# Materials database software data terms

> 8 of 11 materials database software vendors whose terms we read reserve the right to use their customers' data in aggregated or anonymised form, read 28 October 2026.

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**Vendors whose terms reserve aggregated or anonymised use:** 8 of 11 vendors (16 documents read; 32 named).

## The answers, question by question

- **Who owns the business's data:** not stated 8, the business 2, the vendor 1
- **Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use:** reserved 8, not stated 3
- **Training AI on the business's data:** not stated 11
- **Export at exit:** not stated 10, no export promised 1

## Every vendor

| Vendor | Who owns the business's data | Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use | Training AI on the business's data | Export at exit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Invent | the business | reserved | not stated | not stated |
| Alchemy Cloud | not stated | reserved | not stated | not stated |
| CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database) | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated |
| Citrine Informatics | not stated | reserved | not stated | not stated |
| Materials Project (LBNL) | not stated | reserved | not stated | no export promised |
| NIMS Materials Data Repository | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated |
| NIMS MatNavi | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated |
| NOMAD | not stated | reserved | not stated | not stated |
| Polymerize | not stated | reserved | not stated | not stated |
| Schrodinger | the business | reserved | not stated | not stated |
| Total Materia | the vendor | reserved | not stated | not stated |

## The sentence each answer rests on (64)

- Albert Invent, [Albert Invent privacy policy](https://www.albertinvent.com/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 19,680 characters long.
- Albert Invent, [Albert Invent privacy policy](https://www.albertinvent.com/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: "Creating de-identified and/or aggregated information;"
- Albert Invent, [Albert Invent privacy policy](https://www.albertinvent.com/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 19,680 characters long.
- Albert Invent, [Albert Invent privacy policy](https://www.albertinvent.com/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 19,680 characters long.
- Albert Invent, [Albert Invent terms of service](https://www.albertinvent.com/terms-of-service), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: "Albert does not claim any ownership rights in any User Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to your User Content."
- Albert Invent, [Albert Invent terms of service](https://www.albertinvent.com/terms-of-service), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,747 characters long.
- Albert Invent, [Albert Invent terms of service](https://www.albertinvent.com/terms-of-service), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,747 characters long.
- Albert Invent, [Albert Invent terms of service](https://www.albertinvent.com/terms-of-service), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,747 characters long.
- Alchemy Cloud, [Alchemy Cloud privacy policy](https://www.alchemy.cloud/legal/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 31,590 characters long.
- Alchemy Cloud, [Alchemy Cloud privacy policy](https://www.alchemy.cloud/legal/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: "Clickstream data is aggregated data about usage of the Site that does not contain Personal Information."
- Alchemy Cloud, [Alchemy Cloud privacy policy](https://www.alchemy.cloud/legal/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 31,590 characters long.
- Alchemy Cloud, [Alchemy Cloud privacy policy](https://www.alchemy.cloud/legal/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 31,590 characters long.
- CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), [CCDC website terms and conditions](https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions/), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,461 characters long.
- CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), [CCDC website terms and conditions](https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions/), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,461 characters long.
- CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), [CCDC website terms and conditions](https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions/), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,461 characters long.
- CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), [CCDC website terms and conditions](https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions/), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,461 characters long.
- Citrine Informatics, [Citrine privacy notice](https://citrine.io/privacy-policy/), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,169 characters long.
- Citrine Informatics, [Citrine privacy notice](https://citrine.io/privacy-policy/), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: "We may share aggregated information and non-identifying information with third parties for industry research and analysis, demographic profiling and other similar purposes."
- Citrine Informatics, [Citrine privacy notice](https://citrine.io/privacy-policy/), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,169 characters long.
- Citrine Informatics, [Citrine privacy notice](https://citrine.io/privacy-policy/), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 26,169 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), [Materials Project documentation (llms-full)](https://docs.materialsproject.org/llms-full.txt), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 393,611 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), [Materials Project documentation (llms-full)](https://docs.materialsproject.org/llms-full.txt), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 393,611 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), [Materials Project documentation (llms-full)](https://docs.materialsproject.org/llms-full.txt), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 393,611 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), [Materials Project documentation (llms-full)](https://docs.materialsproject.org/llms-full.txt), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 393,611 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), [Materials Project terms of use and privacy policy](https://legacy.materialsproject.org/terms), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,853 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), [Materials Project terms of use and privacy policy](https://legacy.materialsproject.org/terms), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: "Aggregated data cannot be linked back to an individual user."
- Materials Project (LBNL), [Materials Project terms of use and privacy policy](https://legacy.materialsproject.org/terms), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,853 characters long.
- Materials Project (LBNL), [Materials Project terms of use and privacy policy](https://legacy.materialsproject.org/terms), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: "if you delete your account, all data associated with your account, including the permalinks and the usage data associated with those searches, will be deleted."
