Terms and Conditions

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE FOR USPS APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (APIs)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE. Read this carefully before registering to use the USPS API services. By utilizing the APIs, you hereby ACCEPT ALL of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

This Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement (this “Agreement” or “Terms and Conditions” or “Terms of Use”) is a legal agreement between (i) you (the “Individual”), (ii) the company, entity, or organization that you are representing, if any (the “Company,” and together with the Individual, collectively, “You” “Your” or “User” or “Mailer”), and (iii) the United States Postal Service, an Independent Establishment of the Executive Branch of the United States Federal Government (“USPS” or “Postal Service” or “We”). The Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions for Your use of the USPS Application Programming Interfaces ("USPS APIs" or "Services"), which include online interfaces and access that allows You to download data from the USPS related to your mailing, package or shipping activities. This Agreement is between You and USPS only, and not with any other entity. User acknowledges and agrees that he or she is solely responsible for and shall abide by (i) the terms of this Agreement; (ii) the terms of use, conditions and guidelines of all secondary websites, specific API service terms or licenses and devices affiliated with the Services, as applicable, accessed or linked to through the Services; and (iii) all policies, procedures and regulations of the United States Postal Service, which shall include and not be limited to the requirements of the USPS Domestic Mail Manual and the USPS International Mail Manual. User warrants, represents and agrees that interaction with the Services is for the sole purpose to facilitate and manage USPS shipping and/or mailing transactions and to receive information regarding Your mail.

The Individual, by agreeing to this Agreement as a representative of the Company and/or using the Service on behalf of the Company, represents and warrants that he or she is an authorized representative of the Company with the power and authority to bind the Company to the terms of this Agreement and has been authorized by the Company to use the Service on behalf of the Company. If the Individual’s status as an authorized representative of the Company terminates, he or she shall immediately cease using the Service on behalf of the Company. The Individual shall be fully liable for any direct or indirect damages that arise from or are related to the Individual’s breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant set forth in this paragraph.

Modification of These Terms of Use

We reserve the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the Service is offered. You may review the most current terms and conditions of use at https://developers.usps.com/terms-and-conditions. If You do not agree to, or cannot comply with, the Agreement as amended, You must stop using the Service. You will be deemed to have accepted the Agreement as amended if You continue to use the Service. The Service provides You with the opportunity to implement various USPS services and products, which may be modified or expanded in the Service from time to time. User acknowledges and agrees that his or her use of the Service, in each instance, is subject to any such changes and that User's use of the Service constitutes acceptance of such changed terms. User agrees to review this Agreement from time to time to ensure compliance with these terms and conditions.

Description of Service

The Service is an online platform, databases and portal that allows You to access data and request services from the USPS related to your mailing or shipping activity through the use of APIs, and allows you to create shipping and mailing software or services. The Services provides You with credentials in order to access data and/or products of the Postal Service.

Potential Third-Party Charges or Fees & Consent to Receive Electronic Communications

BY ACCEPTING AND AGREEING TO THIS AGREEMENT, YOU CONSENT AND ACCEPT THE RISK IN RECEIVING INFORMATION VIA EMAIL AND/OR TEXT MESSAGING THROUGH THE SERVICE. SUCH ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS MAY PROVIDE THE ABOVE MENTIONED SERVICES, BUT MAY ALSO CONTAIN MARKETING MESSAGES AS WELL AS REQUESTS FOR FEEDBACK FROM YOU REGARDING THE SERVICE. YOU MAY WITHDRAW SUCH CONSENT AT ANY TIME, BUT IF WITHDRAWING SUCH CONSENT, SOME FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SERVICE MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE TO YOU. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER MAY CHARGE DATA USAGE FEES (INCLUDING ADDITIONAL CHARGES WHEN ROAMING AS WELL AS FEES FOR SMS OR TEXT MESSAGING THAT MAY BE USED TO RECEIVE UPDATES RELATED TO THE SERVICE), AND THAT THE POSTAL SERVICE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SUCH FEES AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVICE. ADDITIONAL FEES OR COSTS MAY ACCOMPANY YOUR RECIEPT OF EMAILS SENT THROUGH THE SERVICE. YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR WIRELESS OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER FOR COMPLETE PRICING DETAILS.

Additional Products and Services

The various additional products, services and specific APIs available through the Services may have associated fees. In addition, some such products, services and specific APIs may have separate terms and conditions, licenses, terms of service, guidelines and/or terms of use that You must agree to in order to access or use them. By using these specific APIs you hereby acknowledge that you have read, understand and agree to any posted, linked or incorporated terms and conditions, licenses, terms of service, guidelines and/or terms of use for the specific APIs. The Postal Service may modify the products, services and specific APIs available through the Services at its discretion, and may add or subtract products, services and specific APIs from time to time. The terms and conditions, licenses, guidelines and/or terms of use of such secondary products, services and specific APIs shall govern when accessing such, and the terms of this Agreement shall apply to the use of USPS APIs in general.

