1. Agreement and Scope

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a legally binding agreement between you and VerTrius Corp, doing business as DPS (“DPS,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), governing your access to and use of www.dps.io and any DPS-operated informational website, public verification experience, or other service that expressly links to these Terms (collectively, the “DPS Site”). By accessing or using the DPS Site, you agree to these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the DPS Site. These Terms are intended primarily for dps.io and general DPS website experiences. They do not replace a signed order form, subscription agreement, API agreement, platform terms, network participation agreement, or other service-specific contract.

2. Eligibility and Authority

You must be legally capable of entering into these Terms. If you use the DPS Site on behalf of a company, government entity, law firm, laboratory, partner, or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms for the use at issue.

3. Website Information and Service Availability

dps.io describes DPS technologies, solutions, platforms, networks, integrations, industries, and planned or evolving capabilities. Website content is provided for general informational and business-development purposes and is not itself a service-level commitment, legal certification, statement of regulatory approval, or guarantee that a particular feature, integration, platform, or service is available in every jurisdiction or configuration.

A quotation, proposal, order, subscription, registration, implementation, or other commercial arrangement becomes binding only as stated in the applicable written agreement.

4. Additional and Product-Specific Terms

Certain DPS platforms, networks, applications, APIs, developer tools, partner services, or paid offerings may be subject to additional terms, privacy notices, order forms, subscription terms, acceptable-use rules, or other written agreements (collectively, “Additional Terms”). Examples may include CaseMail, COA Chain, COAScan, developer/API services, enterprise integrations, and network participation.

If Additional Terms conflict with these Terms for a particular product or service, the Additional Terms control for that product or service. Nothing on dps.io modifies a separately signed agreement unless the modification is made in accordance with that agreement.

5. Acceptable Use

You may use the DPS Site only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, system, network, record, API, or restricted area; interfere with or disrupt the operation or security of the DPS Site; introduce malicious code; bypass access controls, rate limits, technical restrictions, or verification controls; scrape, harvest, or extract data at scale except as expressly authorized; impersonate another person or organization; submit information you do not have the right to submit; use the DPS Site to violate law or the rights of others; or use DPS marks, certificates, identifiers, or verification outputs to create a false impression of endorsement, certification, authorization, ownership, authenticity, legal compliance, or other status.

DPS may investigate suspected misuse and may restrict or block access when reasonably necessary to protect DPS, users, partners, public records, or system integrity.

6. Information and Materials You Submit

You retain ownership of information and materials you submit through the DPS Site (“Submitted Information”). You represent that you have the rights and authority necessary to provide Submitted Information and to authorize DPS to process it for the purpose for which you submitted it.

You grant DPS a non-exclusive right to host, copy, transmit, process, analyze, display, and otherwise use Submitted Information as reasonably necessary to respond to your request, operate the applicable website feature, protect security, comply with law, and perform any Additional Terms that apply. Product-specific agreements may provide different or more detailed rights concerning customer data.

7. General Contact Forms Are Not a Confidential Legal Channel

Unless DPS expressly provides a secure submission workflow for a particular purpose, general website forms, sales inquiries, sponsorship inquiries, and ordinary email channels are not intended for attorney-client privileged material, trade secrets, highly sensitive personal information, health information, payment credentials, government identification numbers, or other regulated or confidential data. Do not send such information through a general dps.io contact form unless it is necessary, requested, and appropriate for the channel provided.

8. Verification Records, Blockchain Evidence, and What They Mean

DPS provides infrastructure for recording, connecting, and verifying defined facts, events, identifiers, records, and evidence. Different DPS verification signals represent different claims and should not be treated as interchangeable.

A cryptographic fingerprint or hash can support a determination that presented digital data matches data associated with that fingerprint. A blockchain anchor or transaction can support evidence that selected data or a fingerprint was registered on a particular network in connection with a recorded transaction or time. Identity or issuer verification reflects the verification process and information available at the time of verification. Provenance, custody, shipment, delivery, ownership, product association, and similar records reflect the events, sources, or relationships actually recorded in the applicable system.

Unless DPS expressly states otherwise in Additional Terms, a DPS record or blockchain transaction does not by itself establish that the underlying statement is true; that a document is legally sufficient; that a scientific result, Certificate of Analysis, purity result, safety result, or laboratory conclusion is accurate; that a physical item is authentic; that a person has legal title or unrestricted ownership; that a shipment complied with every applicable requirement; or that a user, product, document, transaction, or organization satisfies every legal or regulatory obligation.

Where DPS displays a third-party attestation, test result, review, source statement, or other third-party conclusion, that conclusion remains attributable to the identified third party unless DPS expressly states that DPS independently made the determination.

9. Public Verification and Immutable Records

Some DPS experiences are designed to make selected identifiers, record status, verification signals, transaction references, or evidence publicly accessible. Information submitted to a feature identified as public may be viewed, copied, indexed, cached, or redistributed by others.

Public blockchain networks may be append-only or practically immutable. DPS may update a DPS-controlled registry, add a replacement or revocation record, or publish a new status, but DPS generally cannot erase a transaction already confirmed on an independent public blockchain. You must not submit confidential, privileged, regulated, or sensitive personal information to a public field unless you have authority to do so and intend the information to be public.

10. No Legal, Scientific, Compliance, or Other Professional Advice

DPS provides technology, records, evidence, workflow, identity, certificate, communication, provenance, and verification infrastructure. Unless expressly stated in a separate written agreement, DPS does not provide legal advice, scientific testing, laboratory accreditation, regulatory approval, compliance certification, appraisal services, title opinions, customs brokerage, or other licensed professional services.