- NIMS Materials Data Repository, [MDR terms of use for open data](https://mdr.nims.go.jp/page/terms_of_use), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 1,224 characters long.
- NIMS Materials Data Repository, [MDR terms of use for open data](https://mdr.nims.go.jp/page/terms_of_use), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 1,224 characters long.
- NIMS Materials Data Repository, [MDR terms of use for open data](https://mdr.nims.go.jp/page/terms_of_use), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 1,224 characters long.
- NIMS Materials Data Repository, [MDR terms of use for open data](https://mdr.nims.go.jp/page/terms_of_use), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 1,224 characters long.
- NIMS MatNavi, [MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9](https://mits.nims.go.jp/MatNavi_agreement_comparative_table_20240801_en.pdf), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 2,984 characters long.
- NIMS MatNavi, [MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9](https://mits.nims.go.jp/MatNavi_agreement_comparative_table_20240801_en.pdf), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 2,984 characters long.
- NIMS MatNavi, [MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9](https://mits.nims.go.jp/MatNavi_agreement_comparative_table_20240801_en.pdf), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 2,984 characters long.
- NIMS MatNavi, [MatNavi terms of use, amendment table for Article 9](https://mits.nims.go.jp/MatNavi_agreement_comparative_table_20240801_en.pdf), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 2,984 characters long.
- NOMAD, [NOMAD privacy policy](https://nomad-lab.eu/nomad-lab/privacy.html), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 15,002 characters long.
- NOMAD, [NOMAD privacy policy](https://nomad-lab.eu/nomad-lab/privacy.html), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: "When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information"
- NOMAD, [NOMAD privacy policy](https://nomad-lab.eu/nomad-lab/privacy.html), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 15,002 characters long.
- NOMAD, [NOMAD privacy policy](https://nomad-lab.eu/nomad-lab/privacy.html), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 15,002 characters long.
- NOMAD, [NOMAD terms of use](https://nomad-lab.eu/nomad-lab/terms.html), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,719 characters long.
- NOMAD, [NOMAD terms of use](https://nomad-lab.eu/nomad-lab/terms.html), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,719 characters long.
- NOMAD, [NOMAD terms of use](https://nomad-lab.eu/nomad-lab/terms.html), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,719 characters long.
- NOMAD, [NOMAD terms of use](https://nomad-lab.eu/nomad-lab/terms.html), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 9,719 characters long.
- Polymerize, [Polymerize privacy policy](https://polymerize.io/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 11,515 characters long.
- Polymerize, [Polymerize privacy policy](https://polymerize.io/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: "We may use such aggregated or de-identified information for any lawful purpose."
- Polymerize, [Polymerize privacy policy](https://polymerize.io/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 11,515 characters long.
- Polymerize, [Polymerize privacy policy](https://polymerize.io/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 11,515 characters long.
- Schrodinger, [Schrodinger privacy policy](https://www.schrodinger.com/privacy/), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 36,584 characters long.
- Schrodinger, [Schrodinger privacy policy](https://www.schrodinger.com/privacy/), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: "such as to generate anonymized data for our own business purposes which does not identify you or another individual."
- Schrodinger, [Schrodinger privacy policy](https://www.schrodinger.com/privacy/), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 36,584 characters long.
- Schrodinger, [Schrodinger privacy policy](https://www.schrodinger.com/privacy/), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 36,584 characters long.
- Schrodinger, [Schrodinger end user licence agreement](https://www.schrodinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Schrodinger-EULA-January-2024.pdf), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: "Licensee retains all ownership and intellectual property rights in and to Licensee’s content, information and data (“Licensee Data”)."
- Schrodinger, [Schrodinger end user licence agreement](https://www.schrodinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Schrodinger-EULA-January-2024.pdf), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 39,507 characters long.
- Schrodinger, [Schrodinger end user licence agreement](https://www.schrodinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Schrodinger-EULA-January-2024.pdf), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 39,507 characters long.
- Schrodinger, [Schrodinger end user licence agreement](https://www.schrodinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Schrodinger-EULA-January-2024.pdf), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 39,507 characters long.
- Total Materia, [Total Materia terms of use](https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/terms-of-use/), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: "The materials, information, and other content contained within the Total Materia website, platform, and/or standalone products are proprietary to and owned by Total Materia AG."
- Total Materia, [Total Materia terms of use](https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/terms-of-use/), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 6,801 characters long.
- Total Materia, [Total Materia terms of use](https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/terms-of-use/), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 6,801 characters long.
- Total Materia, [Total Materia terms of use](https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/terms-of-use/), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 6,801 characters long.
- Total Materia, [Total Materia privacy policy](https://www.totalmateria.com/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Who owns the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 40,742 characters long.
- Total Materia, [Total Materia privacy policy](https://www.totalmateria.com/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use: "Upon the cessation of a legitimate business necessity for processing your personal information, we will proceed to delete or anonymize it."
- Total Materia, [Total Materia privacy policy](https://www.totalmateria.com/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Training AI on the business's data: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 40,742 characters long.
- Total Materia, [Total Materia privacy policy](https://www.totalmateria.com/privacy-policy), read 2026-10-28, Export at exit: The document is silent here; it was read in full on 2026-10-28, 40,742 characters long.

