Terms and Privacy Notice

Last Updated: April 15, 2024

Portal Terms

The 6 GHz Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) Systems Interference Reporting Portal (the “Portal”) is provided solely for the purpose of enabling the United States-based fixed microwave service licensees and certain radio astronomy observatories to report potential harmful interference events to the approved 6 GHz AFC System Operators (as defined below).

These terms and conditions (“Terms”) apply to and govern your use of the Portal and are a binding agreement between you and Wi-Fi Alliance (“Wi-Fi Alliance”, “we”, “us” or “our”) and apply to your use of the Portal, including, without limitation, any content, functionality, products, services, or communications offered or occurring on or through the Portal.

By accessing the Portal, registering, or making a Portal Submission (as defined below), you agree to these Terms and acknowledge the Privacy Notice contained herein, which is incorporated into these Terms.

The Portal is not operated by or affiliated with the Federal Communications Commission.

Eligibility

Access to the Portal is restricted to the duly authorized representatives of the 6 GHz fixed microwave service licensees and certain radio astronomy observatories. Do not use the Portal if you are not authorized to do so. 

If you are agreeing to these Terms or using the Portal on behalf of a company, organization or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity and its affiliates, in which case the terms “you” or “your” shall also refer to such entity and its affiliates.

Reports of Potential Interference Portal Submissions

The Portal permits registered users to submit, publish, share, or otherwise provide information, data, text, files, images, and other content (each, a “Portal Submission”). All Portal Submissions must comply with these Terms. Please note, as described below, that your Portal Submissions may be included in publicly available reports filed with the Federal Communications Commission, will be shared with the approved AFC Operators, and may otherwise be publicly made available. If you wish to remain anonymous or wish that the data you provide remain private, you should not use the Portal. Any data and information submitted through this Portal, including Portal Submissions, should be assumed to be public.

Wi-Fi Alliance does not endorse any Portal Submissions submitted through the Portal, and Wi-Fi Alliance has no responsibility or liability with respect to any Portal Submission submitted through the Portal or for any results caused by such Portal Submissions.

Wi-Fi Alliance does not confirm validity of information provided in the Portal Submissions. Wi-Fi Alliance is not responsible for addressing claims of potential harmful interference that are made in the Portal Submissions.

Purpose: To enable efficient and centralized means for the United States based fixed microwave service licensees and certain radio astronomy observatories to report potential harmful interference events to the approved 6 GHz AFC System Operators.

Disclosure of Portal Submissions: All Portal Submissions are automatically shared with the approved AFC system operators (ref. DA 24-166) (“AFC Operators”) and the Federal Communication Commission, including the Enforcement Bureau. Portal Submissions may also be made public and disclosed to other third parties without restriction.

Retention: Wi-Fi Alliance has no obligation to retain any records or information relating to Portal Submission records.

Portal Submission Guidelines

You shall abide by the following guidelines with respect to all Portal Submissions provided to the Portal. Portal Submissions must not:

  • Contain any material which is false, misleading, is an invasion of privacy, or that otherwise violates any individual’s privacy rights;
  • Contain any information that is subject to a duty of confidentiality; or
  • Impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.

You will not provide any Portal Submissions that (i) include trade secrets or third-party intellectual property unless you have permission or a valid license from the owner to use it in the specific manner that you used it, (ii) infringes any intellectual property, privacy or publicity right of another, (iii) violates the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms.

Registration

You are obligated to register and set up an account in order to make a Portal Submission. Making a Portal Submission is available only to the registered users. If you fail to submit truthful, accurate and complete information, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect as much, we have the right to suspend or terminate your registration and your access of the Portal.

You shall ensure the security of your account credentials. If any of your account credentials are stolen or otherwise compromised, you shall immediately change your password and inform Wi-Fi Alliance of the compromise. Wi-Fi Alliance is not responsible for loss of any data in transmission or improper transmission by you.

