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This prohibition shifts responsibility for excluding highly sensitive data categories entirely to the Customer, and any violation would constitute a breach of the Customer's contractual obligations.
Customers are contractually barred from submitting sensitive data categories—such as health, biometric, or criminal-record data—to Pinecone's services.
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This prohibition shifts responsibility for excluding highly sensitive data categories entirely to the Customer, and any violation would constitute a breach of the Customer's contractual obligations.
Customers are contractually barred from submitting sensitive data categories—such as health, biometric, or criminal-record data—to Pinecone's services.
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