Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing, browsing, or using the WARN Firehose platform, API, data exports, email alerts, or website (collectively, the "Service"), you ("you," "your," or "User") agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms") and our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference. If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent and warrant that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE. Your continued use of the Service after any modification to these Terms constitutes your binding acceptance of such modifications.

2. Description of Service

WARN Firehose ("we," "us," "our") aggregates, indexes, enriches, and serves publicly available government data from multiple federal and state sources, including but not limited to:

• WARN Act Notices: Mass layoff and plant closing notices published by state workforce agencies under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
• SEC 8-K Filings: Current report filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database
• LCA Petitions: Labor Condition Application data published by the U.S. Department of Labor
• H-1B Petitions: H-1B visa petition data published by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• DOL Unemployment Claims: Weekly initial and continued unemployment insurance claims from the Department of Labor
• JOLTS Data: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Bankruptcy Filings: Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings from federal courts via public court records

The Service includes a web dashboard, REST API, data export and download functionality, email alerts and digests, and analytical features including but not limited to risk signals, WARN violation indicators, workforce stress indexes, compliance estimates, cross-dataset matching, and market intelligence reports. All analytical features are automated and algorithmic in nature.

3. Account and API Keys

• You must provide a valid email address to obtain an API key or create an account.
• You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your API key and account credentials. Do not share your key publicly, embed it in client-side code, or commit it to public repositories.
• One account per person or organization. We reserve the right to revoke duplicate or fraudulent accounts without notice.
• You are fully responsible for all activity that occurs under your API key or account, including any unauthorized use resulting from your failure to secure your credentials. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access or security breach.
• We reserve the right to revoke, rotate, or disable any API key at any time for any reason, including but not limited to suspected abuse, security concerns, or violation of these Terms.

4. API Usage and Rate Limits

• API access is subject to rate limits that vary by subscription tier. Current rate limits are published on our pricing page and in our API documentation.
• Rate limits are enforced on a per-key, per-minute, and per-day basis. Exceeding your rate limit will result in HTTP 429 responses.
• We reserve the right to adjust rate limits at any time. Reductions in rate limits for paid tiers will be communicated with at least 30 days notice.
• Systematic attempts to circumvent rate limits (including but not limited to using multiple API keys, IP rotation, or distributed requests designed to exceed your tier allocation) are prohibited and may result in immediate account termination.
• We may temporarily reduce rate limits or throttle access during periods of high demand to maintain service quality for all users.

5. Acceptable Use

You may use the Service for lawful purposes including, but not limited to, research, journalism, business intelligence, workforce planning, legal analysis, economic research, recruiting, real estate analysis, and application development. You expressly agree that you will not:

• Resell, sublicense, or redistribute raw API access, bulk data downloads, or data exports to third parties without a separate commercial license agreement with us
• Use the Service or any data obtained from it to harass, discriminate against, stalk, defame, threaten, or cause harm to any individual or entity named in any dataset
• Use the Service to make employment, hiring, termination, or other HR decisions about specific individuals in violation of applicable anti-discrimination laws
• Attempt to circumvent, bypass, or defeat rate limits, authentication, access controls, paywalls, or any other security measures
• Use automated means (bots, scrapers, crawlers) to access the website or dashboard instead of using the provided API
• Overload the Service with excessive, abusive, or deliberately harmful requests beyond your tier limits
• Present data from the Service as your own original research or proprietary data without attribution to WARN Firehose
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code or algorithms of the Service
• Use the Service for any purpose that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation
• Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely claim affiliation with any person or entity
• Introduce viruses, malware, or other harmful code to the Service

6. Pricing, Payment, and Subscriptions

• Free Tier: A free tier is available with limited rate limits and data access. The free tier may be modified or discontinued at any time.
• Paid Subscriptions: Paid tiers are billed monthly or annually via Stripe, Inc. All prices are in U.S. dollars. Prices may change with 30 days written notice to your registered email address.
• Billing: Subscriptions auto-renew at the end of each billing period unless cancelled. You authorize us to charge your payment method on file for recurring subscription fees.
• Refunds: Annual plans may be refunded within 30 days of initial purchase if you have not exceeded the free tier equivalent in API usage. Monthly plans are non-refundable. All data product purchases (one-time downloads) are non-refundable once the download link has been accessed.
• Cancellation: You may cancel at any time. Access continues until the end of the current billing period. No partial-period refunds are issued.
• Failed Payments: If payment fails, we may retry the charge, suspend your access after a grace period, and/or downgrade your account to the free tier.
• Taxes: Prices are exclusive of applicable taxes. You are responsible for all taxes, duties, and levies imposed by your jurisdiction.

