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Acceptable Use Policy

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What it is

You are prohibited from using Snowflake's platform to store illegal content, send malware, hack other systems, or violate any laws or third-party privacy rights — and you are responsible for ensuring your authorized users comply with these restrictions too.

This analysis describes what Snowflake's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The AUP makes customers legally responsible for how every person they grant access to the platform uses it, including employees and contractors, which creates internal compliance and monitoring obligations.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Every business using Snowflake is legally responsible for ensuring their employees and authorized users do not violate the platform's acceptable use rules — violations by any user can trigger account suspension and indemnification obligations.

How other platforms handle this

Adyen Medium

You agree to comply with Adyen's Acceptable Use Policy, as updated from time to time, which forms part of these Terms and Conditions. Adyen reserves the right to update the Acceptable Use Policy at any time.

Atlassian Medium

Customer and its Users must use the Products in accordance with the Atlassian Acceptable Use Policy. Customer is responsible for ensuring that Users comply with this Agreement and the Atlassian Acceptable Use Policy.

Venmo Medium

You may not use the Venmo services for any illegal purpose, to send money to any person or organization on a government sanctions list, for gambling, for purchasing or selling illegal goods or services, or for any activity that violates applicable law. You may not use Venmo for commercial transactio...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Customer will not, and will not allow third parties to: (a) use the Services to store or transmit infringing, libelous, or otherwise unlawful or tortious material, or to store or transmit material in violation of third-party privacy rights; (b) use the Services to store or transmit malicious code; (c) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Services or third-party data contained therein; (d) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services or their related systems or networks; (e) use the Services in a manner that violates any applicable laws or regulations.

— Excerpt from Snowflake's Snowflake Terms of Service

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: The AUP engages GDPR Art. 32 (security of processing, requiring appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent unauthorized access or unlawful processing), CCPA §1798.150 (breach liability for unauthorized access to personal information), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. §1030) for unauthorized access prohibitions, and HIPAA 45 CFR §164.308 (administrative safeguards) for customers processing PHI. The prohibition on storing material in violation of third-party privacy rights directly implicates data minimization and purpose limitation principles under GDPR Art. 5. (2)

Full compliance analysis

Regulatory citations, enforcement risk, and due diligence action items.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has authority over unfair or deceptive data security practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, which applies to AUP enforcement contexts involving customer data security failures.
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Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Snowflake Terms of Service
Entity
Snowflake
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 8, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-005812
Document ID
CA-D-00697
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
b1362757c08a0f62f3eb6d5a49a623811d21e1d967a35defb6f4f52291a76e54
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 00:45 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Snowflake
Document: Snowflake Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-005812
Captured: 2026-05-08 00:45:24 UTC
SHA-256: b1362757c08a0f62…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/snowflake/snowflake-terms-of-service/acceptable-use-policy/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Snowflake's Acceptable Use Policy clause do?

The AUP makes customers legally responsible for how every person they grant access to the platform uses it, including employees and contractors, which creates internal compliance and monitoring obligations.

How does this clause affect you?

Every business using Snowflake is legally responsible for ensuring their employees and authorized users do not violate the platform's acceptable use rules — violations by any user can trigger account suspension and indemnification obligations.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 10 platforms. See the full comparison.

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