Professional Disclaimer

This page sets out the basis on which content and tools on this site are made available. The diagnostic tools on this site are designed to provide indicative, high-level outputs to support AI governance conversations: they are not a substitute for professional advice tailored to your organisation's specific circumstances. This site is directed at organisations and individuals acting in the course of a business. Full details of the applicable terms, limitations and permitted uses are set out in the clauses below.

1. Definitions

In this Disclaimer, the following terms have the meanings set out below:

• "Advisor" means Theodora Monye, trading as Theodora AI Advisory and operating via theodoramonye.com.
• "Diagnostic Tools" means the interactive assessment tools made available on this website, including the EU AI Act Exposure Checker, the ISO 42001 Readiness Heatmap, and the Pre-Discovery Call Intake Form.
• "Fees" has the meaning given to it in the Advisor's Terms & Conditions, namely any amounts payable under a Statement of Work or engagement letter agreed between you and the Advisor, excluding VAT and reimbursed disbursements.
• "Site" means the website operated by the Advisor at theodoramonye.com.
• "Site Content" means all text, images, frameworks, tools, templates, checklists, outputs generated by the Diagnostic Tools, downloadable materials and other content published on the Site.
• "You / Your" means the individual or organisation accessing or using the Site.

2. Introduction

2.1 This Professional Disclaimer ("Disclaimer") sets out the basis on which the Site Content is made available on the Site. It should be read together with our Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy and any other policies published on the Site. In the event of any conflict between this Disclaimer and our Terms & Conditions, the Terms & Conditions shall prevail in respect of any paid engagement.

2.2 Material changes to this Disclaimer will be indicated by an updated effective date at the top of this page. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated Disclaimer on the Site. Your continued use of the Site following any amendment constitutes your acceptance of the revised Disclaimer.

3. Intended Audience and Consumer Rights

3.1 The Site and Site Content are directed at organisations, companies and individuals acting in the course of a business, including compliance professionals, legal counsel, board advisors and governance practitioners. The Site Content is not tailored to the needs of consumers acting outside the course of a business.

3.2 Where you are a consumer, certain statutory rights may apply which this Disclaimer cannot exclude or limit. Nothing in this Disclaimer affects your statutory rights as a consumer under applicable law, including the Consumer Rights Act 2015. If you have concerns about the Site Content or the Diagnostic Tools, please contact us using the details in clause 16.

4. Nature of Site Content

4.1 The Site Content is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not tailored to your particular circumstances and must not be relied upon as a substitute for professional advice specific to your situation.

4.2 The Site Content does not constitute, and must not be relied upon as:

• (a) legal advice or a legal opinion;
• (b) regulatory advice or a statement of compliance with any applicable law, regulation, standard or framework, including but not limited to the EU AI Act, UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, or any other applicable legal or regulatory instrument;
• (c) financial, investment, tax or accounting advice;
• (d) a comprehensive or exhaustive analysis of any legal, regulatory, technical or commercial matter; or
• (e) a substitute for independent professional advice appropriate to your specific circumstances.

4.3 You should obtain independent professional advice appropriate to your situation before taking, or refraining from, any action based on the Site Content. In particular, you must not rely solely on any Site Content or Diagnostic Tool output when making regulatory filings, compliance submissions, or any decision that may affect individuals or your organisation's legal or regulatory position.

4.4 Nothing on the Site creates or should be construed as creating a client-advisor relationship, a solicitor-client relationship, or any other professional relationship between you and the Advisor, unless expressly agreed in a signed Statement of Work or engagement letter.

