Gra.fo terms of use

Terms & Conditions.

THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THESE "TERMS") ARE A LEGAL CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU, AS A VISITOR OR MEMBER OF THE SITES AND DATA.WORLD, INC. (THE “COMPANY”), WHICH OWNS GRA.FO. THESE TERMS EXPLAIN HOW YOU ARE PERMITTED TO ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE LOCATED AT THE URL: HTTPS://GRA.FO AS WELL AS ALL ASSOCIATED SITES, FORUMS, AND CHANNELS LINKED TO GRA.FO BY THE COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES (COLLECTIVELY, THE "SITE"). BY ACCESSING OUR SITE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO ALL THESE TERMS; IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THE SITE, ANY SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE (“SERVICES”) OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE. ACCESS AND USE OF DATA.WORLD AND ITS ASSOCIATED SITES, FORUMS AND CHANNELS LINKED TO DATA.WORLD BY IT, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES ARE ALSO GOVERNED BY THE TERMS OF USE ON HTTPS://DATA.WORLD/TERMS.

NOTE: THESE TERMS CONTAIN A DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ARBITRATION PROVISION, INCLUDING CLASS ACTION WAIVER THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THESE TERMS AND WITH RESPECT TO DISPUTES YOU MAY HAVE WITH THE COMPANY. YOU MAY OPT OUT OF THE BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER AS PROVIDED BELOW.

Changes.

The Company may make changes to the content and Services offered on the Site at any time. The Company can change, update, or add or remove provisions of these Terms, at any time. Any update to these Terms will take effect on the noted effective date. If you do not agree with any of the updated Terms, you must stop using the Site.

Age.

By using the Site, you represent, acknowledge and agree that you are at least 18 years of age, or if you are under 18 years of age but are at least 13 years old (a “Minor”), that you are using the Site with the consent of your parent or legal guardian and that you have received your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to use the Site and agree to these Terms.If you are a parent or legal guardian of a Minor, you hereby agree to bind the Minor to these Terms and to fully indemnify and hold harmless the Company if the Minor breaches any of these Terms. If you are not at least 13 years old, you may not use the Site at any time or in any manner or submit any information to the Company or the Site.

Privacy Policy.

Please review the Company’s Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”), which explains how the Company uses information that it collects and that you submit to the Company and which is incorporated by reference into these Terms.

Using the Site and the Services on the Site.

You must register for an account with the Company to use the Site by providing your first and last name and email address. By registering for an account with the Company, whether as an individual or entity, you become a “Member.” The rights, privileges, features, and functionality provided to a Member depend on that Member’s subscription plan as more fully explained on the Pricing page. The rights and privileges provided to a Member are personal and non-transferable.

Materials.

The Company provides content on the Site that is copyrighted and/or trademarked work of the Company or the Company’s third-party licensors and suppliers or other visitors and Members of the Site (collectively, the “Materials”). Except as set forth below, Materials may include logos, graphics, video, images, software, documentation and other content. The application programming interfaces (“APIs”) that the Company may make available to you, are not deemed to be “Materials” for purposes of these Terms.

Subject to the terms and conditions of these Terms, and your compliance with these Terms, the Company hereby grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to use and to display the Materials and to use the Site solely for your personal or internal business use. Except for the foregoing license, you have no other rights in the Site or any Materials and you may not modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance or in any way exploit any of the Site or Materials in any manner. If you breach any of these Terms, the above license will terminate automatically, and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials.

You understand that the Company may remove content from the Site, including without limitation derivatives of and/or results from using the Site from the Service at any time if required by law or otherwise in its sole discretion. Your searches, queries, schema, comments and other content and metadata may be negatively impacted by such removal.

APIs.

