If your use of the Databricks website causes a legal claim against Databricks, you personally agree to cover their legal costs and any resulting damages.
This provision means that if a third party sues Databricks because of something you did on their website, you are responsible for Databricks' legal defense costs and any resulting judgments — a potentially significant financial exposure for business users and developers.
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1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Indemnification clauses of this breadth implicate FTC Act Section 5 scrutiny where terms may be deemed unfair or deceptive if applied to ordinary consumers. California courts (Cal. Civ. Code §1668) may limit enforcement of indemnification clauses that purport to cover a party's own negligence. GDPR Art. 82 independently allocates data breach liability and cannot be contractually overridden. 2)
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