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Compass Governance

Terms of Service

Last Updated: August 30, 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms & Entity Operating Disclosure

By accessing or using Compass (https://usecompass.in), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. Compass is operated by MD Khalid as a registered sole proprietorship enterprise under MSME (Udyam Registration No: UDYAM-TS-09-0266023) based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

2. Socratic Cognitive Simulation & Disclaimer

Compass is an educational flight simulator designed to help founders practice high-stakes decision-making under uncertainty. All scenarios, 5-axis cognitive telemetry scores (Capital Allocation, Team Morale, Public Trust, Runway Preservation, Strategic Tradeoffs), Socratic mirrors, and Decision DNA metrics are educational reflection tools. They do not constitute formal legal, investment, accounting, or fiduciary advisory services. The founder retains sole executive and legal responsibility for their real-world actions.

3. Zero Data Retention, Intellectual Property & Anti-Clone Protections

Compass connects to commercial enterprise AI APIs (including Mistral AI Codestral, Google Cloud Vertex AI, and NVIDIA NIM) under strict contractual Zero Data Retention (ZDR) guarantees. Your proprietary startup crisis inputs, financials, and responses are processed transiently in-memory and are never used to train, retrain, or improve foundational AI models.

🛡️ Universal Intellectual Property & Anti-Reverse Engineering Covenant

All software source code, interactive scenario simulations, Socratic prompt architectures, Decision Maturity Index (DMI) algorithms, 5-axis telemetry formulas, radar models, and user interface designs are the exclusive, protected intellectual property of Compass and MD Khalid.

Whether you are a casual visitor exploring a sample scenario, an individual founder on a 30-day challenge or annual pass, or an institutional cohort participant, you are granted exclusively a limited, personal, revocable, non-transferable license to practice decision-making. Users and visitors are strictly prohibited from copying, scraping, reverse-engineering, decompiling, white-labeling, or creating derivative competitive simulation products based on Compass's proprietary frameworks, scoring rubrics, or curricula. Any unauthorized replication constitutes a direct violation of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 and the Information Technology Act, 2000.

🔒 Ethical Inactive Account Archival & Data Sovereignty Policy

When an individual access pass (such as the 30-Day Crucible) reaches expiration, Compass respects the founder's hard-won progress. We do not engage in hostage-taking or sudden punitive data destruction. Instead, your historical Decision DNA, completed audit logs, and verified certificates are preserved in a secure, read-only vault so you can reference your historical benchmarks upon return.

Active scenario execution and new AI sparring are paused until renewal. You retain absolute statutory sovereignty under the India DPDP Act 2023: you may trigger a full permanent data wipe at any time via the “Reset Context” control or by emailing md.khalid@usecompass.in. Inactive accounts with zero activity for 24 continuous months are permanently purged in accordance with data minimization standards.

🛡️4. 360-Degree Ethical, Moral & Legal Omnibus Acceptable Use Policy

Compass is an executive flight simulator dedicated to ethical enterprise, positive human flourishing, and constructive leadership. The following categories are strictly prohibited on Compass:

  • Predatory Interest, Usury & Riba, Financial Exploitation & Deceptive Fraud: Prompts or scenarios seeking to exploit individuals with predatory interest, usury, loan-sharking, or fraudulent schemes.
  • Illicit Substances & Adult Content: Businesses or simulations involving alcohol, liquor, non-medicinal narcotics, cannabis, pornography, or adult entertainment.
  • Weapons, Explosives & Human Harm: Scenarios involving firearms, explosives, terrorism, physical violence, or harm to human life.
  • Financial Crimes & Corruption: Money laundering, tax evasion, bribery, insider trading, extortion, or Ponzi schemes.
  • 360-Degree Legal Catch-All Clause: Any activity that is unlawful, fraudulent, or unethical under any local, national, or international law.

5. Transparent Pricing & No Hidden Auto-Debits

Compass operates on transparent, upfront single-transaction cohorts:

  • 30-Day Founder Crucible: ₹2,999 (One-time 30-day individual access).
  • 1-Year Strategic Pass: ₹7,999 (One-time 1-year individual access).
  • 3-Year Pioneer Pass: ₹9,999 (One-time 3-year lifetime access).
  • Premier Enterprise Cohort (30-Day Program): ₹2,00,000 / batch (30 to 35 startups, full 30-day curriculum and Day 30 portfolio audit).
  • National Academic Innovation Charter: ₹1,25,000 / batch (Subsidized grant rate for 20 university startups).

All transactions are upfront and non-recurring. We do not lock users into hidden recurring auto-debit subscription traps.

6. Limitation of Liability & Governing Law

To the maximum extent permitted under Indian law, the total cumulative liability of Compass and its operator shall be strictly capped at the actual amount paid by the user for their access tier (maximum ₹2,999 for Founder Challenge or ₹9,999 for Pioneer Pass). Any legal claims shall be governed exclusively by the laws of India, with exclusive jurisdiction restricted to the Courts of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

7. Contact & Corporate Inquiries

For legal notices, inquiries, or enterprise cohort contracts, contact the founder directly at md.khalid@usecompass.in.

© 2026 Compass · Registered MSME UDYAM-TS-09-0266023 · Hyderabad, India