These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the websites, publications, signals, intelligence briefs, assessments, and platforms operated by GRandC Consulting LLC (“GRandC”, “we”, “us”), including grandcconsulting.com and GRandCIndex (together, the “Services”).

By accessing or using the Services you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.

The Services are intended for institutional, professional, and organisational audiences. You confirm that you are at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction and that you have authority to accept these Terms on behalf of any organisation you represent.

GRandC grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access the Services and to read GRandC outputs for your internal evaluation, research, and professional reference.

You must not:

• Copy, redistribute, republish, sell, sublicense, or commercially exploit any GRandC output, publication, signal, brief, assessment, score, methodology, or interface element, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission.
• Scrape, crawl, harvest, or otherwise extract data at scale, or use automated means to access the Services beyond ordinary browsing.
• Use any GRandC content — including signals, briefs, scores, and methodologies — to train, fine-tune, or evaluate machine-learning models without our prior written permission.
• Frame, white-label, mirror, or otherwise present the Services as your own.
• Interfere with, disrupt, or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Services or any related systems.
• Use the Services in violation of applicable law or in a manner that could expose GRandC or its clients to liability.

All content on the Services — including text, methodologies, frame­ works, taxonomies, indices, scores, briefs, assessments, data structures, source code, design, trademarks, and the GRandC and GRandCIndex names and marks — is owned by or licensed to GRandC and is protected by intellectual property laws.

No rights are granted to you by implication or estoppel. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by GRandC and its licensors.

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You grant GRandC a worldwide, royalty-free licence to use your submission for the purpose of responding to you, delivering requested materials, maintaining institutional records, and improving the Services.

The Services may link to third-party websites, sources, or content. These links are provided for convenience only. GRandC does not endorse and is not responsible for third-party websites, sources, or content, and your use of them is at your own risk.

GRandCIndex provides cross-jurisdictional governance signal intelligence, intelligence briefs, governance assessments, and readiness scores for AI-enabled systems. The following provisions apply to all GRandCIndex outputs and to any related publication, brief, or assessment delivered through the Services:

• Signals are informational. They are observations and indicators drawn from public, regulatory, market, and standards environments, intended to support institutional awareness.
• Intelligence briefs are informational. They synthesise signals and context into structured commentary; they are not advice, opinions, or instructions.
• Governance assessments are advisory. They are structured professional observations on governance posture; they are not audits, attestations, or assurance opinions.
• Readiness scores are indicators, not certifications. They are not accreditations, audit opinions, conformity assessments, regulatory approvals, or assurance statements, and they must not be presented as such to any third party.
• Regulatory observations are not legal opinions. References to laws, regulations, standards, or enforcement activity are general commentary and do not constitute legal, regulatory, or compliance advice.
• Users remain responsible for independent verification and decision-making. You are responsible for obtaining your own legal, regulatory, compliance, financial, and technical advice and for any decision you take based on GRandC outputs.

See also our Website Disclaimer.

The Services do not provide legal, regulatory, compliance, financial, investment, tax, or accounting advice. Content is for general informational and advisory purposes only.

GRandC does not certify, accredit, audit, or assure regulatory compliance of any third party. No attorney–client, advisor–client, fiduciary, or consultancy relationship is created by your access to or use of the Services.

The Services and all content are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, currentness, or uninterrupted availability. GRandC does not warrant that the Services will be error-free or that defects will be corrected.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, GRandC and its officers, employees, contractors, and licensors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunity, arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the aggregate liability of GRandC arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms is limited to the greater of (a) the fees paid by you to GRandC for the Services in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) USD 100.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by applicable law.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless GRandC Consulting LLC and its officers, employees, contractors, and licensors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to your misuse of the Services, your breach of these Terms, your submissions, or your infringement of any third-party right.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including suspected breach of these Terms. Provisions which by their nature should survive termination (including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity, and governing law) will survive.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

Subject to the informal-resolution paragraph below, any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Services will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of those courts.

Informal resolution first. Before filing any formal action, you agree to contact us at legal@grandcconsulting.com and attempt to resolve the dispute in good faith for at least 30 days.

Class-action waiver. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each party may bring claims against the other only in its individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.

The Services are operated from the United States. If you access the Services from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. Content on the Services is not directed to any jurisdiction where its distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation.

Entire agreement. These Terms (with documents they incorporate by reference, including our Privacy Policy and Website Disclaimer) constitute the entire agreement between you and GRandC concerning the Services.

Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force.

No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.

Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign them to an affiliate or in connection with a corporate transaction.

Force majeure. Neither party is liable for delay or failure to perform due to events beyond its reasonable control.

Changes. We may update these Terms from time to time; the “Effective” date above indicates the current version. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.

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