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Terms of Service

Last updated: 15 July 2026

1. Acceptance of terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a legal agreement between you and Qern Pty Ltd ("RedFlag", "we", "us", "our"), an Australian company based in the Australian Capital Territory (ABN 68 697 076 832), governing your access to and use of RedFlag's Chrome extension and web dashboard at redflagstatus.com (together, the "Service").

By creating an account, installing the extension, or otherwise using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, which are incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. Description of the service

RedFlag is an accessibility auditing service. It lets you scan web pages for WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 AA violations using the open-source axe-core engine, track issues over time, run an optional AI-assisted label review, and export findings (CSV, VPAT/ACR) from your dashboard.

3. Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, and able to form a binding contract to use the Service. If you use the Service on behalf of a company or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.

You must provide a valid email address to create an account and are responsible for keeping your login credentials (and, if enabled, your two-factor authentication method) secure. You may not share your account with others or use RedFlag on behalf of someone else without their knowledge. Notify us immediately if you suspect unauthorised use of your account.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

4. Free and Pro plans

Free plan. No payment required. Scanning is limited to a reduced view of violations per page, one active domain, and other usage limits described in-app (for example, a lifetime cap on distinct full-site crawl domains and a monthly cap on AI label reviews). Saved dashboard data and full violation details require a Pro account.

Pro plan. $15 USD per month, or the price shown at checkout, billed monthly in advance via Stripe and auto-renewing until cancelled. All prices are in US dollars unless stated otherwise. Pro gives you full violation details, unlimited domains, full-site scanning up to 100 pages per crawl, URL List Scan, AI-assisted review, VPAT/ACR export, CSV export, and a higher monthly allowance of AI label reviews, each as described on our pricing/upgrade pages from time to time.

Billing. Stripe processes all payments on our behalf; we never receive or store your full card number. By subscribing, you authorise us (via Stripe) to charge your payment method on a recurring basis until you cancel. You are responsible for keeping your payment method up to date; if a payment fails, we may suspend Pro features until it is resolved.

Cancellation and refunds. You may cancel your Pro subscription at any time from your account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and you retain Pro access until then. Except where required by law (including non-excludable guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law), we do not provide pro-rata refunds for partial billing periods.

Price changes. We will give you at least 30 days' notice before changing the Pro plan price. If you do not cancel before the change takes effect, you accept the new price on your next billing cycle.

5. Acceptable use

You may use RedFlag only on websites you own or have explicit permission to scan. You must not:

  • Use RedFlag to scan websites without the owner's permission.
  • Attempt to circumvent rate limits, security controls, or the usage limits of your plan.
  • Resell, sublicense, or redistribute RedFlag, or use it to build a competing product.
  • Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the extension or dashboard, except as permitted by law.
  • Use the Service in a way that disrupts, degrades, or overburdens it for other users, or attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service or its underlying systems.
  • Upload or submit content through the Service that is unlawful, infringing, or that you do not have the right to submit.

You agree to indemnify and hold Qern Pty Ltd harmless from any claim, damage, liability, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your use of RedFlag in violation of these Terms, including scanning websites without authorisation.

6. Scan accuracy — not legal or compliance advice

RedFlag uses axe-core, together with our own automated and AI-assisted checks, to detect accessibility issues. Automated tools cannot detect all accessibility issues. Some WCAG success criteria require manual, human judgement — for example, whether alternative text is genuinely meaningful in context, or whether a complex interaction is truly operable by keyboard and assistive technology. RedFlag's output, including any AI-assisted label review result, is a starting point for your own accessibility work, not a complete audit.

RedFlag scan results, scores, and exported reports (including VPAT/ACR exports) are not legal advice, are not a certification of WCAG, ADA, EN 301 549, or any other accessibility standard, and do not guarantee legal compliance. We make no warranty that RedFlag will detect every accessibility violation on a scanned page, or that a page with zero reported RedFlag violations is fully accessible or legally compliant. You are solely responsible for how you use RedFlag's output, and you should seek independent expert or legal advice for compliance decisions.

7. Third-party services

The Service relies on third-party providers — including Supabase, Stripe, Netlify, Google (Gemini and Analytics), PostHog, Cloudflare, and Resend — described in our Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for outages, errors, or changes in these providers' services, though we will use reasonable efforts to maintain the Service's availability.

8. Intellectual property; your content

RedFlag, its software, branding, and documentation are owned by Qern Pty Ltd or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Service for your own accessibility auditing purposes.

You retain ownership of the websites you scan and the scan data, notes, and exports stored in your account ("Your Content"). You grant us a limited licence to host, process, and display Your Content solely to provide and improve the Service. You represent that you have the right to scan the websites you submit and that doing so does not infringe any third party's rights.

9. Disclaimer of warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or completely secure. Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any consumer guarantee, right, or remedy under the Australian Consumer Law or other law that cannot lawfully be excluded.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Qern Pty Ltd will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Service — including reliance on scan results in accessibility audits, remediation decisions, or legal proceedings.

Our total aggregate liability to you for all claims arising from or relating to the Service in any 12-month period is capped at the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in that period, or (b) AUD 100.

11. Indemnification

In addition to Section 5, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Qern Pty Ltd, its officers, employees, and agents from any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Service, Your Content, or your violation of these Terms.

12. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time from your account settings. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, with or without notice, if you breach these Terms, if required by law, or if we discontinue the Service. Upon termination, your right to use the Service ends immediately; data handling on termination is described in our Privacy Policy. Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 6, 8–11, and 13) will survive.

13. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. You and Qern Pty Ltd agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Australian Capital Territory. Before filing a claim, we encourage you to contact us at the email below so we can try to resolve the issue informally.

14. Changes to the service or these terms

We may modify or discontinue features of the Service at any time. For material changes that affect paid customers, we will give at least 30 days' notice where reasonably practicable. We may also update these Terms from time to time; if we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, notify you by email or an in-app notice. Continued use of the Service after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

15. General

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Qern Pty Ltd regarding the Service.

16. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email support@qern.com.au.

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