Terms of Service

Last updated: November 10, 2026

1. Introduction

These terms apply when you use the website alsok.org, the API under alsok.org/api/ and the Telegram bot of the transcription tool (together, the "Service"). By using the Service you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

Operator: the Service is operated by Alexander Sokolov ("Alsok"), 25/9, MOO.6, Bo Phut, Ko Samui, Surat Thani, 84320, Thailand. Contact: [email protected].

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service. If you use it on behalf of an organization, you confirm that you are allowed to accept these terms for it.

3. The Service

alsok.org is a personal research lab: tools for financial data and documents, an API with exchange rates, and a blog. Some tools are marked beta or in development.

The Service is free. There are no paid plans and nothing to refund. Tools, limits and the API can change, pause or be removed. We try to announce changes that break the API in the API documentation, but we do not promise advance notice.

4. Accounts and API keys

You can use most of the Service without an account. An account raises the limits and lets you create API keys.

You sign in with a one-time code sent to your email. Whoever controls the mailbox controls the account.
Keep your API keys secret. You are responsible for requests made with them. Revoke a key if it leaks.
One person, one account. Do not create accounts to get around limits.

We may suspend or delete an account or a key that breaks these terms or puts the Service at risk.

5. API and limits

The limits for anonymous and account use are published in the API documentation and on the page of each tool. They can change.

Do not get around the limits with several accounts, keys or IP addresses.
Send a User-Agent that names your client.
You may build the API into your own apps, scripts and agents.
Do not resell the API itself as your own service.

The API comes without a service level agreement. It can be slow, unavailable or changed. We may block traffic that harms the Service.

6. Exchange rates and other data

This section matters most if you rely on the numbers.

Source data belongs to its publishers. Rates come from central banks, tax authorities and other public bodies, and from trading venues. Every answer names its source and links the stored original. The publishers' own terms apply to their data. Keep the source attribution when you pass the data on.
No affiliation. alsok.org is an independent service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any publisher it quotes, including the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Treasury, the IRS, HMRC, the Bank of Canada and any trading venue. Their names are used only to say where a number comes from.
For information only. We return rates as published and do the arithmetic described in the documentation. We do not guarantee that a rate is accurate, complete, current or fit for your purpose. A publisher can correct or withdraw a figure after we stored it.
Not advice. Nothing on the Service is financial, investment, tax, accounting or legal advice. Which rate your tax return, contract or report requires is your decision or your adviser's. Check the number against the original publication before you file or sign anything.
Market prices are not offers. A market price is a snapshot from a venue at a moment in time. It is not a quote you can trade on and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.

7. Your content

Files you upload and the transcripts made from them remain yours.

You give us a temporary, non-exclusive permission to process your files only as far as needed to return the result to you.
You confirm that you have the right to upload the file, and that recording and transcribing the people in it is lawful where you are.
Audio is sent to a speech recognition provider for processing. The Privacy Policy names it and says how long files and transcripts are kept.
Transcripts are made by a machine and contain mistakes. Check them before you rely on them.

8. Acceptable use

Do not:

upload malware, or content that is illegal or that you have no right to share;
attack, overload or probe the Service, or try to reach data that is not yours;
scrape the website in bulk when the API gives the same data;
use the Service to break the law or the rights of others.

9. Intellectual property

The code, design, texts and blog articles of the Service belong to the operator, unless a page says otherwise. Open-source parts keep their own licences. Rates and source documents belong to their publishers or are in the public domain, as each publisher states.

You may quote the blog with a link to the article. You may use the results the tools give you for any lawful purpose.

10. Feedback

If you send ideas or bug reports, we may use them to improve the Service without owing you anything.

11. No warranty

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU USE THE SERVICE AND ITS DATA AT YOUR OWN RISK.

12. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, THE OPERATOR IS NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, FOR LOST PROFITS OR DATA, OR FOR TAXES, PENALTIES AND TRADING LOSSES THAT FOLLOW FROM USING OR NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE SERVICE OR ITS DATA. THE OPERATOR'S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM IS LIMITED TO USD 50.

Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

13. Termination

You can stop using the Service at any time. To delete your account and its data, write to [email protected] from the address of the account. We may suspend or end access as described in section 4. Sections 6, 9, 11, 12, 15 and 16 continue to apply after that.

14. Changes to these terms

When these terms change, we publish the new text on this page with a new "Last updated" date. If the change is material, we also email registered users at least 14 days before it takes effect. If you keep using the Service after the change takes effect, you accept the new terms.

15. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Kingdom of Thailand. If you are a consumer in the European Union or another country whose law gives you mandatory protection, you keep that protection.

16. Dispute resolution

Write to us first. We will try to settle any dispute informally within 30 days. If that fails, the courts of Surat Thani Province, Thailand, have exclusive jurisdiction. Consumers in the European Union may also bring a claim in the courts of the country where they live.

17. Severability

If a court finds part of these terms invalid, the rest stays in force.

18. Contact us

[email protected]

Alexander Sokolov, 25/9, MOO.6, Bo Phut, Ko Samui, Surat Thani, 84320, Thailand.