## Read and set aside

- [Citrine Informatics, Chemicals & Materials Development Platform \| Citrine Informatics](https://citrine.io/): a 1,715-character product home page with no clause on data
- [Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project Data - Registry of Open Data on AWS](https://registry.opendata.aws/materials-project/): a registry listing that points to the Project's terms and states no clause itself
- [re3data, Materials Project \| re3data.org](https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100013320): a third-party registry entry (admissible for name discovery only); the Project's own terms are read instead
- [AFLOW (Duke), Aflow - Automatic FLOW for Materials Discovery](https://aflow.org/): a product, repository or licensing home page that states no clause on ownership, aggregated use, AI training or export
- [Materials Data Facility, Materials Data Facility (MDF) \| Publish, Discover & Access Materials Data](https://materialsdatafacility.org/): a product, repository or licensing home page that states no clause on ownership, aggregated use, AI training or export
- [MaterialsZone, AI-Powered Materials Informatics \| Accelerate R&D and Innovation](https://www.materials.zone/): a product, repository or licensing home page that states no clause on ownership, aggregated use, AI training or export
- [CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), Licensing Information \| CCDC](https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/support-and-resources/licensing-information/): a product, repository or licensing home page that states no clause on ownership, aggregated use, AI training or export
- [NIMS MatNavi, How to Start DICE \| DICE :: National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)](https://dice.nims.go.jp/en/usage.html): a how-to page for opening a DICE account; it states no clause on data

## Methodology

Each vendor's own published terms were read through estate-fetch and stored whole (sha256 on every row). For every document, four questions were answered from the vendor's own words: who owns the business's data, vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use, training AI on the business's data, export at exit. Every stated answer carries the sentence it rests on, checked against the stored text; 'not stated' means the document read does not address the question. A vendor with several documents reads 'varies' where they disagree. 11 vendors, 16 documents.

