Terms of Use

By accessing or using iDharma at idharma.us, or by engaging iDharma for an audit, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, don't use the service. iDharma LLC may update these Terms as described in Changes. Where a signed engagement agreement, statement of work, or data-processing agreement exists between you and iDharma, that agreement governs if it conflicts with these Terms.

• You are 18 years or older and able to enter a binding contract.
• You are not on any US, EU, or UN sanctions list (including OFAC) and not located in a sanctioned jurisdiction.
• Your registration information is accurate and current, and you keep it updated.
• If you accept on behalf of an organization, you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

iDharma is an independent AI-audit company. We assess an AI system against a published methodology across five dimensions — governance, data, fairness, security, and compliance — and deliver a written report. We are independent of the systems we assess: we don't build or sell the AI we audit, and we don't sell the fixes we recommend. The service is described further on What is iDharma and in our Verification Methodology.

• You may need an account to manage an engagement. Keep your credentials secure; you're responsible for activity under your account.
• One account per person; duplicate or shared accounts may be suspended.
• Two-factor authentication is available, and we recommend enabling it.
• Notify connect@idharma.us promptly of any unauthorized access.

• Each audit is scoped with you up front — the systems, dimensions, depth, timeline, and price — and confirmed before work begins.
• You give us the access and materials the agreed scope requires (documentation, model details, logs, prior assessments) and confirm you're authorized to share them.
• An audit is a point-in-time assessment of the system as scoped. Findings reflect the information and access available during the engagement.
• Changes to scope are agreed in writing and may affect timeline and price.

• Audits are offered as fixed-scope tiers, quoted before you commit. Nothing is charged until you approve the scope.
• Payments are processed by Stripe; card details are handled by Stripe, and iDharma does not store full card numbers.
• Fees are stated exclusive of taxes unless noted; you're responsible for applicable taxes.
• Invoices are due as stated on the invoice or in your engagement agreement.

• The systems, data, and materials you provide remain yours. You grant iDharma a limited license to use them solely to perform your audit.
• We handle them in confidence, limit access to what the audit needs, and retain them no longer than necessary. Detail is in our Privacy Policy.
• We never reuse your data to build or train products, and we disclose the subprocessors that can touch it on Security & Compliance — including that audit content is processed by our AI provider to generate a draft.
• You're responsible for having the rights and permissions to share the materials you give us.

• The report we deliver is yours and is confidential to you. We don't publish it, name you as a client, or share your findings without your written consent.
• iDharma retains ownership of its methodology, templates, and know-how. A report may be used within your organization and shared with your advisors, board, customers, or regulators as needed.
• A report is an independent assessment against a published standard. It is not a certification, legal opinion, or guarantee that a system is safe, secure, compliant, or free of defects, and it does not create any warranty. You remain responsible for your own decisions.

We hold ourselves to the standards on our Trust & Safety page: independence from what we assess, confidentiality, evidence-based and honest reporting, and accountability to a published methodology. If a genuine conflict of interest exists, we disclose it or decline the engagement rather than caveat it.

You agree not to:

• Misrepresent your identity, authority, or the systems you submit.
• Use the service to break the law, infringe rights, or post harmful or infringing content.
• Misrepresent, alter, or forge an iDharma report or imply a certification we don't grant.
• Interfere with, reverse-engineer, scrape, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems.

• iDharma owns its methodology, standard, software, content, and marks. Nothing here transfers those to you beyond the limited use of your report described above.
• Your systems, data, and pre-existing materials remain yours.
• You may not use iDharma's name or marks to imply endorsement or certification without our written permission.

The service and any report are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

An iDharma audit is an independent assessment against a published standard. It is not a certification, legal or regulatory opinion, or a guarantee that any system is safe, secure, compliant, or free of defects, and iDharma does not warrant any particular outcome.

Informational tools and estimates. Any calculators or interactive estimators we make available (including the AI ROI Calculator) are provided for general information only. Their outputs are illustrative estimates based on the assumptions shown and the values you enter — not a quote, an appraisal, a guarantee of results, or financial, legal, tax, or professional advice. Actual results vary with your circumstances; you should not rely on them as the basis for any decision, and they are provided “as is,” without warranty of any kind.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, iDharma's total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the service or a report is limited to the fees you paid iDharma for the engagement giving rise to the claim. iDharma is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, or data.

You agree to indemnify and hold iDharma harmless from third-party claims arising out of your breach of these Terms, the systems, data, or content you provide, or your violation of law or third-party rights.

You may close your account or end an engagement as set out in your engagement agreement. iDharma may suspend or terminate access for breach, with notice where feasible. Fees payable for work performed, and the sections on confidentiality, IP, disclaimers, liability, indemnification, dispute resolution, and governing law, survive termination.

The parties will first try to resolve any dispute in good faith. If unresolved within 30 days, the dispute is resolved by binding arbitration administered by JAMS under its applicable rules, seated in Indianapolis, Indiana, on an individual basis, and each party waives any right to participate in a class or representative action.

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   Good-faith resolution · 30 days

   The parties attempt to resolve the dispute directly, in good faith.
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   Binding arbitration · JAMS, Indianapolis

   If unresolved, the dispute proceeds to binding arbitration under JAMS rules, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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   Individual claims only

   Claims are brought individually, not as a class or representative action.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Indiana, USA, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Courts located in Indianapolis, Indiana have jurisdiction over matters not subject to arbitration.

We may update these Terms from time to time. For material changes we'll give reasonable notice by email or on-site notice; continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms. The version and date at the top of this page reflect the current edition.