License and Privacy Policy

Privacy updated 02/08/2024

Utilizing O2Run's services might necessitate providing location-specific details for data access. Additionally, your browser or application may automatically share standard information like your IP address and browser type. We employ temporary web server logs for standard operations, which are periodically purged and never shared externally.

Activities that need identifiable contributions (e.g., comments, photos, data amendments) link back to your O2Run account, making such contributions traceable in our public datasets. This might allow others to associate your contributions with your location.

Contributions you make to O2Run become part of our publicly shared dataset, possibly extending to third-party platforms. By contributing, you affirm ownership of the data and authorize its unrestricted use and distribution within our ecosystem.

Services and Data Licensing

Use of the services and data hosted by us is subject to the following terms (updated 01/04/2022):
  • Data supplied by openchargemap.org is derived from a wide variety of public sources and contributions. We accept no liability for the accuracy of this data and provide no assurances.
  • Data contributed to us by our users which we then redistribute is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
  • You agree that we may substitute this license at any point (where applicable) for an alternative Open Data license (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/) if required by the O2Run project.
  • By submitting data to us you are certifying that you are the originator of the data and have not copied any information which is subject to the copyright of another organisation or individual, or you are certifying that you have the authority to submit this information to us under the terms stated here.
  • Data imported from 3rd party Data Providers is copyright the original Data Provider in each case and is not provided under the same terms as the user-contributed data detailed above. Where possible we will attempt to only import data which has a formal and compatible Open Data license.
  • We will respond promptly to any DMCA or equivalent copyright protection request, please use our Contact page to lodge these requests, detailing the exact infringing items.
  • Use of our API or data in an application or service requires that the appropriate Data Provider attribution (including license terms) be provided in a way which is visible the end user.
Creative Commons Licence

Sharing Your Organization's Data

We invite organizations with electric vehicle charging station data to share this valuable information with O2Run.

Please license your data under an established Open Data license, like Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), to enable widespread user and data consumer benefits. In exchange, we'll credit your organization as the data source and keep you updated with any enhancements. Your data contribution is pivotal in promoting electric vehicle adoption by ensuring accessible and reliable charging station information.