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GeoSmar Legal Information, Privacy & Website Terms

Legal information for GeoSmar and Rauz Caucasus LLC, covering website use, privacy, cookies, intellectual property, engineering limitations, project data and the relationship between web content and formal contracts.

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Company Identity

Website operator and legal entity.

Georgian law requires company and online-service-provider information to be permanently and easily accessible. The information below is therefore presented as the legal identity behind the GeoSmar website.

Rauz Caucasus LLC

Brand: GeoSmar

Legal form: Limited Liability Company

Registered office: N20, Apt N70, Vazha Pshavela Avenue, Tbilisi 0160, Georgia

Website: geosmar.com

Publication check required: Georgian law requires the company’s identification number to be available on the website. Replace the bracketed field above with the number shown on the current official National Agency of Public Registry extract before publishing this page.
Georgia Business Registry ↗

Engineering Use of Website Content

Technical content informs discussion. It is not a project-specific engineering decision.

GeoSmar publishes monitoring methods, engineering commentary, InSAR explanations, data-analysis concepts and research material to support technical understanding. Those materials are necessarily general unless they are prepared under a defined project scope using the relevant project information.

No automatic professional appointment

Visiting the website, downloading public material or sending an enquiry does not by itself appoint GeoSmar to perform professional engineering services.

No project-specific reliance without scope

Ground conditions, geology, instrument installation, baseline, construction sequence, asset sensitivity and data quality can materially change the interpretation of monitoring information.

Engineer review remains necessary

Automated charts, alerts, AI-assisted text, dashboards and examples should not be treated as a substitute for the project-specific engineering review required by the applicable scope and jurisdiction.

GeoSmar does not use website wording such as “monitoring”, “alert”, “risk” or “intelligence” as a guarantee that an asset is safe, that all hazardous behaviour will be detected, or that monitoring removes the need for competent project management, design review, inspection or locally required professional services.

Project Data & Confidential Information

Do not treat a public website form as a project data room.

Monitoring files can contain commercially sensitive information, infrastructure details, third-party intellectual property and personal data. GeoSmar therefore recommends defining the information-transfer route before sending sensitive or high-volume project material.

  • Start with a high-level project brief where possible
  • Identify whether an NDA or confidentiality agreement is required
  • Confirm who owns raw monitoring and survey data
  • Confirm whether third-party data may be shared with GeoSmar
  • Identify restrictions on satellite, GIS or vendor data
  • Define the permitted purpose of data processing
  • Separate project records from public case-study permission
  • Agree retention, deletion or return requirements where needed
Sending project information to GeoSmar does not by itself grant GeoSmar a right to publish the material, use a client’s name or logo, present the project as a GeoSmar case study, or reuse confidential data for unrelated model development or research. Those uses require an appropriate legal basis or separate permission.

Privacy & Personal Data

Personal data should be processed for a defined purpose and with transparent information.

Georgia’s Law on Personal Data Protection applies to relevant personal-data processing and provides data subjects with rights including information about processing, access, rectification, erasure or termination of processing in applicable circumstances, and withdrawal of consent where consent is the legal basis.

Enquiries and quotations

Contact details and information voluntarily supplied to GeoSmar may be used to respond to enquiries, define a technical scope, prepare a quotation or manage a resulting business relationship.

Direct marketing

Where personal data is used for direct marketing, the applicable consent and withdrawal requirements should be followed and a simple means of withdrawing consent should be available.

Data-subject requests

Privacy questions or requests relating to personal information held by GeoSmar can be sent to the contact address identified in the dedicated Privacy Policy.

GeoSmar Privacy Policy Official Georgian Data Protection Law ↗

Cookies & Website Technologies

Cookie information should describe what the website actually uses.

GeoSmar may use website technologies needed for site operation and, where enabled, analytics or other optional functions. The dedicated cookie page should be kept aligned with the actual WordPress plugins, analytics tools, embedded media and consent settings in production.

Necessary technologies

Some cookies or local-storage functions may be required for core website operation, security, preferences or technical functionality.

Analytics and optional technologies

If analytics, advertising, embedded media or similar third-party technologies are enabled, the cookie information and consent mechanism should identify their actual use rather than relying on a generic template.

Preference management

Visitors should be given the controls required by applicable law and the technologies actually deployed on the website.

Cookie Information & Preferences

Intellectual Property

Original GeoSmar content and third-party material should remain clearly attributable.

The GeoSmar name, original website text, original diagrams, original software interfaces, original technical methods and other original materials may be protected by applicable intellectual-property laws. Third-party trademarks, publications, standards, maps, satellite products and vendor materials remain subject to the rights and terms of their respective owners.

