LEGAL & RIGHTS

Dorcet-owned work

Unless a page or signed agreement says otherwise, Dorcet owns the copyright in original text, art direction, graphic elements, interface design, visual systems, layouts, photographs, films, campaign concepts, copy and other creative material authored by Dorcet or validly assigned to Dorcet in writing. That ownership includes the exclusive rights granted by U.S. copyright law to reproduce, adapt, distribute, publicly display and publicly perform the protected expression.

Copyright protects original expression, not an unprotected idea, method, fact, style or general concept. Ownership of one Dorcet element also does not create ownership of a client mark, creator likeness, licensed typeface, stock asset, music track, platform feature or other separately owned material embedded in a project.

Authorship, assignments and commissioned work

Under U.S. law, copyright ordinarily begins with the author. Buying a file, commissioning a project or possessing a copy does not by itself transfer copyright. A transfer of copyright ownership or an exclusive license generally requires a signed writing identifying the rights being transferred. Dorcet therefore relies on signed agreements—not silence, delivery or a footer notice—when a client, creator or contractor is expected to transfer ownership.

Work made for hire is used only when the statutory requirements are met. Employee work must be created within the scope of employment; specially commissioned contractor work must fit an eligible statutory category and be expressly designated in a signed agreement. Where appropriate, a project agreement may combine a work-made-for-hire provision with a present assignment for eligible deliverables and will identify all pre-existing and third-party material that remains excluded.

Partner and third-party material

Clients, creators and partners retain the rights they already hold in material they provide unless a signed agreement expressly transfers those rights. Dorcet receives only the permission stated in the applicable signed agreement or, before an engagement is signed, the limited permission reasonably necessary to receive, store, review and respond to a submission. A submitter must have authority to provide the material and request the proposed use.

A Dorcet compilation, edit or adaptation may contain separately owned components. Dorcet’s copyright in its original selection, arrangement or additions does not expand to pre-existing material owned by another party. Stock media, fonts, software, music and platform assets remain governed by their own licenses.

Permitted and prohibited use

Dorcet grants visitors a limited, revocable, nonexclusive and nontransferable permission to view the public site for personal or internal business evaluation. Except as permitted by law or a signed license, no one may copy, scrape, republish, sell, sublicense, remove notices from, create misleading derivatives of or use Dorcet-owned material to train or populate a commercial product.

Nothing in this notice is intended to prohibit criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research, accessibility use or another use authorized by law. Fair use is evaluated case by case under all applicable factors; there is no automatic safe word count, clip length, percentage or attribution rule.

Reports, DMCA status and enforcement

Dorcet welcomes good-faith reports of material that may infringe copyright. A report should identify the protected work, the precise location of the challenged material, the reporting party’s contact information and the basis for the claim. Dorcet may preserve relevant records, request supporting information, restrict access while reviewing a claim and take proportionate action consistent with law and its agreements.

ACTIVE DESIGNATION AS OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2026. Dorcet LLC’s designated-agent registration is active in the U.S. Copyright Office’s public DMCA Designated Agent Directory under registration number DMCA-1080505. Dorcet publishes the matching designated-agent record and statutory notice channel in Section 10.04 and will keep that website record synchronized with the Copyright Office directory.

Copyright notices intended for Dorcet’s designated agent should be directed to copyright@dorcet.co or to the published mailing address in Section 10.04. General legal questions may continue to use help@dorcet.co, but that general channel does not replace the designated-agent information for a notice intended to invoke 17 U.S.C. §512.

An active designation is one component of Section 512 compliance and is not, by itself, a determination that Dorcet qualifies for any safe harbor in a particular matter. Any protection depends on the applicable statutory category, the facts and Dorcet’s continuing compliance, including maintaining current agent information; responding expeditiously where required; adopting and reasonably implementing an appropriate repeat-infringer policy; accommodating standard technical measures where applicable; administering compliant notice, counter-notice and restoration procedures; preserving appropriate records; and training the responsible team.

What content includes

“Content” includes briefs, pitches, scripts, drafts, photographs, video, audio, designs, captions, campaign data, account information, performance reports and other material submitted to, created by or handled through Dorcet. “Your Content” means material for which a client, creator or partner owns or controls the necessary rights. “Dorcet Materials” means Dorcet’s pre-existing or independently developed systems, strategy, templates, tools, processes and creative work.

Submissions and review license

You retain ownership of Your Content. When a submission form gives reasonably conspicuous notice of these terms and you take an affirmative action indicating agreement, you grant Dorcet a limited, nonexclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to host, cache, reproduce, technically format and internally display that material only as reasonably necessary to receive it, evaluate the request, protect the service, communicate with you and decide whether to enter an engagement. Dorcet may allow its hosting, form-processing and professional service providers to process the material solely for those purposes. If material is sent by direct communication without that assent, Dorcet relies only on the narrow permission reasonably implied by your request to receive and review it.

This review license does not authorize public publication, an advertising campaign, sale to another party or unrelated reuse. Those uses require a separate signed agreement or another lawful basis. If no engagement follows, Dorcet may retain a limited record for security, dispute prevention and legal compliance, then delete or de-identify the material under the category-based retention schedule in Section 04.06.

Project content and publication

Once an engagement begins, the applicable statement of work or creator agreement will define the channels, territory, term, editing rights, paid-media rights, sublicensing, exclusivity, approvals, credit, archival use and ownership or license for each deliverable. Published and unpublished versions are covered only to the extent the signed agreement says so. If an agreement is silent, Dorcet will not treat that silence as a transfer of copyright.

The signed agreement may provide that Dorcet retains ownership of Dorcet-created or validly assigned drafts, rejected concepts, production methods, source files and background tools not identified as final deliverables. A client may receive a license to use those items only when the signed agreement expressly includes them. Payment conditions and any transfer timing should be set out in that agreement.

Exclusive term license and reversion

Unless a signed agreement expressly provides otherwise, the client or creator retains the underlying copyright and all rights not specifically granted. During the stated contract term, Dorcet receives an exclusive license only to the content, uses, media, territory and rights identified in that agreement. Within that defined scope, Dorcet alone may exercise or authorize those rights, and the client or creator may not exercise or license conflicting rights during the term. Because an exclusive copyright license is treated as a transfer of copyright ownership under U.S. law, it must be granted in a writing signed by the rights owner.

Upon expiration or effective termination of the agreement, the exclusive license ends automatically and the licensed rights return to the client or creator without further action. The signed agreement may expressly permit a reasonable wind-down, continued performance of previously authorized sublicenses or placements, and retention of copies solely for archival, accounting, legal-compliance, evidence or backup purposes; those exceptions do not create a new or continuing right to exploit the content.

Any temporary copyright assignment must likewise be stated in a signed writing that precisely identifies its scope and includes an express automatic reversion. No assignment, exclusive license, extension or post-term use arises merely from silence, delivery, payment, publication or a course of dealing.

Clearances and people in content

The supplying party is responsible for having authority to submit the content and for identifying restrictions involving music, stock media, trademarks, talent, locations, private information, publicity rights or platform rules. A contractual promise allocates responsibility between the parties but does not create missing third-party rights. Dorcet may request releases, licenses, substantiation or replacement assets before use.

Copyright ownership does not automatically include a person’s name, image, voice, likeness or private information. Those interests may be governed by consent, contract, publicity, privacy and state law and should be addressed separately in the project documents.

Confidentiality and portfolios

Submitting an idea through a general website form does not by itself create a nondisclosure agreement. Mark sensitive material clearly and do not send trade secrets, credentials or restricted information until Dorcet has agreed to receive them securely. Where a signed confidentiality agreement applies, Dorcet will handle covered information according to that agreement.

