1. The agreement
These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) are a binding agreement between you — either personally or on behalf of the organisation you represent (“you”) — and State Affairs, Inc. (“we”, “us”). They cover the State Affairs website, the workspace application, and any data, documents or output made available through them (together, the “Service”).
If you are entering into these Terms for an organisation, you confirm that you have the authority to bind that organisation, and “you” means that organisation. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service.
2. Changes to these terms
We may update these Terms as the Service changes. When a change is material we will give notice — by email to the address on your account, or by a notice inside the Service — before it takes effect. The “last updated” date at the top of this page always reflects the current version. Continuing to use the Service after a change takes effect means you accept the revised Terms; if you do not, stop using the Service and cancel your plan.
3. Accounts and eligibility
You need an account to use most of the Service. You agree to give accurate registration details, to keep them current, and to keep your credentials confidential. You are responsible for everything done through your account, whether or not you authorised it, so tell us promptly at support@example.com if you believe it has been compromised.
The Service is intended for professional use by people aged 18 or over. It is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 13.
Seats are per person. Where a plan includes a set number of seats, each seat is for one named individual and credentials must not be shared between people.
4. Plans, billing and renewal
Paid plans are billed in advance for the billing period you select — monthly or yearly. Prices for each plan are shown on our pricing page and are exclusive of any taxes, which you are responsible for.
Unless you cancel before the end of the current period, plans renew automatically for a further period of the same length at the then-current price. You may cancel at any time from your account settings; cancellation stops the next renewal and takes effect at the end of the period you have already paid for. Except where the law requires otherwise, or where we have withdrawn the Service, fees already paid are non-refundable.
Where a free trial is offered, it converts to a paid plan at the end of the trial unless you cancel first. We will tell you the trial end date when you start it.
We may change prices. Any change applies from your next renewal, and we will give at least 30 days' notice before it takes effect.
5. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- resell, sublicense or redistribute the Service, or make it available to anyone outside the seats on your plan;
- scrape, crawl, or use automated means to extract data from the Service in bulk, except through an API we have expressly provided to you;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Service, other accounts, or the systems it runs on, or probe or test its security without our written permission;
- interfere with the operation of the Service, including by placing unreasonable load on it;
- use the Service to break the law, to infringe anyone's rights, or to harass anyone;
- remove or obscure any notice of ownership on material obtained through the Service; or
- misrepresent output from the Service as an official statement of any legislature, agency or government body.
6. Our content and your content
Public records. The underlying legal materials — bill text, administrative rules, statutes and legislative records — are government records. We do not claim ownership of them.
Our material. The Service itself — the software, the design, our compilation, structuring, indexing and enrichment of those records, and our summaries and scores — is owned by State Affairs, Inc. and protected by intellectual property law. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use it for your own internal business purposes for as long as your plan is active.
Your material. You keep ownership of everything you put into the Service — field notes, portfolios, issue definitions, uploaded files and questions. You grant us a non-exclusive licence to host, copy, process and display that material solely to operate the Service for you and those you share it with. We do not sell it, and we do not use the private contents of your workspace to train third-party models.
7. AI-generated output
Parts of the Service generate summaries, scores and written answers automatically, drawn from documents in our index. This output is provided to help you find and understand source material. It is generated by software, it can be incomplete or wrong, and it is not legal advice.
Each answer cites the passages it relied on precisely so that you can check it. You are responsible for verifying any output against the official source before relying on it, quoting it, or acting on it. See our Disclaimer for more.
8. Third-party sources and services
The Service depends on third-party sources and providers, including legislative data aggregators, the states' own publications, cloud hosting and AI model providers. We do not control those sources and are not responsible for their accuracy, availability or practices. Where the Service links to a third-party site, that link is not an endorsement, and your use of that site is governed by its own terms.
9. Privacy
Our handling of personal data is described in the Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms. Our use of cookies is described in the Cookie Policy.
10. Suspension and termination
You may stop using the Service at any time and close your account from your account settings. We may suspend or terminate access if you materially breach these Terms, if your payment fails and is not resolved after notice, or if we are required to by law. Where it is reasonable to do so we will warn you first and give you an opportunity to put things right.
On termination your right to use the Service ends. You may export your own material before the account closes; after closure we retain and delete data as set out in the Privacy Policy. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity and governing law — do survive it.
11. Disclaimer of warranties
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.
We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, that the index is complete or current for any jurisdiction, or that any output is accurate. Legislative and regulatory records change constantly and sources publish at their own pace.
12. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenues, goodwill or data, arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service, even if advised of the possibility.
Our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service is limited to the amounts you paid us for the Service in the twelve months immediately before the event giving rise to the claim.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.
13. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless State Affairs, Inc. and its officers, employees and agents from any claim, loss or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your use of the Service in breach of these Terms, your material, or your violation of law or of a third party's rights.
14. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Delaware, and each waives any objection to venue there.
Before starting formal proceedings, each party agrees to try in good faith to resolve the dispute by writing to the other and allowing 30 days to respond.
15. General terms
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, the Cookie Policy and the Disclaimer, are the entire agreement between us about the Service and replace any earlier understanding. If any provision is held unenforceable, the rest stays in force. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent; we may assign them to a successor in connection with a merger or sale of substantially all our assets. Nothing here creates a partnership, agency or employment relationship, and there are no third-party beneficiaries.
We are not liable for failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including outages at hosting or data providers.
16. Contact
Questions about these Terms: legal@example.com. Help with your account: support@example.com.