Terms of Use
Terms of Use
These terms govern your use of our website and services offered through www.cricketdata.org (“Site”). For the purpose of these Terms of Use, the user implies you as the person intending to use Cricket Data, and the developer assigned to perform the relevant integration. Access or use of this site & API is subject adherence to the terms and conditions of use as set here.
Please note that by accessing or using Cricket Data you agree to be legally bound by these terms and all future changes made to this page by Cricket Data, the owner of the Site (“Cricket Data”).
The website may be used without registration however this would allow you to use most API with a 5-minute-lag. Once you register and send your API key with every request this duration reduces to 30 seconds. In case of paid API you cannot use the API at all unless you have a valid API key. Using another person’s API key or creating multiple accounts for the sole purporse of free credits is strictly forbidden. The Cricket Data team may choose to ban you from this site if you’re found violating terms and conditions.
Flags, Logos and other Symbols
It is understood that all flags would be artistic works with copyright vesting in their creators; either the designer or the designer’s employer. The copyright is owned by the government of the relevant country either by virtue of the creator being an employee or by transfer. However, fair use of flags is permitted for the purpose of illustration. Our creation of “Fan Art” flags is explicitly in the public domain and does not disrespect or otherwise use the flags for the purpose of profit. Accordingly if there is a concern in this regard please reach our legal team on contact@cricketdata.org so the matter may be resolved post haste.
Affiliation
Cricket Data, CricAPI and owners are not affiliated in any way to and claim no association, in any capacity whatsoever, with the International Cricket Council or any national cricket board or team; Board of Control for Cricket in India, the Indian Premier League or any IPL franchises/franchisees or any other tournaments/leagues, or tournament franchises/teams. We acknowledges that the BCCI/IPL, ICC and its franchises, national cricket boards, tournament organisers and franchises/teams, respectively, own all proprietary names and marks relating to the relevant tournament or competition.
By using Cricket Data (www.cricketdata.org) in any way (including viewing the site, integrating the API, etc) you agree to all the Terms and Conditions and reasonable usage terms therein and agree to hold us (Cricket Data) and the owners harmless should you breach these rules. This API is not designed for emergency or otherwise mission critical operations and should not be treated as such.
If at any time Cricket Data believes that your account is being misused in any manner, or that the information provided by you during the registration process is not true, inaccurate or incomplete Cricket Data reserves the right to cancel your account and block your access to Site.
You are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account, or activities for which you utilize Cricket Data. You agree to notify Cricket Data of any unauthorised use of your account or breach of security. Cricket Data will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account or your failure to comply with this section.
Use of Cricket Data
All materials provided on this site, including but not limited to all information, materials, functions text, logos, designs, graphics, images, sounds, software, documents, products and services (collectively, the “Materials”), and the selection, arrangement and display thereof, are the copyrighted works of Cricket Data or its vendors or suppliers. All Materials herein and all Cricket Data software are proprietary to Cricket Data and protected by worldwide copyright and other intellectual property laws. Except as stated herein, none of the Materials may be modified, copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, sold, compiled, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or other means, without the prior express written permission of Cricket Data.
Cricket Data hereby grants you the right to access and use the Site only for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not use the Site for commercial purposes or in any way that is unlawful, or harms us or any other person or entity, as determined in our sole discretion. You may post/share links/images/text content on the site on social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, with appropriate link-back to the original source. For commercial use you will be required to purchase credits and use the API with your API key only.
When Cricket Data provides for the download of particular Material including a software, you may download such Material or software to a computer or mobile device (as applicable) for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that you (a) keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices, (b) make no modifications to, and do not rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, copy (except to create a single copy for your own back-up purposes), or create any derivative works based on the Site or the Material including the software, in whole or in part, and (c) transfer any Material or software or any part thereof to any other computer of mobile device. Any commercial or business use of Cricket Data or any Material including the Software is expressly prohibited. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right under any patent, trademark or copyright of Cricket Data.
You acknowledge and agree that nothing in these terms of use shall have the effect of transferring the ownership of any copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names or other proprietary rights in the Site or Material or any part thereof to you or any third party.
