Takedown & legal process
This page explains how to send AI Analytics a takedown notice, a preservation request, a subpoena, or a court order. The Federal Data Hub indexes datasets from government sources, regulators/SROs, and derived indexes; its coverage total is a sum of indexed source rows, not a count of distinct pages or URLs. Reuse terms vary by source. US federal employee-authored works are generally public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105, while non-federal and SRO source material retains its source terms. AI Analytics-authored metadata and normalization are CC0 only where explicitly stated and applicable. The procedure below applies if you believe a specific item requires review.
DMCA designated agent
AI Analytics has registered a DMCA designated agent under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2). Send DMCA notices to dmca@ai-analytics.org.
Your notice must include:
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed (URL or registration #);
- The exact URL on ai-analytics.org or api.ai-analytics.org where the allegedly infringing material is located;
- Your contact information (email, phone, mailing address);
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorized agent of the owner of the copyright;
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- Your physical or electronic signature.
We respond to valid notices within 10 business days. Misrepresentations in DMCA notices subject the sender to liability under § 512(f).
Why most takedown requests will not succeed
Almost everything we host is federal-government primary-source data, which is not subject to copyright in the United States per 17 U.S.C. § 105. That means DMCA does not apply to:
- DOJ press releases, USAO indictments, IRS-CI announcements
- OFAC SDN lists, OFAC civil-penalty settlements
- SEC EDGAR filings, SEC litigation releases, administrative proceedings
- FDA recalls, drug approvals, adverse-event reports
- OSHA injury filings, MSHA inspection records, EPA enforcement cases
- FEC filings, USAspending awards, federal-contractor records
- Every dataset listed at /regulatory/
Even where the originating agency has chosen not to copyright a release, the underlying decision to publish was made by the federal government and the data carries forward regardless of who hosts it. Republication of public records is protected speech under Florida Star and Cox.
If you believe you’ve been wrongly identified
If you were named in a federal press release that we mirror, and your case has been dismissed, sealed, expunged, or vacated, use the corrections process instead. We will append a right-of-reply note and the disposition citation. We do not, as a policy, remove records that accurately reflect what the federal agency published, but we will annotate every record where the disposition has changed.
Subpoenas and court orders
Service of process should be directed to: legal@ai-analytics.org. We respond to facially valid US-court subpoenas and court orders. AI Analytics does not collect personal data on site visitors beyond what is necessary to operate the service (Cloudflare access logs, 14-day retention).
Foreign court orders are evaluated under the SPEECH Act of 2010, 28 U.S.C. § 4101–4105, which limits enforcement of foreign defamation judgments inconsistent with US First Amendment standards.
Preservation requests
Send preservation requests under 18 U.S.C. § 2703(f) to legal@ai-analytics.org. We hold for 90 days, extendable on written request.
Abuse / security
Suspected abuse of the data hub (rate-limit bypass, attempted exfiltration, etc) goes to abuse@ai-analytics.org. Security disclosures go to security@ai-analytics.org (PGP key on the contact page).