Dorcet will not assume a right to place unpublished client or creator work in a portfolio. Any case study, award, press, behind-the-scenes or portfolio use should be included in a signed agreement or separately approved. Public availability does not erase copyright or other rights.

Ownership map

Dorcet retains its pre-existing strategy, templates, production systems, workflows, tools, methods, know-how and other background materials. Advertisers retain the brand names, marks, products, claims, files and other materials they supply. Creators retain pre-existing creator materials. Third-party stock, fonts, music, software and platform features remain subject to their own licenses.

For new campaign deliverables, the signed statement of work must say whether Dorcet retains ownership and grants a license, or whether eligible rights transfer after stated conditions are met. The agreement should define final deliverables separately from raw footage, working files, rejected concepts and source materials. No party receives more rights than another party lawfully possesses.

Campaign license and media use

When ownership stays with Dorcet, a campaign license should identify the approved media, accounts, territory, audience, term, paid placement, organic use, editing, adaptation, whitelisting, boosting, sublicensing and archival rights. Uses outside that scope require written approval. When rights are assigned, excluded background and third-party materials remain licensed only as specified.

Platform access or delivery of a high-resolution file is not an implied unlimited license. Likewise, expiration of a media license does not always require destruction of records that must be retained for accounting, legal hold, proof of publication or regulatory compliance.

Advertising truth and substantiation

Advertisers must provide truthful instructions and adequate support for objective product, performance, health, earnings, savings and comparative claims before publication. Dorcet may request substantiation, require edits, decline a claim or pause content that appears misleading, unsafe, unlawful or inconsistent with platform policy. Approval by one party does not replace each participant’s independent legal obligations.

Endorsements must reflect honest, current experience. Material connections—such as payment, gifts, free products, commissions, employment, personal relationships or early access—must be disclosed clearly and conspicuously with the endorsement. Disclosures must be difficult to miss and presented in the same relevant medium; a general terms-page statement or profile-only disclosure is not enough.

Creators, reviews and social proof

Dorcet, advertisers and creators will not create, buy, procure, disseminate, sell or use reviews, testimonials or social-media indicators in a manner prohibited by 16 C.F.R. Part 465, and will act on material warning signs where the rule applies a knew-or-should-have-known standard. Each campaign agreement may require disclosure instructions, monitoring, correction and recordkeeping. Dorcet may remove or request correction of content that fails these standards.

Creators remain responsible for truthful personal statements and required disclosures; advertisers and agencies may also have duties to instruct and monitor. Contractual allocation does not eliminate obligations owed to consumers or regulators.

Approvals, changes and takedowns

The parties should identify who may approve claims, creative, talent, spend and publication. Post-approval changes that materially alter a claim, disclosure, context or licensed asset may require renewed approval. Dorcet may preserve campaign records and promptly pause, correct or remove content when a credible rights, safety, platform or regulatory issue arises, without treating every report as established liability.

Scope and operator

This policy applies to dorcet.co, the contact, project and careers forms made available through the current public website, the creator and referred-creator pathways, and direct communications related to those forms. Dorcet LLC, with a mailing address at 32 Elmer Ave, Buffalo, NY 14215, operates this website. In these policy sheets, “Dorcet” means Dorcet LLC unless the context or a signed agreement identifies another responsible party.

For personal information whose processing purposes and means Dorcet LLC determines—including site, inquiry and applicant information—Dorcet LLC acts as the responsible business or controller to the extent those terms apply. When Dorcet handles campaign data solely under a client’s documented instructions, it may instead act as a service provider or processor. Dorcet’s role may vary by activity and applicable law.

Information collected

Dorcet may collect identifiers and contact details such as name, email address, WhatsApp or other phone number, country, region and preferred contact method. Inquiry forms may also collect role, organization, brand or creator name, website or social profile, project needs, channels, budget, timeline, subject and free-text details. Creator pathways may collect creative focus, platforms, audience information, partnership experience and point of view.

Careers forms may collect legal name, location, role, skills, experience, work preference, availability, portfolio, employment and agency history, compensation preference, schedule, account and platform status, contract-related answers and application statements. The referred-creator path permits an applicant to identify the type of identity document available but does not collect the document number, image or scan through the initial public form. Applicants should not submit Social Security numbers, financial credentials, health information, government document numbers or identity images through a free-text field. Before applicant information is collected, Dorcet will provide any required notice at collection describing the categories, purposes and retention criteria.

Hosting and delivery systems may process ordinary technical information such as IP address, browser and device information, request time, requested page, referring page and security logs. The site also uses the technologies listed in the Cookie & Data Practices sheet.

Sources and purposes

Information comes directly from visitors, applicants, creators, clients, referral contacts and the devices used to access the site. Dorcet uses it to respond to messages, evaluate project fit, review applications and referrals, arrange interviews or onboarding, conduct lawful and role-related identity, age, eligibility or background screening at an appropriate stage, prepare, enter into and perform agreements, deliver creative and advertising services, maintain records, prevent abuse, secure the site, comply with law and establish or defend legal claims.

Any identity, eligibility, reference or background screening is overseen by Dorcet’s designated legal and compliance team. Access is limited to authorized recruiting personnel, retained counsel where engaged, and an approved verification or consumer-reporting provider where one is lawfully used. For a U.S. employment background report obtained from a consumer-reporting agency, Dorcet will provide any required stand-alone disclosure, obtain written authorization, and follow applicable pre-adverse and final adverse-action procedures. State and local fair-chance, timing, individualized-assessment and notice requirements may provide additional protections. Legal-team oversight does not by itself make screening records privileged and does not replace any required disclosure, consent, agency notice or applicant right.

Dorcet will not describe information as anonymous unless it has been processed so it cannot reasonably be linked to a person. A materially new use that conflicts with a prior privacy promise should receive a new notice and, where required, affirmative consent rather than being introduced silently through a policy update.

Personnel, production providers and promotional platforms

Dorcet LLC operates dorcet.co and determines the purposes and means of processing ordinary website, inquiry and applicant information. Authorized Dorcet employees may process information when their duties require it, including members of the legal and compliance, recruiting, operations, client-services, security and finance functions. Those employees are members of Dorcet's internal workforce—not separate third-party vendors—and receive access according to role, business need and the sensitivity of the information. When Dorcet handles campaign information solely under a client's documented instructions, Dorcet may instead act as that client's processor or service provider.

Information may also be disclosed to hosting, content-delivery, form-processing, communications, security, screening and professional service providers that need it to support Dorcet; to a client or campaign partner when necessary for an authorized engagement; to advisers, auditors, insurers or transaction participants under appropriate duties; or to authorities and other parties when reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect rights or address safety, fraud or abuse.

Active campaign vendors. Dorcet's active external campaign-vendor category consists of social-media advertising platforms that Dorcet actually selects and authorizes for a specific engagement. The illustrative capability roster may include Meta Ads for Facebook and Instagram, Reddit Ads, Google Ads and YouTube, TikTok for Business, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Snapchat Ads, Pinterest Ads and X Ads, together with another established social-media advertising or publishing platform specifically identified in the campaign record. A platform is active only for the engagement in which Dorcet authorizes and records its role. Naming a platform here, maintaining an account there or having used it previously does not mean that it is active for every campaign, receives information from every engagement, is embedded on dorcet.co or endorses, certifies or sponsors Dorcet.

