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.
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The clause defines the operational boundaries within which Snowflake's infrastructure may be used, establishing contractual obligations that align with legal compliance requirements and service integrity. This framing allows Snowflake to enforce these restrictions through contract terms while protecting the platform from liability exposure related to customer-initiated unlawful conduct.
Added new restrictions on sharing, reselling, or leasing the Services (items a-b), while adding User-specific compliance obligations and restructuring enumerated prohibitions.
View full change record →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.
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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
(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)
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The clause defines the operational boundaries within which Snowflake's infrastructure may be used, establishing contractual obligations that align with legal compliance requirements and service integrity. This framing allows Snowflake to enforce these restrictions through contract terms while protecting the platform from liability exposure related to customer-initiated unlawful conduct.
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.
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