Terms of Use

Axis Intelligence LLC - USA

Effective date: May 24, 2026 Last updated: May 24, 2026

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of axis-intelligence.com (the “Site”) and any services, solutions, content, or features provided by Axis Intelligence (“we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company”).

By accessing or using the Site, subscribing to our newsletter, contacting us, or engaging us for services, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site or engage our services.

1. About Axis Intelligence

Axis Intelligence is operated by Axis Intelligence LLC, a Limited Liability Company, registered in Wyoming, United Statesunder company number 139683371, with its principal place of business at 1207 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1228 Wilmington, DE 19806 United States

Axis Intelligence operates as both:

A technology media publication — publishing articles, statistics reports, reviews, comparisons, and analyses across cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, SaaS, consumer hardware, smart home, electric vehicles, networking, and digital culture.
A professional services provider — offering Big Data consulting, custom development, Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) advisory, Artificial Intelligence integration, Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, OSINT services, and related digital transformation services to clients worldwide.

These Terms cover both your use of the public Site and the broader framework within which we engage clients for professional services.

2. Definitions

For purposes of these Terms:

“Content” means all text, graphics, images, audio, video, data, statistics, methodologies, designs, software, interactive tools, and other material made available on the Site.
“Services” means the professional consulting, custom development, advisory, integration, and managed solutions Axis Intelligence offers, including Big Data, Consulting, Custom Development, GRC, AI, IoT, OSINT, and any related offerings.
“User” means any person or entity that accesses the Site.
“Client” means a person or entity that has entered into a separate written agreement with Axis Intelligence for Services.
“Service Agreement” means a Master Services Agreement, Statement of Work, engagement letter, or similar written contract governing a specific Services engagement between Axis Intelligence and a Client.

3. Eligibility

To use the Site, you must be at least 16 years old (or the age of digital consent in your jurisdiction, whichever is greater). By using the Site, you represent that you meet this requirement and that you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms.

If you are using the Site on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

4. Use of the Site

4.1 License to use the Site

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Axis Intelligence grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Site for personal, non-commercial purposes, or for internal business purposes (such as evaluating our Services or referencing our research).

4.2 Permitted uses

You may:

Read, view, and interact with Content on the Site
Share links to articles on social media and other platforms
Quote short excerpts (up to two sentences) with attribution and a link back
Cite our statistics and research in your own work, subject to the citation and licensing terms in our Editorial Policy and on each statistics article
Subscribe to our newsletter and communications
Submit inquiries through our contact forms
Use our public interactive tools (Password Strength Checker, IP Lookup, Speed Test, etc.) for personal or internal business purposes

4.3 Prohibited uses

You may not:

Copy, reproduce, republish, mirror, frame, or distribute Content from the Site in full without prior written permission
Use scrapers, bots, or automated systems to extract Content beyond what is permitted by our robots.txt file
Use our Content to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models without prior written permission
Remove, alter, or obscure copyright notices, attributions, or watermarks
Use the Site or our Content to defame, harass, or harm any person or organization
Use the Site for any illegal purpose
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Site, our servers, or any data we hold
Introduce viruses, malware, denial-of-service attacks, or other malicious code
Interfere with or disrupt the Site or any related infrastructure
Use the Site or Content in a way that could damage our reputation or the reputation of any individual or organization mentioned in our Content
Use the Site to send unsolicited communications, advertising, or promotional material
Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any software made available through the Site

We reserve the right to investigate and take action against violations of these prohibited uses, including reporting suspected illegal activity to law enforcement.

5. Professional Services

Axis Intelligence offers a range of professional services. These Terms govern the framework within which we engage with prospective and existing clients. Specific engagements are governed by separate written Service Agreements.

5.1 Service categories

We offer services across the following categories. The Site lists current offerings; we may add, modify, or discontinue services at any time.

