Terms of Service
These terms govern your use of the COHESION API, SDKs, MCP server, and dashboard provided by COHESION AUTH LLC, a Washington limited liability company, during the v1.2.0 release. By integrating the API or installing an SDK, you accept these terms on behalf of your organization.
1. Acceptable use
- You will not use the service to target or profile identified individuals without a lawful basis under applicable privacy law.
- You will not deploy the service as an Automated Employment Decision Tool within the scope of NYC Local Law 144 unless you independently comply with that law, including required bias audits and candidate notice.
- You will not use the service in critical-infrastructure applications (power, water, aviation, pharmaceuticals manufacturing, or similar) without a signed SLA addendum that specifies uptime, incident-response, and safety-net terms.
- You will not attempt to reverse-engineer, circumvent rate limits, or share API keys across organizations.
2. Warranty disclaimer
The v1.2.0 release is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. COHESION AUTH LLC makes no warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement beyond what is documented in the Trust and Compliance Pack and the regulatory mapping documents:
Customers remain responsible for their own regulatory compliance and for validating that COHESION meets their specific obligations.
3. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, COHESION AUTH LLC's aggregate liability arising out of or relating to these terms is capped at the fees paid by the customer in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim. COHESION AUTH LLC is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages. Nothing in this section limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
4. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, USA, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Venue lies in the state or federal courts sitting in King County, Washington, unless an alternative forum is agreed in a signed pilot agreement.
5. Intellectual property
The COHESION methodology, including the middleware-to-telemetry-to-scoring-to-invisible-intervention loop, is covered by a provisional patent filed 2026-04-13 by COHESION AUTH LLC, with 31 claims. COHESION AUTH LLC retains all rights in the methodology, the API surface, the scoring engine, and all related software.
Subject to these terms, COHESION AUTH LLC grants the customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the SDKs and MCP server for the customer's internal business purposes during the pilot term.
6. Termination and data export
Either party may terminate the pilot on 30 days written notice. Upon termination, data export is governed by Section 9 of the DPA. Customers may request export at any time during the pilot by emailing [email protected].
We may suspend the service for material breach, security incident, or legal obligation, with notice where practicable.
7. Confidentiality
Each party will protect the other's confidential information using at least the same degree of care it uses to protect its own confidential information, and in no event less than reasonable care. Customer data is treated as customer confidential information.
8. Privacy and data processing
Data handling is described in the Privacy Notice. Enterprise pilots sign a Data Processing Agreement that incorporates these terms.
Additional operational documents referenced in the DPA include the sub-processors ledger, the security posture document, and the backup and recovery document.
9. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. Material changes will be announced at least 30 days before they take effect through the contact email associated with the API key. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.
10. Contact
Legal and contractual inquiries: [email protected].
COHESION AUTH LLC, Washington, USA.