Functionality not Guaranteed

You acknowledge that functionality of the Service may be compromised or unavailable based on the configuration of Your system based on Your operating system, browser version as well as Your hardware or phone. Access to the Service is not guaranteed for every software and hardware configuration, and You agree that the Postal Service shall have no liability for Your inability to access the Service in every instance, or to access the various data sets available through the Service due to such hardware and software constraints.

Use Restrictions for Business User and Developers.

• User agrees to use the USPS Web site, Services, APIs and USPS data in accordance with any additional requirements that may be posted on the Web site screens, , or provided in the specific USPS licenses, guidelines, terms of use, Terms of Service and/or User Guides.
User agrees to only use the USPS Web site, APIs and USPS data to facilitate USPS shipping or mailing transactions unless specifically allowed otherwise in a specific USPS license.
The USPS name, trademarks/logos and USPS data received via the interfaces may not be used in any way that implies endorsement or sponsorship by USPS of the User or any of the User's products, goods or services.
User may not use the interfaces in any way that adversely affects the performance or function of the USPS API servers.
User may not post or transmit information or materials that would violate rights of any third party or which contains a virus or other harmful component.
User agrees to provide and keep updated, complete and accurate information about User upon registration for the APIs. .

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

As a condition of Your participation in the access and use of USPS APIs, you warrant to the Postal Service that You will not use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use. The Postal Service reserves the right to terminate User's access to the Service at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

Confidentiality of Rates; No Reselling

You acknowledge that the Business Rate Card prices and any other non-published rates that are displayed or accessible to You through your use of the Service are confidential and proprietary to USPS, and may not be disclosed publicly or shared with any third party entity or individual. User may not offer, sell, or allow the use of Business Rate Card pricing or any other pricing accessible through use of the Service to any other entity or individual. Reselling the Service is strictly prohibited. Failure to maintain the confidentiality of non-public rates may result in the suspension of Your access to preferred rates and/or termination of Your account.

Equitable Relief

User acknowledges and agrees that due to the unique nature of Postal Service’s proprietary information, including but not limited to information obtained from the Service or any USPS Marks, there may be no adequate remedy at law for any breach of its obligations or terms hereunder relating to the Service, that any such breach may allow User or third parties to unfairly compete with Postal Service resulting in irreparable harm to Postal Service, and therefore, upon any such breach or threat of such breach, Postal Service shall be entitled to seek injunctions and other appropriate equitable relief in addition to whatever remedies it may have at law.

Privacy

For over two centuries, the Postal Service has valued Your privacy, and built a brand that customers trust. When using the Service, the information You provide is accessible to the Postal Service, but may also be collected by third parties such as the companies that control the operating systems of the particular application You are using, e.g. browser, mobile device, etc. as well as Your telecommunications provider (not unlike an Internet Service Provider's ability to access data provided by its subscribers). Information collected by any such third party is governed by its terms of service and its privacy policy. Any information provided by You to the Postal Service while utilizing the Application is governed by the USPS privacy policy.

For information about our privacy policy, please visit www.usps.com/privacypolicy.

Intellectual Property - License Grant and Restrictions

These Services provided to You by the USPS are for User's personal or commercial use for the limited purpose described below. User may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, data, databases, software, products, or services, including derivatives thereof, obtained from the Services, excepting Your right to share information or data provided through the Services to explain or effectuate a Postal Service transaction (for example, sharing tracking information with a customer). Material, information and data provided by the Services is the copyrighted and proprietary property of the Postal Service. All rights in the property are reserved. The Services, access to and use of the Services, credentials and data are licensed to You not sold.

The data, intellectual property and images presented through the Services may not under any circumstances be reproduced or used without USPS's prior written permission. Other than the actual information or data related to explaining or effectuating a Postal Service transaction, You may view and download material, information or data from these Services for personal and commercial use solely when the materials clearly state that these materials, information or data may be copied and reproduced according to the conditions stated on the particular pages where such materials are found; or with the express written permission of the Postal Service via a license. In all other cases, You will need written permission from the Postal Service to use, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute or publicly display material, information or data from these Services.

