Legal

Attributions & Data Licences

Last updated: 6 June 2026

This is a plain-language legal document written for clarity. It does not constitute legal advice. Defined terms are used consistently across our legal pages.

GeoQ is built on a mix of our own work and high-quality third-party and public data. We're required — and glad — to credit our sources. If you use GeoQ on the Free tier, you must preserve the attribution described below (see the Acceptable Use Policy).

Required attribution

IP geolocation data by DB-IP (https://db-ip.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Datacenter detection uses publicly published IP ranges from AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure; Tor detection uses the Tor Project public exit list.

Details

IP geolocation — DB-IP (CC BY 4.0)

Country, region, city, latitude/longitude and timezone data is provided by DB-IP under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. CC BY 4.0 requires that attribution be preserved. The site footer carries a "Powered by DB-IP" link for this reason.

Datacenter detection — published cloud ranges

Datacenter and cloud detection uses publicly published IP ranges from major providers, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. These ranges are published by the providers themselves and are used to identify hosting IPs and attribute a provider where possible.

Tor detection — Tor Project public exit list

Tor exit-node detection uses the Tor Project's publicly published exit list. We are grateful to the Tor Project for maintaining this public resource.

Using GeoQ on the Free tier

On the Free tier you must display a visible attribution that preserves the credit above (a "Powered by GeoQ & DB-IP" link to this page is sufficient). Paid plans remove the visible-attribution requirement, but the underlying third-party licences (e.g. CC BY 4.0) still apply to the data.

Questions

For licensing questions, contact support@geoq.io.