Terms of Service

1. The service

Consent Validator performs automated, evidence-backed consent validation: a real browser visits a URL you submit and records how the site behaves in three consent states — before any choice, after rejection, and after acceptance. The service also offers scheduled monitoring with drift alerts, batch validation, and an optional read-only Google Analytics 4 configuration audit. Results are delivered as reports with findings, scores, and evidence screenshots.

2. Authorization to scan

You may only validate websites that you own or are explicitly authorised to test (for example, a client who has engaged you for compliance work). Submitting a URL is your representation that you have that authority. You are responsible for any claim arising from a scan you were not authorised to run, and you agree to indemnify us against such claims.

3. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• use the service for any unlawful purpose, or to scan sites with intent to disrupt or harm them;
• attempt to scan internal, private-network, or non-public targets, or to circumvent the service's safety guards;
• circumvent plan quotas, rate limits, or other technical restrictions, including by creating multiple accounts;
• resell, sublicense, or white-label the service without a written agreement with us;
• probe, overload, or interfere with the service's own infrastructure or other customers' use of it;
• copy or scrape the service to build a competing product.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate this section.

4. How scans operate

• Scans run from our infrastructure and may exit through third-party proxy networks so results reflect a realistic visitor location.
• Scans visit publicly accessible pages only and behave like a single visitor — they do not stress-test or attack the target.
• Some sites block automated traffic. We may retry with different network paths; if a site cannot be validated, the scan is reported as blocked or failed — failed scans do not count against your quota.
• We may decline, throttle, or stop any scan at our discretion (for example, suspected abuse or a target that prohibits scanning).

5. Plans, quotas, and billing

• Each plan includes a monthly allowance of billable full validations; current plans and allowances are described on the pricing page.
• Lightweight tier-1 monitoring checks (drift detection) are free and do not count toward your allowance; neither do failed, blocked, or cancelled scans.
• Unused validations do not roll over between billing cycles.
• Paid plans are billed as described at the time of purchase. We may change plans or pricing with advance notice; changes apply from your next billing cycle.
• We may offer free or trial usage with reduced limits, and may adjust those limits to prevent abuse.

6. Your content and data

You retain all rights to the URLs you submit and the reports generated for you. You grant us the limited licence needed to operate the service: hosting and processing your data to run validations, generate reports, and provide monitoring. Our handling of personal data is described in the privacy policy. We may use aggregated, de-identified usage statistics to improve the service.

7. Google Analytics integration

The GA4 configuration audit is optional and read-only. By connecting a Google account you authorise us to access it as described in the privacy policy; your use of Google services remains governed by Google’s own terms. You can disconnect at any time from Settings, which deletes the stored tokens.

8. Not legal advice

Consent Validator produces technical evidence about how a website behaves. Reports, scores, and findings are intended to inform your compliance work — they are not legal advice, and a passing score is not a guarantee that a website complies with the GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive, or any other law. Regulatory interpretation varies by jurisdiction and changes over time; consult a qualified lawyer for legal conclusions.

9. Availability and changes to the service

We work to keep the service available and accurate, but it is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We may add, change, or remove features, and may suspend the service for maintenance. Service-level commitments are available only under a separate enterprise agreement.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law: we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, loss of profits, or loss of data; and our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the service is limited to the amounts you paid us in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law.

11. Termination

You can stop using the service at any time and request account deletion as described in the privacy policy. We may suspend or terminate your access for material breach of these terms (with notice where practicable), or shut down the service entirely with reasonable advance notice. Sections that by their nature survive termination (including sections 8, 10, and 2) survive.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the service evolves. For material changes we will notify you in the app or by email before they take effect; continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated terms. The date at the top reflects the latest revision.

13. Contact and disputes

If you have a dispute with us, contact hello@consentvalidator.com first — most issues can be resolved informally. These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the service operator is established, and disputes that cannot be resolved informally are subject to the courts of that jurisdiction.