | ||||
| > | de permission). | ||||
| 1378 | Directly from You or Your use of the Service; Service Providers; Third Parties ( | ||||
| > | such as affiliates) | ||||
| 1379 | Providing and Improving the Service, Identification, Communications, Marketing, | ||||
| > | Security, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Obligations. | ||||
| 1380 | Platform Communications | ||||
| 1381 | Communication Information (e.g., your name, contact information, and the content | ||||
| > | s of any communications) | ||||
| 1382 | Directly from You, Your use of the Service, and Users with whom you communicate | ||||
| 1383 | Developing, Improving, and Providing the Service, Security, Legal, Compliance an | ||||
| > | d Regulatory Obligations. | ||||
| 1384 | Professional Information | ||||
| 1385 | Previous place(s) of employment, position(s), work history, earnings, resume | ||||
| 1386 | Directly from You or Your use of the Service; Service Providers; Third Parties ( | ||||
| > | such as other users) | ||||
| 1387 | Developing, Improving, and Providing the Service, Marketing, Analytics, Security | ||||
| > | , Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Obligations. | ||||
| 1388 | Other information that identifies or can be reasonably associated with you | ||||
| 1389 | User-generated content, (e.g., community posts, feedback, ratings and job postin | ||||
| > | gs), photographs, examples of your work, information on work previously performe | ||||
| > | d via the Service and outside the Service, skills, tests taken, test scores, hou | ||||
| > | rly pay rates and earnings information. | ||||
| 1390 | Directly from You or Your use of the Service; Service Providers; Third Parties ( | ||||
| > | such as affiliates, agents, and other users) | ||||
| 1391 | Developing, Improving, and Providing the Service, Identification, Communications | ||||
| > | , Marketing, Analytics, Security, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Obligations. | ||||
| 1392 | b. Non-Identifying Information and De-Identified Information | ||||
| 1393 | Non-Identifying Information/Usernames: We also may collect other information tha | ||||
| > | t does not identify you directly, such as zip codes, demographic data, informati | ||||
| > | on about your use of the Service, and general project-related data (“Non-Identif | ||||
| > | ying Information”). We may combine information collected from Upwork users, whet | ||||
| > | her they are registered or not (“Upwork Users”). In some cases, we may render Pe | ||||
| > | rsonal Information (generally, email address) into a form of Non-Identifying Inf | ||||
| > | ormation referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Hashed Information.” This is typ | ||||
| > | ically accomplished using a mathematical process (commonly known as a hash funct | ||||
| > | ion) to convert information into a code. While the code does not identify you di | ||||
| > | rectly, it may be used by Upwork’s partners to connect your activity and interes | ||||
| > | ts. | ||||
| 1394 | Combination of Personal and Non-Identifying Information: We may combine your Per | ||||
| > | sonal Information with Non-Identifying Information, but Upwork will treat the co | ||||
| > | mbined information as Personal Information. | ||||
| 1395 | De-Identified Information: We may also de-identify or aggregate information and | ||||
| > | convert it into non-personal information so that it can no longer reasonably be | ||||
| > | used to identify you (“De-Identified Information”). We may use De-Identified Inf | ||||
| > | ormation for any of the purposes described in the “We Use Information We Collect | ||||
| > | ” section below. We will maintain and use De-Identified Information in de-identi | ||||
| > | fied form and will not attempt to reidentify the information, except to confirm | ||||
| > | our de-identification processes or unless required by law. | ||||
| 1396 | c. Information Collected Automatically | ||||
| 1397 | Like other online companies, we receive technical information when you use our S | ||||
| > | ervices. We use these technologies to analyze how people use the Service, to imp | ||||
| > | rove how our Site functions, to save your log-in information for future sessions | ||||
| > | , and to serve you with advertisements that may interest you. | ||||
| 1398 | Upwork and its partners use cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, a | ||||
| > | dminister the website, track users’ movement around the website, the desktop app | ||||
| > | , and the mobile app, and to gather demographic information about our user base | ||||
| > | as a whole. The technology used to collect information automatically from Upwork | ||||
| > | Users may include cookies, web beacons, and embedded scripts. In addition, we a | ||||
| > | nd our marketing partners, affiliates, analytics, and service providers may use | ||||
| > | a variety of other technologies (such as tags) that collect similar information | ||||
| > | for security and fraud detection purposes and we may use third parties to perfor | ||||
| > | m these services on our behalf. | ||||
| 1399 | For further information on cookies and how they are used for the Service, please | ||||
| > | visit our Cookie Policy at www.upwork.com/legal#cookie-policy. | ||||
| 1400 | d. Work Diaries and Work View | ||||
| 1401 | With your permission, we collect information about a Freelancer’s work for a Cli | ||||
| > | ent, including automatically collected information about work on a particular pr | ||||
| > | oject. If a Freelancer enables Work Diaries, we will share Work Diaries with the | ||||
| > | relevant Client and Agency. We tell Freelancers when we are capturing informati | ||||
| > | on for the Work Diary and allow Freelancers to block such data sharing. | ||||
| 1402 | As part of the Service, when enabled by a Freelancer, we collect information abo | ||||
| > | ut a Freelancer’s work on a project for a Client, including information that may | ||||
| > | be considered personal information. This feature is known as Work Diary. Work D | ||||
| > | iaries include information provided by the Freelancer, such as a memo, as well a | ||||
| > | s automatically gathered information about work on a project, such as number of | ||||
| > | mouseclicks and keyboard strokes and regularly taken screenshots (which may incl | ||||
| > | ude a webcam picture of you if you have enabled this feature in your settings). | ||||
| > | In order to use Work Diaries, you must download and install the Team App softwar | ||||
| > | e from www.upwork.com . | ||||
| 1403 | We will share information contained in Work Diaries with the relevant Client and | ||||
| > | with any manager or administrator of any applicable Freelancer Agency, and use | ||||
| > | Work Diary information as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. We inform | ||||
| > | Freelancers each time we capture information for Work Diary. As set forth in our | ||||
| > | Terms of Service, End User License Agreement, and help pages on the Site, a Fre | ||||
| > | elancer may choose to block or delete the screen shot and associated data for a | ||||
| > | recorded work interval, but then the Freelancer may not be paid for that work in | ||||
| > | terval. | ||||
| 1404 | e. Analytics Providers, Ad Servers and Similar Third Parties | ||||
| 1405 | We may work with advertising agencies and vendors who use technology to help us | ||||
| > | understand how people use our Site. These vendors may use technologies to serve | ||||
| > | you advertisements that may interest you. Depending on your location, you may ha | ||||
| > | ve the right to opt out of receiving certain interest-based advertising. See the | ||||
| > | ‘Your Choices and Rights Section’ below for more information. | ||||
| 1406 | Upwork works with ad networks, ad agencies, analytics service providers and othe | ||||
| > | r vendors to provide us with information regarding traffic on the Service, to se | ||||
| > | rve our advertisements on other websites, within mobile apps and elsewhere onlin | ||||
| > | e; and to provide us with information regarding the use of the Service and the e | ||||
| > | ffectiveness of our advertisements. Our service providers may collect certain in | ||||
| > | formation about your visits to and activity on the Service as well as other webs | ||||
| > | ites or services, they may set and access their own tracking technologies on you | ||||
| > | r device (including cookies, pixels, and web beacons), and may use that informat | ||||
| > | ion to show you targeted advertisements. Some of these parties may collect Perso | ||||
| > | nal Information when you visit the Service or other online websites and services | ||||
| > | . We may also share certain Non-Identifying Information with these parties, incl | ||||
| > | uding Hashed Information, in connection with the services they provide to us. | ||||
| 1407 | f. Do Not Track Signals | ||||
| 1408 | Please note that your browser setting may allow you to automatically transmit a | ||||
| > | “Do Not Track” signal to websites and online services you visit. Upwork does not | ||||
| > | generally alter its practices when it receives a “Do Not Track” signal from a v | ||||
| > | isitor’s browser. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www | ||||
| > | .allaboutdnt.com. | ||||
| 1409 | g. Children | ||||
| 1410 | The Service is general audience and intended for users 18 and older. We do not k | ||||
| > | nowingly collect Personal Information from anyone younger than age 18. If we bec | ||||
| > | ome aware that a child younger than 18 has provided us with Personal Information | ||||
| > | , we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information from ou | ||||
| > | r files. If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child younger than age 18 | ||||
| > | and believe that Upwork has collected Personal Information from your child, plea | ||||
| > | se contact us at: legalnotices@upwork.com. | ||||
| 1411 | 2. USE OF INFORMATION | ||||
| 1412 | We, along with our service providers, may use your data for the purposes describ | ||||
| > | ed below. As part of these purposes, your data may be processed using Artificial | ||||
| > | Intelligence technologies (“AI”) including AI that generates images, text, audi | ||||
| > | o, or video from user inputs (generative AI). We may use your data for the follo | ||||
| > | wing purposes: | ||||
| 1413 | a. We Use Information We Collect: | ||||
| 1414 | To develop, provide, and improve the Service, complete your transactions, addres | ||||
| > | s your inquiries, process your registration, verify the information you provide | ||||
| > | is valid, and for compliance and internal business purposes. | ||||
| 1415 | To administer and develop our business relationship with you and, if applicable, | ||||
| > | the corporation or other legal entity you represent. | ||||
| 1416 | For the purposes disclosed at the time you provide your information, with your c | ||||
| > | onsent, and as further described in this Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 1417 | To contact you with administrative communications and Upwork newsletters, market | ||||
| > | ing or promotional materials (on behalf of Upwork or third parties) and other in | ||||
| > | formation that may be of interest to you. To tailor content we display to you an | ||||
| > | d offers we may present to you, both on the Service and elsewhere online. | ||||
| 1418 | To prepare internal statistics reports. | ||||
| 1419 | To honor our contractual commitments, or to take steps at Users' request in anti | ||||
| > | cipation of entering into a contract with them. | ||||
| 1420 | For our legitimate interests. In many cases, we handle Personal Information on t | ||||
| > | he grounds that it furthers our legitimate interests in commercial activities, s | ||||
| > | uch as the following, in ways that are not overridden by the interests or fundam | ||||
| > | ental rights and freedoms of the affected individuals: | ||||
| 1421 | Providing our Site and Service. | ||||
| 1422 | Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulen | ||||
| > | t or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity. | ||||
| 1423 | Measuring interest and engagement in our Services. | ||||
| 1424 | Short-term, transient use, such as contextual customization of ads. | ||||
| 1425 | Improving, upgrading or enhancing our Services. | ||||
| 1426 | Developing new products and services. | ||||
| 1427 | Ensuring internal quality control and safety. | ||||
| 1428 | Authenticating and verifying individual identities. | ||||
| 1429 | Debugging to identify and repair errors with our Services. | ||||
| 1430 | Auditing relating to interactions, transactions and other compliance activities. | ||||
| 1431 | Enforcing our agreements and policies. | ||||
| 1432 | Analyzing and improving our business. | ||||
| 1433 | Communications, including marketing and responding to your inquiries about our s | ||||
| > | ervices. | ||||
| 1434 | Addressing information security needs and protecting our Users, Upwork, and othe | ||||
| > | rs. | ||||
| 1435 | Managing legal issues. | ||||
| 1436 | Across Upwork Services and Features. As part of providing an integrated platform | ||||
| > | experience, we may use personal information collected through one feature or in | ||||
| > | teraction on the Service to support other features or offerings within the Servi | ||||
| > | ce. For example, data from your profile, proposals, communications, or feedback | ||||
| > | may help inform other parts of the Service, such as talent recommendations, sear | ||||
| > | ch results, or generative AI-powered tools. | ||||
| 1437 | To enforce and comply with the law, including to conduct an investigation, to pr | ||||
| > | otect the property and rights of Upwork or a third party, to protect the safety | ||||
| > | of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we may consider to b | ||||
| > | e, or to pose a risk of being, illegal, fraudulent, unethical or legally actiona | ||||
| > | ble activity. | ||||
| 1438 | To Comply with Legal Obligations. We need to use and disclose Personal Informati | ||||
| > | on in certain ways to comply with our legal obligations. | ||||
| 1439 | b. Public Content on the Platform: | ||||
| 1440 | Some parts of the Service allow you to share personal information publicly, such | ||||
| > | as when you create a public profile, post a public job, submit proposals that i | ||||
| > | nclude visible content, or leave feedback (“Public Content”). When you choose to | ||||
| > | make information public through the Service, it may be indexed by search engine | ||||
| > | s, accessible to other users or third parties, and reused within other parts of | ||||
| > | the Service, including features that help connect Clients and Freelancers or gen | ||||
| > | erate insights and recommendations. | ||||
| 1441 | Please note that information you choose to make public may be accessed, copied, | ||||
| > | or used by others in ways we do not control. Upwork cannot guarantee how third p | ||||
| > | arties or other users will use such publicly available information. You should n | ||||
| > | ot include information you consider sensitive or confidential in areas of the pl | ||||
| > | atform designated as public. | ||||
| 1442 | Upwork may use Public Content to power, develop, or improve other services and f | ||||
| > | eatures. For example, public job posts and profiles may be used to enhance searc | ||||
| > | h results, match recommendations, or provide aggregated insights. | ||||
| 1443 | 3. DATA RETENTION | ||||
| 1444 | Unless you request that we delete certain information (see Your Choices and Righ | ||||
| > | ts below), we will only retain your personal information for as long as is neces | ||||
| > | sary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purpo | ||||
| > | ses of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements, | ||||
| > | as well as ongoing fraud prevention, backup, and business continuity purposes. | ||||
| 1445 | 4. INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE | ||||
| 1446 | We do not sell your Personal Information for monetary consideration, and we do n | ||||
| > | ot share your Personal Information with third parties for those third parties’ m | ||||
| > | arketing purposes unless we first provide you with the opportunity to opt-in to | ||||
| > | or opt-out of such sharing. However, we may use technologies on our Site for the | ||||
| > | purposes of advertising or marketing to you and understanding how you interact | ||||
| > | with our ads. This may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal informati | ||||
| > | on for targeted advertising under applicable data protection laws. Depending on | ||||
| > | your location, you may have the right to opt out of this sale or sharing (see Yo | ||||
| > | ur Choices and Rights below). | ||||
| 1447 | We may also share information we have collected about you, including Personal In | ||||
| > | formation, as disclosed at the time you provide your information, with your cons | ||||
| > | ent, as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, or for the following busines | ||||
| > | s or commercial purposes: | ||||
| 1448 | Upwork Users | ||||
| 1449 | As part of the Service, Upwork provides a platform that facilitates interactions | ||||
| > | between users. In order to provide the Services, Upwork shares your information | ||||
| > | with other users. | ||||
| 1450 | For example, Upwork may share the jobs you post and your profile data publicly o | ||||
| > | n our platform, return your information in search results, share your informatio | ||||
| > | n with other Upwork users who might be interested in the content you shared, or | ||||
| > | share your information with other users as part of a potential or active contrac | ||||
| > | t. | ||||
| 1451 | Service Providers | ||||
| 1452 | We may employ service providers and individuals to facilitate our Service, to pr | ||||
| > | ovide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services (e.g., with | ||||
| > | out limitation, maintenance services, database management, web analytics and onl | ||||
| > | ine advertising, payment processing, fraud detection and improvement of Upwork’s | ||||
| > | features) or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These Service p | ||||
| > | roviders may include analytics companies, advertising partners, payment processo | ||||
| > | rs, identity verification companies, security companies, generative AI partners, | ||||
| > | or other merchants. These third parties may have access to your Personal Inform | ||||
| > | ation in order to perform these tasks on our behalf. | ||||
| 1453 | The Service includes a two-sided marketplace, which results in platform informat | ||||
| > | ion pertaining to both parties on either side of an interaction. For example, a | ||||
| > | Client’s review is inherently about a Freelancer, a Client job post is work hist | ||||
| > | ory for a Freelancer, and Client spend is part of earning history for a Freelanc | ||||
| > | er. Thus, if a Client or Freelancer chooses to use a feature that involves infor | ||||
| > | mation being shared with a service provider, the platform information associated | ||||
| > | with that user’s account – including information described above – may be share | ||||
| > | d with that service provider. | ||||
| 1454 | Generative AI Partners | ||||
| 1455 | We provide certain features of our Service by integrating trusted generative AI | ||||
| > | service providers. We may share the information you provide while using these fe | ||||
| > | atures with these generative AI service providers, as well as additional informa | ||||
| > | tion necessary to utilize the feature. | ||||
| 1456 | Where Upwork uses this information to power features, we leverage certain treatm | ||||
| > | ents of the data appropriate for the feature, including but not limited to, firs | ||||
| > | t removing personal information and only using public data. | ||||
| 1457 | Legal and Investigative Purposes | ||||
| 1458 | Upwork will share information with government agencies as required by law includ | ||||
| > | ing (without limitation) in response to lawful requests by public authorities to | ||||
| > | meet national security or law enforcement requirements and in connection with r | ||||
| > | eporting earnings. We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials an | ||||
| > | d private parties to enforce and comply with the law. | ||||
| 1459 | We will disclose information about you to government or law enforcement official | ||||
| > | s or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropr | ||||
| > | iate to respond to claims and legal process (including but not limited to subpoe | ||||
| > | nas), or, at the request of governmental authorities or other third parties cond | ||||
| > | ucting an investigation where we determine in our sole discretion the disclosure | ||||
| > | is necessary to (a) protect the property and rights of Upwork or a third party, | ||||
| > | (b) protect the safety of the public or any person, or (c) prevent or stop acti | ||||
| > | vity we may consider to be, or pose a risk of being, illegal, fraudulent, unethi | ||||
| > | cal or legally actionable activity. | ||||
| 1460 | We may also proactively disclose information if we have a good faith belief that | ||||
| > | such disclosure is reasonably necessary to detect, prevent, or address suspecte | ||||
| > | d illegal activity, fraud, security or technical issues, or to protect the right | ||||
| > | s, property, or safety of Upwork, its users, or the public. This may include sha | ||||
| > | ring information without receiving a formal legal request, where permitted by ap | ||||
| > | plicable law and consistent with our legitimate interests. | ||||
| 1461 | Internal and Business Transfers | ||||
| 1462 | Upwork may share information, including Personal Information, with its parent co | ||||
| > | mpany, and any current or future subsidiaries or affiliates, primarily for busin | ||||
| > | ess and operational purposes, including activities such as IT management, for th | ||||
| > | em to provide services to you, or support and supplement the Services we provide | ||||
| > | . We may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of our assets, including | ||||
| > | your Personal Information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganiza | ||||
| > | tion or sale of assets (including, in each case, as part of the due-diligence pr | ||||
| > | ocess with any potential acquiring entity) or in the event of bankruptcy. | ||||
| 1463 | Upwork Foundation Initiative | ||||
| 1464 | If you choose to participate in The Upwork Foundation Initiative as a Freelancer | ||||
| > | , we may share information relevant to your participation in the program with pa | ||||
| > | rtners of Upwork who provide support to Freelancers through that program. | ||||
| 1465 | Sweepstakes, Contests, and Promotions | ||||
| 1466 | We may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions (any, a “Promotion”) th | ||||
| > | at may require registration. | ||||
| 1467 | Non-Identifying Information and De-Identified Information | ||||
| 1468 | We may share aggregated Non-Identifying Information and we may otherwise disclos | ||||
| > | e Non-Identifying Information (including, without limitation, Hashed Information | ||||
| > | ) or De-Identified Information to third parties. | ||||
| 1469 | Categories of Personal Information We Have Shared in the Preceding 12 Months | ||||
| 1470 | Categories of Third Parties with whom We Share Personal Information | ||||
| 1471 | Whether This Category is Used for Targeted Advertising | ||||
| 1472 | Identifiers | ||||
| 1473 | Analytics Companies, Identity Verification Companies, Advertising Partners, Paym | ||||
| > | ent Processors, Other Merchants, Upwork Users, Government Agencies (as required | ||||
| > | by law) | ||||
| 1474 | Yes | ||||
| 1475 | Contact Information | ||||
| 1476 | Analytics Companies, Advertising Partners, Payment Processors, Other Merchants, | ||||
| > | Upwork Users, Government Agencies (as required by law) | ||||
| 1477 | Yes | ||||
| 1478 | Sensitive Personal Information / Government Issued Identification Numbers | ||||
| 1479 | Identity Verification Companies, Security Companies, Other Merchants, Upwork Use | ||||
| > | rs, Government Agencies (as required by law) | ||||
| 1480 | No | ||||
| 1481 | Commercial Information | ||||
| 1482 | Payment Processors, Security Companies, Analytics Companies, Other Merchants, Up | ||||
| > | work Users, Government Agencies (as required by law) | ||||
| 1483 | No | ||||
| 1484 | Financial Data/Payment Information | ||||
| 1485 | Payment Processors, Security Companies, Other Merchants, Upwork Users, Governmen | ||||
