Terms of Use

Effective date: 29 March 2026
Last updated: 29 March 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern access to and use of the EviWrite website, public pages, verification surfaces, public ledger surfaces, public materials, and any related services, content, tools, marks, or outputs made available by EviWrite ("EviWrite", "we", "us", or "our").

By accessing or using this site or any public EviWrite surface, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, you must not use the site or any EviWrite service, material, or mark.

1. Who and what EviWrite is

EviWrite is an independent evidential and verification service. It operates as an authority layer for digital evidencing, blockchain anchoring, receipt issuance, and verification interpretation.

EviWrite does not operate as a general cloud storage provider, content hosting provider, or public consumer upload platform.

EviWrite’s role is limited and specific. EviWrite may receive, process, store, and surface evidential records, cryptographic fingerprints, hashes, metadata, timestamps, chain-related records, receipt data, verification states, and related operational logs supplied through authorised channels.

EviWrite does not accept direct public end-user anchoring submissions unless expressly stated by us in writing on an official EviWrite surface.

2. Scope of these Terms

These Terms apply to:

• the public website and its pages;
• public verification pages and public ledger surfaces;
• public or semi-public interpretation surfaces;
• resources, insights, legal materials, and other public materials published by EviWrite;
• communications sent to EviWrite through public channels;
• any use of EviWrite names, marks, badges, references, or official status indicators.

These Terms do not replace any separate written agreement governing:

• authorised partner or licensee use;
• enterprise or institutional service arrangements;
• API, integration, or verification contracts;
• private operational, compliance, or audit obligations;
• signed commercial agreements with EviWrite.

Where a separate written agreement exists, that agreement controls to the extent of any conflict.

3. Eligibility and permitted use

You may use the site and public materials only for lawful purposes and only in a way consistent with these Terms.

You must not:

• use the site in breach of any applicable law or regulation;
• interfere with, disrupt, probe, reverse engineer, scrape at scale, abuse, overload, or compromise the site or any service;
• misrepresent your identity, authority, status, or affiliation;
• use EviWrite materials, outputs, verification states, or public records in a misleading, deceptive, defamatory, fraudulent, or unlawful way;
• imply approval, authorisation, evidential coverage, or certification where none exists;
• attempt to bypass access controls, technical restrictions, rate limits, or security measures;
• use the site or public materials to build a competing service or evidential interpretation layer without our written permission.

We may suspend, block, restrict, or terminate access at any time where we reasonably consider use to be unlawful, abusive, misleading, insecure, or inconsistent with EviWrite’s role.

4. No direct end-user anchoring relationship through this public site

EviWrite does not hold itself out on this public site as contracting directly with every underlying end user whose work may ultimately be evidenced through an authorised channel.

Where an anchoring, evidencing, or verification workflow is initiated through an authorised institution, licensed channel, or third-party provider, that submission relationship is governed primarily by the relevant authorised provider’s own terms, notices, and operational process, together with any applicable agreement between that provider and EviWrite.

Nothing on this public site creates a direct storage, custody, hosting, advisory, or evidencing contract between EviWrite and every underlying end user unless EviWrite expressly states otherwise in writing.

5. Nature of EviWrite records and data handling

EviWrite’s service is designed around evidential records, not content hosting.

Unless expressly stated otherwise in writing by EviWrite, EviWrite does not store the full file contents of customer files and does not operate as a repository for users’ underlying creative or operational content.

EviWrite generally stores only such data as is necessary for its evidential and verification role, including for example:

• hashes, fingerprints, or other non-file-content evidential representations;
• timestamps and blockchain-related anchoring data;
• receipt records and verification states;
• limited metadata or identifiers supplied through authorised channels;
• operational, integrity, audit, security, and service logs;
• limited contact or account information where supplied by authorised institutions or partners and required for service administration.

EviWrite does not undertake to collect, verify, store, or maintain complete personal profiles of underlying end users and does not promise that any third party has supplied us with full, accurate, or up-to-date identifying information.

6. Source of submitted data

EviWrite relies on data submitted by authorised institutions, licensed partners, and other approved third parties.