If you elect to use the APIs, then subject to your compliance with our API documentation (“Documentation”) and these Terms, including, without limitation, your payment of all applicable fees, we hereby grant you an additional limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license to access and use the API and Documentation for the sole purpose of interfacing your web-based applications (each a “Member Application”) to the Services and Materials, solely for your own internal business use, and not for timesharing, application service provider or service bureau use. You acknowledge and agree that you’re your use of the APIs may be subject to volume and other restriction imposed by us from time to time. We may monitor your use of the APIs to ensure quality, improve our products and services, and verify your compliance with these Terms and the Documentation. Each Member Application must maintain 100% compatibility with the current version of the APIs. If any Member Application implements an outdated version of the APIs, you acknowledge and agree that such Member Applications may not be able to communicate with the Services. You understand that we may cease support of old versions of the APIs. You are solely responsible for obtaining all necessary licenses, permissions, and rights to use and interface your Member Applications in the manner contemplated above and you represent and warrant to the Company that you have so secured the necessary licenses, permissions, and rights. The Company reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, your access to the APIs or any API or any part thereof with or without notice.

Password Restricted Areas of the Site.

If you desire to become a Member, you must submit the following information through the account registration page on the Site: first and last name, email address and password. If your account requires payment due to the subscription plan you selected on the Pricing page, you may be additionally required to provide payment information which will be collected and stored by the Company’s third-party payment processor, and not the Company. The registration and other information that you provide is subject to the Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference into these Terms. The Company will determine whether or not to approve your proposed account and may approve or reject any account registration in the Company’s sole discretion. If approved, you will be permitted to log in to your account with your email address and password (the “Company Password”). Information submitted during the account creation process will be subject to the Privacy Policy.

Passwords.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Company Password and any password for any applicable Third-party Services (collectively, "Passwords”), and you are responsible for all activities that occur using your Passwords. You agree not to share your Passwords, let others access or use your Passwords or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your Passwords. You agree to notify the Company if any of your Passwords on the Site is lost, stolen, if you are aware of any unauthorized use of your Passwords on the Site or if you know of any other breach of security in relation to the Site.

Complete Information.

All the information that you provide when registering for an account and otherwise through the Site must be accurate, complete and up to date. You may change, correct or remove any information you submitted from your account by logging into your account directly and making the desired changes.

Teams.

If you have become a Member as a result of a team or other group inviting you to contribute to its organization (the “Organization”) on the Site (i.e., a unique URL where a group of users may access the Services), Submissions you make to the Organization are owned by that team or group, and the Company provides that team or group with many choices and control over those Submissions. For example, the team or group may provision or deprovision your access to the Organization and Services, enable or disable third-party integrations, and manage permissions, retention and export settings, and these choices and instructions may result in the restricted access, use, disclosure, modification or deletion of certain or all your Submissions to the Organization. You also agree and consent to the team or group obtaining information regarding your activities and Submissions on the Site related to the Organization either directly or through us.

AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OR OWNER OF AN ORGANIZATION, YOU AGREE THAT IT IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO (A) INFORM ALL MEMBERS WHOM YOU INVITE TO CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR ORGANIZATION OF YOUR RELEVANT POLICIES AND PRACTICES AND ANY SETTINGS THAT MAY IMPACT THE PROCESSING OF THEIR SUBMISSIONS TO YOUR ORGANIZATION; (B) OBTAIN ANY RIGHTS, PERMISSIONS OR CONSENTS FROM THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE LAWFUL USE OF THEIR SUBMISSIONS AND THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICES; AND (C) RESPOND TO AND RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE WITH ANY OF THOSE MEMBERS RELATING TO OR BASED ON THEIR SUBMISSIONS, THE SERVICES OR YOUR FAILURE TO FULFILL THESE OBLIGATIONS. You are responsible for ensuring that each Member you invite only uses his or her credentials and that those credentials are not shared by multiple Members.

Experimental Features.