Permitted website use

Normal viewing, linking and reasonable citation of public GeoSmar pages are different from copying, republishing, selling, scraping or presenting GeoSmar material as another organisation’s work.

Technical references

Where GeoSmar links to official technical guidance, research or vendor documentation, the original source should remain identifiable and the link should not imply partnership or endorsement.

Project-generated IP

Ownership and permitted use of project-specific reports, data transformations, software, methods or other deliverables should be defined in the applicable quotation, statement of work or contract.

Third-Party Sources, Links & Systems

Integration does not transfer responsibility automatically.

GeoSmar may analyse or discuss data originating from client systems, monitoring contractors, sensor vendors, survey teams, InSAR providers, government sources or other third parties. Each source retains its own measurement assumptions, terms, intellectual-property rights and limitations.

External links

A link to an external website is provided for reference or navigation and does not by itself mean that GeoSmar controls, endorses or accepts responsibility for that external website.

Third-party monitoring data

GeoSmar’s interpretation depends on the information made available. Responsibility for installation, calibration, maintenance, survey control, raw data generation or vendor systems remains as defined in the relevant project arrangements.

Changes outside GeoSmar

External standards, public datasets, satellite products, software interfaces and official guidance may change after a GeoSmar page is published. Readers should check the current original source when relying on external material.

Website, Quotations & Contracts

The signed project agreement should define the professional engagement.

Georgian civil law recognises freedom of contract and agreement on essential terms. For GeoSmar projects, the practical purpose of a written quotation, statement of work or service agreement is to make those project-specific terms visible before work proceeds.

Website interaction What it does What it does not do by itself
Reading a technical page Provides general public information and GeoSmar technical perspective. Does not create a project-specific engineering opinion or appointment.
Sending an enquiry Starts a discussion and allows GeoSmar to understand the requested scope. Does not by itself confirm acceptance, fee, programme, liability or deliverable.
Requesting a quotation Provides information from which GeoSmar may prepare a proposed scope and commercial offer. Does not itself mean that the proposed work has been appointed.
Signed / accepted agreement Defines the agreed scope, deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, programme, fee and other applicable terms. Does not automatically transfer responsibilities that are expressly excluded or assigned to other parties.
Governing law, dispute forum, professional responsibility, liability, confidentiality, data use, payment and intellectual-property terms for a specific engagement should be stated in the applicable written agreement. Mandatory law in the relevant jurisdiction may also apply.

FAQs

Questions about the GeoSmar legal framework.

Which company operates GeoSmar?
GeoSmar is the market-facing brand of Rauz Caucasus LLC, a limited liability company based in Tbilisi, Georgia. The current official company identification number should be shown in the Company Identity section after verification against the National Agency of Public Registry extract.
Does reading a GeoSmar technical article create an engineering appointment?
No. Public website material is general information unless a written project agreement expressly incorporates particular material into an engagement. Project-specific engineering conclusions require the applicable scope, data, context and professional review.
Does sending data through an enquiry give GeoSmar permission to publish it?
No automatic publication permission is created by sending an enquiry. Use of confidential project material, client names, logos, photographs, datasets or case-study information should be governed by the applicable contract, confidentiality terms, legal basis or separate written permission.
Can GeoSmar rely on data generated by another monitoring contractor?
GeoSmar can potentially analyse third-party data, but the project scope should identify responsibility for instrument installation, calibration, maintenance, survey control, metadata, data generation and other matters that affect the reliability of the information supplied.
Are AI-generated or automated monitoring outputs engineering decisions?
Not by themselves. GeoSmar’s stated technical approach is engineer-augmented: automation may assist screening, calculations, reporting and comparison, while engineering conclusions depend on project context, uncertainty, limitations and professional review.
Which law governs a GeoSmar project?
The governing law and dispute forum for a particular professional or commercial engagement should be stated in the applicable written agreement. The fact that Rauz Caucasus LLC is established in Georgia does not remove mandatory legal or professional requirements that may apply in another project jurisdiction.
Where can I make a privacy or legal enquiry?
Use the GeoSmar contact page or email [email protected] and identify the request as a privacy, legal or data-related enquiry so that it can be routed appropriately.

Legal, Privacy & Data Enquiries

Need clarification before sharing information or starting a project?

Contact GeoSmar before sending sensitive project information if you need to discuss confidentiality, permitted data use, contractual scope, privacy, publication rights or the appropriate route for transferring technical material.

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