You acknowledge and agree that:

• EviWrite may depend on data supplied to it by others;
• EviWrite may not independently verify every factual assertion, identity claim, entitlement claim, or contextual claim associated with submitted records;
• EviWrite’s records, states, and verification outputs reflect the evidential and operational meaning defined by EviWrite’s systems and published interpretation model, not a universal guarantee of every external fact someone may wish to infer from them;
• EviWrite is not responsible for inaccuracies, omissions, false submissions, unlawful submissions, or incomplete contextual information supplied by third parties.

7. Records, verification states, and what they do and do not mean

EviWrite records, evidential outputs, and verification states must be read according to their stated definition on official EviWrite pages.

They are not to be treated as:

• a judicial ruling;
• a legal opinion;
• a guarantee of ownership;
• a guarantee of originality in every sense;
• a guarantee of non-infringement;
• a guarantee that no competing evidence exists;
• a substitute for legal, regulatory, procurement, or security review;
• proof of every fact a user, partner, or third party may wish to attach to a file or event.

They are evidential and interpretive outputs within EviWrite’s defined system. Their meaning is bounded. Any interpretation beyond those stated bounds is at the user’s own risk.

8. Verification service limitations

Public verification surfaces are provided to help users interpret whether a page, record, mark, or verification reference corresponds to an official EviWrite record or state.

Verification results may depend on:

• the completeness and integrity of submitted data;
• matching logic and identifiers available at the time of the check;
• system availability;
• chain availability or third-party infrastructure availability;
• the current state of the record and any applicable supersession, archival, mismatch, or invalidation status.

EviWrite does not guarantee uninterrupted verification availability or that every page, mark, or claim presented to the public can be resolved successfully at all times.

9. Resources, insights, legal materials, and public materials

All resources, insights, legal materials, and similar public materials are provided for general informational, explanatory, and operational reference purposes only.

They are not legal advice, regulatory advice, compliance advice, procurement advice, security advice, tax advice, accounting advice, litigation advice, or professional advice of any kind.

They are not tailored to your facts, your matter, your jurisdiction, your risk posture, or your evidential burden.

You must not rely on public materials as a substitute for independent professional advice or case-specific review. To the fullest extent permitted by law, EviWrite disclaims liability for reliance on any public material, whether or not such material is described as guidance, policy, explanation, or best practice.

10. Intellectual property rights

Unless otherwise stated, all content, structure, wording, design, branding, documentation, databases, page layouts, site text, graphics, logos, service marks, verification surfaces, and public materials on this site are owned by EviWrite or its licensors and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may view and use the site and public materials for lawful internal reference, evaluation, and informational use only.

You must not, without our prior written consent:

• reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, licence, or exploit site content commercially;
• frame, mirror, or systematically harvest site content;
• modify or create derivative works from EviWrite materials in a misleading way;
• remove proprietary notices or attribution;
• present EviWrite materials as your own or as neutral public-domain materials.

11. EviWrite name, badges, marks, and the circled e

The names EviWrite, associated logos, certification indicators, badges, verification marks, and related brand assets are proprietary to EviWrite unless expressly stated otherwise.

The circled e symbol or related EviWrite evidencing / certification mark may be used only where EviWrite has expressly authorised that use.

Unauthorised use of the circled e symbol, EviWrite certification references, or any similar device is prohibited where it suggests, implies, or is capable of implying:

• approval by EviWrite;
• official evidencing by EviWrite;
• authorised partner status;
• valid certification;
• valid record linkage;
• official verification or protected status.

Any unauthorised use of the circled e symbol or any imitation, variant, or misleading approximation must not be treated as an act, statement, assurance, or responsibility of EviWrite.

EviWrite is not responsible for third parties who misuse, counterfeit, imitate, or falsely display EviWrite marks, badges, or symbols.

12. Authorised partners and licensed use

Certain use of EviWrite services, systems, badges, marks, workflows, and outputs may be permitted only through authorised licensed institutions, private service channels, or other approved arrangements.

Such use is separately governed and may be subject to:

• conformance with EviWrite standards and operating requirements;
• security, audit, evidential, and compliance obligations;
• badge display and linking rules;
• verification page requirements;
• technical integration requirements;
• inspection, remediation, and audit rights;
• suspension, restriction, or revocation at EviWrite’s discretion;
• immediate cessation obligations on termination.

