Marketplace and Third-Party Terms

LOS-LEGAL-011·Marketplace

Marketplace / Third-Party Integration Terms

Document ID: LOS-LEGAL-011 Title: Marketplace / Third-Party Integration Terms Version: 1.0 Last updated: 2026-10-24 Publisher: Algoshred Technologies Private Limited (Burdenoff Group) Canonical location: https://burdenoff.com/contracts/labsofscience/LOS-LEGAL-011 Burdenoff Group Contract Registry — root at https://burdenoff.com/contracts (one subgroup per product). The contracts referenced in this document belong to the LabsOfScience subgroup at https://burdenoff.com/contracts/labsofscience/. Every referenced contract is identified by its Document ID (LOS-LEGAL-### / LOS-PRICING-###) and incorporated by reference.

Status: Published v1.0 — effective 2026-10-24. Reviewed against the production platform and approved for publication by the founder (India jurisdiction); outside-counsel review checkpoints are tracked in LOS-LEGAL-REG. Provider: Algoshred Technologies Private Limited ("Algoshred") Applies to: (a) Service Providers — researchers and agencies who offer services through the LabsOfScience services marketplace (Part A); (b) Clients — organisations and individuals who engage Service Providers through the marketplace (Part B); and (c) any party that connects the Service to third-party integrations (Part C). Related document: LOS-PRICING-MARKETPLACE — Marketplace Fees & Payouts Guide

This document has three operative parts: Part A — Service Provider Terms, Part B — Client Terms, and Part C — Third-Party Integrations. All parts are subject to the MSA and the AUP.

Availability. The LabsOfScience services marketplace (Parts A and B) is not available today: no Service Provider onboarding, milestone escrow or payout flow is live, and Algoshred holds no client funds. Parts A and B take effect only when Algoshred makes the marketplace available and notifies users at least 30 days in advance; Part C (Third-Party Integrations) applies now.

Important — Algoshred is a venue, not the research organization or counterparty. LabsOfScience operates the marketplace and facilitates discovery, contracting, milestones, escrow and payouts. The contract for services is between the Client and the Service Provider. Algoshred is not the research organization, principal, agent or party to that engagement, does not supervise the work, and does not guarantee any engagement, outcome, payment or quality.

Part A — Service Provider Terms

A.1 Eligibility and experiment record

A.1.1 To offer services, you must (a) accept these Terms, (b) complete a Service Provider experiment record, (c) provide accurate identity, tax and payout information (PAN, GSTIN where applicable; international Providers provide W-8/W-9 or equivalent), and (d) pass any required verification.

A.1.2 Service Providers (or their authorised signatories) must be at least 18 (or the legal contracting age) and not be subject to sanctions.

A.1.3 Algoshred may verify Service Provider identity and require documentation, and may relay verification to an enabled verification provider where the Client requires it.

A.2 Accurate representation

A.2.1 You must accurately represent your identity, skills, experience, portfolio, availability and rates. No fake credentials, fake reviews, impersonation, or undisclosed substitution of who performs the work.

A.2.2 You are responsible for the quality, legality and timely delivery of your work, and for any sub-contractors you use (which must be disclosed where the Client requires).

A.3 The engagement and research-engagement classification

A.3.1 Your engagement with a Client is governed by the contract you agree with that Client (the scope, milestones, rates and terms displayed at contracting). Algoshred is not a party to it.

A.3.2 You and the Client are responsible for correct research-engagement classification (independent contractor vs. employed staff) and for any resulting tax, social-security and labour obligations under applicable law. Algoshred does not determine classification and is not the research organization.

A.3.3 You are responsible for your own taxes (income tax, GST, social contributions) on your earnings.

A.4 Payments, escrow and payouts

A.4.1 Platform / marketplace fee (per the Marketplace Fees & Payouts Guide) is deducted from amounts payable to you. Free / promotional fee periods, if any, are stated in that Guide.

A.4.2 Where milestone escrow is used, the Client funds a milestone into escrow held by the regulated payment processor (Stripe / Razorpay); on approval (or per the dispute process), funds are released to you net of the marketplace fee. Algoshred does not itself hold Client funds outside the regulated processor's escrow mechanism.

A.4.3 Payouts are computed and paid per the Guide, subject to minimum thresholds, payout schedules, and any compliance holds. Negative balances roll forward.

A.4.4 Taxes: you are responsible for all taxes on your earnings. Where Algoshred operates as a marketplace facilitator, it may withhold / collect tax as required by law — including TCS under Section 52 of the CGST Act, 2017 and TDS under Section 194-O of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for Indian Providers — and issue applicable forms (e.g., Form 16A / GSTR-8). International Providers earning from Indian Clients may trigger withholding under Section 195 and DTAA documentation.

A.4.5 Refunds / chargebacks: where a milestone is refunded under the dispute process or Client chargeback, the corresponding Provider amount is reversed or clawed back.

A.5 Fee circumvention

You must not take an engagement that originated on the marketplace off-platform to avoid marketplace fees, nor solicit Clients to do so, in breach of these Terms. Doing so is a material breach.

