Describes agreement version 12By Divyank Arur, founder

Freelance agreement clauses, explained

Every agreement on The Goodwill Network is assembled from legally vetted clauses. Some are standard and appear in every agreement. Others are optional: you switch them on when your project needs them. Where a clause needs an input (a payment timeline, number of revisions, a fee), the form suggests a sensible default when relevant, and you enter the details that fit your deal.

On every clauseWhat it does in plain words, and a short example where it helps.
Two ways to readGrouped by topic, or in agreement order. Switch at any time.
Words usedThe agreement says "the Producer" or "the Client"; here, client. Every example is fictional.

This explains how our agreement works. It is not legal advice on your deal. For that, Legal Help Access connects you with a lawyer.

At a glance

Standardin every agreement
Optionalyou switch it on
Automaticappears by itself
Choose oneonly one option applies

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Standard clauses

In every agreement. You set the details; the clause stays.

·Parties and recitalsWho is making the agreement: each side's name, address and tax details. These have to be exact for the documents to be accurate.1Definitionswhat the key words meanA glossary for the agreement. It defines what its key words mean, such as a Business Day, so both sides read every clause the same way.2Scope of WorkDescribes the job the freelancer is hired for. Anything asked for beyond it is extra work, agreed and paid for separately.3TermWhen the agreement starts and ends, and the days the freelancer is booked to work. A few promises, such as confidentiality, carry on after it ends.4PaymentHow much the freelancer is paid, when each payment is due, and what happens if work or payment runs late. Invoices, TDS and GST are covered here too.5Intellectual Propertychoose one of fourwho owns the workWho owns the work once it is made, and how the client may use it. One of four arrangements is chosen, and until the fee is paid in full the client cannot use the work commercially.7ConfidentialityBoth sides promise to keep each other's private business information secret, during the job and after it, for the period specified in the agreement.9Credit & Attributioncredit line or noneSets the credit line the freelancer gets on the finished work. Switched off, the agreement records that no credit is needed, so the client does not have to credit the freelancer.11Representations & Warrantiespromises about factsFormal promises each side makes about facts, such as owning the rights it gives or having the authority to sign. If one proves untrue, the indemnity in Clause 12 protects the other side.12Indemnitycovering the other side's lossIf one side's broken promise costs the other money, it pays that loss back. The amount is capped at the total fee, with a few serious exceptions.13TerminationHow either side can end the agreement early, with notice or because of a serious breach, and what the freelancer is paid for the work already done.14Dispute ResolutionIf the two sides disagree, they first get a set time to settle it between themselves. After that, larger claims go to an arbitrator, a neutral person who decides instead of a court, in the city they chose; smaller claims go to that city's courts.15Force Majeureevents no one can controlCovers events no one can control, like floods, epidemics or strikes. No one is blamed for the resulting delay, and either side can end the agreement if the event lasts too long.18Electronic Execution and Stamp Dutysigning online, and the State feeRecords that signing online has the same effect as signing on paper, and how each person signed. Stamp duty, a State fee on agreements, is each side's own to pay.20Governing Lawwhich law appliesSays which law applies (India's) and which city's courts oversee any dispute.24Data ProtectionIf the work involves people's personal details, such as faces filmed or customer data, the freelancer uses them only for this project and keeps them safe, as India's data protection law requires.16–23Notices, independence, waiver and the restShort clauses every agreement carries: how formal notices are sent, that the freelancer is not an employee, and that any change must be in writing and signed by both.

Optional clauses

Off unless your project needs them. Switch them on in the form.

6Deliverables & ApprovalLists exactly what the freelancer hands over, how many rounds of changes are included and what each extra round costs. If the client stays silent past the approval window, the work counts as approved.4.10Late Payment FeeLets the freelancer charge interest when a payment is late, at a rate set in the agreement. It is simple interest, never interest on interest.5.7Portfolio RightsLets the freelancer show the work in a portfolio to win future jobs. While the work is not yet public, the client's consent comes first.8Expense ReimbursementThe client pays the freelancer back for money spent during the job, for the kinds of expense agreed in advance, against receipts.10Competitive Statusdeclaring work for competitorsMostly for advertising work: the client names its competitors, and the freelancer declares any recent or ongoing work for them, so no one is surprised later.10AExclusivityneeds 10While the job lasts, the freelancer does not do the same kind of work for a competing brand. It ends when the engagement ends.10BNon-solicitation of the end clientneeds 10not going around the clientIf the client introduces the freelancer to an upstream client, the freelancer does not use that introduction to win work from that client directly for six months. Read the caution on this one.13.3Cancellation FeeIf the client cancels the job, the freelancer is paid for the work done, or this agreed amount if that is more, excluding anything already paid.13.4Kill Feewhen the project is cancelled above the clientIf the brand or agency cancels the whole project above the client, the freelancer is still paid for the work done, or the kill fee if that is more, even if the client recovers nothing.

