“DeepL shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement by written notice with immediate effect for good cause if the Customer is or becomes a Sanctioned Party.”
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A customer's sanctions status — including a status acquired after the Agreement is signed — is a trigger for immediate termination, with no cure period.
Interpretive note: The excerpt characterises the termination as being 'for good cause', which may carry legal significance in the governing jurisdiction but is treated here as a secondary descriptor rather than the primary proposition.
The updated terms explicitly state that audio files are now included in the definition of 'Content' and that all Content is processed by DeepL's machine learning infrastructure. This formalizes what may have been implicit practice and clarifies the scope of data subject to machine learning processing. The terms also introduce a new access method through third-party AI assistant applications via DeepL's Model Context Protocol endpoint; usage through this pathway counts toward your subscription's usage limits and volumes. You can review the Service Specification for details on how third-party application access operates.
View change record →If you are or become a Sanctioned Party at any point, DeepL is entitled to end the Agreement immediately by written notice.
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"DeepL shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement by written notice with immediate effect for good cause if the Customer is or becomes a Sanctioned Party.Excerpt from DeepL's Terms and Conditions
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A customer's sanctions status — including a status acquired after the Agreement is signed — is a trigger for immediate termination, with no cure period.
If you are or become a Sanctioned Party at any point, DeepL is entitled to end the Agreement immediately by written notice.
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