Hugging Face limits its financial responsibility to you by excluding liability for lost data, lost profits, or indirect harms caused by using the platform — even if these losses result from Hugging Face's own actions.
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The clause narrows the categories of recoverable damages in disputes involving the service. By excluding indirect and consequential damages, the provision establishes a defined scope for potential liability exposure, which affects the remedies available through dispute resolution processes.
Users who experience data loss, security incidents, or business disruption due to Hugging Face platform failures have severely limited legal recourse for recovering lost profits, lost data, or consequential damages — a significant risk for businesses with critical ML infrastructure on the platform.
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"TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES.— Excerpt from Hugging Face's Hugging Face Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Limitation of liability clauses are governed by state contract law (UCC Article 2 and common law) in the U.S., and by Directive 93/13/EEC (Unfair Contract Terms Directive) in the EU, which may render blanket consequential damage exclusions unenforceable against consumers in member states. The EU Product Liability Directive reform (2024) may impose non-waivable liability for AI system failures causing harm. (2)
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The clause narrows the categories of recoverable damages in disputes involving the service. By excluding indirect and consequential damages, the provision establishes a defined scope for potential liability exposure, which affects the remedies available through dispute resolution processes.
Users who experience data loss, security incidents, or business disruption due to Hugging Face platform failures have severely limited legal recourse for recovering lost profits, lost data, or consequential damages — a significant risk for businesses with critical ML infrastructure on the platform.
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