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+# Disclaimer
+©2016 Niantic, Inc. ©2016 Pokémon. ©1995–2016 Nintendo / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK inc. © 2016 Pokémon/Nintendo Pokémon and Pokémon character names are trademarks of Nintendo. The Google Maps Pin is a trademark of Google Inc. and the trade dress in the product design is a trademark of Google Inc. under license to The Pokémon Company. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
+[Privacy Policy](http://www.pokemon.com/us/privacy-policy/)
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+[PokemonGo-Bot](https://github.com/PokemonGoF/PokemonGo-Bot) is intended for academic purposes and should not be used to play the game *PokemonGo* as it violates the TOS and is unfair to the community. Use the bot **at your own risk**.
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+[PokemonGoF](https://github.com/PokemonGoF) does not support the use of 3rd party apps or apps that violate the TOS.
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 # PokemonGo-Bot
 PokemonGo bot is a project created by the [PokemonGoF](https://github.com/PokemonGoF) team.