{
  "version": "0.1-draft",
  "effectiveDate": "2026-07-04",
  "url": "https://api.vindexapi.dev/terms.txt",
  "contact": "jcislo918@gmail.com",
  "machineSummary": {
    "informationalOnly": true,
    "notAdvice": true,
    "isVehicleHistoryReport": false,
    "returnsLiensAccidentsOdometer": false,
    "collectsPersonalData": false,
    "vinRetentionDays": 90,
    "vinUse": "cache key only, never linked to a person",
    "dataSources": ["NHTSA (US public domain)", "Transport Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada)"],
    "attribution": "Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.",
    "payment": "x402 per-call, USDC on Base or Solana",
    "chargedForErrors": false,
    "resaleProhibited": true,
    "warranty": "AS-IS",
    "liabilityCap": "fees paid in prior 30 days"
  },
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "acceptance",
      "title": "Parties & Acceptance",
      "summary": "Using the Service, including having a deployed agent call the API, accepts these Terms. Under UETA/E-SIGN electronic-agent rules, deploying an agent is the principal's acceptance; each request and payment binds you."
    },
    {
      "id": "service",
      "title": "Service Description — Informational Only",
      "summary": "Vindex sells informational vehicle data aggregated from public sources. Output is for information only and is NOT professional, legal, mechanical, financial, or purchasing advice, and must not be the sole basis for a purchase, safety, or repair decision."
    },
    {
      "id": "not-a-history-report",
      "title": "Not a Vehicle-History Report",
      "summary": "Vindex is NOT a vehicle-history report. It makes no claims about liens, accident history, title status, theft, or odometer readings and returns none of that data. It reports only public recall, complaint, and vehicle-specification data."
    },
    {
      "id": "data-sources",
      "title": "Data Sources & Attribution",
      "summary": "Data comes from NHTSA (U.S. federal, public domain) and Transport Canada. Canadian recall data is used under the Open Government Licence – Canada, with the attribution 'Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.' Data reflects the source databases as of fetch time and may be incomplete, delayed, or stale."
    },
    {
      "id": "privacy",
      "title": "Privacy & VIN Handling",
      "summary": "VINs you submit are stored only as cache keys, for up to 90 days, and are never linked to a person. Vindex does not collect, store, or return any owner, registrant, or driver personal data."
    },
    {
      "id": "payment",
      "title": "Payment Terms",
      "summary": "Paid endpoints are priced per call in USD and settled as USDC via x402 (Base or Solana): decode $0.01, recalls $0.01, reliability $0.05, known-issues $0.25, Canada per-jurisdiction purchase-costs $0.02, US per-state purchase-costs $0.02. The free /v1/sample/* endpoints (fixed sample vehicle) require no payment. Compute-first / settle-after means you are not charged for errors or below-threshold answers. Taxes and network fees are the buyer's. No bundles or subscriptions."
    },
    {
      "id": "refunds",
      "title": "Refund Policy",
      "summary": "The Service settles only after successfully computing a billable answer, so charge-without-delivery should not occur; where a settled payment fails to deliver, the automated x402 failure path applies. Otherwise all sales are final."
    },
    {
      "id": "acceptable-use",
      "title": "Acceptable Use",
      "summary": "No unlawful use. No resale, redistribution, or sublicensing of Vindex-generated outputs. No circumventing rate limits or payment. Do not represent Vindex output as a certified vehicle history or as professional advice."
    },
    {
      "id": "rate-limits",
      "title": "Rate Limits",
      "summary": "Free endpoints are rate-limited; paid access is metered per call. We may throttle, suspend, or block traffic that is abusive."
    },
    {
      "id": "warranty",
      "title": "AS-IS / No Warranty",
      "summary": "The Service and data are provided AS IS and AS AVAILABLE with no warranties. Data may be delayed, inaccurate, incomplete, or stale. There is no guarantee of accuracy, fitness, or any particular outcome."
    },
    {
      "id": "liability",
      "title": "Limitation of Liability",
      "summary": "No liability for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for decisions made in reliance on the Service. Total aggregate liability is capped at fees paid to Vindex in the prior 30 days."
    },
    {
      "id": "risk",
      "title": "Assumption of Risk",
      "summary": "Vehicle purchase, safety, and repair decisions carry risk. You assume all such risk and should independently verify with a qualified professional and an official inspection before acting."
    },
    {
      "id": "availability",
      "title": "Service Availability",
      "summary": "No uptime, latency, or continuity guarantee and no SLA unless separately agreed in writing. The Service may be interrupted or discontinued at any time."
    },
    {
      "id": "indemnification",
      "title": "Indemnification",
      "summary": "You indemnify and hold Vindex harmless from claims arising out of your use of the Service, your breach of these Terms, your violation of law, or the conduct of any agent you deploy."
    },
    {
      "id": "ip",
      "title": "Intellectual Property",
      "summary": "Underlying public data belongs to its sources (NHTSA public domain; Transport Canada under OGL–Canada). Vindex's compilations and derived intelligence are Vindex's; buyers receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, internal-use license."
    },
    {
      "id": "governing-law",
      "title": "Governing Law & Disputes",
      "summary": "Governed by the laws of the operator's country of establishment (Poland) and applicable EU law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Disputes go before the competent courts there, subject to mandatory consumer-protection rights."
    },
    {
      "id": "severability",
      "title": "Severability",
      "summary": "If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable it is limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions stay in effect."
    },
    {
      "id": "changes",
      "title": "Changes to Terms",
      "summary": "We may update these Terms; the version, effective date, and canonical URL will be revised and published. Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance."
    }
  ]
}