Terms of Use — Apiar Data

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the Apiar Data platform (“Platform”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (“Terms”). If you do not agree to these Terms, do not access or use the Platform.

These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“User”) and DAVIA Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt) (“Apiar Data”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), the operator of the Platform. Full company details are set out in our Imprint. We reserve the right to update these Terms at any time. Where changes are material, we will endeavour to provide at least 14 days’ written notice to the registered account email before the revised Terms take effect. Continued use of the Platform after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

Description of Services

Apiar Data provides a search and discovery service over institutional, economic, and financial datasets sourced from publicly available sources, official statistical agencies, and open-data portals. The Platform returns search results — metadata, descriptive summaries, and links to original sources — but does not host, serve, or transfer the underlying data itself.

The Platform includes:

Search across indexed institutional datasets, series, and publications
Dataset metadata, summaries, and source attribution
Links to original primary sources
API and MCP-compatible access for programmatic search queries
Documentation and methodological resources

The availability of specific features may vary depending on your subscription tier.

Account Registration and API Credentials

Access to the API and MCP-compatible interface requires a registered account and valid authentication credentials (“Credentials”). You are responsible for:

Maintaining the confidentiality of your Credentials
All activity occurring under your account, whether or not authorised by you
Notifying us immediately at daniel@davia.ventures if you suspect unauthorised access or compromise of your Credentials

Credentials may not be shared with, transferred to, or used on behalf of third parties except as expressly agreed in writing with Apiar Data. Apiar Data reserves the right to revoke Credentials that are suspected to be compromised or misused.

License Grant

Subject to these Terms, Apiar Data grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Platform for your internal business or personal research purposes.

This licence does not include the right to sublicence, sell, resell, transfer, assign, or otherwise commercially exploit the Platform or any search results obtained through it. Any reuse of data accessed via linked primary sources is governed solely by the licence terms of the original publisher — see our Data License and Data & Intellectual Property below.

Logo and Branding Usage

By activating a paid subscription to the Platform, you grant Apiar Data a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to display your company name, logo, and associated branding to identify you as a customer. Permitted uses include Apiar Data’s website, sales and marketing materials, investor presentations, and social media channels.

Apiar Data will use your branding in a professional manner and, where publicly available, in a manner consistent with your published brand guidelines. This licence does not imply any endorsement, testimonial, or partnership beyond your status as a customer, and Apiar Data will not represent it as such.

You may withdraw this licence at any time by providing written notice to daniel@davia.ventures. Apiar Data will remove references to your branding within 30 days of receiving that notice. Withdrawal of this licence does not affect any other terms of your subscription and does not entitle you to a refund.

If your subscription is terminated or lapses, Apiar Data’s right to use your branding under this clause ceases automatically. Existing references will be removed within 30 days of termination, consistent with the withdrawal period above.

Restrictions on Use

You agree not to:

Reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, or resell any portion of the Platform or its search results without express written permission
Use automated scraping, crawling, or data extraction tools to bulk-download data except via the authorised API within the limits set out in the Fair Use Policy below
Share, transfer, or disclose your Credentials to any third party
Attempt to circumvent any access controls, rate limits, or security measures
Use the Platform in any way that could damage, disable, or impair its operation
Misrepresent the source of data obtained through the Platform
Use the Platform for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable regulations, including applicable data protection law

Fair Use Policy

Definition of a Query. A single query is one search request submitted to the Platform API or MCP interface, regardless of the number of results returned. A request returning up to 10 results counts as 1 query. A request returning more than 10 results counts as one additional query for each additional 10 results or part thereof — for example, a request for 50 results counts as 5 queries, and a request for the maximum of 200 results counts as 20 queries.

Monthly Allowance. Paid subscriptions to the Apiar Data MCP Server include a fair use allowance of 5,000 queries per calendar month, calculated on the basis above. This limit is a guideline, not a hard technical cap — queries are not automatically blocked when the limit is reached.

