Terms and Conditions

Welcome to the Department for Education's (DfE) Internal API Portal, part of the Find and Use an API service.

By using this service, you agree to the following terms and conditions.

Our responsibilities

This service is run by the DfE. We comply with the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and endeavour to ensure that the service is continuously available. However, the DfE accepts no liability for:

you being unable to access the service (for example owing to excessive demand or because we've taken the service down for maintenance)
delay or failure in receiving data
loss or damage arising from the use of the service or reliance on its content
the content and availability of external websites that link to the service or which are linked from it

Your responsibilities:

You agree:

to be responsible for all activities associated with your email and password and accept responsibility for all activities associated with your account
to indemnify the DfE against any losses, expenses, damages, or claims we may incur as a result of any failure by you to comply with the obligations set out in these terms
to comply with any amendments to these Terms and Conditions
to comply to the Terms and Conditions of each service you are approved to use

As a user, you must:

keep your Internal API Portal account details confidential and secure
comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 and ensure that any personal data (as defined by the Data Protection Act 2018) is protected, used only for the purposes for which it was obtained and disposed of accordingly
comply with the UK Computer Misuse Act 1990
contact us if you're aware of any security breach
not use Internal API Portal for any unlawful purpose
sign in from only one PC at a time
sign out of the management portal using the sign-out function when you have finished your session