5. Diagnostic and Assessment Tools

5.1 The Diagnostic Tools are designed to provide indicative, high-level screening outputs based on the information you provide. They are intended to assist you in identifying potential areas for further investigation and to facilitate preliminary conversations with an AI governance professional. They are not intended to, and do not:

• (a) constitute a comprehensive audit, assessment, gap analysis, or compliance review of your organisation's AI systems, practices, policies or governance arrangements;
• (b) produce legally binding determinations, regulatory rulings, or compliance certifications in respect of any law, regulation, standard or framework;
• (c) replace the need for a qualified legal, regulatory, technical or governance professional to conduct a full assessment of your specific circumstances; or
• (d) account for the particular facts, context, risk profile, sector-specific requirements, or jurisdictional considerations applicable to your organisation.

5.2 Outputs generated by the Diagnostic Tools are indicative only. They reflect the information entered by you at a point in time and may not account for subsequent changes in law, regulation, guidance or best practice. The Advisor makes no representation that any output is accurate, complete, current or suitable for any particular purpose.

5.3 You must not use the outputs of any Diagnostic Tool as the sole or primary basis for making strategic, operational, legal, regulatory, financial or governance decisions. Any decisions made in reliance on Diagnostic Tool outputs are made entirely at your own risk.

5.4 The Diagnostic Tools are not intended to and must not be used to make automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects on a natural person within the meaning of Article 22 of the UK GDPR. No output of any Diagnostic Tool is designed to produce, or should be used to produce, a decision that has legal or similarly significant effects on any individual data subject. If you anticipate any use of tool outputs that could produce legally binding or similarly significant effects on any individual, you must contact the Advisor before doing so; the tools are not designed or intended for that purpose.

6. Data Protection and Personal Data

6.1 The Advisor processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection law, including the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Please read our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy before submitting any data through the Site, which explain how we process personal data, the lawful bases we rely on, data retention periods, and how to exercise your rights as a data subject.

6.2 The Diagnostic Tools are designed for use with organisational and anonymised information. You should avoid entering the personal data of individuals into the Diagnostic Tools. If you consider it necessary to input personal data for a legitimate purpose, you must first ensure that you have an appropriate lawful basis under the UK GDPR, have provided any required privacy notices to the relevant individuals, and have implemented appropriate data minimisation and security measures. Where you submit personal data through any tool or form on the Site, you remain solely responsible for ensuring that such submission is lawful.

6.3 The Advisor implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data submitted through the Site. However, the transmission of data over the internet is not completely secure and the Advisor cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to the Site. Any such transmission is at your own risk.

7. Intellectual Property and Permitted Use

7.1 All Site Content is owned by or licensed to the Advisor and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. "Site Content" for the purposes of this clause includes any information, tools, templates, outputs generated by the Diagnostic Tools and downloadable materials available on the Site.

7.2 You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to view and use the Site Content (including Diagnostic Tool outputs) for your organisation's internal informational purposes only. You may reproduce reasonable extracts for internal non-commercial use, provided any such extracts retain the Advisor's copyright and any other proprietary notices. Without the Advisor's prior written consent, you must not:

• (a) sell, sublicense, republish or otherwise commercially exploit the Site Content;
• (b) distribute or transmit the Site Content to third parties; or
• (c) remove or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice contained in the Site Content.

7.3 Attribution: where you make reference to Site Content in internal materials, reasonable attribution to "Theodora Monye — theodoramonye.com" is requested.

8. No Warranty

8.1 The Site Content and Diagnostic Tools are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any representation, warranty or guarantee of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, including but not limited to:

• (a) any warranty as to accuracy, completeness, reliability, currency, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement;
• (b) any warranty that the Site or its tools will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free from viruses or other harmful components; or
• (c) any warranty that defects will be corrected.

8.2 To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 and the Consumer Rights Act 2015, all warranties, conditions and representations are hereby excluded.

8.3 The Advisor reserves the right to suspend, discontinue or modify access to the Site, its tools or any Site Content at any time and without notice. The Advisor accepts no liability for any loss or inconvenience arising from any such suspension, discontinuation or modification.