You are responsible for determining whether a particular notice, communication, certificate, verification method, workflow, record, or evidentiary process meets your legal, contractual, scientific, regulatory, or business requirements. Consult a qualified professional when appropriate.

11. Third-Party Services, Data, and Infrastructure

DPS may link to or interoperate with third-party providers, including cloud platforms, identity providers, postal or fulfillment providers, payment processors, blockchain networks, SaaS platforms, APIs, data sources, laboratories, verification partners, and public registries. DPS does not control independent third-party services and is not responsible for their separate acts, omissions, availability, accuracy, security, terms, or privacy practices.

Your use of a third-party service may be subject to the third party’s own terms. DPS may suspend or modify an integration when a third-party service changes, becomes unavailable, creates security or legal risk, or no longer supports the relevant integration.

12. Automated and AI-Assisted Features

Some DPS services may use automated or AI-assisted tools for functions such as classification, extraction, matching, anomaly detection, routing, workflow assistance, or analysis. Automated outputs may be incomplete or inaccurate and should be evaluated in context. Unless expressly stated otherwise in Additional Terms, an automated output is not a final legal, scientific, regulatory, compliance, or professional determination.

13. Privacy

DPS handling of personal information on the DPS Site is described in the DPS Privacy Policy at /privacy-policy/. Separate or supplemental privacy notices may apply to a specific platform, application, network, or integration.

14. Intellectual Property and DPS Marks

The DPS Site and its software, code, designs, interfaces, workflows, documentation, graphics, text, logos, trademarks, service marks, certificates, identifiers, templates, and proprietary technology are owned by VerTrius Corp, DPS, or their licensors and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

Subject to these Terms, DPS grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to access and use the DPS Site for its intended purpose. No ownership right is transferred. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, sublicense, reverse engineer, or create derivative works from protected DPS materials except as permitted by law or written authorization.

DPS, CaseMail, COA Chain, COA.1, COAScan, Digital Stamps, and associated logos, certificates, identifiers, and other marks may be trademarks or proprietary designations of VerTrius Corp or its affiliates. You may not use them in a way that implies sponsorship, certification, verification, partnership, or endorsement beyond the relationship DPS has expressly authorized.

15. Feedback

If you voluntarily provide suggestions, ideas, or feedback about DPS or the DPS Site, you grant DPS a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free right to use and incorporate that feedback without restriction or compensation. This provision does not transfer ownership of your Submitted Information or customer data merely because you provide feedback.

16. Export, Sanctions, and International Use

You are responsible for complying with laws that apply to your access to and use of the DPS Site, including applicable export-control, sanctions, and trade laws. You may not use the DPS Site in a manner prohibited by United States law or other applicable law. DPS may restrict access when reasonably necessary to comply with legal requirements.

17. Availability, Changes, and Suspension

DPS may maintain, update, modify, suspend, or discontinue all or part of the DPS Site. Features that depend on third-party systems may be affected by third-party changes or outages. Any uptime, service-level, notice, migration, or termination commitment stated in a signed agreement or Additional Terms controls over this general section.

DPS may suspend or restrict access when reasonably necessary to protect security, prevent fraud or abuse, comply with law, respond to third-party requirements, investigate suspected misuse, or protect the integrity of DPS systems or verification records.

18. Disclaimers

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DPS SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” DPS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AND ANY WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

DPS does not warrant that the DPS Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure against every threat, or suitable for every legal or regulatory use, or that third-party data, carrier events, external records, attestations, automated outputs, or public blockchain networks will always be accurate, complete, current, or available. A separate written agreement may provide specific warranties for a paid DPS service.

19. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DPS, VERTRIUS CORP, AND THEIR AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS, GOODWILL, DATA, OR USE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE DPS SITE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DPS’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE DPS SITE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED US $100. A SIGNED AGREEMENT OR APPLICABLE ADDITIONAL TERMS MAY PROVIDE A DIFFERENT LIABILITY FRAMEWORK FOR A PAID DPS SERVICE, IN WHICH CASE THAT AGREEMENT CONTROLS FOR THAT SERVICE.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations, so some portions of this section may not apply to you.

20. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless DPS, VerTrius Corp, and their affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees arising from your Submitted Information; your misuse of the DPS Site; your violation of these Terms or applicable Additional Terms; your infringement or violation of another person’s rights; or your violation of applicable law.

21. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

Unless applicable Additional Terms state otherwise, these Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except to the extent applicable law requires otherwise. Any dispute arising from these Terms that is not governed by a separate written dispute-resolution agreement will be brought in a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in Delaware, and each party consents to the jurisdiction and venue of those courts.

Before filing a claim, the parties will make a good-faith effort to resolve the dispute informally. Written dispute notices to DPS should be sent to legal@vertrius.com and, if formal notice by mail is appropriate, to the mailing address in Section 24.

22. Changes to These Terms

DPS may update these Terms from time to time. The effective date at the top of the page identifies the current version. If a change materially affects a paid service governed by Additional Terms, any notice or consent requirement in applicable law or the applicable agreement will control.

23. Miscellaneous

These Terms and any applicable Additional Terms are the entire agreement concerning their subject matter. If a provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. DPS failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without DPS prior written consent except as permitted by applicable Additional Terms. DPS may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, or sale of assets. Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, agency, fiduciary, employment, or franchise relationship between you and DPS.

24. Contact DPS About These Terms

Questions or legal notices concerning these Terms may be sent to legal@vertrius.com.

Mailing address: VerTrius Corp, 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, DE 19958.

Service-specific contractual notices must be sent using the notice method stated in the applicable Additional Terms or signed agreement.