Definition of Disproportionate Use. Usage is disproportionate where either of the following conditions is met:

Total query volume in any single calendar month exceeds 10,000 queries (200% of the monthly fair use allowance); or
Total query volume exceeds 5,000 queries in two or more consecutive calendar months.

Where usage meets either condition, Apiar Data will issue written notice to the registered account email specifying the excess. The user then has 14 days from the date of that notice to either:

(a) reduce query volume to within the fair use allowance going forward; or
(b) enter into a written arrangement with Apiar Data for additional query volume at Apiar Data’s then-prevailing rates.

If neither condition is met within that 14-day period, Apiar Data may restrict or suspend access and/or issue an invoice for queries exceeding the fair use allowance, calculated at Apiar Data’s then-prevailing overage rates as notified in writing. Any restriction or suspension for fair use excess will not take effect until the 14-day notice period has elapsed.

Users who anticipate sustained high-volume usage are encouraged to contact us in advance to discuss appropriate arrangements.

API Versioning and Service Changes

Apiar Data will endeavour to maintain backward compatibility of the API where practicable. Where a breaking change to the API is necessary, Apiar Data will provide at least 30 days’ written notice to the registered account email before the change takes effect, except where the change is required to address a security vulnerability or comply with applicable law, in which case shorter notice may be given.

Apiar Data does not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the Platform and does not commit to any specific uptime or service level. The Platform is provided on a commercially reasonable efforts basis.

Data & Intellectual Property

Apiar Data does not host, distribute, or transfer the underlying datasets included in search results. The Platform provides search results — metadata, summaries, and links — that point to data held and published by third-party sources. Apiar Data is not a data provider for the purposes of data reuse or licensing.

Any reuse of data accessed via the linked primary sources is governed solely by the licence terms of the original publisher. Apiar Data makes no representations regarding, and accepts no responsibility for, the terms under which third-party data may be reused, reproduced, or redistributed. Links to external sources are provided for convenience; Apiar Data does not control and is not responsible for the content, accuracy, or availability of those external sources.

The Platform’s design, software, search index, curation methodology, and AI-generated summaries are the intellectual property of Apiar Data Ltd. and are protected by applicable copyright and database rights. AI-generated summaries provided via the Platform are derived from publicly available metadata and are owned by Apiar Data; they do not constitute the underlying data and may not be accurate or complete.

Data Protection

Apiar Data processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection law, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz — BDSG). Details of how we collect, use, store, and protect personal data — including your rights as a data subject — are set out in our Privacy Policy.

By using the Platform, you acknowledge that search queries submitted to the API may be logged for security, rate-limiting, audit, and service-improvement purposes. Query logs are retained for a limited period and handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The Platform and all search results are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. Apiar Data makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding:

The accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any metadata or data summaries
The fitness of the search results for any particular purpose
Uninterrupted or error-free access to the Platform
The content, accuracy, or availability of any linked third-party sources

Data obtained through the Platform should not be relied upon as the sole basis for investment, legal, or financial decisions without independent verification.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apiar Data shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Platform or any data obtained through it.

Our total aggregate liability for any claims arising under these Terms shall not exceed the amount paid by you to Apiar Data in the twelve months preceding the claim.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability for fraud, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Termination

Apiar Data reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Platform if we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms or any applicable law. For breaches of the Fair Use Policy, suspension or termination will not occur before the 14-day notice period specified in that section has elapsed without remediation. For other material breaches — including misuse of Credentials, circumvention of security measures, or violation of applicable law — Apiar Data may act immediately.

Upon termination, all licences granted under these Terms will immediately cease. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination — including Data & Intellectual Property, Data Protection, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, and Governing Law — will continue to apply.

Contact

For questions about these Terms, to report Credential compromise, or to withdraw the logo licence, contact:

DAVIA Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Kaiser-Wilhelm-Str. 16, 20355 Hamburg, Germany daniel@davia.ventures +49 157 318 096 23

Full company details are available on our Imprint page.

Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, without regard to conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Germany.

If you are a consumer resident in another EU member state, you may also have the right to bring proceedings in the courts of your country of residence under applicable EU consumer protection law.