Terms of Service
1. Agreement to Terms
These Terms of Service (the "Terms") form a binding agreement between you ("you", "your", or "User") and OpenDD ("OpenDD", "we", "us", or "our") governing your access to and use of the OpenDD website, applications, and services (collectively, the "Service"). By accessing or using the Service, creating an account, or clicking to accept these Terms, you agree to be bound by them and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, do not use the Service. If you use the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you are authorized to bind that organization, and "you" refers to that organization.
2. Definitions
"Content" means data, text, reports, and other materials made available through the Service. "Public Records" means information sourced from government agencies and other public data providers. "User Content" means materials you upload or submit. "Credits" means the prepaid units used to access certain features. "Report" means a document generated by the Service compiling due-diligence findings.
3. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old and capable of forming a binding contract to use the Service. You may not use the Service if you are barred from doing so under applicable law, or if your access has previously been suspended or terminated by us.
4. Description of the Service
OpenDD aggregates and organizes information from public sources — including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office, the U.S. Treasury (OFAC), the U.S. Department of Commerce (BIS), the U.S. Department of State (DDTC), CourtListener, worldwide news indexes, and others — to support intellectual-property, corporate, financial, litigation, sanctions/export-control, and adverse-media due diligence, and produces exportable reports. The scope, sources, and features of the Service may change over time.
5. Accounts & Security
Some features require an account. You agree to provide accurate information and to keep it current. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activity under your account. Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use. We may suspend or terminate accounts that are inactive, fraudulent, or in breach of these Terms.
6. Credits, Fees & Payment
Certain actions consume Credits, priced as described on our pricing page (1 Credit = 1 USD). Credits are prepaid, are consumed when a billable action succeeds, and have no cash value except as expressly stated. Except where required by law or expressly stated, Credits and fees are non-refundable and Credits are non-transferable. We may change pricing prospectively; changes do not affect Credits already purchased. Taxes, where applicable, are your responsibility.
7. No Professional Advice; No Reliance
The Service does not provide legal, financial, investment, tax, accounting, or compliance advice, and no attorney-client, advisory, or fiduciary relationship is created by your use of it. Automated results may be incomplete, out of date, or inaccurate, and some sources block or throttle automated access. Screening results (including sanctions, export-control, and watchlist matches) are name-based and may produce false positives or omit true matches; you must independently verify identity and status against the official source of record. You are solely responsible for your decisions and for compliance with laws applicable to you.
8. Acceptable Use
You agree not to, and not to permit others to: (a) use the Service in violation of any law or third-party right; (b) use results to unlawfully discriminate against, harass, stalk, or harm any person, or in a manner that violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act (the Service is not a "consumer reporting agency" and its output is not a "consumer report"); (c) attempt to disrupt, overload, probe, reverse engineer, decompile, or gain unauthorized access to the Service or its data sources; (d) scrape, resell, sublicense, or redistribute Content in violation of these Terms or a source provider's terms; (e) misrepresent your identity or affiliation; or (f) use the Service to build a competing dataset or service.
9. Third-Party Sources & Links
The Service relies on and links to third-party data sources and websites that we do not control. We do not endorse and are not responsible for third-party content, accuracy, availability, or practices. Your use of third-party sources may be subject to their own terms.
10. User Content, Uploads & AI Processing
You retain ownership of User Content you submit (for example, documents you upload for analysis). You grant OpenDD a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, process, and analyze User Content solely to provide and improve the Service for you. You represent that you have all rights, consents, and authority necessary to submit the User Content, that doing so does not violate any law or third-party right (including confidentiality, privacy, or intellectual-property rights), and you agree not to upload content you are not permitted to disclose.
