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The agreement authorizes PlanetScale to suspend customer and end user access to the product immediately upon notice based on PlanetScale's sole discretion determination across five enumerated trigger categories, including suspected security risks and potential third-party liability, while requiring customers to continue paying fees during the suspension period.
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This provision grants PlanetScale unilateral suspension authority triggered by subjective determinations including 'may subject PlanetScale to third party liability' and 'suspected unauthorized access,' with no stated cure period prior to suspension and no fee relief during the suspension. For organizations dependent on PlanetScale's database platform for production operations, this creates operational continuity risk.
Under this clause, PlanetScale may immediately suspend product access based on its sole discretion across broadly stated trigger categories, and customers remain obligated to pay all fees incurred during the suspension period. The agreement states that PlanetScale may lift the suspension at its sole discretion when the conditions giving rise to it have been resolved, without specifying a resolution timeline.
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"PlanetScale may suspend Customer or End User's right to access or use any portion or all of the Product immediately upon notice to Customer if PlanetScale, at it sole discretion, determines that: (i) Customer and/or any End User use of the Product poses a security risk to the Product, or any third party; (ii) Customer and/or any End User use of the Product may subject PlanetScale or its Affiliates to any third party liability; (iii) Customer or any End User use of the Product violates the AUP; (iv) there is suspected unauthorized third-party access to the Product; or (v) Customer is in breach of Section 2.2. If PlanetScale suspends Customer right to access or use any portion or all of the Product, Customer will remain responsible for all Fees incurred during the period of suspension.Excerpt from PlanetScale's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The suspension-while-billing provision may engage state consumer protection statutes in jurisdictions that require service delivery in exchange for continued fee obligations. The FTC's unfair practices authority is relevant where suspension criteria are broad and subjective. For EU/EEA customers, the provision may interact with applicable unfair contract terms directives, depending on whether the customer is characterized as a consumer or business entity under local law. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. The combination of immediate suspension authority based on subjective criteria (including 'may subject PlanetScale to liability') and continued billing obligations during suspension creates significant operational and financial exposure. The absence of a defined pre-suspension cure period for most trigger categories means customers have limited ability to remediate before access is interrupted. Organizations running production database workloads on PlanetScale face the highest operational exposure. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: California law governs this agreement. California courts have examined whether continued billing during service suspension constitutes an unfair business practice under the UCL in consumer contexts; applicability to B2B SaaS agreements is less established. EU/EEA customers should note that unfair contract terms directives may limit the enforceability of sole-discretion suspension clauses, particularly for small business customers in some member states. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement and vendor management teams should assess whether this suspension clause is compatible with internal SLA requirements and business continuity obligations. The SLA document referenced in the agreement at a separate URL should be reviewed to determine whether it provides any additional protections or cure rights during suspension periods. Enterprise customers should consider whether contractual modifications to this clause are warranted. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations should maintain documented backup and export procedures for Customer Content given the immediacy of potential suspension. Legal teams should review whether the continued billing obligation during suspension conflicts with any customer-side financial controls or accounts payable policies. The sole discretion standard for suspension and reinstatement should be evaluated against internal vendor risk management frameworks.
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This provision grants PlanetScale unilateral suspension authority triggered by subjective determinations including 'may subject PlanetScale to third party liability' and 'suspected unauthorized access,' with no stated cure period prior to suspension and no fee relief during the suspension. For organizations dependent on PlanetScale's database platform for production operations, this creates operational continuity risk.
Under this clause, PlanetScale may immediately suspend product access based on its sole discretion across broadly stated trigger categories, and customers remain obligated to pay all fees incurred during the suspension period. The agreement states that PlanetScale may lift the suspension at its sole discretion when the conditions giving rise to it have been resolved, without specifying a resolution timeline.
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