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The clause defines the permitted scope of data use and establishes that D&B retains control over downstream applications of its data. The restrictions limit commercial repackaging and derivative product development while requiring authorization for specific use cases including legal disclosure and credit/employment decision support.
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"You agree not to reproduce, copy, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, sub-license, publish, broadcast, or circulate the information received through the Service to anyone without the express prior written consent of Dun & Bradstreet. You may not: (a) use or permit the use of the Service to prepare an original database or a comparison to other databases that are sold, rented, published, or furnished in any manner to a third party; (b) use or permit the use of the Service for the purpose of compiling, enhancing, verifying, supplementing, adding to, or deleting from any mailing list, business directory, or other compilation of information that is sold, rented, published, or furnished in any manner to a third party; (c) use or permit the use of the information in connection with any individual credit, employment, or insurance applications; or (d) voluntarily produce the Service in legal proceedings without Dun & Bradstreet's prior written approval.— Excerpt from Dun & Bradstreet's D&B Terms of Use
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The clause defines the permitted scope of data use and establishes that D&B retains control over downstream applications of its data. The restrictions limit commercial repackaging and derivative product development while requiring authorization for specific use cases including legal disclosure and credit/employment decision support.
Users operating under these terms must obtain written authorization from D&B before distributing data, creating comparison databases for third-party sale, or using data in support of credit decisions, employment determinations, or insurance applications. Unauthorized reproduction or circulation of Service information constitutes a breach of the usage restrictions.
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