DraftVerify Certification Program Terms
These terms govern applications to the DraftVerify Certification Program and, where certification is issued, the continuing conditions attached to certificate status and authorized certification-mark use.
1. Application
Submission of an application requests assessment only. It does not create certification, approval, endorsement, partnership, registry status, or any right to use a DraftVerify certification mark.
2. Applicant information
The applicant represents that information submitted for assessment is accurate to the best of its knowledge and will promptly correct material errors or omissions discovered during the application or certification period.
3. Assessment
The applicant agrees to provide evidence and reasonable access necessary to assess the requested scope under the applicable DraftVerify Standard and program rules. DraftVerify may decline to make a conformity decision where sufficient evidence is not available.
4. Certification decision
Certification exists only after DraftVerify issues a written conformity decision for a defined scope and records the resulting certificate status. Payment, implementation assistance, purchase of tags, training completion, or submission of an application does not guarantee certification.
5. Certificate status
The holder shall accurately represent the current status and scope of its certificate. For DraftVerify purposes, current Registry status controls over a copied certificate, badge, screenshot, label, or third-party listing.
6. Certification-mark licence
While an applicable certificate is Active, DraftVerify may grant the holder a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to use specified DraftVerify certification marks solely within the certified scope and in accordance with F-32 and any mark-use instructions.
No ownership interest in DraftVerify marks is transferred. The holder shall not register, challenge, imitate, incorporate into a business or product name, or authorize another person to use a DraftVerify certification mark except as DraftVerify expressly permits in writing and subject to applicable law.
7. Suspension, withdrawal and expiry
On suspension, withdrawal, expiry, or termination of certification, the holder shall cease current promotional claims of active certification and cease certification-mark use for the affected scope as required by F-32.
8. Material changes
The holder shall notify DraftVerify of material changes that could affect the certified scope, including material changes to relevant sites, identity architecture, products, system mappings, ownership, or controlled procedures where the applicable program requires notice.
9. Surveillance and reassessment
Continued certification may be conditioned on surveillance evidence, incident review, corrective action, reassessment, renewal, or other controls stated in the applicable program.
10. Intellectual property
Except for the limited rights expressly granted in writing, all DraftVerify copyright, trademark, certification-mark, software, registry, certificate, publication, and other proprietary rights remain with their respective owner. Public access to the Standard is governed by the site Terms of Use and F-5.
11. Confidentiality
DraftVerify will use reasonable measures to protect non-public assessment information, subject to legal obligations, safety or integrity requirements, certification status publication, and the applicant's written agreements.
12. Public status information
The applicant authorizes DraftVerify, if certification is issued, to publish information reasonably necessary to validate certification, including certificate ID, holder name, scope, applicable Standard version, status, and status dates.
13. No regulatory representation
DraftVerify Certification is private and voluntary. The holder shall not represent it as government approval, regulatory approval, product-safety approval, professional licensing, or accredited certification unless that specific status has actually been granted and is expressly identified.
14. Separate agreements
DraftVerify may require additional signed commercial, confidentiality, audit, technology, or mark-licensing terms for a particular program. Where a signed agreement expressly conflicts with these general terms, the signed agreement controls for that relationship to the extent stated.
15. Governing law
Unless a separate written agreement states otherwise, these Program Terms are governed by the laws of Ontario and the applicable federal laws of Canada, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.
16. Updates
DraftVerify may revise these terms prospectively. A material change affecting an existing certificate holder's contractual rights will be handled in accordance with the applicable agreement, renewal, or notice process.
Certification Program Terms v2.0 · Effective September 22, 2026.