What you agree to
by entering The Hall.

PDD operates on a single premise: your personal data may only be collected and transacted under explicit contract. The person whose digital presence is involved is the authority over its use: not the platform, not the requesting organisation, and not this system.

By entering The Hall, you acknowledge this principle and agree to operate within it. You are here as a sovereign person. Your presence has standing. That standing carries obligations as well as rights.

Your consent is the legal basis on which PDD collects and processes your data, and you may withdraw it at any time. Your rights to see, download, correct, delete, and stop sharing your data, and how to exercise them, are set out on the Your Rights page.

Each user is permitted one identity in PDD. This is not merely a technical restriction, it is a condition of participation.

Creating multiple identities to receive duplicate compensation, evade standing, obscure continuity, or circumvent any obligation is a violation of these terms. It invalidates participation in the settlement system and may result in permanent disqualification from all associated identities.

Enforcement mechanisms for this constraint are in active development. Their current absence does not suspend the obligation.

Your identity is anchored to a cryptographic key pair generated in your browser. Your account is protected by a password. The server holds your public key, an encrypted vault, and a one-way lookup hash.

You may sign in on multiple devices using cross-device authentication. If you lose access to all devices and forget your passcode, your account may become permanently unreachable. Your data remains on the server but cannot be accessed without authentication.

You are responsible for maintaining access to your password and, if set up, your cross-device passcode. PDD accepts no liability for loss of access resulting from lost credentials.

When you engage with an organisation's request in the Market, a provisional contract is created. This contract is not binding until you review the compiled bundle and explicitly choose to deliver it.

Upon delivery, the contract becomes active. Settlement occurs according to the contract's declared terms: the rate per record, the number of records delivered, and the total computed price. These values are determined by the server from the stored contract and delivery records.

You may cancel at the preview stage. Cancellation voids the provisional contract. No data is transmitted and no obligation attaches.

You are the seller of your data. Coldbridge LLC does not buy your data and does not resell it. For the limited purpose of collecting what an organisation owes you, you appoint Coldbridge as your agent to receive that payment on your behalf under each contract you complete.

Because Coldbridge receives the payment as your agent, the organisation's payment to Coldbridge satisfies the organisation's obligation to pay you. Coldbridge does not hold your money for transmission and does not move your own funds on your behalf. Your share is routed to you directly through our licensed payment processor.

You make this appointment by accepting these terms, before any contract is formed, and it applies to every contract you later complete.

Organisations accessing the Hall agree that declaration is the only path to cleared use. Undeclared use is not permitted, incomplete declarations do not clear, and the obligations an organisation names in its declaration are binding once they do.

Any organisation that uses personal data obtained through PDD outside the declared scope of a cleared engagement is in breach of these terms and of the cleared engagement itself.

All declarations must pass Threshold validation, including admissibility. Nodes representing institutional processes, delegated authority, or data that cannot originate from a person's direct interaction are inadmissible and will be rejected.

Settlement obligations that attach upon clearing are real obligations. They do not expire, they cannot be renegotiated after clearing, and they cannot be transferred to the person whose data is involved.

An organisation buying data must be eligible to receive it. By transacting, an organisation represents that it is not organised in, resident in, or fifty percent or more owned or controlled by an entity in a country subject to United States data-transfer restrictions, and is not otherwise a restricted party under those rules. An organisation agrees not to transfer data obtained through PDD onward to any such country, entity, or party. PDD may refuse or reverse any engagement where eligibility cannot be established, and eligibility failure is grounds for exclusion.

Use of this platform for any unlawful purpose is strictly prohibited. What constitutes illegal activity is determined by the laws applicable in your jurisdiction. Persons or organisations found to be engaged in illegal activity will be permanently excluded from the platform. PDD reserves the right to cooperate with law enforcement where required by law.

Prohibited activities include:

• Fraud or financial deception
• Identity theft or impersonation
• Harassment, stalking, or threatening conduct
• Unauthorised collection or use of personal data
• Distribution of malicious software or code
• Money laundering or facilitation of criminal enterprise
• Any activity that violates the laws of your jurisdiction

PDD is provided as-is. This is a system in early operation. We make no warranties, express or implied, about uptime, data persistence, settlement processing, or fitness for any particular purpose.

We are not responsible for loss of access resulting from lost credentials or device failure. We are not responsible for third-party infrastructure failures, including hosting provider outages.

These terms will be updated as the system develops. Material changes will be posted here with a revised date. Continued use of PDD after a material change constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

We will not introduce obligations that retroactively alter the nature of participation without clear notice.

Most disputes can be resolved directly. Before starting any formal proceeding, you agree to first contact us at contact@publicdigitaldomain.org and allow 30 days to resolve the matter.

If that fails, you and PDD agree to resolve disputes through binding individual arbitration rather than in court, with two exceptions: either party may bring a qualifying claim in small-claims court, and either party may ask a court for injunctive relief to protect intellectual property or to stop misuse of data. Arbitration is conducted by a single neutral arbitrator under the rules of a recognised arbitration body, and the arbitrator's decision is final and enforceable.

Individual basis only. Disputes are resolved one person at a time. You and PDD each waive the right to bring or join a class action, collective action, or representative proceeding.

Your right to opt out. You can opt out of this arbitration agreement, and keep your right to go to court, by emailing contact@publicdigitaldomain.org within 30 days of first accepting these terms, with your account handle and the words “arbitration opt-out.” Opting out changes nothing else in these terms, and we will not treat you differently for doing so. This is your choice, not a condition of using PDD.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California and applicable United States federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. PDD is operated by Coldbridge LLC. Disputes not subject to arbitration will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in California.

Questions about these terms: contact@publicdigitaldomain.org