Legislative Tracker

Terms of Service

Effective date: 2026-04-17 Last updated: 2026-04-17

This document is the authoritative Terms of Service for Ila Legislative Tracker. A rendered version is available at /terms. Counsel must review before public launch. This file is versioned so changes are auditable.

1. Agreement

These Terms of Service ("Terms") form a binding contract between you and Ila Legislative Tracker ("Ila", "we", "us", "our") governing your use of our website at ila.app and related subdomains, our public API, email alerts, and any related services (collectively, the "Service"). By creating an account, using the API with or without an account, or clicking "I agree", you accept these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

If you use the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization and "you" in these Terms refers to both you personally and that organization.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to use the Service. By using the Service you represent that you are at least 16 and have the capacity to enter into these Terms. The Service is not intended for children under 16 and we do not knowingly collect their information.

3. Account

You are responsible for:

  • Providing accurate registration information and keeping it current.
  • Maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials.
  • All activity occurring under your account.

Notify us promptly at security@ila.app if you believe your account has been compromised. We may suspend or terminate an account we reasonably believe is being used in violation of these Terms.

4. Plans and billing

4.1 Free tier

Certain features are available at no cost, subject to rate limits and quantity caps documented at /pricing (coming soon) and in our product docs.

4.2 Paid plans

Paid plans are billed in advance at the rate and cadence shown at checkout. By subscribing, you authorize us and our payment processor (Stripe) to charge your payment method for each billing period until you cancel. Applicable taxes are added where required.

4.3 Trials

If we offer a free trial, we will tell you its duration at signup. If you do not cancel before the trial ends, you will be automatically charged.

4.4 Refunds

Except where required by law, payments are non-refundable. You may cancel at any time; cancellation prevents future charges but does not refund the current period.

4.5 Changes to pricing

We may change our prices. We will give at least 30 days' notice by email for any increase affecting an active subscription. If you do not accept the new price, you may cancel before it takes effect.

4.6 Enterprise agreements

Enterprise contracts are governed by a separate written agreement and these Terms apply only where the agreement is silent.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

  1. Use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful under U.S. federal, state, or applicable international law.
  2. Scrape, crawl, or otherwise automate access outside of the published API rate limits.
  3. Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract source code from the Service other than portions we publish as open-source.
  4. Circumvent rate limits, paid-tier gates, or any other access control.
  5. Introduce malicious code, prompt-injection payloads, or content intended to exfiltrate other users' data.
  6. Use the Service to impersonate any person or organization or misrepresent your affiliation.
  7. Use the Service to harass, threaten, defame, or discriminate against any person.
  8. Resell, redistribute, or make available the Service to third parties outside of what your plan explicitly allows.
  9. Use the Service to build a competing product.
  10. Share API keys or account credentials with others; each key is for your use only.

Violation may result in throttling, suspension, termination, and — for egregious or illegal behavior — referral to law enforcement. Our full acceptable-use rules are in docs/security/acceptable-use-policy.md.

Researchers acting in good faith under our safe-harbor program are exempt from the restrictions in (2)–(4) to the extent necessary for vulnerability testing. See SECURITY.md.

6. Content

6.1 Your content

You retain ownership of any content you submit to the Service (follows, alert preferences, saved searches, AI chat messages, meeting notes once that feature ships). You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, reproduce, and display your content solely for the purpose of providing the Service to you and your team. We will not publicly disclose your content without your consent except where required by law or to enforce these Terms.

6.2 Our content

We and our licensors own the Service and all intellectual property rights in it (including the software, the database design, aggregated analytics, and our branding) other than the public legislative data we ingest. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Service subject to these Terms.

6.3 Public legislative data

Bill text, votes, lawmaker records, committee activity, and similar public-record information are not owned by us. We license the structured form of that data (our indexing, joining, and analytical overlays) under these Terms. The underlying records remain in the public domain.

6.4 AI output

The AI assistant generates responses based on the context you provide and the public legislative data you're viewing. AI output may contain errors, incomplete context, or outdated information. You are responsible for verifying AI output before relying on it for legal, financial, or operational decisions. We provide citations on every AI claim so you can trace it.

7. Third-party services

The Service integrates with third-party providers listed in our Vendor Register. We are not responsible for third-party services' content, availability, or privacy practices. Your use of third-party services through the Service is subject to those providers' terms.

8. Feedback

If you send us feedback, suggestions, or feature requests, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use that feedback without restriction. We will not attribute it to you publicly without your permission.

9. Termination

9.1 By you

You may terminate your account at any time by using the self-serve deletion at /account/delete (coming soon) or by emailing us. Termination does not refund prepaid amounts except where required by law.

9.2 By us

We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms, if your account poses a security risk, if we are required to do so by law, or if we decide to stop offering the Service.

9.3 Effect of termination

On termination, your right to use the Service ends. We will delete your Confidential data within 30 days, subject to the retention rules in our Data Retention Policy (backups age out on their own schedule; audit-log entries are retained but anonymized).

10. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ACCURACY OF DATA.

Legislative data is derived from third-party public sources. Despite our efforts, it may contain errors or omissions. Do not rely on the Service as your sole source for legal, compliance, voting, or other high-stakes decisions.

AI output is generated by probabilistic models and may be inaccurate. We provide citations so you can verify. You remain responsible for your use of AI output.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER WE NOR OUR AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR (a) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR (b) ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST DATA, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (a) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100) OR (b) THE TOTAL FEES YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; in those jurisdictions our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted.

12. Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Ila and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from (a) your violation of these Terms, (b) your content, (c) your use of the Service, or (d) your violation of any third-party right, including any intellectual-property or privacy right.

13. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Disputes will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in New Castle County, Delaware, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there. Both parties waive any right to a jury trial to the extent permitted by law.

If you are a consumer in a jurisdiction whose mandatory law requires a different forum or governing law, that mandatory law governs.

We prefer to resolve disputes informally. Contact us first at legal@ila.app (TBD) before filing.

14. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be notified by email or in-app banner at least 15 days before taking effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

15. Miscellaneous

  • Entire agreement. These Terms together with any Enterprise agreement, our Privacy Notice, and our Acceptable Use Policy form the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service.
  • Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect.
  • No waiver. Our failure to enforce a right is not a waiver.
  • Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our consent. We may assign to an affiliate or successor without notice.
  • Notices. We may give notice by email to the address on your account or by posting in-product; you may give notice at legal@ila.app (TBD).

Contact

legal@ila.app (being provisioned). In the interim: francistfinnegan@gmail.com with subject line starting LEGAL:.