We may provide experimental features on the Site into which you can opt. If you elect to be an “Experimental” Member on the Site to test new Services and features of the Site, you understand that such Services and features are not commercial release versions and as pre-release Services and features, have not been fully tested. Without limiting any disclaimer of warranty or other limitation stated herein, you agree that these “Experimental” Services and features are not considered by the Company to be suitable for commercial use, and that they may contain errors affecting their proper operation and/or may cause disruptions. BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT USE OF SUCH EXPERIMENTAL SERVICES AND FEATURES MAY CAUSE SPORADIC DISRUPTIONS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DISRUPT YOUR USE OF THE SITE IN GENERAL AND ANY SERVICES THAT MAY BE OFFERED THROUGH THE SITE. THE COMPANY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF ANY EXPERIMENTAL SERVICES OR FEATURES. Moreover, you acknowledge that we may modify or discontinue Experimental Services or features at any time and may chose not to release such Services or features as part of a commercial release or, if included in a future release, such commercial release may not contain functionality or operate in a manner similar to the Experimental Service or feature.

Subscription Plans.

The Company offers different subscription plans. There are subscription plans for Members who are individuals, and subscription plans for Members who want to work in teams. You, as an administrator for a team, may sign up for a subscription plan for your team’s members, employees, contractors or others you choose to invite (each, a “Team Member”). You also have an option to select an enterprise-level subscription plan if your team requires more Services and features related to managing Team Members. You have the option to choose from the paid subscription plans applicable to you or your team by going to your account settings and selecting a subscription plan or signing up through the Pricing page. You can review the fees and features of your current subscription plan at any time by checking your account settings. For the pricing and features that are available in the enterprise plan, please contact: sales@data.world.

You may not sign up for more than one free subscription plan or free trial.

Except if you have agreed to otherwise with the Company, you may adjust your subscription plan at any time, including upgrading or downgrading subscription plans; however, you will not receive a refund for those fees already paid.

Fees.

You agree to pay all applicable fees related to the subscription plan you select, all of which are described on the Pricing page. or as otherwise communicated on the Site or by the Company. All payments must be made in US Dollars. The Company, without limiting its other rights or remedies, may downgrade your account to a free subscription or trial plan, at its discretion, if your payment is thirty (30) or more days late and/or your offered payment method (e.g., credit card) cannot be processed. The Company shall provide ten (10) days’ written notice prior to such downgrade. Access to paid functionality will cease following such downgrade and you could lose your account functionality and features and your Submissions. You shall be solely responsible for downloading your schemas and/or making changes on how you use the Site to meet the limitations of the free subscription plan, as applicable, prior to such downgrade. The Company does not have any liability for losses resulting from any downgrade.

By providing a payment method, you expressly authorize the Company and its third-party payment processor to charge the applicable fees on that payment method as well as taxes and other charges incurred thereto at regular intervals, all of which depend on the subscription plan you selected. You agree that the Company may invoice you for any unpaid fees. When you sign up for a paid subscription to use the Site and Service (“Subscription”), the Company, through its third-party payment processor, will charge your credit card for your first fee on the date that it processes the order for your Subscription (or if you sign-up for a Subscription that includes a free-trial, the Company will charge your credit or debit card for your first Subscription fee upon your transition to a paid Subscription).

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Unless you cancel prior to the expiration of your current Subscription, the Company will automatically renew your Subscription on each monthly or yearly (depending on the Subscription you have chosen) anniversary of the date that it charged your credit card for the first Subscription fee, and it will charge your credit card with the applicable renewal Subscription fee and any Taxes (as defined below) that may be imposed on such fee payment. Subscriptions must be cancelled prior to the applicable renewal date.

You may cancel your Subscription directly through your Account Settings page on the Site; provided that any Subscription fees charged prior to the effective date of cancellation will not be refunded, in whole or in part. Your Subscription will continue to the end of its paid period.

The Company may alter the pricing for each subscription plan by amending the pricing shown on the Pricing page. or informing you of any pricing changes. The Company can terminate any free plan or trial that you have subscribed to, at any time and for any reason, without notice or liability to you. The Company can terminate any paid Subscription for any reason and without liability, by providing notice to you that we intend to terminate your subscription plan at the end of your then-current Subscription period.

Taxes.

