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 # Dataset Access Terms
 
+**The dataset is released under CC BY-NC 4.0 after approval under the Dataset Access Terms. Access is gated for compliance with privacy and data protection laws (e.g., GDPR).**
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+This dataset is subject to access controls. To download the data, you must request access and accept the **Dataset Access Terms** below. After approval, the dataset is provided under the terms of **CC BY-NC 4.0**.
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+Note: These additional conditions mean this dataset is not a fully open dataset under Creative Commons licensing alone.
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 **CLEAR Global**, a US-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, makes this dataset available for you under the following legally binding Dataset Access Terms (“**Terms**”) with regard to the Processing of Personal Data. By requesting access to, downloading, or using the dataset, you, as the Downloader (“**Downloader**”), agree to be bound by these terms.
 
-**IT IS AGREED:**
+The **Downloader** agrees as follows:
 
 ## 1. DEFINITIONS
 
-"**Data Protection Laws**" means all applicable data protection laws, rules, regulations, and governmental requirements relating in any way to the privacy, confidentiality, security, integrity and protection of Personal Data in force from time to time in the European Union (EU), including without limitation, the EU GDPR, as amended or superseded from time to time.
+"**Data Protection Laws**" means all applicable data protection laws, rules, regulations, and governmental requirements relating in any way to the privacy, confidentiality, security, integrity and protection of Personal Data in force from time to time in the European Union (EU), including without limitation, the [EU GDPR](https://gdpr.eu/tag/gdpr/), as amended or superseded from time to time.
 
 "**Data Subject Request**" means any request from a Data Subject relating to his/her right under Data Protection Laws (in each case where applicable): (i) to access their Personal Data; (ii) to rectify their Personal Data; (iii) to restrict processing of their Personal Data; (iv) to have their Personal Data erased; (v) to have their Personal Data ported; (vi) to object to Personal Data processing; or (vii) not to be subject to automated individual decision making.
 
-"**Personal Data**" means the Personal Data shared or exchanged between the respective Parties to the extent required, further details of which are set out in Schedule 1.
+"**Personal Data**" means the Personal Data shared or exchanged between the respective Parties to the extent required, further details of which are set out in **Schedule 1**.
 
 "**Personal Data**", "**Process/Processing**", "**Processor**", "**Controller**", "**Joint Controllers**", "**Data Subject**", and "**Supervisory Authority**" shall have the meanings given to them in the Data Protection Laws.
 
-Capitalised terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Data Protection Laws.
+Capitalised terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the [Data Protection Laws](https://gdpr.eu/article-4-definitions/).
 
 ## 2. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES
 
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 ### 3.1. Applicability of Part A
 
-3.1.1. This Part A applies to the processing of Personal Data by the Downloader, to the extent that the Downloader is acting as an independent Controller. Details of the specific processing activities to which this Part A applies, are set out in Schedule 1 and form an integral part of this Part A.
+3.1.1. This Part A applies to the processing of Personal Data by the Downloader, to the extent that the Downloader is acting as an independent Controller. Details of the specific processing activities to which this Part A applies, are set out in **Schedule 1** and form an integral part of this Part A.
 
 ### 3.2. Data Processing Obligations
 
 3.2.1. The Downloader shall:
 
-3.2.1.1. comply with Data Protection Laws and agree to process Personal Data only for the purposes set out in Schedule 1 to these Terms;
+3.2.1.1. comply with Data Protection Laws and agree to process Personal Data only for the purposes set out in **Schedule 1** to these Terms;
 
-3.2.1.2. process only the minimum amount of Personal Data necessary to achieve the purposes set out in Schedule 1 to these Terms;
+3.2.1.2. process only the minimum amount of Personal Data necessary to achieve the purposes set out in **Schedule 1** to these Terms;
 
 3.2.1.3. take the technical and organizational security measures set out in **Schedule 2** as appropriate to the nature of the data, including restricting the personnel permitted to access the Personal Data;