| > | t Agencies (as required by law) | ||||
| 1486 | No | ||||
| 1487 | Internet or Other Network or Device Activities Including Information from Cookie | ||||
| > | s | ||||
| 1488 | Analytics Companies, Advertising Partners, Other Merchants, Government Agencies | ||||
| > | (as required by law) | ||||
| 1489 | Yes | ||||
| 1490 | Geolocation Information | ||||
| 1491 | Analytics Companies, Advertising Partners, Other Merchants, Upwork Users, Govern | ||||
| > | ment Agencies (for legal or investigative purposes) | ||||
| 1492 | Yes | ||||
| 1493 | Customer Support Interactions | ||||
| 1494 | Other Merchants, Upwork Users, Government Agencies (for legal or investigative p | ||||
| > | urposes) | ||||
| 1495 | No | ||||
| 1496 | 5. YOUR CHOICES AND RIGHTS | ||||
| 1497 | Residents of certain locations may have choices and rights associated with your | ||||
| > | personal information, including opting out of targeted advertising or other disc | ||||
| > | losures to third parties, or the right to have an authorized agent submit certai | ||||
| > | n requests on your behalf. You or your authorized agent may request that Upwork | ||||
| > | honor these rights by: | ||||
| 1498 | submitting a request here; or | ||||
| 1499 | Calling us toll-free at 866-262-4478 | ||||
| 1500 | Non-Discrimination: You will not receive any discriminatory treatment by us for | ||||
| > | the exercise of your privacy rights. | ||||
| 1501 | Verifying Your Request: Only you, or a person that you authorize to act on your | ||||
| > | behalf, may make a request related to your personal information. In the case of | ||||
| > | access and deletion, your request must be verifiable before we can fulfill such | ||||
| > | request. Verifying your request will require you to provide sufficient informati | ||||
| > | on for us to reasonably verify that you are the person about whom we collected p | ||||
| > | ersonal information or a person authorized to act on your behalf. We will only u | ||||
| > | se the personal information that you have provided in a verifiable request in or | ||||
| > | der to verify your request. We cannot respond to your request or provide you wit | ||||
| > | h personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority. | ||||
| 1502 | Please note that we may charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act on a request if | ||||
| > | such request is excessive, repetitive or manifestly unfounded. | ||||
| 1503 | For Individuals Located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK) | ||||
| > | or Switzerland: | ||||
| 1504 | You have a number of rights under applicable data protection laws in relation to | ||||
| > | your personal information. Under certain circumstances, you have the right to: | ||||
| 1505 | Have access to your personal information by submitting a request to us; | ||||
| 1506 | Have your personal information deleted; | ||||
| 1507 | Have your personal information corrected if it is wrong; | ||||
| 1508 | Have the processing of your personal information restricted; | ||||
| 1509 | Object to further processing of your personal information, including to object t | ||||
| > | o marketing from us; | ||||
| 1510 | Make a data portability request; | ||||
| 1511 | Withdraw any consent you have provided to us; | ||||
| 1512 | Restrict certain automatic processing of your personal information; and | ||||
| 1513 | Complain to the appropriate Supervisory Authority. | ||||
| 1514 | To exercise any of these rights, please contact us as outlined above. | ||||
| 1515 | For California Residents | ||||
| 1516 | “Shine the Light” and “Eraser” Laws: Residents of the State of California may re | ||||
| > | quest a list of all third parties to which we have disclosed certain information | ||||
| > | during the preceding year for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. | ||||
| 1517 | California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)/California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA): The | ||||
| > | CCPA, as amended by the CPRA, provides California residents and/or their author | ||||
| > | ized agents with specific rights regarding the collection and processing of thei | ||||
| > | r personal information. | ||||
| 1518 | Your Right to Know: California residents have the right to request that we discl | ||||
| > | ose the following information to you about our collection and use of your person | ||||
| > | al information over the past twelve (12) months. We may ask you to provide certa | ||||
| > | in information to identify yourself so that we may compare it with our records i | ||||
| > | n order to verify your request. Upon verification, we will disclose to you: | ||||
| 1519 | The categories of personal information we have collected about you. | ||||
| 1520 | The categories of sources for the personal information we have collected about y | ||||
| > | ou. | ||||
| 1521 | The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you. | ||||
| 1522 | Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or “selling” your personal inf | ||||
| > | ormation as defined by the CCPA. | ||||
| 1523 | The categories of third parties to whom we have sold or shared your personal inf | ||||
| > | ormation, if any, and the categories of personal information that we have shared | ||||
| > | with each third-party recipient. | ||||
| 1524 | Your Right to Opt-Out of “Sale” or “Sharing” of Personal Information: California | ||||
| > | residents have the right to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of their persona | ||||
| > | l information as defined by the CCPA. Where we are “sharing” your personal infor | ||||
| > | mation with third parties for the purposes of cross-context behavioral advertisi | ||||
| > | ng, you may opt-out of such sharing at any time by clicking on the “Your Privacy | ||||
| > | Choices” link located in the footer of our website. Global Privacy Control (GPC | ||||
| > | ) is a browser-based signal that you can use to inform websites of your privacy | ||||
| > | preferences regarding ad trackers, and which acts as a mechanism for opting out | ||||
| > | of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. If you have the GPC signal t | ||||
| > | urned on in your web browser, it may impact the functionality of the Site, but w | ||||
| > | e honor the GPC signal on a per-browser basis as an opt-out of the “sale” or “sh | ||||
| > | aring” of personal information in accordance with and to the extent required by | ||||
| > | applicable law. | ||||
| 1525 | Please note that we do not knowingly “sell” the personal information of any indi | ||||
| > | viduals under the age of 18. | ||||
| 1526 | Your Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: California residents | ||||
| > | may have the right to request that businesses limit the use of any sensitive per | ||||
| > | sonal information to those uses which are necessary to perform the Services or f | ||||
| > | or other specifically-enumerated business purposes under the CCPA, as amended by | ||||
| > | the CPRA. Please note that we do not use sensitive personal information other t | ||||
| > | han as necessary to perform the Services or as specifically permitted under the | ||||
| > | CCPA. | ||||
| 1527 | Your Right to Delete: California residents have the right to request that we del | ||||
| > | ete any of the personal information collected from you and retained by us, subje | ||||
| > | ct to certain exceptions. We may ask you to provide certain information to ident | ||||
| > | ify yourself so that we may compare it with our records in order to verify your | ||||
| > | request. Once your request is verified and we have determined that we are requir | ||||
| > | ed to delete the requested personal information in accordance with the CCPA, we | ||||
| > | will delete, and direct our service providers to delete your personal informatio | ||||
| > | n from their records. Your request to delete personal information that we have c | ||||
| > | ollected may be denied if we conclude it is necessary for us to retain such pers | ||||
| > | onal information under one or more of the exceptions listed in the CCPA. | ||||
| 1528 | Your Right to Correct: Under the CCPA, as amended by the CPRA, California reside | ||||
| > | nts have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal informatio | ||||
| > | n we maintain about you, taking into account the nature of the personal informat | ||||
| > | ion and the purposes for which we are processing such personal information. We w | ||||
| > | ill use commercially reasonable efforts to correct such inaccurate personal info | ||||
| > | rmation about you. | ||||
| 1529 | Non-Discrimination: You will not receive any discriminatory treatment by us for | ||||
| > | the exercise of your privacy rights conferred by the CCPA. | ||||
| 1530 | To opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information, see “Your Ri | ||||
| > | ght to Opt-Out of ‘Sale’ or ‘Sharing’ of Personal Information” above. To exercis | ||||
| > | e any of the other rights listed here, please contact us as outlined in the firs | ||||
| > | t paragraph of this Section 5 above. | ||||
| 1531 | Notice for Nevada Residents | ||||
| 1532 | Under Nevada law, certain Nevada residents may opt out of the sale of “personall | ||||
| > | y identifiable information” for monetary consideration to a person for that pers | ||||
| > | on to license or sell such information to additional persons. “Personally identi | ||||
| > | fiable information” includes first and last name, address, email address, phone | ||||
| > | number, Social Security Number, or an identifier that allows a specific person t | ||||
| > | o be contacted either physically or online. | ||||
| 1533 | We do not engage in such activity; however, if you are a Nevada resident who has | ||||
| > | purchased or leased goods or services from us, you may submit a request to opt | ||||
| > | out of any potential future sales under Nevada law by emailing privacyrequests@u | ||||
| > | pwork.com. Please note we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity and | ||||
| > | the authenticity of the request. Once verified, we will maintain your request i | ||||
| > | n the event our practices change. | ||||
| 1534 | Residents of Certain Other States | ||||
| 1535 | The laws of your state of residence (“Applicable State Law”) may provide you wit | ||||
| > | h certain rights, including the following: | ||||
| 1536 | Your Right to Confirm and Access: You have the right to confirm whether we are p | ||||
| > | rocessing personal information about you and access the personal information we | ||||
| > | process about you. | ||||
| 1537 | Your Right to Portability: You have the right to obtain a copy of the personal i | ||||
| > | nformation we maintain and process about you in a portable and, to the extent te | ||||
| > | chnically feasible, readily-usable format. | ||||
| 1538 | Your Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete the personal | ||||
| > | information we maintain or process about you. | ||||
| 1539 | Your Right to Correct: You have the right to request that we correct inaccuracie | ||||
| > | s in the personal information we maintain or process about you, taking into cons | ||||
| > | ideration the nature and purpose of such processing. | ||||
| 1540 | Your Rights to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out of certain types of proces | ||||
| > | sing of personal information, including: | ||||
| 1541 | Opt-Out of the “sale” of personal information as defined by Applicable State Law | ||||
| > | ; | ||||
| 1542 | Opt-Out of sharing of personal information for targeted advertising by us; | ||||
| 1543 | Opt-Out of automated profiling for the purposes of making decisions that produce | ||||
| > | legal or similarly significant effects. | ||||
| 1544 | To opt out of the “sale” of your personal information, or the sharing of your pe | ||||
| > | rsonal information for targeted advertising, see the “Opting Out of Targeted Adv | ||||
| > | ertising” section below. To exercise any of the other rights listed here, please | ||||
| > | contact us as outlined in the first paragraph of this Section 5 above. | ||||
| 1545 | Opting Out of Targeted Advertising | ||||
| 1546 | Depending on your location, you may have the right to opt out of the “sale” of y | ||||
| > | our personal information or sharing of your personal information for targeted ad | ||||
| > | vertising from Upwork by clicking on the “Your Privacy Choices” link located in | ||||
| > | the footer of our website. | ||||
| 1547 | Global Privacy Control (GPC) is a browser-based signal that you can use to infor | ||||
| > | m websites of your privacy preferences regarding ad trackers, and which acts as | ||||
| > | a mechanism for opting out of the “sale” of personal information or sharing of p | ||||
| > | ersonal information for targeted advertising. If you have the GPC turned on in y | ||||
| > | our web browser, it may impact the functionality of the Site, but we honor the G | ||||
| > | PC signal on a per-browser basis as an opt-out of the “sale” of personal informa | ||||
| > | tion or sharing of personal information for targeted advertising. | ||||
| 1548 | You may also want to visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, which provides inf | ||||
| > | ormation regarding targeted advertising and offers an “opt-out” by participating | ||||
| > | companies in the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Self-Regulatory Program. Wh | ||||
| > | ile we may use a variety of service providers to perform advertising services, s | ||||
| > | ome of these companies are members of the DAA. If you wish to submit a bulk opt- | ||||
| > | out of targeted advertising from such participating companies, click here (or if | ||||
| > | located in the European Union, click here). You must opt out on each device and | ||||
| > | each browser where you want your choice to apply. If you choose to opt out, ple | ||||
| > | ase note you will continue to receive advertisements, but they may be less relev | ||||
| > | ant to you. | ||||
| 1549 | Appeals Process & Other Concerns | ||||
| 1550 | Certain information may be exempt from the rights described above under applicab | ||||
| > | le law. If we deny your request in whole or in part, you may have the right to a | ||||
| > | ppeal the decision. In such circumstances, we will provide you with information | ||||
| > | regarding the appeals process. Depending on your location, you may also email le | ||||
| > | galnotices@upwork.com with the subject “Data Privacy Request Appeal” to provide | ||||
| > | us with details about why you are appealing the decision. | ||||
| 1551 | If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed | ||||
| > | to your satisfaction, please contact our U.S.-based third-party dispute resolut | ||||
| > | ion provider free at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request. | ||||
| 1552 | 6. SECURITY | ||||
| 1553 | We take a number of steps to protect your data, but no security is guaranteed. | ||||
| 1554 | Upwork takes reasonable steps to help protect and secure the information it coll | ||||
| > | ects and stores about Upwork Users. We maintain reasonable administrative, techn | ||||
| > | ical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information that we r | ||||
| > | eceive against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alterati | ||||
| > | on, access, disclosure or use. | ||||
| 1555 | 7. CROSS-BORDER DATA TRANSFERS | ||||
| 1556 | Because we are a U.S. company, we process and store your information in the Unit | ||||
| > | ed States and our service providers may process and store it elsewhere. | ||||
| 1557 | Upwork may transfer your personal information to a third party that is located i | ||||
| > | n a jurisdiction other than the one from which we collected your personal inform | ||||
| > | ation, including to countries that have not been deemed to have an adequate leve | ||||
| > | l of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects. If we do transfer | ||||
| > | your personal information to another jurisdiction, we will do so following due d | ||||
| > | iligence and provided that the data recipient is subject to contractual agreemen | ||||
| > | ts imposing obligations on it to ensure appropriate technical and organizational | ||||
| > | are implemented and maintained at all times to prevent the unauthorized and unl | ||||
| > | awful processing of personal information, and the accidental loss or destruction | ||||
| > | of, or damage to, personal information, consistent with our obligations under a | ||||
| > | pplicable data protection laws. | ||||
| 1558 | We will use appropriate legal transfer mechanisms, including Standard Contractua | ||||
| > | l Clauses, where required by law. To exercise any legal right to see copies of t | ||||
| > | he data transfer mechanism documents that Upwork uses to transfer data to third | ||||
| > | parties, please contact us. | ||||
| 1559 | 8. LINKS TO OTHER SITES | ||||
| 1560 | We may provide links to digital assets such as websites or applications of servi | ||||
| > | ces that we do not own or operate (“third-party digital assets”). This Privacy P | ||||
| > | olicy does not apply to data collected through any such third-party digital asse | ||||
| > | ts. Upwork is not responsible for the privacy practices of such third-party digi | ||||
| > | tal assets. We encourage you to carefully review the privacy policies or stateme | ||||
| > | nts applicable to any third-party digital assets you visit. | ||||
| 1561 | 9. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY | ||||
| 1562 | We may change this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes, we will provide | ||||
| > | notice. | ||||
| 1563 | This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date stated at the top of this page. | ||||
| > | Upwork may update this Privacy Policy at any time and any changes will be effect | ||||
| > | ive upon posting. By accessing or using the Service after we notify you of such | ||||
| > | changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted such changes. Pl | ||||
| > | ease refer back to this Privacy Policy on a regular basis. | ||||
| 1564 | 10. CONTACT US | ||||
| 1565 | To request that Upwork honor any of the rights described in this Policy, contact | ||||
| > | us as described above in the Your Choices and Rights section. | ||||
| 1566 | General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – European Representative | ||||
| 1567 | Pursuant to Article 27 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Upwork | ||||
| > | Inc. has appointed European Data Protection Office (EDPO) as its GDPR Representa | ||||
| > | tive in the EU. You can contact EDPO regarding matters pertaining to the GDPR: | ||||
| 1568 | by using EDPO’s online request form: https://edpo.com/gdpr-data-request, or | ||||
| 1569 | by writing to EDPO at Ground Floor, 71 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin, D02 P593, Ir | ||||
| > | eland | ||||
| 1570 | UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - UK Representative | ||||
| 1571 | Pursuant to Article 27 of the UK GDPR, Upwork Inc. has appointed EDPO UK Ltd as | ||||
| > | its UK GDPR representative in the UK. You can contact EDPO UK regarding matters | ||||
| > | pertaining to the UK GDPR: | ||||
| 1572 | by using EDPO’s online request form: https://edpo.com/uk-gdpr-data-request, or | ||||
| 1573 | by writing to EDPO UK at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5BY, United Kingdo | ||||
| > | m | ||||
| 1574 | FADP Article 14 Representative | ||||
| 1575 | Pursuant to Article 14 of the FADP, Upwork Inc. has appointed EDPO Switzerland a | ||||
| > | s its Representative in Switzerland. You can contact EDPO Switzerland regarding | ||||
| > | matters pertaining to the FADP: | ||||
| 1576 | by using EDPO Switzerland's online request form: https://edpo.com/swiss-data-req | ||||
| > | uest, or | ||||
| 1577 | by writing to EDPO Switzerland at Rue de Lausanne 37, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland | ||||
| 1578 | If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: | ||||
| 1579 | https://support.upwork.com; | ||||
| 1580 | By email to privacy@upwork.com; | ||||
| 1581 | by mail addressed to Upwork, Attn: Legal, 3490 S 4400 W #70008 West Valley City, | ||||
| > | UT 84120-9998, USA; or | ||||
| 1582 | by phone at 866-262-4478. | ||||
| 1583 | Global Data Processing Agreement | 1326 | Global Data Processing Agreement | ||
| 1584 | Version 1.9 | 1327 | Version 1.9 | ||
| 1585 | Effective July 31st 2025 | 1328 | Effective July 31st 2025 | ||
| 1603 | Upwork takes every report of suspicious or inappropriate activity seriously. Pro | 1346 | Upwork takes every report of suspicious or inappropriate activity seriously. Pro | ||
| > | viding a safe platform is a top priority. For more information on how to notify | > | viding a safe platform is a top priority. For more information on how to notify | ||
| > | us of potentially illegal content, please visit our Help Center to learn about r | > | us of potentially illegal content, please visit our Help Center to learn about r | ||
| > | eporting suspicious user activity. | > | eporting suspicious user activity. | ||
| 1604 | Contact Us | 1347 | Contact Us | ||
| 1605 | For any questions for for further information related to the DSA, please contact | 1348 | For any questions for for further information related to the DSA, please contact | ||
| > | us at dsa@upwork.com. | > | us at dsa@upwork.com. | ||
| n | 1606 | Privacy Center | n | ||
| 1607 | Version 3.13 | ||||
| 1608 | Effective July 3rd 2025 | ||||
| 1609 | Download | ||||
| 1610 | Table of Contents | ||||
| 1611 | Privacy at Upwork | ||||
| 1612 | Upwork understands the importance of data privacy and takes the responsibility o | ||||
| > | f handling and securing personal data seriously. We focus on incorporating data | ||||
| > | protection principles throughout our platform, program, and services that provid | ||||
| > | e effective data privacy measures for Upwork, its workforce, partners, and users | ||||
| > | . | ||||
| 1613 | Upwork’s Privacy and Information Security teams have carefully analyzed applicab | ||||
| > | le privacy laws and regulations and undertaken the necessary steps for our compl | ||||
| > | iance with their requirements. We provide detailed information about the persona | ||||
| > | l data we collect and how we use it in our agreements, in our help articles, and | ||||
| > | in our Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 1614 | Depending on where you are located, you may have certain rights with respect to | ||||
| > | your personal data, which you can learn about below and exercise here . Regardle | ||||
| > | ss of where you call home, you may close your account or request the deletion of | ||||
| > | all personal information we have about you at any time. | ||||
| 1615 | Learn more about how Upwork is complying with GDPR and the CCPA in our Privacy P | ||||
| > | olicy. | ||||
| 1616 | EUROPE | ||||
| 1617 | The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a data privacy law that gives r | ||||
| > | esidents of the European Union (“EU”) more clarity and control over how their pe | ||||
| > | rsonal data is used. Personal data is anything that can directly or indirectly i | ||||
| > | dentify a person, such as a photo, name, bank details, medical information, comp | ||||
| > | uter IP address, and so on. | ||||
| 1618 | Under the GDPR, companies are required to be transparent about what types of per | ||||
| > | sonal data they collect and how they use it, be responsible for secure data proc | ||||
| > | essing practices, and provide notification to customers or data subjects when br | ||||
| > | eaches occur. | ||||
| 1619 | The United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) is a UK law that | ||||
| > | is largely based on the GDPR, but went into effect in 2021 as a result of the U | ||||
| > | K’s withdrawal from the EU. In conjunction with the Data Protection Act 2018, it | ||||
| > | sets out the key principles, rights and obligations for most processing of pers | ||||
| > | onal data in the UK. | ||||
| 1620 | Transfer of Data | ||||
| 1621 | With respect to transfers that involve personal data that is within the scope of | ||||
| > | European data protection laws, Upwork relies on standard contractual clauses as | ||||
| > | a transfer mechanism to reflect relevant compliance requirements. | ||||
| 1622 | We have posted a Data Processing Agreement (“DPA”), governing the relationship b | ||||
| > | etween the Customer (as defined in the DPA) and Upwork with respect to personal | ||||
| > | data. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by you and Upwork, the DPA applies t | ||||
| > | o the extent Upwork processes any personal data for you as a controller in your | ||||