“Dorcet-approved” means that Dorcet has authorized a provider for a defined business purpose after a review proportionate to the information, material and system access involved. Review may address the provider's purpose, requested data, permissions, processing locations, subprocessors, confidentiality, safeguards, incident notification, retention, return or deletion practices and ability to comply with Dorcet instructions. Approval is not a government certification or a representation that a platform is risk-free. Dorcet will limit disclosures to information reasonably necessary and authorized for the relevant purpose and will apply available account and permission controls.

Depending on the activity and governing terms, a promotional platform may act as an independent business or controller, a processor or service provider, or in different roles for different processing. An engagement-specific provider that may receive client, creator or audience information or protected creative material will be identified in the applicable signed agreement, statement of work, data-processing addendum, campaign schedule or provider schedule when appropriate. Contract disclosure does not replace a public privacy or cookie disclosure when law requires Dorcet to identify or describe a sitewide technology here.

Core service providers. Dorcet uses Netlify to host, deliver and secure the website and to process public forms, and Hostinger to provide business email. These providers may process submitted content and ordinary network, device, delivery, access and security information as needed to deliver, protect and troubleshoot their services. Dynadot supports domain routing, while Google Fonts and the Lenis library delivered through unpkg support the site's presentation and interaction. Dorcet limits access according to business need, requires appropriate provider safeguards, and applies the retention and deletion rules in Section 04.06. Restricted logs, isolated backups and legally preserved copies may remain for documented provider cycles or legal requirements.

Sale, sharing and targeted advertising

Dorcet does not intend to sell personal information. A review completed on September 15, 2026 found no client-side advertising pixel, optional analytics tag or non-essential browser cookie operating on dorcet.co. Website and communications providers may process ordinary server, delivery and security records to operate and protect their services; that provider processing is not described as client-side advertising tracking.

Using a Dorcet account on Meta, Reddit or another external social-media advertising platform does not by itself place that platform's technology on dorcet.co. Campaign-specific disclosures occur through the selected platform and engagement records. Dorcet will determine whether any disclosure is legally treated as a “sale,” “sharing” or targeted advertising under applicable state law. If Dorcet later activates an advertising pixel, analytics tag, embedded social widget, audience-matching tool or cross-site measurement on dorcet.co, it will update the public inventory before activation and provide required notice, consent or opt-out controls, including qualifying universal opt-out mechanisms where applicable.

Retention and security

Default rule. Dorcet keeps personal information only for the period assigned to its category below, measured from the last relevant event. A record may be kept longer when a signed agreement or applicable law requires it, or while reasonably needed for an active legal hold, dispute, fraud or security investigation, tax or accounting obligation, insurance matter or protected legal claim. When that exception ends, the ordinary deletion process resumes.

Applications. The 30-day application-retention period applies only to applicants located outside the United States who are seeking a non-U.S.-based role or engagement, and only where the law governing that applicant permits that period. It does not apply to applicants seeking a U.S.-based position, U.S.-based applicants or U.S. workers. For eligible non-U.S. submissions, incomplete applications are deleted or de-identified after 30 calendar days without activity when no legal preservation duty applies. Within 30 calendar days after the final decision, withdrawal or last applicant activity, Dorcet deletes or de-identifies excess working copies and attachments; only information needed for onboarding or subject to a legal or documented business-retention duty moves into the applicable engagement record or restricted compliance archive. Dorcet treats a work-seeking submission as a recruiting record until the relationship’s lawful classification is determined. For applicants seeking U.S.-based positions and for U.S.-based applicants or workers, Dorcet retains covered application and hiring records for at least one year from the later of record creation or the relevant personnel action. Records connected to a charge, investigation or related proceeding are retained until final disposition, and applicable federal-contractor or other rules may require two years or a longer period.

Inquiries. General website, contact, start-project and brand or project-brief inquiries submitted through a public form are processed through Netlify Forms and routed or made available to Dorcet through an approved communications account, including help@dorcet.co. Dorcet keeps the inquiry while it is active and deletes or de-identifies Dorcet-controlled active form, mailbox, attachment and authorized working copies within 30 calendar days after the inquiry is closed. If an inquiry becomes an engagement, privacy request, legal request, security matter or dispute, the necessary record moves to the corresponding category and period instead of being treated as an ordinary inquiry. Restricted provider security logs and isolated backups may follow the exception and backup rules below.

Contracts. Dorcet’s designated legal or privacy personnel administer the contract archive and preservation holds. Authorized legal, finance, human-resources and operations personnel, retained counsel and approved providers receive only need-based access to executed contracts, statements of work, amendments and the core notices, payment records and performance records needed to administer, interpret or enforce them. Dorcet’s operational default is to retain those records for the full agreement term and six years after the latest of expiration, termination, final performance or final payment. This is Dorcet’s retention policy informed by New York’s ordinary contract limitations period; it is not a statement that every contract record has a six-year statutory minimum. Records establishing ownership, assignments, licenses, releases or chain of title may be retained for the life of the relevant rights and claims. A different period applies when tax, employment, insurance, regulatory or location-specific law, a signed agreement or an active legal hold requires it.

Sensitive records. Government-document numbers, document images or scans, background or consumer reports, eligibility records, age-verification material and similarly sensitive records are not collected through the initial public application. If later collection is necessary, Dorcet’s designated legal and compliance team, privacy personnel or an approved restricted-access provider will supervise a separate secure process. Unless a longer period is legally required, Dorcet will delete or securely de-identify the active copy within 30 calendar days after the verification, screening, notice and review purpose is complete. Mandatory records instead follow their controlling period: Form I-9 is retained for the later of three years after hire or one year after employment ends; employment-tax records are retained for at least four years; New York payroll records may require six years; and background or consumer-report material is securely disposed of after all applicable retention duties and proceedings end. Regulated age-verification records, privacy-request logs, litigation holds and other legally governed records follow their applicable periods rather than the one-month default.

Deletion and safeguards. Dorcet uses proportionate administrative, technical and physical safeguards, including need-based access, appropriate encryption, provider review, secure disposal and incident response. The assigned personnel will identify the Dorcet-controlled locations in which an eligible record is reasonably expected to exist, remove or securely de-identify active copies, revoke unnecessary access and record the completion date and any lawful exception. Dorcet will use available account controls, contractual rights or provider procedures to request deletion, restriction or return of provider-controlled copies. Isolated backup copies and restricted security logs may remain until the applicable documented cycle overwrites them and will not be restored for ordinary use. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.

Privacy requests, appeals and authorized agents

Depending on residence and applicable law, a person may have rights to access or know about personal information, correct it, delete it, receive a portable copy, opt out of sale, sharing, targeted advertising or certain profiling, limit certain uses of sensitive information, withdraw consent and appeal a denied request. Dorcet will not unlawfully discriminate or retaliate because someone exercises an applicable privacy right.

Submitting a request. Email help@dorcet.co with “Privacy Request” in the subject, or mail Dorcet LLC, Attn: Privacy, 32 Elmer Ave, Buffalo, NY 14215. To help Dorcet locate the relevant records and law, include, when available, your name, contact information previously used with Dorcet, state or country of residence, relationship with Dorcet and the action requested. Do not send identification documents through ordinary email; Dorcet will provide a secure method if additional verification is necessary. Dorcet will provide any additional submission method that applicable law requires.

Timing and verification. Measured from receipt, Dorcet will confirm a request within 10 business days and provide a substantive response within 45 calendar days; verification does not restart that clock. When reasonably necessary, Dorcet may extend the response period once by up to 45 additional calendar days after giving notice and the reason before the original deadline. Where applicable, requests to opt out of sale or sharing or to limit sensitive-information use will be completed as soon as reasonably feasible and no later than 15 business days. A shorter mandatory deadline controls. Requests are free unless applicable law permits a reasonable fee or refusal because a request is manifestly unfounded, excessive or repetitive. Verification will be reasonable and proportionate to the request and risk. Dorcet generally will not authenticate identity for an opt-out request and will seek only enough information to identify the person or preference. Information collected solely for verification will not be used for an unrelated purpose and will be securely deleted when verification and any required review are complete, unless law requires longer retention.

