Rules of the Referral Program of the “Virola” Service

1. Status of the document and general provisions

1.1. These Referral Program Rules (the “Rules”) define the conditions of user participation in the referral program of the “Virola” online service located at virola.pro (the “Service”), operated by the Administration of the “Virola” Service ([Operator's details to be inserted]) (the “Operator”).

1.2. As of the publication date of these Rules, the Referral Program (the “Program”) is being prepared for launch and is not in effect. The conditions below describe the future mechanics of the Program and take effect from the official launch date, of which the Operator will notify users on the Service. Until the launch, referral links, rewards and bonuses are not credited, and any mentions of the Program in the interface are for information only.

1.3. These Rules are an integral part of the Service's User Agreement (offer). Participation in the Program constitutes the user's full and unconditional agreement with these Rules (Article 438 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).

1.4. The Program is an incentive event not based on risk and is not a lottery or a game of chance. Participation in the Program is free of charge and does not require payment for the mere fact of participation.

1.5. Rewards and bonuses under the Program are credited exclusively in the Service's internal unit of account — tokens — and are not money, electronic money or securities. Tokens cannot be exchanged for money or withdrawn, and are used only to pay for generations and other operations within the Service in accordance with the terms of the offer.

2. Terms and definitions

2.1. For the purposes of these Rules, the following terms apply:

• “Referrer” — a registered user of the Service participating in the Program and inviting new users via their personal referral link.
• “Referral” — a new user who registered in the Service for the first time via the Referrer's referral link and did not previously have an account in the Service.
• “Referral link” — a unique personal web address (or promo code) assigned to the Referrer that allows the Service to identify the fact of inviting a new user.
• “Tokens” — the Service's internal unit of account, spent by the user on video generation and other operations; the procedure for their use is established by the Service's offer.
• “Reward” — tokens credited to the Referrer for an invited Referral upon fulfillment of the conditions of these Rules.
• “Welcome bonus” — tokens credited to the Referral for registering via a referral link upon fulfillment of the conditions of these Rules.
• “Qualifying action” — the Referral's payment for any token package on the Service, entitling the Referrer to a Reward.
• “Account area” — the section of the Service available to the user after signing in, showing the referral link, invitation statistics and the token balance.

3. Conditions of participation

3.1. A legally capable natural person aged 18 or over who has a verified account on the Service and has accepted the terms of the offer and these Rules may become a Program participant with the status of Referrer.

3.2. No separate registration is required to participate: after the Program launches, a personal referral link becomes available to every registered user automatically in the Account area.

3.3. Only a new user who was not registered in the Service at the moment of following the referral link and did not previously have an account may become a Referral. Re-registration of a person who has already used the Service does not entitle anyone to the Welcome bonus or the Reward.

3.4. One user may have only one account and one referral link. A Referrer cannot act as a Referral via their own link.

3.5. By participating in the Program, the Referrer undertakes to distribute the referral link in good faith, without misleading the invited persons, without spam or mailings that violate the legislation of the Russian Federation, including Federal Law No. 149-FZ of 27.07.2006 “On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection” and Federal Law No. 38-FZ of 13.03.2006 “On Advertising”.

3.6. The Referrer may not create websites, pages, accounts or advertising materials that use the Service's business name, trademarks or other designations in a way that misleads others into believing that the Referrer acts on behalf of the Operator.

4. How the Program works

4.1. After the Program launches, the Referrer receives a personal referral link in the Account area and may share it with others by any lawful means.

4.2. When a new user follows the referral link and registers on the Service, the system records the “Referrer — Referral” relationship. The relationship is fixed at the moment of the Referral's first registration and cannot subsequently be reassigned to another Referrer.

4.3. Upon registering via a referral link, the Referral is credited with a Welcome bonus in tokens allowing them to explore the Service's capabilities. The Welcome bonus is credited once and is not combined with other welcome credits of the Service, unless the Operator expressly states otherwise.

4.4. The Referrer receives a Reward in tokens for each invited Referral who performs a Qualifying action — pays for any token package on the Service. The Referral's free use of the Service does not by itself entitle the Referrer to a Reward.

4.5. The Reward and the Welcome bonus are credited to the balances of the respective users automatically after confirmation that the conditions have been met and the payment has been successfully processed (taking into account the payment cancellation/refund period).

5. Reward amount and crediting procedure

5.1. The amount of the Referrer's Reward and of the Referral's Welcome bonus are set by the Operator and published on the Program page and/or in the Account area on the launch date. The values in effect at the moment the Referral performs the Qualifying action apply.

5.2. By default (unless the Operator announces otherwise on the launch date), the following indicative parameters apply, which the Operator may adjust at launch: the Referral's Welcome bonus — tokens equivalent to one free video generation; the Referrer's Reward — a fixed number of tokens for each Referral who performed a Qualifying action.

5.3. The Reward is credited to the Referrer after the Referral's payment is deemed completed and the period during which a refund is possible has expired. If the Referral's payment was refunded (including for a failed generation under the offer) or canceled, the corresponding Reward is not credited, and a previously credited one is revoked.