Big Data — Data architecture, pipelines, analytics platforms, and data engineering
Consulting — Strategic and technical consulting on digital transformation, technology selection, and operational improvement
Custom Development — Bespoke software, applications, integrations, and platform builds
GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) — Compliance program design, risk assessment, regulatory advisory (including GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIS2, EU AI Act, and similar frameworks)
Artificial Intelligence — AI strategy, model development, integration, governance, deployment, and post-deployment monitoring
Internet of Things (IoT) — IoT architecture, deployment, device security, data integration
OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) — Open-source intelligence research, threat intelligence, due diligence investigations (lawful and ethical engagements only)

5.2 Engagement process

A request for Services or an inquiry through the Site does not, by itself, create a contractual relationship. A Services engagement begins only when:

We discuss your needs and confirm we can provide the requested Services
We provide a written proposal, Statement of Work, or engagement letter describing the scope, deliverables, timeline, and fees
Both parties sign a Service Agreement

Until a Service Agreement is signed, no Services are owed, no fees are due, and no warranties or commitments apply.

5.3 Service Agreements take precedence

For any Client engagement, the terms of the specific Service Agreement (Master Services Agreement, Statement of Work, or engagement letter) prevail over these Terms in the event of conflict. These Terms cover only the broader framework — the use of the Site, intellectual property baseline, and disclaimers — that complements but does not replace a Service Agreement.

5.4 OSINT and intelligence services

For OSINT and intelligence-related engagements, Axis Intelligence operates exclusively within legal and ethical boundaries. We do not:

Conduct unauthorized surveillance of individuals
Engage in intrusive intelligence gathering against private persons without lawful basis
Bypass technical access controls to obtain non-public information
Provide services to clients we reasonably believe will use them for unlawful purposes, harassment, or to harm vulnerable persons

We reserve the right to decline any OSINT or intelligence engagement at our sole discretion.

5.5 AI services and outcomes

For Artificial Intelligence engagements, you acknowledge that:

AI systems can produce unexpected, incorrect, or biased outputs
Outcomes of AI projects depend on data quality, organizational readiness, and factors outside our exclusive control
We provide AI Services with reasonable professional care but do not guarantee specific business outcomes (revenue increases, cost reductions, productivity gains)
Compliance with applicable AI regulations (such as the EU AI Act) is a shared responsibility between us as service provider and you as the deploying organization
You remain responsible for the lawful and ethical use of any AI systems we help you build, deploy, or operate

Specific guarantees, milestones, and acceptance criteria, where applicable, are set out in the relevant Service Agreement.

6. Newsletter and Communications

By subscribing to our newsletter or providing your email address through a contact form, you consent to receive communications from Axis Intelligence related to our content, services, research, and updates.

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of our emails or by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribing from marketing communications does not affect operational or transactional emails (for example, communications related to an active Service Agreement).

7. User-Generated Content

If we enable comments, contact form submissions, survey responses, or other user-generated content, the following applies.

7.1 Your content

You retain ownership of content you submit, but you grant Axis Intelligence a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual license to use, display, reproduce, distribute, and create derivative works of your submitted content for purposes related to the Site and our Services. This license includes the right to moderate, edit for clarity or length, and remove content.

7.2 Standards

You agree not to submit content that:

Is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, hateful, or threatening
Infringes any intellectual property right
Discloses confidential information of a third party without authorization
Contains malware or malicious code
Is spam, advertising, or solicitation
Impersonates any person or entity
Could constitute or encourage criminal conduct
Violates the privacy of any individual

We may remove any user-submitted content at our sole discretion without notice.

7.3 No obligation to monitor

We are not obligated to review or moderate user-submitted content before it appears. Submitted content reflects the views of the submitter, not Axis Intelligence.

8. Intellectual Property

8.1 Our intellectual property

All Content on the Site — including but not limited to text, graphics, images, statistics, research methodologies, software, interactive tools, page layouts, brand names, logos, and trade dress — is owned by Axis Intelligence or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

Except for the limited license described in Section 4.1 and the limited reuse rights described in our Editorial Policy, no rights are granted to you in our intellectual property.

8.2 Statistics and data licensing

Axis Intelligence Research statistics and datasets are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license where indicated on the article itself. You may reuse such statistics in your own work with attribution to Axis Intelligence Research and a link back to the original article.

