Scope
These terms govern use of webtrustengine.com and the documents downloaded from it. By using the site you accept them; if you do not, do not use the site.
The terms bind only this domain: the independent tools and external platforms linked from here operate under their own terms, and their content is no commitment of this site. The same frame covers downloaded documents — a file is subject to these terms in the version current at download.
Informational only
All content on this site is informational. No page constitutes legal, financial or security advice and none substitutes for professional counsel. Consult your own experts before acting.
The distinction matters most in two areas. Security content is defensive, general information; applying it to a specific system is the job of authorised people who know that system. Score and readiness narratives are internal measures and must not serve as the sole basis in formal processes such as investment, procurement or compliance declarations.
No warranties
The site and documents are provided “as is”. No express or implied warranty is given regarding ranking, traffic, AI citation, Core Web Vitals, security or regulatory compliance. Engine scores are internal readiness measures; live grades belong to independent tools.
The same principle covers the site itself: uninterrupted availability, freedom from error, or flawless rendering in a given browser is not promised. Report a defect and it is fixed under release discipline — an honest maintenance statement, not a service-level agreement.
Note the symmetry with the product: the engine tells its customers the very same limits. The site's refusal to warrant is not an escape clause but the product philosophy projected onto a legal page — evidence over promise, readiness over grades.
Use of content
Public documents may be quoted and shared internally with attribution (WebTrustEngine R50). Uses that break the number contract — e.g. writing “2,033 checks” — are plainly wrong and correction will be requested. Logos and brand assets must follow the usage notes in the Brand Center.
When quoting, citing version and date is good practice: an attribution shaped like "WebTrustEngine R50 Public Capability Guide," tells your reader which sealed text you relied on. When documents update, your old quote does not become wrong — it stays dated; the site’s release discipline exists precisely for that permanence.
The safe quoting pattern: the work's title (e.g. 'WebTrustEngine R50 Public Capability Guide'), the version marker and the access date. Linking to the Evidence Hub is preferred over republishing documents whole, so readers always reach the SHA-verifiable original.
Prohibited use
Altering content misleadingly, presenting it as containing guarantees, using it in malware distribution, or subjecting the site to harmful automated load is prohibited.
This heading exists not to narrow good-faith use but to protect the name: quoting, criticising and comparing are welcome; what is barred is presenting the content as if it were another product's guarantee.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the site owner is not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising from use of this site. Applying information from the documents is entirely at the user’s own judgement and risk.
The rationale is plain: the site produces inputs to decisions, never the decisions themselves. Between a finding and its application stand your systems, your teams and your timing — variables the site cannot see. Responsibility sits where the decision sits, and the decision is always yours.
The limit does not erase the duty of care: the contact channel stays open for factual errors, broken links or outdated wording you notice, and corrections enter the record under release discipline.
Intellectual property
Rights in the site content, documents, visual system and brand assets are reserved. Attribution-based quoting and internal sharing are welcome; commercially repackaging assets, attaching the WebTrustEngine name to other products, or altering documents and distributing them as originals infringes those rights.
Changes and contact
Terms may be updated; the current version always lives on this page and enters the site’s release records. Questions follow the contact-page lane.
For material changes — a widened scope, an updated liability clause — the change is noted not only here but in the site's release announcement; silent revision is not practised.
The legalities of the number contract
The figures published on this site — the 2,033-item reference catalog, the 319 working checks and their relatives — are sealed values of a specific release (R50). Citing the release protects your quote when future numbers change: 'as of R50, 319 working checks' is both accurate and durable.
Decontextualised use — above all the '2,033 checks' pattern that merges catalog with checks — is not merely wrong but subject to our correction request, because it creates third-party expectations the product never made.
Linking and framing
Linking to the site is free and encouraged. Displaying pages inside frames on other sites in ways that obscure the source is not accepted; the reader must always be able to see the content originates from this domain.