7. Data Accuracy and Disclaimers

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SECTION OF THESE TERMS. PLEASE READ IT IN ITS ENTIRETY.

All data served by WARN Firehose originates from publicly available government sources (state workforce agencies, SEC, DOL, USCIS, BLS, federal courts). We are not the original source, author, or publisher of any of this data. We aggregate, index, enrich, and present it for informational convenience only. You expressly acknowledge and agree that:

• NO GUARANTEE OF ACCURACY: We make absolutely no guarantees, representations, or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability, or correctness of any data served through the Service, whether sourced directly from government agencies or enriched by our algorithms.
• SOURCE DATA ERRORS: Government source agencies may publish incorrect, incomplete, delayed, duplicated, or outdated information. We pass through what they publish and have no ability to verify the underlying accuracy of government records.
• ALGORITHMIC ENRICHMENT ERRORS: Our automated enrichment processes — including but not limited to industry classification (NAICS), county geocoding, company name normalization, cross-dataset entity matching, risk scoring, WARN violation detection, workforce stress indexing, and compliance estimation — are algorithmic approximations that may contain significant errors, false positives, and false negatives.
• RISK SIGNALS ARE ESTIMATES: Risk signals, WARN Velocity Index (WVI), Workforce Stress Index (WSI), risk scores, and all similar analytical outputs are algorithmic estimates generated by automated processes. They are NOT verified assessments. They are NOT legal determinations. They should NOT be relied upon as the sole basis for any decision.
• VIOLATION INDICATORS ARE NOT VERIFIED: WARN violation flags, compliance indicators, and similar features are generated by comparing dates and employee counts algorithmically against statutory thresholds. A company flagged as a "potential violation" may be fully compliant; a company not flagged may be in violation. These indicators do not account for WARN Act exceptions, state-specific rules, partial compliance, good-faith defenses, or other legal nuances. They are informational only.
• CROSS-DATASET MATCHING IS APPROXIMATE: When we match companies across datasets (e.g., linking a WARN notice to an SEC filing or bankruptcy case), the matching is performed algorithmically using company name similarity and other heuristics. Matches may be incorrect. A company shown as having related SEC filings or bankruptcy cases may be a different entity with a similar name.
• DATA GAPS AND DELAYS: Data may be delayed, missing, stale, or incorrect for any state, dataset, or time period at any time due to changes in how source agencies publish their data, scraping failures, processing errors, or infrastructure issues.
• ASSUMPTION OF RISK: You assume all risk when using this data for any purpose. Always verify against original government sources before making any business, legal, investment, employment, financial, regulatory, or other consequential decisions.

THE DATA, API, DASHBOARD, ANALYTICAL FEATURES, RISK SIGNALS, VIOLATION INDICATORS, AND ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED STRICTLY ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

8. No Professional Advice

Nothing on this platform constitutes legal, financial, investment, tax, employment, immigration, regulatory, or any other form of professional advice. Without limiting the foregoing:

• WARN violation indicators and compliance estimates are informational tools only and do not constitute legal opinions or legal advice. They should not be used as the basis for legal proceedings, regulatory complaints, or enforcement actions.
• Risk scores, workforce stress indexes, and market intelligence are algorithmic outputs for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice, financial advice, or recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security.
• H-1B and LCA data should not be used as the basis for immigration decisions or petitions.
• SEC filing summaries and parsed key facts are automated extractions and may omit critical information. Always consult the original filing on EDGAR.
• Bankruptcy filing data should not be used as the basis for credit decisions.

