Legal, Governance & Global Compliance
Developer Terms of Service
Jurisdiction: Washington, District of Columbia (USA) & Global Cross-Border Regimes | Effective Date: September 5, 2026
IMPORTANT BINDING NOTICE TO ALL USERS, DEVELOPERS & INTEGRATORS GLOBALLY:
PLEASE READ THESE DEVELOPER TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING, INTEGRATING, CONSUMING, OR CALLING ANY VERIPULSE LABS APIS, WEBSITES (VERIPULSELABS.COM), DOCUMENTATION, OR ENDPOINTS GLOBALLY (COLLECTIVELY, THE "SERVICES"), YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL PROVISIONS HEREIN, INCLUDING THE MANDATORY HEURISTIC WARRANTY DISCLAIMER (SECTION 2), THE STRICT AGGREGATE MONETARY LIABILITY CAP (SECTION 3), INTERNATIONAL TELECOM AND PRIVACY WARRANTIES (SECTIONS 5 & 6), OFAC SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE (SECTION 7), AND MANDATORY BINDING ARBITRATION WITH CLASS ACTION WAIVER (SECTION 8). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, YOU MUST NOT ACCESS OR INTEGRATE THE SERVICES.
1. The Services & Worldwide Evaluation License
VeriPulse Labs ("VeriPulse", "we", "us") provides cloud-based developer utilities, including RFC syntax parsing, real-time DNS MX reachability checks, disposable/burner domain filtering, telecom carrier lookups, and composite fraud-risk scoring heuristics (collectively, "VeriPulse APIs"). Subject to continuous compliance with these Terms, VeriPulse Labs grants you a worldwide, limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable license to access the Services for evaluation and software application integration.
2. Disclaimer of Warranties & Nature of Heuristic Scoring
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW WORLDWIDE, THE VERIPULSE LABS SERVICES, APIS, ENDPOINTS, DOCUMENTATION, AND ALL OUTPUT PAYLOADS ARE PROVIDED STRICTLY ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND DEFECTS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ACCURACY.
2.2 FRAUD AND VERIFICATION HEURISTICS DISCLAIMER
CUSTOMER EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT:
(A) THE SERVICES UTILIZE PROBABILISTIC ALGORITHMS, HEURISTIC SCORING, VOLATILE CACHING, AND THIRD-PARTY TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND DOMAIN REGISTRY DATA;
(B) RISK SCORES, LINE-TYPE CLASSIFICATIONS, DISPOSABLE DOMAIN FLAGS, AND VERIFICATION VERDICTS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A DEFINITIVE LEGAL, REGULATORY, FINANCIAL, OR FACTUAL DETERMINATION;
(C) VERIPULSE LABS DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES WILL DETECT ALL INSTANCES OF FRAUD, VOIP NUMBERS, BOT SIGNUPS, OR DISPOSABLE DOMAINS, NOR DOES IT GUARANTEE THAT LEGITIMATE USERS WILL NEVER BE CATEGORIZED WITH HIGH RISK (FALSE POSITIVES);
(D) CUSTOMER REMAINS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP SAFEGUARDS, FALLBACK LOGIC, AND INDEPENDENT RE-VERIFICATION RULES IN ITS APPLICATION FLOWS.
3. Limitation of Liability & Consequential Damages Waiver
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL VERIPULSE LABS, ITS FOUNDERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY UNDER ANY CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR:
(A) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, COVER, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES;
(B) LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, SALES, BUSINESS REPUTATION, GOODWILL, OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS;
(C) BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, SERVICE DISRUPTIONS, LATENCY SPIKES, OR PRODUCTION STOPPAGES;
(D) LOSS, ALTERATION, OR THEFT OF CUSTOMER DATA, REPUTATIONAL INJURY, OR USER ONBOARDING DISRUPTIONS RESULTING FROM FALSE POSITIVES OR FALSE NEGATIVES,
EVEN IF VERIPULSE LABS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE.
3.2 STRICT MONETARY LIABILITY CAP
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THESE TERMS, THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE MONETARY LIABILITY OF VERIPULSE LABS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND FOUNDERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITED TO THE LESSER OF: (I) THE TOTAL FEES ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO VERIPULSE LABS IN THE THIRTY (30) DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, OR (II) FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00 USD). FOR USERS ON FREE TIERS, SANDBOX DEMOS, OR EVALUATION CREDITS, TOTAL AGGREGATE MONETARY LIABILITY IS STRICTLY ZERO DOLLARS ($0.00 USD).
