Know what stays here, what leaves, and what EPC-Covered does not do.

Scanned PDFs. EPC-Covered does not currently perform OCR. A scanned document may be retained as a source even when no text can be extracted from it.

“Extract” means EPC-Covered can read text or values out of the file to place beside your other sources. “Preview” means a retained copy can be reopened and looked at inside the product.

EPC-Covered inspects a backup before applying it. You can choose to merge it with records already in this browser or replace them. Replacement requires a separate confirmation.

A full backup declares every retained file it holds. On restore, each declared file is checked against its CRC32 before anything is written, and the summary states how many were verified intact, how many failed the checksum and how many were missing from the archive — naming the identifiers in each case. A partial restore is never presented as a whole one. If the archive does not declare itself an EPC-Covered full backup, or its manifest cannot be read, nothing is imported.

Keep backups somewhere independent of the browser and device holding the working record.

The browser-local professional record is stored on your device rather than in an EPC-Covered account. If you contact EPC-Covered about privacy or data handling, use feedback@epc-covered.co.uk.

Because the working record is not held in an EPC-Covered system, a request to see, correct or delete it is something you carry out in your own browser — through Job Library, the file manager, or by clearing browser data.

Browsers. The product has been tested in a Chromium-based browser. Safari/WebKit and Firefox have not yet been tested. The features it depends on — local storage, IndexedDB, file downloads and the browser print pipeline — are widely supported, but until those tests are run we would rather say so than imply otherwise.

Keyboard and focus. Every control is reachable by keyboard and shows a visible focus outline. Section navigation, dialogs and disclosures have been operated by keyboard.

Screen readers. Semantic structure, labels, landmarks and pressed/expanded states are implemented, but the product has not yet been tested with a screen reader. If you use one and something is unclear or unreachable, that is exactly the kind of report we want.

Zoom and small screens. Layouts are checked from 320px upward and at 200% browser zoom, with no horizontal scrolling.

What EPC-Covered is. A browser-local record workspace used alongside official assessment software. It records evidence, provenance, assessor-authored reasoning, limitations, unresolved questions and handover context, and produces supporting records from them.

What it is not. It is not assessment software. It does not calculate ratings, validate inputs, approve or check assessments, lodge anything with any register or scheme, diagnose building defects, decide retrofit measures, or perform Retrofit Coordinator or Designer functions. No output is an official certificate or a lodged assessment.

Your responsibility. You are responsible for the accuracy of what you record, for reviewing any generated wording before you share it, for your own professional compliance, and for retaining your records. Review every output before sending it to a client, a Coordinator or anyone else.

Availability. The public beta is provided as it is, without any guarantee of availability, fitness for a particular purpose, or freedom from faults. Features and stored-data formats may change during beta.

Storage and loss. Records live in your browser. Clearing browser data, browsing privately, changing device or browser, or a browser refusing a write can all result in records being lost. Keeping backups is your responsibility, and the product provides the means to make them.

Ownership. You own your records and your source files. EPC-Covered claims no licence over them, and no copy of them reaches EPC-Covered unless you deliberately send one.