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Users are required to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Airtable and its affiliates, agents, and licensors from any claims, damages, losses, and expenses including attorney fees arising from the user's platform use, content, terms violations, third-party rights violations, legal violations, willful misconduct, or unauthorized use of their credentials.
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This provision establishes a broad unilateral indemnification obligation running from users to Airtable and its affiliates, covering a wide range of scenarios including claims arising from third-party access to the user's account with the user's credentials. The indemnification covers attorney fees and extends to Airtable's affiliated entities, agents, and licensors.
Interpretive note: The enforceability of indemnification obligations against individual consumers varies by jurisdiction and may be constrained by applicable consumer protection law.
The agreement requires users to cover Airtable's legal costs and damages arising from claims connected to the user's account activity, content, credential-based third-party access, or any legal violations, including claims involving Airtable's affiliates and licensors. This obligation includes attorney fees and applies to a broad set of triggering circumstances.
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"You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us and our affiliates, agents, suppliers, or licensors (and our and their employees, contractors, agents, officers, and directors) harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, debt, and expenses (including attorney's fees) arising from: (i) your access to or use of our Services; (ii) your violation of any aspect of these Terms, including your breach of any of your representations and warranties; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including any right of privacy or intellectual property rights; (iv) your violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation; (v) Your Content, including without limitation any misleading, false, or inaccurate information in Your Content; (vi) your willful misconduct; or (vii) any third party's access to or use of our Services with your username(s), password(s), or other security code(s).Excerpt from Airtable's Terms of Service
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Broad indemnification clauses are common in SaaS terms but may be subject to enforceability challenges in consumer contexts under applicable state law. EU consumer protection directives may limit the enforceability of indemnification obligations that impose disproportionate burdens on individual consumers. The FTC has general oversight over contract terms that may be unfair to consumers. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The indemnification scope covering claims arising from third-party access with the user's credentials is notable, as it places indemnification responsibility on users for unauthorized account use even when the user may not have been negligent in credential management, depending on the circumstances. Organizations operating Airtable accounts should assess this risk in the context of their account security practices. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: Consumer protection law in EU member states may limit the enforceability of unilateral indemnification obligations against individual consumers. California and other states may have consumer protection statutes that constrain the scope of consumer indemnification in standard form contracts. The enforceability of the attorney fees provision may vary by jurisdiction. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise legal teams should assess whether this indemnification provision is consistent with their organization's standard vendor contract terms and whether negotiation of enterprise-specific terms that modify this provision is available. The indemnification extends to Airtable's affiliates and licensors, which broadens the potential scope of covered claims. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations with employees accessing Airtable should address credential security and acceptable use policies to mitigate exposure under the third-party access indemnification trigger in clause (vii). Security incident response plans should account for the potential contractual indemnification exposure arising from unauthorized account access events.
This provision establishes a broad unilateral indemnification obligation running from users to Airtable and its affiliates, covering a wide range of scenarios including claims arising from third-party access to the user's account with the user's credentials. The indemnification covers attorney fees and extends to Airtable's affiliated entities, agents, and licensors.
The agreement requires users to cover Airtable's legal costs and damages arising from claims connected to the user's account activity, content, credential-based third-party access, or any legal violations, including claims involving Airtable's affiliates and licensors. This obligation includes attorney fees and applies to a broad set of triggering circumstances.
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