Terms of Use

Purpose of the website

OpenChemFacts is an open data platform dedicated to ecotoxicity and chemical-related data. The website provides access to publicly available datasets, documentation, and an API, primarily for research, educational, and informational purposes.

Access to the service

Access to the website and its content is free of charge. The services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.
Availability of the website, API, and data is not guaranteed and may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any time without notice.

Data accuracy and limitations

While reasonable efforts are made to ensure data quality, OpenChemFacts does not guarantee that the data provided is free from errors.

Users are solely responsible for:

• interpreting the data,
• validating it for their specific use case,
• and complying with any applicable regulatory or scientific requirements.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the publisher of OpenChemFacts shall not be held liable for:

• any direct or indirect damages,
• loss of data,
• loss of opportunity,
• or consequences arising from the use or inability to use the website, data, or API.

Users assume full responsibility for any use made of the content and data provided.

API usage

The OpenChemFacts API is provided for open and reasonable use.

In particular:

• No service level agreement (SLA) is provided.
• API structure, endpoints, or availability may change without notice.
• Excessive or abusive usage may be limited or blocked to ensure service stability.

Contributions and feedback

OpenChemFacts uses Featurebase to collect feedback, feature requests, and community contributions.

By submitting content, suggestions, or feedback through Featurebase:

• you confirm that you have the right to share such content,
• you grant OpenChemFacts the right to use, modify, and integrate it into the project without compensation.

Contact and CRM tools

OpenChemFacts uses HubSpot as a CRM tool to manage contacts and outreach activities.

If you voluntarily provide your contact information (e.g. by contacting the project, subscribing to updates, or engaging in discussions), your data may be processed for communication and project-related purposes only.

Personal data handling is described in the Privacy Policy, where applicable.

Intellectual property and licences

OpenChemFacts data is available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Changes to the Terms

These Terms of Use may be updated at any time. Users are encouraged to review them periodically.
Continued use of the website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

Governing law

These Terms of Use are governed by French law. Any dispute related to the use of the website shall fall under the jurisdiction of the competent French courts.

For additional legal information, including editor details and hosting information, please see our Legal Information page.