The agreement authorizes PlanetScale to terminate accounts inactive for 180 days with 30 days notice, and states that upon termination all access to Customer Content terminates with PlanetScale having no obligation to retain that content, though customers may export content in accordance with the Documentation.
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This provision establishes that customer data stored on PlanetScale may be deleted upon account termination, including termination for inactivity, with PlanetScale bearing no retention obligation post-termination. The export right is conditioned on the Documentation, which PlanetScale may modify, and the practical export window between termination notice and data deletion is not specified in the agreement text.
Under this clause, PlanetScale may terminate inactive accounts (180 days without access or fees) with 30 days notice, after which all Customer Content access terminates and PlanetScale has no obligation to retain or restore that content. The agreement states customers may export content pursuant to the Documentation before termination takes effect.
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Compare across platforms →"PlanetScale reserves the right to terminate the Agreement upon thirty (30) days' advance notice if, for a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days the Customer has not accessed the Product and has not incurred any Fees. [...] If the Agreement is terminated, then (i) all rights and access to the Product will terminate (including access to Customer Content, if applicable), unless otherwise described in this Agreement, and (ii) all Fees owed by Customer to PlanetScale will immediately due upon Customer's receipt of the final bill. Customer may export Customer Content in accordance with the Documentation, and PlanetScale is not obligated to retain Customer Content following termination of this Agreement.Excerpt from PlanetScale's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The data deletion provision upon termination may interact with customer-side data retention obligations under applicable law, including GDPR record retention requirements, HIPAA medical record retention standards, financial services record retention rules, and …
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This provision establishes that customer data stored on PlanetScale may be deleted upon account termination, including termination for inactivity, with PlanetScale bearing no retention obligation post-termination. The export right is conditioned on the Documentation, which PlanetScale may modify, and the practical export window between termination notice and data deletion is not specified in the agreement text.
Under this clause, PlanetScale may terminate inactive accounts (180 days without access or fees) with 30 days notice, after which all Customer Content access terminates and PlanetScale has no obligation to retain or restore that content. The agreement states customers may export content pursuant to the Documentation before termination takes effect.
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