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Customer Retains Ownership of Customer Data

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Key Facts

Who owns Customer Data and Customer Confidential Information?
LangChain establishes that Customer Data and Customer Confidential Information are and will remain owned exclusively by the Customer, the User, or their licensors, as applicable.
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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Exclusive ownership retained by the Customer means LangChain cannot claim ownership rights over Customer Data or Customer Confidential Information.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium May 22, 2026

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.

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Clause Stability Stable

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Changes
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Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 2585 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

LangChain cannot assert ownership over your data or confidential information; ownership stays with you, your users, or your licensors.

How other platforms handle this

Stability AI Medium

As between you and Stability, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you retain your ownership right in the Inputs that you submit.

Mixpanel Medium

as between Mixpanel and Customer, Customer reserves all right, title and interest in and to the Customer Content, including all related intellectual property rights.

Minecraft Medium

The Microsoft Services Agreement says "Your Content remains Your Content"...We don't own the original stuff that you create.

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As between Customer and LangChain, Customer Data and Customer Confidential Information are and will remain owned exclusively by Customer, the User, or their licensors, as applicable.

Excerpt from LangChain's Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
LangChain Terms of Service
Entity
LangChain
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-063616
Document ID
CA-D-00804
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
746536421de2b228192ab3641f2d2338717f2e08809c05631b58e42d4efcf096
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 03:53 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: LangChain
Document: LangChain Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-063616
Captured: 2026-07-09 03:53:59 UTC
SHA-256: 746536421de2b228…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/langchain/langchain-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-063616/customer-retains-ownership-of-customer-data/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does LangChain's Customer Retains Ownership of Customer Data clause do?

Exclusive ownership retained by the Customer means LangChain cannot claim ownership rights over Customer Data or Customer Confidential Information.

How does this clause affect you?

LangChain cannot assert ownership over your data or confidential information; ownership stays with you, your users, or your licensors.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 256 platforms. See the full comparison.

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