All fees are exclusive of any applicable sales, use, import or export taxes, duties, fees, value-added taxes, tariffs or other amounts attributable to your use of the Site and Services (collectively, “Taxes”). You are solely responsible for the payment of any such Taxes. In the event the Company is required to pay Taxes on your behalf, you shall promptly reimburse the Company for all amounts paid.

Third-Party Offerings.

Third-parties may from time to time make certain software or services, including without limitation other online, web-based business application subscription services and any offline products provided by third-parties, that interoperate with the Services or Materials (“Third-party Offerings”). If you acquire or use such Third-party Offerings, such acquisition or use and exchange of information between you and any provider of a Third-party Offering is solely between you and the applicable provider of the Third-party Offering. The Company does not warrant or support any Third-party Offering, whether or not designated as “certified” or otherwise. If you install or enable any Third-party Offering for use with the Services, you acknowledge that the Company may allow the providers of that Third-party Offering to access your Submissions as required for the interoperation and support of such Third-party Offering with the Services. The Company shall not be responsible for any disclosure, modification or deletion of your information on the Site resulting from any such access by providers of Third-party Offerings. You are required to obtain all necessary licenses, permissions and rights to use such Third-party Offerings. If the provider of any Third-party Offering ceases to make such Third-party Offering available for interoperation with the Services, the Company may cease providing such features without entitling you to any refund, credit, or other compensation.

You may not sign up for more than one free subscription plan or free trial.

Except if you have agreed to otherwise with the Company, you may adjust your subscription plan at any time, including upgrading or downgrading subscription plans; however, you will not receive a refund for those fees already paid.

Parties Responsible for Content.

Certain Materials that are not Submissions (defined below in Section E) may be provided by third-party licensors and suppliers to the Company where separate and additional terms govern the use of that third-party content.

You are responsible for all content and information you upload, post or add to the Site, including obtaining all necessary rights and licenses to use that content and information.

THE COMPANY DOES NOT VERIFY, MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY SUBMISSIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE TRUTHFULNESS, ACCURACY, QUALITY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT THEREOF, ANY THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, THE SCOPE OF ANY RIGHTS IN SUCH SUBMISSIONS, OR THE SUITABILITY OF THE SUBMISSIONS FOR YOUR USE.

Links to Third-Party Content or Sites.

The Site may be linked to other third-party content or websites that are not part of the Company sites, including, without limitation, social networking, blogging and similar websites through which you are able to log into the Site using your existing account and log-in credentials for such third-party sites, including, without limitation, Facebook, Google, Github and Twitter (any and all of which of the foregoing listed websites may change from time to time) and websites that provide question-and-answer forum functionality (collectively, “Third-Party Sites”). Third-Party Sites include third-party content and websites that may be linked to within a Submission. Certain areas of the Site may allow you to interact and/or conduct transactions with such Third-Party Sites, and, if applicable, allow you to configure your privacy settings in your Third-Party Site account to permit your activities on the Site to be shared with your contacts in your Third-Party Site account and, in certain situations, you may be transferred to a Third-Party Site through a link but it may appear that you are still on the Site. In any case, you acknowledge and agree that the Third-Party Sites may have different privacy policies and terms and conditions and/or Member guides and business practices than the Company, and you further acknowledge and agree that your use of such Third-Party Sites is governed by the respective Third-Party Site privacy policy and terms and conditions and/or Member guides. You hereby agree to comply with any and all terms and conditions, Members guides and privacy policies of any of Third-Party Sites. The Company is providing links to the Third-Party Sites to you as a convenience, and the Company does not verify, make any representations or take responsibility for such Third-Party Sites, including, without limitation, the truthfulness, accuracy, quality or completeness of the content, services, links displayed and/or any other activities conducted on or through such Third-Party Sites. Do not provide any personal information, including passwords or other sensitive information to Third-Party Sites you do not know and trust. YOU AGREE THAT THE COMPANY WILL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY GOODS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND/OR CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH ANY THIRD-PARTY SITES AND/OR THIRD-PARTY DEALINGS OR COMMUNICATIONS, OR FOR ANY HARM RELATED THERETO, OR FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSS CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED BY OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OR RELIANCE ON THE CONTENT OR BUSINESS PRACTICES OF ANY THIRD-PARTY OR YOUR SHARING OF PERSONAL OR SENSITIVE INFORMATION WITH SUCH THIRD-PARTY SITES. Any reference on the Site to any product, service, publication, institution, organization of any third-party entity or individual does not constitute or imply the Company’s endorsement or recommendation. The Company shall not be responsible for any disclosure, modification or deletion of your account and profile information or any other information resulting from any such access by the providers of the Third-party Service or from the transmission of such information to such Third-party Service.