5.4. Tokens credited under the Program are shown in the user's balance and are spent in the general manner established by the offer. Program tokens cannot be exchanged for money, transferred to other users or withdrawn from the Service.

5.5. The Operator may set crediting limits: a maximum number of Referrals and/or a maximum Reward volume per calendar period per Referrer. The current limits are published on the Program page.

5.6. The Operator may set an expiry period for credited bonus tokens. Where such a period exists, it is stated on the Program page; upon its expiry, unused bonus tokens are revoked without compensation.

6. Limitations and prohibition of abuse

6.1. Any bad-faith behavior aimed at obtaining the Reward or the Welcome bonus in circumvention of these Rules is prohibited when participating in the Program, including:

• self-invitation — the Referrer registering as their own Referral, or inviting themselves under different details;
• creating and using multiple, fake or technical accounts (multi-accounting), including with identical or substituted payment methods, devices, IP addresses or contact details;
• artificially inflating invitations, using bots, automated scripts, mass registration services and similar tools;
• paying for Qualifying actions with the intention of subsequently canceling/refunding them to obtain the Reward (fraud, circular schemes, payment “carousels”);
• misleading the invited persons, spam mailings, or distributing the referral link in ways that violate the legislation of the Russian Federation or the rules of the hosting platforms;
• any other actions showing signs of fraud, bad-faith exploitation of the Program or causing damage to the Operator.

7. Consequences of violations

7.1. Upon detecting signs of the violations specified in section 6 of these Rules, the Operator may, without prior notice: suspend crediting, revoke (deduct) Rewards and Welcome bonuses credited under the Program, refuse further participation in the Program, and block the respective accounts in the manner provided for by the offer.

7.2. Both the bonus tokens themselves and the results of their use, to the extent obtained as a result of the violation, are subject to revocation. Services already rendered by the Service are not recalculated in the violator's favor.

7.3. The decision on the presence of signs of abuse is made by the Operator based on the technical and accounting data available to it. The user may send reasoned objections to admin@hcohoco.com; the Operator reviews the appeal within a reasonable time.

7.4. Applying the measures provided for in this section does not deprive the Operator of the right to compensation for damages caused, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

8. Personal data

8.1. Participation in the Program involves the processing of users' personal data (of the Referrer and the Referral) to the extent necessary to identify invitations and credit the Reward. Processing is carried out in accordance with Federal Law No. 152-FZ of 27.07.2006 “On Personal Data” and the Service's Privacy Policy.

8.2. By distributing the referral link, the Referrer does not transfer third parties' personal data to the Operator; the Referral's personal data is provided by the Referral themselves when registering on the Service under the terms set out in the Privacy Policy.

8.3. The Operator acts as the personal data operator ([Operator's details to be inserted]) and ensures data protection when processing for the purposes of the Program's operation.

9. Tax disclaimers

9.1. The Reward and the Welcome bonus are provided in the Service's internal unit of account (tokens) and constitute a discount/bonus on payment for the Service's services. Tokens are not monetary income and are not paid out to the user in monetary form.

9.2. Obligations to calculate and pay taxes, if any arise for the user in connection with receiving a benefit under the Program, are determined by the legislation of the Russian Federation on taxes and levies (the Tax Code of the Russian Federation) and are fulfilled by the user independently.

9.3. Where, under the law, the Operator has the obligations of a tax agent, the Operator fulfills them in the established manner and may request from the user the information necessary for this. Failure to provide such information may be grounds for suspending crediting.

9.4. The Operator does not provide tax advice to users; for such matters, users are advised to consult specialized professionals.

10. Changes to and termination of the Program

10.1. The Operator may at any time unilaterally change the terms of the Program, including the amounts of the Reward and the Welcome bonus, the limits, the list of Qualifying actions and the validity period of bonus tokens, and may suspend or fully terminate the Program.

10.2. Changes take effect from the moment a new version of the Rules is published on the Service, unless another date is specified by the Operator. The current version is always available on the Program page.

10.3. Continued participation in the Program after the publication of changes constitutes the user's agreement with the new version of the Rules. If the user does not agree with the changes, they may stop participating in the Program.

10.4. Termination or suspension of the Program does not affect tokens lawfully credited and not revoked before the moment of termination: they remain available to the user and are spent in the general manner established by the offer, subject to their validity period (if any).

10.5. Participation in the Program does not give the user the right to demand its continuation, extension or future crediting of the Reward; the Program is voluntary and incentive-based in nature.

11. Final provisions and contacts

11.1. The legislation of the Russian Federation applies to the parties' relations under the Program. Matters not regulated by these Rules are governed by the Service's offer, the Privacy Policy and applicable law, including the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and RF Law No. 2300-1 of 07.02.1992 “On Protection of Consumer Rights”.

11.2. If individual provisions of these Rules are held invalid, this does not invalidate the remaining provisions.

11.3. For all matters of participation in the Program, crediting and dispute resolution, the user may contact the Operator at: admin@hcohoco.com. The Operator reviews inquiries within a reasonable time in the manner provided for by the offer and the legislation of the Russian Federation.