Apple Maps Terms of Use

The following terms and conditions (the “Terms of Use”) create a legal agreement between you and Apple. The Terms of Use govern your use of Apple maps services and features (“Maps”) and any data, materials, content, or other information (collectively “Data”) made available to you therein. Maps and Data are collectively referred to as the “Service” below. Please read these Terms of Use carefully.  

BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE; IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE THE SERVICE.

Apple reserves the right to make changes to these Terms of Use at any time and at our discretion. If you do not agree with such changes, you should cease using the Service. Your continued use of the Service after any such changes to the Terms of Use shall be deemed acceptance of any such new or modified terms. 

I. Permitted Use of the Service and Restrictions 

Subject to these Terms of Use, you are granted the limited, non-exclusive right to access the Service. To the extent you choose to access the Service, you do so at your own initiative and agree to use the Service only as permitted by these Terms of Use and any applicable law, regulation, or additional policies, terms or guidelines Apple may make available. The Service, or any feature or part thereof, may vary by region and may not be available in all languages or in all countries and Apple makes no representation that the Service, or any feature or part thereof, is appropriate, accurate or available for use in any particular location. Apple reserves the right to change, suspend, remove, or disable access to the Service at any time without notice. In no event will Apple be liable for the removal of or disabling of access to the Service. Apple may also impose limits on the use of or access to the Service, in any case and without notice or liability.

You agree that Apple and its licensors make no representations or guarantees and shall have no liability to you for the availability, accuracy, completeness, reliability, or timeliness of location data or any other Data displayed by the Service. You agree that location data is provided for basic navigational and planning purposes only and is not intended to be relied upon in situations where precise location information is needed or where erroneous, inaccurate, time-delayed or incomplete location data may lead to death, personal injury, property or environmental damage. You agree that the results you receive from the Service may vary from actual road, terrain, cycling or pedestrian paths, or other conditions due to factors that can affect the accuracy of the Service and Data therein, such as, but not limited to, weather, road, traffic, and path conditions, and geopolitical events. 

FOR YOUR SAFETY, USE YOUR INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT AND ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED ROAD, CYCLING, AND WALKWAY SIGNS AND CURRENT ROAD AND ROUTE CONDITIONS. FOLLOW SAFE PRACTICES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, AND BE AWARE THAT DIRECTIONS MAY NOT INCLUDE SIDEWALKS OR CYCLING/PEDESTRIAN PATHS.

To the extent that you submit, upload, or post any Data through the Service, you represent that you own all rights in, or have authorization or are otherwise legally permitted to upload, such Data and that such Data does not violate these Terms of Use and/or any other terms or conditions applicable to the Service or any feature or part thereof. 

You agree that by using the Service, you may encounter Data that may be deemed offensive, indecent, or objectionable. Nevertheless, you agree to use the Service at your sole risk and that Apple, its affiliates, agents, principals, or licensors shall have no liability to you for Data that may be found to be offensive, indecent, or objectionable.

You agree to comply with all local, state, federal, and national laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations that apply to your use of the Service. You may use the Service, including any Data therein or portion thereof, only for personal, noncommercial purposes. Apple’s delivery of the Service, including any Data therein or portion thereof, does not transfer any commercial or promotional use rights to you, and does not constitute a grant or waiver of any rights. 

You must not:

(a)     remove, obscure or alter any copyright notices, trademarks, or any other proprietary rights or legal notices, documents or hyperlinks that may appear in or be provided through the Service;

(b)     copy and/or modify Data in the Service, use the Service to create or enhance another mapping-related service or product, or access or use the Service in any manner that attempts to copy, extract, scrape or reutilize any portions of Data provided by the Service, including bulk downloads or feeds of map data or imagery, or the creation of any databases based upon results from the Service;

(c)     combine, sell, redistribute, reproduce, modify, translate, or create a new product or derivative work of the Service or any portion thereof;

(d)     decompile, decrypt, reverse engineer, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of, the Service or any portion thereof (except as and only to the extent this restriction is prohibited by applicable law or by licensing terms governing the use of any FOSS components that may be included with the Service);

