Sanctix Terms of Service
Last Updated: July 31, 2026 • Official Terms of Service Agreement
Sanctix provides automated screening of names and entities against watchlists as a decision-support tool. Reports generated by Sanctix do not constitute legal advice or a formal legal opinion. Customer retains sole legal responsibility for verifying match results, conducting due diligence, and ensuring compliance with all applicable export control and sanctions laws.
1. Acceptance of Terms
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern access to and use of the Sanctix platform, website, API, and related services (collectively, the "Service"), provided by Sanctix Inc. ("Sanctix," "we," "us," or "our").
By creating an account, accessing, or using the Service, you ("Customer," "you," or "your") agree to be bound by these Terms. If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization, and "you" refers to that organization.
If you do not agree to these Terms, do not access or use the Service.
2. Description of Service
Sanctix provides automated screening of names and entities against publicly available sanctions, watchlists, and related compliance data sources, and generates reports summarizing potential matches ("Reports"). The Service is a decision-support tool. (See Section 3 for important limitations.)
3. Not Legal Advice; No Warranty of Accuracy; Decision-Support Only
THIS SECTION LIMITS OUR LIABILITY. READ IT CAREFULLY.
3.1. Reports are automated outputs, not legal opinions. Reports generated by Sanctix, including any AI-generated summaries, are produced by automated matching algorithms and machine-learning heuristics. They do not constitute legal advice, a legal opinion, or a determination of any individual's or entity's actual sanctions status.
3.2. No guarantee of completeness or accuracy. Sanctions and watchlist data is sourced from third-party government and intergovernmental publications. Sanctix does not control, and cannot guarantee, the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or currency of underlying source data. Source lists may contain errors, may lag official publication, or may be temporarily unavailable, and Sanctix's normalization, matching, and scoring processes may produce false positives or false negatives.
3.3. Customer retains sole responsibility for compliance decisions. Customer is solely responsible for its own compliance program, including any decision to onboard, transact with, decline, or terminate a relationship with any individual or entity, regardless of any Report generated by the Service. Customer must independently verify any match before relying on it for a compliance, legal, financial, or business decision, and should consult qualified legal counsel before acting on any Report.
3.4. No fiduciary or advisory relationship. Use of the Service does not create an attorney-client, compliance-officer, fiduciary, or advisory relationship between Customer and Sanctix.
3.5. Nothing in this Section 3 limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.
4. Eligibility and Account Registration
4.1. You must be at least 18 years old and have the authority to enter into a binding contract to use the Service.
4.2. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and API keys, and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us immediately at security@sanctix.io of any unauthorized use.
4.3. You must provide accurate registration information and keep it up to date.
5. Subscription Plans, Fees, and Billing
5.1. Sanctix offers subscription tiers (currently: Free, Solo, Professional, Developer/API, and Custom), each with defined usage limits, features, and pricing as described on our pricing page, which may be updated from time to time.
5.2. Paid subscriptions are billed in advance on a recurring basis (monthly or annual, as selected) through our third-party payment processor. By subscribing, you also agree to that processor's applicable terms.
5.3. Fees are non-refundable except as required by law or as expressly stated in these Terms.
5.4. If usage exceeds plan limits (e.g., screenings, API calls, monitored entities), Sanctix may (a) apply overage charges as disclosed at signup, (b) temporarily suspend excess usage, or (c) require an upgrade, at our discretion and with notice.
5.5. We may change pricing on renewal with at least 30 days' notice. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance of new pricing.
5.6. Failure to pay may result in suspension or termination of the Service.
6. API Access and Usage Limits
6.1. API access is subject to rate limits, authentication via API keys, and the usage caps of your subscription tier.
6.2. You may not share, sell, sublicense, or publicly expose your API keys. You are responsible for all activity conducted through your API keys.
6.3. We may throttle, suspend, or revoke API access that we reasonably believe threatens the stability, security, or integrity of the Service.
7. Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Use the Service to violate any applicable law, including export control, sanctions, anti-money-laundering, or data protection law;
- Use the Service to screen individuals for purposes of harassment, discrimination, stalking, or any unlawful purpose;
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the underlying matching algorithms, models, or source code of the Service;
- Scrape, crawl, or systematically extract data from the Service outside of the API and your permitted usage limits;
- Resell, white-label, or provide the Service (or Reports generated by it) to third parties as a standalone product, except where your subscription tier expressly permits this;
- Use the Service to build a directly competing product;
- Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service, including via automated means not sanctioned by your plan;
- Misrepresent Reports as legal advice, official government determinations, or guarantees of sanctions status to any third party.
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate this Section without notice in cases of urgent risk (e.g., security threats, illegal use).
8. Customer Representations Regarding Sanctions and Export Control Compliance
8.1. Customer represents and warrants that it is not itself a person or entity designated on any sanctions or restricted-party list, and is not located in, or ordinarily resident in, a country or region subject to comprehensive sanctions that would prohibit Customer's use of the Service.
8.2. Customer is solely responsible for ensuring its own use of the Service complies with all sanctions, export control, and trade compliance laws applicable to Customer's business and jurisdiction(s) of operation.
9. Intellectual Property
9.1. Sanctix retains all right, title, and interest in and to the Service, including all software, algorithms, matching logic, user interfaces, and Sanctix-generated content (excluding underlying public sanctions data, which remains publicly sourced).
9.2. Subject to these Terms, Sanctix grants Customer a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service and Reports for Customer's internal business and compliance purposes during the subscription term.
9.3. Customer retains ownership of data it submits to the Service for screening ("Customer Data"), subject to the license granted in Section 10.
10. Data License
Customer grants Sanctix a limited license to process Customer Data solely to provide, maintain, secure, and improve the Service, consistent with our Privacy Policy. See our Privacy Policy for details on data handling.
11. Confidentiality
Each party agrees to protect the other's confidential information disclosed in connection with these Terms using at least the same degree of care it uses for its own confidential information of similar nature, and not less than reasonable care, and not to disclose such information to third parties except as necessary to perform under these Terms or as required by law.
12. Disclaimer of Warranties
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE AND ALL REPORTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE.
13. Limitation of Liability
13.1. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SANCTIX AND ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR ANY REPORT, INCLUDING ANY DECISION MADE OR NOT MADE IN RELIANCE ON A REPORT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
13.2. SANCTIX'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE FEES PAID BY CUSTOMER TO SANCTIX IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) USD $100.
13.3. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability; in such jurisdictions, the above limitations apply to the maximum extent permitted.
14. Indemnification
Customer agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Sanctix and its officers, employees, and affiliates from any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of (a) Customer's breach of these Terms, (b) Customer's use of the Service in violation of applicable law, or (c) any business, compliance, or legal decision Customer makes in reliance on a Report.
15. Term and Termination
15.1. These Terms remain in effect while you maintain an account or actively use the Service.
15.2. Either party may terminate for convenience at the end of the then-current billing period, subject to any minimum term specified in your plan.
15.3. We may suspend or terminate your access immediately for material breach of these Terms, non-payment, or conduct that poses a security or legal risk.
15.4. Upon termination, your right to access the Service ceases; Sections 3, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 17 survive termination.
16. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
16.1. These Terms are governed by applicable commercial laws, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.
16.2. Any dispute arising out of these Terms shall be resolved by binding arbitration or the exclusive jurisdiction of competent courts.
16.3. Nothing in this Section prevents either party from seeking injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property or confidential information.
17. General Provisions
17.1. Changes to Terms. We may modify these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be notified via email or in-Service notice at least 14 days before taking effect. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.
17.2. Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
17.3. Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full effect.
17.4. Entire Agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any order forms, constitute the entire agreement between the parties.
17.5. Notices. Notices to Sanctix should be sent to legal@sanctix.io.