Authorized agents. An authorized agent may use the same channel with “Authorized Agent Request” in the subject and provide the individual’s contact information, the requested action and signed permission or a legally valid power of attorney. Where permitted, Dorcet may ask the individual to verify identity directly or confirm the agent’s authority; that additional confirmation will not be required when a valid power of attorney or applicable law provides otherwise. A recognized universal opt-out signal does not require separate signed agent authorization. Dorcet will not impose unnecessary verification requirements.

Denials and appeals. A full or partial denial will explain the reason, any applicable exception and how to appeal. An appeal may be submitted by replying to the decision or emailing help@dorcet.co with “Privacy Appeal” in the subject. Where reasonably practicable, a person not responsible for the initial decision will review the appeal. Dorcet will provide a written appeal decision within 45 calendar days unless applicable law requires another period. If a denial is upheld, Dorcet will provide the appropriate regulator or complaint information where required.

Request records. Dorcet keeps a restricted, minimal log of the request type, submission and response dates, outcome, any denial basis, appeal and final resolution for at least 24 months, or longer when applicable law or a preservation duty requires. The log is used only for compliance, security and improving the request process and does not include unnecessary copies of identification or responsive records. Browser Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control are addressed separately in the Cookie & Data Practices sheet.

Applicants, children and international use

Employment and applicant data may be subject to different rules depending on the applicant’s state. If Dorcet uses background checks from a consumer-reporting company, separate disclosure, authorization and adverse-action procedures may apply; this privacy policy cannot replace them. Employment verification documents should be collected at the legally appropriate stage through a secure process, and applicants must be permitted to present legally acceptable choices where the law requires that choice.

The public site and creator or careers pathways are intended for adults aged 18 or older and are not directed to children under 13. Dorcet does not knowingly seek personal information from children under 13. If Dorcet learns that it collected such information without required consent, it will investigate and delete it as required. Any program that permits minors requires a dedicated review and operational age controls. Information may be processed in the United States; international visitors should understand that U.S. rules may differ from those where they live.

Site access and assent

Visitors may browse the public site and use its forms for their intended purposes. Browsing alone does not create an agency, employment, creator, client, fiduciary or partnership relationship. Where Dorcet asks a person to accept binding digital terms, the relevant terms should be presented with reasonably conspicuous notice and an affirmative action showing assent. A footer link alone is not treated as proof that every visitor agreed to every provision.

A person using a form represents that the information is truthful to the best of their knowledge and that they have authority to submit it. Forms are invitations to communicate, not promises of acceptance, work, compensation, exclusivity, availability or results. Any stated response timeframe is an operational target rather than a guarantee unless a signed agreement says otherwise.

Signed engagement documents

Before Dorcet performs paid or rights-sensitive services, it may require a proposal, statement of work, creator agreement, employment or contractor document, confidentiality agreement, release, data-processing term or other legal document. Those documents should identify the parties, deliverables, fees, approvals, rights, disclosures, term, termination, confidentiality, privacy, responsibility and dispute process. The signed engagement document controls the engagement where it differs from these general site terms, to the extent permitted by law.

Electronic signatures and records may be used where legally permitted. Electronic form does not remove the need for clear notice, intent, authority and an accessible record. No visitor is required to enter a business relationship merely by viewing the website.

Acceptable use

No one may use the site to violate law or another person’s rights; introduce malware; probe security; interfere with availability; impersonate another person; submit deceptive, hateful or unlawful material; harvest personal information; bypass access controls; or use automated systems in a manner that imposes an unreasonable burden. Dorcet may restrict access or preserve evidence when reasonably necessary to protect the site, users or legal rights.

Information, links and availability

Dorcet aims to keep site information accurate, but portfolio, service, availability, statistics, timelines and general guidance can change. Public material is provided for general information and is not legal, tax, employment, financial or other professional advice. Third-party websites and platforms operate under their own terms and privacy practices; a link does not mean Dorcet controls or endorses every aspect of the destination.

The site may be changed, suspended or unavailable for maintenance, security or reasons outside Dorcet’s control. Any public-site warranty disclaimer, liability limitation, governing-law, venue or dispute provision must be presented through legally sufficient notice and assent; the existence of this page alone does not prove that a visitor accepted it. Engagement-specific provisions belong in the applicable signed agreement. These site terms do not impose an arbitration clause, class waiver or material limitation through passive browsing.

Changes and legal savings

Dorcet may revise public terms prospectively by posting a dated update and, when a change is material or required by law, providing additional notice or seeking renewed consent. A policy update does not retroactively transfer rights, rewrite a signed contract or authorize a materially incompatible new use of personal information. If part of these terms is unenforceable, the remaining terms should continue only to the extent the applicable law permits.

The governing law, venue and dispute process are stated below. These Terms are effective as of September 15, 2026.

New York law, venue and dispute process

For a person who has validly assented to these Terms, and except where a signed engagement agreement lawfully provides otherwise, these public website terms and any dispute arising solely from their formation, interpretation or use of this website are governed by the laws of the State of New York and applicable federal law, without regard to New York conflict-of-laws rules that would require the application of another jurisdiction’s law. This choice applies only to the extent enforceable and does not remove mandatory consumer, privacy, employment or other protections supplied by the law of a person’s residence, work location or another jurisdiction when those protections legally apply.

When reasonably possible before formal escalation, Dorcet invites a written notice describing the dispute, the relevant facts and the requested resolution. It may be sent to help@dorcet.co with “Dispute Notice” in the subject or mailed to Dorcet LLC, Attn: Legal, 32 Elmer Ave, Buffalo, NY 14215. Dorcet and the other party may attempt direct, good-faith resolution and may use mediation or another consensual alternative-dispute process. Unless a signed agreement lawfully requires it, mediation is voluntary and the mediator does not decide the outcome for the parties. This informal correspondence is not service of process or formal contractual notice unless the controlling agreement or applicable law recognizes it as such. It does not suspend or extend a limitation period, court deadline, agency deadline or contractual notice period and does not prevent a party from seeking urgent or provisional relief.

Unless a signed agreement selects another lawful forum or mandatory law requires otherwise, a court proceeding arising solely from these public website terms must be brought in a New York State court of competent jurisdiction located in Erie County, New York or, where federal subject-matter jurisdiction exists, the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. The parties consent to personal jurisdiction and venue there only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

A conference, mediation, arbitration, deposition, hearing or trial may take place by video, telephone or another remote method when the governing agreement and the mediator, arbitrator, court or other tribunal permit it. A proceeding may instead take place in person when the governing clause, forum rules, fairness, accessibility, safety or applicable law requires. Dorcet does not unilaterally determine how a court or tribunal conducts a proceeding, and remote participation changes the method of appearance—not the legal venue.

A signed client, creator, partner, employment or contractor agreement may contain a different lawful choice-of-law, forum, mediation or arbitration clause, and that clause controls the applicable engagement to the extent enforceable. Arbitration is required only when a separately accepted agreement clearly requires it; browsing this website or seeing a footer link does not by itself create an arbitration agreement. Nothing in this clause prevents a person from filing a complaint with a government agency, bringing a legally protected workplace or privacy complaint, using an available small-claims forum, exercising a nonwaivable consumer or worker right, or seeking relief in another forum that applicable law requires.

