Terms of use

This website is published by Assay Foundation as the public reference for its standard, its Register and the Hallmark. You may read, link to and quote from it for lawful purposes, including procurement and audit, with attribution. You may not use it unlawfully, interfere with its operation, or misrepresent the Foundation, the Hallmark or the status of any engagement.

The Register records the status of each engagement, and that status is the authoritative record. A Hallmark, badge or identifier reproduced elsewhere is only as good as its match to the Register; the record on this site governs.

The Foundation aims to keep this site available and accurate, but it is provided as it is, without any warranty that it will be uninterrupted, error-free or available at any particular time. The Foundation may change, suspend or withdraw any part of the site without notice. To the extent permitted by law, the Foundation accepts no liability for loss arising from reliance on the site; nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

The Assay name and wordmark, the Touchstone, the Hallmark and its four cartouches, and the other marks and names of the scheme are the Foundation’s and are not free for general use. They may be reproduced only as the Hallmark Regulations permit — in particular, a Hallmark may be displayed only for an engagement that has passed an independent assessment and is recorded on the Register, and only by a party entitled to display it.

The IDEA standard is published openly for reading and citation. Text and design on this site may be quoted with attribution but not passed off as another’s.

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