AI-assisted features. Certain features (for example, document summaries and extraction of officers, directors, and licenses) use third-party artificial-intelligence providers. When you use these features, the text of the documents or records you submit may be transmitted to and processed by our AI providers — currently Anthropic and/or OpenAI — solely to generate your requested output. Your use of these features is also subject to those providers' terms and policies, including Anthropic's Commercial Terms of Service, Usage Policy, and Privacy Policy, and OpenAI's Terms of Use, Usage Policies, and API Data Usage Policies. We use these providers on terms under which submitted content is not used to train their models by default; however, we do not control third-party providers and are not responsible for their services. Do not use AI-assisted features with content you are not permitted to share with such providers. AI output may be inaccurate or incomplete and must be independently verified.
11. Intellectual Property
The Service, including its software, design, text, and trademarks (but excluding User Content and third-party Public Records), is owned by OpenDD and its licensors and is protected by intellectual-property laws. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Service for your internal due-diligence purposes. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
12. Feedback
If you provide suggestions or feedback, you grant us an unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use it for any purpose without obligation to you.
13. Privacy
Our collection and use of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy. By using the Service, you consent to those practices.
14. Export Control & Sanctions
You represent that you are not located in, and will not use the Service on behalf of any party in, a country or territory subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions, and that you are not a restricted or denied party. You agree to comply with all applicable export-control and sanctions laws in connection with your use of the Service.
15. Beta Features & Availability
Some features are offered on a beta or evaluation basis and may be changed or discontinued at any time. We do not guarantee that the Service will be available, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, and we may perform maintenance or impose usage limits.
16. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT CONTENT WILL BE COMPLETE, CURRENT, OR ERROR-FREE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some exclusions may not apply to you.
17. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OPENDD AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE THREE (3) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) USD 100.
18. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless OpenDD and its affiliates from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Service, your User Content, or your breach of these Terms or applicable law.
19. Term & Termination
These Terms apply while you use the Service. You may stop using the Service and close your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without notice, for any violation of these Terms or to protect the Service or other users. Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases; Sections that by their nature should survive (including 7, 10–12, 16–18, 20, and 22) survive.
20. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, U.S.A., without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. You agree that the state and federal courts located in Delaware have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute not subject to informal resolution, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there. Before filing any claim, you agree to first contact us and attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days.
21. Changes to the Terms
We may update, revise, or replace these Terms from time to time, for example to reflect new features, changes to the sources we use, or changes in law. When we do, we will post the updated Terms here with a new "Last updated" date. For material changes, we will take reasonable steps to notify you in advance — for example through the Service or by email to the address on your account — and, where required by law, give you a reasonable opportunity to review them before they take effect.
Your continued access to or use of the Service after the updated Terms take effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the Service and may close your account. Where applicable law requires your affirmative consent to a particular change, we will seek it before that change applies to you, and nothing in this section limits any mandatory rights you have as a consumer under the law of your country of residence, including any right to terminate.
22. Communications & Notices
By creating an account, you agree that we may send you communications relating to your use of the Service, and you consent to receive them electronically. These include service and transactional communications — for example, account verification and sign-in messages, security and fraud alerts, changes to these Terms or the Privacy Policy, changes to features, sources, pricing or credits, billing and payment notices, responses to your requests, and other administrative or legal notices concerning your account or your use of OpenDD. These communications are a necessary part of providing the Service, and you cannot opt out of them while you maintain an account, although you may close your account at any time.
We may deliver these communications by email to the address on your account, through the Service (including in-product notices or banners), or by other reasonable means, and they are deemed received when sent or posted. It is your responsibility to keep your email address current. Marketing communications are different: we will only send you promotional or marketing emails if you have separately opted in, and you can withdraw that consent at any time using the unsubscribe link in those emails or by contacting us — without affecting the service and transactional communications described above.
23. General Provisions
These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and OpenDD regarding the Service and supersede prior agreements. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a right is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. Nothing here creates a partnership, agency, or employment relationship. We are not liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control (force majeure). Notices to you may be provided through the Service or by email.
24. Contact
Questions about these Terms? Please reach us through our Contact page.