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The following terms and conditions incorporate a legal agreement between you (“You”) and apilayer Data Products GmbH (“apilayer”, “positionstack”) and set forth the terms and conditions by which apilayer will make the positionstack API service available in order to electronically provide You with use of and access to positionstack Data & Services.
For the purposes of this Agreement, “positionstack API Services” shall consist of:
By accessing or otherwise using the positionstack API, You acknowledge that You:
www.positionstack.com is a site operated by apilayer, an Austrian technology company registered in Vienna, Austria at the following location:
apilayer hereby grants to You a non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, and limited license for the term of this Agreement to access the positionstack API and use positionstack API Data & Services strictly for the limited purposes, and under the terms and conditions, as are set forth in this Agreement.
Subject to Your compliance with the terms of this Agreement, You are hereby permitted to receive, process, and display positionstack API Data & Services to individual end-users of your application(s), provided
For clarity, and without limiting the forgoing, You are permitted solely to use positionstack API Data & Services for reference by Your end users. Except as expressly provided herein, under no circumstances whatsoever may You transfer or permit the transfer of positionstack API Data & Services outside of your application(s).
You shall not:
While usage of the positionstack API is not subject to Your end users being made aware by You that apilayer is supplying the functionality you are making use of in your application(s), Your inclusion of a clickable hyperlink to the positionstack API website at https://positionstack.com would be highly appreciated.
You shall use Your best efforts and take all necessary steps to safeguard positionstack API Data & Services to ensure that no unauthorized reproduction, publication, disclosure, modification, distribution, or other use of any positionstack API Data & Services is made in whole or in part. To the extent that You become aware of any such unauthorized use of positionstack API Data & Services, You shall immediately notify apilayer by emailing “[email protected]”.
In the event that You or any end users use positionstack API Data & Services or the positionstack API in violation of this Agreement, as applicable, apilayer shall have the option of electing liquidated damages.
Subject to the terms herein, apilayer will provide You with access to positionstack API Data & Services over the Internet through the positionstack API. All calls to the positionstack API must reference the credentials issued to You by apilayer. You may not disclose Your credentials to any other party. You are solely responsible for ensuring the secrecy and security of Your credentials and will be responsible for all activities that occur using such credentials. You shall not use the positionstack API in a manner that exceeds reasonable request volume or constitutes excessive or abusive usage.
The extent of Your usage of the positionstack API is dependent on Your subscription plan. You shall not exceed the usage limits associated with Your account. Unused amounts of call usage will not be carried over from one monthly period to the next. If You exceed Your monthly usage limit, the positionstack API will return an error message stating that Your monthly usage limit has been reached and no further API calls can be made within the current monthly term. It is Your sole responsibility to ensure that your application(s) properly detect and handle any returned error messages. apilayer will make reasonable efforts to help You identify and resolve usage problems, or to review the suitability of Your current subscription plan for Your needs. apilayer reserves the right to limit or throttle the number of network calls available to Your application(s) if apilayer (in its sole discretion) believes that such calls are being made for malicious reasons, or as the result of a technical error.
You shall be solely responsible for acquiring, providing, and maintaining all software/hardware and Internet Services required to access the positionstack API, including but not limited to telecommunication and internet connections, ISP, web browsers, and/or other equipment and software required to access and use the positionstack API.
You hereby acknowledge that from time to time, the positionstack API may be inaccessible or inoperable for any reason, including, without limitation:
If the positionstack API is unavailable to all positionstack API customers for more than three consecutive hours in any one calendar day, beginning at 12:00:01 AM London time (GMT + 01:00) and ending at 11:59:59 PM London time (GMT + 01:00) of the same day, an outage will be deemed to have occurred. If there are more than three outages within any one calendar week, beginning at 12:00:01 AM London time (GMT + 01:00) on a Monday and ending at 11:59:59 PM London time (GMT + 01:00) on a Sunday, then You may terminate this Agreement, without liability, by providing written notice to apilayer of Your intention to do so within one calendar week of the third outage. Upon such termination being accepted by apilayer, You shall be entitled to a refund equal to the amount You have paid for the latest term.
You acknowledge that apilayer may from time to time, and in its sole discretion, update or change the content or format of positionstack API Data or the positionstack API. apilayer shall strive to provide reasonable advance notification of such changes; however, from time to time sudden changes may be required, and since apilayer strives to accurately reflect these and adjust to these changes, significant advance notice is not always possible. You may be required to use the most recent version of the positionstack API in order to ensure functionality of Your application(s) with positionstack API Data & Services.
Geocoding data provided by the positionstack API is sourced from mutliple geocoding data solutions, including Mapzen and OpenStreetMap. Embeddable maps are made possible by OpenStreetMap. For more information about OpenStreetMap's data license, please visit the following link: www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
Each Subscriber is permitted to state publicly that such Subscriber is a Subscriber of the Services. Each Subscriber agrees that positionstack (apilayer) may include such Subscriber’s name and trademarks in a list of positionstack (apilayer) Subscribers, online or in promotional materials. Each Subscriber also agrees that positionstack (apilayer) may verbally reference such Subscriber as a Subscriber of the Services. Subscriber may opt out of the provisions in this section by contacting positionstack.com Support.