Nothing in these public Terms grants any person a licence, channel right, certification status, integration right, badge right, or authorised-partner status.

13. Monitoring, security, and enforcement

EviWrite may monitor, log, inspect, filter, rate-limit, block, preserve, review, or disclose activity on the site to the extent reasonably necessary to:

• maintain system integrity;
• investigate misuse or suspected misuse;
• protect evidential integrity;
• protect users, partners, and systems;
• comply with law, regulation, court order, or lawful request;
• enforce these Terms or any related agreement.

You must not test or attack the security of the site without our explicit written permission.

14. Availability, changes, and withdrawal

EviWrite may modify, suspend, withdraw, replace, or discontinue any part of the site, any public material, any route, any verification surface, any public record display, any interpretive text, or any feature at any time and without liability.

We may also update these Terms from time to time. The updated version takes effect when posted unless a later date is stated.

15. Third-party services and external links

The site may reference or rely on third-party infrastructure, services, chains, providers, repositories, or websites.

EviWrite is not responsible for third-party content, availability, policies, failures, outages, actions, or omissions. Inclusion of a link or reference does not imply endorsement.

16. Privacy and data protection

Use of the site is also subject to EviWrite’s privacy documentation where published.

Without limiting that documentation, you acknowledge that EviWrite’s public role is deliberately narrow and that it generally does not store full underlying file contents or broad personal dossiers of end users unless specifically required and expressly stated.

17. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law:

• the site and all public materials are provided "as is" and "as available";
• EviWrite makes no warranty that the site, materials, or verification surfaces will be uninterrupted, complete, accurate, current, secure, or error-free;
• EviWrite disclaims all implied warranties, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement;
• EviWrite does not warrant that public materials are suitable for your legal, technical, evidential, regulatory, or commercial purposes;
• EviWrite does not warrant that a verification state or evidential output will satisfy every evidential burden in every forum, context, or jurisdiction.

18. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, EviWrite shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive loss or damage, including loss of profit, loss of opportunity, loss of goodwill, loss of data, loss of business, reputational harm, procurement delay, regulatory exposure, or evidential disadvantage arising out of or in connection with:

• use of, or inability to use, the site;
• use of or reliance on public materials;
• interpretation or misuse of verification states, badges, or marks;
• unauthorised third-party submissions or false claims;
• misuse of the circled e symbol or counterfeit certification claims;
• outages, interruptions, inaccuracies, delays, or infrastructure failures;
• suspension or termination of access.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, EviWrite’s aggregate liability arising under or in connection with these Terms shall not exceed one hundred pounds sterling (£100) or the minimum amount required by law, whichever is greater.

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

19. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless EviWrite, its officers, directors, personnel, contractors, licensors, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with:

• your breach of these Terms;
• your misuse of the site, materials, states, or marks;
• your unlawful, misleading, or infringing conduct;
• your false implication of EviWrite approval, certification, or authorisation.

20. Suspension and termination

EviWrite may suspend or terminate access to any part of the site or any related service immediately, with or without notice, where we consider that:

• these Terms have been breached;
• use is unlawful, abusive, deceptive, hostile, or technically harmful;
• continued access creates legal, security, evidential, or reputational risk;
• suspension is required for operational, investigative, or compliance reasons.

Termination or suspension does not affect rights or obligations accrued before the date of suspension or termination.

21. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms and any non-contractual disputes arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by the laws of Scotland.

The courts of Scotland shall have exclusive jurisdiction, except where mandatory law requires otherwise.

22. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

23. No waiver

Any failure or delay by EviWrite to exercise any right or remedy shall not operate as a waiver of that right or remedy.

24. Entire agreement for public site use

These Terms, together with any referenced legal notices published by EviWrite, constitute the entire agreement between you and EviWrite regarding your use of the public site and public surfaces, unless a separate written agreement applies.

25. Contact

For questions regarding these Terms, contact:

EviWrite
Email: contact@eviwrite.com

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Important notice on interpretation

EviWrite exists to strengthen evidential clarity, not to erase uncertainty altogether. A record or verification result should be read for what it formally says within EviWrite’s published system, and not for what a user, opponent, marketer, or third party wishes it said.