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Unilateral Terms Modification with 10-Day Notice

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The 10-day modification window is a short notice period that places an ongoing monitoring obligation on users, particularly enterprise customers operating under negotiated agreements, as continued use constitutes acceptance without requiring affirmative consent.

Interpretive note: The enforceability of constructive acceptance through continued use following website-only notice may vary by jurisdiction, particularly in EU member states and under UK consumer law.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

The agreement authorizes Hugging Face to modify, suspend, or discontinue any service at any time without notice and without liability to users, which may affect access to hosted models, datasets, and inference endpoints. Content posted to public repositories is subject to a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license granted to all platform users, meaning that once content is made public, that license cannot be withdrawn. You can set repositories to private to limit this public license grant, though Hugging Face retains its own service-operation license regardless of repository visibility.

How other platforms handle this

Google Medium

We'll provide you with reasonable advance notice before we make material changes to these terms or the services, and the opportunity to review them, except that we may make changes at any time in certain situations, like when we make changes for legal or regulatory reasons, or changes related to new...

ClickUp Medium

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material we will try to provide at least 30 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.

Starbucks Medium

Starbucks reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will post the most current version of these Terms on the Service. If we make material changes, we may notify you by email or by posting a notice on the Service prior to the effective date of the changes. Your continued use of the Ser...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We may change or update the Terms from time to time. Changes will be effective 10 days following posting on the Website. If you continue using the Services 10 days following such posting, that means you accept those changes.

— Excerpt from Hugging Face's Hugging Face Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

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European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
Hugging Face Terms of Service
Entity
Hugging Face
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 11, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-010788
Document ID
CA-D-00331
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
8ce2426fe4c652c69e1191fed441ac315d0276cfc94060f1988ef1cfe27a2b06
Analysis generated
May 11, 2026 06:05 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Hugging Face
Document: Hugging Face Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-010788
Captured: 2026-05-11 06:05:25 UTC
SHA-256: 8ce2426fe4c652c6…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/hugging-face/hugging-face-terms-of-service/unilateral-terms-modification-with-10-day-notice/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Hugging Face's Unilateral Terms Modification with 10-Day Notice clause do?

The 10-day modification window is a short notice period that places an ongoing monitoring obligation on users, particularly enterprise customers operating under negotiated agreements, as continued use constitutes acceptance without requiring affirmative consent.

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