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The updated Terms of Service remove previous promotional language including referral bonuses (previously described as $5-$500 random credit bonuses) and product feature descriptions. The revised document now explicitly states it is a legally binding agreement between you and RunPod, Inc., with a last-updated date of March 24, 2026. No new restrictions or obligations are introduced by this change; the restructuring primarily formalizes the legal framework and eliminates marketing content that previously appeared within the terms document.
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We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures designed to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Investing in industry-leading approaches to advance safety and security research and benchmarks, pioneering technical solutions to address risks, and sharing our learnings with the ecosystem.
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage, and disclosure of customer personal information.
"you are responsible for protecting all data...virtual machine guests, operating system(s)...as well as security configuration of the Service...including but not limited to firewall, load balancer, object storage, block storage, IP and DNS configuration.Excerpt from RunPod's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “you are responsible for protecting all data...virtual machine guests, operating system(s)...as well as security configuration of the Service...including but not limited to firewall, load balancer, object storage, block storage, IP and DNS configuration.”
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