Representations

By using the Portal, you represent and warrant that:

  • you have read, understand, and agree to these Terms;  
  • if reside in a country where applicable privacy law requires consent as one of the legal bases for processing of personal information contained in Portal Submissions, you are giving your consent for the Processing of your personal Information in accordance with these Terms; and
  • if you are providing information or data on behalf of an organization, you have all required rights and permissions to submit such data and information to the Portal.

Conduct Guidelines

Your use of the Portal is subject to the following conduct guidelines:

  • You will not copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, republish, post, publicly perform or publicly display the Portal, or any information made available on or through the Portal on an unauthorized basis;
  • You will not modify or create derivative works of the Portal;
  • You will not remove or destroy any copyright notices or other proprietary markings contained on or in any portion of the Portal;
  • You will not access or use the Portal to build a similar or competitive service or application;
  • You will not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, re-engineer or otherwise create or attempt to create or permit, allow, or assist others to create the source code of the Portal;
  • You will not sublicense, subcontract, translate, license or grant any rights to the Portal;
  • You will not use any robot, spider, site search or retrieval mechanism or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, data mine, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Portal;
  • You will not harvest or collect information about or from other users of the Portal;
  • You will not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Portal, or breach the security or authentication measures on the Portal, or take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Portal;
  • You will not upload invalid data, viruses, worms, keyloggers, spyware, Trojan horses, time bombs, malicious or harmful code, or other software agents through the Portal;
  • You will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Portal; and
  • You will not use the Portal in whole or in part for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.

You shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent unauthorized or improper use of the Portal, and you are solely responsible for complying with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to you when you use the Portal. Any use of the Portal in violation of these Terms is prohibited and may result in suspension or termination of your right to use the Portal, and may possibly expose you to legal action and damages.

Portal Content 

Except for Portal Submissions, all information and materials contained on or within the Portal, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, applications, HTML, look and feel, images, illustrations, designs, photographs, audio, video, press releases, names, names or descriptions, icons, typefaces, software (both source and object code), format, queries, algorithms, and any content that Wi-Fi Alliance makes available through the Portal (collectively, "Portal Content"), as well as their selection and arrangement, and all intellectual property and other rights relating to Portal Content, as between you and Wi-Fi Alliance, are solely and exclusively owned by Wi-Fi Alliance. You will not delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from Portal Content.

Ownership

Wi-Fi Alliance and/or its licensors own all right, title and interest, including all related intellectual property rights, in and to the Portal and Portal Content. These Terms are not a sale and do not convey to you any rights of ownership in or related to the Portal or Portal Content. Wi-Fi Alliance reserves all rights not expressly granted in these Terms.

All trademarks, service marks, logos, slogans and taglines displayed on or through the Portal are the property of Wi-Fi Alliance and its licensors or their respective owners and nothing contained herein should be construed as granting any license or right to use any trademarks, service marks, logos, slogans or taglines displayed on or through the Portal without the express written permission of Wi-Fi Alliance, or such third-party that may own the trademark, service mark, logo, slogan or tagline.

Disclaimers

THE PORTAL AND ALL PORTAL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” AND WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. WI-FI ALLIANCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO PORTAL, PORTAL CONTENT AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY OF ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, QUALITY OF INFORMATION AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

WI-FI ALLIANCE DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE TRUTH, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, LEGALITY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY PORTAL CONTENT. WI-FI ALLIANCE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS, INACCURACIES, STALENESS OR OMISSIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PORTAL AND PORTAL CONTENT; HOWEVER, WI-FI ALLIANCE UNDERTAKES NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE THE PORTAL OR TO MAINTAIN THE PORTAL UP TO DATE EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

WI-FI ALLIANCE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT: (I) THE QUALITY OF THE PORTAL OR PORTAL CONTENT THAT YOU OBTAIN FROM THE PORTAL WILL SATISFY YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, (II) THE PORTAL WILL OPERATE UNINTERRUPTED AND ERROR-FREE, OR (III) THE PORTAL WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS OR OTHER HARMFUL MATERIAL. YOU ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE ADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST DAMAGES TO YOUR SYSTEMS OR OPERATIONS WHICH COULD BE CAUSED BY DEFECTS OR DEFICIENCIES IN THE PORTAL. YOU SHALL IMPLEMENT AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BACKING UP ALL YOUR DATA.