Prohibited Use
As a condition of your use of the Site, you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use or by any domestic or international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations. Your use of site is your sole responsibility.
Hot-linking of images we serve is not allowed. Download the images we’ve provided and set up your own CDN, you can use Amazon Cloudfront or other CDNs. Your domain may get blacklisted if you do this.
You shall not, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information on the Site, that –
- belongs to another person and to which you do not have any right;
- is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, libellous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner;
- involves the transmission of “junk mail,” “chain letters,” or unsolicited mass mailing or “spamming” or unsolicited commercial advertisement;
- harm minors in any way;
- infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights;
- violates any law for the time being in force;
- deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature;
- impersonate another person;
- contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource;
Use of Public Forum
Certain sections or pages of the Site contain a provision hereinafter referred to as (“Public Forum”) for the users to post or upload comments, feedback, data, links, videos, audios, graphics, images, messages and other material (“User Content”). Through the Public Forum you can communicate with other users of the Site.
You are entirely responsible for all the User Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available on the Public Forum. You understand that such User Content can be viewed by other users of the Site and therefore you shall exercise due care to ensure that such User Content does not offend or abuse other users of the Site. You will not use abusive language towards any member of the Cricket Data team or users. Cricket Data does not control the User Content posted on the Public Forum and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such User Content. You understand that by using the Site, you may be exposed to User Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Cricket Data be liable in any way for any User Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any User Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any User Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available on the Site.
When you post or upload Your Content on the Site, you grant Cricket Data (and its licensees, distributors, agents, representatives and other authorised users), the rights a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, and irrevocable right and license to reproduce, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, perform or display such User Content, in whole or in part, in any form, media or technology known or hereafter developed.
User Content posted by you shall be subject to relevant laws and may be disabled, or and may be subject to investigation under appropriate laws. You agree that Cricket Data may disclose or preserve User Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) respond to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (c) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Cricket Data and the public. Furthermore, if you are found to be in non-compliance with the laws and regulations, these Terms of Use, or the Privacy Policy of the Site, we may terminate your account/block your access to the Site and we reserve the right to remove any of User Content that is non-compliant with these Terms of Use.
You agree that Cricket Data has no liability or responsibility for the storage or deletion of any User Content and reserves the right to change its general practices and limits at any time in its sole discretion, with or without notice.
Copyright and Trademarks
Unless otherwise stated, copyright and all intellectual property rights in all Materials on the Site (including but not limited to text, audio, video or graphical images, or technology, the look and feel of the Site), trademarks and logos appearing on this Site are the property of Cricket Data and are owned and controlled by us or by other parties that have licensed their material to us. Materials on the Site are solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You must not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute such material in any way, including by e-mail or other electronic means and whether directly or indirectly and you must not assist any other person to do so. Without the prior written consent of the owner, modification of the Materials, use of the Materials on any other web site or networked computer environment or use of the Materials for any purpose other than personal, non-commercial use is a violation of the copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary rights, and is prohibited. Any use for which you receive any remuneration, whether in money or otherwise, is a commercial use for the purposes of this clause. You agree not to use any framing techniques to enclose any trademark or logo or other proprietary information of Cricket Data or remove, conceal or obliterate any copyright or other proprietary notice or any credit-line or date-line on other mark or source identifier included on the Site, including without limitation, the size, colour, location or style of all proprietary marks. Any infringement shall be vigorously defended and pursued to the fullest extent permitted by law.
We respect other people’s intellectual property rights and if you believe that any content or material on the Site infringes on your intellectual property rights you can write to us at contact(at)cricketdata.org.
Disclaimer
The Site, all the Materials and products (including but not limited to software) and any services, included on or otherwise made available to you through this Site are gathered from a variety of sources and are intended solely as general information and provided on “as is” and “as available” basis without any representation or warranties, express or implied except otherwise specified in writing. They do not constitute advice and should not be relied upon in making (or refraining from making) any decision. Any specific advice or replies to queries in any part of the Site is/are the personal opinion of such experts/consultants/persons and does not constitute or indicate our endorsement, representation or warranty of such information and are not subscribed to by this Site. Without prejudice to the forgoing paragraph, Cricket Data does not warrant that: The Site will be constantly available, or available at all; or whether the information on the Site is complete, legal, true, accurate or non-misleading.
