What you agree to
by proceeding through the Gate.
By proceeding through the Gate and submitting a declaration through Threshold, your organization agrees to operate within the clearing system as designed. The act of declaration is itself the agreement. There is no separate sign-off, no countersigned contract, no negotiated terms.
What you declare is what you are bound to. The declared purpose, chain, beneficiaries, and settlement terms become the operative agreement the moment they clear. Nothing outside the declaration governs the engagement.
A cleared declaration authorizes use within the exact scope declared — no more. The declared purpose defines the boundary. The named chain defines who may handle the information. The named beneficiaries define who may gain from it.
Use beyond the declared scope — for any purpose, through any handler, for the benefit of any party not named — is not permitted under any circumstances. No subsequent declaration can retroactively authorize past undeclared use.
Settlement terms declared before clearing are binding upon clearing. They do not expire. They cannot be renegotiated after clearing. They cannot be transferred to the person whose data is involved.
If settlement is delayed, the delay burden sits with the organization. The person's entitlement does not diminish with time. Interest, penalty structures, or enforcement mechanisms may be introduced when the system is active. Organizations that clear now accept that those mechanisms may apply retroactively to outstanding obligations.
The person whose data is involved retains the right to refuse any request, withdraw from any engagement before it is complete, and set binding limits on use before accepting. These rights exist independent of what your organization has declared. They cannot be waived by your declaration, by the person's past engagement with your organization, or by any agreement outside this system.
Silence from a person is not acceptance. Prior engagement is not ongoing consent. Each engagement requires its own cleared declaration.
These terms govern organizational access to and use of this system generally. The Threshold intake terms govern the specific obligations attached to each declaration — the T-02 through T-06 clauses, the duty-of-care notices, the legitimacy evaluation criteria.
Where these terms and the Threshold terms address the same matter, the Threshold terms are more specific and govern. These terms address what is not covered by the Threshold terms.
The Hall is provided as-is. This is a prototype in active development. We make no warranties about uptime, clearing accuracy, settlement processing, or fitness for any particular purpose. We are not responsible for third-party infrastructure failures.
Clearing through Threshold does not constitute legal advice, regulatory approval, or a guarantee of compliance with any law or regulation applicable to your organization. You are responsible for your own compliance obligations.
These terms will be updated as the system develops. Material changes will be posted here with a revised date. Continued use of the system after a material change constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
We will not introduce obligations that retroactively alter the nature of cleared engagements without clear notice.
These terms are governed by the laws of the United States. Disputes will be resolved in the jurisdiction where the operator of this system is incorporated, once that entity exists. Until then, these terms represent a declared operating framework.
Questions about these terms: TBA