WI-FI ALLIANCE DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION OF THE INTERNET, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, SERVERS OR THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, MOBILE DEVICES, SOFTWARE OR FAILURE OF EMAIL DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OR TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THE INTERNET, INCLUDING INJURY OR DAMAGE TO ANY COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE RELATED TO OR RESULTING FROM THE PORTAL.

IN THE EVENT OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THE PORTAL, YOU AGREE THAT YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO CEASE ACCESSING AND VIEWING THE PORTAL.

Please note, the ability to exclude warranties varies in different jurisdictions. To the extent that a jurisdiction places limits on the ability for a party to exclude warranties, these exclusions exist to the extent permitted by law. Because of this jurisdictional variance, some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

Limitation of Liability 

YOU AGREE THAT WI-FI ALLIANCE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD-PARTY FOR ANY USE, INABILITY TO USE, MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION, OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PORTAL, OR ANY FEATURES, PARTS, OR CONTENT OF THE PORTAL. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WI-FI ALLIANCE SHALL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN ANY WAY ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO YOUR RELIANCE UPON, OR YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR VIEW THE PORTAL OR PORTAL CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER SUCH CLAIMS ARE BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WI-FI ALLIANCE IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

International Users

The Portal is operated from the United States. Other countries may have laws and regulatory requirements that differ from those in the United States, and if you access the Portal from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with all local laws.

Changes to Terms and Portal

We may change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms (each, an “Update”) at any time and in our sole discretion without prior notice to you and such Updates will be effective immediately. If we make Updates to these Terms, we will change the "Last Updated" date above. Your continued use of Portal will confirm your acceptance of the updated Terms.

Wi-Fi Alliance may, at any time and for any reason, change, update or discontinue the Portal, or any part thereof, with or without notice. Wi-Fi Alliance will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of Portal as permitted herein.

 

Indemnification By You

Without limiting the generality or effecting other provisions of these Terms, as a condition of accessing or using the Portal, you agree, at your expense, to indemnify and hold harmless Wi-Fi Alliance and its affiliates and its and their licensors, suppliers, officers directors, employees and agents (“Wi-Fi Alliance Parties”), from and against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, settlements and judgments) arising out of or incurred as a result of: (i) your use, misuse or inability to use the Portal, (ii) your Portal Submissions, (iii) your failure to comply with any applicable laws and regulations (including any privacy laws), (iv) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property or privacy right, or (v) your breach of any obligations set forth in these Terms. You shall not settle any such claim without the written consent of the applicable indemnified party.

General Terms

These Terms, together with the Privacy Notice, constitute the sole agreements between you and Wi-Fi Alliance for your use and the provision of the Portal, and the subject matter hereof. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Should any provision of these Terms be held invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be modified to the extent necessary to render it enforceable without losing its intent or severed from these Terms if no such modification is possible, and other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of these Terms or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. These Terms and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred, delegated or assigned by you, but may be assigned, delegated or transferred by Wi-Fi Alliance without restriction. Any attempted assignment, subcontract, delegation or transfer by you in violation of the foregoing will be null and void. These Terms shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties and the parties’ respective successors and permitted assigns.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about the Portal, please contact us.

 

Privacy Notice

IMPORTANT: You acknowledge and agree that any data and information submitted through the Portal, including Portal Submissions, should be assumed to be public and there is no expectation of privacy or confidentiality with respect to such data and information. All such data and information may be public posted and disclosed without restriction. Do not use the Portal if you do not consent to such disclosure. 

All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to such terms in the Terms.

