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June 18, 2019

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Changes to the Terms of Use

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End User Terms

If you use the Data in a manner that permits use or access to the Data by other users, You must:
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(b) explicitly state in your terms of use that, your users are agreeing to be bound by these Terms;
(c) display a citation that states: “Air quality data is provided by EDF and Caubel et al..” We suggest the following authoritative citation to this dataset: “Caubel, J.J.; Cados, T.E.; Preble, C.V.; Kirchstetter, T.W. A distributed network of 100 black carbon sensors for 100 days of air quality monitoring in West Oakland, California. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2019, doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b00282.”; and
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Prohibited Uses

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Terminating this Agreement

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(A) YOUR USE OF THE DATA WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS;
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(D) THE DATA IS ERROR OR BUG FREE; AND
(E) THE DATA IS DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED OR INTENDED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY HIGH RISK ACTIVITY.

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(II) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE DATA.

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Severability

If any court of law that has jurisdiction rules that any provision of these Terms of Use is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms of Use without affecting the rest of the Terms of Use. The remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue to be valid and enforceable.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

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