9. Limitation of Liability

9.1 To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Advisor shall not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature arising out of or in connection with your use of, or reliance on, the Site Content or any Diagnostic Tool, including but not limited to:

• (a) any direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, special or punitive loss or damage;
• (b) loss of profit, revenue, business, goodwill, data, anticipated savings or opportunity;
• (c) any regulatory sanction, penalty, enforcement action or compliance failure; or
• (d) any decision made or action taken, or omitted to be taken, in reliance on any Site Content or Diagnostic Tool output.

9.2 Subject to clause 9.3 and to the extent permitted by law, the Advisor's aggregate liability in respect of all claims arising out of or in connection with the Site Content shall be limited to the greater of: (a) the Fees paid by you to the Advisor in the 12 months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim (excluding VAT and reimbursed disbursements); or (b) £5,000 where no Fees have been paid. The parties agree this allocation of risk is fair and reasonable in the context of the Site Content being provided gratis or as high-level guidance.

9.3 Nothing in this Disclaimer excludes or limits the Advisor's liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by the Advisor's negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) any other liability which cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

10. User Responsibilities

10.1 By using the Site and its tools, you agree to use the Site Content responsibly and only for lawful purposes consistent with this Disclaimer. You must not use the Site Content in any manner that infringes the rights of any third party or that is unlawful, harmful, or fraudulent.

10.2 You accept responsibility for any losses, costs or liabilities incurred by the Advisor that arise directly from your misuse of the Site Content or Diagnostic Tools, your submission of unlawful, inaccurate or misleading information through any tool or form on the Site, or your breach of this Disclaimer. The Advisor reserves the right to seek recovery of such losses where appropriate.

11. Regulatory and Legal Landscape

11.1 The AI governance regulatory landscape — including the EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, UK AI regulation, and related guidance — is subject to ongoing development, amendment and interpretation. Site Content reflects the Advisor's understanding of the relevant frameworks at the time of publication and may not reflect subsequent changes.

11.2 The Advisor endeavours to update Site Content periodically but makes no commitment to maintain currency and accepts no liability for any loss arising from reliance on outdated content.

11.3 References to specific regulatory frameworks, standards or legislative provisions are for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice on the application of those frameworks to your circumstances.

12. Third-Party Links and Resources

12.1 The Site may contain links to third-party websites, publications or resources. Such links are provided for convenience only. The Advisor does not endorse, control, or accept responsibility for the content, accuracy, availability or practices of any third-party website or resource. Reliance on any third-party content accessed via links on the Site is at your own risk.

13. Survivability and Severability

13.1 The following clauses shall survive the termination or expiry of any engagement or the cessation of your use of the Site: clause 7 (Intellectual Property), clause 9 (Limitation of Liability), clause 10 (User Responsibilities), and clause 14 (Governing Law).

13.2 If any provision of this Disclaimer is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

14. Dispute Resolution and Governing Law

14.1 In the event of any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Disclaimer, the party raising the dispute shall notify the other party in writing with reasonable particulars of the dispute. The parties shall have 30 days from the date of such notice to attempt to resolve the dispute through good faith negotiation or mediation before commencing court proceedings.

14.2 This Disclaimer is governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute that cannot be resolved by negotiation or mediation shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

15. How to Use the Diagnostic Tools Safely

To get the most from the Diagnostic Tools and to use them appropriately, please follow these guidelines:

• Use the tools for organisational self-assessment only — avoid entering personal data of individuals without a clear lawful basis.
• Treat all outputs as indicative and preliminary. Verify findings against your specific circumstances with a qualified professional.
• Do not use tool outputs as the sole basis for compliance decisions, regulatory submissions, or governance frameworks.
• If your use case involves decisions that may affect individuals, contact the Advisor before proceeding.
• For bespoke advice tailored to your organisation, book a discovery call via theodoramonye.com.

16. Contact

16.1 If you have any questions about this Disclaimer, wish to request permissions, or have concerns about how the Site Content or Diagnostic Tools have been used, please contact:

Theodora Monye
Theodora AI Advisory
theo@theodoramonye.com
theodoramonye.com