All legal disputes about these terms will be decided under California law, regardless of where you live.
Non-California users — including international users — must understand that their legal rights under this contract are assessed under California law, which may differ significantly from their local consumer protection statutes.
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Compare across platforms →California law governs your rights under this contract, which may be more or less favorable than the laws of your home state or country — and EU/UK users may have additional statutory rights that California law does not override.
1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: California choice-of-law provisions are governed by the California Conflict of Laws principles and the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws. For EU users, Rome I Regulation (EC 593/2008) on the law applicable to contractual obligations limits parties' ability to deprive EU consumers of protections afforded by mandatory provisions of their home state law. UK courts apply similar principles under the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990. GDPR Article 79 ensures EU data subjects retain the right to lodge complaints with their local supervisory authority regardless of governing law clauses. 2)
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