Articles, reviews, opinion pieces, and other editorial content are not licensed under CC BY 4.0 and remain protected by standard copyright unless specifically marked otherwise.

8.3 Trademarks

“Axis Intelligence,” the Axis Intelligence logo, “Axis Intelligence Research,” and related marks are trademarks of Axis Intelligence. You may not use these marks without our prior written permission, except in fair-use commentary, reporting, or criticism that does not suggest endorsement.

Other trademarks appearing on the Site (such as product names, company names, and logos in reviews and comparisons) are the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on the Site does not imply endorsement of or by Axis Intelligence.

8.4 Client work and deliverables

Ownership of work product, deliverables, and intellectual property created during Service engagements is governed by the applicable Service Agreement. By default, unless otherwise agreed:

We retain ownership of our pre-existing intellectual property, methodologies, frameworks, tools, and reusable components
The Client receives a license (scope and exclusivity defined in the Service Agreement) to use deliverables for their internal business purposes
We may use sanitized, aggregated learnings from engagements to improve our methodologies and Services, without disclosing Client-specific information

These defaults are commonly customized in Service Agreements based on engagement type and Client requirements.

8.5 AI training prohibition

You may not use any Content on the Site as training data for artificial intelligence, machine learning, or large language models without our prior written permission. This restriction applies to scraping, bulk downloading, and any automated or systematic ingestion of Content. Permission requests can be sent to [email protected].

9. Third-Party Links, Affiliate Links, and Sponsored Content

The Site contains links to third-party websites, services, products, and resources. These links are provided for convenience and do not imply endorsement.

Some links on the Site are affiliate links — see our Affiliate Disclosure for a complete explanation of how affiliate links work, the affiliate programs we participate in, and how affiliate revenue does not influence our editorial decisions.

Some content on the Site is sponsored — when this is the case, the content is clearly labeled as “Sponsored,” “Partner Content,” or similar. See our Editorial Policy for our independence and transparency commitments around sponsored content.

We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, opinions, practices, or privacy policies of third-party websites. Your use of any third-party website is at your own risk and subject to the terms and privacy policies of that third party.

10. Disclaimers

10.1 Informational content, not professional advice

Articles, statistics, reviews, comparisons, and other Content on the Site are provided for general informational purposes only. The Content is not:

Professional legal advice
Professional financial or investment advice
Professional medical or mental health advice
Professional engineering or architectural advice
A substitute for engaging a qualified professional to assess your specific circumstances

You should not act or rely on Content from the Site without consulting an appropriately qualified professional. Axis Intelligence is not a law firm, an investment advisor, a medical provider, or a licensed engineer.

10.2 Product reviews and recommendations

Product reviews, “best of” lists, and comparisons reflect our editorial judgment at the time of publication. Products change. Software updates. Vendors change pricing, features, and ownership. Use our recommendations as one input among several when making purchasing decisions, not as the final word.

We test products as described in our How We Test page, but we cannot test every configuration, environment, or use case. Your experience may differ from ours.

10.3 Statistics and data

Axis Intelligence Research statistics are sourced from named primary sources, dated, and methodologically transparent (see our Research methodology). Despite our care, statistics may be revised by source organizations after publication, source organizations may discover errors in their own data, or interpretations may evolve. We update articles quarterly but cannot guarantee that every figure is current at the moment you read it. Verify with the original source for any decision-critical use.

10.4 Site availability

We make reasonable efforts to keep the Site available and functioning, but we do not guarantee:

Uninterrupted access
Error-free operation
Compatibility with all devices, browsers, or assistive technologies
That defects will be corrected

The Site, Content, and any interactive tools are provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement, except where such disclaimers are prohibited by applicable law.

