Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the compliancescan.com website, the free compliance readiness scan, and any paid services provided by ComplianceScan ("ComplianceScan," "we," "us," or "our"). Please read them carefully. By using the site or requesting a scan, you agree to these Terms.

1. Acceptance of these terms

By accessing this website, submitting the readiness-scan form, or engaging our services, you confirm that you are authorized to act on behalf of the business you represent and that you accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the site or our services.

2. What we provide

ComplianceScan offers a layered set of services:

• Free Compliance Readiness Scan — a high-level review that identifies likely gaps and recommended next steps, with an initial response typically within 24 hours.
• Readiness Snapshot — a paid, structured gap analysis with a prioritized action plan and a walkthrough call.
• Audit Prep + Remediation — a paid, project-based engagement covering control review, policy development, risk register work, and audit preparation.

The specific scope, deliverables, price, and timeline of any paid engagement are defined in a separate proposal, statement of work, or written agreement. If those documents conflict with these Terms, the signed engagement documents control for that engagement.

3. Not legal advice, certification, or a formal audit

Frameworks referenced on this site — including HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, CMMC, NIST CSF, GDPR, CCPA, and NY SHIELD — are complex and fact-specific. For legal determinations, formal certification, or an official audit opinion, you should engage qualified legal counsel and an accredited auditor or assessor. We can help you prepare for those engagements, but we do not replace them.

4. No guarantee of compliance or outcomes

Our services are designed to help you understand and improve your compliance posture, but we cannot and do not guarantee any particular result — including that you will pass an audit, achieve certification, avoid enforcement action, avoid litigation, or prevent a security incident. Compliance depends on many factors within your control, and outcomes ultimately rest with your business and its chosen assessors and regulators.

5. Your responsibilities

To get accurate results, you agree to:

• Provide accurate, complete, and current information
• Have the authority to share any information you provide to us
• Use our deliverables for your own business and not resell or redistribute them except as expressly agreed in writing
• Make your own decisions about how to act on our recommendations, using appropriate professional advisors
• Use the site and services lawfully and not attempt to disrupt, probe, or misuse them

6. Fees and payment

The readiness scan is free. Paid services are quoted in advance, and price ranges shown on this site are estimates — final pricing is confirmed in your engagement documents. Unless otherwise stated in writing, invoices are due on the terms set out in your proposal, fees are exclusive of applicable taxes, and paid work begins after acceptance and any required deposit. Fees for services already performed are non-refundable except where required by law or expressly agreed.

7. Intellectual property

The website, its design, text, graphics, and the templates, methodologies, and frameworks we use remain the property of ComplianceScan and its licensors. Upon full payment for a paid engagement, you receive the deliverables prepared specifically for you and may use them for your internal business purposes. You may not copy, resell, or publicly redistribute our proprietary materials without our written permission. You retain ownership of the information and materials you provide to us.

8. Confidentiality

Each party agrees to protect the other's non-public information disclosed in connection with the services and to use it only to perform or receive those services. This does not apply to information that is public, already known, independently developed, or required to be disclosed by law. We handle your information as described in our Privacy Policy.

9. Disclaimer of warranties

The website and the free scan are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure. Warranties for paid engagements, if any, are stated in the applicable engagement documents.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, ComplianceScan and its owners, employees, and contractors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising out of or related to your use of the site or our services. To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or related to the services will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid us for the specific service giving rise to the claim, or one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100) for use of the free scan or website. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of these may not apply to you.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless ComplianceScan and its owners, employees, and contractors from any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your misuse of the site or services, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or third-party right.

12. Third-party services and links

Our site and services may reference or link to third-party tools, platforms, or resources (for example, compliance-automation platforms). We do not control those third parties and are not responsible for their content, availability, or practices. Any partner or referral relationships we may have will be disclosed where relevant, and your dealings with any third party are solely between you and that third party.

13. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. You agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or our services will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Michigan, and you consent to their jurisdiction — except where applicable consumer-protection law grants you the right to bring a claim in your home jurisdiction.

14. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above. Your continued use of the site or services after an update means you accept the revised Terms.

See also our Privacy Policy.