You are fully legally responsible for everything you upload or share on Hugging Face, including content uploaded by anyone you have authorized to use your account.
Users are personally and fully liable for all content posted under their account, including by authorized third parties — organizations using shared accounts or team access should implement strong internal access controls and content review processes.
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Compare across platforms →This clause makes account holders liable not just for their own uploads but for actions taken by anyone using their account, including employees or collaborators — meaning one team member's violation could expose the account owner to full liability.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates 17 U.S.C. §512 (DMCA safe harbor) — users, not Hugging Face, bear primary liability for infringing content they upload, consistent with the platform's DMCA safe harbor positioning. It also engages EU Digital Services Act (DSA) Article 6 liability framework, which distinguishes between platform and user responsibility. Under GDPR Article 82, data subjects may seek damages from any party — including uploading users — responsible for unlawful processing of personal data in uploaded datasets. (2)
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