10.5 Services

Professional Services provided under a Service Agreement are subject to the warranties (or warranty disclaimers) set out in that Service Agreement. Nothing on the Site itself constitutes a warranty or guarantee of Service outcomes.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Axis Intelligence, its officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, including but not limited to lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, business interruption, or loss of goodwill, arising out of or related to:

Your use of or inability to use the Site
Any Content on the Site
Any product, service, or vendor referenced on the Site
Reliance on any statistics, recommendations, or information provided
Any unauthorized access to or use of our servers or data
Any conduct of any third party in connection with the Site

This limitation applies regardless of whether the claim is based on warranty, contract, tort, statute, or any other legal theory, and even if Axis Intelligence has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the total aggregate liability of Axis Intelligence in connection with your use of the Site shall not exceed FIFTY US DOLLARS.

For Services engagements, liability is governed by the applicable Service Agreement, which may set different (typically higher and engagement-specific) caps. Nothing in these Terms reduces the liability protections we provide in a Service Agreement.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. In those jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the smallest extent permitted by law.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Axis Intelligence, its officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, and affiliates from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to:

Your violation of these Terms
Your violation of any applicable law or regulation
Your violation of any third-party right, including intellectual property and privacy rights
Your user-generated content
Your unauthorized use of the Site or Content

We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, at your expense, in which case you agree to cooperate with us.

13. Termination and Suspension

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to:

Suspend or terminate your access to the Site for any violation of these Terms
Remove or modify any Content
Discontinue any part of the Site, with or without notice

Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination — including without limitation Intellectual Property, Disclaimers, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, and Governing Law — will survive any termination.

14. Modifications to These Terms

We may modify these Terms at any time. When we make material changes, we will:

Update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page
Where appropriate, notify users by email or by a notice on the Site

Your continued use of the Site after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree with the changes, you must stop using the Site.

For existing Client engagements, modifications to these Terms do not retroactively change the terms of an executed Service Agreement.

15. Governing Law and Disputes

15.1 Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Wyoming, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles.

15.2 Disputes

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or related to these Terms or your use of the Site shall first be attempted to be resolved through informal good-faith negotiation. If the dispute cannot be resolved within 60 days, it shall be Wyoming.

For Services engagements, the dispute resolution provisions of the applicable Service Agreement prevail.

15.3 Time limit for claims

To the extent permitted by applicable law, any claim arising out of or related to these Terms or the Site must be brought within one year after the claim arose. Claims brought outside this period are barred.

15.4 Class action waiver

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that any dispute shall be resolved on an individual basis and not as a class action, collective action, or representative action.

16. International Use

The Site is operated from United States. We make no representation that the Site is appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access the Site from outside United States, you do so at your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Specific consumer protection rights for users in the European Union, United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions are not waived by these Terms to the extent such rights cannot lawfully be waived.

17. Force Majeure

Axis Intelligence is not liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, pandemic, government action, internet or infrastructure failure, third-party service outages, or labor disputes.

18. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms to any successor entity in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of substantially all of our assets, with notice to affected users.

19. Severability and Waiver

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any provision shall not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision.

20. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, Editorial Policy, Affiliate Disclosure, How We Test, and any applicable Service Agreement, constitute the entire agreement between you and Axis Intelligence regarding your use of the Site and the framework for our Services.

For Client engagements, the executed Service Agreement, together with these Terms (to the extent not superseded), is the entire agreement governing that engagement.

21. Relationship of the Parties

Nothing in these Terms creates any partnership, joint venture, employment, fiduciary, or agency relationship between you and Axis Intelligence. Neither party has authority to bind the other or to incur obligations on the other’s behalf except as expressly set out in a written agreement.

22. Notices and Contact

For questions about these Terms, or to send formal notices:

Legal and Terms inquiries: [email protected]
Privacy inquiries: [email protected]
Editorial inquiries: [email protected]
Services inquiries: [email protected]
General contact: /contact/
Postal address: 1207 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1228
Wilmington, DE 19806
United States

Notices to Axis Intelligence should be in writing and sent to the postal address above or to [email protected].

23. Acceptance

By accessing or using the Site, subscribing to our communications, submitting an inquiry, or engaging Axis Intelligence for Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms.

These Terms of Use are part of the broader framework that governs Axis Intelligence’s operations as both a technology media publication and a professional services provider. Together with our Privacy Policy, Editorial Policy, Affiliate Disclosure, and How We Test page, they describe how we operate transparently and responsibly.