(e)     rent, lease, loan, sublicense, publish, transfer, sell, market, advertise or redistribute access to or use of the Service, or any portion thereof, in any manner;

(f)      exploit the Service in violation of these Terms of Use or in any unauthorized way whatsoever, including, but not limited to, using the Service to transmit any computer viruses, worms, trojan horses or other malware, or by trespass, burdening network capacity, improperly manipulating and/or falsifying Data within the Service, or otherwise interfering with other users’ enjoyment of the Service; 

(g)     use the Service in any manner to harass, abuse, stalk, threaten, defame or otherwise infringe or violate the rights of any other party, and you agree that Apple is not in any way responsible for any such use by you; 

(h) manipulate ratings, reviews or any other Data via any means such as (i) through the use of a bot, script, or automated process, or (ii) by providing or accepting any kind of compensation or incentive; or

(i)  use or export or re-export any Data, or any copy or adaptation of such Data, offered in the Service, in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, including without limitation United States export laws and regulations.

II. Use of Service; Privacy 

When you turn on or use the Service, additional details may be available regarding what information is sent to Apple and how the information may be used.

Apple’s Privacy Policy applies to use of the Service, and its terms are made a part of these Terms of Use by this reference. At all times your information will be treated in accordance with Apple’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at: https://www.apple.com/privacy/.

III. Third Party Materials and Acknowledgments 

The Service may display, include, or make available Data from third parties (“Third Party Materials”) or provide links to certain third party web sites. Apple makes no representation that the Service or Third Party Materials are appropriate, accurate or available for use in any particular location. To the extent you choose to use or access Third Party Materials, you do so at your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with any applicable laws, regulations, terms, or other requirements. You are prohibited from republishing, retransmitting, reproducing or otherwise using any images accessed through Maps as a stand-alone file. By using the Service, you agree that Apple is not responsible for examining or evaluating the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, validity, copyright compliance, legality, decency, quality or any other aspect of such Third Party Materials or web sites. Apple, its officers, affiliates and subsidiaries do not warrant or endorse and do not assume and will not have any liability or responsibility to you or any other person for any third-party services, Third Party Materials or web sites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third parties. The Service and Third Party Materials may not be available in all languages or in all countries or regions. 

IV. Apple Proprietary Rights

You agree that the Service and any Data included therein is owned or licensed by Apple and/or its licensors and suppliers, and is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws, including, but not limited to, copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret, and that you will not use the Service or Data in any way whatsoever that is inconsistent with these Terms of Use or that infringes any intellectual property rights of Apple or any third party. No portion of the Service, including any Data therein, may be reproduced in whole or in part and you may be held liable for any such unauthorized copying or disclosure. 

Apple, the Apple logo and other Apple trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Service are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks or logos used in connection with the Service may be the trademarks of their respective owners. You are not granted any right or license in any of the foregoing trademarks, and further agree that you shall not remove, obscure or alter any proprietary notices (including trademark and copyright notices) that may be contained within the Service. 

V. Violation of Terms of Use

If you fail, or Apple suspects that you have failed, to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement, Apple may, without notice to you, terminate your license and/or preclude your access to the Service, or any portion thereof.

Apple further reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service (or any part thereof) at any time with or without notice to you, and Apple will not be liable to you or to any third party should it exercise such rights.

You hereby grant Apple the right to take steps Apple believes are reasonably necessary or appropriate to enforce and/or verify compliance with any part of this Agreement. You agree that Apple has the right, without liability to you, to disclose any data and/or information to law enforcement authorities, government officials, and/or a third party, as Apple believes is reasonably necessary or appropriate to enforce and/or verify compliance with any part of this Agreement (including but not limited to Apple's right to cooperate with any legal process relating to your use of the Service and/or any portion thereof, and/or a third-party claim that your use of the Service and/or any portion thereof is unlawful and/or infringes such third party’s rights). We may also disclose personal information about you if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate.

