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Export Controls and Prohibited Country Restriction

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Runway High

the Services may not be exported or re-exported (a) into any United States embargoed countries, or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce's Denied Person's List...

Datadog High

comply with Applicable Laws administered by the U.S. Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control or other governmental entity imposing export controls and trade sanctions...

Leonardo AI High

You hereby represent and warrant that: (1) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country...

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Customer agrees that it shall not export or re-export, directly or indirectly, the Services and/or other information or materials provided by Perplexity hereunder, to any country for which the United States or any other relevant jurisdiction requires any export license...

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Document information
Document
Perplexity API Terms of Service
Entity
Perplexity AI
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-061743
Document ID
CA-D-00761
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
2cce8939aea0b3bb7eb2569935589c802dd198134cfb395548e9549323755a2d
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 03:38 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Perplexity AI
Document: Perplexity API Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-061743
Captured: 2026-07-09 03:38:46 UTC
SHA-256: 2cce8939aea0b3bb…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/perplexity-ai/perplexity-api-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-061743/export-controls-and-prohibited-country-restriction/
Accessed: Aug. 2, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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What does Perplexity AI's Export Controls and Prohibited Country Restriction clause do?

The clause states: “Customer agrees that it shall not export or re-export, directly or indirectly, the Services and/or other information or materials provided by Perplexity hereunder, to any country for which the United States or any other relevant jurisdiction requires any export license...”

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ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 183 platforms. See the full comparison.

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