Terms & conditions

1. Who these terms cover

These terms govern the use of the PACT toolkit and any hosted PACT node operated by Alambic Labs (“the service”). A participant is any organisation that connects a node, publishes offers or requests access through the service.

2. Accounts and seats

Access is invitation-based. Each participant names the people who operate its node and remains responsible for their actions, including the credentials issued to its machine agents. Credentials must not be shared between organisations.

3. Offers, conditions and access

What is published, to whom and under which conditions is decided by the participant that owns the data. Alambic Labs provides the mechanism that records the agreement; it does not grant access on a participant’s behalf and does not inspect the content exchanged.

4. Acceptable use

The service may not be used to publish unlawful content, to circumvent the conditions attached to another participant’s offer, or to attempt to re-identify personal data outside the agreed purpose. Suspected misuse is reported to the operator of the node concerned.

5. Availability and changes

Hosted nodes are provided on a best-effort basis during pilot engagements; committed service levels are agreed in the applicable order form. Functionality may change provided the audit trail of past exchanges remains verifiable.

6. Liability

Each participant is responsible for the data it publishes and for the decisions it takes on requests it receives. Alambic Labs is not liable for the content exchanged between participants.

7. Term and termination

A participant may disconnect its node at any time. Records required for legal or audit purposes are retained for the period stated in the privacy notice.