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We’ve Updated Our Terms of Use: Action Requested      

Posted on June 18, 2024

Dear FRED users,

We’ve updated our Terms of Use, which govern the services and content we provide.

As part of this update, we’re conducting a routine verification of email addresses associated with FRED accounts to ensure they’re current and valid. We kindly ask you to review the email address you use to log in to your FRED account. Accounts with invalid email addresses will be terminated after July 2024.

Here are some of the changes to the Terms of Use for easy reference:

  • Prohibition to use FRED® Services or FRED® Content in connection with the development or training of any software program or system or machine learning, including, but not limited to, large language models, deep learning, generative artificial intelligence, or any other program or process commonly known as artificial intelligence.
  • Prohibition to use the FRED® API to access any part of FRED® Services or FRED® Content to which you do not have authorization or permission to access or for which the Bank has prohibited or revoked your access, including through termination of your FRED® account.
  • Prohibition to use the FRED® API to access FRED® Services or FRED® Content in connection with the development or training of any software program or system or machine learning, including, but not limited to, large language models, deep learning, generative artificial intelligence, or any other program or process commonly known as artificial intelligence.
  • Prohibition to use the FRED® API in connection with storing, caching, or archiving any portion of FRED® Services or FRED® Content; providing any stored, cached, or archived portion of FRED® Services or FRED® Content to any third party; or incorporating any FRED® Content in any database, compilation, archive, cache, or other medium.
  • Prohibition to use the FRED® API to engage in the wholesale downloading or accessing of FRED® Services or FRED® Content in violation of the FRED® Services Terms of Use.

Please review our updated terms carefully. By continuing to use our website, you agree to the updated terms. If you have any questions, please contact us here.

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