Cricket Data may establish on the Site a hypertext link to a third party website from time to time. Such link is provided for information and convenience of the users and does not state or imply any sponsorship or endorsement of third party website by Cricket Data. Cricket Data has no control over such third party website and your use of such third party website or any offsite dealings with such third parties is at your own risk.
The Site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Site (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Site, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Some part of the Site may contain advertising information or promotion material or other material submitted to Cricket Data by third parties. Responsibility for ensuring that the material submitted for inclusion on Site complies with applicable law is exclusively on the party providing the information/material. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of advertisers or including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between You and such advertiser. Cricket Data will not be responsible or liable for any claim, error, omission, inaccuracy in advertising material or any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Site. Cricket Data reserves the right to omit, suspend or change the position of any advertising material submitted for insertion.
Any payment made to Cricket Data is for the service accessibility – and not for the data itself. Cricket Data creates no data, and gives no guarantees of the data availability, quality and usability for any purpose. By transacting with Cricket Data you agree explicitly with this clause and shall at no point of time be eligible for a refund due to data unavailability, quality or any other such data related reason.
In the event of service cancellation, the intimation must be made 24 hours before the auto-debit, failing which no refund can be issued. All payments to Cricket Data are monthly, without exception.
Email responses and billing confirmations may take up to 24 hours. While Cricket Data makes a reasonable effort to give the best possible timeframe, it’s not guaranteed.
Subscriptions created that have Service consumption (i.e. you have hit the API key after subscribing) are categorically non-refundable. Since your consumption means you have gone through the 3 step process to actually get the key, it can not be classified as a human error. Payments made due to human error are accordingly non-refundable after 30 days.
Thus in the event of a duplicate payment attempt or a subscription plan change, a cancellation and relevant refund request must be made via email within the specified timeframe. If a duplicate payment is identified after this timeframe a compensatory time extension may be granted on the account concerned at the sole discretion of Cricket Data, but no refund shall be entertained.
This Site support centre is in India, but the platform is owned by a US Corporation. Cricket Data makes no representation that the Site is appropriate or available in locations outside of India / US. Those who choose to access the Site from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable laws.
Limitation of Liability & Indemnity
YOU AGREE THAT Cricket Data SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OF SITE, EVEN IF Cricket Data HAS BEEN INFORMED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD Cricket Data, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIM OR ACTION (INCLUDING LEGAL EXPENSES) ARISING OUT YOUR USE OF THE SITE, YOUR BREACH OF THE TERMS OF USE AND VIOLATION OF ANY THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR PRIVACY.
Applicable Law
This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of Delaware, US. The place of jurisdiction shall be exclusively in Delaware. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right to pursue any action or claim against you in any court of competent jurisdiction which we believe is the most appropriate to seek any relief.
Entire Agreement
The Terms noted on this page, as amended from time to time, constitute the entire agreement between you and Cricket Data. If any provision of these Terms of use is considered unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Changes to Terms of Use
We reserve the right, to modify these Terms of Use at any time. Any changes to Terms of Use will be posted on the Site and your continued use of the Site following a posting of changes is your agreement to the changes and you are bound by the then-current version of these Terms of Use. If any changes to these Terms of Use are unacceptable to you, you must discontinue use of the Site. We reserve the right to suspend or deny, in our sole discretion, your access to all or any portion of the Site, including for any violation of any provision of these Terms of Use. We also reserve the right to change the Site without notice to you, at any time.
Relationship
None of the provisions of the Terms of Use shall be deemed to constitute a partnership or agency between you and Cricket Data and you shall have no authority to bind Cricket Data in any manner, whatsoever. If you are registering on the Site as a business entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind the entity to this Agreement.