"positionstack", "positionstack.com", the positionstack logo and other identifying marks of positionstack are and shall remain the trademarks and trade names and exclusive property of apilayer, and any unauthorized use of these marks is unlawful. Other trade-marks on the Services are the property of their respective owners.
Use of positionstack API Data & Services and the positionstack API is licensed, and not sold.
In the course of providing the positionstack API, apilayer collects information, including standard information of the type normally exchanged when accessing any web site or web service. This information pertains only to the access of the positionstack API, and is no different in nature to the information available to any Internet web server during the course of fulfilling a standard web request. Please read apilayer’s Privacy Policy. By agreeing to the terms of this Agreement, You are expressly consenting to apilayer’s collection, use, retention, and disclosure of information as set out in its Privacy Policy.
You acknowledge that apilayer owns all right, title, and interest (including but not limited to all copyright rights therein) in and to the positionstack API Data & Services or the positionstack API, and that You shall not take any action inconsistent with such ownership. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting You or any end users any ownership rights in or to any positionstack API Data & Services or the positionstack API.
apilayer reserves the right at any time to terminate this Agreement, or withdraw from distributing positionstack API Data & Services or providing access to the positionstack API, if for any reason it no longer retains the right to publish or distribute the positionstack API Data & Services.
The positionstack API is provided by apilayer in good faith and although apilayer endeavours to ensure that positionstack API Data & Services and the positionstack API are accurate and obtained from sources believed to be reliable, apilayer does not guarantee or warrant:
The positionstack API and positionstack API Data & Services are provided “as is” and “as available”, without any warranty of any kind and apilayer, its affiliates, agents and/or suppliers, officers, directors, and employees expressly disclaim any and all warranties, whether expressed or implied, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of the rights of third parties. In no event shall apilayer be liable for indirect, special, punitive, or consequential damages including, but not limited to, lost profits, lost data, or otherwise. In no event shall apilayer, any of its affiliates, or any of their data providers involved in supplying, developing, operating, or managing the positionstack API, be liable for indirect, special, punitive, or consequential damages including, but not limited to, lost profits, lost data, or otherwise. In the event the limitations and disclaimers contained in this Article are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be ineffective or inapplicable, the parties agree that apilayer’s maximum aggregate liability to You and all end users, whether arising in contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise, shall be limited, and in no event shall it exceed, the amount of fees paid by You for the current term.
You acknowledge that apilayer is not, and is not affiliated with, a financial institution or financial data feed provider, but obtains its financial data from a variety of sources. You further acknowledge that financial data often differs between financial institutions and between geographic jurisdictions and accordingly may vary from that provided by apilayer pursuant to this agreement. Although apilayer has used its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the most accurate and timely financial data available from the aforementioned sources, apilayer makes no representations or warranties as to accuracy, authenticity, timeliness, reliability, appropriateness, correct sequencing or completeness of the positionstack API Data or the positionstack API. You acknowledge that no part of positionstack API Data constitutes advice regarding financial, investment, legal, or tax issues, and that You and all end users should seek independent professional advice before making any decisions regarding such issues.
apilayer does not represent or warrant that the positionstack API, or access to the positionstack API, will be uninterrupted or error-free or that errors in the positionstack API and/or positionstack API Data & Services will be corrected.
In no event shall apilayer, any of its affiliates, or any of their data providers involved in supplying, developing, operating, or managing the positionstack API be liable to You or to any end users in any manner whatsoever for any interruptions, delays, the unavailability or inoperability, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions, regardless of cause, in the positionstack API and/or the positionstack API Data & Services or for any losses, damages, liabilities or expenses resulting therefrom regardless of cause, even if apilayer knew or should have known of the possibility of or could have prevented such damages.
You shall indemnify, defend, and save harmless apilayer, its affiliates and subsidiaries, and their officers, directors, employees and agents from any loss, damage, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees and other legal expenses) to which any of them may become subject to and which are in any way related to or which have arisen under or in connection with:
These Terms of Service incorporate by reference all notices and disclaimers contained in the Services constitute the entire agreement between you and positionstack with respect to access to, and use of, the Services. Except as specifically set forth herein, these Terms of Service supersede any prior agreements, including prior oral and/or written statements or representations not contained herein, between you and positionstack relating to the Services. This agreement is not intended to create a partnership, joint venture or agency relationship between you and positionstack.
If any provision of these Terms of Service is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable statute or rule of law, the provision shall be deemed omitted to the extent that it is invalid, illegal or unenforceable. In such a case, the remaining provisions of these Terms of Service shall be construed in a manner as to give greatest effect to the original intention of the parties hereto. positionstack's failure to insist upon, or enforce, strict performance of any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute or be construed or deemed to be a waiver of such right or provision in the future or a waiver of any other right or provision under these Terms of Service.
You agree that these Terms of Service, positionstack's Privacy Policy and other legal documents posted through the Services have been drawn up in English. Although translations in other languages of any of the foregoing documents may be available, such translations may not be up to date or complete. Accordingly, you agree that in the event of any conflict between the English language version of the foregoing documents and any other translations thereto, the English language version of such documents shall govern.
If you are a consumer, please note that these Terms of Service, its subject matter and its formation, are governed by Austrian law. You and we both agree to that the courts of Austria will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. If you are a business, these Terms of Service, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by Austrian law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Austria.
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