Dorcet marks and pending status

STATUS AS OF SEPTEMBER 14, 2026. Dorcet LLC has filed a federal trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office relating to the DORCET brand. The application remains pending examination; no federal registration has issued, and filing does not guarantee registration. The application covers only the mark, elements and goods or services identified in the official USPTO filing.

Dorcet claims rights in the DORCET name and wordmark, star device, logos, slogans and distinctive brand presentation under applicable trademark, copyright and unfair-competition law. Dorcet identifies its claimed unregistered marks with ™ and will not use ® unless and until the USPTO issues a federal registration for the relevant mark and covered goods or services.

No trademark license is granted merely by visiting the site, receiving a proposal or mentioning Dorcet. Permission to use Dorcet brand assets must be written and limited to the approved asset, purpose, media, territory and term. When a registration issues, Dorcet will update this notice with the verified owner, registration number, mark and covered goods or services. A filing or symbol gives notice of a claim; it does not by itself establish that every asserted use or element is protected.

Licensed brand use

Where Dorcet authorizes brand use, the license is nonexclusive, nontransferable and non-sublicensable unless the signed agreement says otherwise. The user must follow current brand guidelines, maintain quality, submit requested examples for review, correct noncompliant use and stop when the permission expires or is withdrawn. The mark may not be altered, combined into another mark or used as a company, product, domain, username or paid-search identifier without express approval.

Client and partner marks

Clients and partners retain their pre-existing names, marks, logos and trade dress. They grant Dorcet only the permission required to prepare, place, display and report on approved work under the signed agreement. Dorcet will not treat client marks as part of a general assignment of “all advertising content.” Any trademark assignment requires a separate written transfer and, where required, the associated goodwill.

Truthful references and fair use

Nothing here prohibits truthful descriptive, comparative, referential, news, criticism, commentary, parody or other uses allowed by law. When referring to another party, use only what is reasonably necessary, keep your own branding dominant and do not imply sponsorship or endorsement. Plain-word references are generally less likely to confuse than copying logos, stylization or trade dress.

Dorcet does not claim that every unapproved mention is infringement. The central concern is likely confusion about source, affiliation, connection, sponsorship or approval, along with any other rights that apply to the particular facts.

Reports and correction

A brand owner who believes the site uses a mark inaccurately may send the mark, registration or ownership basis, exact page location and explanation to help@dorcet.co. Dorcet is prepared to review good-faith reports, request clarification and correct, label or remove material where appropriate. A report is not automatically accepted as proof of infringement, and Dorcet’s review does not waive any right or defense.

Selection is not engagement

An inquiry, referral, application, interview, access code, portfolio review or verbal discussion does not guarantee selection or create a paid relationship. Dorcet may evaluate fit, experience, availability, conflicts, platform status and lawful eligibility. Before work begins, the parties should sign documents that identify the legal parties, role, scope, deliverables, schedule, approvals, compensation, expenses, rights, confidentiality, data handling, term and exit process.

Existing obligations and truthful information

Applicants and partners must provide materially accurate information and disclose restrictions that could affect the proposed work, including active agency agreements, exclusivity, platform limitations and third-party rights. Dorcet may request a lawful confirmation or relevant excerpt, but no applicant should upload confidential contracts or identity documents to a public form unless specifically directed through an approved secure process.

Classification and compensation

A label such as “contractor,” “partner” or “creator” does not determine worker classification. Status depends on the real working relationship and applicable federal, state and local law. Dorcet will document compensation, payment timing, tax responsibility, expenses, account access and any commission or percentage calculation in the signed agreement.

Termination does not authorize unlawful forfeiture of earned wages or compensation. Any holdback, refund, recoupment, offset, liquidated amount or post-termination obligation must be expressly stated, proportionate and reviewed under applicable law. Trial or test work should be structured and compensated when the law requires.

Creative rights and approvals

The engagement agreement will identify background materials, final deliverables, ownership or license, portfolio rights, source files, creator likeness, account permissions, approval windows and brand standards. No public policy silently converts a creator’s work into Dorcet property. When transfer is intended, the signed agreement must use legally effective language; when licensing is intended, it must define scope and duration.

Advertising and platform conduct

Creators and partners must make truthful claims, disclose material connections clearly, follow approved briefs and comply with applicable law and platform rules. Dorcet may provide disclosure instructions, monitor sponsored content and require prompt correction. Neither a platform disclosure tool nor a buried profile statement necessarily replaces a clear disclosure with the endorsement itself.

Partners must protect passwords, confidential information and personal data, use account access only for the authorized purpose and promptly report a security issue. No agreement permits unlawful content, coercion, fraud, fake engagement, rights violations or deceptive advertising.

Term, termination and records

The signed agreement will define duration, renewal, notice, transition, content wind-down, account return, continuing licenses and obligations that survive. Dorcet may preserve records needed for payment, platform disputes, legal compliance and rights enforcement. Confidentiality, intellectual-property and post-termination provisions apply only as the agreement and law allow.

Adult-platform engagements

Where an engagement involves intimate or sexually explicit content, Dorcet and the applicable parties must verify that every depicted person is an adult, document informed consent and permitted uses, prohibit nonconsensual intimate imagery and exploitation, and comply with applicable recordkeeping, labeling and age-verification requirements, including 18 U.S.C. §§2257 and 2257A where applicable. This work requires specialist legal review and a secure identity-record process separate from a general public application.

Scope and terminology

This sheet describes Dorcet’s intended standards for recruiting, hiring, employment, internships, temporary work, consulting and independent-contractor engagements. “Applicant” means a person being considered for work. “Worker” is a neutral umbrella term and does not decide legal status. “Employee” and “independent contractor” have the meanings assigned by the law that governs the actual relationship. “Engagement documents” include an offer letter, employment or services agreement, statement of work, compensation schedule, confidentiality agreement, intellectual-property terms, data notice, handbook acknowledgement and any signed amendment.

“Introductory,” “trial” and “probationary” period describe a defined early period for training, access, review and fit; they do not mean unpaid work, suspend legal protections or by themselves guarantee continued work afterward. “Confidential Information” means protected nonpublic information identified by its nature or the circumstances of disclosure. Words such as “hire,” “team,” “salary,” “partner,” “creator” or “contract” are descriptive on this website and do not override the facts, the signed documents or applicable law.

Local and global hiring

Dorcet recruits, hires and engages eligible talent both locally and globally. Depending on location, role and law, a relationship may be established directly by Dorcet, through an affiliated entity, employer of record, professional employer organization, staffing provider or other authorized local partner, or as a genuine independent business-to-business engagement. A remote opportunity is not a representation that Dorcet can employ, sponsor, pay or engage every person in every jurisdiction.

Before work begins, Dorcet will identify the contracting entity, approved work location, governing engagement type, payment route, currency where applicable, tax and social-contribution responsibilities, required work authorization and any location-specific terms. Applicants must accurately disclose where they will habitually perform the work and promptly request written approval before changing that location. Mandatory rights in the worker’s country, state, province, territory or municipality continue to apply notwithstanding a conflicting website statement or choice-of-law clause. Immigration sponsorship or relocation support exists only when confirmed in a signed writing.

Fair hiring, access and accommodations

Dorcet intends to make recruiting and work decisions using lawful, role-related considerations such as qualifications, portfolio, judgment, reliability, availability, conflicts, security needs and the requirements of the work. Dorcet will not unlawfully discriminate because of race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy or related condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status where protected, or another characteristic protected in the applicable location.

Applicants and workers may request a reasonable accommodation for the application process or work where the law provides one. Dorcet will engage in the required interactive process, protect related information and assess requests individually, subject to lawful undue-hardship and essential-function standards. Good-faith reports of discrimination, harassment, wage concerns, safety issues or requests for accommodation will not result in unlawful retaliation. Nothing on this page narrows stronger protections supplied by local law.