3.3 ESSENTIAL PURPOSE & RISK ALLOCATION
CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE ESSENTIAL ALLOCATION OF RISK EMBODIED IN THIS SECTION 3 FORMS A FUNDAMENTAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN AND THAT VERIPULSE LABS WOULD NOT PROVIDE THE SERVICES WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS.
4. Acceptable Use & Developer Conduct
You agree not to violate any applicable laws or platform rules in connection with your use of the Services. Specifically, you shall not:
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or derive the underlying algorithms or domain catalogs of the Services.
- Resell, sublicense, redistribute, or syndicate API responses to third parties without prior written authorization.
- Utilize the Services, outputs, or heuristics to train, fine-tune, or benchmark competing machine learning models or fraud-detection engines.
- Bypass rate limits, launch denial-of-service attempts, or generate unauthorized concurrent request spikes designed to degrade infrastructure.
VeriPulse Labs reserves the absolute right to throttle, suspend, or revoke access or API keys immediately without notice or liability upon detecting unauthorized patterns or infrastructure abuse.
5. International Data Protection & Data Processing Addendum (DPA)
For customers located in or processing data originating from the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, or California:
- Data Processor Designation: To the extent that query payloads contain personal data under the EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or similar global laws, Customer acknowledges that it acts as the Data Controller and appoints VeriPulse Labs strictly as a Data Processor.
- Ephemeral Zero-Retention Architecture: Query payloads submitted for verification (email addresses, phone numbers) are processed ephemerally in volatile memory (RAM) and immediately cleared upon generating the JSON output. VeriPulse Labs does not write query payloads to persistent disks or databases.
- Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs): To the extent cross-border transfers occur via global edge networks (Cloudflare), the parties hereby incorporate the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (Module 2: Controller-to-Processor) by reference.
- CCPA/CPRA Certification: VeriPulse Labs certifies that it does not sell, rent, or share personal data and shall not retain, use, or disclose personal data for any purpose other than providing the verification Services.
6. International Telecom & Anti-Spam Compliance Warranty
CUSTOMER EXPRESSLY WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT ALL TELEPHONE NUMBERS, EMAIL ADDRESSES, AND CONTACT IDENTIFIERS SUBMITTED TO THE VERIPULSE APIS WERE COLLECTED AND COMPILED IN FULL STATUTORY COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ANTI-SPAM LAWS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION:
(A) THE U.S. TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (TCPA, 47 U.S.C. § 227) AND CAN-SPAM ACT (15 U.S.C. § 7701 ET SEQ.);
(B) CANADA'S ANTI-SPAM LEGISLATION (CASL, S.C. 2010, C. 23) AND PIPEDA;
(C) THE EUROPEAN UNION EPRIVACY DIRECTIVE (DIRECTIVE 2002/58/EC) AND NATIONAL IMPLEMENTING LAWS.
CUSTOMER AGREES TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, AND HOLD HARMLESS VERIPULSE LABS AND ITS OFFICERS AGAINST ANY THIRD-PARTY FINES, ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, OR PRIVATE LITIGATION ARISING FROM CUSTOMER'S UNDERLYING MARKETING OR MESSAGING PRACTICES.
7. International Sanctions & U.S. Export Control Compliance
The Services are subject to U.S. export control laws and international economic sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). You represent and warrant that:
- You are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country or region subject to comprehensive U.S. embargoes (including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions of Ukraine).
- You are not listed on any U.S. government prohibited parties list, including the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list or the BIS Entity List.
- You will not export, re-export, transfer, or facilitate access to the Services in violation of any applicable trade sanctions or export restrictions.
8. Mandatory Binding Individual Arbitration & Class Action Waiver
ANY DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY, OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICES SHALL BE SETTLED EXCLUSIVELY BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (AAA) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES, HELD IN WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, USA.
8.2 CLASS ACTION & JURY WAIVER
YOU EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO COMMENCE OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE PROCEEDING, OR REPRESENTATIVE LITIGATION AGAINST VERIPULSE LABS OR ITS FOUNDERS. ALL CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT SOLELY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. YOU EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.
9. Governing Law & Exclusive Venue
These Terms, and any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or the Services, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia, United States, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision. For any judicial proceeding permitted under Section 8, the parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the local and federal courts located in Washington, District of Columbia.
10. Director & Officer Exculpation
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all commercial relationships, service obligations, and liabilities are solely and exclusively those of the commercial operating entity. No personal liability, individual debt, or personal obligation shall attach to or be asserted against the Director, Founder, Managing Member, or individual officers of VeriPulse Labs in connection with the Services.
11. Modifications to Terms
VeriPulse Labs may update these Terms from time to time. Continued access or use of the Services after revisions become effective constitutes your binding acceptance of the revised Terms.
Contact & Legal Inquiries
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