Applied automatically

Added by the platform when it applies.

4.12MSME payment protectionWhen the freelancer is registered as a micro or small enterprise (Udyam), the agreement adds this legal protection by itself: payment within 45 days of acceptance at the latest, with interest on any delay.

4 standard · 1 optional

The deal

Who the two sides are, what the job is, and the dates it runs to.

Parties and recitals

The dealStandard

Who is making the agreement: each side's name, address and tax details. These have to be exact for the documents to be accurate.

What it does

Names both parties with their address, state, email and tax details (GSTIN, or "Not registered under GST"; and the freelancer's MSME status), and records that The Goodwill Network created the document but is not a party to it. The recitals that follow are the short background to the deal: why the client is hiring, that the freelancer has the skills, and that The Goodwill Network is not a party. They explain the agreement; they are not obligations themselves.

Why it matters

These details say exactly who is bound by the agreement, so they have to be correct: each side promises in Clause 11 that its own details are accurate, and tells the other if they change. The invoices are then built from the same details, so a mistake here carries into every document.

Definitionswhat the key words mean

The dealStandard

A glossary for the agreement. It defines what its key words mean, such as a Business Day, so both sides read every clause the same way.

What it does

Defines the words used throughout: a Business Day (weekdays that are not central government public holidays), a Calendar Day, Completion (delivered, and approved or deemed approved), Deliverables, a Kill, Confidential Information and, when Clause 10 is on, Competing Brand. It also sets a few reading rules, such as "in writing" including email, and headings not changing what a clause means.

Why it matters

Most deadlines in the agreement run in Business Days. When "within 10 days" could mean two different dates, someone will pick the one that suits them.

Scope of Work

The dealStandard

Describes the job the freelancer is hired for. Anything asked for beyond it is extra work, agreed and paid for separately.

What it does

Describes the service in plain words and ties it to the project, to be delivered to industry standards and on the agreed timelines. The freelancer may not subcontract without the client's written consent, stays responsible for a subcontractor's work, and must bind them to the same confidentiality. When Clause 10B is on, it also names the end client the project is made for.

Example · fictional

Meera, an illustrator, is hired for "twelve spot illustrations for a quarterly report". A later request for a cover is outside this scope: it needs the client's written approval and is priced separately (4.9).

Term

The dealStandard

When the agreement starts and ends, and the days the freelancer is booked to work. A few promises, such as confidentiality, carry on after it ends.

What it does

Three sets of dates in one clause: when the agreement starts and ends (3.1), the project's overall dates (3.2), and the freelancer's actual engagement periods (3.3), which can be one block or several. Some clauses survive after the agreement ends: IP, confidentiality, unpaid amounts, indemnity, disputes and data protection, and Clause 10B when it is on (3.4).

Engagement periods are counted in one only

Business DaysWeekdays that are not central government public holidays.Calendar DaysEvery day, weekends included.

Example · fictional

A DoP is booked for two shoot blocks inside a two-month production. Both blocks are written in, so the agreement records exactly which days they are booked for.

Deliverables & Approval

The dealOptional

Lists exactly what the freelancer hands over, how many rounds of changes are included and what each extra round costs. If the client stays silent past the approval window, the work counts as approved.

What it does

Lists exactly what the freelancer will hand over, and that list is exhaustive: raw files, working files and outtakes are not deliverables unless listed. It separates a revision (refining an agreed deliverable) from a scope change (a new brief or direction, priced separately), sets the number of revisions included and the fee for each extra one, and gives the client an approval window. Silence past the window counts as approval and the payment falls due.

When it is off: When it is off, deliverables are what the role would normally produce for the service described, raw and working files excluded, and the approval clock in 4.3 still applies.

If no fee is entered for extra revisions, the agreement says extra rounds are provided at no charge. Enter a fee if they should be paid.

Example · fictional

Kabir, a motion designer, delivers a 30-second animation with two revisions included. The client asks for a third round of tweaks: that round is billed at the agreed revision fee. Then they ask to change the script: that is a scope change.

