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User Indemnifies Datadog for Claims Arising from Use

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Key Facts

What must users defend, indemnify, and hold harmless?
Datadog requires users to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Datadog, its affiliates, and their respective employees, contractors, agents, officers, and directors from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, and losses.
From whom must users defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Datadog?
Datadog requires users to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Datadog, its affiliates, and their respective employees, contractors, agents, officers, and directors from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, and losses.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Users bear financial and legal responsibility for defending and compensating Datadog and a broad set of affiliated parties against claims and losses, with no monetary cap stated in this clause.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after 'losses'; the full clause likely specifies the circumstances or nexus required to trigger the indemnification obligation (e.g., arising from the user's use of the Site). Without that language, the canonical claim states only what is explicitly present, and the triggering conditions are recorded in omitted_material.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 935 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users are required to bear the cost of defending and indemnifying Datadog and its affiliated personnel against any and all claims, damages, obligations, and losses.

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You will cooperate as fully required by the Chegg Parties in the defense of any claim.

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Any claim that any user submission made by you has caused damage to a third party

Hugging Face Medium

You will indemnify us for any taxes relating to your purchase or use of the Services, except for taxes relating to our income.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Datadog, its affiliates and their respective employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses...

Excerpt from Datadog's Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Datadog Terms of Use
Entity
Datadog
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 21, 2026
Last verified
May 21, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-049748
Document ID
CA-D-00545
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
5c905856e5b40a8f210851f8d02dc7a69ec1640588bce63ce5f0ff2b40990667
Analysis generated
May 21, 2026 01:57 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Datadog
Document: Datadog Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-049748
Captured: 2026-05-21 01:57:31 UTC
SHA-256: 5c905856e5b40a8f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/datadog/datadog-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-049748/user-indemnifies-datadog-for-claims-arising-from-use/
Accessed: Sept. 8, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Datadog's User Indemnifies Datadog for Claims Arising from Use clause do?

Users bear financial and legal responsibility for defending and compensating Datadog and a broad set of affiliated parties against claims and losses, with no monetary cap stated in this clause.

How does this clause affect you?

Users are required to bear the cost of defending and indemnifying Datadog and its affiliated personnel against any and all claims, damages, obligations, and losses.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 229 platforms. See the full comparison.

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