Terms of Service

1. The Services

The Yard is a campus marketing marketplace that helps brands discover, evaluate, and collaborate with student creators and student organizations. The Services may include profiles, campaign applications, messaging, deliverable review, analytics, payments, and integrations with third-party platforms.

2. Accounts and Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter into a binding agreement to use the Services. You agree to provide accurate account information, keep it current, and protect your login credentials.

If you create or use an account on behalf of a company, organization, or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.

3. Student, Brand, and Organization Responsibilities

Students and organizations are responsible for the accuracy of their profiles, applications, social links, campaign submissions, and deliverables. Brands are responsible for the accuracy of campaign briefs, requirements, approvals, payments, and any materials they provide.

Users must comply with applicable laws, platform rules, advertising and endorsement requirements, campus policies, and campaign terms, including clear disclosure of sponsored content where required.

4. Connected Social Media Accounts

You may choose to connect social media accounts, including TikTok, to help display profile information, audience statistics, posts, and campaign performance. By connecting an account, you authorize us to access and process the information made available by that platform for the purposes described in the Services and our Privacy Policy. You can disconnect a connected account at any time, and you can request deletion of stored social account data through our Data Deletion page.

5. Content and Licenses

You retain ownership of content you submit to the Services. You grant The Yard a limited license to host, display, process, copy, and use that content as needed to operate, improve, secure, and provide the Services, including campaign workflows and analytics.

You represent that you have the rights needed to submit your content and that your content does not violate the rights of others or applicable law.

6. Payments and Campaign Terms

Campaign compensation, deliverables, deadlines, approvals, and payment timing may be set in campaign briefs, agreements, or other terms presented in the Services. Payments may be processed by third-party payment providers and may require identity, tax, or payout verification.

7. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to:

• Use the Services for unlawful, misleading, fraudulent, or harmful activity;
• Submit false profile, campaign, performance, or payment information;
• Scrape, copy, sell, or misuse data from the Services;
• Interfere with the security or operation of the Services;
• Bypass platform workflows, fees, or campaign controls without authorization;
• Upload content that infringes intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights.

8. Third-Party Services

The Services may connect to third-party platforms, payment processors, authentication providers, analytics services, and other tools. We are not responsible for third-party services, and your use of them may be governed by separate terms and policies.

9. Intellectual Property

The Services, including our software, design, branding, logos, and other materials, are owned by The Yard or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. These Terms do not grant you ownership of the Services or permission to use our branding except as expressly allowed by us.

10. Suspension and Termination

We may suspend or terminate access to the Services if we believe you violated these Terms, created risk for other users or the Services, or if required by law. You may stop using the Services at any time and may request account deletion as described in our Privacy Policy.

11. Disclaimers

The Services are provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not guarantee that the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or that campaigns will produce any particular results.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, The Yard will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunities arising from or related to the Services.

13. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date above and, where appropriate, provide additional notice. Continued use of the Services after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.

14. Contact Information

If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at: privacy@thecollegeyard.com