Any legal dispute about these terms or the Databricks websites must be resolved under California law, regardless of where you are located.
If you have a legal dispute with Databricks about their website, you may be required to pursue it in California courts under California law, which can be costly and impractical for users located elsewhere in the US or internationally.
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1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Governing law clauses in consumer contracts are subject to challenge under EU Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 (Rome I), which preserves mandatory consumer protection laws of the consumer's home country for EU residents. UK Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 provides analogous protections. In the US, forum selection clauses in consumer contracts face scrutiny under the FTC Act and state consumer protection statutes. 2)
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