1 standard · 1 optional

Money

The fee, when each payment falls due, and expenses paid back. Cancellation and kill fees sit with the clauses on ending the agreement (13.3, 13.4).

Payment

MoneyStandard

How much the freelancer is paid, when each payment is due, and what happens if work or payment runs late. Invoices, TDS and GST are covered here too.

The longest clause, because it is the one most freelancers have been burned by.

4.1 Total Fee is one of one only

A fixed feeOne agreed amount for the job.A rate × unitsPer day, per hour or per unit, times the units committed. The rate is locked for the life of the agreement unless both sides sign a change.

4.2Payment Due Dates
Each payment falls due on the milestone's date or, where none is set, within the payment timeline (counted in Business Days) after delivery. It needs a valid invoice, and the clock runs from approval or deemed approval. Payment dates are fixed: only the freelancer's own delay moves them.
4.3Approval and Deemed Completion
The client reviews within the approval window. No written feedback in time means the work is approved and payment is due. Feedback or a revision round does not push the payment date back.
4.4Disputed Milestones
A client who disputes a milestone in good faith still pays the part they do not dispute, on time, and says in writing what they dispute. The disputed part is settled under Clause 14.
4.5–4.5ADelays
If the freelancer delivers late, that payment date moves by the same number of days. If the client holds the work up (a late brief, late approvals, no access), the freelancer's delivery dates move instead, and payment dates already fixed do not.
4.6–4.8Invoicing, TDS and GST
Invoices go out before or on delivery. The client need not pay before it has a valid invoice, but receiving one does not push the due date back. A GST-registered freelancer issues a tax invoice with the GST details the law requires, and GST is charged on top of the fee. The client deducts TDS where the Income-tax Act, 2025 requires it and issues the certificate. A freelancer who is not GST registered tells the client within 5 Business Days if registration becomes necessary.
4.9Additional Services
Work outside the scope needs the client's written approval first. With a rate, extra days or units are charged at the locked rate and different work needs a separate agreement. With a fixed fee, any extra work is agreed separately in writing.
4.10Late Payment FeeOptional
A fee on overdue amounts, as simple interest at the rate and interval set in the agreement; it never compounds.
4.11Payment Milestones
When the fee is split into milestones, each has an amount, a delivery date and a payment date. An advance is a milestone too: tick "Advance payment" on it in the form so it falls due on signing; left unticked, it is treated as an ordinary milestone, due only after a delivery. The milestones must add up to the fee exactly: the form refuses a schedule that is over or under, and a payment date before its own delivery date.
4.12Payments to a Micro or Small EnterpriseAutomatic
When the freelancer is registered as a micro or small enterprise (Udyam), the agreement states the MSMED Act protection: payment within 45 days of acceptance at the latest, statutory interest on delay, and the right to go to the MSME Facilitation Council. Where a late payment fee is also set, the statutory interest applies instead if it is higher.

Example · fictional

Riya, a copywriter, agrees a fee in three milestones. Her client goes quiet after the second delivery. The approval window passes, so the second delivery is deemed approved and its payment falls due on the agreed date, feedback or not.

Expense Reimbursement

MoneyOptional

The client pays the freelancer back for money spent during the job, for the kinds of expense agreed in advance, against receipts.

What it does

Lists the kinds of expense the client has pre-approved, and can set an amount above which a single expense needs the client's written approval before it is incurred. Claims go in with receipts within 30 Business Days (later claims can be refused) and are paid within the agreed payment timeline. If the client cancels, pre-approved expenses are paid in full on top of any fee (13.3, 13.4).

Example · fictional

Travel and meals on an outstation shoot, a rented lens, a font licence or stock images bought for the job: each is paid back if its kind was pre-approved, claimed with the receipt. A single cost above the agreed amount, like a day's studio hire, is approved in writing first.

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Rights

Who owns the work, how it may be used, and whose name goes on it.

Intellectual Propertywho owns the work

RightsStandard

Who owns the work once it is made, and how the client may use it. One of four arrangements is chosen, and until the fee is paid in full the client cannot use the work commercially.

How rights pass to the client choose one of four

5.1Full AssignmentDefault5.2Licence with Royalties5.3Buyout5.4Licence Only

5.1 Full Assignment. On full payment, the client owns the work outright, everywhere, in all media, for the full term of copyright, and may adapt it. The assignment does not lapse for non-use.

