Data Licence Information
PAF®, Postzon and similar datasets are licenced by a supplier, for example Royal Mail, and users must comply with the supplier's terms. We, as providers, must make you aware of these terms and conditions.
Find out about everything related to licencing here, including the current PAF® changes.
View the current licence options.
August 2007 - Licence options from 1st September 2007
The new licencing options from 1st September 2007 can be broken down as follows:
| Per Click | Per User | System | Multi-system | |
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| Licence Type | Pay a fee per address lookup to enable your licence fee to better reflect your usage. | A per PC/workstation licence is required for each PC/workstation which holds or has access to the data. | A licence for more than 20* users accessing a single copy of data within a single organisation OR Use on a website |
Unlimited users around unlimited copies of the data on unlimited sites within a single organisation for 1 application. |
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| Payment * | Annual or Monthly prepayment plus excess use invoiced, or Credit Packs | Annual prepayment | Annual prepayment | Annual prepayment |
| Ideal for | Web based applications such as websites, extranets, intranets and mobile devices. | Organisations requiring fewer than 20 user licences | Organistaions requiring more than 20 user licences around a single server OR Websites which access data locally |
Multi-sute organisations OR Large corporations |
* The Royal Mail System Licence becomes valid at 34 users for Premise level PAF® data but we choose to limit your fees at 26 Users for your advantage.
Please Note: All our prices online and quoted directly to you include the Royal Mail Licence fee due for the data specified on your Licence Agreement and Schedule. On purchase you will be required to agree to this Licence Agreement.
If your requirements are not covered in the above table, please contact us.
August 2007 - Licence options up to 31st August 2007
The licencing options we offer can be broken down as follows:
| Per Click | Per User | System | Multi-system | |
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| Usage | Pay per use licencing available only for use across the Internet. | A per PC licence required for each PC which holds or has access to the data. | An umbrella licence for more than 20 users accessing a single copy of PAF® around a network within a single organisation OR Use on a website. |
Unlimited users around unlimited copies of the data on unlimited sites within a single organisation. |
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| Payment * | Annual prepayment OR Monthly payment, choice of options |
Annual prepayment | Annual prepayment | Annual prepayment |
| Ideal for | SME websites OR Websites and Intranets with low volume traffic |
Small to medium sized organisations requirinf fewer than 20 user licences OR Individual Users |
Organisations requiring more tham 20 user licences around a single network OR Websites with a high volume traffic |
Multi-sute organisations OR Large corporations |
Please Note: All our prices include the Royal Mail Licence fee due for the data licences specified on your licence agreement. On purchase you will be required to agree to this Licence Agreement, which incorporates the Royal Mail PAF® licencing.
If your requirements are not covered in the above table, please contact our sales team on 0845 644 8111 or +44 (0)1508 494488
August 2007 - Key Licence changes being implemented 1st September 2007
After over a year of consultation between Royal Mail, their Direct Customers and their Value Added Resellers of PAF®, Royal Mail has recently released their new Licence Agreement. This contains the terms and conditions under which PAF® can be provided to End Users from 1st September 2007.
In addition to those listed below, there will be further changes made in September 2008 and September 2009. Royal Mail's aim is to increase the quality of PAF®, make enough profit to maintain it and to make their charges fairer to both small and large businesses alike.
The new Licence will be implemented for existing customers at their point of renewal after 1st September 2007 and annually thereafter. New customers after September 1st will automatically be signed up to the licence in place at the time.
The main changes to be implemented from September 2007 are:
- Lower Per-User charges
- The point at which a System Licence applies is now 34 Users for Premise level PAF® data and 28 Users for Thoroughfare level PAF® data. Postzon data remains unchanged at 20 Users. This will in turn raise the price for system licences*
- The Per Click Licence has been withdrawn for internal use by the End User. However, the Licence is offering restricted use of up to 500 transactions per company per annum. Royal Mail are using this restricted licence to test the marketplace.
- The Per Click licence costs for use of Premise level address data is increasing.
- An Associated User Network Licence is available for 10 or more associated organisations linked to the same central system. Conditions apply**.
- If you take PAF® data directly for mailing purposes, you should update your address data at least quarterly.
- Software/services delivered via a Web service can now be purchased on an annual licence rather than solely on a per-click basis.
These are the key changes. For a more detailed explanation of the licence, or how the changes might affect you, please see the details on our licence page or .
We would like to advise you that we have been in constant communication with Royal Mail throughout their review and have been trying to ensure that the licence is fair to all our customers. This includes our continued support for an unlimited use of the Per Click licence for internal purposes. We hope to continue this process and we would be happy to hear your comments and feedback.
We will as always work hard to ensure that these changes are made as painless as possible for all our customers and to remain as flexible and customer focused as we can. As part of this, we would also like you to know that we have not taken these changes as an opportunity to increase our charges across the board, but have tried to maintain our fair and competitive pricing.
*The Royal Mail System Licence becomes valid at 34 users for Premise level PAF® data but we choose to limit your fees at 26 Users for your advantage.
**Please contact us for more details.
We are representing our customers' needs in licence discussions with Royal Mail through our participation on the PAF® Advisory Board. For copies of the notes and to keep track of progress, see www.pafboard.org.uk.
