Terms of Service | DPP Report

1. Acceptance of Terms and Scope

These Terms of Service ("Agreement") constitute a legally binding contract between you ("User", "Brand Owner", "Consumer") and DPP Report ("Company", "We", "Our") regarding your access to and utilization of the website dpp.report, associated Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), the consumer verification layouts, and decentralized digital product passport directories (collectively, the "Platform").

By navigating the site, executing a verification query, establishing an administrative profile, or initiating ownership transfer steps, you explicitly acknowledge that you have read, understood, and consented to comply with all rules set forth herein. If you represent a legal corporate entity, you affirm that you have the organizational capacity and legal authority to bind said entity to these terms. If you disagree, you must immediately terminate usage of our network services.

Information Note: Independent Infrastructure & Disclaimer

dpp.report is an independent software infrastructure and technology provider. It does NOT operate as a government registry, customs authority, European Union compliance body, or official state-sanctioned accreditation institute.

The Digital Product Passports (DPP) and cryptographic ownership certificates issued on this platform are proprietary digital identity and provenance tools. They do not constitute official customs documentation, legal bills of lading, or state-approved import/export certifications. All sustainability parameters and supply chain statements are declaration-based and remain the sole legal responsibility of the respective manufacturing brand.

2. Account Provisioning, Auditing, and Safety

To utilize executive capabilities, including adding brand catalog items, creating cryptographic keys, and executing batch print orders, you must establish an validated tenant account:

Operational Credential Accuracy: You agree to provide only validated, authentic, and complete corporate credentials. Lodging fraudulent business licenses or imitating established trademarks will trigger permanent account termination.
Credential Protection: You bear sole responsibility for safeguarding your administrative password and two-factor authentication tokens. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access breaches at contact@dpp.report.
Verification Audits: Brands remain restricted from passport printing until they upload official tax or registration documentation and obtain formal administrative validation.

3. Proprietary Intellectual Property Rights

The visual aesthetics, functional logic, interface mockups, source codes, server algorithms, structural databases, vector designs, and registered logos associated with the Platform ("Platform IP") are the absolute property of DPP Report and are fully protected under global copyright, trademark, trade secret, and industrial design legislation.

We grant you a revocable, non-transferable, non-exclusive, limited license to access consumer verification views for non-commercial authentication. You agree not to compile, scrape, frame, clone, reverse-engineer, or systematically harvest data blocks from our servers without written corporate consent.

4. Forbidden Practices and Abuse

You strictly pledge to avoid the following computational practices while interacting with the platform:

Registering or authenticating forged passport IDs for stolen, counterfeit, or unlicensed physical goods.
Spamming verification endpoints, initiating denial-of-service (DoS) attempts, or flooding APIs beyond standard rate-limit ceilings.
Impersonating authorized brand nodes or falsifying cryptographic handshake structures.
Injecting malware, scripts, SQL sequences, or malicious files into our server directories.

5. Digital Product Passport (DPP) Data Integrity

Registered brand operators remain fully liable for the data integrity of their published digital product passports, particularly under European Ecodesign and environmental standards (ESPR).

Corporate Liability

The authenticity and mathematical correctness of recycled content percentages, carbon indices, regional sourcing markers, and disassembly URLs are strictly the responsibility of the brand. DPP Report operates as a digital ledger infrastructure provider and disclaims all liability for misleading ecological claims or errors published by registered brands.

6. Cryptographic Ownership Transfer Protocols

Our system facilitates secure secondary market provenance via a cryptographically enforced ownership transfer protocol. This protocol requires strict adherence to these rules:

Two-Way Handshake: Transfers require initiation by the current registered passport holder and completion by the verified recipient via security codes and cell validations.
Immutability: Once a transfer transaction is successfully recorded in our databases and matching ledger hashes, it is final. A previous owner cannot revoke a completed transfer without the active participation of the new holder.
Account Compromise: We are not liable for unauthorized transfers resulting from user negligence in securing email domains or device access keys.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

THE PLATFORM AND ALL CORE ALGORITHMS ARE DELIVERED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" METHODOLOGY. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR TACTICAL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, AND SECURITY INTEGRITY.

TO THE MAXIMUM BOUNDARY PERMITTED BY GOVERNING LAW, DPP REPORT SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECULATIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF REVENUES, DATA CRASHES, FINANCIAL ANOMALIES, OR BRAND DEVALUATION) STEMMING FROM THE USE OR IMPOSSIBILITY OF NAVIGATING THE NETWORK.

8. Governing Law and Disputes

This Agreement, along with all associated transaction claims, shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the substantive laws of Switzerland, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be finally settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Geneva, Switzerland. Both parties pledge to attempt amicable negotiation prior to initiating formal litigation.