Termination
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to immediately, with or without notice, suspend or terminate your registration, the Terms of Use, and/or your access to all or a portion of the Site and/or remove any registration information or User Content from the Site, for any reason. Upon termination or expiration of the Terms of Use, your obligations and Cricket Data’s rights and disclaimers survive, but your right to use the Site immediately ceases. Any express waiver or failure to exercise promptly any right under the Terms of Use will not create a continuing waiver or any expectation of non-enforcement.
Scores, Match information, Scorecards, Ball by ball data and Copyright/Ownership
In the past court cases have occured over this point, and the result is quite clear: “Exclusive rights over Match Information generated during a cricket match, which is purely factual information, incapable of copyright protection” – so basically what we collect and serve to you is PURELY FACTUAL INFORMATION.
Furthermore, the paid API you utilize involves effort in entering, formatting and suitably serving the data – and hence charges paid are for the effort involved and “access to our API”. You are NOT paying for the DATA, since the DATA is PUBLIC, FACTUAL INFORMATION.
Any analytics we create from the data are created by our effort and we have reasonable right to charge for this. Any graphs, widgets, API that are packaged by CricketData and consumed by you through CricketData’s API involve “CricketData’s Effort to collate and serve” and thus “CricketData’s Effort to collate and serve” is a chargeable service component.
Fantasy Cricket
Cricket Data’s Fantasy API are designed for you to be able to run a Fantasy Cricket PLATFORM through the use of our API. However payment collections, enforcement of terms and conditions are the sole responsibility of the API user (i.e. you or your developer). If you fail to manage the integration or utilization as per the stipulated Cricket Data guidelines, the wins / losses / legal liabilities you agree to hold Cricket Data harmless. Furthermore since usage of this API is clearly stated as non-mission-critical and non-emergency, Cricket Data is not responsible for any loss you may incur in case of a lag in API updates, if you run out of credit or for absolutely any other reason whatsoever including but not limited to potential business model changes by Cricket Data.
Games can be broadly classified into the following two categories (as per Indian courts):
• Games of chance, where the winner is determined entirely by mere luck, the result is wholly uncertain and doubtful and a human being cannot apply his/her mind to estimate the result or his/her efforts to influence the result. Generally, such games are illegal as constituting gambling.
• Games of skill, where, skill plays the dominant role and the result depends primarily upon the relative knowledge, training, attention, experience, and/or adroitness of the participants. Generally, such games are not deemed to constitute ‘gambling’ and do not fall foul of the laws prohibiting gambling.
For a game to be considered a ‘game of skill’ under Indian law, the element of skill must predominate the element of chance in affecting the results of the game. Thus, the extent to which skill is involved in the game is the key factor in the determination of the nature and legality of the game under Indian law.
Accordingly, games such as Cricket, Fantasy Cricket, Rummy, Chess, Carrom and Wagering on Horse Races have been recognised by the courts in India as games of skill.
Games of Skill and Fantasy Sports in the United States of America
The principal federal statute that deals with online fantasy sports in the U.S. is the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, 2006 (“UIGEA 2006”) which was enacted to combat internet gambling. The UICEA 2006 specifically exempts from its purview any fantasy sports games that “have an outcome that reflects the relative knowledge of the participants, or their skill at physical reaction or physical manipulation (but not chance), and, has an outcome that is determined predominantly by accumulated statistical results of sporting events, including any individual performances in such sporting events.” and satisfy the below criteria:
• All prizes and awards offered to winning participants are established and made known to the participants in advance of the game;
• The value of prizes is not determined by the number of participants or the amount of fees paid by those participants;
• All winning outcomes are based on the relative knowledge and skill of the participants and are determined predominantly by accumulated statistical results of the performance of individuals (athletes in the case of sports events) in multiple real-world sporting or other events; and
• No win is based on a point-spread or on one single performance in one single event. In other words, no winning outcome is based – (a) on the score, point-spread, or any performance or performances of any single real-world team or any combination of such teams; or (b) solely on any single performance of an individual athlete in any single real-world sporting or other event.