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Terms of use

MaxMind provides this site, its contents, and web services on an "as is" basis and makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the MaxMind.com Internet site, its contents, or web services. MaxMind disclaims all such representations and warranties, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In addition, MaxMind does not represent or warrant that the information accessible via this site or web services is accurate, complete or current.

All content contained in the MaxMind.com Internet site is subject to change without notice. MaxMind reserves the right to change or modify the terms and conditions applicable to the use of the MaxMind.com Internet site at any time. Such changes, modifications, additions, or deletions to the terms and conditions of use shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by any means including, but not limited to, posting a notice on the MaxMind.com Internet site. Any use of the MaxMind.com Internet site after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by the user of the MaxMind.com Internet site of such changes, modifications, additions, or deletions.

Privacy Policy

Our policy is to respect and protect the privacy of the users of the MaxMind.com Internet site is as follows:

MaxMind may ask for personal data such as your name or address when you use our site. For credit card transactions, MaxMind will send the payment information to our authorized payment gateway only. For PayPal transactions, MaxMind will send the contents of your shopping cart to PayPal only. For e-gold transactions, MaxMind will send your e-mail address to e-gold only. For telephone verification calls, MaxMind will send the phone number to our telephone verification service provider only. In the event of a credit card chargeback, MaxMind may release information about the chargeback to other parties and/or post details of the transaction on our notices page. Any other information collected at this web site will be kept strictly confidential and we will not release such information to anyone, unless required by law.

The MaxMind.com site does enable "cookies." in order to identify an authorized user of the MaxMind Member Center. (A cookie is a file that identifies an individual as a unique user by storing certain personal preferences and user data.) MaxMind.com maintains one or more e-mail lists to allow MaxMind to communicate with identified individuals. Internet users who employ the MaxMind.com site may be added to this e-mail list and may receive e-mail from MaxMind. MaxMind will not release the addresses on our list to anyone, unless required by law.

Users of the MaxMind.com Internet site should be aware that MaxMind.com provides links to other Internet sites that are beyond our control. These sites may, for example, send their own cookies to users, collect data or solicit personal information. MaxMind cannot guarantee the security of any information disclosed to these other sites.

Refund Policy

MaxMind, Inc. offers no refunds, all sales are final, once you have downloaded the database or used the webservice queries. Before purchasing, please try the demos provided to evaluate our products to determine if they will meet your requirements. If you change your mind after purchasing but before downloading the database or using the web service, we will happily refund you, for up to 2 months after the purchase. In addition, we can make partial refunds, based on the amount of unused web service queries, for up to 2 months after the purchase.

Legal Terms

MaxMind will not be liable for damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this site. Under no circumstances shall MaxMind have any liability for any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or punitive damages or costs, including, but not limited to, lost profits or data, or loss of goodwill, loss of or damage to property, and claims of third parties, arising out of or in connection with the use, copying, or display of this site, its contents or web services, regardless of whether MaxMind knew, or should have know of the possibility thereof.

Use of this site is an acknowledgment that MaxMind is not liable for the defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of third-parties and that the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with users of the MaxMind.com Internet site.

This site was created and is maintained, and controlled by MaxMind in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America. The laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will govern the content and use of this site, without giving effect to any of the conflict of law principles or rules thereof.

Use of the credit card fraud detection services, including minFraud, telephone verification, and phone ID, is subject to the credit card fraud detection service terms of use.


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