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The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (the 'GDPR') and the applicable data privacy laws of the United Kingdom ('UK GDPR') are not applicable.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "hipaa", "url": "https://www.safegraph.com/", "excerpt": null, "confidence": "medium" }, { "field": "documented_rate_limits", "url": "https://safegraphinc.github.io/SafeGraphR/reference/safegraph_api.html", "excerpt": "the 1000-per-minute rate limit", "confidence": "medium" }, { "field": "known_restrictions", "url": "https://www.safegraph.com/terms-of-service", "excerpt": "THIS IS A 1-YEAR LICENSE. YOU MUST DELETE THE DATA AFTER 1 YEAR. cache the Data in or on any medium for any period of time [is explicitly prohibited for API access]... Sublicensing explicitly prohibited.", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "api_style", "url": "https://docs.safegraph.com/docs/places-api", "excerpt": "The SafeGraph Place API is described as 'a GraphQL API that is useful for looking up attributes of a point of interest (POI) by Placekey or location name.'", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "base_url", "url": "https://github.com/engelsjk/safegraph-api-example", "excerpt": "Base URL: https://api.safegraph.com/v1/graphql — also v2 endpoint available at https://api.safegraph.com/v2/graphql", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "auth_methods", "url": "https://github.com/engelsjk/safegraph-api-example", "excerpt": "The API uses an apikey header for authentication: -H 'apikey: {SAFEGRAPH_API_KEY}'", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "auth_docs_url", "url": "https://safegraphinc.github.io/SafeGraphR/reference/safegraph_api.html", "excerpt": "See https://docs.safegraph.com/reference/access-and-authentication to get one", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "api_version", "url": "https://github.com/engelsjk/safegraph-api-example", "excerpt": "API endpoint https://api.safegraph.com/v2/graphql demonstrated in example code", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "rate_limit_requests", "url": "https://safegraphinc.github.io/SafeGraphR/reference/safegraph_api.html", "excerpt": "the 1000-per-minute rate limit", "confidence": "medium" }, { "field": "sdk_packages", "url": "https://pypi.org/project/safegraphQL/", "excerpt": "safegraphQL version 0.5.23 — Official SafeGraph Python client; maintainers: echong, felixsafegraph, mirkan1; repo: https://github.com/echong-SG/API-python-client-MKilic", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "primary_use_cases", "url": "https://www.safegraph.com/products/places", "excerpt": "Commercial real estate site selection analysis, Out-of-home (OOH) advertising campaign targeting, Card-linked offers and retail promotions, Catchment area analysis, Business and competitive intelligence, Location-driven investment analysis", "confidence": "high" }, { "field": "supported_actions", "url": "https://docs.safegraph.com/docs/places", "excerpt": "Integration support: Snowflake, AWS Data Exchange, CARTO... 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