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Failure to act within the 14-day window eliminates Box's obligation to preserve Content and may result in permanent loss of that Content.
The updated terms establish that Box may bill customers automatically for consumption of enterprise-wide service resources (API Calls, AI Units) that exceed entitlements associated with the customer's service level. Previously, the terms only mentioned that 'additional fees will be due' if Platform Use Limits were exceeded, but the new language creates explicit billing procedures, pricing references, and usage control mechanisms. The agreement now authorizes Box to provide usage reports identifying overage, charge customers for excess resource consumption, and implement technical controls including throttling, rate limiting, or temporary service suspension until overage charges are paid. Users can contact Box through its web form or email to dispute usage reports, but the terms reserve all other contractual and statutory remedies to Box.
View change record →A reader has a 14-day window after termination to request their stored Content; after that window, Box has no obligation to maintain it and it may not be retrievable.
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In the event of Account deletion for any reason, the Company may, but is not obligated to, delete any of Your Content. the Company shall not be responsible for the failure to delete or deletion of Your Content.
Customer Content is hosted in Mixpanel's data center in the United States or the European Economic Area, as elected by Customer, or, if purchased by Customer, in India.
We retain Commercial Content as necessary to provide our services to users, for internal record keeping, and for product improvement and safety purposes.
"You must make such request within fourteen (14) days following termination otherwise, any Content you have stored with the Services may not be retrievable and we will have no obligation to maintain Content stored in your account after this fourteen (14) day period.Excerpt from Box's Terms of Service
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Failure to act within the 14-day window eliminates Box's obligation to preserve Content and may result in permanent loss of that Content.
A reader has a 14-day window after termination to request their stored Content; after that window, Box has no obligation to maintain it and it may not be retrievable.
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