Any legal dispute with Mixpanel must be resolved under California law in courts located in San Francisco, California — regardless of where your business is located.
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The clause standardizes the legal framework applicable to the agreement and centralizes dispute resolution in a specific geographic forum, eliminating the possibility of litigation in courts located in other jurisdictions where either party operates or is domiciled.
The updated terms remove a contractual protection that previously prohibited Mixpanel from treating individually identifiable data as Usage Data. Under the revised language, Mixpanel may now classify data that identifies or is attributable to specific individuals as Usage Data, potentially making such data subject to uses and disclosures beyond what the Customer Content exclusion permits. This broadens the category of data Mixpanel may process and analyze under the Usage Data definition. The terms do not provide a mechanism to opt out of this reclassification.
View change record →The updated terms establish an automatic 7% fee increase mechanism that takes effect upon each subscription renewal. Previously, subscription fees remained fixed for the duration of the subscription term, with new pricing becoming effective only at the start of a new subscription term and only if the parties agreed in writing. Under the revised language, fees will now automatically escalate by 7% upon commencement of each renewal term unless the parties expressly agree otherwise in writing. This shifts the default pricing behavior from fixed-term rates to automatic annual escalation.
View change record →If your business has a legal dispute with Mixpanel, you will be required to litigate in San Francisco, California courts under California law, which could create significant logistical and financial barriers for businesses located elsewhere, particularly international customers.
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"These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any legal action or proceeding arising under these Terms will be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in San Francisco, California, and the parties hereby consent to personal jurisdiction and venue therein.— Excerpt from Mixpanel's Mixpanel Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Governing law clauses in B2B SaaS agreements are generally enforceable under US conflict of laws principles. However, for EU-based customers, mandatory provisions of EU law — including GDPR, the P2B Regulation, and EU consumer contract directives — may override contractual choice-of-law provisions where they provide greater protections. Under Rome I Regulation (EC 593/2008) Art. 3, parties may choose governing law but cannot contract out of mandatory provisions of the applicable EU member state law. UK customers are subject to similar protections under the UK's retained EU law. (2)
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The clause standardizes the legal framework applicable to the agreement and centralizes dispute resolution in a specific geographic forum, eliminating the possibility of litigation in courts located in other jurisdictions where either party operates or is domiciled.
If your business has a legal dispute with Mixpanel, you will be required to litigate in San Francisco, California courts under California law, which could create significant logistical and financial barriers for businesses located elsewhere, particularly international customers.
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