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Terms of Use

Effective date: February 2026
Last updated: February 2026

Agreement

By accessing and using the TFA Matrix (tfa.notastandard.org), you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use this site.

About This Resource

The TFA Matrix is a structured knowledge base of technology-facilitated abuse techniques, maintained by Not A Standard Pty Ltd. It is provided as a public resource for education, protection, research, and policy development.

This site does not provide personal advice. The information on this site is general in nature and is not a substitute for professional legal, psychological, forensic, technical, or safety advice. Every situation involving domestic and family violence is different. Please see our full Limitations, Methodology & Responsible Use statement.

Permitted Use

You may use this site and its content for:

  • Personal safety: Understanding technology-facilitated abuse and identifying potential indicators in your own situation
  • Professional practice: Informing domestic violence case work, law enforcement investigation, legal practice, counselling, and related professional activities
  • Research: Academic and policy research into technology-facilitated abuse, domestic violence, or related fields
  • Education: Teaching, training, and professional development
  • Policy development: Informing legislation, regulation, and organisational policy
  • Tool development: Building tools, services, or resources that protect people from technology-facilitated abuse, subject to the licensing terms below

Prohibited Use

You must not use this site or its content to:

  • Develop, refine, or implement techniques for perpetrating abuse, surveillance, harassment, coercive control, or any form of interpersonal harm
  • Identify or exploit vulnerabilities in a victim's protective measures
  • Develop tools, products, or services that enable abuse, stalking, surveillance, or control of another person
  • Circumvent detection indicators described in this framework
  • Misrepresent the framework's conclusions, methodology, or scope
  • Present technique descriptions as instructional or how-to guides

Not A Standard reserves the right to take action, including pursuing legal remedies, against any individual or organisation that uses this framework to facilitate harm.

No Warranty

This site and its content are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranty of any kind, express or implied. Not A Standard does not warrant that:

  • The content is complete, accurate, or current
  • The framework covers all possible technology-facilitated abuse techniques
  • Any protective action described on this site will be effective or safe in any specific situation
  • The site will be available without interruption or error

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by Australian law, Not A Standard, its directors, employees, and contributors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from:

  • Your use of or reliance on information provided on this site
  • Any action taken or not taken based on information on this site
  • Any inability to access the site
  • Any errors or omissions in the content

This limitation applies regardless of the legal theory on which the claim is based.

Intellectual Property

Our Content

The text, structure, methodology, and presentation of the TFA Matrix are © 2026 Not A Standard Pty Ltd. SAFE and TFA Matrix are trademarks of Not A Standard Pty Ltd.

STIX Data

The TFA Matrix dataset (tfa-attack.json) is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). You are free to share and adapt the data for non-commercial purposes, provided you give appropriate credit and distribute any derivative works under the same licence. For commercial licensing enquiries, contact Not A Standard.

MITRE ATT&CK

MITRE ATT&CK® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The TFA Matrix uses the ATT&CK knowledge representation methodology for interoperability and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a product of The MITRE Corporation. The ATT&CK website framework code used for this site is used under the Apache 2.0 License.

Contributing

By submitting a pull request, issue, or pattern submission to the TFA Matrix, you grant Not A Standard Pty Ltd a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, modify, and distribute your contribution as part of the TFA Matrix under the terms stated here.

Third-Party Links

This site contains links to third-party websites and services. Not A Standard is not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or availability of these external sites.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of Australia. Any disputes arising from or relating to the use of this site shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Australia.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Use from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will be revised accordingly. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

Contact

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