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Court Disputes Must Be in San Francisco County

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any disputes or claims relating in any way to these Terms of Service or your use of the Twitch Services shall be resolved by a competent civil court in the country where you reside.

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If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration, the dispute shall be exclusively brought in state or federal court in San Francisco County, California.

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Document information
Document
Pinecone Terms of Service
Entity
Pinecone
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 12, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-061725
Document ID
CA-D-00802
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
2fc5379e0d50dfa7d8c1e444aa02aefd5350ca3037fe38b348f6c5ba80c4d45e
Analysis generated
May 12, 2026 15:38 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Pinecone
Document: Pinecone Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-061725
Captured: 2026-05-12 15:38:55 UTC
SHA-256: 2fc5379e0d50dfa7…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/pinecone/pinecone-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-061725/court-disputes-must-be-in-san-francisco-county/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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What does Pinecone's Court Disputes Must Be in San Francisco County clause do?

The clause states: “If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration, the dispute shall be exclusively brought in state or federal court in San Francisco County, California.”

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ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 272 platforms. See the full comparison.

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