What is a Submission.

A “Submission” is any RDF file, information, description, text, data, metadata, opinions, messages, comments, collaboration, tags, queries, searches, images, photos, videos, graphics, sounds and other content or material that is submitted, uploaded, posted or otherwise made available on or through the Site or through the Services available in connection with the Site.

You are responsible for all Submissions you submit, upload, post or otherwise make available on or through the Site or through the Services (“Submit”). You may not upload, post or otherwise make available on the Site any material protected by copyright, trademark, or any other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of such copyright, trademark or other proprietary right owned by a third-party, and the burden of determining whether you have sufficient permission to share such information is on you. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trademarks, proprietary rights, violation of contract, privacy or publicity rights or any other harm resulting from any Submission that you make. You have full responsibility for each Submission you make, including its legality, reliability and appropriateness.

Our Rights in Your Submissions.

You hereby grant the Company a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-up, worldwide license to use, reproduce, process, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, transmit and distribute each of your Submissions, or any portion thereof, in any form, medium or distribution method now known or hereafter existing, known or developed solely to provide the Services. The Company may modify or adapt your Submissions in order to transmit, display or distribute them over computer networks and in various media and/or make changes to the Submissions as necessary to conform and adapt them to any requirements or limitations of any networks, devices, services or media.

Personal Data.

YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION, PERSONAL DATA, OR OTHER DATA THAT RELATES TO AN IDENTIFIED OR IDENTIFIABLE LIVING PERSON (COLLECTIVELY, “PERSONAL INFORMATION”) IN ANY SUBMISSION. YOU HAVE COMPLIED, AND WILL CONTINUE TO COMPLY, WITH APPLICABLE LAW (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PRIVACY, DATA PROTECTION LAWS AND OTHER LAWS APPLICABLE TO REGULATED DATA) AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS IN THE COLLECTION, USE, SUBMISSION AND TAKEDOWN OF SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION.

To the extent required by applicable laws, you have (a) obtained the express consent of the individuals whose data you have collected, including the right to use the that data and the related metadata a Submission, and (b) disclosed to those individuals how the metadata about them is being used, including on our Site.

“Regulated Data” means information or data, the collection, use, and disclosure/sharing of which is subject to one or more laws effective in the jurisdiction of the person uploading a Submission. Regulated Data includes but is not limited to full payment card data (credit, debit, or other payment card data); national identification numbers (for example, Social Security Numbers); Personal Information about persons under the age of 13; ‘protected health information’ as defined by HIPAA in the US; financial information pertaining to a natural living person; or any other data where publishing such data is prohibited under applicable law.

Prior to including any Regulated Data in any of your Submissions, you must enter into a separate written agreement with the Company governing such Regulated Data, including without limitation the receipt, storage, use, transmission of such Regulated Data.

You agree and covenant that neither your use of the Services nor your Submissions shall constitute or result in any of the “Unauthorized Activities” below. These prohibitions do not require the Company to monitor, police or remove any Submissions or other information submitted by you or any other Member of or visitor to the Site or Service.

