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Data License Agreement

Last Updated: August 2026

1. Grant of License

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and payment of applicable fees, Apex Firmographics grants the Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable annual license to access and use the purchased firmographic data assets solely for internal business purposes.

2. Strict Restrictions on Use (No Resale)

To protect the integrity of our automated pipelines and data models, the Licensee expressly agrees that it shall not:

  • Sell, rent, lease, sub-license, distribute, or otherwise transfer the Data (or any derivative of the Data) to any third party.
  • Incorporate the Data into a commercial product or service offered to external clients (e.g., competing public directories, data enrichment APIs, or firmographic SaaS products).
  • Publish the dataset or any substantial portion thereof on public domains, GitHub, or open-source repositories.

3. Delivery Mechanics & Format Specifications

To ensure zero-loss database ingestion, Apex Firmographics provisions all production data feeds via secure, IAM-protected AWS S3 paths.

  • Format: All production assets are exclusively delivered in Snappy-compressed Apache Parquet format (.parquet), accompanied by strictly typed JSON schema definitions and data dictionaries.
  • Distribution Cadence: For active Enterprise Master Vault and Custom Scoped Slice subscriptions, automated delta distributions are provisioned directly to the Licensee's designated S3 prefix on the 20th of each calendar month.
  • Access: Continued access to the S3 bucket and monthly automated deltas requires an active, paid annual license.

4. Ownership & Intellectual Property

Apex Firmographics retains all rights, title, and interest in the proprietary data schemas, automated Python processing pipelines, algorithmic classifications (including Teaming Partner Targets), deduplication logic, and the compiled datasets. This Agreement grants a license to use the data, not ownership of the data product or its underlying engineering.

5. Term and Termination

This License is valid for one (1) year from the date of purchase. Apex Firmographics may terminate this License immediately if the Licensee breaches any provision of Section 2. Upon termination, the Licensee must immediately destroy all copies of the Data, purge all records from internal database infrastructures (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, Athena), and cease all use.