USPS grants to You a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Services for the purpose of using USPS shipping and mailing products. The data You access through the Services may be used for commercial informational purposes solely to provide information regarding Your shipping and mailing transactions using USPS products and services. USPS also grants to You a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use and access the Services on any device that You own or control. Any violation by You of the license provisions contained herein may result in the immediate termination of Your right to use the Services. USPS reserves all right, title and interest to the Services, credentials and data not expressly granted under this license to the fullest extent possible under applicable laws. ANY USE OF THE SERVICES, CREDENTIALS, AND/OR DATA NOT SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

You agree that You will not:

use the Services or usps.com to reproduce copyrighted materials;
use the Services for datamining or datascraping purposes;
use the Services or data for the purpose of creating an address list;
use the Services or data to create a database with the data from the Services for third party usage;
manipulate the API responses to change the form or content of data received by You;
resell or license for a fee the data from the Services or any derivative thereof;
use the Services to develop a database, infobase, artificial intelligence model or similar database service, or other information resource in any media (print, electronic, or otherwise, now existing or developed in the future) for sale to, distribution to, display to, or use by others;
repackage, modify or translate the data from the Services for non-USPS purposes;
copy, store, edit, change, prepare any derivative work of or alter in any way any of the information or data provided through the Services or usps.com except for uses related to Your mailing, shipping and purchase of USPS products and services;
provide Your password or credentials to the Services or any Application available on usps.com to any other person;
translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify or create derivative works based on the Services or any application or other technology available on usps.com or any portion of them accessible through the Services or through usps.com;
circumvent any technology used by the USPS or its licensors to protect content accessible via the Service or found on usps.com;
rent, lease or sublicense any of the intellectual property, including credentials or data, provided through the Service or available on usps.com without the express written consent of the Postal Service;
use the Service or any application available on usps.com in any way that violates the terms of this Agreement;
defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information;
upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless You own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents;
upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of the USPS networks or another's computer;
advertise or offer to sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose through direct communications utilizing the Service or usps.com;
Download any file posted by another user of the Service that User knows, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner;
falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded; or
use any of the data, APIs or Services to create a list of names or addresses, including mailer IDs, advertisement IDs or the like;
use any of the data, APIs or Services to offer a competing product without specific written permission from the Postal Service;
use any of the data, APIs or Services to create unsubstantiated claims, false or copied mailing labels, tracking IDs, mailer IDs, IMbs, IMpbs, counterfeit postage labels, or unpaid postage labels;
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Service or usps.com generally.
attempt any malicious use of USPS services including but not limited to hacking, phishing, smishing, vishing or other unwanted activities.

As between You and USPS, You acknowledge that USPS owns or has a license to all title and copyrights in and to the Services. All right, title and interest, including all intellectual property rights, in and to the content and data supplied by the Services is the property of the respective content owner (whether the USPS or a licensor to the USPS) and may be protected by applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties and subject to use restrictions under such laws or treaties. Upon demand by the USPS you will delete Your credentials and any data from the Services, including derivatives thereof, from Your systems or systems and platforms that You control. If You have knowledge of Your credentials or data from the Services being transferred to systems and platforms outside of Your control, you must notify the USPS immediately. Failure to notify the USPS of such transfers will be considered a breach of these terms and misuse of the license and property provided to You.

The Services and the applications found on usps.com contain the trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos of the USPS and may contain third-party trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos. You are not granted any right or license with respect to such USPS trademarks or the trademarks of any third party available through the Services.

The licenses granted above will be for a term consistent with the period of performance of the shipping and mailing services requested.

The Services have a limit on the number of requests that You may make in a given day. Such limits are dependent on the type of API used or the type of data requested. Such limits may be reviewed on the description pages associated with the APIs and data types. The USPS reserves the right to modify, alter or change these limits without notice for any given API. You agree that You will not make more than the limited number of requests per day. You agree that the USPS may limit your API usage or credentials when the USPS has reason to believe that you are datamining or creating address lists or for any other purpose the USPS deems to be warranted. If USPS determines that errors in Your requests, no-data results, non-conforming requests or the like are an attempt to circumvent restrictions in these terms, the USPS may act unilaterally to deny access to the Services and data. You agree that the USPS may also require You to delete all data from the Services, including any derivatives thereof, from your systems and platforms. The USPS is not responsible for any of Your costs associated with changes to the limits to the APIs.

Updates, Maintenance and Support

USPS may from time to time make available to all users of the Services updates at no cost or subject to additional fees in USPS's sole discretion. "Updates" means any updates, upgrades or error corrections to the Services USPS makes available generally to users of the Services. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement, USPS will have no obligation to continue producing or releasing new versions of the Services or any updates thereto. USPS is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support of the Services, or as required under applicable law.

USPS may change the layout, contents or format of any request, query or response without notice. The USPS is not responsible for any damages or costs associated with such changes or modification which you may incur, including Your costs associated with conforming to the changes on Your systems or platforms. You are responsible for updating Your systems to conform to such changes.