You should consult qualified legal, financial, tax, immigration, or other professional advisors before making any decisions based on data or analysis obtained from this Service. We expressly disclaim any liability for decisions made in reliance on data from this Service.

9. Intellectual Property

Government Data: The underlying government data (WARN notices, SEC filings, DOL/BLS statistics, USCIS petition data, court records) is public record and is not subject to copyright by us.

Our Proprietary Work: The following are proprietary to WARN Firehose and protected by applicable intellectual property laws, including copyright, trade secret, and trademark law:

• The WARN Firehose platform, website design, dashboard, and user interface
• Our API design, endpoint structure, response formats, and documentation
• Our data enrichment algorithms, risk scoring methodology, violation detection logic, cross-dataset matching algorithms, and all analytical models
• Our compiled and enriched datasets as a whole (the selection, arrangement, coordination, and enrichment constitute protectable compilation copyrights)
• Our blog content, market intelligence reports, and editorial analysis
• The WARN Firehose name, logo, and branding

You may not copy, reproduce, modify, distribute, display, perform, create derivative works from, reverse engineer, or otherwise exploit any proprietary aspect of the Service without our prior written consent. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service in accordance with these Terms and your subscription tier.

10. Service Availability — No SLA

We endeavor to maintain high availability but expressly do not guarantee uptime, response times, throughput, data freshness, or uninterrupted service at any subscription tier, including paid tiers. The Service may be unavailable, degraded, or interrupted at any time due to:

• Scheduled or unscheduled maintenance
• Technical failures, software bugs, or infrastructure issues
• Third-party service failures (hosting providers, DNS, payment processors, government data sources)
• Distributed denial-of-service attacks or other security incidents
• Force majeure events (natural disasters, pandemics, government actions, etc.)
• Any other circumstances beyond our reasonable control

WE DO NOT OFFER SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS (SLAs) AT ANY TIER. No subscription tier, including Enterprise, includes any guarantee of uptime, availability, performance, or support response time unless separately negotiated in a signed written agreement. We are not liable for any losses, damages, or costs resulting from downtime or service interruption, regardless of duration or cause.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:

THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ALL DATA, CONTENT, API RESPONSES, ANALYTICAL FEATURES, RISK SIGNALS, VIOLATION INDICATORS, MARKET INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER MATERIALS, IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS," "AS-AVAILABLE," AND "WITH ALL FAULTS" BASIS. WARN FIREHOSE AND ITS OWNERS, OPERATORS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, AND AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY, THE "WARN FIREHOSE PARTIES") HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
• WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF ANY DATA
• WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT
• WARRANTIES OF QUIET ENJOYMENT
• WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR USAGE OF TRADE
• WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS
• WARRANTIES THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED
• WARRANTIES THAT THE DATA SERVED IS CURRENT, ACCURATE, OR COMPLETE

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM THE WARN FIREHOSE PARTIES OR THROUGH THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, IN WHICH CASE SUCH WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO THE MINIMUM PERIOD AND EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

12. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:

• IN NO EVENT SHALL THE WARN FIREHOSE PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, DATA, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE.
• THIS LIMITATION APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY), STATUTE, WARRANTY, INDEMNITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF THE WARN FIREHOSE PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
• AGGREGATE LIABILITY CAP: THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE WARN FIREHOSE PARTIES FOR ALL CLAIMS OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE, THESE TERMS, OR YOUR USE OF THE DATA SHALL NOT EXCEED THE LESSER OF: (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU ACTUALLY PAID TO WARN FIREHOSE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US $100.00).
• THE WARN FIREHOSE PARTIES ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY ACTIONS YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY TAKE OR FAIL TO TAKE BASED ON DATA, RISK SIGNALS, VIOLATION INDICATORS, COMPLIANCE ESTIMATES, MARKET INTELLIGENCE, OR ANY OTHER ANALYSIS OR OUTPUT PROVIDED BY THE SERVICE.
• THE WARN FIREHOSE PARTIES ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR INACCURACIES IN GOVERNMENT SOURCE DATA THAT WE AGGREGATE.
• THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, THE LIABILITY OF THE WARN FIREHOSE PARTIES SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the WARN Firehose Parties from and against any and all claims, actions, proceedings, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs) arising from or related to:

• Your access to or use of the Service, including any data obtained through the Service
• Your violation of these Terms or any applicable law or regulation
• Your violation of any rights of a third party, including intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights
• Any claim that your use of data from the Service caused harm to a third party, including but not limited to claims of defamation, discrimination, or invasion of privacy
• Any content or data you submit to, transmit through, or publish using the Service
• Your negligence or willful misconduct

This indemnification obligation shall survive the termination of these Terms and your use of the Service. We reserve the right to assume exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, at your expense.

14. Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, and Class Action Waiver

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT AND TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL.

Governing Law: These Terms and any disputes arising from or related to them or the Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Informal Resolution: Before initiating any formal dispute resolution, you agree to contact us at sendkamal@gmail.com and attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days.

Binding Arbitration: If we cannot resolve a dispute informally, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising from or relating to these Terms, the Service, or the data provided through the Service (including disputes about the validity, scope, or enforceability of this arbitration clause) shall be resolved exclusively through final and binding individual arbitration, rather than in court. The arbitration shall be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, or, if the AAA is unavailable, by a mutually agreed-upon alternative arbitration provider. The arbitration shall take place in the State of Delaware, or, at your election, may be conducted by video conference or telephone. The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.

CLASS ACTION WAIVER: YOU AND WARN FIREHOSE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims and may not preside over any form of class, collective, or representative proceeding. If this class action waiver is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this arbitration provision shall be null and void (but the remaining Terms shall remain in effect), and the dispute shall proceed in the courts specified below.

Exceptions: Notwithstanding the above, either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property rights. Claims within the jurisdiction of small claims court may also be brought in such court.

Exclusive Jurisdiction: For any disputes not subject to arbitration, you consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in New Castle County, Delaware.

Time Limitation: Any claim or cause of action arising from or related to the Service or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after the claim arose, or it is permanently barred.

15. Termination

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without cause, with or without prior notice, in our sole discretion. Without limiting the foregoing, grounds for termination include:

• Violation of these Terms or any applicable law
• Abuse of the Service, including excessive requests or attempts to circumvent controls
• Non-payment or payment disputes
• Conduct that we reasonably believe is harmful to other users, to us, or to third parties
• Extended inactivity (accounts inactive for more than 12 months)
• At our discretion for any other reason

You may close your account at any time by contacting us. Upon termination: (a) your right to access and use the Service ceases immediately; (b) your API keys are revoked; (c) we have no obligation to retain or provide access to your data, except as required by law; and (d) any outstanding payment obligations remain due.

Survival: Sections 7 (Data Accuracy and Disclaimers), 8 (No Professional Advice), 9 (Intellectual Property), 11 (Disclaimer of Warranties), 12 (Limitation of Liability), 13 (Indemnification), 14 (Dispute Resolution), and 18 (Governing Law) shall survive any termination or expiration of these Terms.

16. Modification of Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. When we make material changes, we will: (a) update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page; (b) notify registered users via email at least 30 days before the changes take effect; and (c) post a prominent notice on our website. Non-material changes (typo corrections, formatting, clarifications that do not alter the substance) may be made without prior notice.

Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of any modifications constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms. If you do not agree with any modifications, you must stop using the Service before the effective date and request account deletion.

17. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalid provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable while preserving the parties' original intent.

18. General Provisions

• Entire Agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any separately executed written agreements, constitute the entire agreement between you and WARN Firehose regarding the Service and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, proposals, and representations.
• Waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by us to be effective.
• Assignment: You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and obligations without restriction.
• Force Majeure: We shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance resulting from causes beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, natural disasters, pandemics, war, terrorism, government actions, power failures, internet outages, or third-party service disruptions.
• No Third-Party Beneficiaries: These Terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights in any individual or entity that is not a party to these Terms.
• Headings: Section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms.

19. Contact

For questions, concerns, or notices regarding these Terms, contact us at:

• Email: sendkamal@gmail.com
• Contact Form: warnfirehose.com/account#contact

Legal notices should be sent via email with "Legal Notice" in the subject line.