| > | role as a Customer. | ||||
| 1623 | Digital Services Act | ||||
| 1624 | Note: The information that was previously in this section can now be found on th | ||||
| > | e Digital Services Act page. | ||||
| 1625 | UNITED STATES | ||||
| 1626 | The data protection landscape in the U.S. is a patchwork of regulations, state l | ||||
| > | aws, and other requirements that are currently in flux. Upwork’s Legal team perf | ||||
| > | orms ongoing monitoring and analysis to determine their application to the perso | ||||
| > | nal data we handle and conform to their requirements. | ||||
| 1627 | “Sharing” and “Selling” Personal Information | ||||
| 1628 | Certain state laws provide rights for individuals to prevent the “sharing” and “ | ||||
| > | sale” of their personal information. Upwork does not sell your personal informat | ||||
| > | ion as the term is commonly understood. But we do allow some advertising vendors | ||||
| > | to use your personal information for internet-based marketing that may be consi | ||||
| > | dered “selling” or “sharing” under those definitions. The only means by which Up | ||||
| > | work may “sell” or “share” your personal information is with our third-party mar | ||||
| > | keting partners. | ||||
| 1629 | If you are located in a state that provides this right, you may opt out of the “ | ||||
| > | sale” and “sharing” of your personal information by utilizing the “Do not sell o | ||||
| > | r share my personal info” banner on our website, or clicking corresponding foote | ||||
| > | r link. This opt-out is specific to the browser on the device, so you will need | ||||
| > | to opt out again if you: 1) later clear your cookies, or 2) visit this site from | ||||
| > | a different browser or device. | ||||
| 1630 | Sensitive Personal Information | ||||
| 1631 | State laws have different definitions for personal information that is inherentl | ||||
| > | y more sensitive or would pose a greater risk of harm to the individual if misha | ||||
| > | ndled. Upwork identifies and appropriately handles the data classified as “sensi | ||||
| > | tive personal information” or other elevated classification. | ||||
| 1632 | Some state laws allow individuals to limit the use of their sensitive personal i | ||||
| > | nformation to purposes necessary to perform the services. Upwork imposes this li | ||||
| > | mitation upon itself inherently, and only uses the limited sensitive personal in | ||||
| > | formation it collects to provide, maintain, improve, and secure our services. | ||||
| 1633 | HOW DO I SUBMIT A DATA REQUEST? | ||||
| 1634 | Depending on where you are located, you may have certain rights with regard to y | ||||
| > | our personal data. These rights may be limited, for example, if fulfilling a req | ||||
| > | uest would reveal personal data about another person, or if you ask us to delete | ||||
| > | data which we are required by law to keep or have compelling legitimate interes | ||||
| > | ts in keeping (such as fraud prevention purposes or record retention requirement | ||||
| > | s under applicable laws). In addition, we typically will not remove data you pos | ||||
| > | ted publicly or shared with others through or on the Service, as neither you nor | ||||
| > | Upwork can delete all copies of data that have been previously shared with othe | ||||
| > | rs. | ||||
| 1635 | If you would like to request to close your account in our system, you can do so | ||||
| > | through our platform (once you have logged in, visit settings / user settings, a | ||||
| > | nd then click on the close my account link). In addition, you can access, correc | ||||
| > | t, or delete your personal data by making updates to that data through your acco | ||||
| > | unt. You can also submit a request to us regarding your personal data by complet | ||||
| > | ing the form below or emailing privacyrequests@upwork.com. Please note that if y | ||||
| > | our data is deleted, then your account may become deactivated. If your account i | ||||
| > | s deactivated or you ask to close your account, you will no longer be able to us | ||||
| > | e the platform. | ||||
| 1636 | Click here to access the data request form. | ||||
| 1637 | ADDITIONAL RESOURCES | ||||
| 1638 | Upwork Privacy Policy | ||||
| 1639 | Upwork Cookie Policy | ||||
| 1640 | Cookie Policy | 1349 | Cookie Policy | ||
| n | 1641 | Version 1.6 | n | 1350 | Version 2.0 |
| 1642 | Effective December 11th 2025 | 1351 | Effective September 9th 2026 | ||
| 1643 | Download | 1352 | Download | ||
| 1644 | Table of Contents | 1353 | Table of Contents | ||
| n | 1645 | This cookie policy (“Cookie Policy”) describes how Upwork, our service providers | n | 1354 | Our Cookie Policy has moved to our new Privacy Center! Please go to the followin |
| > | , and other third parties uses cookies and other related technologies such as we | > | g link to view our Cookie Policy: https://privacy.upwork.com/policies?name=cooki | ||
| > | b beacons (pixels), log files, and SDKs (collectively referred to as “tracking t | > | e-policy | ||
| > | echnologies”) when you interact with us through the Site. When we say “Site”, we | ||||
| > | mean http://www.upwork.com. | ||||
| 1646 | You can update certain tracking technology preferences by changing the settings | ||||
| > | in your browser (more information on how to do this is provided below) or adjust | ||||
| > | ing the settings by clicking the link labeled “Your Privacy Choices” at the bott | ||||
| > | om of the homepage. | ||||
| 1647 | We may modify this Cookie Policy from time to time, so please check back often f | ||||
| > | or updates. | ||||
| 1648 | What are tracking technologies? | ||||
| 1649 | Below we describe the different types of tracking technologies we may use. Each | ||||
| > | of these tracking technologies could be a first-party or third-party technology. | ||||
| > | A tracking technology that is created by Upwork or from our website domain is a | ||||
| > | first-party tracking technology. The data a first-party tracking technology col | ||||
| > | lects/stores is directly accessible to Upwork and vendors acting on its behalf. | ||||
| > | Third-party tracking technologies may also be created by domains (i.e. website) | ||||
| > | separate from Upwork. The data a third-party tracking technology collects/stores | ||||
| > | is accessible by a third-party. | ||||
| 1650 | Cookies | ||||
| 1651 | Cookies are text files, containing small amounts of information, which are downl | ||||
| > | oaded to your browsing device (such as a computer or smartphone) when you visit | ||||
| > | a website. Cookies can be recognized by the website that downloaded them, or by | ||||
| > | other websites that use the same cookies. | ||||
| 1652 | Web Beacons | ||||
| 1653 | Web beacons, tags, and tracking pixels are small pieces of code (such as JavaScr | ||||
| > | ipt in a tag manager) or tiny 1x1 transparent images embedded in a website. They | ||||
| > | are used to enable certain Service functionality—like design elements—or to mon | ||||
| > | itor user behavior across different websites and devices. These tools are often | ||||
| > | linked to social media features, such as a “like” button. | ||||
| 1654 | SDKs | ||||
| 1655 | A Software Development Kit or “SDK” represents a consolidated package of pre-exi | ||||
| > | sting code, enhancement tools, and guidance documents that can be installed and | ||||
| > | used to develop applications for a particular website. | ||||
| 1656 | Log Files | ||||
| 1657 | Log files are software-generated files containing data about the operations, act | ||||
| > | ivities, and usage patterns of an application, server, or IT system, such as wha | ||||
| > | t was done and at what time. | ||||
| 1658 | What are tracking technologies used for? | ||||
| 1659 | Our Service uses first-party and third-party tracking technologies for several p | ||||
| > | urposes including helping us understand how the Service is being used, improving | ||||
| > | user experience such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently and reme | ||||
| > | mbering your preferences, keeping our Service secure, providing advertisements t | ||||
| > | hat are relevant to you, enhancing our marketing efforts, and generally improvin | ||||
| > | g your browsing experience. | ||||
| 1660 | What types of cookies does Upwork use? | ||||
| 1661 | Upwork categorizes its tracking technologies based on the use case. The categori | ||||
| > | es are as follows: Strictly Necessary, Performance, Functional, and Targeting. | ||||
| 1662 | Strictly Necessary | ||||
| 1663 | These tracking technologies are essential, as they enable you to move around the | ||||
| > | Site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. For example. without | ||||
| > | these tracking technologies, some components of the services you have asked for | ||||
| > | such as payment submission may not operate correctly. These tracking technologi | ||||
| > | es are enabled by default, because they are important for functionality. While y | ||||
| > | ou can set your browser to block or alert you about these tracking technologies, | ||||
| > | if you block them, some or all parts of the Site may not function. | ||||
| 1664 | Performance | ||||
| 1665 | These tracking technologies collect information about how you use the Site, for | ||||
| > | example which pages you go to most often and if you get error messages from cert | ||||
| > | ain pages. | ||||
| 1666 | Functionality | ||||
| 1667 | These cookies allow the Site to remember choices you make (such as your username | ||||
| > | or the region you’re in). For instance, the Site uses functional cookies to rem | ||||
| > | ember your language preference. These cookies can also be used to remember chang | ||||
| > | es you’ve made to text size, font and other parts of pages that you can customiz | ||||
| > | e. They may also be used to provide services you’ve asked for such as watching a | ||||
| > | video or commenting on a blog. They may be set by us or by third party provider | ||||
| > | s whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies t | ||||
| > | hen some or all of these services may not function properly. | ||||
| 1668 | Targeting | ||||
| 1669 | These tracking technologies are used to deliver advertisements that are more rel | ||||
| > | evant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times | ||||
| > | you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advert | ||||
| > | ising campaign. They remember that you have visited a website and this informati | ||||
| > | on may be shared with other organizations such as advertisers. This means after | ||||
| > | you have accessed our Service Site you may see some advertisements about our ser | ||||
| > | vices elsewhere on the Internet. | ||||
| 1670 | How long will tracking technologies stay on my browsing device? | ||||
| 1671 | If a tracking technology is stored on your device (e.g. a cookie), the length of | ||||
| > | time a tracking technology will stay on your browsing device depends on whether | ||||
| > | it is a “persistent” or “session” tracking technology. Tracking technologies wi | ||||
| > | th a “session” duration will only stay on your device until you stop browsing. T | ||||
| > | racking technologies with a “persistent” duration will stay on your browsing dev | ||||
| > | ice until they expire or are deleted. | ||||
| 1672 | How to control and delete certain tracking technologies through your browser | ||||
| 1673 | The browser you are using to view the Site may have the functionality to enable, | ||||
| > | disable or delete certain tracking technologies such as a cookie. To do this, f | ||||
| > | ollow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the “Hel | ||||
| > | p,” “Tools'' or “Edit” functions). Please note that if you set your browser to d | ||||
| > | isable these tracking technologies, you may not be able to access certain parts | ||||
| > | of the Site ( e.g. to apply for a job or post a job. Other parts of the Site may | ||||
| > | also not work properly. You can find out more information about how to change y | ||||
| > | our browser cookie settings at www.allaboutcookies.org. | ||||
| 1674 | Managing Tracking Technology Preferences | ||||
| 1675 | Removing Tracking Technologies From Your Device | ||||
| 1676 | If a tracking technology (e.g. a cookie) is stored on your device, you may be ab | ||||
| > | le to delete it by clearing cookies within your browser. This will remove from y | ||||
| > | our device the cookies for the websites you have visited from that browser. Be a | ||||
| > | ware though that you may also lose some saved data (e.g. saved login details, we | ||||
| > | bsite preferences). | ||||
| 1677 | Generally Blocking Tracking Technologies | ||||
| 1678 | Most modern browsers provide settings which allow you to prevent tracking techno | ||||
| > | logies from being placed on your device. If you decide to use these settings, pl | ||||
| > | ease be aware that you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time y | ||||
| > | ou visit a website and our Service, and some services and functionalities of a w | ||||
| > | ebsite may not work properly at all such as login pages. | ||||
| 1679 | In addition, listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manag | ||||
| > | e and delete cookies from the major web browsers. To note, we do not control the | ||||
| > | se third-party cookies preferences and are not responsible for any choices you m | ||||
| > | ake using these programs or links or their continued availability or accuracy. I | ||||
| > | f you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official supp | ||||
| > | ort documents. | ||||
| 1680 | Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050 | ||||
| 1681 | Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac | ||||
| 1682 | Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefo | ||||
| > | x?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US | ||||
| 1683 | Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cooki | ||||
| > | e-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc | ||||
| 1684 | Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/manage-cookies-in-mi | ||||
| > | crosoft-edge-view-allow-block-delete-and-use-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64 | ||||
| > | d | ||||
| 1685 | Managing Service-Specific Tracking Technologies | ||||
| 1686 | You may update your tracking technology preferences on Upwork by clicking the “Y | ||||
| > | our Privacy Choices” button at the bottom of the Site’s homepage. Note, if you u | ||||
| > | se a cookie blocker such as Ghostery, it may block visibility of this tool.. | ||||
| 1687 | Contacting Us | ||||
| 1688 | If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at https:/ | ||||
| > | /support.upwork.com/home or by mail addressed to Attn: Legal, 3490 S 4400 W #700 | ||||
| > | 08 West Valley City, UT 84120-9998, USA. | ||||
| 1689 | API Terms of Use | 1355 | API Terms of Use | ||
| n | 1690 | Version 2.1 | n | 1356 | Version 2.2 |
| 1691 | Effective July 31st 2025 | 1357 | Effective August 6th 2026 | ||
| 1692 | Download | 1358 | Download | ||
| 1693 | Table of Contents | 1359 | Table of Contents | ||
| n | n | 1360 | PLEASE NOTE: By agreeing to the API & MCP Terms, available at https://www.upwork | ||
| > | .com/legal#apimcpterms, these API Terms no longer apply. | ||||
| 1694 | These API Terms of Use (the “API Terms”), dated as of December 14, 2016 (the “Ef | 1361 | These API Terms of Use (the “API Terms”), dated as of December 14, 2016 (the “Ef | ||
| > | fective Date”), are made and entered into by and between Upwork Global LLC and i | > | fective Date”), are made and entered into by and between Upwork Global LLC and i | ||
| > | ts affiliates (“Upwork” or “we”), and you (“Developer” or “you”). Upwork and Dev | > | ts affiliates (“Upwork” or “we”), and you (“Developer” or “you”). Upwork and Dev | ||
| > | eloper are sometimes referred to in the API Terms individually as a “Party” and | > | eloper are sometimes referred to in the API Terms individually as a “Party” and | ||
| > | collectively as the “Parties”. Upwork and Developer hereby agree as follows: | > | collectively as the “Parties”. Upwork and Developer hereby agree as follows: | ||
| 1695 | 1. Agreement to the API Terms. | 1362 | 1. Agreement to the API Terms. | ||
| 1696 | By registering a software application, website, or product you create or service | 1363 | By registering a software application, website, or product you create or service | ||
| > | that you offer (a “Developer Application”), you agree to be bound by the API Te | > | that you offer (a “Developer Application”), you agree to be bound by the API Te | ||
| > | rms. You must read, agree to, and accept all of the terms and conditions contain | > | rms. You must read, agree to, and accept all of the terms and conditions contain | ||
| > | ed in the API Terms in order to use the Upwork API. Additionally, you agree to a | > | ed in the API Terms in order to use the Upwork API. Additionally, you agree to a | ||
| > | nd accept the Upwork Terms of Service, available at https://www.upwork.com/legal | > | nd accept the Upwork Terms of Service, available at https://www.upwork.com/legal | ||
| > | /. If you disagree with any of the terms of the API Terms or the Upwork Terms of | > | /. If you disagree with any of the terms of the API Terms or the Upwork Terms of | ||
| > | Service, Upwork does not grant you a license to use the Upwork API. If you are | > | Service, Upwork does not grant you a license to use the Upwork API. If you are | ||
| > | using the Upwork API on behalf of a company or any other entity, you represent a | > | using the Upwork API on behalf of a company or any other entity, you represent a | ||
| > | nd warrant that you have full legal authority to register a Developer Applicatio | > | nd warrant that you have full legal authority to register a Developer Applicatio | ||
| > | n on behalf of that entity and bind it to the API Terms and the Upwork Terms of | > | n on behalf of that entity and bind it to the API Terms and the Upwork Terms of | ||
| > | Service. If you are not authorized, you may not accept the API Terms or register | > | Service. If you are not authorized, you may not accept the API Terms or register | ||
| > | a Developer Application for someone else. | > | a Developer Application for someone else. | ||
| 3159 | Together with the Upwork User Agreement and other Terms of Service, these Recrui | 2826 | Together with the Upwork User Agreement and other Terms of Service, these Recrui | ||
| > | tment Services Terms represent the entire agreement with Upwork and supersede al | > | tment Services Terms represent the entire agreement with Upwork and supersede al | ||
| > | l prior agreements and understandings with respect to the matters covered. You a | > | l prior agreements and understandings with respect to the matters covered. You a | ||
| > | gree that you did not accept the Recruitment Services Terms based on any represe | > | gree that you did not accept the Recruitment Services Terms based on any represe | ||
| > | ntations, whether written or oral, other than those contained herein. In the eve | > | ntations, whether written or oral, other than those contained herein. In the eve | ||
| > | nt of a conflict between these Recruitment Services Terms and any other agreemen | > | nt of a conflict between these Recruitment Services Terms and any other agreemen | ||
| > | t in the Terms of Service, these Recruitment Services Terms shall govern. | > | t in the Terms of Service, these Recruitment Services Terms shall govern. | ||
| 3160 | 11. CONTACTING US | 2827 | 11. CONTACTING US | ||
| 3161 | If you have any questions, or need assistance, please contact https://support.up | 2828 | If you have any questions, or need assistance, please contact https://support.up | ||
| > | work.com/home or legalnotices@upwork.com. | > | work.com/home or legalnotices@upwork.com. | ||
| n | 3162 | MCP Beta Participation Terms | n | ||
| 3163 | Version 1.2 | ||||
| 3164 | Effective July 7th 2026 | ||||
| 3165 | Download | ||||
| 3166 | Table of Contents | ||||
| 3167 | MCP Beta Participation Terms | ||||
| 3168 | 1. Introduction and Scope | ||||
| 3169 | These MCP Beta Participation Terms (the "Beta Participation Terms" or "Terms") g | ||||
| > | overn your participation (a "Participant" or "you") in the private beta of Upwor | ||||
| > | k's Model Context Protocol server (the "MCP Beta"), operated and made available | ||||
| > | by Upwork Global LLC ("Upwork" or "us"). The MCP Beta lets you connect a third-p | ||||
| > | arty AI assistant or agent (an "Agent") running in an AI client or tool you choo | ||||
| > | se and configure (your "AI Tool") to certain Upwork capabilities, so the Agent c | ||||
| > | an read information and prepare actions on your behalf. | ||||
| 3170 | The MCP Beta is a limited, invitation-only release made available by Upwork prov | ||||
| > | iding you access to the beta. These Beta Participation Terms apply only during t | ||||
| > | he MCP Beta and will continue to be effective until you accept new terms which r | ||||
| > | eplace these terms. You will be able to revoke access by going to the App Author | ||||
| > | ization page. | ||||
| 3171 | By accepting your invitation and connecting an Agent to Upwork as described in t | ||||
| > | hese Terms, you acknowledge that you have reviewed and agreed to these Beta Part | ||||
| > | icipation Terms. If you do not agree to these MCP Beta Participation Terms your | ||||
| > | choice is to not use, access, or otherwise participate in the MCP Beta. | ||||
| 3172 | These Beta Participation Terms apply in addition to, and incorporate by referenc | ||||
| > | e, Upwork's Terms of Service, including the User Agreement, the Terms of Use, an | ||||
| > | d the Privacy Policy, each of which continues to govern your use of the Upwork S | ||||
| > | ite, the MCP, and the AI Tool through which you access it. To the extent these B | ||||
| > | eta Participation Terms conflict with any of those incorporated documents, those | ||||
| > | documents control, except where these Beta Participation Terms expressly state | ||||
| > | a beta-specific term, in which case the beta-specific term controls solely for t | ||||
| > | he duration and scope of the beta. | ||||
| 3173 | 2. How the MCP Beta Works | ||||
| 3174 | Through the MCP Beta, you connect an Agent to Upwork so the Agent can perform a | ||||
| > | limited set of capabilities on your behalf during the beta. The capabilities fal | ||||
| > | l into three tiers, defined by how the action is confirmed. | ||||
| 3175 | A "Read Action" is a read-only capability the Agent performs without per-action | ||||
| > | confirmation, such as searching for jobs or freelancers, viewing profiles, propo | ||||
| > | sals, contracts, messages, earnings, or logged time, and drafting (but not sendi | ||||
| > | ng) a proposal or job post. | ||||
| 3176 | A "Draft-Confirm Action" is a write capability where the Agent prepares the acti | ||||
| > | on and you confirm it before it is sent or takes effect. In this beta the Draft- | ||||
| > | Confirm Actions are: submitting a proposal, responding to an invitation, posting | ||||
| > | a job to the marketplace, inviting a freelancer to apply, sending a message, an | ||||
| > | d (if available at launch) uploading a file attachment. | ||||
| 3177 | A "Binding Action" is an action that creates or activates a contract or moves mo | ||||
| > | ney. In this beta, Binding Actions are not performed by the Agent. They complete | ||||
| > | on a logged-in Upwork page under your own authentication, as described in Secti | ||||
| > | on 4. | ||||
| 3178 | You authorize an Agent to act on your behalf within the limits you set, and you | ||||
| > | are responsible for everything the Agent does as if you took the actions yoursel | ||||
| > | f. | ||||
| 3179 | The MCP Beta is made available solely to evaluate and use these capabilities dur | ||||
| > | ing the beta. Any capability not listed above (including any action that moves, | ||||
| > | funds, approves, releases, or refunds money, and any fully autonomous hiring or | ||||
| > | matching) is outside the scope of the MCP Beta and is not authorized. | ||||
| 3180 | 3. Eligibility and Invitation | ||||
| 3181 | Participation in the MCP Beta is by Upwork invitation only and is a limited part | ||||
| > | icipant list. Your invitation, and any credentials Upwork issues to you for the | ||||
| > | beta, are personal to you and are not transferable. Upwork may decline, limit, o | ||||
| > | r revoke any invitation, and may add or remove participants, at any time in its | ||||
| > | sole discretion. Participation is non-exclusive and optional, and is in addition | ||||
| > | to your ordinary use of the Upwork Site. | ||||
