You agree to waive your right to participate in class action lawsuits against Ideogram, meaning you can only bring individual claims.
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Class action waivers prevent users from joining together to pursue shared grievances, which can make it economically impractical to challenge small-scale harms that affect many users simultaneously.
If Ideogram's practices harm you in a way that also affects many other users, this clause means you cannot join a class action lawsuit and must pursue any claim individually, which may not be economically viable for small-value disputes.
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YOU AND UNITY AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE BREACH, TERMINATION, ENFORCEMENT, INTERPRETATION OR VALIDITY THEREOF OR THE USE OF THE SERVICES (COLLECTIVELY, "DISPUTES") WILL BE SETTLED BY BINDING ARBITRATION, EXCEPT THAT EACH PARTY RETAIN...
CLASS ACTION WAIVER. You and OpenAI agree that any claims must be brought in your respective individual capacities, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding. Unless we agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims....
YOU AND LIME AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
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"TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND IDEOGRAM EACH AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.— Excerpt from Ideogram's Ideogram Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Class action waivers in consumer contracts interact with FTC consumer protection authority and have been subject to regulatory scrutiny. California's Supreme Court has addressed the enforceability of class action waivers bundled with arbitration clauses, and the clause's applicability is qualified by the phrase 'to the extent permitted by law,' acknowledging jurisdictional limits. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. The practical effect of a class action waiver is to reduce the aggregated litigation risk to Ideogram from widespread but individually small consumer harms. This is a significant restriction on collective consumer remedies and is not universally enforceable. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and UK law generally does not permit class action waivers of this type in consumer contracts. In the U.S., enforceability depends on whether the arbitration clause itself is enforceable and whether any specific state exemptions apply. The phrase 'to the extent permitted by law' provides some jurisdictional flexibility in the document language. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers should review whether this waiver applies to their commercial relationship with Ideogram or only to consumer users, and whether separate enterprise agreements modify this term. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should monitor evolving regulatory positions on class action waivers in AI platform agreements, particularly as consumer protection regulators increase scrutiny of generative AI services. The opt-out mechanism for arbitration also applies to this waiver, so tracking opt-out deadlines for relevant accounts remains a priority.
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Class action waivers prevent users from joining together to pursue shared grievances, which can make it economically impractical to challenge small-scale harms that affect many users simultaneously.
If Ideogram's practices harm you in a way that also affects many other users, this clause means you cannot join a class action lawsuit and must pursue any claim individually, which may not be economically viable for small-value disputes.
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