Identity, eligibility and screening

Dorcet’s designated legal and compliance team oversees lawful identity, age, professional-history, reference, credential, conflict, platform-standing, work-authorization and other role-related screening. The team establishes the permitted scope, timing, access controls and record-handling requirements and may coordinate with authorized recruiting personnel, retained counsel where engaged, or an approved restricted-access screening provider. Screening must be proportionate to the position, consistently administered and limited to information reasonably related to a legitimate hiring, safety, security, eligibility or legal-compliance purpose. Legal-team involvement does not by itself create attorney-client privilege over ordinary recruiting or screening records.

For U.S. employment, Dorcet will follow Form I-9 rules and will not demand a particular acceptable document or use the verification process to discriminate. If Dorcet obtains a U.S. employment background report from a consumer-reporting agency, Dorcet will first provide any required stand-alone disclosure, obtain written authorization and satisfy applicable certification, pre-adverse-action and final adverse-action requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Background information will not be used in an unlawfully discriminatory manner. New York Article 23-A and other state or local fair-chance, timing, individualized-assessment and notice rules may impose additional protections. For other locations, equivalent checks will follow the law governing the applicant and proposed work.

An initial public application does not require a government-identification number, document image or document scan. If an applicant advances and a specific identity, eligibility, age or lawful role-related screening requires sensitive identification, Dorcet will provide a separate approved secure collection method and explain the purpose, authorized recipients and applicable retention criteria before collection. An identification number is an input used to verify identity or conduct an authorized check; it is not, by itself, a complete or legally sufficient background-check procedure. Medical or genetic information will not be requested or used except when and in the manner the law permits. Applicants should send sensitive identification only through the specifically approved secure channel, never through an ordinary public form or unsolicited email.

Classification and engagement status

Dorcet will classify each relationship from the actual facts, not from a title or a box selected in an application. Federal, state, local and foreign laws may apply different tests to wage rights, taxes, benefits, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, collective rights and other obligations. Control over the work, opportunity for profit or loss, investment, permanence, skill and initiative, whether the work is central to the business, and other jurisdiction-specific factors may be relevant. A written statement that someone is an independent contractor does not make it so when the law and working reality establish employment.

Engagement documents will state the intended status and corresponding responsibilities, but Dorcet will re-evaluate classification if duties, supervision, scheduling, exclusivity, economic dependence or other material facts change. Employees receive all mandatory wage, hour, leave, insurance and workplace protections that apply to them. Genuine independent contractors remain responsible for the independent-business obligations allocated by law and contract and retain the autonomy required by the governing classification standard. No worker may be asked to waive a status or remedy that cannot lawfully be waived.

Contract instructions and order of authority

Before signing. Confirm the legal name of every party, the role and classification, work location, start date, term, duties, supervisor or project contact, schedule, compensation, payment timing, expenses, benefits if any, probation or trial period, confidentiality, intellectual-property treatment, data handling, account access, dispute process and termination procedure. Read the complete document, including incorporated policies and exhibits. Ask questions, identify inconsistent promises and obtain independent advice when desired; Dorcet does not require a person to rely on a verbal summary of a written obligation.

At signing. Use the approved signature process, provide accurate information and ensure that the person signing for an entity has authority. Electronic signatures and records may be used where legally valid and where the parties have agreed to transact electronically. Each party should receive or download a complete copy. Blank terms, undisclosed exhibits and unauthorized side agreements are not part of Dorcet’s intended process.

Before work begins. An application, interview, referral, access code, draft offer, onboarding message or website page is not final authorization to work. Do not perform services or provide deliverables until the required documents are signed or otherwise validly accepted by the necessary parties and Dorcet has confirmed the start. If paid testing, training, equipment, system access or pre-start screening is required, the applicable document will state its treatment.

During the relationship. Material changes to scope, status, compensation, ownership, location, term or exit terms should be recorded in a signed amendment or other legally effective writing. The executed employment or services agreement, statement of work and applicable addenda control the specific engagement in the order they prescribe. This public sheet supplies general information only and does not silently amend a signed agreement, handbook, collective-bargaining agreement or mandatory legal right. Arbitration, collective-action waiver or restrictive-covenant language applies only through a legally valid agreement and remains subject to every statutory right that cannot be prospectively waived.

Probationary, trial and introductory periods

An engagement may begin with a paid probationary, trial or introductory period when stated in the governing documents and permitted by law. The document should identify the length, evaluation criteria, training expectations, access level, compensation and the process for confirmation, extension or early conclusion. Dorcet may use this period to assess quality, communication, reliability, policy compliance, security practices and the practical requirements of the role. Feedback and reasonable notice of concerns will be provided when appropriate, without limiting immediate action for serious misconduct or risk.

This period does not postpone earned compensation, remove discrimination or retaliation protections, avoid required benefits or leave, authorize uncompensated productive work, or excuse wage, safety, privacy and recordkeeping duties. Completion does not create tenure, a guaranteed renewal or a fixed term unless a signed document expressly says so. Likewise, use of the word “probation” does not create at-will employment in a jurisdiction or relationship where it does not otherwise exist. Any extension or change will be documented and will remain subject to mandatory local limits.

Duties, schedules, time and remote work

The engagement documents will identify the expected services, reporting line, deliverables, approval authority, ordinary availability, work location and any lawful exclusivity or conflict rules. Workers must perform authorized work honestly and competently, follow lawful instructions, protect credentials and tell Dorcet promptly when timing, scope, safety or a conflict makes delivery uncertain. Remote work does not reduce professional standards or permit account sharing, insecure storage, undisclosed subcontracting or work from an unapproved jurisdiction.

Nonexempt employees must accurately record all hours worked, including authorized remote work, meetings, required training and other compensable time. Dorcet may require advance approval for overtime or schedule changes, but a failure to obtain approval does not permit Dorcet to withhold legally required pay for work it knew or had reason to know was performed; the policy issue may be addressed separately. Required breaks, rest periods, leave, schedule notices and overtime will follow the law applicable to the worker. Contractors will track time or milestones only as the applicable statement of work requires.

Compensation, expenses and records

Compensation will be stated in the governing document, including the rate or salary, percentage or commission formula, fixed fee, eligible bonus, currency, pay period, invoicing conditions, expense process and any lawful deductions or withholding. Dorcet will maintain legally required records of time, pay and deductions. Covered nonexempt employees will receive at least the applicable minimum wage and overtime required by the controlling law; where federal, state or local standards differ, the standard legally applicable to that worker controls.

Earned wages and other nonforfeitable compensation will not be withheld merely because a worker resigns, is terminated, breaches a policy or is accused of misconduct. A lawful deduction, recoupment, setoff, chargeback, commission adjustment or repayment must have a valid legal and contractual basis, satisfy notice and authorization requirements, and may not reduce protected pay below lawful limits. Final compensation will be processed within the deadline that applies to the location and relationship. Approved business expenses will be reimbursed as required by the agreement and law; independent contractors remain responsible for invoices and taxes allocated to their independent business.

Employee leave, insurance, retirement and other benefits depend on role, location, classification, hours, eligibility and the controlling plan or policy documents. This website does not create or enlarge a benefit. Dorcet will administer legally required leave and benefits under the applicable rules, and a controlling benefit-plan document governs if its terms differ from this general summary.