VI. Disclaimer of Warranties 

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES. TO THE EXTENT SUCH EXCLUSIONS ARE SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SOME OF THE EXCLUSIONS SET FORTH BELOW MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THE FOLLOWING DISCLAIMERS SHALL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU. APPLE DOES NOT PROMISE THAT THE SERVICE OR ANY FEATURE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC RESULTS. 

YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND APPLE AND ITS LICENSORS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND/OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN PARTICULAR, APPLE AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (II) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (III) ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (IV) ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS IN THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED; AND (V) THE SERVICE WILL BE COMPATIBLE OR WORK WITH ANY THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE, APPLICATIONS OR THIRD PARTY SERVICES.

YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE SERVICE IS NOT INTENDED OR SUITABLE FOR USE IN SITUATIONS OR ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE FAILURE OR TIME DELAYS OF, OR ERRORS OR INACCURACIES IN, THE DATA PROVIDED BY THE SERVICE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. 

NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY APPLE OR AN APPLE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY. SHOULD THE SERVICE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON APPLICABLE STATUTORY RIGHTS OF A CONSUMER, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

VII. Limitation of Liability

NEITHER APPLE NOR ITS LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES ARISING FROM ANY USE, MISUSE, RELIANCE ON, INABILITY TO USE, INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ANY INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SYSTEM FAILURES, NETWORK ATTACKS OR SCHEDULED OR UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE.

TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL APPLE, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR PRINCIPALS BE LIABLE FOR PERSONAL INJURY, OR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, CORRUPTION OR LOSS OF DATA, FAILURE TO TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE ANY DATA (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION COURSE INSTRUCTIONS, ASSIGNMENTS AND MATERIALS), BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR ANY THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE, APPLICATIONS OR SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SERVICE, HOWEVER CAUSED, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY (CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) AND EVEN IF APPLE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY, OR OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL APPLE’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES (OTHER THAN AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN CASES INVOLVING PERSONAL INJURY) EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00). THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY EVEN IF THE ABOVE STATED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

VIII. Indemnity

Upon Apple’s request, you agree to indemnify and hold Apple, its officers, directors, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, agents, contractors, subsidiaries and affiliates, harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of your violation of these Terms of Use and/or use of the Service. 

IX. Controlling Law, Venue, Dispute Resolution and Severability

These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding its conflict of law principles. You agree to the personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts in Santa Clara County, California, and waive any objection to such jurisdiction or venue. These Terms of Use shall not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the application of which is expressly excluded. If you are a consumer based in the United Kingdom, these Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction of your residence. 

The preceding provision regarding venue does not apply if you are a consumer based in the European Union. If you are a consumer based in the European Union, you may make a claim in the courts of the country where you reside. Any claim under these Terms of Use must be brought within one (1) year after the cause of action arises, or such claim or cause of action is barred. Claims made under the separate terms and conditions of purchase for goods and services are not subject to this limitation. No recovery may be sought or received for damages other than out-of-pocket expenses, except that the prevailing party will be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. In the event of any controversy or dispute between Apple and you arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service, the parties shall attempt, promptly and in good faith, to resolve any such dispute. If we are unable to resolve any such dispute within a reasonable time (not to exceed thirty (30) days), then either party may submit such controversy or dispute to mediation. If the dispute cannot be resolved through mediation, then the parties shall be free to pursue any right or remedy available to them under applicable law.

If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect.

X. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use constitutes the entire agreement between you and Apple and governs your use of the Services, superseding any prior agreements with respect to the same subject matter between you and Apple. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use the Service, affiliate services, third-party content, third-party software, or additional services. If any part of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Apple’s failure to enforce any right or provisions in this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such or any other provision. Apple will not be responsible for failures to fulfill any obligations due to causes beyond its control.

XI. Feedback and Information

Any feedback you provide on the Service shall be deemed to be non-confidential. Apple shall be free to use such information on an unrestricted basis.

Last updated:  September, 2021