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Affiliate Claims must be brought by Customer and subject to liability cap

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Key Facts

How are claims brought by Authorized Affiliates treated?
Pinecone requires that all claims brought by Authorized Affiliates be treated as claims made by the Customer and be subject to the Agreement's liability restrictions, including any aggregate limitation of liability.
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This analysis describes what Pinecone's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Consolidating Affiliate claims under the Customer's cap prevents Affiliates from independently seeking damages beyond the agreed aggregate ceiling, effectively limiting total recoverable amounts.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4260 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Customers whose Affiliates suffer harm cannot recover more than the Agreement's aggregate liability cap allows, because Affiliate claims count against that same limit.

How other platforms handle this

ActiveCampaign Medium

If you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Services is infringing, you may be liable to ActiveCampaign for certain costs and damages.

Leonardo AI Medium

A party's liability for any Liability under these Terms will be reduced proportionately to the extent the relevant Liability was caused or contributed to by the actions (or inactions) of the other party...

Netflix Medium

The Netflix service and/or some of the Netflix content may not be available at any time as a result of events beyond our reasonable control...we will not be held liable should such events occur.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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all Authorized Affiliate Claims shall be considered claims made by Customer and shall be subject to any liability restrictions set forth in the Agreement, including any aggregate limitation of liability.

Excerpt from Pinecone's Data Processing Addendum

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act - High Risk Provisions
EU

Provision details

Document information
Document
Pinecone Data Processing Addendum
Entity
Pinecone
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 12, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-062657
Document ID
CA-D-00819
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
6739c1b24f308fd33ea0ba855e0cd3f23e6263aa19fc31a23807edd6e588fdb6
Analysis generated
May 12, 2026 16:30 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Pinecone
Document: Pinecone Data Processing Addendum
Record ID: CA-P-062657
Captured: 2026-05-12 16:30:29 UTC
SHA-256: 6739c1b24f308fd3…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/pinecone/pinecone-data-processing-addendum/provision/CA-P-062657/affiliate-claims-must-be-brought-by-customer-and-subject-to-liability-cap/
Accessed: Sept. 8, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Pinecone's Affiliate Claims must be brought by Customer and subject to liability cap clause do?

Consolidating Affiliate claims under the Customer's cap prevents Affiliates from independently seeking damages beyond the agreed aggregate ceiling, effectively limiting total recoverable amounts.

How does this clause affect you?

Customers whose Affiliates suffer harm cannot recover more than the Agreement's aggregate liability cap allows, because Affiliate claims count against that same limit.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 287 platforms. See the full comparison.

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