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Liability cap at six months of fees paid

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Key Facts

What is PlanetScale and its Affiliates' aggregate and cumulative liability limited to?
PlanetScale and its Affiliates' aggregate and cumulative liability under the Agreement is limited to direct damages not exceeding the total fees paid to PlanetScale during the six months immediately preceding the time the claim arose.
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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The cap ties maximum recoverable damages to a fixed historical payment window, which may be substantially lower than actual losses suffered.

Interpretive note: The excerpt contains an ellipsis, suggesting intervening text is omitted. The canonical claim reflects only the language explicitly present.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Readers can recover from PlanetScale and its Affiliates only direct damages, and only up to the fees they paid in the six months before their claim arose.

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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PLANETSCALE AND ITS AFFILIATES' AGGREGATE AND CUMULATIVE LIABILITY...WILL BE LIMITED TO DIRECT DAMAGES AND WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES PAID TO PLANETSCALE DURING THE SIX (6) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE TIME THE CLAIM AROSE.

Excerpt from PlanetScale's Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
PlanetScale Terms of Service
Entity
PlanetScale
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 12, 2026
Last verified
July 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-072885
Document ID
CA-D-00683
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
66f4acad5ba0274c92946f618cbb71bc8537e8d2abef828139e0c429c54ca79d
Analysis generated
July 12, 2026 15:44 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: PlanetScale
Document: PlanetScale Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-072885
Captured: 2026-07-12 15:44:57 UTC
SHA-256: 66f4acad5ba0274c…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/planetscale/planetscale-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-072885/liability-cap-at-six-months-of-fees-paid/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does PlanetScale's Liability cap at six months of fees paid clause do?

The cap ties maximum recoverable damages to a fixed historical payment window, which may be substantially lower than actual losses suffered.

How does this clause affect you?

Readers can recover from PlanetScale and its Affiliates only direct damages, and only up to the fees they paid in the six months before their claim arose.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 292 platforms. See the full comparison.

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