Terms of Service

1. Acceptance

By accessing or using the Florida Business API service (the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. About the Service

Florida Business API provides programmatic access to publicly available business filing records from the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Florida Business API is an independent data platform and is not affiliated with Sunbiz.org, the Florida Department of State, or the Florida Division of Corporations.

3. Non-Permissible Uses (FCRA)

Florida Business API is NOT a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.). You agree that you will not use the Service, in whole or in part, for any purpose constituting a "permissible purpose" under 15 U.S.C. § 1681b. See the FCRA Notice for the explicit prohibited-use list.

4. Account and API Keys

Some features require an account and API key. You are responsible for safeguarding your API keys. Raw keys are shown exactly once at creation and are stored as HMAC-SHA256 hashes; Florida Business API cannot recover lost keys. You agree to revoke any compromised key immediately.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Scrape or attempt to scrape Sunbiz.org or any source upstream of this Service
• Misrepresent the Service as affiliated with the Florida Department of State
• Use the data for any purpose prohibited under Section 3 (FCRA)
• Resell raw API responses verbatim as a competing public-records data product
• Attempt to exceed your tier's quota, rate limits, or feature gating through circumvention

6. Data Source and Accuracy

Data reflects the most recent filing of record with the Florida Department of State. Florida Business API does not independently verify the accuracy or current status of filings. Records may be outdated, incomplete, or contain errors that originated in the source filings. The Service is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind.

7. Takedown and Correction

To request suppression of a record about you, contact [email protected]. Verified requests are honored within 7 days. Suppressed records are tombstoned, not deleted, to maintain an audit trail.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Florida Business API and its operators are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your use of, or inability to use, the Service.

9. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict-of-law provisions. Any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Hillsborough County, Florida.

10. Changes

Florida Business API may revise these Terms from time to time. Continued use of the Service after a revision constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.