| 3182 | 4. The Binding-Action Gate | ||||
| 3183 | You acknowledge and agree that, in the MCP Beta, an Agent never performs a Bindi | ||||
| > | ng Action. Any action that creates or activates a contract, or that moves money, | ||||
| > | completes on a logged-in Upwork page under your own authentication, where you r | ||||
| > | eview and agree using Upwork's existing electronic-signature and checkout proces | ||||
| > | s. The Agent may surface, prepare, and link you to that page, but you (not the A | ||||
| > | gent) complete the binding step. | ||||
| 3184 | 5. Agent-Action Disclosure | ||||
| 3185 | When an Agent generates a message, proposal, job post, invitation, or other comm | ||||
| > | unication that another Upwork user will see, that communication must carry a cle | ||||
| > | ar, standard label disclosing that an Agent acting for you produced it. This dis | ||||
| > | closure obligation is mandatory, not optional. It applies now, during the beta, | ||||
| > | to every Draft-Confirm Action that produces a user-visible artifact (submitting | ||||
| > | a proposal, sending a message, posting a job, inviting a freelancer) and to any | ||||
| > | offer an Agent stages for completion on Upwork. You agree not to remove, obscure | ||||
| > | , or misrepresent this label, and not to present Agent-generated content as if a | ||||
| > | human produced it without Agent involvement. | ||||
| 3186 | 6. Permitted and Prohibited Uses | ||||
| 3187 | You may use the MCP Beta only for the capabilities in Section 2 and only to eval | ||||
| > | uate and use the MCP Beta during the beta. You must comply with all applicable l | ||||
| > | aws and with the prohibited-use restrictions in the Terms of Service, including | ||||
| > | those set forth in the API Terms. You represent and warrant that an Agent does n | ||||
| > | ot operate based on an AI system prohibited under any applicable law. You also a | ||||
| > | gree not to cause an Agent to process real regulated, sensitive, or special-cate | ||||
| > | gory data through the MCP Beta beyond what the disclosed capabilities require, a | ||||
| > | nd not to circumvent Upwork's safeguards, rate limits, or access controls. | ||||
| 3188 | No capability in the MCP Beta moves money, and your AI Tool is barred from any m | ||||
| > | oney-touching action in the beta even where it might otherwise be technically po | ||||
| > | ssible. See Section 10.1 for the third-party AI-Tool terms and money restriction | ||||
| > | . | ||||
| 3189 | 7. Connects and Fees | ||||
| 3190 | Submitting a proposal through the MCP Beta consumes your Connects, as it does el | ||||
| > | sewhere on the Upwork Site. You will be charged for all actions taken by the Age | ||||
| > | nt, regardless of whether or not you approve the action in a Draft-Confirm Actio | ||||
| > | n. Current Connects pricing is available in the Terms of Service. Upwork will pr | ||||
| > | ovide advance notice of pricing changes consistent with the User Agreement; any | ||||
| > | rate limits that apply during the beta are as Upwork communicates to you and are | ||||
| > | not set here. | ||||
| 3191 | 8. Terms for Freelancers | ||||
| 3192 | These terms apply when you participate as a freelancer (including as an agency o | ||||
| > | r agency member acting in a freelancer capacity). An Agent may, on your behalf a | ||||
| > | nd within the limits you set, search and view jobs, invitations, offers, proposa | ||||
| > | ls, contracts, earnings, and logged time, and draft a proposal. As Draft-Confirm | ||||
| > | Actions you confirm before they take effect, an Agent may submit a proposal and | ||||
| > | respond to an invitation, including accepting or declining an interview invitat | ||||
| > | ion or hire offer. Accepting a hire offer is a Binding Action that completes on | ||||
| > | the Upwork offer page under your own authentication, as in Section 4. You are so | ||||
| > | lely responsible for everything an Agent does within the limits you set, includi | ||||
| > | ng the content and accuracy of any proposal or message it prepares and you confi | ||||
| > | rm. | ||||
| 3193 | To the extent ownership is available, you own the proposals, messages, and other | ||||
| > | materials an Agent produces for you in the MCP Beta, on the same basis as if yo | ||||
| > | u had authored them yourself, subject to the user-content and intellectual-prope | ||||
| > | rty provisions of the Terms of Service, applicable law, and any third-party whic | ||||
| > | h you access the Site through. | ||||
| 3194 | 9. Terms for Clients | ||||
| 3195 | These terms apply when you participate as a client. an Agent may, on your behalf | ||||
| > | and within the limits you set, draft a job post, search and view freelancer pro | ||||
| > | files, and view and evaluate proposals. As Draft-Confirm Actions you confirm bef | ||||
| > | ore they take effect, an Agent may post a job to the marketplace and invite a fr | ||||
| > | eelancer to apply. Extending a contract offer is a Binding Action: an Agent may | ||||
| > | prepare a draft offer and return a link to the Upwork offer page, where you auth | ||||
| > | enticate, review, and complete checkout, and the offer activates only after that | ||||
| > | , as in Section 4. You are solely responsible for everything an Agent does withi | ||||
| > | n the limits you set, including the content and accuracy of any job post, invita | ||||
| > | tion, or message it prepares and you confirm. | ||||
| 3196 | To the extent ownership is available, you own the job posts, invitations, messag | ||||
| > | es, and other materials an Agent produces for you in the MCP Beta, on the same b | ||||
| > | asis as if you had authored them yourself, subject to the user-content and intel | ||||
| > | lectual-property provisions of the Terms of Service, applicable law, and any thi | ||||
| > | rd-party which you access the Site through. | ||||
| 3197 | 10. Terms Applicable to All Participants | ||||
| 3198 | These terms apply to your participation in the MCP Beta whether you are a freela | ||||
| > | ncer or a client. | ||||
| 3199 | 10.1 Third-Party AI Tool and Layered Terms | ||||
| 3200 | You access the MCP Beta through a third-party service provider whose technology | ||||
| > | powers an AI Tool that you choose and configure (for example, Claude, Claude Cod | ||||
| > | e, or Cursor) ("Provider"), and your use of that AI Tool is also governed by its | ||||
| > | Provider's own terms and policies including their terms of service, usage polic | ||||
| > | ies, and other applicable agreements published by a Provider that govern access | ||||
| > | to or use of the AI Tool, as updated from time to time ("Provider Terms"). Where | ||||
| > | those Provider Terms are more restrictive than these Beta Participation Terms, | ||||
| > | the more restrictive term governs, and no term in this document overrides a rule | ||||
| > | imposed by your AI Tool's Provider. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as a conditi | ||||
| > | on of the beta, your AI Tool may be used only for reading, drafting, and handoff | ||||
| > | for anything touching money: it may not be used to move money on your behalf, r | ||||
| > | egardless of any other provision. This is an Upwork beta-scope restriction and a | ||||
| > | pplies regardless of what your AI Tool would otherwise permit. | ||||
| 3201 | 10.2 Data, Privacy, and Counterparty Data | ||||
| 3202 | You acknowledge that, to provide the capabilities you authorize, the MCP Beta se | ||||
| > | nds Upwork data to your AI Tool, operated by a third party outside Upwork (i.e t | ||||
| > | he Provider). This data can include your profile, the contents of your messages, | ||||
| > | financial data, and Work Diary data, and can include data about other Upwork us | ||||
| > | ers you interact with, and it may be transferred across borders to reach your AI | ||||
| > | Tool. You agree to use any personal information made available to you through t | ||||
| > | he MCP Beta solely for your participation, and not to share, sell, or repurpose | ||||
| > | it (including for training AI models), and not to cause any data, including data | ||||
| > | about other Upwork users, to leave Upwork beyond the disclosed flow. | ||||
| 3203 | You must not cause or otherwise allow your AI Tool or any third party to train A | ||||
| > | I models on, or otherwise reuse, the Upwork data sent through the MCP Beta. You | ||||
| > | represent and warrant that you have provided all notices and disclosures to, and | ||||
| > | obtained all consents, permissions, and authorizations from, the affected Upwor | ||||
| > | k users and any other relevant individuals or third parties required under appli | ||||
| > | cable law for the processing of the Upwork data sent through the MCP Beta by you | ||||
| > | r AI Tool and any third party you permit to access it. In all cases, your use of | ||||
| > | the AI Tool must be in compliance with Upwork's Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 3204 | 10.3 Data Retention and Deletion | ||||
| 3205 | Upwork retains data generated through the MCP Beta in compliance with its standa | ||||
| > | rd data retention policy as described in the Privacy Policy. Where you use an AI | ||||
| > | Tool from a Provider, data maintained by their systems will be retained in comp | ||||
| > | liance with their retention policies. We recommend you review the Provider Terms | ||||
| > | for more information on how those third parties retain their data. | ||||
| 3206 | 10.4 Authentication and Permission Scope | ||||
| 3207 | You connect your AI Tool to Upwork using OAuth (an authorization-code flow with | ||||
| > | PKCE), authenticating through Upwork's authorization and consent screen with you | ||||
| > | r credentials whitelisted for the beta. Those credentials are personal to you an | ||||
| > | d must not be shared or transferred. The scope of what an Agent may do is limite | ||||
| > | d to the capabilities in Section 2 and to any further limits you set when you co | ||||
| > | nnect. You may revoke your Agent’s access at any time through the App Authorizat | ||||
| > | ion Page, and Upwork may revoke your credentials at any time; revoking access en | ||||
| > | ds the Agent's ability to act for you going forward. | ||||
| 3208 | 10.5 Upwork Intellectual Property Rights | ||||
| 3209 | As between you and Upwork, Upwork retains all right, title, and interest, includ | ||||
| > | ing all IP Rights, in and to the MCP Beta, the underlying systems and platform, | ||||
| > | and any improvements, modifications, or derivative works thereof. You do not acq | ||||
| > | uire any right, express or implied, in or to the MCP Beta, other than the limite | ||||
| > | d right to access and use the MCP Beta during the beta period as expressly provi | ||||
| > | ded in these Beta Participation Terms. | ||||
| 3210 | To the extent you or an Agent generate, create, or produce any outputs, content, | ||||
| > | or materials through your use of the MCP Beta ("Outputs"), you hereby grant Upw | ||||
| > | ork a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable license to use, reprod | ||||
| > | uce, modify, adapt, and incorporate such Outputs to operate, evaluate, improve, | ||||
| > | and develop the MCP Beta and Upwork's products and services, including to benchm | ||||
| > | ark, train, tune, or evaluate Upwork's AI systems. | ||||
| 3211 | For purposes of these Beta Participation Terms, "IP Rights" means all forms of i | ||||
| > | ntellectual property rights and protections throughout the world, including, but | ||||
| > | not limited to: (a) patents, patent applications, and all reissuances, continua | ||||
| > | tions, continuations-in-part, revisions, extensions, and reexaminations thereof; | ||||
| > | (b) copyrights; (c) Internet domain names, trademarks, service marks, and trade | ||||
| > | dress, together with all goodwill associated therewith; (d) trade secrets; (e) | ||||
| > | rights in databases and designs (ornamental or otherwise); (f) moral rights, rig | ||||
| > | hts of privacy, rights of publicity, and similar rights; and (g) any other propr | ||||
| > | ietary rights and protections, whether currently existing or hereafter developed | ||||
| > | or acquired, whether published or unpublished, arising under statutory law, com | ||||
| > | mon law, or by contract, and whether or not perfected, including all application | ||||
| > | s, disclosures, and registrations with respect thereto. | ||||
| 3212 | 10.6 Feedback | ||||
| 3213 | Upwork may solicit or receive suggestions, ideas, observations, comments, and ot | ||||
| > | her feedback from you about the MCP Beta, including about its features, function | ||||
| > | ality, performance, usability, or errors (collectively, "Feedback"). All Feedbac | ||||
| > | k, and all IP Rights in and to any Feedback, are and will be the exclusive prope | ||||
| > | rty of Upwork. You hereby assign to Upwork all right, title, and interest you ma | ||||
| > | y have in any Feedback, including all IP Rights therein. Upwork and its assigns | ||||
| > | shall have the right to obtain and hold in its own name all IP Rights in and to | ||||
| > | any Feedback, and you agree to execute any documents and take any other actions | ||||
| > | as may reasonably be necessary, or as Upwork may reasonably request, to perfect | ||||
| > | Upwork's ownership of any such IP Rights, without additional consideration and r | ||||
| > | egardless of whether during or after your participation in the MCP Beta. You rep | ||||
| > | resent that any Feedback you provide does not violate any third-party rights or | ||||
| > | confidentiality obligations. Upwork is under no obligation to treat Feedback as | ||||
| > | confidential, to compensate you for it, or to use, respond to, or implement it. | ||||
| > | Unlike some other Upwork beta programs, the MCP Beta involves no exchange of Fee | ||||
| > | dback as payment or consideration. | ||||
| 3214 | 10.7 Confidentiality | ||||
| 3215 | You agree to maintain the confidentiality of non-public information exchanged in | ||||
| > | connection with the MCP Beta, in accordance with Upwork's Terms of Service, inc | ||||
| > | luding the confidentiality terms in the User Agreement, and to use it only as ne | ||||
| > | cessary for your participation. You also agree that the MCP Beta itself, includi | ||||
| > | ng its existence, technical and business information, program structure, operati | ||||
| > | onal workflows, commercial models, the identity of other Participants, and any b | ||||
| > | usiness terms Upwork discloses to you about it, is confidential and proprietary | ||||
| > | to Upwork. | ||||
| 3216 | 10.8 No Control or Supervision by Upwork; Disputes | ||||
| 3217 | Upwork's role in the MCP Beta is limited to making the capabilities available; i | ||||
| > | t does not manage, supervise, direct, or verify an Agent, your AI Tool, or their | ||||
| > | output, and provides no input into an Agent's operational parameters. Upwork wi | ||||
| > | ll not be liable for any errors, omissions, or damages resulting from an Agent o | ||||
| > | r your AI Tool, or for any direct or indirect damages resulting from any interru | ||||
| > | ption, delay, or failure in their performance or in the features, functionality, | ||||
| > | or accessibility of the MCP Beta. Upwork is not liable for outputs of an Agent | ||||
| > | that arise from your instructions, data, or specifications. Upwork is not respon | ||||
| > | sible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, any damages, losses, or fa | ||||
| > | ilures arising from or related to your AI Tool or any other third-party software | ||||
| > | , APIs, platforms, services, or technologies used in connection with the MCP Bet | ||||
| > | a. Any dispute between you and another user of the Site arising from an action i | ||||
| > | n the MCP Beta is to be handled between you and that user; Upwork may, but is no | ||||
| > | t obligated to, facilitate an informal resolution. | ||||
| 3218 | 10.9 Representations and Warranties; Indemnification | ||||
| 3219 | You represent and warrant that: (i) you have the right to submit all content tha | ||||
| > | t you and/or an Agent submit through the MCP Beta; (ii) you have the authority t | ||||
| > | o grant the rights and assignments described in these Terms; (iii) you have impl | ||||
| > | emented reasonable safeguards to prevent ingestion of sensitive or proprietary d | ||||
| > | ata; and (iv) you and an Agent will comply with applicable laws and will not pro | ||||
| > | duce unlawful, infringing, harmful or misleading content. | ||||
| 3220 | You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Upwork, its officers, director | ||||
| > | s, employees, and affiliates from and against any claims arising out of or relat | ||||
| > | ed to: (i) your use of the MCP Beta; (ii) the actions or omissions of you or an | ||||
| > | Agent; (iii) your breach of these Beta Participation Terms; (iv) any violation o | ||||
| > | f applicable law by you or an Agent; (v) any allegation that content you or an A | ||||
| > | gent submitted or used infringes a third party's intellectual property rights; ( | ||||
| > | vi) your use of your AI Tool or any other third-party products or services used | ||||
| > | in connection with the MCP Beta; and (vii) any use of the MCP Beta by another pe | ||||
| > | rson using your Upwork account credentials. | ||||
| 3221 | 10.10 Beta Disclaimer; Limitation of Liability | ||||
| 3222 | The MCP Beta is a beta and is provided "as is" and "as available," with all faul | ||||
| > | ts and without warranties of any kind, express or implied. Upwork makes no repre | ||||
| > | sentation or guarantee regarding the availability, reliability, functionality, a | ||||
| > | ccuracy, performance, or outcomes of the MCP Beta. The features, functionality, | ||||
| > | and accessibility of the MCP Beta may change, be suspended, or be discontinued a | ||||
| > | t any time without notice. Upwork will not be bound by any service level agreeme | ||||
| > | nt, and the MCP Beta may never become generally available. You acknowledge and a | ||||
| > | ccept that an Agent's outputs may contain errors or inaccuracies and that you ar | ||||
| > | e solely responsible for reviewing, testing, and validating all Agent outputs be | ||||
| > | fore use or reliance on them. This Section is a beta-specific term and expressly | ||||
| > | controls. | ||||
| 3223 | To the maximum extent permitted by law, Upwork will not be liable for any lost p | ||||
| > | rofits, revenue, or any consequential, incidental, special, indirect, punitive, | ||||
| > | or exemplary damages, arising out of or relating to the MCP Beta or these Beta P | ||||
| > | articipation Terms, regardless of the theory of liability (including negligence, | ||||
| > | breach of contract, or strict liability) and even if Upwork has been advised of | ||||
| > | the possibility of such damages. You shall not be liable for any of the foregoi | ||||
| > | ng to Upwork. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Upwork's total aggregate l | ||||
| > | iability to you arising out of or relating to the MCP Beta or these Beta Partici | ||||
| > | pation Terms will not exceed US $10. This limitation supplements and does not re | ||||
| > | place the limitations of liability in Section 10 of the User Agreement. This Sec | ||||
| > | tion applies even if any limited remedy fails of its essential purpose, except t | ||||
| > | o the extent liability cannot be disclaimed or limited under applicable law. Thi | ||||
| > | s Section is a beta-specific term and expressly controls. | ||||
| 3224 | 10.11 Logo Rights | ||||
| 3225 | By participating in the MCP Beta, you grant Upwork a non-exclusive, royalty-free | ||||
| > | license to use your name, logo, and related trademarks in connection with mater | ||||
| > | ials promoting the MCP Beta. This right may continue after your participation en | ||||
| > | ds unless you request removal in writing, in which case Upwork will make reasona | ||||
| > | ble efforts to cease new uses going forward. This Section does not obligate eith | ||||
| > | er party to engage in co-marketing. | ||||
| 3226 | 10.12 Suspension, Termination, and Survival | ||||
| 3227 | Participation in the MCP Beta is optional and subject to Upwork's discretion. Up | ||||
| > | work may modify, suspend, or end your access to the MCP Beta, or the MCP Beta it | ||||
| > | self, at any time in its sole discretion. You may end your participation at any | ||||
| > | time on written notice to Upwork. This Section is a beta-specific term and expre | ||||
| > | ssly controls. The following survive termination of your participation or of the | ||||
| > | MCP Beta: the confidentiality obligations (Section 10.7), the IP ownership and | ||||
| > | Outputs license (Section 10.5), the feedback assignment (Section 10.6), the owne | ||||
| > | rship and data provisions (Sections 8, 9, and 10.2), the beta disclaimer and lim | ||||
| > | itation of liability (Section 10.9), the no-liability and dispute terms (Section | ||||
| > | 10.7), and the indemnification obligations (Section 10.8). | ||||
| 3228 | 10.13 General | ||||
| 3229 | Nothing in these Beta Participation Terms creates a joint venture, partnership, | ||||
| > | or employment relationship between you and Upwork. You agree to comply with all | ||||
| > | applicable laws and regulations, including those relating to AI systems, privacy | ||||
| > | , and data protection. Governing law, dispute resolution, notices, and similar g | ||||
| > | eneral provisions are not restated here; they are governed by the incorporated a | ||||
| > | greements, including the User Agreement and the Terms of Use. If any provision o | ||||
| > | f these Beta Participation Terms is held void or unenforceable, the remaining pr | ||||
| > | ovisions remain in effect. These Beta Participation Terms, together with the doc | ||||
| > | uments they incorporate by reference, constitute the entire agreement between yo | ||||
| > | u and Upwork regarding the MCP Beta and supersede prior understandings on that s | ||||
| > | ubject. | ||||
| 3230 | Upwork Now Beta Addendum | 2829 | Upwork Now Beta Addendum | ||
| 3231 | Version 1.0 | 2830 | Version 1.0 | ||
| 3232 | Effective July 8th 2026 | 2831 | Effective July 8th 2026 | ||
| 3285 | Waiver. Upwork's failure to enforce any right or provision does not constitute a | 2884 | Waiver. Upwork's failure to enforce any right or provision does not constitute a | ||
| > | waiver of that right or provision. | > | waiver of that right or provision. | ||
| 3286 | No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Beta Addendum does not create any third-party | 2885 | No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Beta Addendum does not create any third-party | ||
| > | beneficiary rights. | > | beneficiary rights. | ||
| 3287 | Feedback. If you provide suggestions, comments, ideas, or other feedback regardi | 2886 | Feedback. If you provide suggestions, comments, ideas, or other feedback regardi | ||
| > | ng the Upwork Now Beta Program, you grant Upwork a perpetual, irrevocable, world | > | ng the Upwork Now Beta Program, you grant Upwork a perpetual, irrevocable, world | ||
| > | wide, royalty-free license to use that feedback for any purpose without restrict | > | wide, royalty-free license to use that feedback for any purpose without restrict | ||
| > | ion or compensation. | > | ion or compensation. | ||
| t | t | 2887 | Integration Terms of Use | ||
| 2888 | Version 1.2 | ||||
| 2889 | Effective August 28th 2026 | ||||
| 2890 | Download | ||||
| 2891 | Table of Contents | ||||
| 2892 | Integration Terms of Use | ||||
| 2893 | These Integration Terms of Use ("Integration Terms") govern your access to and u | ||||
| > | se of Upwork's integration products, including the specific integrations noted i | ||||
| > | n Section 8 (each an "Integration", collectively the "Integrations"). These Inte | ||||
| > | gration Terms are incorporated into and form part of Upwork's Terms of Service ( | ||||
| > | "ToS"). Capitalized terms not defined here have the meanings given in the ToS. I | ||||
| > | n the event of a conflict between these Integration Terms and the ToS, these Int | ||||
| > | egration Terms control with respect to the Integrations. | ||||
| 2894 | By enabling, installing, accessing, or using an Integration in any manner, you a | ||||
| > | gree to these Integration Terms on behalf of yourself and, if applicable, the or | ||||
| > | ganization you represent. | ||||
| 2895 | 1. Definitions | ||||
| 2896 | 1.1 "Provider" means the third-party service provider whose technology powers a | ||||
| > | given Integration, including Anthropic, PBC, OpenAI, LLC, and Slack Technologies | ||||
| > | , LLC, as applicable. | ||||
