Netflix provides its service without guarantees, and the terms state you waive the right to claim consequential or indirect damages from Netflix, though mandatory local consumer rights are preserved.
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This provision establishes the service availability standard Netflix maintains and defines the scope of damages recoverable in disputes. The carve-out for mandatory consumer protections ensures compliance with jurisdictional law while limiting contractual warranty obligations otherwise.
Interpretive note: Enforceability of the consequential damages waiver and 'as is' disclaimer varies significantly across covered jurisdictions, many of which provide non-waivable statutory quality and performance guarantees for digital services.
The updated terms now require users to resolve most disputes with Netflix through binding arbitration rather than in court, unless users exercise a time-limited right to opt out. Under the revised language, disputes will not be decided by a judge or jury. The terms state that Section 6 contains full details of this requirement. You can review Section 6 to understand your opt-out rights and the time period available to exercise them.
View change record →The updated terms introduce a new account category called 'Extra Members,' described as users who do not live in the same household as the Account Owner, available where the feature is offered. The terms now explicitly require that any person creating a Netflix account must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in their jurisdiction. The revised language also clarifies that some Netflix content and features may be accessed without creating an account or providing a payment method, while other options require a subscription. These changes formalize previously implicit account structures and establish age-gated account creation.
View change record →The updated Terms of Use clarify how Netflix membership operates and what users authorize by continuing service. The revised language explicitly defines the Netflix service as a personalized subscription enabling discovery and access to content, and states that membership continues until terminated and that Netflix may charge the user's payment method on each billing cycle unless the user cancels before the billing date. The updated terms no longer include the prior version's prominent language describing mandatory arbitration requirements and dispute resolution procedures, creating a material gap in documented dispute resolution authority compared to the previous terms.
View change record →The terms state you waive claims for special, indirect, and consequential damages against Netflix, meaning losses beyond the direct cost of your subscription (such as losses resulting from service unavailability) may not be recoverable under these terms, subject to mandatory local law protections.
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"The Netflix service is provided "as is" and without warranty or condition. In particular, our service may not be uninterrupted or error-free. You waive all special, indirect and consequential damages against us. These terms will not limit any non-waivable warranties or consumer protection rights that you may be entitled to under the mandatory laws of your country of residence.— Excerpt from Netflix's Netflix Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Disclaimer and limitation of liability clauses in consumer contracts are subject to unfair terms review under consumer protection frameworks in most covered jurisdictions, including Singapore's UCTA-equivalent provisions, Australia's Australian Consumer Law, and the EU Unfair Contract Terms Directive. The 'as is' disclaimer and consequential damages waiver may be unenforceable in whole or in part in jurisdictions where implied warranties of fitness or satisfactory quality are non-waivable by statute. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The mandatory law carve-out partially mitigates enforceability risk, but the breadth of the waiver (covering all special, indirect, and consequential damages) may exceed what courts in several covered jurisdictions would enforce against consumers. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: Australia (statutory guarantees under ACL are non-waivable), EU/EEA (non-conformity rights under Directive 2019/770 on digital content contracts), and South Korea create the highest exposure for enforceability challenges to the warranty disclaimer. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: The 'as is' disclaimer does not affect Netflix's obligations under applicable mandatory law, and legal teams should not treat this clause as eliminating statutory quality or performance obligations in jurisdictions where such obligations exist. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should assess whether service level commitments or quality obligations imposed by mandatory local law in each covered territory require supplemental disclosure or terms that contradict the 'as is' framing.
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This provision establishes the service availability standard Netflix maintains and defines the scope of damages recoverable in disputes. The carve-out for mandatory consumer protections ensures compliance with jurisdictional law while limiting contractual warranty obligations otherwise.
The terms state you waive claims for special, indirect, and consequential damages against Netflix, meaning losses beyond the direct cost of your subscription (such as losses resulting from service unavailability) may not be recoverable under these terms, subject to mandatory local law protections.
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