When using the Site and the Services, you agree not to:

• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
• Condone or encourage violence.
• Use racially, ethnically, or otherwise offensive language.
• Discuss or incite illegal activity.
• Use explicit/obscene language or solicit/post violent, graphic or sexually explicit images (actual or simulated).
• Post anything that exploits children or minors or that depicts cruelty to animals.
• Post any materials which violate the trademark, copyright, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property rights, proprietary rights, rights of publicity or privacy, or other similar rights of any third-party.
• Disseminate any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, 'junk mail', 'spam', 'chain letters', 'pyramid schemes', or any other form of such solicitation.
• Use the Services for any illegal, fraudulent, unethical or inappropriate purposes, including to boost search engine rankings.
• Use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Site.
• Submit, without the express written consent of the owner(s), any Submissions that were created in violation of any restrictions imposed by the owner(s) of such Submissions, including any restrictions prohibiting the use of any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means.
• Post or transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability.
• Upload any information or content that contains viruses, worms, time bombs, Trojan horse, or other harmful or malicious code, files, scripts, agents or programs that may damage the operation of the Services or Site or another’s computer or mobile device.
• Take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Company’s infrastructure.
• Alter the opinions or comments posted by others on the Site. Download or copy or portions of the Site or Services for the purposes of creating a duplicate of the Site or Services or in an attempt to create a competing site or to offer services that compete with the Services. (Each of the above is an “Unauthorized Activity”; collectively, “Unauthorized Activities.”)

This list of Unauthorized Activities provides examples and is not complete or exclusive. The Company reserves the right to (a) terminate access to your account, your ability to post to the Site (or use the Services) and (b) refuse, delete or remove your account and/or Submissions; with or without cause and with or without notice, for any reason or no reason, or for any action that the Company determines is inappropriate or disruptive to the Site or to any other party who accesses the Site and/or Services. The Company may report to law enforcement authorities any actions that may be illegal, and any reports it receives of such conduct. When legally required or at the Company’s discretion, the Company will cooperate with law enforcement agencies in any investigation of alleged illegal activity on the Site or on the Internet.

Unauthorized use of any Materials or Submissions contained on the Site may violate certain laws and regulations.

You agree to indemnify and hold the Company and its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, licensors, and business partners harmless from and against any and all costs, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs of defense) the Company or any other indemnified party suffers in relation to, arising from, or for the purpose of avoiding, any claim or demand from a third-party that your use of the Site and/or Services or the use of the Site and/or Services by any person using your user name and/or password (including without limitation, your participation in the posting areas or, your Submissions) constitutes an Unauthorized Activity or violates any applicable law or regulation, or the trademark, copyright, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property rights, proprietary rights, rights of publicity or privacy, contractual obligations, or other similar rights of any third-party.

Our Rights in Your Submissions.

You hereby grant the Company a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-up, worldwide license to use, reproduce, process, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, transmit and distribute each of your Submissions, or any portion thereof, in any form, medium or distribution method now known or hereafter existing, known or developed solely to provide the Services. The Company may modify or adapt your Submissions in order to transmit, display or distribute them over computer networks and in various media and/or make changes to the Submissions as necessary to conform and adapt them to any requirements or limitations of any networks, devices, services or media.

Personal Data.

YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION, PERSONAL DATA, OR OTHER DATA THAT RELATES TO AN IDENTIFIED OR IDENTIFIABLE LIVING PERSON (COLLECTIVELY, “PERSONAL INFORMATION”) IN ANY SUBMISSION. YOU HAVE COMPLIED, AND WILL CONTINUE TO COMPLY, WITH APPLICABLE LAW (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PRIVACY, DATA PROTECTION LAWS AND OTHER LAWS APPLICABLE TO REGULATED DATA) AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS IN THE COLLECTION, USE, SUBMISSION AND TAKEDOWN OF SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION.

To the extent required by applicable laws, you have (a) obtained the express consent of the individuals whose data you have collected, including the right to use the that data and the related metadata a Submission, and (b) disclosed to those individuals how the metadata about them is being used, including on our Site.

