Terms of Use

These terms cover your use of clartisgroup.com (the "Site"), operated by Clartis Group ("Clartis", "we", "us"), based in Brussels, Belgium. By using the Site you accept these terms. If you don't, please don't use the Site.

Engagements with Clartis — actual advisory or implementation work — are governed by a separate written agreement (NDA, engagement letter, master services agreement). Nothing on this Site forms or replaces such an agreement.

1. Site content is for information only

Material on the Site — articles, frameworks, case summaries, descriptions of services — is published for general information. It is not advice on which you should rely for any specific business, financial, legal, tax, regulatory, or operational decision. We make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, completeness, or fitness for a particular purpose. Before acting on anything you read here, consult a qualified professional engaged on your specific facts.

2. Intellectual property

All content on the Site — text, design, structure, code, graphics, JSON-LD schemas, and our name and marks — is owned by Clartis Group or used with permission. You may read it, print reasonable copies for personal or internal business reference, and link to the Site without asking us. You may not:

• Reproduce, redistribute, or republish our content commercially without written consent.
• Remove or alter copyright, trademark, or attribution notices.
• Use the content to train machine-learning models for commercial purposes without permission. (Crawlers identifying themselves correctly are welcome to read the Site for indexing and citation.)

Third-party trademarks referenced on the Site (e.g. former employers of the partners, institutions, or named tools) belong to their respective owners.

3. Confidentiality of submissions

Briefs submitted via the contact form are read only by the founding partners and treated as confidential by default. We are happy to sign a mutual NDA before discussing specifics. See our privacy policy for how submission data is processed.

You should not include trade secrets, regulated personal data of third parties, privileged legal communications, or material non-public information in an unsolicited brief — share that only after we have an executed NDA in place.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Site to:

• Submit unlawful, defamatory, infringing, or harmful content
• Attempt to interfere with the Site's operation, security, or users
• Probe for vulnerabilities outside a coordinated responsible-disclosure context
• Impersonate any person or entity
• Scrape the Site at volumes inconsistent with normal browsing or with our published robots.txt

5. External links

The Site links to third-party sites for context. We don't control those sites and aren't responsible for their content, terms, or privacy practices.

6. No warranty

The Site is provided "as is" and "as available". To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all warranties, conditions, and other terms that might otherwise be implied — including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement.

7. Limitation of liability

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded under Belgian or EU law (including liability for fraud, gross negligence, or for personal injury). Subject to that, our total liability arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site is limited to €100 in aggregate.

We are not liable for indirect, consequential, or special losses; for loss of profit, revenue, business, or data; or for losses arising from reliance on Site content.

8. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms and any dispute arising from them are governed by the laws of Belgium. The courts of Brussels have exclusive jurisdiction, except where mandatory consumer law gives you the right to bring proceedings in another EU member state.

9. Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent version. Material changes are effective from the moment they are published.

10. Contact

Clartis Group
Brussels, Belgium
contact@clartisgroup.com