The document lists AWS, Azure, and GCP as optional sub-processors for the cross-region inference feature of Snowflake's Cortex service, meaning Customer Data processed through Cortex cross-region inference may be routed to a cloud provider and region different from the customer's primary deployment region.
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This provision discloses that activating the Cortex cross-region inference feature may route Customer Data through sub-processors and regions beyond those selected by the customer for primary cloud infrastructure, which has direct implications for data residency requirements and transfer impact assessments.
Interpretive note: The specific regions through which Customer Data may be routed during cross-region inference are described in Snowflake's external Documentation rather than in this page, requiring customers to consult that documentation to fully assess transfer scope.
Under this provision, customers using the Cortex cross-region inference feature may have Customer Data processed by cloud sub-processors operating in regions outside their selected deployment region, with SCCs as the stated transfer mechanism for such flows.
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See how other platforms handle Cortex Cross-Region Inference Sub-Processor Engagement and similar clauses.
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(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Cross-region data flows triggered by optional features engage GDPR Chapter V transfer requirements and equivalent obligations under the UK GDPR.
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This provision discloses that activating the Cortex cross-region inference feature may route Customer Data through sub-processors and regions beyond those selected by the customer for primary cloud infrastructure, which has direct implications for data residency requirements and transfer impact assessments.
Under this provision, customers using the Cortex cross-region inference feature may have Customer Data processed by cloud sub-processors operating in regions outside their selected deployment region, with SCCs as the stated transfer mechanism for such flows.
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