Terms of Service

Welcome to Chicago Property Intelligence ("Chicago Property Intelligence," "CPI," "we," "our," or "us"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our website, applications, software, data, reports, alerts, emails, APIs (if available), and all related services (collectively, the "Services").

By accessing or using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.

If you are using the Services on behalf of a company or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

Chicago Property Intelligence provides software that aggregates, organizes, monitors, and presents publicly available property-related information obtained from government agencies and other public sources.

Our platform is an information service. We do not create, modify, certify, or guarantee the underlying public records.

Chicago Property Intelligence is an independent private company. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or acting on behalf of:

• City of Chicago
• Cook County
• Illinois
• Any government agency

References to government agencies identify the original source of publicly available information only.

Many records displayed through our platform originate from publicly available government records. Those records remain the responsibility of the originating agency. Chicago Property Intelligence does not control:

• when records are created
• when they are updated
• whether they contain errors
• whether they are temporarily unavailable

Government agencies may modify, remove, delay, or correct information at any time.

The Services are provided for informational purposes only. Nothing within the Services constitutes:

• legal advice
• engineering advice
• architectural advice
• environmental advice
• insurance advice
• investment advice
• tax advice
• title advice
• lending advice
• appraisal advice
• professional due diligence

Users remain solely responsible for independently verifying information before relying upon it.

Although we strive to provide timely and accurate information, we do not warrant that any information is accurate, complete, current, error-free, available, or fit for any particular purpose.

You acknowledge that public records may contain inaccuracies. You agree to independently verify all material information before making decisions.

Property alerts are provided as a convenience. We do not guarantee that every event will generate an alert, that alerts will be delivered immediately, that emails will be received, or that notifications will be uninterrupted.

Alert delivery depends on numerous third parties beyond our control. Alerts should never be your sole monitoring method.

You agree that you will not:

• Use the Services for unlawful purposes
• Attempt unauthorized access
• Interfere with platform operation
• Reverse engineer the software
• Circumvent security
• Resell data without authorization
• Use automated scraping tools
• Attempt to overload our systems
• Harvest user information
• Upload malicious software
• Violate applicable laws

You are responsible for maintaining password confidentiality, all activity under your account, keeping account information current, and promptly notifying us of unauthorized access.

We may suspend accounts that present security risks.

Users may create notes, watchlists, saved searches, organization information, and internal comments.

You retain ownership of your content. You grant Chicago Property Intelligence a limited license to store, process, display, back up, and transmit that content solely as necessary to provide the Services.

You represent that you have the right to submit any content you upload.

The Services, including software, design, logos, branding, user interface, documentation, graphics, reports, compilations, and organization of data, remain the exclusive property of Chicago Property Intelligence or its licensors.

These Terms do not transfer ownership of intellectual property.

Although underlying government records may be public, the organization, presentation, software, interfaces, analytics, alerts, scoring, timelines, layouts, compilations, and proprietary features of Chicago Property Intelligence remain protected intellectual property.

Certain Services may require payment. Subscription pricing, billing cycles, renewal terms, and cancellation policies will be presented before purchase.

Failure to pay may result in suspension or termination of access.

We strive for high availability. However, the Services may become unavailable because of maintenance, government source outages, internet failures, third-party providers, security incidents, or events beyond our control.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted service.

The Services rely on third-party providers including cloud hosting, authentication, payment processors, email providers, and government data sources. We are not responsible for failures caused by those third parties.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Chicago Property Intelligence, its owners, officers, employees, contractors, affiliates, licensors, and suppliers shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or lost-profit damages arising out of or relating to the Services, including reliance on any information provided through the platform, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Where applicable law does not permit certain exclusions, liability shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

The Services are provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE." We disclaim all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, and uninterrupted availability.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Chicago Property Intelligence and its affiliates from any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or expenses arising from:

• your use of the Services;
• your violation of these Terms;
• your violation of applicable law;
• content you submit; or
• your infringement of another person's rights.

We may suspend or terminate your account at any time, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms, pose a security risk, misuse the Services, or if required by law.

You may stop using the Services and cancel your account at any time.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Any legal action arising from these Terms shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

We may update these Terms from time to time. The revised version will be posted on this page with a new Effective Date.

Continued use of the Services after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

Questions regarding these Terms may be directed to: support@chicagopropertyintel.com