Public Sector End User Licence

As a PSGA member this licence helps you set out relevant terms involved with OS data and helps protect you from liability if the third party breaches the licence.

This licence entitles you to

Pass OS data (and derived data created using OS data) to others.

  • PSGA members

Key features

For individuals, voluntary and community groups

Use the public sector end user licence for individuals, voluntary and community groups or other similar bodies who need to use data to respond to or interact with you to deliver or support the delivery of your core business.

A drafted licence for third parties

To help you meet the terms of your member licence, we’ve drafted an end user licence you can use as a formal arrangement with the people and organisations you share the data with. You can use our version for free or include the relevant clauses into your own version.

Protection from liability

The licence helps you set out the relevant terms involved with OS data – and helps protect you from liability if the third party breaches the licence.

Licence agreement

Use cases
  • Use the End User Licence for individuals, voluntary and community groups or similar bodies.
Customer suitability
  • PSGA members
Length of licence
Per end user; lifespan dependent upon the scope of the works and/or delivery being provided.
Licence fee

Free with PSGA member licence

Terms and conditions

Temporary use outside your organisation

You don’t need to use a licence to provide data to anyone outside your organisation who is working with your employees temporarily. They’ll be covered by the terms of your Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) Member Licence.

This licence is not transferable

This licence is not transferable, and you’ll need a new licence whenever you work with a new end user. If for any reason your own member licence ends, we will also consider that your end user licences will end automatically at the same time.

Click-to-accept

This is a “Click-to-accept” licence. You just need to complete the fields in the template and send it to your end user. When they open it, that “click” is also their acceptance.

The end user licence (EUL) contains a liability clause. For a contractor licence we would use the value of the contract. What do you suggest for an EUL?

We are unable to advise on the monetary value the members insert at clause 5.4b, and must advise members to take their own legal advice on this point. However, we would comment that the figure inserted in clause 5.4b seeks to provide a suitable financial cap on a member's liability under the EULA. An amount of £250 has been suggested by at least one public sector organisation, and this may be a reasonable amount to cover most circumstances in which a supply of OS data is provided to a community organisation, individual or amateur association. For supplies of OS data to a commercial entity, for example where that person is obtaining OS data in connection with a regulatory assessment or obligation, a higher liability cap may be more appropriate.

What is considered reasonable will need to be based on a number of factors, including the following:

  • The likely nature and extent of the risks of anything going wrong
  • An assessment of the damages that would be payable in the event of a claim in negligence
  • The resources that a member could have to meet any liability (including the possibility or recovery under the member licence)
  • The amount and cover available under the member's relevant insurance policy
  • Any previous dealings between the members and end users.
  • A liability cap that is deemed to be unreasonable under unfair contract terms legislation would be unenforceable, and if struck out may expose a member to potentially unlimited liability. It is therefore recommended to seek to insert a suitable amount that is not so low as to risk being deemed unreasonable, nor so high as to be disproportionate to the EULA risks. Members should seek their own legal advice in relation to this point.

Am I able to supply AddressBase (or data derived from AddressBase) under the end user licence?

Only to the extent that any PAF data within the AddressBase or AddressBase derived data is 'cleansed data' (refer to the 'database cleansing' definition in part A of appendix 3 in the PSGA member licence).

Third party OS data entitlements

Dependant on what data is being used

Documents and support

Draft licence template

Trademark acknowledgements

  • Product names and trademarks
    An extensive list of product names and trademarked brands registered to Ordnance Survey
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  • Crown Copyright
    Our data and our brand are protected by a variety of intellectual property (IP) rights (including copyright, database rights and trade marks), and our primary income comes from licensing these IP rights to Government, public sector organisations, commercial businesses and consumers.
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Key features
  • For individuals, voluntary and community groups
  • A drafted licence for third parties
  • Protection from liability
This licence entitles you to

Pass OS data (and derived data created using OS data) to others.

Length of licence
Per end user; lifespan dependent upon the scope of the works and/or delivery being provided.

How to apply

End User Licence template

We’ve drafted an end user licence you can use as a formal arrangement with the people and organisations you share the data with. You can use our version for free or include the relevant clauses into your own version.

Download template

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