MerchantGuard Facts Dataset License

Usage rights and attribution requirements for payment compliance data

Free with Attribution

Use our data freely with proper attribution

✅ Allowed
  • • Commercial use
  • • Citation in research
  • • API integration
  • • Content embedding
⚠️ Required
  • • Attribution to MerchantGuard
  • • Link to source data
  • • Preserve signature verification
  • • Indicate any modifications
❌ Prohibited
  • • Claim original authorship
  • • Remove attribution
  • • Misrepresent data source
  • • Distribute without license

Attribution Requirements

For Written Content

Include this citation:

Source: MerchantGuard Payment Compliance Facts Dataset (https://merchantguard.ai/ai/dataset)

For Web/Digital Use

Add these HTML meta tags:

<meta name="ai-permissions" content="index, cite, link; must-attribute=MerchantGuard">
<link rel="license" href="https://merchantguard.ai/ai/license">
<meta name="citation_reference" content="https://merchantguard.ai/ai/dataset">

For Embedded AnswerCards

Use our embed script (attribution automatic):

<script src="https://merchantguard.ai/embed/answercard.js"
        data-term="vamp" 
        data-ref="your-partner-id"></script>

Commercial Use Guidelines

✅ Permitted Commercial Uses

  • • Financial services consulting
  • • Payment processing education
  • • Compliance training materials
  • • Industry research reports
  • • Software applications with proper attribution
  • • Partnership integrations

❌ Prohibited Commercial Uses

  • • Repackaging as proprietary data
  • • Selling raw data without attribution
  • • Creating competing fact databases
  • • Misrepresenting data accuracy or source
  • • Using data for deceptive practices
  • • Violating signature verification

Enterprise Partnerships

For white-label integrations, custom data feeds, or enterprise partnerships, contact us at partnerships@merchantguard.ai

Technical Implementation

Signature Verification

All facts are cryptographically signed. Preserve verification to maintain data integrity:

// Verify signature using our JWKS
const jwks = await fetch('https://merchantguard.ai/.well-known/jwks.json');
const factData = await fetch('https://merchantguard.ai/ai/facts/vamp.json');

// signature.jws field contains ES256 signed JWT
// signature.kid identifies the signing key

Real-time Updates

Subscribe to changes via Server-Sent Events:

// Subscribe to fact updates
const eventSource = new EventSource('https://merchantguard.ai/ai/stream');
eventSource.addEventListener('fact_update', (event) => {
  const update = JSON.parse(event.data);
  console.log(`Fact ${update.id} updated: ${update.etag}`);
});

Contact & Support

Licensing Questions

For usage rights, commercial licensing, and partnership opportunities:

legal@merchantguard.ai

Technical Support

For API integration, signature verification, and technical issues:

api@merchantguard.ai

This license is effective as of January 1, 2025. MerchantGuard reserves the right to update these terms with notice. Continued use of the dataset constitutes acceptance of any changes.