Links to Third-Party Sites and Limitation of Liability

The Services and other websites and services that may be accessible through the Services or on usps.com generally, which also may be operated by the Postal Service, may contain links to websites operated by parties other than the Postal Service. Such links are provided solely for User's convenience. The Postal Service does not control such third-party websites and is not responsible for the contents of such sites. The Postal Service's inclusion, if any, of links to such third-party websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such sites or any association with their operators. When linking to such third-party websites, the Postal Service follows web-linking and exit page guidelines as set forth in USPS Management Instruction AS-610-2012-3. The Postal Service does not monitor websites linked to by User, and the use of any such links is performed strictly at the User's own risk. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE POSTAL SERVICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM ACTIVITY OCCURRING ON NON-POSTAL SERVICE WEBSITES WHEN A USER LINKS TO SUCH SITE FROM THE SERVICES OR USPS.COM.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

As a condition of Your use of the Services and usps.com, You warrant to the Postal Service that You will not use the Services or usps.com for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use.

The Postal Service reserves the right to terminate User's access to the Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

The Postal Service reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in the Postal Service's sole discretion.

User grants the Postal Service permission to use any information, suggestions, ideas, drawings or concepts communicated through the Service or usps.com for any purpose by You to the Postal Service in any manner that the Postal Service chooses, commercial, public or otherwise, without compensation whatsoever. User agrees and acknowledges that all content found within the Service, whether provided by the Postal Service, third-parties or from User, to the fullest extent permitted by law and under contract, shall be or become the property of the United States Postal Service with no restrictions in use, whether commercial or otherwise.

Security

You are responsible for the security of your access keys and secrets, tokens, password, and any other credentials and all transmissions to and from the Services and APIs. You are responsible for storing your keys and secrets, tokens, password, and any other credentials securely to prevent unauthorized access. You are responsible for the security of the data once received from the Services or APIs and any breach of the security of the data or transmissions must be reported within 72 hours to cybersafe@usps.gov. You are required to report any suspected fraudulent activity or security vulnerabilities encountered while using the APIs, credentials or Services.

Related Information

The Postal Service may access, collect, and use any information from or related to Your usage of the Services including any of Your data (“Related Information”) for technical support, for regulatory and third party compliance purposes, to protect and enforce the Postal Service’s rights, for investigation and law enforcement purposes, to investigate and prosecute fraudulent activity, to monitor compliance with and investigate potential breaches of the terms of this Agreement, to enhance the Services or other products, to develop new Services or products and to recommend additional products or services to You and others. You hereby agree and consent to receive marketing emails and other promotional materials. You grant the Postal Service the perpetual right to use Related Information for purposes such as the purposes above and to test, develop, improve, and enhance the Postal Service’s products and services, and to create and own derivative works based on Related Information.

Liability Disclaimer

The information, data, software if any, products, and services included through the Services may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information provided. The Postal Service and/or its respective suppliers may make improvements and/or changes to the Services, usps.com and accompanying services at any time.

THE MATERIALS AND/OR INFORMATION PROVIDED UTILIZING THE SERVICES AND THE APPLICATIONS ON USPS.COM ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW. THE POSTAL SERVICE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE POSTAL SERVICE DOES NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT THE INFORMATION IS ACCURATE OR RELIABLE OR THAT THE MATERIALS AND/OR INFORMATION PROVIDED UTILIZING THE SERVICES OR USPS.COM WILL BE FREE OF ERRORS OR VIRUSES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICES OR USPS.COM, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, USER'S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICES OR USPS.COM. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, WILL THE POSTAL SERVICE BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM OR RELATE TO THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE MATERIALS AND/OR INFORMATION PROVIDED UTILIZING THE SERVICES, USPS.COM OR THE ACCOMPANYING SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH USPS API EVEN IF THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE POSTAL SERVICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USER'S INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES, USPS.COM, DATA, MATERIALS AND/OR INFORMATION PROVIDED UTILIZING THE SERVICES OR USPS.COM DUE TO FAILURE OF THE USER'S DEVICE, OPERATING SYSTEM OR USER'S INABILITY TO ACCESS SUFFICIENT BANDWIDTH AND/OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIVITY. USER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT DATA PROVIDED BY THE SERVICES MAY NOT TAKE PLACE IN SOME INSTANCES, OR MAY BE LIMITED DUE TO PROCESSING LIMITATIONS, ERROR OR BASED ON SPECIFIC PRODUCT LIMITATIONS AND THAT THE POSTAL SERVICE SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR INACCURATE DATA PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES.