5.2 Licence with Royalties. The freelancer keeps ownership and licenses the work (exclusive or non-exclusive) for a set period, territory and media, for the project only, against a royalty. A share of revenue suits work that earns money by itself, such as a song, a book or a product design; for advertising, where the work earns no revenue of its own, a fixed royalty is the practical choice.

The royalty is one of one only

A share of revenueA percentage of revenue, paid at a set interval, with statements and a right to audit.A fixed royaltyAn agreed total, paid once. The freelancer can ask for a statement of where the work has been used, up to once a year, and again whenever they have reason to think it was used beyond the licence.

5.3 Buyout. The client takes full ownership, for the territory set, in all media and for the full term of copyright, once the client pays the buyout fee on top of the service fee.

5.4 Licence Only. The same kind of licence with no royalty; the service fee covers it.

Then, whatever you chose:

5.5Interim Use
Until everything is paid, the client may only review and present the work internally. Commercial use before full payment is a material breach.
5.6Renewal
Where a renewal fee is set, a licence can be extended to a longer term, more territory or more media by written agreement.
5.7Portfolio RightsOptional
The freelancer may show the work in a portfolio, without revealing confidential information or overstating their role, and only with consent while the work is unreleased.
5.8Statutory Royalty Rights
Royalties the Copyright Act says cannot be signed away, such as a composer's or lyricist's share when their work is broadcast, stay with the freelancer. Under a licence or a buyout, they are collected through the relevant copyright society.
5.9Moral Rights
The freelancer keeps the right to be named as author, unless Clause 9 records that no credit is needed, and to object to distortion that harms their reputation.
5.10Pre-existing Materials
Tools, presets, code and know-how the freelancer brought to the job stay theirs; the client gets a licence to use them inside the deliverables only.
5.11Interim Licence on a Payment Dispute
If the client raises a payment dispute and takes it to dispute resolution within 30 Business Days, the client may use the work internally while the dispute is settled, never commercially. If it does not, that use lapses and the freelancer can treat the non-payment as a serious breach (13.2).

Example · fictional

A composer licenses a jingle to a brand for one year on TV and digital in India. When the brand wants to run it in the Gulf, that is a renewal at the renewal fee they agreed, signed in writing, not a favour.

Credit & Attribution

RightsStandard on by default

Sets the credit line the freelancer gets on the finished work. Switched off, the agreement records that no credit is needed, so the client does not have to credit the freelancer.

What it does

Records the credit line the freelancer receives in the final work. If no credit is needed, the agreement says so in so many words, which allows the client not to credit the freelancer without breaking their right to be named (5.9). Whichever is chosen, the client still owes every payment, even if it leaves out a credit it agreed to.

The agreement records one of one only

A credit lineThe exact credit the freelancer receives. This is the default.No credit neededSaid expressly, so leaving the name off is not a breach.

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Protection

Confidential information, what each side promises, and who covers which losses.

Confidentiality

ProtectionStandard

Both sides promise to keep each other's private business information secret, during the job and after it, for the period specified in the agreement.

What it does

Both sides keep each other's non-public information confidential, including the end client's briefs, scripts, pricing and unreleased work, during the job and for 2 years after it ends. It can be shared with the other side's written consent, and the usual exceptions apply: already public, already known, or required by law (with notice where allowed). The freelancer may still name the brand and the fact of the engagement when declaring competing work in a future agreement, without revealing anything about the work itself.

Representations & Warrantiespromises about facts

ProtectionStandard

Formal promises each side makes about facts, such as owning the rights it gives or having the authority to sign. If one proves untrue, the indemnity in Clause 12 protects the other side.

11.1Freelancer's promises
The work is original as far as the freelancer knows, any competing work is declared (when Clause 10 is on), the freelancer has the authority to grant the rights, and the freelancer's tax details are correct. Any change to those details is told to the client.
11.2Client's promises
The client has the authority to bind its company. As far as the client knows at signing, the project is genuine and there is no reason to expect the project to be cancelled or the fees to go unpaid. The client's briefs are accurate, hiring the freelancer breaks no other contract the client has, and the client's tax details are correct.
11.3The platform and data
The Goodwill Network is not a party. Both sides agree to the processing needed to keep the record. A member consents to Goodwill Score ratings under the Terms of Service; a non-member is asked separately at signing, and without that consent no rating is recorded about them.
11.4Records
The signed agreement and its signing record are kept for up to eight years, as the law requires.

Indemnitycovering the other side's loss

ProtectionStandard

If one side's broken promise costs the other money, it pays that loss back. The amount is capped at the total fee, with a few serious exceptions.

