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This shifts the cost and burden of defending third-party litigation about Customer Data onto the Customer, provided LangChain's use of that data was authorized.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated and may contain further conditions (e.g., notice, cooperation, control of defense) that qualify the indemnification obligation but are not captured here.
The updated terms introduce a new deployment architecture option (BYOC) alongside existing Cloud and Hybrid options, giving customers more control over infrastructure placement. LangChain's explicit commitment to not use customer data for large language model training now has clear written language in the Terms, whereas the prior version only referenced 'products' generically. However, the expanded non-warranty clause now states the platform is not warranted to be 'accurate' or 'complete,' which broadens the disclaimers of liability. Customers should review which deployment option aligns with their infrastructure and compliance requirements.
View change record →If a third party sues LangChain because of your data, you are required to defend LangChain in that lawsuit, as long as LangChain was using your data in a way the Agreement permits.
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Your obligations in Section 6.2 (Indemnification by Customer) of this Agreement will apply to the extent permitted by applicable law, regulation, or procedure.
Any claim that any user submission made by you has caused damage to a third party
Customer shall have no liability under (a) to the extent a Claim Against Us arises from Synthesia Content or under (b) to the extent a Claim Against Us arises from our breach of the Contract.
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"Customer will defend LangChain from and against any third-party claim to the extent resulting from Customer Data, when used by LangChain as authorized in this Agreement...Excerpt from LangChain's Terms of Service
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This shifts the cost and burden of defending third-party litigation about Customer Data onto the Customer, provided LangChain's use of that data was authorized.
If a third party sues LangChain because of your data, you are required to defend LangChain in that lawsuit, as long as LangChain was using your data in a way the Agreement permits.
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