Indemnification

You acknowledge and agree to indemnify and hold the Postal Service, its affiliates, officers, employees and agents, harmless, including costs and attorneys' fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or arising out of Your use of the Services and usps.com or in the event of Your violation of this Agreement or any fraudulent activity conducted by You, on Your behalf or by way of You supplying data from the Services to others; and from any infringement of third party rights by You while utilizing the Services or usps.com such as any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity arising out of or related to any products or services purchased by You in connection with the Services or usps.com, or offered by a third party through the Services or usps.com.

Access Restriction and Registration

The Postal Service, in its sole and unreviewable discretion, reserves the right to deny any User access to the Services, the APIs or any portion of usps.com without notice. You must register for the Services, and by doing so, You warrant and represent that You have the authority to agree to the terms and conditions herein and to request the functions and data performed through the Services. The Postal Service may use a third-party identity proofing company during the registration process in order to better ensure Your right to use the Services. You may be required to provide specific information to prove Your identity during this process. In addition, the Postal Service may determine Your eligibility to participate in the Services by utilizing an analysis of Your device (“Device Reputation”) to determine if You are the individual you purport to be. You acknowledge that failure to provide such information or failure to allow for an analysis of Your device through Device Reputation analysis may result in the Postal Service’s inability to allow You to access the Services. The credentials to access the Services are licensed to You and not sold and may be revoked at anytime. You agree You will restrict access of the credentials to Your employees that are authorized to use the Services. You warrant that the credentials will only be used by You and not rented out or used by a third party. You agree not to misuse the credentials and only use the credentials for interaction with the Services for the purpose of mailing or shipping. You agree that You are responsible for securing and maintaining Your credentials on Your systems and platforms. You agree that the Postal Service may revoke your credentials and/or deny you access to the Services for any breach or suspected breach of any of the terms in this agreement or any activity that is fraudulent or suspected to be fraudulent. You agree to notify the Postal Service immediately upon becoming aware of any loss or theft of Your password or credentials or any unauthorized use of such passwords, credentials, APIs, Services, or data.

You are responsible for the permissions and authorizations for any tracking ID or mailer ID used in the Services. You may only use mailer ID (MID) based Services for the MIDs for which You have been authorized by the MID owner and only for as long as the MID owner has given you permission. If You are no longer authorized or no longer have permission for a tracking ID or mailer ID, You agree to stop using the tracking ID or mailer ID immediately in the Service, including in any API calls, and You agree to notify the Postal Service of such changes. You agree to change Your subscriptions or API requests to eliminate the unauthorized mailer IDs and tracking IDs.

General

THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY UNITED STATES FEDERAL LAW. USER AGREES THAT ALL DISPUTES AND MATTERS WHATSOEVER ARISING UNDER, IN CONNECTION WITH OR INCIDENT TO THESE TERMS OF USE SHALL BE BROUGHT BY USER IN AND BEFORE A FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (EXCLUDING RIGHTFUL ACTIONS BROUGHT BEFORE THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS), TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER STATE OR COUNTRY. USER AGREES TO WAIVE ANY OBJECTIONS AS TO THE LAYING OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION OR VENUE IN SUCH A COURT, AND AS TO ANY PURPORTED INCONVENIENCE OF THE CHOSEN FORUM.

The Postal Service's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal processes, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of the Postal Service's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to Your use of the Services or information provided to or gathered by the Postal Service with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the User and the Postal Service with respect to the Services and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the User and the Postal Service with respect to the Services. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

You acknowledge that Your use of the Addressing API is an operational test and may be discontinued at any time for any reason, and that the data supplied to You via the API must be used or distributed by You or Your customers per the restrictions in Your AMS-API license for the type of data the Addressing API supplies. You agree to adhere to Your AMS-API license with regard to all data supplied by the Addressing API and all requirements pertaining to Your customers and the information, agreements and restrictions You are required to obtain from Your customers. You agree to the Field of Use restrictions in Your AMS-API with regard to all responses supplied by the Addressing API.

You agree that You will not supply false or misleading information in Your API requests related to Your request or Your customers. You agree to not offer a competing Service to the Addressing API. You agree not to use the Services to develop a database, infobase, or similar database service, or other information resource in any media (print, electronic, or otherwise, now existing or developed in the future) for sale to, distribution to, display to, or use by others.

You agree to sign and acknowledge the Operational Test API License when made available for Your continued use of the Addressing API. If You fail to sign and agree to such API License, You will be denied continued access to the Addressing API.

I have read, understand and agree to the above terms and conditions, and I am authorized to accept this agreement on behalf of stated User company.

Updated: 1/22/2026