Non-disclosure agreements and confidentiality

Dorcet may require an NDA before sharing nonpublic campaign plans, creator or client information, pricing, strategy, unreleased content, source files, product plans, security information, credentials, personal data or trade secrets. An NDA may be stand-alone or included in broader engagement documents. It should identify the permitted purpose, authorized recipients, standard of care, security requirements, permitted compelled-disclosure process, return or deletion duties and the period each obligation lasts. Trade secrets may remain protected for so long as they qualify as trade secrets under applicable law.

Confidential Information does not ordinarily include information that the recipient can document was lawfully known without restriction, becomes public without breach, is received lawfully from another source without a duty, or is independently developed without use of protected material. An NDA is not an ownership transfer, noncompetition agreement or permission to use a person’s likeness unless it expressly and lawfully says so. It does not give Dorcet ownership of a worker’s general knowledge, experience or skills.

Workers must use Confidential Information only for authorized work, limit access to people with a legitimate need, use approved systems, avoid sending credentials or sensitive files through insecure channels, and promptly report loss, misuse or unauthorized access. On request or exit, protected material must be returned or securely deleted subject to lawful retention, backup and evidence-preservation duties. No confidentiality term will be interpreted to prohibit legally protected activity or reporting.

Protected disclosures and worker rights

No NDA, handbook, policy or instruction requires a person to conceal suspected unlawful conduct or obtain Dorcet’s permission before communicating with a government agency when the law protects that communication. Nothing here prohibits a good-faith report to the EEOC, Department of Labor, NLRB, OSHA, SEC, law enforcement or another competent authority; participation in an investigation; communication with counsel; testimony; or another protected disclosure. Where applicable, employees may discuss wages, hours, benefits and working conditions or act together for mutual aid or protection. Dorcet will not enforce a rule to impede a lawful whistleblower communication, require waiver of a government award where prohibited, or restrict discussion or disclosure protected by the Speak Out Act or more protective state law.

Under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, an individual may have immunity for confidential disclosure of a trade secret to a government official or attorney solely to report or investigate a suspected legal violation, or in a sealed court filing, and may use the information in an anti-retaliation action subject to statutory safeguards. Final Dorcet NDAs and confidentiality policies must include or properly cross-reference the notice required by 18 U.S.C. §1833(b). These protections do not authorize unlawful access, unnecessary public disclosure, knowing falsity or use unrelated to a protected purpose. Good-faith exercise of a protected right will not result in unlawful retaliation.

Work product, intellectual property and accounts

The signed engagement documents will distinguish Dorcet materials, client materials, worker background materials, third-party assets and new work product. They will state whether eligible work is work made for hire, assigned, exclusively or nonexclusively licensed, or retained by its author; identify territory, media, term, sublicensing, credit, portfolio and approval rights; and address any nonwaivable moral, publicity or similar rights. A title, payment or equipment assignment alone does not replace a legally effective written transfer where one is required.

Dorcet-owned devices, repositories, credentials, files and business accounts may be used only for authorized purposes and remain subject to access controls, preservation and return. Personal accounts remain personal unless a signed agreement lawfully states a defined business interest or access arrangement. Engagement documents must explain any shared account, revenue access, administrative permission, transition period or restriction. On exit, Dorcet may remove business-system access promptly while preserving the worker’s legally protected records and processing required compensation and property return.

Confidentiality, invention-assignment, nonsolicitation, noncompetition and other restrictive covenants are distinct obligations. None is created merely by visiting this page or submitting an application. If Dorcet proposes one, it must appear in an individualized, signed document, be supported as required and be limited to the extent valid under the law applicable at the time of enforcement.

Applicant and workforce privacy

Dorcet may process information reasonably needed for recruiting and work administration, including contact details, location, qualifications, correspondence, work authorization, signed records, tax and payment data, time and performance records, security logs, investigations and legally required information. Dorcet will identify the relevant entity and purposes, limit access, use proportionate security and provide notices, choices or rights required by applicable privacy and employment law. Sensitive identity, financial, health and background information requires heightened handling and a defined retention need.

Any monitoring of Dorcet systems, accounts, communications metadata, access activity or work output will be for legitimate purposes such as security, continuity, compliance, quality or investigation and will be subject to required notice, consent and proportionality. Dorcet does not claim a right to inspect unrelated personal communications merely because someone works remotely. Cross-border transfers, vendors and local access will be assessed before deployment. Applicant and workforce records follow the category periods, restricted-archive controls and legally required exceptions stated in Section 04.06, together with any required preservation hold.

Conduct, safety and raising concerns

Workers are expected to act lawfully, respect consent and boundaries, avoid discrimination, harassment, retaliation, violence, coercion, fraud, bribery, deceptive promotion, fake engagement and infringement, and follow applicable platform, client, privacy, advertising and security rules. No performance target or client instruction authorizes unlawful or unsafe conduct. Work involving adult or intimate content requires adult-status verification, informed consent, approved use, secure records and strict prohibition of exploitation or nonconsensual intimate imagery.

Concerns may be raised to the contact identified in the governing documents or to help@dorcet.co when no dedicated route has been provided. Dorcet intends to receive concerns respectfully, protect confidentiality to the extent reasonably possible, avoid unlawful retaliation and take prompt, proportionate steps. Immediate threats to safety should be directed to appropriate emergency services. A person may use an external agency or protected channel without first completing an internal report when the law allows.

Review, corrective action and legal consequences

When Dorcet reasonably suspects misconduct, breach, rights violations, fraud, security compromise or unlawful activity, it may preserve relevant evidence, restrict data or system access, pause affected work or payments only to the extent lawfully disputed, interview relevant people, request an explanation, consult professional advisers and notify affected clients, platforms, insurers or authorities when legally required or reasonably appropriate. Reviews will be based on available facts and proportionate to the risk. A temporary protective step is not a predetermined finding of fault.

(US WORKERS ONLY) Any pause of affected payments applies solely to non-wage amounts subject to a good-faith, legally permissible dispute. It never includes earned employee wages, required minimum-wage or overtime compensation, or final pay that is due or overdue under applicable federal, state or local law. Those protected amounts will be paid by the deadline governing the employee’s work location, regardless of any separate investigation, allegation or contractual dispute.

When a supported finding establishes a material breach or unlawful conduct, Dorcet will implement proportionate contractual or legal consequences permitted by the controlling agreement and applicable law. Depending on severity, history, contract and law, consequences may include coaching, retraining, correction, removal of unauthorized material, a written warning, access limits, reassignment, suspension, nonrenewal or termination. For a material breach, misuse of confidential information, infringement, fraud, theft, unlawful account access, deliberate data compromise or other actionable conduct, Dorcet may enforce its signed agreements and pursue available civil remedies, including injunctive relief, return or preservation of property, recovery of proven damages, contractual indemnity, arbitration or court proceedings, and recoverable fees or costs where the agreement or law permits. Credible suspected criminal conduct may be reported to the competent authorities, which—not Dorcet—determine criminal charges or penalties.

Enforcement will not include unlawful retaliation, discrimination, coercive threats, predetermined penalties, confiscation of personal property or forfeiture of earned wages. Dorcet will not describe an allegation as proven before a fair review appropriate to the circumstances. Nothing in this sheet creates a remedy unavailable under the controlling contract or law, and nothing limits a worker’s legally protected defense, complaint, appeal, collective right or access to an agency or court.

Resignation, termination and offboarding

The governing documents will state whether the relationship is at will where legally permitted, for a fixed term, project-based or terminable only on specified notice or grounds. No public statement creates at-will status where the law or a signed agreement provides otherwise. A worker may resign and Dorcet may end or decline to renew a relationship in accordance with the applicable document and mandatory law. Required consultation, notice, severance, accrued leave, final-pay deadlines, protected leave, mass-layoff or closing notice and anti-retaliation rules remain in effect.

