Acceptance of These Terms
Acceptance of these terms happens automatically the moment a visitor uses Fake Addresses' generator, API, npm package, PyPI package, or bulk export tool, whether or not an account exists to formally agree to anything. There is no account in the initial release, so using the service is the only acceptance mechanism available, for every visitor equally.
These terms apply alongside, not instead of, the Acceptable Use policy and the Privacy Policy published on this site. Where the documents overlap, the more specific rule controls, and the Acceptable Use policy's prohibited-use list is never overridden by a general permission stated here.
Fake Addresses may update these terms as the product changes — a new export format, a new API tier, a new legal jurisdiction served. The dateModified stamp on this page reflects the date of the last genuine change, not a routine republish with nothing actually different.
Continued use of the service after a change is published constitutes acceptance of the updated terms. A visitor who disagrees with a change should stop using the site and the API rather than continuing under the old understanding, since there is no account to formally cancel and no separate opt-out mechanism required for any part of it.
License to Use Fake Addresses and Its Output
The license to use Fake Addresses covers two separate things: the website and API software itself, and the data records that software generates. The website, API, and any associated source code remain the property of Fake Addresses and are provided for use as-is, without a license to copy, resell, or rebrand the service itself as a competing product.
Generated output — the addresses, names, phone numbers, and other synthetic records the tool produces — is released under free to use, meaning no attribution is required and no rights are reserved. A generated record can be committed to a private or public repository, embedded in a published dataset, or shipped inside a commercial test suite, without asking permission or crediting Fake Addresses.
This license applies specifically to output generated for the purposes described in the Acceptable Use policy: testing, development, and other legitimate synthetic-data uses. It does not create a license to use the same output to deceive a real person or institution — that use is prohibited by the Acceptable Use policy regardless of what the copyright license technically permits.
That separation is worth stating plainly rather than leaving to inference. The distinction matters because a copyright license and a permitted use are two different questions. free to use answers who owns the data, while the Acceptable Use policy answers what the data may be used for, and both apply to a Fake Addresses record at once.
No Warranty and Limitation of Liability
No warranty is made that Fake Addresses' output, uptime, or accuracy will meet any particular purpose beyond what is described on the methodology page. The service is provided "as is" and "as available," without a guarantee that every generated record will always be postal-format-valid, that every API response will arrive within a specific time, or that the service will be available at every moment.
Fake Addresses is not liable for damages arising from use of the service, including damages resulting from a generated record being used somewhere the Acceptable Use policy prohibits, from an API outage affecting a build pipeline, or from a third party's decision to accept or reject a generated record in their own system. Using synthetic test data always carries residual risk that belongs to the person choosing how to use it, not to the tool that generated it.
This limitation applies to the fullest extent permitted by law and does not attempt to disclaim liability that cannot lawfully be disclaimed in a visitor's jurisdiction. Nothing in this section removes the acceptable-use obligations set out elsewhere on this site; a limitation of liability for how the tool performs is not permission to use it for a prohibited purpose.
Changes to These Terms
Changes to these terms are published on this page with an updated dateModified stamp, and no separate notice is sent because there is no account or email list to send one to. Checking this page periodically is the only way to stay current on a change, which is why the terms are kept short and in plain language rather than spread across a longer, harder-to-scan document.
Material changes — a new restriction, a new fee, a new data-handling practice — are also reflected on the relevant specific page: the Privacy Policy for data handling, the Acceptable Use policy for restrictions. That way, a visitor checking any one legal page sees an accurate, current picture rather than an outdated summary contradicted by the specific policy it summarizes.
These terms are governed by the laws applicable to Fake Addresses' operation, without regard to conflict-of-law principles that would apply a different jurisdiction's law instead. Any provision found unenforceable in a given jurisdiction does not invalidate the remaining provisions, which continue to apply as written, exactly as if the unenforceable clause had never been included. Fake Addresses recommends bookmarking this page rather than a cached or archived copy of it, since only the version published here is current.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an account to use Fake Addresses?
No. The generator, API, npm package, and bulk export all work without creating an account, and agreeing to these terms happens simply by using any part of the service — there is no separate sign-up step where a checkbox would otherwise appear.
Can I use Fake Addresses output in a commercial product?
Yes. Generated output is free to use with no attribution required, so it can be used in a commercial test suite, a paid product's staging environment, or a published dataset, provided the use stays within the Acceptable Use policy's limits.