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If the data transfer were legally reclassified as a Sale or Share, it would trigger significantly different and more onerous obligations under US Privacy Laws for both parties; this clause makes the Customer responsible for avoiding that outcome.
Customers must not act in any way that would legally transform their data transfer to Perplexity AI into a Sale or Share, or undermine Perplexity AI's regulatory classification.
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"Customer shall not take any action that would render the provision of Personal Data to Perplexity hereunder a Sale or Share under US Privacy Laws or otherwise render Perplexity not a Service Provider or Processor under US Privacy Laws.— Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Data Processing Addendum
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If the data transfer were legally reclassified as a Sale or Share, it would trigger significantly different and more onerous obligations under US Privacy Laws for both parties; this clause makes the Customer responsible for avoiding that outcome.
Customers must not act in any way that would legally transform their data transfer to Perplexity AI into a Sale or Share, or undermine Perplexity AI's regulatory classification.
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