A.6 Service Provider obligations

You shall:

  • own or have all rights to the work you deliver (including open-source compliance);
  • comply with the AUP and applicable laws (data protection, IP, export, sanctions, labour, tax);
  • protect any Client data you access and use it only to perform the engagement;
  • not include malicious code, undisclosed data collection, or infringing material in deliverables;
  • maintain a means of contact and respond to Client and Algoshred communications reasonably;
  • accept Algoshred's right to suspend or remove your listing for trust, safety or legal reasons.

A.7 Promotion and analytics

A.7.1 Algoshred may use your public experiment record (name, headline, portfolio) for marketplace discovery and promotion.

A.7.2 Algoshred provides you with engagement analytics for your own listings and aggregate marketplace statistics.

A.8 Term, removal, termination

A.8.1 You may withdraw a listing at any time; in-flight engagements continue under their contract.

A.8.2 Algoshred may remove a listing or suspend you immediately for fraud, safety, legal or trust reasons; otherwise with notice and a remediation window where practicable.

A.8.3 On termination of Service Provider status, accrued payouts on completed, approved milestones continue to be paid in due course, subject to claw-back for fraud, refunds or disputes.

A.9 Indemnity and liability

A.9.1 You shall indemnify Algoshred and Clients against claims arising out of (a) your work and deliverables, (b) infringement claims relating to your work, (c) breach of the AUP, these Terms or law, (d) misrepresentation in your experiment record, and (e) any worker-misclassification or labour / tax liability arising from your engagements.

A.9.2 Your aggregate liability to Algoshred under these Terms is capped at the greater of (i) USD 25,000 and (ii) twelve times the average monthly payout you earned in the 6 months preceding the claim. The cap does not apply to indemnity claims under A.9.1, IP infringement, gross negligence, wilful misconduct, fraud, or breaches of confidentiality.

Part B — Client Terms

B.1 Relationship

B.1.1 The marketplace is a venue operated by Algoshred. Algoshred facilitates discovery, contracting, milestones, escrow and payouts but is not the research organization of, agent for, or party to your engagement with a Service Provider.

B.1.2 The contract for services is between you and the Service Provider, on the terms you agree at contracting.

B.1.3 Algoshred makes no warranties about Service Providers beyond the verification and trust processes it operates, and does not guarantee quality, outcome, availability or non-infringement.

B.2 Client responsibilities

Clients shall:

  • vet Service Providers as appropriate for the engagement;
  • correctly classify engaged contributors (contractor vs. employed staff) and meet any tax, withholding, social-security and labour obligations under applicable law;
  • comply with applicable data-protection and IP law in engaging Service Providers;
  • comply with the contract you agree with the Service Provider, including timely milestone approval and payment;
  • protect any Service Provider personal data you receive and use it only for the engagement.

B.3 Payments and escrow

B.3.1 You pay marketplace amounts (and fund escrow milestones) through the regulated payment processor (Stripe / Razorpay). Algoshred does not itself hold your funds outside that mechanism.

B.3.2 Milestone funds released to a Service Provider are net of the marketplace fee. Marketplace fees are described in the Marketplace Fees & Payouts Guide.

B.3.3 Refunds and disputes follow the marketplace dispute process (B.5).

B.4 Fee circumvention

You must not take a marketplace-originated engagement off-platform to avoid marketplace fees, nor solicit Service Providers to do so, in breach of these Terms.

B.5 Disputes between Client and Service Provider

B.5.1 Clients and Service Providers should first attempt to resolve disputes between themselves.

B.5.2 For escrowed milestones, Algoshred may operate a structured dispute / resolution process (e.g., evidence submission and a release decision) as described in the Marketplace Fees & Payouts Guide. Any such process is administrative and does not make Algoshred a party to, or arbiter of, the underlying engagement contract beyond the release of escrowed funds.

B.5.3 Algoshred may, as a courtesy, mediate but is not obliged to do so unless required by law.

Part C — Third-party integrations

C.1 Where Customer connects the Service to a third-party system (ELN / LIMS, accounting system, identity provider, instrument software, or a verification provider the Customer engages directly), that third party's terms and privacy policy apply to Customer's use of the third-party service.

C.2 Algoshred does not warrant any third-party service and is not responsible for it beyond operating the integration interface.

C.3 Customer is responsible for the security, authorisation scopes, credentials and data shared with third-party services, and for the lawful basis to sync research data into or out of LabsOfScience.

D. Compliance, AUP, governing law

All marketplace and integration activity is subject to the AUP. The marketplace must not be used for trafficking, forced labour, fee circumvention, money laundering, or any unlawful labour practice. Indian law governs; disputes between a party and Algoshred go per MSA §15 (Chennai-seated arbitration; Chennai courts). Disputes between a Client and a Service Provider arising from their engagement are between those parties and are not subject to MSA §15.

Reference and incorporation

All Burdenoff Group contracts, addenda, exhibits, policies and registers referenced in this document are identified by their Document ID (LOS-LEGAL-### or LOS-PRICING-###) and are published at https://burdenoff.com/contracts. Each such referenced document is incorporated into this document by reference. The version of a referenced document that applies is the version published at https://burdenoff.com/contracts as at the Effective Date of the applicable Order Form (or, where no Order Form exists, the version current at the date of acceptance), unless an executed Order Form specifies a frozen version.

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