Terms of use

Last updated 2026-10-19

These terms cover this website and what it offers for free: the Yuyari Standard, the self-assessment, and the request form. They are an agreement between you and Michael Mckenna, an individual doing business as Yuyari in New York (“Yuyari”, “we”). By using the site you accept them. If you use it for an organization, you accept them for that organization and confirm you may. You must be 18 or older.

In short. The Standard is free to use under CC BY 4.0. The self-assessment grades numbers you enter, in your browser, and nobody checks them. Its result is your own self-assessment: it is not a Yuyari assessment, a certification, or legal advice. Paid work happens only under a separate signed agreement.

1. The Yuyari Standard

The text of the Standard is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. You may copy, adapt and share it, including commercially, if you credit it. The license covers the text only. The name Yuyari, the tier names and the conformance marks are not licensed, and the Standard says when they may be used (§8.4). The Standard is a public draft and will change. A result is bound to the version it was obtained under.

2. The self-assessment

It runs on your device. The grade is computed in your browser from what you enter. Only what the privacy notice lists reaches us, and only if you ask for the gap report.
It checks arithmetic and structure, not truth. It does not see your model, your data or your process, and cannot tell whether the numbers you enter are accurate or were obtained as you describe. You are responsible for what you enter.
Its result is self-reported. Any tier or verdict it shows is marked self-reported (for example W2-self), cannot exceed Tier 3, and is valid for 90 days for the model version you entered, because nothing in it was independently reproduced.
How you may describe it. You may say that your organization self-assessed against the Yuyari Standard and quote the designation with its -self marking. You may not present it, or anything derived from it, as an assessment, opinion, certification or endorsement by Yuyari or any assessor.

3. Not advice, no relationship

The site, the Standard and the self-assessment give general information and software. They are not legal, regulatory, compliance or other professional advice. Using them, or sending us a request, does not create a client, advisory or assessor relationship. Whether a regulator, auditor, insurer or court accepts any evidence is for them to decide.

4. Requests and paid work

Sending the request form starts a conversation and commits neither of us to anything. A Deletion Assurance Review, a Rehearsal Engagement or any other paid work is governed only by a separate written agreement signed by both parties, which these terms do not modify.

5. Acceptable use

Do not use the site to break the law or infringe anyone's rights. Do not interfere with it, probe it for vulnerabilities without our permission, submit automated or bulk requests, or submit other people's personal data. Do not use the Standard or anything on this site to install, elicit or distribute capabilities that could cause serious harm.

6. Our content

Apart from the Standard's text (§1), the site's content, design and code belong to us or our licensors, and these terms grant you no rights in our name or marks.

7. Disclaimers

THE SITE, THE STANDARD AND THE SELF-ASSESSMENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANY OF THEM WILL DETERMINE WHETHER A MODEL HAS FORGOTTEN ANY DATA OR CAPABILITY, OR THAT ANY RESULT WILL SATISFY ANY LAW, REGULATOR, AUDITOR OR INSURER.

8. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, DATA OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE STANDARD OR THE SELF-ASSESSMENT. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR THEM IS LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100). SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THESE LIMITS, AND THEN THEY APPLY ONLY AS FAR AS ALLOWED.

9. Indemnity

You will compensate us for third-party claims arising from your breach of these terms, including presenting a self-assessment as a Yuyari assessment or certification.

10. Changes, suspension, transfer

We may change the site or these terms. If a change matters, the date above changes and the new terms apply from then. We may suspend access for a breach. We may transfer these terms, and the business, to a company we form to carry it on; your rights under them stay the same. Sections 3 and 6–11 survive.

11. Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The state and federal courts located in New York have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes about them, and both of us consent to that. If any part is unenforceable, the rest stands. These terms and the privacy notice are the whole agreement about the free site.

12. Contact

mmckenna-int@outlook.com · Michael Mckenna d/b/a Yuyari, New York