| 2897 | 1.2 "Provider Terms" means the terms of service, usage policies, and other appli | ||||
| > | cable agreements published by a Provider that govern access to or use of its ser | ||||
| > | vices, as updated from time to time. | ||||
| 2898 | 1.3 "Input" means any data, content, instructions, or other materials you submit | ||||
| > | to an Integration, including queries, prompts, job descriptions, freelancer pro | ||||
| > | files, messages, and Upwork platform data accessed through an Integration. | ||||
| 2899 | 1.4 "Output" means any content, results, recommendations, summaries, or other ma | ||||
| > | terials generated by an Integration in response to your Input. | ||||
| 2900 | 1.5 "Platform Data" means data originating from the Upwork platform that is acce | ||||
| > | ssed, processed, or transmitted through an Integration, including profile data, | ||||
| > | job postings, message content, contract information, and payment history. | ||||
| 2901 | 1.6 "Sensitive Employment Data" means any data used or intended to be used to ma | ||||
| > | ke or inform decisions regarding hiring, termination, compensation, promotion, p | ||||
| > | erformance evaluation, benefits eligibility, or other terms and conditions of en | ||||
| > | gagement of any individual. | ||||
| 2902 | 2. Eligibility and Access | ||||
| 2903 | 2.1 Account Requirement. Access to the Integrations requires a registered Upwork | ||||
| > | account in good standing. Upwork may suspend or terminate your access to any In | ||||
| > | tegration at any time if your account is suspended or if you are in breach of th | ||||
| > | e ToS or these Integration Terms. | ||||
| 2904 | 2.2 Authorization to Connect. By connecting an Integration to your Upwork accoun | ||||
| > | t, installing the applicable app or extension, or otherwise authorizing the Inte | ||||
| > | gration in a third-party environment, you authorize Upwork and its service provi | ||||
| > | ders to access, retrieve, transmit, store, process, display, and synchronize Inp | ||||
| > | ut and Output and related metadata as necessary to provide the Integration’s fun | ||||
| > | ctionality. When an Integration accesses Upwork through Upwork’s Model Context P | ||||
| > | rotocol service (“Upwork MCP”), you also authorize the applicable Provider to se | ||||
| > | nd requests to the Upwork MCP and authorize the Upwork MCP to return Platform Da | ||||
| > | ta and take actions on the Upwork platform with the permissions you grant. This | ||||
| > | authorization remains in effect until you disconnect the Integration, revoke acc | ||||
| > | ess in the applicable third-party service, or your account is terminated. | ||||
| 2905 | 2.3 Additional Terms. Your use of each Integration is also subject to any additi | ||||
| > | onal Upwork terms incorporated by reference in Section 3.1 and the applicable Pr | ||||
| > | ovider Terms. You are responsible for reviewing and complying with Provider Term | ||||
| > | s. Upwork is not a party to any agreement between you and a Provider and does no | ||||
| > | t assume any obligations under Provider Terms. | ||||
| 2906 | 2.4 Independent Providers. Providers are independent third parties and are not a | ||||
| > | gents, employees, partners, joint venturers, or subcontractors of Upwork except | ||||
| > | as expressly stated in Upwork's Privacy Policy or applicable data processing doc | ||||
| > | umentation. Upwork is not responsible for the products, services, security pract | ||||
| > | ices, or acts or omissions of any Provider except to the extent required by appl | ||||
| > | icable law. | ||||
| 2907 | 3. Permitted Use | ||||
| 2908 | 3.1 Scope of Use. You may use the Integrations solely to facilitate activities p | ||||
| > | ermitted under Upwork’s ToS.If you directly access or use an Upwork API or use a | ||||
| > | ny Integration that accesses Upwork through the Upwork MCP, your access to and u | ||||
| > | se of that API or Integration is also subject to the API and MCP Terms of Use, w | ||||
| > | hich are incorporated into these Integration Terms by reference. In the event of | ||||
| > | a conflict, these Integration Terms control with respect to Integration-specifi | ||||
| > | c functionality where applicable. | ||||
| 2909 | 3.2 Prohibited Uses. You may not use any Integration to: | ||||
| 2910 | make or assist in making automated or semi-automated employment determinations, | ||||
| > | screening decisions, or engagement decisions regarding individual freelancers wi | ||||
| > | thout meaningful human review; | ||||
| 2911 | process data in a manner that violates applicable law, including anti-discrimina | ||||
| > | tion laws, equal employment opportunity requirements, or applicable AI-specific | ||||
| > | employment regulations; | ||||
| 2912 | access, scrape, harvest, or extract Platform Data or third-party data in bulk or | ||||
| > | in a manner inconsistent with these Integration Terms or the ToS; | ||||
| 2913 | transmit through an Integration any data subject to heightened legal protection, | ||||
| > | including protected health information under HIPAA, payment card data subject t | ||||
| > | o PCI DSS, or government-issued identification numbers, except as expressly perm | ||||
| > | itted in a separate written agreement with Upwork; | ||||
| 2914 | train, fine-tune, or otherwise develop any AI or machine learning model using Ou | ||||
| > | tput, unless expressly permitted in writing by Upwork; | ||||
| 2915 | circumvent, disable, or interfere with any security, access control, or rate-lim | ||||
| > | iting feature of an Integration; | ||||
| 2916 | use an Integration to generate, distribute, or facilitate the distribution of sp | ||||
| > | am, fraudulent content, or misleading communications on or off the Upwork platfo | ||||
| > | rm; | ||||
| 2917 | use an Integration in connection with any illegal activity or in violation of an | ||||
| > | y third-party rights, including intellectual property rights and privacy rights; | ||||
| > | or | ||||
| 2918 | resell, sublicense, or otherwise make available any Integration or Output to thi | ||||
| > | rd parties as a standalone product or service. | ||||
| 2919 | 4. Inputs, Outputs, and Data | ||||
| 2920 | 4.1 Responsibility for Inputs. You are solely responsible for the accuracy, lega | ||||
| > | lity, and appropriateness of all Inputs. Upwork does not screen Inputs before tr | ||||
| > | ansmission to a Provider. | ||||
| 2921 | 4.2 Output Disclaimers. Outputs may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or inap | ||||
| > | propriate for your intended purpose. Outputs do not constitute legal, financial, | ||||
| > | employment, or professional advice. You are responsible for independently verif | ||||
| > | ying any Output before relying on it to make business, hiring, or contractual de | ||||
| > | cisions. | ||||
| 2922 | 4.3 No Output Guarantee. Upwork does not warrant that any Output will be accurat | ||||
| > | e, complete, reliable, non-infringing, or fit for a particular purpose. Upwork i | ||||
| > | s not liable for any decisions made in reliance on Output. | ||||
| 2923 | 4.4 Platform Data Transmission. When you use an Integration, Upwork may transmit | ||||
| > | Platform Data to the applicable Provider, including by returning Platform Data | ||||
| > | through the Upwork MCP in response to requests made through an Integration, as n | ||||
| > | ecessary to provide the Integration's functionality. By using an Integration, yo | ||||
| > | u consent to such transmission. You represent and warrant that you have all righ | ||||
| > | ts and permissions necessary to submit any data you provide as an Input, includi | ||||
| > | ng any data relating to third parties. | ||||
| 2924 | 4.5 Provider Data Practices. Each Provider maintains independent privacy, securi | ||||
| > | ty, retention, and data processing practices that may differ from Upwork's Priva | ||||
| > | cy Policy. Upwork does not control Provider data practices and is not responsibl | ||||
| > | e for how Providers process, store, or use your data. You should review the appl | ||||
| > | icable Provider's privacy documentation before using an Integration. | ||||
| 2925 | 4.6 Feedback and Improvement. If you submit feedback, ratings, corrections, or o | ||||
| > | ther evaluations of Outputs to Upwork ("Feedback"), you grant Upwork a non-exclu | ||||
| > | sive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use that Feedback to imp | ||||
| > | rove the Integrations and Upwork's other products and services. Feedback will no | ||||
| > | t be treated as confidential. | ||||
| 2926 | 5. Intellectual Property | ||||
| 2927 | 5.1 Upwork IP. All rights in the Integrations, including any software, interface | ||||
| > | s, workflows, and documentation, are owned by or licensed to Upwork. These Integ | ||||
| > | ration Terms do not transfer any ownership interest to you. | ||||
| 2928 | 5.2 Your Content. Ownership of Inputs remains governed by the applicable agreeme | ||||
| > | nts between you and Upwork, including the ToS, except to the extent Provider Ter | ||||
| > | ms govern rights granted by you to the applicable Provider in connection with pr | ||||
| > | oviding the Integration. Nothing in these Integration Terms transfers ownership | ||||
| > | of your Inputs to Upwork. | ||||
| 2929 | 5.3 Outputs. Ownership of Outputs, if any, is governed by the applicable Provide | ||||
| > | r Terms. Upwork makes no representations regarding the intellectual property sta | ||||
| > | tus of any Output and does not warrant that Output is free of third-party claims | ||||
| > | . | ||||
| 2930 | 5.4 No Training on Platform Data. Upwork will not use Platform Data transmitted | ||||
| > | through an Integration to train Upwork's proprietary foundation models or genera | ||||
| > | l-purpose AI models without your separate consent. Nothing in this Section limit | ||||
| > | s Upwork's ability to use aggregated, de-identified, telemetry, operational, sec | ||||
| > | urity, abuse prevention, diagnostic, or product usage information to operate, ma | ||||
| > | intain, secure, improve, and support the Integrations in accordance with the Pri | ||||
| > | vacy Policy. | ||||
| 2931 | 6. Privacy and Data Protection | ||||
| 2932 | 6.1 Privacy Policy. Upwork's collection and use of personal data in connection w | ||||
| > | ith the Integrations is governed by Upwork's Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 2933 | 6.2 Third Party Data. You may not use an Integration to process personal data of | ||||
| > | third parties in a manner that exceeds the scope of their consent or your right | ||||
| > | s under the ToS or applicable law. You are responsible for ensuring that your us | ||||
| > | e of Outputs relating to third parties complies with applicable privacy and empl | ||||
| > | oyment laws. | ||||
| 2934 | 6.3 Data Subject Requests. If Upwork receives a data subject request relating to | ||||
| > | data processed through an Integration, Upwork will handle such requests in acco | ||||
| > | rdance with applicable law. You agree to reasonably cooperate with Upwork in res | ||||
| > | ponding to any such requests. | ||||
| 2935 | 6.4 Data Transmitted to Third Party Platforms. Platform Data transmitted to , or | ||||
| > | accessed through, a Provider’s platform, including through an Integration that | ||||
| > | uses the Upwork MCP, may be subject to that Provider’s data retention, deletion, | ||||
| > | and processing terms. You may not use Platform Data received through any Integr | ||||
| > | ation for any purpose prohibited by the applicable Provider Terms, including any | ||||
| > | prohibition on using data obtained through an Integration to train, fine-tune, | ||||
| > | or otherwise develop any AI or machine learning models. | ||||
| 2936 | 7. Cross-Integration Terms. | ||||
| 2937 | 7.1 High-Risk Use Cases. Certain use cases are prohibited across all Integration | ||||
| > | s regardless of the Provider powering them. Upwork may suspend or terminate acce | ||||
| > | ss to any Integration if it determines, in its sole discretion, that your use co | ||||
| > | uld present a high risk of harm to individuals, third parties, or the Upwork pla | ||||
| > | tform. You may not use any Integration as the sole basis for decisions regarding | ||||
| > | employment, credit, housing, insurance, education, healthcare, legal rights, or | ||||
| > | other decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on an indiv | ||||
| > | idual without meaningful human review. You may not use any Integration to proces | ||||
| > | s financial account credentials, or payment card data through any Integration as | ||||
| > | the sole or primary means of initiating financial transactions without human au | ||||
| > | thorization; or generate or process content that is prohibited by applicable Pro | ||||
| > | vider Terms or that violates any applicable law or third-party right. | ||||
| 2938 | 7.2 Automated Actions and Human Review. If any Integration is configured to take | ||||
| > | actions on the Upwork platform on your behalf (including submitting job posting | ||||
| > | s, initiating messages, or executing other platform interactions) you authorize | ||||
| > | those actions and remain responsible for all activity taken under your account. | ||||
| > | Upwork is not liable for actions taken by an Integration operating under your au | ||||
| > | thorization. Where an Integration assists in or generates content for employment | ||||
| > | -related decisions or communications, you are responsible for reviewing and appr | ||||
| > | oving that content before submission. Upwork does not warrant the accuracy or co | ||||
| > | mpliance of AI-generated postings, messages, or other content. | ||||
| 2939 | 7.3 Job Postings and Freelancer Communications. Any job postings, messages, or o | ||||
| > | ther communications generated through an Integration and submitted to the Upwork | ||||
| > | platform are subject to Upwork’s ToS. You are responsible for ensuring that all | ||||
| > | such content complies with applicable law, including equal employment opportuni | ||||
| > | ty requirements and applicable AI disclosure obligations. Upwork is not responsi | ||||
| > | ble for the accuracy or legal compliance of AI-generated content submitted to th | ||||
| > | e platform. | ||||
| 2940 | 7.4 Upwork MCP and MCP Clients. The Upwork Claude Connector and Upwork ChatGPT A | ||||
| > | pp access Upwork through the Upwork MCP. Upwork may also permit other third-part | ||||
| > | y applications, agents, automation platforms, or compatible applications to acce | ||||
| > | ss the Upwork MCP (each, an “MCP Client”). By enabling or using an MCP Client, y | ||||
| > | ou authorize the MCP Client to send requests to the Upwork MCP and authorize the | ||||
| > | Upwork MCP to access and return Platform Data and take actions on the Upwork pl | ||||
| > | atform within the permissions you grant. You are solely responsible for instruct | ||||
| > | ions submitted through, and the configuration and access controls of, each MCP C | ||||
| > | lient, including any agent or automation operating through it.. Upwork is not re | ||||
| > | sponsible for the security, conduct, or data practices of third-party MCP Client | ||||
| > | s. | ||||
| 2941 | 7.5 Message and Communication Data. Integrations may process and synchronize mes | ||||
| > | sage content, replies, reactions, timestamps, and related metadata between Upwor | ||||
| > | k and the Provider. You are responsible for ensuring that you have provided the | ||||
| > | necessary notices and received the proper rights and permissions, to use the Int | ||||
| > | egration with any message or communication data you submit. Upwork does not guar | ||||
| > | antee that every message, attachment, or metadata field will be synchronized, pr | ||||
| > | eserved, or delivered. | ||||
| 2942 | 8. Integration-Specific Terms. | ||||
| 2943 | 8.1 Upwork Claude Connector. The Upwork Claude Connector uses the Upwork MCP to | ||||
| > | access Platform Data and perform supported actions on the Upwork platform in res | ||||
| > | ponse to requests made through Claude. Your use of the Claude Connector is subje | ||||
| > | ct to Anthropic's Usage Policy and Commercial Terms of Service, available at ant | ||||
| > | hropic.com, in addition to these Integration Terms. In the event of a conflict b | ||||
| > | etween these Integration Terms and Anthropic's terms as applicable to your use o | ||||
| > | f the Claude Connector, Anthropic's terms control solely with respect to Anthrop | ||||
| > | ic's obligations and Claude model outputs. | ||||
| 2944 | 8.2 Upwork ChatGPT App. The Upwork ChatGPT App uses the Upwork MCP to access Pla | ||||
| > | tform Data and perform supported actions on the Upwork platform in response to r | ||||
| > | equests made through ChatGPT. The Upwork ChatGPT App is powered by OpenAI's GPT | ||||
| > | models and operates within the ChatGPT application ecosystem. Your use is subjec | ||||
| > | t to OpenAI's Terms of Use and Usage Policies, available at openai.com, in addit | ||||
| > | ion to these Integration Terms. | ||||
| 2945 | 8.3 Upwork Slack App. | ||||
| 2946 | The Upwork Slack App connects Upwork to Slack workspace channels and related Sla | ||||
| > | ck functionality. | ||||
| 2947 | Use of the Upwork Slack App is subject to Slack’s Terms of Service and API Terms | ||||
| > | , available at slack.com, in addition to these Integration Terms. You acknowledg | ||||
| > | e that Slack may independently process, store, retain, or disclose content trans | ||||
| > | mitted through the Upwork Slack App pursuant to Slack’s own terms and policies, | ||||
| > | and Upwork does not control Slack’s handling of such content. | ||||
| 2948 | By installing, connecting to, or otherwise authorizing the Upwork Slack App, you | ||||
| > | authorize Upwork and its service providers to create or link Slack channels, se | ||||
| > | nd and receive messages, synchronize message content and related metadata betwee | ||||
| > | n Upwork and Slack, and perform related setup, routing, notification, and admini | ||||
| > | strative functions on your behalf. This authorization remains in effect until yo | ||||
| > | u disconnect the Slack App, revoke access in Slack, or your account or access is | ||||
| > | terminated. | ||||
| 2949 | Use of the Upwork Slack App requires valid Slack workspace authorization and any | ||||
| > | permissions requested by the app. You represent that you are authorized to gran | ||||
| > | t those permissions on behalf of yourself and, if applicable, your organization | ||||
| > | or Slack workspace. | ||||
| 2950 | The Upwork Slack App may process and synchronize message content, attachments, c | ||||
| > | hannel information, timestamps, and related metadata between Upwork and Slack. U | ||||
| > | pwork may retain copies of such data in Upwork’s systems as necessary to provide | ||||
| > | the Integration, maintain records, support users, administer disputes, comply w | ||||
| > | ith law, and enforce these Integration Terms, subject to Upwork’s Privacy Policy | ||||
| > | and any applicable DPA. You are responsible for ensuring that you have all nece | ||||
| > | ssary rights and permissions to use the Upwork Slack App with any message or com | ||||
| > | munication data you submit. | ||||
| 2951 | 9. Disclaimers | ||||
| 2952 | THE INTEGRATIONS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." UPWORK DISCLAIMS ALL W | ||||
| > | ARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS | ||||
| > | FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. UPWORK DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE | ||||
| > | INTEGRATIONS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, OR THAT OUTPUTS WILL | ||||
| > | BE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. AI SYSTEMS CAN PRODUCE INCORRECT, BIASED, OR INAPPROPR | ||||
| > | IATE OUTPUTS. YOU ASSUME ALL RISK ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR USE OF THE INTEGRATIONS A | ||||
| > | ND ANY RELIANCE ON OUTPUTS. | ||||
| 2953 | 10. Limitation of Liability | ||||
| 2954 | TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UPWORK'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY | ||||
| > | ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE INTEGRATIONS, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTH | ||||
| > | ERWISE, WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100). IN NO EVENT WILL UPWORK | ||||
| > | BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR P | ||||
| > | UNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, OR REPUTATIONAL HARM, EVE | ||||
| > | N IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. | ||||
| 2955 | 11. Indemnification | ||||
| 2956 | You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Upwork and its officers, directors | ||||
| > | , employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilitie | ||||
| > | s, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or | ||||
| > | relating to: (a) your use of the Integrations in violation of these Integration | ||||
| > | Terms or the ToS; (b) your Inputs or any data you submit through the Integration | ||||
| > | s; (c) your use of or reliance on any Output; (d) your violation of any applicab | ||||
| > | le law or third-party right, including privacy rights; or (e) your violation of | ||||
| > | any Provider Terms. | ||||
| 2957 | 12. Modifications and Termination | ||||
| 2958 | 12.1 Changes to These Terms. Upwork may modify these Integration Terms at any ti | ||||
| > | me by posting updated terms on the Upwork platform or by providing notice by ema | ||||
| > | il or through any other notification method we customarily use to notify you of | ||||
| > | such changes. Your continued use of any Integration after the effective date of | ||||
| > | any modification constitutes acceptance of the modified terms. If you do not agr | ||||
| > | ee to modified terms, you must disconnect the affected Integration. | ||||
| 2959 | 12.2 Changes to Integrations. Upwork and/or a Provider may modify, suspend, or d | ||||
| > | iscontinue any Integration at any time without notice. Upwork is not liable for | ||||
| > | any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of an Integration. | ||||
| 2960 | 12.3 Termination. Upwork may terminate your access to any Integration at any tim | ||||
| > | e if you breach these Integration Terms, the ToS, or the applicable Provider Ter | ||||
| > | ms, if continued access poses a risk to Upwork or other users, or if the applica | ||||
| > | ble Provider requires Upwork to suspend access. Upon termination, Sections 3.2, | ||||
| > | 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 13 survive. | ||||
| 2961 | 13. General | ||||
| 2962 | 13.1 Governing Law. These Integration Terms are governed by the laws of the Stat | ||||
| > | e of California, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles, and are subje | ||||
| > | ct to the dispute resolution provisions of the ToS. | ||||
| 2963 | 13.2 Integration with ToS. These Integration Terms are incorporated into and sub | ||||
| > | ject to the ToS. In the event of a conflict, these Integration Terms control wit | ||||
| > | h respect to the Integrations. All other terms of the ToS, including payment ter | ||||
| > | ms, the User Agreement, and the Escrow Instructions, continue to apply to your u | ||||
| > | se of the Upwork platform. | ||||
| 2964 | 13.3 Severability. If any provision of these Integration Terms is held to be une | ||||
| > | nforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. | ||||
| 2965 | 13.4 Waiver. Upwork's failure to enforce any provision of these Integration Term | ||||
| > | s will not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision. | ||||
| 2966 | 13.5 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. These Integration Terms do not create any thi | ||||
| > | rd-party beneficiary rights. | ||||
| 2967 | 13.6 Compliance with Laws. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use | ||||
| > | of the Integrations complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and profess | ||||
| > | ional obligations, including those relating to privacy, employment, discriminati | ||||
| > | on, artificial intelligence, export controls, and sanctions. | ||||
| 2968 | 13.7 Experimental Features. Upwork may designate certain functionality as beta, | ||||
| > | preview, experimental, or early access (“Beta Features”). Beta Features may be s | ||||
| > | ubject to additional terms. Upwork makes no guarantees regarding Beta Features a | ||||
| > | vailability, functionality, or outcomes. All Beta Features are provided “as-is” | ||||
| > | without warranty, indemnity, or support. Although Upwork will make a good faith | ||||
| > | effort to provide notice where practicable, Beta Features may be modified, suspe | ||||
