Licence terms

These terms are the agreement between you and [OWNER LEGAL NAME], an individual resident in Ontario, Canada, trading as Grounded Compute ("we") [VERIFY: lawyer review; legal name and address].

A company is expected to take over these licences once it is formed [VERIFY: lawyer review of how the licences pass to the company].

"You" means the person or organisation named at checkout or on the invoice. If you buy for an organisation, you confirm that you may accept these terms on its behalf. You accept them by ticking the box at checkout or on the licence request form, signing an order, or using the data.

A 12-month licence to the product you bought: a state file, the whole US, or the US Moratorium file. It includes the downloads and the signed-in views for that product. Project data is refreshed quarterly and the US Moratorium file monthly during the 12 months.

Refreshes may add, correct or remove records and columns. What each product covers is described on the pricing page when you buy.

The free sample is for evaluation. Sections 3 to 6 and 13 to 14 apply to it; it carries no fee and no refresh.

A licence is for one named user: the person who signs in. Logins are personal and may not be shared. If that person leaves or changes role, email us and we will move the licence to a colleague.

More users or a licence for your whole organisation: by separate written order.

Use the data for your own organisation's internal analysis, models and decisions, and share your analysis inside your organisation.

Include a small extract (no more than 25 project records in any one report, presentation or article) in work you give to clients or publish, with the credit "Source: Grounded Compute" and a link to groundedcompute.com.

Resell, sublicense, publish or give the files, or a substantial part of them, to anyone outside these terms.

Share your login, or let people outside your organisation query the data through a tool, app or AI system.

Use the data to build or improve a product or dataset that competes with ours.

Scrape the site or automate downloads beyond normal use, or remove the source labels and credits.

We own the compilation, its structure and our research, including any database rights. The licence gives you a right to use them, not ownership. Source documents belong to their publishers; links take you to third-party sites, whose own terms apply.

The price is the one shown at checkout or on your invoice, in US dollars, before tax. Tax is added at checkout where it applies; business buyers who give a valid tax number may be charged none, under the reverse-charge rule [VERIFY: CPA].

Card payments are charged at purchase and at each renewal. Invoices are due within 30 days, and access starts once the invoice is paid.

Your licence renews automatically for another 12 months at the end of each year unless you cancel before the renewal date. For a card licence, the card on file is charged. For an invoice licence, we send a renewal invoice, due within 30 days; the new year starts when it is paid, and if it is not paid the licence ends at the end of the paid year [VERIFY: lawyer review, invoice renewals and auto-renewal laws].

We email you at least 30 days before each renewal with the date and the price [VERIFY: state auto-renewal laws]. If the price is changing, that email tells you, and you can cancel before the renewal date.

Cancel any time. A card licence: online, from your account (Billing). An invoice licence: email us at data@groundedcompute.com before the renewal date. Cancelling stops the next renewal: access continues to the end of the paid year and no further charge is made [VERIFY: lawyer review].

Fees are not refundable, including for part of a year and for a renewal you did not cancel in time.

Consumers in the EU and UK have a 14-day right to cancel. By asking for immediate access at checkout, you agree that access starts at once and that the right ends when you first open or download the data [VERIFY: lawyer review, EU/UK consumer rules]. Rights that the law does not allow us to exclude are not affected.

Please contact us before disputing a charge with your card issuer, so we can sort it out.

Stop using the data and delete downloaded copies within 30 days. You may keep data already built into finished work made during the licence, and copies you must keep by law or that sit in routine back-ups; these terms keep applying to them.

If you break section 3, 4 or 5, or an invoice is unpaid, we may suspend access. If it is not put right within 14 days of our email, or at once for deliberate sharing or resale, we may end the licence with no refund.

The data is compiled from public sources and our own research. Each value carries its source link or the label "Grounded Compute research (Q2 2026)". It may contain errors or gaps, or be out of date, and it is not professional advice. Check anything important against the source before you rely on it.

The data is provided as is. As far as the law allows, we give no other promises about it, including fitness for a particular purpose. Tell us about an error and we will correct it in the next refresh.

Our total liability for all claims under this agreement is limited to the fees you paid in the 12 months before the claim. We are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for lost profit, revenue, data or opportunity.

Nothing here limits liability that the law does not allow to be limited, such as for fraud. You are responsible for losses caused by your breach of section 3, 4 or 5.

We may update these terms. Changes apply from your next renewal, and we email you at least 30 days before. Changes the law requires may apply sooner. The current version and its date are on this page.

How we handle your sign-in, payment and contact details is set out in the privacy notice at groundedcompute.com/privacy. Sign-in is run by Clerk and payments by Stripe.

Ontario law governs these terms, and the courts of Ontario hear any dispute [VERIFY: lawyer review]. Consumers keep the protections and courts of their home country.

These terms, with your order or invoice, are the whole agreement; a signed order wins where it differs. You may not transfer the licence without our consent; we may transfer this agreement to a buyer of the business. Notices go by email, to your account address or to us. Neither side is liable for delays caused by events outside its reasonable control. If a clause is found invalid, the rest stands.

You confirm that you are not located in, or acting for anyone in, a country or on a list under Canadian or US sanctions [VERIFY: lawyer review].

Questions, invoices or a licence for more than one user: data@groundedcompute.com.