FCTE · Legal & licensing
Data Licensing Agreement
The rights and responsibilities attached to an FCTE dataset release.
Version 1.0 · 6 September 2026
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Agreement and parties
These terms apply when incorporated into an order accepted in writing by both the customer and the Fidelra contracting entity identified in that order. FCTE is the product brand. The order must identify each party's legal name and address, the licensed release, cities, domains, permitted uses, fees, delivery scope, licence duration and governing law. Preparing an email request, downloading a summary or checking a box does not complete a purchase or activate a data licence.
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Licensed materials
Licensed materials are the synthetic datasets and accompanying documentation expressly listed in the accepted order. The release identifier and delivery manifest define what is supplied. Public demonstrations, future releases, APIs, custom services and source-generation software are included only if the order expressly says so. Public samples are supplied for evaluation and do not grant rights to the full release.
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Standard licence
After the accepted order's payment conditions are satisfied, Fidelra grants a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to the named customer for its own internal purposes within the agreed scope and duration. The order must specify whether the licence is perpetual for the identified release or time limited; no renewal or future refresh is implied. Authorized employees and contractors may access the materials only for that customer's work, under equivalent confidentiality and use restrictions. The customer is responsible for their compliance.
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Permitted work and outputs
Within the accepted scope, the customer may store, query, analyze and integrate the licensed data into its internal research, development, testing and analytical workflows. Backups are permitted with the same access controls. Reports and aggregate findings may be shared where they do not disclose reconstructable record-level data or enable extraction of the licensed materials, and are clearly identified as based on synthetic data. Model training, external applications, multi-entity access and customer-facing distribution must be expressly addressed in the order.
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Restrictions
Unless separately authorized in writing, the customer must not resell, sublicense, publish, redistribute or transfer raw or substantially reconstructable data; upload it to public repositories; provide access to another legal entity; or remove release, provenance or ownership notices. A services or enhancement purchase does not expand these rights. The customer must follow the Acceptable Use Policy and must not represent a synthetic record as evidence about a real individual.
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Ownership and third-party material
Fidelra retains its rights in the licensed materials, methods and documentation. The customer retains its pre-existing materials and original analyses, subject to the underlying data restrictions. Third-party components and source materials remain subject to their disclosed licences. No rights to third-party material beyond those available to Fidelra are implied. Attribution and third-party notices supplied with the release must be preserved where applicable.
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Release quality and fitness
Fidelra will supply the release and documentation described in the accepted order and warrants that it has the rights required to grant that licence. The customer should verify the delivered manifest and report material mismatches promptly. Fidelra will investigate a substantiated delivery or specification defect and, as appropriate, correct or replace the affected materials or agree an alternative remedy under the order. Disclosed residuals and limitations form part of the specification. Synthetic data does not guarantee real-world accuracy or fitness for an unvalidated decision.
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Security and personal data
The customer must use reasonable access controls and protect licensed copies against unauthorized disclosure. Synthetic records must not be used to identify or make assertions about real people. If a service requires personal data supplied by the customer, the parties must agree the lawful scope, roles, safeguards and any required data-processing terms before transfer. This licence alone is not a data-processing agreement.
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Confidentiality
Each party must protect non-public information disclosed for the order, use it only for the agreed purpose, and limit access to people who need it and are bound to protect it. This does not cover information already lawfully known, independently developed, publicly available without breach, or lawfully obtained without restriction. Legally required disclosure is permitted, with prior notice where lawful.
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Breach and termination
A party may terminate for a material breach that remains uncorrected 30 days after written notice, or sooner where an unlawful use or serious security risk requires it. Any immediate suspension must be proportionate to the issue. On termination the customer must stop the terminated use and delete or return affected licensed copies, except a restricted archival copy required by law. Payment obligations already incurred, confidentiality, ownership, restrictions and accrued remedies survive as applicable. The order may specify additional termination rights.
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Liability and disputes
The accepted order must state any agreed liability cap, exclusions and dispute procedure. Nothing in these terms excludes liability or statutory rights that applicable law does not permit the parties to exclude. The parties should first try to resolve a dispute through their named commercial contacts. Governing law and the courts or arbitration forum must be expressly identified in the accepted order; the website does not select them by default.
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Document priority and changes
An expressly negotiated and accepted order amendment prevails over conflicting standard wording. Subject to that, the Data Licensing Agreement governs data rights, the Purchase & Services Terms govern fulfillment, and the Acceptable Use Policy governs permitted conduct. The accepted document versions are retained with the order. Later website revisions do not automatically amend an existing order. Questions and notices may be sent to fidelra.africa@fidelra.ai and the formal notice addresses identified in the order.