| > | nded, or discontinued at any time. Your use of any Beta Feature is at your sole | ||||
| > | risk. | ||||
| 2969 | Upwork API & MCP Terms of Use | ||||
| 2970 | Version 2.3 | ||||
| 2971 | Effective August 13th 2026 | ||||
| 2972 | Download | ||||
| 2973 | Table of Contents | ||||
| 2974 | These Upwork API & MCP Terms of Use (“API & MCP Terms”) are entered into between | ||||
| > | Upwork Global LLC and its affiliates (“Upwork,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and the p | ||||
| > | erson or legal entity (“Developer,” “you,” or “your”) that registers a Developer | ||||
| > | Application (defined below), requests Credentials (defined below), downloads an | ||||
| > | y Upwork SDK or connects to the MCP Server (defined below), or otherwise accesse | ||||
| > | s or uses the Upwork APIs (each a “Tool” and collectively, “Tools”). These API & | ||||
| > | MCP Terms govern Developer’s access to and use of the Tools or related document | ||||
| > | ation, or wherever these terms are referenced as applicable. These API & MCP Ter | ||||
| > | ms supplement the Upwork’s Terms of Service (“ToS”); any conflicts will be handl | ||||
| > | ed in accordance with Section 22 below. | ||||
| 2975 | 1. Agreement formation and acceptance | ||||
| 2976 | 1.1 Acceptance by act | ||||
| 2977 | You accept these API & MCP Terms when you (a) request or accept issuance of Cred | ||||
| > | entials, (b) download, install, use, or call a Tool, or (c) register a Developer | ||||
| > | Application. Each of these acts are an independent acceptance event. | ||||
| 2978 | 1.2 Authority to bind an entity | ||||
| 2979 | If you accept these API & MCP Terms on behalf of a legal entity or another natur | ||||
| > | al person, you represent and warrant that you have full legal authority to bind | ||||
| > | that entity or natural person and that you have been authorized to do so. | ||||
| 2980 | 1.3 Material updates | ||||
| 2981 | Upwork may modify these API & MCP Terms by posting a revised version on the Site | ||||
| > | and where there are material changes, provide notice through the Developer Port | ||||
| > | al, the Site, the Developer email of record, or a comparable channel. Material u | ||||
| > | pdates take effect upon such notice being delivered. Your continued use of the T | ||||
| > | ools after the effective date is your acceptance of the updated version. If you | ||||
| > | do not agree to a material update, your choice is to cease using the Tools and t | ||||
| > | erminate these API & MCP Terms as set forth in Section 17 before the update take | ||||
| > | s effect. | ||||
| 2982 | 2. Definitions | ||||
| 2983 | Capitalized terms not defined here have the meaning given in the ToS. The follow | ||||
| > | ing definitions apply: | ||||
| 2984 | “Agent” means a software process, including a process powered by artificial inte | ||||
| > | lligence or machine learning, that acts, or purports to act, on behalf of a Prin | ||||
| > | cipal. | ||||
| 2985 | “Agent Operator” means any person or entity that builds, deploys, or operates an | ||||
| > | Agent that consumes the Tools on behalf of an Upwork User. | ||||
| 2986 | “Bulk Access” means the automated or systematic enumeration, retrieval, access, | ||||
| > | viewing, acquisition, copying, downloading, monitoring, or processing of all or | ||||
| > | a substantial portion of any category of Upwork Content or Upwork User Data, inc | ||||
| > | luding all or substantially all available job postings, profiles, proposals, con | ||||
| > | tracts, or marketplace records. Bulk Access includes activity performed through | ||||
| > | a single operation or through repeated, paginated, incremental, continuous, dist | ||||
| > | ributed, or coordinated requests; activity performed by one or more persons, Dev | ||||
| > | eloper Applications, Agents, accounts, Credentials, scope tokens, or IP addresse | ||||
| > | s; and activity performed whether or not the content is cached, stored, retained | ||||
| > | , displayed, indexed, embedded, or mirrored. | ||||
| 2987 | “Confidential Information” has the meaning given in Section 13. | ||||
| 2988 | “Credentials” means the API keys, OAuth client identifiers and secrets, scope to | ||||
| > | kens (i.e., tokens or claims that encode granted API/MCP scopes, however impleme | ||||
| > | nted), refresh tokens, and other credentials Upwork issues to access the Tools. | ||||
| 2989 | “Developer Application” means any software application, website, service, MCP cl | ||||
| > | ient, Agent, integration, or other product that you build or operate that intera | ||||
| > | cts with the Tools. | ||||
| 2990 | “Developer Portal” means the Upwork developer site (including any successor site | ||||
| > | ) at which Upwork publishes documentation, account-management tools, scope and r | ||||
| > | ate-limit information, and developer notices such as https://www.upwork.com/deve | ||||
| > | loper. | ||||
| 2991 | “End User” means a person or entity who uses a Developer Application. | ||||
| 2992 | “MCP Server” means a Model Context Protocol server published or operated by Upwo | ||||
| > | rk. | ||||
| 2993 | “MCP Client” means an external software component that connects to an MCP Server | ||||
| > | to invoke its tools, resources, or prompts. | ||||
| 2994 | “Personal Data” means “personal data,” “personal information,” or their equivale | ||||
| > | nts under applicable privacy laws. | ||||
| 2995 | “Principal” means the person or entity on whose behalf an Agent acts. | ||||
| 2996 | “Services” has the meaning given in the User Agreement. | ||||
| 2997 | “Site” means, collectively, our website located at www.upwork.com, all affiliate | ||||
| > | d websites, including mobile websites and Upwork Mobile Applications, owned and | ||||
| > | operated by us, our predecessors or successors in interest, or our Affiliates (d | ||||
| > | efined in the User Agreement). | ||||
| 2998 | “Upwork API” means the application programming interfaces (REST, GraphQL, or oth | ||||
| > | erwise), edge gateways, webhooks, real-time event streams, SDKs, sample code, an | ||||
| > | d command-line tools. | ||||
| 2999 | “Upwork Content” means data, content, or executables of or associated with the U | ||||
| > | pwork API or the Upwork Site and Services, including Upwork User Data. | ||||
| 3000 | “Upwork User” means a person or entity who has accepted the ToS, including freel | ||||
| > | ancers, clients, and agencies. | ||||
| 3001 | “Upwork User Data” means content, information, and other data about Upwork Users | ||||
| > | that you receive or collect through the Upwork API, a Developer Application, an | ||||
| > | MCP Server, or otherwise in connection with these API & MCP Terms. | ||||
| 3002 | 3. License grants | ||||
| 3003 | 3.1 License to the Upwork API | ||||
| 3004 | Subject to your compliance with these API & MCP Terms, and where required, appli | ||||
| > | cation for and approval by Upwork as set forth in Section 6.1, Upwork grants you | ||||
| > | a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, revocable license, | ||||
| > | without right of sublicense except as expressly stated, to access and call the T | ||||
| > | ools for the sole purpose of building, testing, operating, and supporting a Deve | ||||
| > | loper Application that facilitates the use of the Upwork Site and Services by yo | ||||
| > | u or by Upwork Users on whose behalf you are authorized to act on behalf of. | ||||
| 3005 | 3.2 License to the Tools | ||||
| 3006 | Upwork grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, | ||||
| > | revocable, royalty-free license to use the Tools, solely to: (a) build and oper | ||||
| > | ate a Developer Application that integrates with the Tools or (b) use the Tools | ||||
| > | to facilitate the use of the Upwork Site and Services, by you or by Upwork Users | ||||
| > | on whose behalf you are authorized to act on behalf of. | ||||
| 3007 | You may not (i) distribute Upwork-distributed Tools to third parties except as e | ||||
| > | xpressly permitted in the documentation, (ii) incorporate them into a work licen | ||||
| > | sed under the GPL, LGPL, AGPL, or any other copyleft license, or (iii) use them | ||||
| > | to build a service that competes with the Upwork marketplace. | ||||
| 3008 | 3.3 Limited intermediate copies | ||||
| 3009 | You may make limited intermediate copies of Upwork Content only as strictly nece | ||||
| > | ssary to perform an act expressly permitted by Section 4 of these API & MCP Term | ||||
| > | s and must delete each intermediate copy when it is no longer required for that | ||||
| > | purpose. Under no circumstances may you use Upwork Content for a secondary purpo | ||||
| > | se, as defined under applicable privacy laws. | ||||
| 3010 | 3.4 Display and arrangement | ||||
| 3011 | Provided you do not strip, modify, or obscure Upwork-applied attribution, AI-ori | ||||
| > | gin labels, or provenance headers, you may display Upwork Content within your De | ||||
| > | veloper Application, and you may arrange or reorganize Upwork Content within you | ||||
| > | r Developer Application, in each case consistent with these API & MCP Terms and | ||||
| > | the documentation available in the Developer Portal. You shall not misrepresent | ||||
| > | or otherwise publish or display Upwork Content without proper identification of | ||||
| > | Upwork ownership. | ||||
| 3012 | 3.5 Reservation of rights | ||||
| 3013 | All rights not expressly granted in these API & MCP Terms are reserved by Upwork | ||||
| > | , its affiliates, and its licensors. No license is granted by implication, estop | ||||
| > | pel, course of dealing, course of performance, or otherwise. Upwork may modify l | ||||
| > | icensed rights, at any time, in its sole discretion by providing written notice | ||||
| > | to the specific Developer or by updating these API & MCP Terms as described in S | ||||
| > | ection 1.3. | ||||
| 3014 | Without limiting the foregoing, Upwork expressly reserves (a) all copyright, dat | ||||
| > | abase, and trade-secret rights in Upwork Content, the Tools, and in the selectio | ||||
| > | n, arrangement, structure, and organization of either; (b) all rights in any agg | ||||
| > | regation, derivative dataset, embedding, vector index, training corpus, or model | ||||
| > | artifact created from Upwork Content or Upwork User Data; (c) all trademark and | ||||
| > | trade-dress rights; (d) all patent rights, except as expressly stated; and (e) | ||||
| > | the right to modify, deprecate, withdraw, gate, or rate-limit any endpoint, sche | ||||
| > | ma field, scope, or feature at any time. | ||||
| 3015 | The license in Section 3.1 does not authorize Bulk Access, systematic extraction | ||||
| > | , or wholesale copying of Upwork Content or Upwork User Data, whether performed | ||||
| > | by you, an Agent, or any combination, and whether characterized as use, caching, | ||||
| > | indexing, embedding, or mirroring. | ||||
| 3016 | 4. Permitted uses | ||||
| 3017 | 4.1 Purpose limitation | ||||
| 3018 | You may use the Tools only to facilitate your own or your authorized Upwork User | ||||
| > | s’ use of the Upwork Site and Services. Permitted uses include enabling Upwork U | ||||
| > | sers to (a) search, browse, and respond to Upwork job postings; (b) draft, submi | ||||
| > | t, and manage proposals, messages, and contracts; (c) manage active engagements, | ||||
| > | invoices, billing, and earnings; (d) integrate Upwork data into the Upwork User | ||||
| > | ’s own productivity, accounting, or workflow systems; and (e) operate an Agent o | ||||
| > | n behalf of an Upwork User within scopes the Upwork User has granted. | ||||
| 3019 | For clarity, permission to search or browse Upwork Content authorizes only acces | ||||
| > | s reasonably necessary to perform a specific, documented, user-directed task and | ||||
| > | does not authorize activity designed to enumerate or continuously monitor Upwor | ||||
| > | k’s available content corpus | ||||
| 3020 | 4.2 Minimum-necessary access | ||||
| 3021 | You shall request, obtain, store, display, and process only the minimum Upwork C | ||||
| > | ontent and the minimum data fields (in Upwork’s sole determination) and permissi | ||||
| > | ons necessary for the Developer Application’s documented purpose, consistent wit | ||||
| > | h applicable privacy laws. | ||||
| 3022 | 5. Prohibited uses | ||||
| 3023 | With respect to the Tools, you, your Developer Application, and your Agent, shal | ||||
| > | l not: | ||||
| 3024 | 5.1 Unlawful use: use the Upwork API in violation of: (a) applicable law, (b) th | ||||
| > | ese API & MCP Terms, the ToS, or (c) any third-party rights. | ||||
| 3025 | 5.2 Anti-scraping, anti-automation, and circumvention: access, store, display, t | ||||
| > | ransfer, or use any Upwork content obtained through scraping, crawling, spiderin | ||||
| > | g, headless browsing, web-browser plug-ins, optical character recognition or oth | ||||
| > | er image, screen, or interface-based data extraction techniques applied to the U | ||||
| > | pwork user interface, multi-account fan-out, header spoofing, IP rotation, or an | ||||
| > | y other technology used to access Upwork content outside the Tools (any such con | ||||
| > | tent, “Non-Official Content”); combine Upwork Content with Non-Official Content; | ||||
| > | circumvent, attempt to defeat, or interfere with API gateways, rate limits, sco | ||||
| > | pe tokens, OAuth scopes, technological access measures, or other technical safeg | ||||
| > | uards; or use the Tools in conjunction with any user-interface automation techni | ||||
| > | que designed to obtain access beyond your authorized scope . | ||||
| 3026 | 5.3 AI training and model improvement: use Upwork Content, nor allow a third par | ||||
| > | ty to use Upwork Content, including job descriptions, freelancer profiles, messa | ||||
| > | ges, proposals, contract data, rate information, earnings, MCP Server output, re | ||||
| > | al-time event payloads, to train, fine-tune, retrieval-augment, evaluate, benchm | ||||
| > | ark, or otherwise improve any artificial intelligence or machine learning model, | ||||
| > | except under a separately negotiated written training license signed by an auth | ||||
| > | orized Upwork representative. This restriction applies whether you operate the m | ||||
| > | odel directly, license it from a third party, or use a third-party API to perfor | ||||
| > | m the training. | ||||
| 3027 | 5.4 Anti-spam, marketing, and unsolicited communications: use the Upwork API, re | ||||
| > | al-time event delivery, MCP outputs, or any contact information obtained through | ||||
| > | the API to send unsolicited commercial or spam messages to any Upwork User or E | ||||
| > | nd User outside of Upwork-provided messaging endpoints, or in violation of appli | ||||
| > | cable law. You shall honor any opt-out, suppression, or Do-Not-Contact signal co | ||||
| > | mmunicated through the platform or an event stream. | ||||
| 3028 | 5.5 Data-sale prohibitions: sell, lease, license, share, transfer, or otherwise | ||||
| > | make Upwork Content available to any third party, including any data broker, lis | ||||
| > | t broker, ad-tech intermediary, or advertising-related entity. You are expressly | ||||
| > | prohibited from using Upwork Content, or data derived from it, in a way that wo | ||||
| > | uld cause you or Upwork to act as a “data broker” under California Civil Code § | ||||
| > | 1798.99.80, Connecticut SB 4 (2026), the Oregon or Texas data-broker registratio | ||||
| > | n statutes, or comparable law, without Upwork’s prior written consent. | ||||
| 3029 | 5.6 Sensitive-data and sensitive-decision prohibitions: use Upwork Content (a) t | ||||
| > | o determine eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, engagement, or contra | ||||
| > | ct award on a gig marketplace platform, housing, education, healthcare, or other | ||||
| > | consequential decisions, or to supply as an input to any third-party credit sco | ||||
| > | ring, underwriting, or financial eligibility model, except where Upwork has expr | ||||
| > | essly permitted that use in a separate writing; (b) in any manner that facilitat | ||||
| > | es bias, discrimination, or data redlining based on protected characteristics; ( | ||||
| > | c) to infer or assign sensitive characteristics, including those treated as spec | ||||
| > | ial category data under GDPR Article 9, sensitive personal information under Cal | ||||
| > | ifornia Civil Code § 1798.140(ae), HIPAA Protected Health Information, GLBA fina | ||||
| > | ncial information, COPPA child data, or BIPA biometric identifiers, or financial | ||||
| > | distress or economic vulnerability inferred from earnings, payment patterns, or | ||||
| > | contract activity, unless a separate written arrangement with Upwork expressly | ||||
| > | permits the processing; (d) to perform emotion recognition in the workplace or f | ||||
| > | or social-scoring purposes in violation of applicable law; (e) to attempt to re- | ||||
| > | identify any de-identified or anonymized data; or (f) any manner prohibited by A | ||||
| > | rticle 5 of the Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the “EU AI Act”). | ||||
| 3030 | 5.7 Government surveillance: use Upwork Content in any manner that directly faci | ||||
| > | litates government surveillance or investigations of any person or entity. | ||||
| 3031 | 5.8 Agent-specific prohibitions: configure, operate, or instruct an Agent to (a) | ||||
| > | accept legally binding agreements on behalf of a Principal; (b) accept material | ||||
| > | changes to these API & MCP Terms or the ToS on behalf of a Principal; (c) make | ||||
| > | identity, work-authorization, tax-status, sanctions, anti-discrimination, or ant | ||||
| > | i-money-laundering attestations that require a Principal’s personal knowledge; ( | ||||
| > | d) fund, withdraw, or otherwise execute payment-related actions; (e) make solely | ||||
| > | automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on a pe | ||||
| > | rson; (f) impersonate Upwork, an Upwork User, or any person; or (g) or present A | ||||
| > | gent-authored content as human-authored where AI-origin disclosure is required b | ||||
| > | y Section 9.7 or applicable law. | ||||
| 3032 | 5.9 High-risk and consequential-decision Agents: configure, operate, or instruct | ||||
| > | any Agent to make, materially influence, or substantially assist in any consequ | ||||
| > | ential decision, including any decision regarding hiring, employment opportuniti | ||||
| > | es, eligibility, credit, insurance, housing, education, or healthcare. This Sect | ||||
| > | ion does not prohibit an Agent from (a) retrieving or displaying Upwork Content | ||||
| > | already available to the Principal through the ordinary operation of the Upwork | ||||
| > | Site, based solely on search or filter criteria the Principal has specified, wit | ||||
| > | hout the Agent independently ranking, scoring, or filtering results using additi | ||||
| > | onal criteria the Agent itself determines; or (b) executing a specific action th | ||||
| > | e Principal has directed with respect to a specific, Principal-identified person | ||||
| > | , posting, proposal, or contract, where the Principal made the underlying decisi | ||||
| > | on. This Section continues to prohibit an Agent independently selecting, ranking | ||||
| > | , scoring, or recommending among candidates, postings, proposals, or contracts u | ||||
| > | sing criteria the Agent itself determines, and taking any consequential action a | ||||
| > | bsent the Principal's specific, contemporaneous direction identifying its object | ||||
| > | . This Section is in addition to, and does not limit, the sensitive-decision pro | ||||
| > | hibition set forth herein. | ||||
| 3033 | 5.10 No surveillance or social scoring: configure, operate, or instruct any Agen | ||||
| > | t that interacts with Upwork Users to implement (a) emotion recognition in the w | ||||
| > | ork context, (b) social scoring as prohibited under applicable law (c) composite | ||||
| > | behavioral scores that suppress Upwork Users in contexts unrelated to the data’ | ||||
| > | s original purpose, or (d) any processing prohibited by applicable law. | ||||
| 3034 | 5.11 Endorsement, dark-pattern, and consumer-protection prohibitions: use the To | ||||
| > | ols to generate, post, amplify, or distribute reviews, ratings, testimonials, en | ||||
| > | dorsements, or other consumer-facing content in violation of FTC Act § 5, 16 C.F | ||||
| > | .R. Part 255 (Endorsement Guides), or 16 C.F.R. Part 465 (Rule on Fake Reviews a | ||||
| > | nd Testimonials); to implement dark-pattern flows directed at Upwork Users in vi | ||||
| > | olation of FTC Act § 5 or California Code of Regulations title 11, § 7004; or to | ||||
| > | obfuscate, hide, or override Upwork buttons, sign-in functionality, consent or | ||||
| > | authorization flows, or AI-origin indicators. | ||||
| 3035 | 5.12 Competitive and reverse-engineering prohibitions: | ||||
| 3036 | (a) use the Tools, Upwork Content, Upwork User Data, or any data, signal, or art | ||||
| > | ifact obtained or derived through the API to build, operate, train, fine-tune, e | ||||
| > | valuate, or improve a product or service, dataset, model, embedding, vector inde | ||||
| > | x, classifier, or scoring system that (i) competes with the Upwork Site or the S | ||||
| > | ervices, (ii) provides a functional substitute for the Upwork Site or the Servic | ||||
| > | es for any audience, or (iii) is marketed, sold, or licensed to a third party fo | ||||
| > | r any of the foregoing purposes; | ||||
| 3037 | (b) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code, | ||||
| > | models, weights, prompts, or training data of, or otherwise analyze for the pur | ||||
| > | pose of replicating or circumventing, the Tools, or gateways (in each case, to t | ||||
| > | he extent applicable), whether by examination of object code, observation of beh | ||||
| > | avior, recording or fingerprinting of responses, schema inference, statistical a | ||||
| > | nalysis of outputs or rate limits, model-distillation, or any similar technique; | ||||
| > | and do not publish, share, or sell the results of any of the foregoing. This re | ||||
| > | striction does not apply to the extent applicable law mandates a non-waivable ri | ||||
| > | ght to perform the act notwithstanding this restriction, and only after you have | ||||
| > | given Upwork written notice and a reasonable opportunity to provide the relevan | ||||
| > | t information; | ||||
| 3038 | (c) remove, alter, obscure, fail to preserve, or fail to propagate proprietary n | ||||
| > | otices, attribution, AI-origin labels (such as required under Section 9.7), prov | ||||
| > | enance headers, or metering headers; | ||||
| 3039 | (d) use Upwork’s name, marks, logos, or trade dress or any other information in | ||||
| > | a manner that suggests Upwork sponsorship, endorsement, or certification without | ||||
| > | Upwork’s prior written consent; | ||||
| 3040 | (e) use the Tools, Upwork Content, or Upwork User Data to identify, contact, sol | ||||
| > | icit, recruit, or transact with any Upwork User outside the Upwork Site, or to f | ||||
| > | acilitate any of the foregoing by a third party; or | ||||
| 3041 | (f) build or support any tool whose purpose or substantial effect is to enable U | ||||
| > | pwork Users to avoid Upwork fees, bypass Upwork escrow, or otherwise circumvent | ||||
| > | the economic terms of the Upwork Site. | ||||
| 3042 | 5.13 Aggregation and attribution: retrieve Upwork Content for the purpose of agg | ||||
| > | regating it with third-party search results or other content in a manner that ob | ||||
| > | scures Upwork as the source. | ||||
| 3043 | 5.14 Augmentation and commingling: augment, commingle, or supplement Upwork Cont | ||||
| > | ent with personally identifiable or confidential information from any third-part | ||||
| > | y source, including any mobile device identifier or other unique identifier of a | ||||
| > | particular user, browser, computer, or device, except as expressly permitted by | ||||
| > | these API & MCP Terms. | ||||
| 3044 | 5.15 Reputational Harm: use, access, integrate with, promote, distribute, or oth | ||||
| > | erwise make available the Tools, or permit any third party to do so, in any mann | ||||
| > | er that: (a) causes, or could reasonably be expected to cause, material harm to | ||||
| > | the reputation, goodwill, brand, public image, or business relationships of Upwo | ||||
| > | rk or its affiliates; (b) creates a false, misleading, deceptive, or unauthorize | ||||
| > | d association between Upwork and Developer, Developer’s products or services, or | ||||
| > | any third party, activity, content, or viewpoint; or (c) is otherwise reasonabl | ||||