“Regulated Data” means information or data, the collection, use, and disclosure/sharing of which is subject to one or more laws effective in the jurisdiction of the person uploading a Submission. Regulated Data includes but is not limited to full payment card data (credit, debit, or other payment card data); national identification numbers (for example, Social Security Numbers); Personal Information about persons under the age of 13; ‘protected health information’ as defined by HIPAA in the US; financial information pertaining to a natural living person; or any other data where publishing such data is prohibited under applicable law.

Prior to including any Regulated Data in any of your Submissions, you must enter into a separate written agreement with the Company governing such Regulated Data, including without limitation the receipt, storage, use, transmission of such Regulated Data.

The Services and accompanying documentation (including without limitation the APIs) are “commercial items”, developed exclusively at private expense, consisting of “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation” as such terms are defined in the applicable acquisition regulations, including Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 2.101 and FAR Part 12. If you are using the Services on behalf of the U.S. Government or any agency or department thereof (the “U.S. Government”), the Services and any documentation related thereto (including without limitation the APIs) are licensed hereunder (i) only as commercial items, and (ii) with only those rights as are granted to commercial end users pursuant to the terms and conditions of these Terms. If acquired by or on behalf of a civilian agency, the U.S. Government acquires this commercial computer software and/or commercial computer software documentation subject to the terms of this Agreement, as specified in FAR 12.212 (Computer Software) and 12.211 (Technical Data) of the FAR and its successors. If acquired by or on behalf of any agency of or within the Department of Defense (“DOD”), the U.S. Government acquires this commercial computer software and/or commercial computer software documentation or technical data subject to the terms of this Agreement as specified in Department of Defense FAR Supplement (“DFARS”) 227.7202-3 and DFARS 227.7202-4 and its successors, and consistent with DFARS 227.7202. This section describing U.S. Government Rights, consistent with FAR 12.212 and DFARS 227.7202 is in lieu of, and supersedes, any other FAR, DFARS, or other clause or provision that addresses Government rights in computer software, computer software documentation or technical data related to the Software under this Agreement and in any subcontract under which this commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation is acquired or licensed. If these Terms fail to meet the U.S. Government's minimum needs or is inconsistent with Federal procurement law, you agree to notify the Company.

Company Rights.

data.world, Gra.fo and their logos are trademarks of the Company in the United States. Other trademarks, names and logos on the Site are the property of their respective owners.

Unless otherwise specified, all information and screens appearing on the Site, including documents, services, site design, text, graphics, logos, images and icons, as well as the arrangement thereof, and the APIs and all related documentation are the sole property of the Company. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Except as otherwise required or limited by applicable law, any reproduction, distribution, modification, retransmission, or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the copyright owner or license.

Intellectual Property Infringement.

The Company expects all Members and visitors to the Site to respect the intellectual property rights of others, and take the protections of those rights seriously. Infringing activity on the Site will not be tolerated. In line with this policy, Members must ensure that all Submissions do not violate copyright laws. The Company may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, terminate service and/or access to the Site for Members who infringe the intellectual property rights of others.

If you believe that your work is the subject of copyright infringement and/or trademark infringement, please provide notice containing the following information: i) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; ii) identification of the copyrighted and/or trademarked work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple works at the Site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works; iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled at the Site, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the Company to locate such material; iv) information reasonably sufficient to permit the Company to contact you as the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an email address at which you may be contacted; and v) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed to:

Please also note that for copyright infringements under Section 512(f) of the US Copyright Act, any person who knowingly or materially misrepresents that activity is infringing may be subject to liability.

See our Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights Infringement Policy for more information.

Feedback.

