Compliance & Regulatory Disclaimer

We market this product on the fact that it understands your trade. It knows what an EPA-608 annualized leak rate is. It knows that a failed backflow test does not reset the certification clock. It knows which electrical panels have a documented history of failing to trip.

That is all true, and we are proud of it. Here is what it does not mean.

The obligation is still yours

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE IS THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF YOU AND YOUR CUSTOMERS. It is not transferred to Owlsight because you bought software that tracks it.

Under 40 CFR §82.157, for example, the duty to repair a leaking appliance falls on the OWNER OR OPERATOR of that appliance — the building owner — not on the contractor who serviced it. Our software helps you see the clock. It does not become the party responsible for it, and neither, by using our software, do we.

The software can be wrong

It can be wrong in all the ordinary ways, and you should assume it will be at some point:

• THE DATA YOU ENTERED MIGHT BE WRONG. A mistyped charge weight produces a confidently incorrect leak rate.
• THE REGULATION MIGHT HAVE CHANGED. EPA thresholds move. The NEC revises on a three-year cycle. Local amendments differ by jurisdiction and by water authority. We work to keep the logic current — that is part of what the subscription pays for — but we cannot guarantee that every rule in every jurisdiction is current on any given day.
• THERE MIGHT BE A BUG. We write software. Software has bugs.
• SOMETHING MIGHT SIMPLY NOT BE IN THE SYSTEM. A record nobody entered cannot generate a reminder nobody receives. Silence from the software is not evidence that nothing is due.

What you must do

• VERIFY against the current, authoritative source — the CFR, the NEC, your state and local code, your water authority — before you rely on anything for a filing, a test, or an inspection.
• Apply your own licensed professional judgment. You are the qualified party. We are not.
• Keep your own records. Our reports are an aid to your recordkeeping, not a replacement for it.
• Tell us if you find something wrong. Quickly, please — and we will fix it quickly.

Not professional advice

Nothing in the Owlsight platform, the website, our reports, our AI features, or our monthly business reviews is LEGAL, REGULATORY, TAX, ACCOUNTING, ENGINEERING or SAFETY advice. We are technologists and business consultants. We are not your attorney, your accountant, your engineer, or your code official.

Where the stakes warrant it, consult someone who is.

AI output

AI features generate plausible text. Plausible is not the same as correct, and a model will be wrong in exactly the same confident tone it uses when it is right. Review AI output before acting on it, and never send it to a customer or a regulator unread.

Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OWLSIGHT IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY FINE, PENALTY, CITATION, ENFORCEMENT ACTION, FAILED INSPECTION, LOST CERTIFICATION, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY ARISING FROM YOUR REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS OR FROM RELIANCE ON THE SOFTWARE.

This sits alongside the limitation of liability in our Terms of Service, and does not replace it.

Why we wrote this down

Most software companies bury this in clause 14(c) of a document nobody opens. We would rather say it on its own page, in plain words, and link to it from the screens it actually applies to.

A tool that helps you not get fined is worth paying for. A tool that PROMISES you will never get fined is lying, and it would be lying to the person who has the most to lose.