Introduction
By accessing the Mecklenburg County datasets and services on the Mecklenburg County DataPortal, you agree to these Terms of Use. Mecklenburg County reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time. The County can cancel or suspend your access to these datasets and services without notice if it believes there is a breach of these Terms of Use.
Note these terms of use are strictly for datasets and services from the Mecklenburg County DataPortal. Licensing and terms of use for Mecklenburg County data obtained from other sources may vary.
If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please feel free to contact us.
Open Licence to the Datasets
Mecklenburg County grants you a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, modify, and distribute the datasets in all current and future media and formats for any lawful purpose. This licence does not give you a copyright or other proprietary interest in the datasets. If you distribute or provide access to these datasets to any other person, whether in original or modified form, you agree to include a copy of, or this Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for, these Terms of Use and to ensure they agree to and are bound by them but without introducing further restrictions of any kind.
Giving Credit
You are not required to credit the County for each use or reproduction of the datasets or services, but you are entitled and encouraged to conspicuously announce that these datasets and services are publicly available from the County under these Terms of Use.
Compliance With the Law
You assume sole responsibility for your use and reproduction of the datasets complying with all applicable laws and industry standards.
No Warranty
NO WARRANTIES of any kind are provided on the data or services. While reasonable efforts have been made in preparing these datasets, the County cannot give any guarantees as to the completeness, currency, or accuracy of the datasets and services nor that access will be continuous. You accept these datasets and services on an “as-is” basis and agree to use them at your own risk.
You agree that you will not and cannot sue the County for anything which the County does or does not do (even if intentional or negligent) in connection with the datasets and services and your use or inability to use them. The County and its agents are not liable on any legal theory or basis for any direct, incidental, indirect, special, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages or losses, including without limitation, loss of revenue or anticipated profits, loss of goodwill, loss of business, loss of data, computer failure or malfunction, or any other damages or losses.
No Endorsement or Association
You may not publicly represent or imply that the County is participating in, or has sponsored, approved, or endorsed the manner or purpose of, your use or reproduction of these datasets. You may not use any trade-mark, official mark, official emblem or logo, of the County, or any of its other references or means of promotion or publicity without the County’s prior written consent nor in any event to represent or imply an association or affiliation with the County.
Be a Good Community Member
Open data, much like open source, is a community driven process. As with any community, treat others as you would wish to be treated. When posting comments or responding to others please be considerate, respectful, and collaborative.