What it does

Each side covers the other's losses from its own broken promises: the freelancer for its warranties and any false competing-brand declaration, but not for claims caused by the client's own acts or instructions; the client for its warranties, missing authority, use of the work beyond the rights granted and materials it supplied. Neither covers loss caused by the other's own gross negligence, fraud or wilful misconduct. Liability is capped at the total fee, except for false declarations, IP infringement, confidentiality breaches, fraud, wilful misconduct, death or injury, and no one is liable for indirect loss.

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Competing brands

Optional clauses for work where the client cares about its competitors.

Competitive Statusdeclaring work for competitors

Competing brandsOptional off by default

Mostly for advertising work: the client names its competitors, and the freelancer declares any recent or ongoing work for them, so no one is surprised later.

What it does

The client names the competing brands or categories that matter (say, "carbonated soft drinks"). The freelancer declares in Schedule 1 every engagement with those competitors in the last 12 months, plus any ongoing or contracted but not started, or confirms there is nothing to declare, and must tell the client within 3 Business Days of taking on a competitor before the engagement ends. A false or incomplete declaration is a serious breach, triggers the indemnity in 12.1 and is not limited by the liability cap. Where confidentiality prevents naming an unreleased brand, the category is declared instead.

10 Competitive Status10A Exclusivity 10B Non-solicitationSwitching on 10A or 10B switches on 10 as well.

Example · fictional

An actor appeared in a commercial for a rival soft-drink brand eight months ago. They list it in Schedule 1, and the client casts them knowing it.

10A

Exclusivity

Competing brandsOptionalneeds Clause 10

While the job lasts, the freelancer does not do the same kind of work for a competing brand. It ends when the engagement ends.

What it does

During the engagement term only, the freelancer does not work for a competing brand in the same role. Work contracted before the agreement and declared in Schedule 1 may continue.

Nothing restricts the freelancer once the engagement ends.

10B

Protection of Confidential Information and Trade Connectionnot going around the client

Competing brandsOptionalneeds Clause 10

If the client introduces the freelancer to an upstream client, the freelancer does not use that introduction to win work from that client directly for six months. Read the caution on this one.

What it does

Where the client introduces the freelancer to its own end client (the brand behind the job, named in Clause 2), the freelancer agrees not to use that introduction or the client's confidential information to approach that end client directly for the same kind of work, for six months after the engagement. It does not apply to an existing relationship, to the end client approaching the freelancer first, to a public advertisement or tender, or to any other work for anyone else, including the end client's competitors.

Confidentiality itself is Clause 7, which is in every agreement and binds both sides whether or not this clause is on. This clause only adds a limit on approaching the end client.

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Endings and disputes

How the agreement can end, what is owed when it does, and how a disagreement is settled.

Termination

Endings and disputesStandard

How either side can end the agreement early, with notice or because of a serious breach, and what the freelancer is paid for the work already done.

13.1Termination for Convenience
Either side may end the agreement by giving written notice (a notice period in Business Days, set in the agreement). The freelancer is paid for work done to that date plus pre-approved expenses and, when it is the client who ends it, never less than the cancellation fee if one is set. No rights in unfinished work pass until that is paid.
13.2Termination for Cause
Either side can end the agreement at once if the other commits a serious breach and does not fix it within 5 Business Days of written notice. If the client is the one in breach, the cancellation fee applies where one is set; otherwise the client pays the freelancer's provable losses, including the lost work for the rest of the engagement.
13.3Cancellation FeeOptional
If the client cancels for any reason other than the freelancer's breach, the freelancer receives the greater of the work done or the agreed cancellation fee, less fee payments already made, plus pre-approved expenses in full. An advance above that minimum is not refunded.
13.4Kill FeeOptional
The same structure when the project is killed upstream (the brand or agency cancels and the client cancels the freelancer). The client owes it whether or not they recover anything from their own client.
13.5Valuation of Partial Work
How work done is valued. With milestones: completed ones in full, plus an agreed share of the one in progress. With a rate: the units delivered, at the locked rate. With a fixed fee and no milestones: the share of the engagement term that has passed. Where a share or a count has to be agreed and is not, a sole arbitrator decides.

Why the cancellation fee matters: without one, a client who ends the agreement early owes only for the work done so far, and if the client breaks the agreement the freelancer has to prove their losses. With one, a minimum is agreed before the work starts. The kill fee does the same when the project is cancelled above the client.