## Sources

- [Ansys (Synopsys), Legal Notices \| Permissions and Privacy of Ansys.com](https://www.ansys.com/legal) (unread)
- [Ansys (Synopsys), General Terms and Conditions \| Ansys](https://www.ansys.com/legal/agtc) (unread)
- [Ansys (Synopsys), Terms & Conditions: Additional Terms: SAAS Licensing Terms\| Cloud Storage](https://www.ansys.com/legal/terms-and-conditions/saas-licensing-terms/cloud-storage) (unread)
- [Ansys Granta, Ansys Granta Materials Data \| Brochure](https://www.ansys.com/resource-center/brochure/granta-data-products-overview) (unread)
- [Total Materia, Terms of Use \| Total Materia](https://www.totalmateria.com/terms-of-use) (unread)
- [Total Materia, Terms of Use \| Total Materia](https://www.totalmateria.com/en-us/terms-of-use/) (read)
- [Total Materia, Privacy Policy \| Total Materia](https://www.totalmateria.com/privacy-policy) (read)
- [Key to Metals, Key to Metals AG - Home](https://www.keytometals.com/) (unread)
- [Alchemy Cloud, AI Terms of Service](https://www.alchemy.cloud/legal/ai-terms-of-service) (unread)
- [Alchemy Cloud, Privacy Policy](https://www.alchemy.cloud/legal/privacy-policy) (read)
- [Citrine Informatics, Privacy Policy - Citrine Informatics: The AI Platform for Materials Development](https://citrine.io/privacy-policy/) (read)
- [Citrine Informatics, Chemicals & Materials Development Platform \| Citrine Informatics](https://citrine.io/) (not-terms)
- [Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project :: Terms of Use & Privacy Policy](https://legacy.materialsproject.org/terms) (read)
- [Materials Project (LBNL), llms-full.txt](https://docs.materialsproject.org/llms-full.txt) (read)
- [Materials Project (LBNL), Materials Project Data - Registry of Open Data on AWS](https://registry.opendata.aws/materials-project/) (not-terms)
- [re3data, Materials Project \| re3data.org](https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100013320) (not-terms)
- [NOMAD, Terms of use, NOMAD](https://nomad-lab.eu/nomad-lab/terms.html) (read)
- [NOMAD, Privacy policy, NOMAD](https://nomad-lab.eu/nomad-lab/privacy.html) (read)
- [AFLOW (Duke), Aflow - Automatic FLOW for Materials Discovery](https://aflow.org/) (not-terms)
- [OQMD (Northwestern), OQMD](https://oqmd.org/) (unread)
- [Materials Data Facility, Materials Data Facility (MDF) \| Publish, Discover & Access Materials Data](https://materialsdatafacility.org/) (not-terms)
- [Polymerize, Privacy Policy](https://polymerize.io/privacy-policy) (read)
- [Schrodinger, Schrodinger-EULA-January-2024.pdf](https://www.schrodinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Schrodinger-EULA-January-2024.pdf) (read)
- [Schrodinger, Privacy Policy - Schrödinger](https://www.schrodinger.com/privacy/) (read)
- [MaterialsZone, AI-Powered Materials Informatics \| Accelerate R&D and Innovation](https://www.materials.zone/) (not-terms)
- [CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), Terms and Conditions \| CCDC](https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions/) (read)
- [CCDC (Cambridge Structural Database), Licensing Information \| CCDC](https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/support-and-resources/licensing-information/) (not-terms)
- [Albert Invent, Terms of Service](https://www.albertinvent.com/terms-of-service) (read)
- [Albert Invent, Privacy Policy](https://www.albertinvent.com/privacy-policy) (read)
- [NIMS MatNavi, MatNavi_agreement_comparative_table_20240801_en.pdf](https://mits.nims.go.jp/MatNavi_agreement_comparative_table_20240801_en.pdf) (read)
- [NIMS MatNavi, How to Start DICE \| DICE :: National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)](https://dice.nims.go.jp/en/usage.html) (not-terms)
- [NIMS Materials Data Repository, MDR: NIMS Materials Data Repository](https://mdr.nims.go.jp/page/terms_of_use) (read)

## Cite or embed

- 8 of 11 materials database software vendors whose terms we read reserve the right to use their customers' data in aggregated or anonymised form, read 28 October 2026.
- Who owns the business's data, by vendor: not stated 8 of 11, the business 2 of 11, the vendor 1 of 11 (materials database software terms, read 28 October 2026).
- Vendor keeps aggregated or anonymised use, by vendor: reserved 8 of 11, not stated 3 of 11 (materials database software terms, read 28 October 2026).
- Training AI on the business's data, by vendor: not stated 11 of 11 (materials database software terms, read 28 October 2026).
- Export at exit, by vendor: not stated 10 of 11, no export promised 1 of 11 (materials database software terms, read 28 October 2026).

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