01Acceptance of these terms
These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of this website, including the KartShield Grand Prix game (together, the “Website”). By using the Website you agree to these Terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the Website.
02About us
The Website is operated by KartShield Cyber (“KartShield”, “we”, “us”), a provider of cyber security and regulatory compliance services to organisations in the European Union and European Economic Area. You can contact us at hello@kartshields.com.
03Using this website
You may use the Website for lawful purposes only. You agree not to:
- use the Website in a way that breaches any applicable law or regulation;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, its servers or any connected systems;
- introduce malware, or carry out denial-of-service or similar attacks;
- scrape, copy or harvest content at scale using automated means without our permission;
- misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organisation.
We may suspend or restrict access to the Website at any time, for example for maintenance or security reasons.
04The Grand Prix game
The KartShield Grand Prix is provided free of charge for entertainment and general awareness purposes.
- The game is not a security assessment. In-game places, scores and “posture grades” say nothing about the actual security or compliance of you or your organisation.
- There are no prizes, and scores have no monetary value.
- Scores and preferences are stored only in your browser’s local storage, as described in our Privacy Policy.
- Rival characters, hazards and power-ups are fictional and simplified illustrations of real-world threats and controls.
- Please take breaks. If you have photosensitive epilepsy, be aware that the game contains flashing effects.
05No professional advice
Content on the Website — including descriptions of the GDPR, NIS2, DORA, the EU AI Act, the Cyber Resilience Act, ISO/IEC 27001 and the “grid position” self-checks — is general information only. It is not legal advice or a substitute for a professional assessment of your specific situation. Regulations and their national implementations change; always seek qualified advice before acting.
06Our services
Nothing on the Website is a binding offer. Descriptions of service classes are indicative. Any engagement with KartShield is governed by a separate written agreement (such as a master services agreement, statement of work and, where applicable, a data processing agreement), which takes precedence over these Terms.
07Security testing & responsible disclosure
Please do not perform penetration tests, vulnerability scans or other security testing against the Website or our systems without our prior written authorisation. If you believe you have found a vulnerability, report it to hello@kartshields.com with enough detail for us to reproduce it. We ask that you:
- give us reasonable time to fix the issue before disclosing it publicly;
- avoid accessing, modifying or deleting data that isn’t yours;
- avoid degrading the availability of our services.
We will not pursue legal action against researchers who act in good faith and in line with this section.
08Intellectual property
The Website and its content — including text, graphics, logos, the game, its artwork and code — are owned by or licensed to KartShield and protected by intellectual property laws. You may view and play the Website for personal or internal business use. You may not copy, modify, distribute or commercially exploit any part of it without our written permission.
Fonts used on the Website (Manrope and Orbitron) are licensed under the SIL Open Font License. Regulation names are used for descriptive purposes only; references to standards bodies or frameworks do not imply endorsement.
09Third-party links
The Website may link to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their content, availability or privacy practices, and a link does not imply endorsement.
10Disclaimer
The Website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the extent permitted by law, we make no warranties that the Website will be uninterrupted, error-free or free of harmful components, or that the information on it is complete, accurate or up to date.
11Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, KartShield is not liable for any indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of profits, revenue, data or business opportunity, arising from your use of — or inability to use — the Website or reliance on its content.
Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for intent or gross negligence, or any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law. If you are a consumer, nothing in these Terms affects your statutory rights.
12Changes to these terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. The “last updated” date shows the latest version. Continued use of the Website after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.
13Governing law & disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Netherlands, and disputes will be submitted to the competent courts of Amsterdam. If you are a consumer resident in the EU, you also benefit from the mandatory consumer protection rules of your country of residence and may bring proceedings in the courts there.
If any provision of these Terms is found invalid, the remaining provisions remain in full force.
14Contact
Questions about these Terms: hello@kartshields.com. Privacy questions: hello@kartshields.com.