| > | y likely to diminish public trust in Upwork, its platform, deliverables, or serv | ||||
| > | ices. | ||||
| 3045 | Developer will promptly cease any such use upon becoming aware of it or upon not | ||||
| > | ice from Upwork and will reasonably cooperate with Upwork to mitigate and remedi | ||||
| > | ate any resulting or potential reputational harm. | ||||
| 3046 | 6. Authentication and credentials | ||||
| 3047 | 6.1 Upwork API Registration | ||||
| 3048 | Before using the Upwork API, you must register (as described in this article) an | ||||
| > | d provide accurate, current, and complete information about you, your organizati | ||||
| > | on, your intended use case, the individual who will use the Developer Applicatio | ||||
| > | n, and any other information Upwork reasonably requests. You shall keep the regi | ||||
| > | stration and your Developer account information accurate and current at all time | ||||
| > | s. You may apply for Credentials only for your own use. If you are applying on b | ||||
| > | ehalf of an Agency and the Credentials will be used by the Agency or its employe | ||||
| > | es, the application must be submitted in the Agency’s name and must identify the | ||||
| > | employees or other authorized personnel who will use the Developer Application. | ||||
| > | If you are developing a Developer Application on behalf of another person or en | ||||
| > | tity, you must identify that person or entity in the application and disclose ea | ||||
| > | ch person who will use or control the Developer Application. | ||||
| 3049 | 6.2 Issuance of Credentials | ||||
| 3050 | For the Upwork API, on successful registration, Upwork will make Credentials ava | ||||
| > | ilable to you. Credentials are issued solely to the person or Agency identified | ||||
| > | in the applicable registration and may be used only by the individuals identifie | ||||
| > | d in or otherwise authorized under that registration. Credentials may not be tra | ||||
| > | nsferred, shared, sublicensed, or made available to any other person or entity w | ||||
| > | ithout Upwork’s prior written approval. Credentials are the property of Upwork a | ||||
| > | nd are licensed, not assigned. | ||||
| 3051 | You will gain access to the MCP Server only after you complete the account autho | ||||
| > | rization that allows the MCP Server to link to your account. As a reminder, the | ||||
| > | User Agreement and the provisions below prohibit you from sharing your username | ||||
| > | or password, and doing so may result in suspension from the Upwork platform. | ||||
| 3052 | 6.3 Scopes | ||||
| 3053 | You shall request, hold, and use the narrowest scope sufficient for the Develope | ||||
| > | r Application’s documented purpose. Any access or attempted access outside the g | ||||
| > | ranted scope is a material breach of these API & MCP Terms. | ||||
| 3054 | 6.4 Credential security | ||||
| 3055 | You shall (a) treat Credentials as your Confidential Information and as Upwork’s | ||||
| > | Confidential Information; (b) keep Credentials secret and protect them with com | ||||
| > | mercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards; (c) not | ||||
| > | sell, transfer, share, sublicense, or otherwise make Credentials available to a | ||||
| > | ny third party except as this Section permits; (d) not require or permit any Upw | ||||
| > | ork User, employee, contractor, or End User to obtain, share, or use their own C | ||||
| > | redentials in order to access your Developer Application; (e) not proxy, request | ||||
| > | , capture, or use any Upwork User’s account username, password, or session token | ||||
| > | ; and (f) to the extent within your control, rotate Credentials at least annuall | ||||
| > | y and immediately upon any actual or suspected compromise. | ||||
| 3056 | 6.5 Revocation and rotation by Upwork | ||||
| 3057 | Upwork may revoke, rotate, scope down, or suspend any Credentials at any time, w | ||||
| > | ith or without notice, including where Upwork reasonably believes the credential | ||||
| > | has been compromised, is being used in violation of these API & MCP Terms or th | ||||
| > | e ToS, threatens the security or integrity of the Upwork Site or Upwork Users, y | ||||
| > | our account is not in good standing, or revocation is required by applicable law | ||||
| > | or regulator direction. For the avoidance of doubt, where we reasonably believe | ||||
| > | that Credentials have been shared in an unauthorized manner, not only will the | ||||
| > | Credentials be suspended, but also the account who registered for such Credentia | ||||
| > | ls and the account who is using the Credentials in an unauthorized manner. | ||||
| 3058 | 6.6 Activity attributable to credentials | ||||
| 3059 | All activity that occurs under your Credentials is your activity and your respon | ||||
| > | sibility, even if the credential has been compromised, unless you have given tim | ||||
| > | ely notice under Section 10.4 and Upwork has confirmed that the post-notice acti | ||||
| > | vity should not be attributed to you, at Upwork’s sole discretion. | ||||
| 3060 | 6.7 List of authorized recipients | ||||
| 3061 | On Upwork’s request, you shall provide a current list of third parties whom you | ||||
| > | have provided API access. | ||||
| 3062 | 7. Rate limits and abusive-usage controls | ||||
| 3063 | 7.1 Limits | ||||
| 3064 | Upwork may set, publish, and modify limits on the number, frequency, payload siz | ||||
| > | e, recipient count, and concurrency of API calls, MCP tool invocations, real-tim | ||||
| > | e event subscriptions, and outbound invitations or messages an Agent or Develope | ||||
| > | r Application may generate. | ||||
| 3065 | 7.2 Anti-circumvention | ||||
| 3066 | You shall not circumvent or attempt to circumvent any limit, including by creati | ||||
| > | ng multiple Developer Applications for identical or substantially similar purpos | ||||
| > | es; fanning load across multiple accounts, Credentials, or scope tokens; rotatin | ||||
| > | g IP addresses or headers to evade limits; or combining the Upwork API with user | ||||
| > | -interface automation, scraping, or other techniques that obtain access beyond y | ||||
| > | our authorized scope. | ||||
| 3067 | 7.3 Anti-spam ceilings on outbound communications | ||||
| 3068 | Upwork may impose per-day, per-Upwork-User, per-recipient, and per-Agent ceiling | ||||
| > | s on outbound invitations, messages, and communications flowing through the Tool | ||||
| > | s. You shall not distribute load across multiple credentials or accounts to exce | ||||
| > | ed those ceilings. | ||||
| 3069 | 7.4 Suspension and throttling | ||||
| 3070 | Upwork may throttle, suspend, or terminate access for any Developer Application, | ||||
| > | Credentials, or Agent that Upwork reasonably determines is engaged in abusive u | ||||
| > | sage, excessive requests, or other conduct that disrupts, degrades, or threatens | ||||
| > | the Tools or the Upwork Site and Services. Where reasonably practicable, Upwork | ||||
| > | will attempt to notify you before taking such action. | ||||
| 3071 | 7.5 Server load and trespass | ||||
| 3072 | You acknowledge that disregarding limits or circumventing controls may support c | ||||
| > | laims under applicable trespass-to-chattels and state computer-crime law. | ||||
| 3073 | 8. Data flows, storage, caching, retention, and deletion | ||||
| 3074 | 8.1 General rule | ||||
| 3075 | You may use, disclose, store, and process Upwork Content only as expressly permi | ||||
| > | tted by these API & MCP Terms and only in accordance with Upwork’s written instr | ||||
| > | uctions and applicable law. Upwork Content remains Upwork’s property (subject to | ||||
| > | Upwork Users’ rights in their own content under the ToS). | ||||
| 3076 | 8.2 Storage and segregation | ||||
| 3077 | You shall not capture, copy, or store any Upwork Content except as set forth her | ||||
| > | ein. Where storage is permitted, you shall (a) store Upwork Content in a manner | ||||
| > | that enables you to identify, segregate, and selectively delete each Upwork User | ||||
| > | ’s data; (b) not store Upwork Content of one Upwork User in any repository that | ||||
| > | is accessible to another Upwork User of your Developer Application except to the | ||||
| > | extent the same Upwork Content is then visible to that other Upwork User on the | ||||
| > | Upwork Site under that User’s then-current visibility settings; and (c) not exp | ||||
| > | ose Upwork Content to any person who is not an Upwork User or who is not authori | ||||
| > | zed to receive that Upwork Content under these API & MCP Terms. | ||||
| 3078 | 8.3 Caching | ||||
| 3079 | You may cache Upwork Content solely to improve the performance and user experien | ||||
| > | ce of your Developer Application, for no more than 24 hours, after which you sha | ||||
| > | ll permanently delete the cache. You shall not extend the cache by re-fetching s | ||||
| > | olely to refresh the timer. Real-time event payloads and MCP tool outputs are go | ||||
| > | verned by Section 8.6. | ||||
| 3080 | 8.4 Authentication tokens and identifiers | ||||
| 3081 | You may store the Developer-Application-specific user identifiers and OAuth or s | ||||
| > | ession tokens that Upwork issues for identifying and authenticating individual U | ||||
| > | pwork Users of your Developer Application, subject to the credential-security ob | ||||
| > | ligations set forth herein. These tokens are sensitive personal information and | ||||
| > | shall be protected accordingly. | ||||
| 3082 | 8.5 Storage of Upwork User Data beyond cache | ||||
| 3083 | If you intend to store Upwork User Data beyond the cache window in Section 8.3, | ||||
| > | you must (a) obtain legally valid consent from the Upwork User, (b) make your re | ||||
| > | tention purpose and duration transparent to the Upwork User in a manner consiste | ||||
| > | nt with applicable privacy law, and (c) honor deletion, transparency, and data-s | ||||
| > | ubject-rights obligations as set forth herein and in compliance with applicable | ||||
| > | law. Upwork may, in its reasonable discretion, require you to discontinue storag | ||||
| > | e if Upwork believes your transparency or consent practices are insufficient. | ||||
| 3084 | 8.6 Real-time event payloads and MCP outputs | ||||
| 3085 | Real-time event payloads and MCP tool outputs are licensed solely for the authen | ||||
| > | ticated Upwork User on whose behalf they are delivered. You shall not retain eve | ||||
| > | nt payloads or MCP outputs beyond the period reasonably necessary to complete th | ||||
| > | e Upwork User’s immediate task, and in no event longer than 30 days, except wher | ||||
| > | e you have a documented operational need and Upwork has consented in writing. Ag | ||||
| > | gregation, derivative-dataset, and model-training restrictions in Sections 5.3 a | ||||
| > | nd 5.12 also apply. | ||||
| 3086 | 8.7 Deletion on request, event, or termination | ||||
| 3087 | You shall promptly and securely delete all Upwork Content (which includes Upwork | ||||
| > | User Data) in your possession or control: (a) on the Upwork User’s request; (b) | ||||
| > | when the Upwork User deactivates or uninstalls your Developer Application, clos | ||||
| > | es their Upwork account, or closes their account with you; (c) when Upwork direc | ||||
| > | ts deletion based on a person’s exercise of a deletion right; (d) if you have be | ||||
| > | en suspended from the Services; or (e) when the underlying data is no longer req | ||||
| > | uired for the documented purpose. | ||||
| 3088 | 8.8 Backups and audit-only retention | ||||
| 3089 | You may retain Upwork Content in immutable backup or audit-only archives only fo | ||||
| > | r the minimum period required by law, and you shall not access, restore, or use | ||||
| > | that retained content for any other purpose. Retained content remains subject to | ||||
| > | the obligations set forth herein. | ||||
| 3090 | 9. Privacy and data protection | ||||
| 3091 | 9.1 Privacy framing | ||||
| 3092 | This Section sets out your privacy obligations in connection with the Tools. You | ||||
| > | are an independent controller (or business, as applicable) of any Personal Data | ||||
| > | you collect through your Developer Application, with your own obligations under | ||||
| > | applicable privacy law, and you are responsible for compliance with those oblig | ||||
| > | ations as to Personal Data you receive, collect, derive, or onward-transfer in c | ||||
| > | onnection with the Tools. | ||||
| 3093 | 9.2 Roles and allocation | ||||
| 3094 | The allocation of controller, processor, joint-controller, service-provider, con | ||||
| > | tractor, and third-party roles between Upwork and you follow the data flow rathe | ||||
| > | r than the Developer category. | ||||
| 3095 | As a default rule, (a) Upwork is the controller of platform-side Personal Data o | ||||
| > | f Upwork Users, subject to the Upwork Privacy Policy; (b) you are the controller | ||||
| > | of Personal Data of data you collect through your Developer Application; and (c | ||||
| > | ) you act as Upwork’s processor where you process Upwork-controlled Personal Dat | ||||
| > | a on Upwork’s documented instructions. If you process Personal Data received thr | ||||
| > | ough the Tools outside the scope of Upwork’s instructions, for a purpose not per | ||||
| > | mitted by these API & MCP Terms, or in combination with data from a source other | ||||
| > | than the Tools in a manner not permitted by these API & MCP Terms, you are an i | ||||
| > | ndependent controller of that Personal Data for all purposes of applicable priva | ||||
| > | cy law and lose the benefit of any processor-role allocation in this Section. | ||||
| 3096 | 9.3 Purpose, retention, and accuracy | ||||
| 3097 | You shall process Personal Data received through the Tools only for the specific | ||||
| > | purpose for which it was made available to you under these API & MCP Terms, and | ||||
| > | you shall not further process that Personal Data in a manner incompatible with | ||||
| > | that purpose. You shall maintain Personal Data received through the Tools in an | ||||
| > | accurate and current state, and where Upwork or an Upwork User notifies you of a | ||||
| > | correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or other data-subject or consumer | ||||
| > | request affecting that Personal Data, you shall propagate the update to your sy | ||||
| > | stems, sub-processors, and downstream recipients within the timeframe specified | ||||
| > | under applicable law or sooner if required herein. | ||||
| 3098 | 9.4 Notice and consent | ||||
| 3099 | You shall maintain your own user agreement and privacy notice, prominently displ | ||||
| > | ayed where Upwork Users provide data or download or access your Developer Applic | ||||
| > | ation. Your privacy notice shall meet applicable legal standards and shall accur | ||||
| > | ately describe (a) the categories of Personal Data collected, (b) the purposes o | ||||
| > | f processing, (c) retention periods, (d) recipients and onward transfers, (e) th | ||||
| > | e Upwork rights and how to exercise them, and (f) the use of any Agent or AI sys | ||||
| > | tem. | ||||
| 3100 | 9.5 Sensitive-data collection prohibition | ||||
| 3101 | You shall not solicit, collect, receive, infer, derive, or otherwise process thr | ||||
| > | ough or in connection with the Tools any sensitive Personal Data of an Upwork Us | ||||
| > | er, including data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religi | ||||
| > | ous or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, genetic data, biometric id | ||||
| > | entifiers used to uniquely identify a natural person, health information, data c | ||||
| > | oncerning sex life or sexual orientation, precise geolocation, government-issued | ||||
| > | identifiers, financial-account or payment-card information not strictly require | ||||
| > | d for a transaction performed through the Upwork Site, credentials and authentic | ||||
| > | ation secrets, the contents of communications, data of a child known to be under | ||||
| > | sixteen, or any other data treated as sensitive, special category, sensitive pe | ||||
| > | rsonal information, or protected under applicable privacy law, except where (a) | ||||
| > | the data is strictly necessary to perform an act expressly required by these API | ||||
| > | & MCP Terms or by Upwork’s documented instructions and (b) a separate written a | ||||
| > | rrangement with Upwork expressly permits the processing. If you inadvertently re | ||||
| > | ceive sensitive Personal Data through the Tools, you shall delete it without fur | ||||
| > | ther processing and notify Upwork. | ||||
| 3102 | 9.6 Training prohibition | ||||
| 3103 | You shall not use Personal Data received through the Upwork API to train, fine-t | ||||
| > | une, retrieval-augment, evaluate, benchmark, or otherwise improve any artificial | ||||
| > | intelligence or machine learning model, except under a separately negotiated wr | ||||
| > | itten training license signed by an authorized Upwork representative. This restr | ||||
| > | iction is independent of, and additional to, the broader content restriction set | ||||
| > | forth herein. | ||||
| 3104 | 9.7 AI-interaction disclosure | ||||
| 3105 | Where your Developer Application or Agent generates or transmits content that an | ||||
| > | Upwork User would reasonably believe to originate from a human, you shall discl | ||||
| > | ose at the outset of the interaction (and on request thereafter) that the User i | ||||
| > | s interacting with, or that the content is generated or assisted by, artificial | ||||
| > | intelligence. The disclosure shall comply with applicable law. You shall preserv | ||||
| > | e and surface AI-origin labels, watermarks, and provenance headers applied by Up | ||||
| > | work and shall not strip, modify, or suppress them. | ||||
| 3106 | 9.8 Data-subject and consumer rights | ||||
| 3107 | You shall cooperate with Upwork and, as required by applicable law, with affecte | ||||
| > | d persons to honor rights of access, correction, deletion, portability, restrict | ||||
| > | ion, objection, and opt-out where applicable. You shall propagate deletion, corr | ||||
| > | ection, and opt-out signals received from Upwork to your systems, sub-processors | ||||
| > | , and downstream recipients within forty-five (45) days of receipt, or sooner wh | ||||
| > | ere required by law. | ||||
| 3108 | 9.9 Sub-processors | ||||
| 3109 | If you build or operate a Developer Application, you shall maintain a current li | ||||
| > | st of sub-processors used in connection with the Tools and make that list availa | ||||
| > | ble to Upwork on request, and shall flow down materially equivalent privacy, sec | ||||
| > | urity, retention, and AI-restriction obligations to each sub-processor by writte | ||||
| > | n agreement. You remain fully liable to Upwork for any act, omission, or breach | ||||
| > | by your sub-processors as if it were your own. Upwork may object to a sub-proces | ||||
| > | sor on reasonable grounds, and you shall not engage that sub-processor for Upwor | ||||
| > | k-related processing. | ||||
| 3110 | 9.10 Cross-border transfers | ||||
| 3111 | You shall maintain a valid transfer mechanism for any cross-border transfer of P | ||||
| > | ersonal Data received through the Upwork API to a non-adequate jurisdiction, inc | ||||
| > | luding the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Module 1 or Module 2 as appropriate) | ||||
| > | , the UK International Data Transfer Addendum, current EU-US, UK-US, or Swiss-US | ||||
| > | Data Privacy Framework certification, or an equivalent lawful mechanism. | ||||
| 3112 | 9.11 Personal-data breach notification | ||||
| 3113 | A breach of Personal Data received through the Upwork API is a Security Incident | ||||
| > | as defined in Section 10.4. | ||||
| 3114 | 10. Security obligations | ||||
| 3115 | 10.1 Reasonable safeguards | ||||
| 3116 | You shall protect Upwork Content, Credentials, and any system used in connection | ||||
| > | with the Tools through administrative, technical, organizational, and physical | ||||
| > | safeguards that meet or exceed industry standards, are proportionate to the sens | ||||
| > | itivity and volume of data processed, and satisfy applicable law. | ||||
| 3117 | 10.2 Specific controls | ||||
| 3118 | At minimum, you shall implement (a) least-privilege access controls and identity | ||||
| > | and access management; (b) encryption of Upwork Content in transit and at rest; | ||||
| > | (c) secret-scanning, vulnerability management, and patching; (d) logging, monit | ||||
| > | oring, and intrusion detection sufficient to detect security deficiencies and un | ||||
| > | authorized access; (e) secure software development practices, including code rev | ||||
| > | iew and dependency management; (f) personnel security and confidentiality obliga | ||||
| > | tions on employees and contractors; and (g) business continuity and incident res | ||||
| > | ponse procedures. | ||||
| 3119 | 10.3 No design-around | ||||
| 3120 | You shall not architect, design, or select systems in a manner intended to avoid | ||||
| > | or weaken the obligations in this Section or Section 9. | ||||
| 3121 | 10.4 Notification and remediation | ||||
| 3122 | You shall notify Upwork at legalnotices@upwork.com and security-report@upwork.co | ||||
| > | m immediately after becoming aware of any (a) security deficiency in, or intrusi | ||||
| > | on into, your systems, including any denial-of-service or distributed denial-of- | ||||
| > | service attack, which could expose our systems; (b) actual, suspected, or threat | ||||
| > | ened compromise, exposure, loss, or unauthorized use of any Credentials, the Dev | ||||
| > | eloper Application, or Upwork Content; or (c) actual or reasonably suspected una | ||||
| > | uthorized acquisition, access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or destruction of P | ||||
| > | ersonal Data received through the Tools (each, a “Security Incident”). You shall | ||||
| > | provide the information necessary for Upwork to satisfy its own notification ob | ||||
| > | ligations under applicable law, including but not limited to: notification shall | ||||
| > | include, to the extent available: the nature of the Security Incident with the | ||||
| > | categories and number of data subjects and data records and the measures taken a | ||||
| > | nd proposed to be taken to mitigate the possible adverse effects. You shall coop | ||||
| > | erate with Upwork to investigate, contain, and remediate the Security Incident. | ||||
| > | You shall not make any public statement about a Security Incident without Upwork | ||||
| > | ’s prior written consent, except as required by law. | ||||
| 3123 | 10.5 Annual attestation | ||||
| 3124 | If you build or operate a Developer Application, on Upwork’s request and at leas | ||||
| > | t annually, you shall complete an Upwork-provided security questionnaire or prov | ||||
| > | ide a comparable security attestation (such as a current SOC 2 Type II report, I | ||||
| > | SO 27001 certification, or equivalent). | ||||
| 3125 | 10.6 Logging and audit trail | ||||
| 3126 | You shall maintain logs, in an industry standard machine-readable format, suffic | ||||
| > | ient to attribute each Agent-initiated action to (a) the Principal who authorize | ||||
| > | d it, (b) the Agent that performed it, and (c) the scope under which it was perf | ||||
| > | ormed and shall produce them on Upwork’s request. Such logs shall be provided wi | ||||
| > | thin 5 business days of such request. | ||||
| 3127 | 10.7 Apparent-authority disclaimer | ||||
| 3128 | Upwork does not represent to any third party that any Agent, Agent Operator, or | ||||
| > | MCP Client integrated through the Upwork API has authority beyond the scope its | ||||
| > | Principal has granted. Counterparties relying on an Agent’s act outside its disc | ||||
| > | losed scope do so at their own risk. Upwork’s provision of API, MCP, or Agent to | ||||
| > | oling does not grant any Principal authority to direct or control the means and | ||||
| > | manner of any freelancer’s work. | ||||
| 3129 | 11. IP grants from Developer to platform | ||||
| 3130 | 11.1 Developer Application license | ||||
| 3131 | Except to the extent your Developer Application contains Upwork Materials (defin | ||||
| > | ed in Section 11.4), Upwork claims no ownership of your Developer Application. D | ||||
| > | uring the term of these API & MCP Terms, you grant Upwork and its affiliates a r | ||||
| > | oyalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, sublicensable (to Upwork aff | ||||
| > | iliates) right and license, under your intellectual property rights, to (a) use, | ||||
