Terms of Service

Last updated: 2 September 2026 · Early-access terms

1. Who we are and what you are agreeing to

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between KYTGate Ltd ("KYTGate", "we", "us") [registered office to be stated upon incorporation] and the person or entity using our website, application programming interface, console or free tools (together, the "Service"). By accessing the Service you accept these Terms. If you use the Service on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you are authorised to bind that organisation, and "Customer" and "you" refer to it.

During early access, specific commercial terms (fees, volumes, support) are set in a written order or email exchange ("Order"), which forms part of this agreement and prevails over these Terms in case of conflict.

2. What the Service is — and is not

KYTGate is decision-support software for screening cryptocurrency funding events. It aggregates publicly available sanctions data, on-chain information, and — where the Customer supplies them — third-party screening results; applies rules the Customer configures; and records the outcome as auditable evidence.

The Service is not: legal, compliance, tax or investment advice; a law firm, auditor or consultancy; a virtual asset service provider, exchange, custodian, broker or payment service; a credit reference or consumer reporting agency; or a determination by any regulator. Outputs inform your decisions; they do not make them, and responsibility for compliance with laws applicable to you — including anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist-financing and sanctions laws — remains yours at all times.

3. Accounts and API keys

Access to the API and console is by API key or credential we issue. Keys are confidential: you are responsible for safeguarding them and for all activity under them, and must notify us promptly of any suspected compromise. We may rotate, suspend or revoke keys to protect the Service. The tenant associated with a request is derived from the key presented; identifiers in a request body are ignored.

4. Customer data

"Customer Data" means data you submit to the Service, including wallet addresses, transaction identifiers, funding metadata, and screening results supplied by your payment processor or vendors. As between the parties, Customer Data is yours. We process it only to provide the Service, as described in our Privacy Policy, and — for processor-supplied results — on a strictly tenant-private basis: never disclosed to other customers, never aggregated into shared intelligence, never resold.

You warrant that you have all rights, consents and legal bases required to submit Customer Data to us, including where wallet addresses or transaction data relate to identifiable individuals, and that your instructions to us comply with applicable law. Where we process personal data on your behalf, a data processing addendum is available on request and applies.

5. Acceptable use

You must not use the Service: to evade, or assist any person in evading, sanctions or anti-money-laundering controls; for any unlawful surveillance, harassment, doxxing or investigation of individuals outside a legitimate compliance function; to make decisions about individuals' eligibility for credit, employment, insurance or housing; to build or train a competing screening dataset or service; to resell, sublicense or systematically extract Service outputs or underlying data except as expressly agreed; or in any way that circumvents technical limits, including rate limits and quotas. We may suspend access immediately where we reasonably believe this section is being breached or the Service's integrity is at risk.

6. Free tools

Free tools (such as the wallet sanctions check) are provided for occasional, informational use, without registration, warranty or service commitment, and subject to rate limits. Queried addresses are processed transiently and are not stored. Free-tool output must not be presented to any third party as a compliance determination or certification.

7. Screening disclaimers — read carefully

(a) Lists are not exhaustive. Official sanctions lists do not identify every address associated with designated persons; the issuing authorities say so themselves. Screening is performed by exact match against list data and on-chain state as at the time of the check.

(b) "No known match" is not "clean". A result indicating no known listing means exactly that and nothing more. It is not a statement that funds are lawful, low-risk, or safe to accept.

(c) Third-party data is third-party data. Blockchain RPC responses, stablecoin issuer contract state, list publications and processor-supplied results originate from third parties. We select sources with care, record what was consulted, and surface gaps as reduced coverage — but we do not warrant their accuracy, completeness or availability.

(d) Signed receipts prove integrity, not truth. A valid signature on a Decision Receipt demonstrates the record has not been altered since creation. It does not warrant the correctness of underlying third-party data or the appropriateness of the Customer's configured policy.

(e) False positives and false negatives are inherent to screening. You are responsible for human review procedures appropriate to your risk and regulatory obligations.

8. Records and retention

The Service keeps screening records, case events and receipts on an append-only basis and retains them in accordance with the retention period configured for your tenant. Statutory record-keeping obligations that apply to you are yours to satisfy; the Service assists but does not assume them. Upon termination we will make your records available for export for thirty days, after which we may delete them except where law requires longer retention.

9. Fees

Fees, included volumes and overage rates are set in the Order. Unless the Order states otherwise, fees are exclusive of taxes, invoiced in advance, and non-refundable once the relevant period has begun. We may suspend the Service for amounts overdue by more than fourteen days after written notice.

10. Intellectual property

We own the Service, its software, documentation and marks; you receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Service during the agreement for your internal business purposes. You own Customer Data. If you give us feedback, we may use it without restriction or obligation.

11. Confidentiality

Each party will protect the other's non-public information with at least the care it applies to its own confidential information, use it only to perform under this agreement, and disclose it only to personnel and advisers who need it and are bound to confidentiality — except where disclosure is required by law or regulation, in which case prompt notice will be given where lawful.

12. Term, suspension and termination

These Terms apply from first use of the Service and continue until terminated. Either party may terminate for convenience at the end of the current Order period, or immediately for material breach not cured within fourteen days of notice. We may suspend the Service immediately where required by law, to protect the Service or other customers, or as set out in sections 5 and 9. Sections 4, 7, 8, 10–15 survive termination.

13. Warranties and limitation of liability

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available"; to the maximum extent permitted by law we disclaim all implied warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data or goodwill, even if advised of their possibility.

Our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Service is limited to the fees you paid to us in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim (or, for free use, one hundred US dollars). Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law, including for fraud or wilful misconduct.

For the avoidance of doubt: decisions to accept, hold, reject or return funds are the Customer's own, and we accept no liability for regulatory findings, penalties or losses arising from such decisions or from the Customer's compliance programme.

14. Indemnity

You will defend and indemnify us against third-party claims to the extent arising from Customer Data, your breach of section 4 or 5, or your violation of applicable law, provided we notify you promptly and allow you control of the defence.

15. Sanctions and export status of the Customer

You represent that neither you nor any beneficial owner is a sanctioned or designated person, and that you are not located in a comprehensively sanctioned jurisdiction. We may decline, suspend or terminate service where providing it would, in our reasonable judgment, breach sanctions or export laws applicable to us.

16. Changes

We may update the Service and these Terms. For material changes to these Terms we will give at least fourteen days' notice by email or in-product notice; continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. The version date above always reflects the current text.

17. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of [jurisdiction to be stated upon incorporation of KYTGate Ltd], and the courts of that jurisdiction have exclusive jurisdiction, save that either party may seek injunctive relief anywhere to protect intellectual property or confidential information.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms: hello@kytgate.com.