Example · fictional

A production designer is booked for ten days of prep and a two-day shoot on a commercial starting 1 March, and turns down another job for those dates. On 4 March the brand drops the campaign and the production company cancels the engagement. With a kill fee in the agreement, she is owed the greater of the work done so far and the kill fee, less the advance she already received, plus her pre-approved expenses.

Dispute Resolution

Endings and disputesStandard you choose the city

If the two sides disagree, they first get a set time to settle it between themselves. After that, larger claims go to an arbitrator, a neutral person who decides instead of a court, in the city they chose; smaller claims go to that city's courts.

What it does

First, 30 Business Days to settle amicably after written notice. Then arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, before a sole arbitrator, in the city the agreement names, in English. If the two sides cannot agree on the arbitrator within 15 Business Days, either may ask the High Court of that city to appoint one (or the arbitral institution that appoints for that city). The arbitrator's decision is final and binding. Claims of up to ₹10,00,000 go to the courts of that city instead. Either side's right to approach a consumer forum is unaffected.

Force Majeureevents no one can control

Endings and disputesStandard

Covers events no one can control, like floods, epidemics or strikes. No one is blamed for the resulting delay, and either side can end the agreement if the event lasts too long.

What it does

No one is liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond their control (natural disasters, epidemics, strikes, government action, internet outages), as long as the affected side tells the other in writing within 5 Business Days. If the event lasts more than 30 Calendar Days, either side may end the agreement and work done is valued under 13.5. Payments already due before the event are still owed.

Governing Lawwhich law applies

Endings and disputesStandard

Says which law applies (India's) and which city's courts oversee any dispute.

What it does

Indian law governs. The courts of the chosen city supervise any arbitration and hear anything not sent to arbitration.

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Signing and data

How the agreement is signed, stamped, and how personal data in the work is handled.

Electronic Execution and Stamp Dutysigning online, and the State fee

Signing and dataStandard

Records that signing online has the same effect as signing on paper, and how each person signed. Stamp duty, a State fee on agreements, is each side's own to pay.

18.1Electronic Execution
The agreement is signed electronically under the Information Technology Act, 2000, with the same effect as a paper signature. Members sign through their verified account; anyone else signs with a one-time code sent to the email address in the agreement. A signing certificate records who signed, how and when, and the signed PDF with the certificate is the authoritative record.
18.2Stamp Duty
Each party is responsible for the stamp duty its State requires on the agreement. An agreement that is not duly stamped may not be admitted in evidence until the duty and any penalty are paid. The Goodwill Network does not calculate, collect or account for stamp duty, and does not say the agreement is duly stamped.

Data Protection

Signing and dataStandard

If the work involves people's personal details, such as faces filmed or customer data, the freelancer uses them only for this project and keeps them safe, as India's data protection law requires.

What it does

When the work involves personal data (people filmed, photographed, interviewed or recorded, or customer data the client hands over), the client is the Data Fiduciary and the freelancer processes it only for the project, on the client's instructions, under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023: reasonable security, help with people's requests, prompt notice of a breach, no sub-processors without consent, and return or erasure at the end. The client stays responsible for its own duties, such as getting people's consent where the law requires it.

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The rest, briefly

Short clauses every agreement carries.

16NoticesThe rest

Formal notices go by email or registered post to the addresses in the agreement.

17Relationship of the PartiesThe rest

The freelancer is an independent contractor, not an employee, and handles their own taxes and contributions.

19Entire Agreement & PlatformThe rest

The signed agreement replaces earlier discussions; changes must be in writing and signed by both.

21WaiverThe rest

Letting something go once does not give up the right next time.

22Amendment and TransferThe rest

Changes need both signatures; neither side may transfer the agreement without the other's consent, which may not be unreasonably refused.

23SeverabilityThe rest

If one provision fails, the rest stands.

Sch. 1Schedule 1The rest

With Clause 10: the declared competing engagements.

·Key Terms SummaryThe rest

Puts every figure on one page; if it ever differs from the clauses, the clauses win.

Questions

Can I remove a clause?

You can switch optional clauses on or off. Standard clauses stay, because the agreement relies on them.

Is this agreement legally vetted?

Yes. The clauses were reviewed by counsel; you choose how they apply to your deal.

Where do I see the agreement the other side will sign?

In full, before anyone signs: you preview it before sending, and the other side reads all of it before signing, from the signing link or, if they are a member, in their own account.

This explains how our agreement works. It is not legal advice on your deal. For that, Legal Help Access connects you with a lawyer.

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