An abrupt departure does not erase continuing lawful duties concerning confidentiality, trade secrets, intellectual property, account security, records, property, transition assistance or dispute resolution. If a worker abandons a fixed-term commitment or otherwise commits a material contractual breach, Dorcet may document the breach, demand cure where required and pursue the proportionate civil remedies authorized by the signed agreement and governing law. It will not automatically treat departure as criminal conduct or withhold earned compensation as punishment. Conversely, Dorcet remains responsible for its own payment and contractual obligations through the end of the relationship.

Offboarding may include a documented handoff, immediate revocation of business access, return of devices and keys, transfer of authorized files and account administration, deletion or return of protected information, a final expense or time submission, confirmation of continuing obligations and legally required notices. Dorcet may preserve a limited copy where required for tax, payment, safety, investigation, litigation hold or other lawful purpose. References and public statements should be accurate, authorized and consistent with privacy and non-retaliation duties.

Local law, updates and no employment promise

Employment law varies materially across countries and across U.S. states and municipalities. The law of the place of work, a collective agreement, a works council process or another mandatory rule may provide more protective standards than this sheet. Those standards control to the extent required. If one provision is unlawful or unenforceable, Dorcet intends the remaining provisions to continue only to the extent legally permitted and the affected provision to be limited rather than expanded beyond lawful bounds.

This sheet is a public transparency statement, not an offer, contract of employment, guarantee of selection, promise of sponsorship, handbook or substitute for location-specific advice. Dorcet will update it when its actual hiring structure, vendors or legal obligations change and will provide separate notice or obtain agreement where a material change legally requires it. Dorcet will obtain location-specific legal review as its hiring or engagement footprint expands into jurisdictions with materially different requirements.

Why web technologies are used

Websites use cookies, local storage, server logs, scripts and similar technologies to deliver pages, remember a visitor's choice, process a form, protect against abuse and understand whether systems work. Optional analytics or advertising technologies can also measure performance or tailor campaigns, but those purposes should not be treated as “necessary” when they are not.

Verified browser-facing position. On September 15, 2026, a clean initial load of dorcet.co set no browser cookie or local-storage entry and showed no client-side advertising pixel or optional analytics tag. The site stores an English or Spanish language choice in first-party local storage only after a visitor makes or confirms that choice; Dorcet does not use that preference as an advertising identifier.

Website delivery, form and communications providers may create ordinary server, access, diagnostic and security records involving information such as an IP address, requested page, browser or device information, request time and service status. Those provider-side records are different from a cookie placed in a visitor's browser and are handled under the retention, security and provider-control rules in Sections 04.06 and 09.04.

Because no non-essential browser cookie or comparable tracking technology was observed, the site does not currently display a cookie-consent banner. If Dorcet later enables a non-essential cookie, personalization feature, advertising pixel, audience tool or cross-site measurement on dorcet.co, it will update this inventory before activation and provide any notice, consent or opt-out control required by applicable law.

Current site inventory

Browser controls, DNT and GPC

Visitors can clear local storage through browser settings; doing so may reset a saved language choice. Browsers also offer cookie controls. “Do Not Track” is a separate browser signal without one uniform industry response. Because the inspected website contains no cross-site advertising or client-side analytics tag, DNT does not change the observed site experience.

Global Privacy Control may be a legally operative opt-out of sale or sharing for covered businesses. Dorcet must not treat DNT and GPC as identical. If a production practice is subject to GPC or another qualifying universal opt-out mechanism, Dorcet will process it as required and describe the result here.

Forms, logs, provider controls and deletion

Form submissions are not browser cookies. Public forms are processed and stored through Netlify Forms, and related notifications pass through Hostinger's business-email service. Submitted content and associated technical information may therefore exist in a form record, a business-email message or attachment, and an authorized working copy. Each active copy remains part of the same record and follows the applicable category period in Section 04.06. Provider security logs, caches and isolated backups may separately follow documented provider cycles or mandatory preservation requirements. Clearing a browser does not delete a server-side form, message or provider record.

Dorcet's deletion workflow requires the responsible personnel to identify the active locations in which a covered record is reasonably expected to exist, delete or securely de-identify eligible active copies, revoke access that is no longer required and record the completion date and any lawful exception. Dorcet will use the settings, administrator controls, contractual rights and support procedures reasonably available within an approved service to request deletion, restriction or return of a provider-controlled copy. Dorcet will maintain a provider and records map identifying the relevant system, purpose, authorized recipients, retention trigger, responsible function, deletion method and backup treatment.

Agreements with providers that receive protected information or creative material will define, as appropriate, the authorized purpose and data, confidentiality, safeguards, security-incident notice, subprocessor controls, Dorcet's instruction rights and the return or deletion process. Each engagement-specific agreement, statement of work, data-processing addendum or provider schedule will assign a definite deadline for returning or deleting covered information after completion, termination or Dorcet's written instruction. If that document is silent, Section 04.06 governs Dorcet's active copy.

A provider processing information on Dorcet's behalf may retain a limited copy when law, a documented legal hold, a security requirement or its documented backup cycle requires it. Dorcet will require that copy to remain protected from ordinary use and be deleted or de-identified when the exception or applicable cycle ends, to the extent Dorcet's contract and applicable law permit. An independently operated social or publishing platform may instead retain information under its own terms, legal obligations and documented practices. Dorcet cannot guarantee immediate erasure from infrastructure it does not control, but it will remove Dorcet-controlled access and active copies, exercise available account controls and privacy rights, submit appropriate provider or platform requests, and seek deletion confirmation or other reasonable evidence where the risk, law and relationship justify it.

Promotional platforms, outside tools and future changes

Dorcet personnel, contractors and engagement teams may not introduce an unapproved outside tool that will receive client, creator, applicant or visitor information or protected creative material. Before approval, Dorcet will assess the tool’s purpose, data fields, trigger, recipients, access, processing locations, subprocessors, safeguards, lifespan, server retention, deletion capability, state-law classification and response to consent choices.

Active campaign-vendor category. Dorcet’s active external campaign vendors are social-media advertising platforms actually selected and authorized for a particular engagement. Dorcet’s illustrative capability roster may include Meta Ads for Facebook and Instagram, Reddit Ads, Google Ads and YouTube, TikTok for Business, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Snapchat Ads, Pinterest Ads and X Ads. Dorcet may also use WhatsApp or another specifically approved social, creator, messaging, advertising or publishing platform to communicate, administer authorized accounts, distribute approved content, place or measure campaigns and perform contracted services.

A named platform becomes active only when Dorcet selects it for the engagement and records its identity and role in the applicable contract, statement of work, data-processing addendum, campaign schedule or provider schedule. The platform roster is not a claim that every listed platform is active, receives information or is embedded on dorcet.co. These independently operated platforms may collect, combine, retain or disclose information under their own terms and privacy notices and may act as independent businesses or controllers for some activities. Dorcet will disclose only information reasonably necessary and authorized for the engagement, apply available privacy and account controls, and remove Dorcet-controlled access or content when the applicable agreement, request or law requires it. A platform’s independent retention, legal-preservation and backup practices may continue after Dorcet removes its own active copy.

A public-site tag, pixel, software development kit, session-replay tool, analytics service or advertising integration will be added to Section 09.02 and any legally required public notice before activation. Merely maintaining or using a Dorcet account on an external platform does not mean that the platform places a cookie on dorcet.co; an embedded widget, software integration or advertising tag will be separately disclosed if activated. Contract notice alone does not replace public disclosure, consent or opt-out rights. Material changes will receive an updated date and additional notice or choice when required.