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Terms of Service
These terms explain the deal between you and Defaults Exposed FZ-LLC (“we”, “us”, “our”) when you use Defaults.Exposed (the “Service”). We’ve tried to keep them short and clear. By using the Service, you agree to them.
What the Service is
Defaults.Exposed is a domain-security service. We look at how a website domain is set up — its email protection, its encryption, its web and naming configuration — and turn that into a simple grade, from A to F.
We’ve checked a very large number of domains across the internet. The public pages on this site show patterns across many domains — what’s common, what’s rare, what tends to be left unprotected. They never reveal the grade of any single domain.
To see the grade for a specific domain, you have to prove you control it. We do this by emailing a one-time code to an address at that domain. If you can receive that code, you can see the grade. This keeps each domain’s result private to the people who actually run it.
What a grade means — and what it doesn’t
A grade is our opinion, formed from the outside, at a single moment in time. Think of it like a snapshot taken from the street, not a full inspection of the building.
Because of that, please understand:
- It’s a point-in-time view. A domain’s setup can change at any moment. A grade from last week may not reflect today.
- It’s an external opinion, not a certificate. A grade is not a warranty, a guarantee, a certification, or a stamp of approval. It does not promise that a domain is “safe” or that it is “unsafe”.
- It is not a security guarantee. A high grade does not mean nothing can ever go wrong. A low grade does not mean something will. Security depends on many things we cannot see from the outside.
- It’s a helpful signal, not the final word. Use a grade as a prompt to check your own setup or ask your IT provider — not as the sole basis for an important decision.
We work hard to be accurate, but we don’t promise the Service is error-free or always available. We provide it “as is”.
Acceptable use
You agree to use the Service fairly and lawfully. In short: don’t try to break it, abuse it, scrape it, overload it, or use it to harm others or invade anyone’s privacy. The full details are on our Acceptable Use page, which forms part of these terms. If you break those rules, we may suspend or end your access.
Free and paid tiers
There’s a free part of the Service and there are paid plans.
- Free includes checking your own verified domain and seeing the fixes you can make. The fixes we suggest are always free to view — you never have to pay us to learn how to improve your domain.
- Paid plans add extra features for those who want more. What’s included and what it costs will be finalised at launch.
If you sign up for a paid plan, the terms shown at checkout — price, billing cycle, and how to cancel — apply alongside these terms.
Your account and your information
If you create an account, keep your login details safe and let us know if something looks wrong. You’re responsible for activity under your account.
How we handle your information is explained in our Privacy page. Your data is processed in the EU.
Our intellectual property
The Service — including the grades, the way we present patterns and findings, the site itself, our name and branding, and the underlying methodology — belongs to us or our licensors. You’re welcome to use the Service for its intended purpose, but you may not copy, resell, or pass off our content or branding as your own without our permission.
The grade and report for your own verified domain are yours to use however helps your business.
Limitation of liability
We offer the Service in good faith to help you, much of it for free. To the fullest extent the law allows:
- We’re not liable for any loss or damage that results from relying on a grade, from any error or gap in the Service, or from the Service being unavailable.
- We’re not responsible for decisions you or anyone else makes based on what you see here.
Nothing in these terms removes any rights you have that can’t legally be removed.
Changes
We may update the Service and these terms from time to time — for example, as our methodology improves or the law changes. When we make a meaningful change to these terms, we’ll update the date and, where it matters, let you know. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the updated terms.
Ending your use
You can stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or end access if these terms or the Acceptable Use rules are broken, or where we reasonably need to.
Governing terms
Defaults.Exposed is operated by Defaults Exposed FZ-LLC. The legal details that govern these terms will be confirmed here following legal review.
Contact
Questions about these terms? Get in touch through the contact details on this site, and we’ll be glad to help.