API Terms of Service <p>
<i>Last Modified: April 7, 2009</i>
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<p>Use of this OpenSecrets.org API (Service) is provided free for educational, research, and non-commercial use.
Commercial uses and republishing of data obtained obtained via this Service may involve a fee.</p> By completing the application process, you agree to: <ul>
<li>Provide us with accurate contact information and reason for access.</li>
<li>Abide by the Creative Commons license Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (legal code) under which this data is released.</li>
<li>Use this Service and any data provided via this Service for your own educational, research, and other non-commercial purposes.</li>
<li>Properly cite the Center for Responsive Politics or OpenSecrets.org as the source of the data whenever the data is displaying in reports, publications or Web postings.</li>
<li>Include mandatory methodology notes when data is displayed from APIs that provide such information (usually Top Contributors data).</li>
<li>Use the information in accordance with state and federal laws that may restrict the use of the data.</li>
<li>Not sell or otherwise use the data provided via this Service for direct-mail, tele-marketing, or other solicitations.</li>
<li>Not sell or otherwise use the data provided via this Service for other commercial purposes, including republishing, without our expressed written permission.</li>
<li>Allow the Center for Responsive Politics and OpenSecrets.org to cite any data mash-ups and uses of its APIs on our Web site and for promotional materials.</li>
<li>Not use the Service to scrape and/or store a collection of Provider's data on your server.</li>
<li>The Providers of this Service may change it at any time with or without notice to you.</li>
</ul> Disclaimers <ul>
<li>THIS SERVICE AND INFORMATION FROM THE SERVICE HEREIN IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.</li>
<li>Use of this API does not entitle user to any technical support.</li>
<li>Under no circumstances shall the Providers of this Service be liable for your use of this Service or for a failure for this Service to function as expected or advertised.</li>
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