Terms of use and publication rights

All registered users acquire simple usage rights to the downloaded statistics and data for private use.

We distinguish between publication rights for scientific and commercial purposes.

Extended usage rights for commercial purposes to the statistics and data we provide are granted only by specific written agreement.

Derivative works:
Publication rights to statistics derived from our reports and from your own analysis for scientific publications are included with paid data downloads.

Data sharing for Academic purposes
Limited sharing rights to the downloaded data for scientific purposes within scientific institutions and journals to support your analyses, on an on-request basis, are included for paid data downloads.

You may not publish the data direct but may make it available on request for the purpose of validation of your works.

Publication rights to the downloaded statistics and data for any other type of publication are granted only by specific written agreement.

No publication rights whatsoever are granted for other commercial uses or for reselling of data.