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Data License Agreement
Last updated September 2026
In plain language
You may use the data you buy for your own marketing, outreach and research — mail, phone, email, surveys and internal analysis.
You may not resell it, give it away, merge it into another list you distribute, or use it to build a competing directory or data product.
You are responsible for following the marketing laws that apply to you. We supply the data; we don't supply legal clearance to contact anyone.
Records are compiled from public sources and provided as-is. If records are wrong, we replace or credit them — see our Refund & Delivery policy.
1.Agreement and Acceptance
This Data License Agreement (the "Agreement") governs every dataset, custom list, sample file and export (each, a "List") delivered by List Vault Data ("List Vault Data", "we", "us") to a purchaser ("you", "Customer"). By placing an order, downloading a List, or using any data contained in a List, you accept this Agreement on your own behalf and on behalf of the organization you represent.
If you do not agree to these terms, do not place an order and do not download or use any List. This Agreement works together with our Terms of Service.
2.License Grant
Subject to your compliance with this Agreement and receipt of full payment, List Vault Data grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use each purchased List solely for your own internal business purposes as described in Section 3.
Unless your order or a separate written agreement states otherwise, the license is granted for unlimited internal use by you for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of delivery, after which we recommend purchasing a refreshed file, as contact data degrades over time.
3.Permitted Uses
You may use a List, in each case only for and by your own organization, to:
- conduct direct mail campaigns and postal outreach;
- conduct telephone outreach permitted by applicable law;
- send commercial email permitted by applicable law;
- conduct market research, surveys and outreach studies;
- perform internal analysis, territory planning, market sizing and suppression against your own files;
- append the data to your own customer or prospect records for your own internal use; and
- have an agency, mail house, call center or marketing vendor act on your behalf, provided that vendor uses the List only for your campaigns and is bound to these restrictions.
4.Prohibited Uses
You may not, and may not permit any third party to:
- resell, rent, broker, license, publish, syndicate, or otherwise distribute a List or any portion of it;
- disclose a List to any third party except a vendor acting on your behalf under Section 3;
- merge or incorporate a List into any database, file or product that you make available to others;
- use a List to create, enhance, clean, verify or maintain any directory, lookup service, people-search service, data-enrichment service, lead marketplace, or any product or service that competes with List Vault Data;
- use a List to train, fine-tune or ground any machine learning or artificial intelligence model or dataset intended for distribution or third-party use;
- scrape, crawl, or use automated means to extract data from the List Vault Data website beyond the files you have purchased;
- remove, obscure or alter any proprietary notice, watermark or embedded identifier in a delivered file; or
- attempt to reverse engineer the selection criteria, scoring, grading or compilation methods we use to build a List.
Delivered files may contain seed records and embedded markers used solely to detect unauthorized redistribution.
5.Delivery and Download Window
Lists are delivered electronically. After payment is confirmed, you receive a download link for your file. The link is time-limited for security; if it expires, you may request a fresh link from your order page or by contacting us during the license period. Delivery is complete when the file is made available to you, regardless of when you download it.
We are not responsible for delays caused by email delivery failures, spam filtering, or network or hosting interruptions outside our control.
6.Your Compliance Responsibilities
You are solely responsible for determining whether and how you may lawfully contact the records in a List, and for complying with all applicable laws, regulations and industry guidelines, including without limitation the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), federal and state Do Not Call rules, the CAN-SPAM Act, state telemarketing and privacy statutes, applicable data protection laws, and postal regulations.
We do not scrub Lists against the National Do Not Call Registry, wireless identification databases, litigator lists, or state-specific suppression files unless expressly stated for a given dataset. You are responsible for performing any suppression, consent verification and calling-time compliance required for your campaign.
You will not reference our selection criteria, our name, or the source of any record in outreach to a recipient, and will not represent that a recipient was recommended or endorsed by List Vault Data.
7.Not a Consumer Report — FCRA Disclaimer
Lists are compiled from public and publicly available sources for marketing and research purposes. They are not consumer reports and are not intended to indicate any person's or organization's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, or other characteristic listed in Section 603(d) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"), 15 U.S.C. § 1681a.
You agree not to use any data from a List, in whole or in part, as a factor in establishing eligibility for credit or insurance, for employment or tenant screening, or for any other purpose regulated under Section 604 of the FCRA, 15 U.S.C. § 1681b, or any similar federal or state statute.
8.Data Sources and Accuracy
Lists are built from public records, official registries, published directories, organization websites and other publicly available sources, then reviewed and graded by us. Records change constantly: organizations close, move, rebrand, change staff and change phone numbers.
We make no representation that any List is complete, current or free of error, and record counts, coverage percentages and grading labels are good-faith estimates based on our review at the time of compilation.
9.Disclaimer of Warranties
Each List is provided "as is" and "as available". List Vault Data expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and accuracy. We make no warranty that a List will meet your requirements, produce any particular result or response rate, or that errors will be corrected.
10.Remedies — Replacement or Credit
If records in a delivered List are materially inaccurate, our sole obligation, and your sole and exclusive remedy, is replacement of the affected records or a credit toward a future purchase, at our election, as described in our Refund & Delivery policy. Requests must be submitted within fourteen (14) days of delivery.
11.Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, List Vault Data will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, or business interruption, arising out of or relating to a List or this Agreement, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event will our total aggregate liability exceed the amount you actually paid for the List giving rise to the claim.
12.Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless List Vault Data and its owners, officers and contractors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, fines, penalties, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your use of a List, your marketing or outreach activities, or your breach of this Agreement — including any claim brought under the TCPA, CAN-SPAM, state telemarketing or privacy law, or the FCRA.
13.Ownership
Each List, and the compilation, selection, arrangement, grading and enrichment work embodied in it, remains the exclusive property of List Vault Data. Your purchase conveys only the limited license described in Section 2 and does not transfer any copyright, database right, or other proprietary right in a List.
14.Audit and Enforcement
If we reasonably suspect unauthorized use or redistribution, we may request written confirmation of how a List has been used, and you agree to respond in good faith within ten (10) business days. Upon breach of Sections 3 or 4, we may terminate your license immediately, disable outstanding download links, refuse future orders, and pursue any remedy available at law or in equity, including injunctive relief.
15.Governing Law and Changes
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and the state and federal courts located in Michigan will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute.
We may update this Agreement from time to time; the version in effect on the date of your order governs that order. Placing a new order after an update constitutes acceptance of the updated terms. Questions about licensing can be sent through our contact page.
This document is provided for information and does not constitute legal advice. List Vault Data recommends buyers review these terms with their own counsel before relying on them.