If you voluntarily or in response to our soliciting of your feedback send or transmit any communications, comments, questions, suggestions, or related materials to the Company, whether by letter, through electronic communications, by telephone, online or otherwise (collectively, “Feedback”), suggesting or recommending changes to the Site, any Services offered through the Site or Materials, including, without limitation, new features or functionality relating thereto, all such Feedback is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. You hereby grant to the Company a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide license (including the right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to use, reproduce, process, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, transmit and distribute each of your Feedback, or any portion thereof, including any ideas, know-how, concepts, techniques, or other intellectual property and proprietary rights contained in the Feedback, whether or not patentable, in any form, medium or distribution method now known or hereafter existing, known or developed, and authorize others to use the Feedback, without any attribution or compensation to you, for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, having manufactured, licensing, marketing, and selling, directly or indirectly, products and services using such Feedback. You understand and agree that the Company is not obligated to use, display, reproduce, or distribute any such ideas, know-how, concepts, or techniques contained in the Feedback, and you have no right to compel such use, display, reproduction, or distribution.

Your Name and Trademarks.

The Company has the right to reference and use your name and trademarks and disclose the nature of the Services provided hereunder in each case in the Company’s business development and marketing efforts, including without limitation on the Site.

Disclaimer of Warranties.

Your use of the Site, Services, Material and Submissions is at your own risk. The Materials and Submissions have not been verified or authenticated in whole or in part by the Company, and they may include inaccuracies or typographical or other errors. The Company has not verified the license terms applicable to any Submissions Submitted by other Members or visitors to the Site. The Company does not warrant the accuracy of timeliness of the Materials or Submissions contained on the Site. The Company has no liability for any errors or omissions in the Materials or Submissions, whether provided by the Company, its licensors or suppliers, or other Members or visitors, including but not limited to licensing information errors. You are solely responsible for the Submissions that you submit. You understand and agree that the Company may alter and amend the Site, Services, and/or the APIs as well as the content available via the foregoing, including without limitation by reducing the features or functionality available through the Site or Services, and you further agree that the Company shall have no liability to you for so altering the Site, Service, and/or the APIs or the content available.

THE COMPANY, FOR ITSELF AND ITS LICENSORS, MAKES NO EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR GUARANTEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE, THE SERVICES, THE SUBMISSIONS OR ANY MATERIALS RELATING TO THE QUALITY, SUITABILITY, TRUTH, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CONTAINED OR PRESENTED ON THE SITE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY SUBMISSION WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE TO YOU. UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY STATED, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SITE, THE SERVICES, APIS, SUBMISSIONS AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” AND “WHERE-IS” BASIS WITH NO WARRANTY OF IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS. THE COMPANY DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY WARRANTIES AGAINST VIRUSES, SPYWARE OR MALWARE THAT MAY BE INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER.

Laws and Location.

The Federal Arbitration Act, Texas state law and applicable US federal law, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions, will govern these Terms. Foreign laws do not apply. The United Nations on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and any laws based on the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) shall not apply to these Terms. Except for Disputes subject to arbitration as described above, any disputes relating to these Terms or the Site will be heard in the courts located in Travis County in the State of Texas.

Electronic Communications.

By using the Site and/or the Services provided on or through the Site, you consent to receiving electronic communications from the Company. These electronic communications may include notices about applicable fees and charges, transactional information and other information concerning or related to the Site and/or Services provided on or through the Site. These electronic communications are part of your relationship with the Company. You agree that any notices, agreements, disclosures or other communications that the Company sends you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that such communications be in writing.

Entire Agreement.

If any of these Terms is found to be inconsistent with applicable law, then such term shall be interpreted to reflect the intentions of the parties, and no other terms will be modified. The Company’s failure to enforce any of these Terms is not a waiver of such Term. These Terms, the Privacy Policy and other documents incorporated herein by reference are the entire agreement between you and the Company and supersede all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements between you and the Company about the Site, the Submissions, the Materials, the APIs, and the Services. The proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, representations made by you, indemnities, limitations of liability and general provisions shall survive any termination of these Terms. These Terms, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by the Company without restriction. Any attempted transfer or assignment in violation hereof shall be null and void.

Company Contact.

If you have any questions about these Terms or otherwise need to contact data.world for any reason, you can reach it at Legal Department, legal@data.world, 7000 North MoPac Expressway, Suite 425, Austin, TX 78731.