| > | perform, and display the Developer Application and its content for purposes of | ||||
| > | marketing, demonstrating, and making the Developer Application available to Upwo | ||||
| > | rk Users; (b) link to and direct Upwork Users to the Developer Application; (c) | ||||
| > | inspect the Developer Application and its public-facing materials for compliance | ||||
| > | verification; and (d) sublicense the foregoing rights to Upwork affiliates. | ||||
| 3132 | 11.2 Agent-generated content | ||||
| 3133 | Where an Agent acting on a Principal’s behalf submits content (including proposa | ||||
| > | ls, messages, deliverables, or drafts) through the Upwork API, the Principal gra | ||||
| > | nts Upwork the same license over that content as would apply to human-authored c | ||||
| > | ontent under the ToS, and the Principal remains responsible for that content. | ||||
| 3134 | 11.3 Feedback | ||||
| 3135 | You may, but are not required to, provide feedback, suggestions, comments, ideas | ||||
| > | , know-how, or other input to Upwork (“Feedback”). All Feedback is non-confident | ||||
| > | ial and non-proprietary, and Upwork has no obligation of any kind with respect t | ||||
| > | o Feedback. | ||||
| 3136 | You hereby non-exclusively, irrevocably, and on a worldwide basis assign, transf | ||||
| > | er, and convey to Upwork, without further consideration, all right, title, and i | ||||
| > | nterest (including all intellectual property rights) in and to all Feedback. To | ||||
| > | the extent any such assignment is not effective under applicable Law, you hereby | ||||
| > | grant Upwork a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, | ||||
| > | sublicensable (through multiple tiers), transferable, non-exclusive license to u | ||||
| > | se, reproduce, modify, distribute, and otherwise exploit the Feedback for any pu | ||||
| > | rpose. You further covenant not to assert against Upwork, its affiliates, or the | ||||
| > | ir licensees, any intellectual property right based on or arising out of any Fee | ||||
| > | dback. You waive, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, any moral r | ||||
| > | ights with respect to Feedback. | ||||
| 3137 | 11.4 Upwork Materials and trademarks | ||||
| 3138 | Upwork retains all right, title, and interest, in and to the Tools; Upwork brand | ||||
| > | ing and trademarks; the Upwork Site and Services; and all related materials (col | ||||
| > | lectively, “Upwork Materials”). You shall comply with the Upwork Mark Use Guidel | ||||
| > | ines when using Upwork Materials. No license to Upwork Materials is granted exce | ||||
| > | pt as expressly stated in Section 3. | ||||
| 3139 | 11.5 Upwork Materials Derivatives | ||||
| 3140 | Any modifications, enhancements, customizations, patches, bug fixes, translation | ||||
| > | s, or improvements of or to any Upwork Materials that you create or cause to be | ||||
| > | created (collectively, “Upwork Materials Derivatives”), are deemed “works made f | ||||
| > | or hire” for Upwork to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. To the ex | ||||
| > | tent any Upwork Materials Derivative is not deemed a work made for hire, you her | ||||
| > | eby exclusively, irrevocably, and on a worldwide basis assign to Upwork all righ | ||||
| > | t, title, and interest therein. For clarity, this Section does not affect your o | ||||
| > | wnership of your Developer Application except with respect to any Upwork Materia | ||||
| > | ls or Upwork Materials Derivatives embedded therein. | ||||
| 3141 | 11.6 Further assurances | ||||
| 3142 | You agree to execute such further written assignments, and to take such other re | ||||
| > | asonable actions as Upwork may request, in each case to perfect Upwork’s ownersh | ||||
| > | ip of the Feedback assigned under Section 11.3 and the Upwork Materials Derivati | ||||
| > | ves assigned under Section 11.5, and to give full legal effect to licenses grant | ||||
| > | ed under this Section, without additional consideration. | ||||
| 3143 | 12. Development by Upwork | ||||
| 3144 | You acknowledge that Upwork may, independently and at any time, develop, acquire | ||||
| > | , license, market, or distribute applications, products, services, content, or t | ||||
| > | echnology that are similar to, competitive with, or that incorporate functionali | ||||
| > | ty of your Developer Application. Nothing in these API & MCP Terms restricts or | ||||
| > | prevents Upwork from doing so, provided that Upwork does not use your Confidenti | ||||
| > | al Information in violation of Section 13. | ||||
| 3145 | 13. Confidentiality | ||||
| 3146 | 13.1 Definition | ||||
| 3147 | “Confidential Information” means information that one party (the “Disclosing Par | ||||
| > | ty”) discloses to the other party (the “Receiving Party”) in connection with the | ||||
| > | se API & MCP Terms that is marked, identified, or by its nature should reasonabl | ||||
| > | y be understood to be confidential. Upwork’s Confidential Information includes t | ||||
| > | he non-public portions of the Tools, Credentials, scope token semantics, gateway | ||||
| > | internals, non-public documentation, and non-public marketplace data, and Upwor | ||||
| > | k Content that by its nature should reasonably be known to be confidential. | ||||
| 3148 | 13.2 Obligations | ||||
| 3149 | The Receiving Party shall (a) use Confidential Information only to exercise righ | ||||
| > | ts or perform obligations under these API & MCP Terms; (b) protect Confidential | ||||
| > | Information with at least the same degree of care it uses for its own confidenti | ||||
| > | al information, but no less than reasonable care; (c) limit disclosure to employ | ||||
| > | ees, contractors, professional advisors, and service providers with a need to kn | ||||
| > | ow and bound by confidentiality obligations at least as protective as this Secti | ||||
| > | on; and (d) on the Disclosing Party’s request, return or securely destroy Confid | ||||
| > | ential Information, except for routine backup copies that remain subject to this | ||||
| > | Section. | ||||
| 3150 | 13.3 Exclusions | ||||
| 3151 | This Section does not apply to information that the Receiving Party can demonstr | ||||
| > | ate (a) is or becomes generally known to the public other than through a breach | ||||
| > | of these API & MCP Terms; (b) was lawfully known to the Receiving Party without | ||||
| > | restriction before disclosure; (c) is lawfully received from a third party not b | ||||
| > | ound by a confidentiality obligation; or (d) is independently developed without | ||||
| > | use of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information. | ||||
| 3152 | 13.4 Compelled disclosure | ||||
| 3153 | If the Receiving Party is required by law, regulation, or legal process to discl | ||||
| > | ose Confidential Information, it shall give the Disclosing Party prompt notice ( | ||||
| > | to the extent legally permitted) so the Disclosing Party may seek a protective o | ||||
| > | rder or other remedy, and shall disclose only the minimum information required. | ||||
| 3154 | 14. Fees and pricing changes | ||||
| 3155 | 14.1 Current state | ||||
| 3156 | Upwork currently provides access to the Tools without charge. Upwork reserves th | ||||
| > | e right, in its discretion, to introduce fees for some or all access to or use o | ||||
| > | f the Tools in the future. | ||||
| 3157 | 14.2 No Developer charges to Upwork Users for Developer Application access to Up | ||||
| > | work | ||||
| 3158 | Without Upwork’s prior written consent, you may not directly or indirectly charg | ||||
| > | e, receive consideration for, bundle, resell, white-label, or otherwise monetize | ||||
| > | a Developer Application or any product, feature, service, output, or functional | ||||
| > | ity materially dependent on the Tools or Upwork Content. | ||||
| 3159 | 15. Certification and audit | ||||
| 3160 | 15.1 Certification | ||||
| 3161 | Upwork may, in its discretion, require or offer certification for some or all De | ||||
| > | veloper Applications. Certification confirms that the Developer Application’s te | ||||
| > | chnology complies with these API & MCP Terms and the ToS. You are responsible fo | ||||
| > | r all costs of certification, including any modifications required. Upwork may r | ||||
| > | equire re-certification on material modification of the Developer Application or | ||||
| > | of how Upwork Content is used or displayed. Failure to obtain or maintain certi | ||||
| > | fication where required is cause for immediate suspension or termination of API | ||||
| > | access. | ||||
| 3162 | 15.2 Compliance information and inspection | ||||
| 3163 | On Upwork’s request, you shall provide reasonable proof of your compliance with | ||||
| > | these API & MCP Terms. | ||||
| 3164 | 15.3 Audit | ||||
| 3165 | Upwork (or an independent auditor Upwork designates under reasonable non-disclos | ||||
| > | ure terms) may audit your Developer Application’s compliance with these API & MC | ||||
| > | P Terms not more than once per calendar year, on at 15 business days’ notice, un | ||||
| > | less Upwork has a reasonable basis to suspect a material breach (in which case U | ||||
| > | pwork may audit on shorter notice or more frequently). You shall reasonably coop | ||||
| > | erate. Where the audit reveals material non-compliance, you shall reimburse Upwo | ||||
| > | rk’s reasonable audit costs and remediate within the period Upwork specifies. | ||||
| 3166 | 15.4 Regulator inquiries | ||||
| 3167 | You shall promptly notify Upwork of any regulatory inquiry, demand, or investiga | ||||
| > | tion directed at your Developer Application or your use of the Tools to the exte | ||||
| > | nt it implicates Upwork or Upwork Users, and shall cooperate with Upwork’s reaso | ||||
| > | nable response, except where law prohibits the notice. | ||||
| 3168 | 16. Support and changes to the API | ||||
| 3169 | 16.1 Support | ||||
| 3170 | Upwork may, in its discretion, provide technical support, upgrades, or modificat | ||||
| > | ions to the Tools and documentation. Upwork has no obligation to support your De | ||||
| > | veloper Application or your End Users. | ||||
| 3171 | 16.2 Modifications and deprecation | ||||
| 3172 | Upwork may modify, version, deprecate, or discontinue any aspect of the Tools, i | ||||
| > | ncluding specific endpoints, scopes, tools, or features. For changes that materi | ||||
| > | ally reduce functionality or are not backwards compatible, Upwork will provide r | ||||
| > | easonable advance notice through the Developer Portal, changelog, or comparable | ||||
| > | channel, except where shorter notice is required to address a security issue, a | ||||
| > | legal obligation, or a third-party-rights claim. You shall implement required up | ||||
| > | dates by the deadline Upwork specifies. Your use of a new version is your accept | ||||
| > | ance of the modification. | ||||
| 3173 | 16.3 Beta and preview offerings | ||||
| 3174 | Upwork may designate certain functionality as beta, preview, experimental, or ea | ||||
| > | rly access (“Beta Features”). Beta Features may be subject to additional terms. | ||||
| > | Upwork makes no guarantees regarding Beta Features availability, functionality, | ||||
| > | or outcomes. All Beta Features are provided “as-is” without warranty, indemnity, | ||||
| > | or support. Although Upwork will make a good faith effort to provide notice whe | ||||
| > | re practicable, Beta Features may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any | ||||
| > | time. Your use of any Beta Feature is at your sole risk. | ||||
| 3175 | 17. Suspension and termination | ||||
| 3176 | 17.1 Term | ||||
| 3177 | These API & MCP Terms commence on your first acceptance event under Section 1.1 | ||||
| > | and continue until terminated under this Section. | ||||
| 3178 | 17.2 Developer’s termination right | ||||
| 3179 | You may terminate these API & MCP Terms at any time by discontinuing all use of | ||||
| > | the Tools, deleting all Upwork Content in compliance with Section 8.7. | ||||
| 3180 | 17.3 Upwork’s suspension right | ||||
| 3181 | Upwork may suspend or restrict your access to the Tools, in whole or in part, im | ||||
| > | mediately and without prior notice where Upwork reasonably believes (a) you have | ||||
| > | violated, or are about to violate, these API & MCP Terms, the ToS, or applicabl | ||||
| > | e law; (b) your activity threatens the security, integrity, availability, or rel | ||||
| > | iability of the Upwork Site, Services, or Upwork Users; (c) Upwork has detected | ||||
| > | actual or suspected fraud, abnormal chargeback or refund patterns, sanctions or | ||||
| > | KYC red flags, or other risk warranting suspension; (d) a regulator has directed | ||||
| > | suspension or is investigating conduct that may implicate suspension; (e) you h | ||||
| > | ave failed to maintain certification, security attestation, provide requested in | ||||
| > | formation to support your compliance with these API & MCP Terms or annual refres | ||||
| > | h required under these API & MCP Terms; or (f) availability of the Tools in your | ||||
| > | Developer Application is otherwise not in Upwork’s or Upwork Users’ best intere | ||||
| > | sts. | ||||
| 3182 | 17.4 Termination for convenience | ||||
| 3183 | Upwork may terminate these API & MCP Terms for convenience at any time, with or | ||||
| > | without notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent practicable, in Upw | ||||
| > | ork's sole discretion, Upwork will provide notice and a reasonable period of tim | ||||
| > | e to allow the Developer Application to wind down. | ||||
| 3184 | 18. Effect of termination | ||||
| 3185 | 18.1 Cessation of access | ||||
| 3186 | On termination, all licenses granted to you under these API & MCP Terms terminat | ||||
| > | e immediately. You shall immediately cease all use of the Tools and Upwork Conte | ||||
| > | nt; revoke Credentials in your control; and remove Upwork Materials and referenc | ||||
| > | es from your Developer Application’s public-facing materials. | ||||
| 3187 | 18.2 Deletion and certification | ||||
| 3188 | Within 30 days of termination, you shall permanently and securely delete all Upw | ||||
| > | ork Content, and other data you stored under these API & MCP Terms and, on Upwor | ||||
| > | k’s request, certify deletion in writing. | ||||
| 3189 | 18.3 Removal of Developer Application references | ||||
| 3190 | Upwork will use commercially reasonable efforts to remove references and links t | ||||
| > | o your Developer Application from Upwork-controlled surfaces and shall have no f | ||||
| > | urther obligation to remove or delete copies of, references to, or links to your | ||||
| > | Developer Application on third-party surfaces. | ||||
| 3191 | 18.4 Validly formed contracts | ||||
| 3192 | Contracts formed by Agents acting within scope before termination remain valid a | ||||
| > | nd binding upon the Principal under Uniform Electronic Transactions Act § 14(1). | ||||
| 3193 | 18.5 Survival | ||||
| 3194 | The following Sections survive termination: 2 (Definitions); 5 (Prohibited uses, | ||||
| > | with respect to retained data); 8.7-8.8 (Deletion and audit-only retention); 9 | ||||
| > | (Privacy and data protection); 10 (Security obligations, with respect to retaine | ||||
| > | d data); 11 (IP grants); 12 (Independent development); 13 (Confidentiality) for | ||||
| > | so long as the Confidential Information remains confidential, and in any event f | ||||
| > | or 5 years after termination; 15 (Certification and audit, for audit obligations | ||||
| > | relating to the pre-termination period); 18 (Effect of termination); 19 (Warran | ||||
| > | ties and disclaimers); 20 (Limitations of liability); 21 (Indemnification); 22 ( | ||||
| > | Relationship & Conflict); 23 (General terms); and any other Section that by its | ||||
| > | nature should survive. | ||||
| 3195 | 19. Warranties and disclaimers | ||||
| 3196 | 19.1 Disclaimer | ||||
| 3197 | TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE TOOLS, UPWORK CONTENT, AN | ||||
| > | D ALL RELATED COMPONENTS, INFORMATION, AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS | ||||
| > | AVAILABLE,” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, | ||||
| > | IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. UPWORK DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF | ||||
| > | MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS | ||||
| > | , QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. UPWORK DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE TOOLS | ||||
| > | WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THA | ||||
| > | T UPWORK CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. | ||||
| 3198 | 19.2 No reliance on Agent outputs | ||||
| 3199 | You acknowledge that outputs of Agents, AI systems, and MCP tools may be incorre | ||||
| > | ct, incomplete, or misleading, and you shall not rely on them as final determina | ||||
| > | tions of Upwork policy, account status, fees, rights, or remedies. | ||||
| 3200 | 19.3 Interruptions | ||||
| 3201 | Upwork is not liable for malfunctions, interruptions, or poor use conditions of | ||||
| > | the Tools due to maintenance, updates, system or network failures, internet-serv | ||||
| > | ice-provider issues, network saturation, or any reason outside Upwork’s reasonab | ||||
| > | le control. | ||||
| 3202 | 20. Limitations of liability | ||||
| 3203 | 20.1 Exclusion of indirect damages | ||||
| 3204 | TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UPWORK IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY | ||||
| > | INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR | ||||
| > | ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, USE, OR DATA, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATIN | ||||
| > | G TO THESE API & MCP TERMS OR THE TOOLS, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY A | ||||
| > | ND EVEN IF THE UPWORK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. | ||||
| 3205 | 20.2 Aggregate cap | ||||
| 3206 | TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UPWORK’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY | ||||
| > | ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE API & MCP TERMS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER | ||||
| > | OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO UPWORK FOR API ACCESS UNDER SECTION 14 DURING TH | ||||
| > | E 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE FIRST EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY OR (B) USD ONE HU | ||||
| > | NDRED DOLLARS ($100). | ||||
| 3207 | 20.3 Essential purpose | ||||
| 3208 | The limitations in this Section apply even if a limited remedy fails of its esse | ||||
| > | ntial purpose, and form an essential basis of the bargain between the parties. | ||||
| 3209 | 21. Indemnification | ||||
| 3210 | 21.1 Developer indemnity | ||||
| 3211 | You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Upwork and its affiliates, and th | ||||
| > | eir respective directors, officers, employees, agents, and contractors, from and | ||||
| > | against any third-party claim, action, demand, regulatory inquiry, loss, liabil | ||||
| > | ity, damage, cost, or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out | ||||
| > | of or relating to: (a) your or your End Users’ use of, access to, or activity i | ||||
| > | n connection with the Tools or Upwork Content; (b) your breach of these API & MC | ||||
| > | P Terms or the ToS; (c) infringement, misappropriation, or violation of any thir | ||||
| > | d-party right by your Developer Application, your Agent or content you or your A | ||||
| > | gent submit through the Upwork API; (d) your violation of applicable law; (e) an | ||||
| > | y regulatory finding, penalty, or remediation cost arising from your API use tha | ||||
| > | t causes Upwork to be characterized as an unlicensed money transmitter, a “data | ||||
| > | broker,” or a deployer or developer of a high-risk AI system in any jurisdiction | ||||
| > | ; (f) misclassification, automated decision-making, or platform-work claims attr | ||||
| > | ibutable to your or your Principal’s configuration or use of an Agent; and (g) a | ||||
| > | mounts refunded, charged back, reversed, or disputed in connection your use of t | ||||
| > | he Tools. | ||||
| 3212 | 21.2 Procedure | ||||
| 3213 | Upwork shall promptly notify you of any claim for which it seeks indemnification | ||||
| > | , except that any failure or delay in notice shall not relieve you of your oblig | ||||
| > | ations except to the extent you are materially prejudiced. You shall control the | ||||
| > | defense and settlement of the claim, except that you shall not settle any claim | ||||
| > | that (a) imposes any obligation on Upwork other than payment for which you are | ||||
| > | responsible, (b) requires Upwork to admit liability, or (c) does not include a f | ||||
| > | ull release of Upwork, without Upwork’s prior written consent. Upwork may partic | ||||
| > | ipate in the defense at its own expense. | ||||
| 3214 | 22. Relationship & Conflict | ||||
| 3215 | 22.1 Relationship to the ToS | ||||
| 3216 | These API & MCP Terms are incorporated into and form part of the ToS and supplem | ||||
| > | ent the ToS with respect to your use of the Tools. To the extent any matter is n | ||||
| > | ot addressed in these API & MCP Terms but is addressed in the ToS, including the | ||||
| > | User Agreement, the applicable ToS provision shall control. In the event there | ||||
| > | is a conflict between these API & MCP Terms and the ToS, these API & MCP Terms g | ||||
| > | overn with respect to the conflicting provision. | ||||
| 3217 | 22.2 Order of precedence | ||||
| 3218 | With respect to your use of the Tools, these API & MCP Terms control over the To | ||||
| > | S and any other incorporated document to the extent of any conflict. The ToS oth | ||||
| > | erwise remains in full force and governs your relationship with Upwork as a User | ||||
| > | of the Upwork Site and Services. | ||||
| 3219 | 22.3 No developer-imposed terms binding Upwork | ||||
| 3220 | Any shrink-wrap, click-wrap, or other terms associated with your Developer Appli | ||||
| > | cation that purport to bind Upwork are excluded. | ||||
| 3221 | 23. General terms | ||||
| 3222 | 23.1 Relationship of the parties | ||||
| 3223 | The parties are independent contractors. These API & MCP Terms do not create a p | ||||
| > | artnership, joint venture, agency, fiduciary, or employment relationship. Neithe | ||||
| > | r party may represent itself as an employee, agent, or partner of the other or b | ||||
| > | ind the other to any agreement. | ||||
| 3224 | 23.2 No agency of Upwork | ||||
| 3225 | Nothing in these API & MCP Terms makes you, your employees, contractors, service | ||||
| > | providers, or End Users an agent, partner, or joint venturer of Upwork. You hav | ||||
| > | e no authority to bind Upwork, to make representations on Upwork’s behalf. | ||||
| 3226 | 23.3 Export and sanctions | ||||
| 3227 | You represent and warrant that you, your affiliates, your employees, your contra | ||||
| > | ctors, and any who uses your Developer Application is not (a) located in, organi | ||||
| > | zed under the laws of, or ordinarily resident in a jurisdiction subject to compr | ||||
| > | ehensive US or other applicable sanctions; (b) identified on any restricted-part | ||||
| > | y list maintained by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control, the US Department | ||||
| > | of Commerce, the US Department of State, the United Nations, the European Union, | ||||
| > | or any other competent authority; or (c) otherwise prohibited from receiving th | ||||
| > | e Tools under applicable export-control or sanctions law. You shall comply with | ||||
| > | all applicable export-control and sanctions law in your use of the Tools. | ||||
| 3228 | 23.4 Entire agreement | ||||
| 3229 | These API & MCP Terms, together with the ToS and the other documents incorporate | ||||
| > | d herein, constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to yo | ||||
| > | ur use of the Tools and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, comm | ||||
| > | unications, and understandings on the subject matter. No modification or amendme | ||||
| > | nt is binding on Upwork unless in a writing signed by an authorized Upwork repre | ||||
| > | sentative or posted by Upwork under Section 1.3. | ||||
| 3230 | 23.5 Headings and interpretation | ||||
| 3231 | Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. “Inc | ||||
| > | luding” and “include” are not limiting. | ||||
| 3288 | Copyright © 2026, Upwork Global Inc. | 3232 | Copyright © 2026, Upwork Global Inc. | ||
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