Information Collected

In order to register and set up an account in connection with your use of the Portal, and to submit a Portal Submission, you are required to provide certain information and personal information:

  • Contact information (such as your name, email address, and the entity with which you are affiliated);
  • Technical information relevant to your Portal Submission;
  • Location information relevant to your Portal Submission;
  • Notes you provide relevant to your Portal Submission; and
  • Files relevant to your Portal Submission.

Information We Automatically Collect 

When you use the Portal, the following information may be automatically received and collected from your device:

  • Information about your device, such as the operating system, hardware, system version, Internet Protocol (IP) address, device ID, and device language.
  • The specific actions that you take when you use the Portal, including but not limited to the pages and screens that you view or visit, search terms that you enter, and how you interact with the Portal.
  • The time, frequency, connection type, and duration of your use of the Portal.
  • Identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser (as further described below).
  • Your general geographic location (based on your IP address).

Aggregate Information Collected

Aggregate Information is information that does not identify you. Aggregate information may be collected when you use the Portal, independent of any information you voluntarily enter. We may collect, use, store, and transfer aggregate information without restriction.

Cookies And Analytics

The Portal may use “cookies.”  Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser to help us identify you when you come to the Portal. 

The Portal collects cookies and may use cookies for reasons including, but not limited to:

  • Analyze our web traffic using an analytics package.
  • Identify if you are signed into the Portal.
  • Test content on the Portal.
  • Store information about your preferences.
  • Recognize when you return to the Portal.

A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or device, or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.

The Portal is not able to respond to Do Not Track signals from your browser.

How We Use Your Information

Your information will be used to provide the Portal and facilitate your Portal Submission(s). This includes but is not limited to the following:

  • Provide, operate, improve, maintain, and protect the Portal.
  • Provide you with technical and other support.
  • Conduct research, analytics, and monitor and analyze trends and usage.
  • Facilitate your Portal Submissions.
  • As necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, subpoena, legal process, or governmental request.
  • Enforce contracts, including investigation of potential violations thereof.
  • Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.
  • Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Wi-Fi Alliance, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law.

How We Share Your Information

You acknowledge and agree that any data and information submitted through the Portal, including Portal Submissions, should be assumed to be public and there is no expectation of privacy or confidentiality with respect to such data and information. All such data and information may be public posted and disclosed without restriction. Do not use the Portal if you do not consent to such disclosure. 

Portal Submissions: All Portal Submissions and related information that you provide to the Portal are automatically forwarded to the AFC Operators and the Federal Communication Commission, including the Enforcement Bureau. Portal Submissions and related information that you provide may also be made public and disclosed to other third parties without restriction.

Service Providers: We may transfer your information to our third-party service providers for the purpose of providing the Portal or facilitating your Portal Submission(s).

Other: We may also transfer your information: (i) to comply with a legal requirement, law, subpoena, judicial proceeding, court order, governmental request, or legal process; (ii) to investigate a possible crime, such as fraud or identity theft; (iii) in connection with the sale, purchase, merger, asset sale, financing, reorganization, liquidation or dissolution, including the evaluation thereof; (iv) when we believe it is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Wi-Fi Alliance or other persons, or (v) as otherwise required or permitted by law, including any contractual obligations of Wi-Fi Alliance.

International Transfer

The Portal is hosted in and operated from the United States. If you use the Portal from other countries with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from United States law, then please note that by providing any information to the Portal or by making a Portal Submission, you are voluntarily transferring your information outside of those regions to the United States.

Children's Privacy

The Portal is not intended for use by children under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18 in connection with the Portal.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about our privacy practices in connection with the Portal, please contact us.

The 6 GHz Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) Systems Interference Reporting Portal is provided solely for the purpose of enabling efficient and centralized means for the United States based fixed microwave service licensees and certain radio astronomy observatories to report potential harmful interference events to the approved 6 GHz AFC System Operators (ref. DA 24-166). Portal access is reserved for authorized users only. All information submitted through this portal is automatically shared with the approved 6 GHz AFC System Operators and the Federal Communication Commission, including the Enforcement Bureau.