Upon termination or expiration, Customer has up to 30 calendar days to provide written notice to Snowflake and retrieve Customer Data from the Service. After that period, or if Customer does not exercise the right, Snowflake will delete Customer Data and Customer will lose access to it.
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This provision establishes a defined and time-limited window for Customer data portability upon contract end. Customer must proactively exercise the Retrieval Right by written notice; failure to do so within 30 days results in deletion of Customer Data without further obligation by Snowflake. The agreement and applicable Order Form remain in effect during the retrieval period.
Under this clause, Customers must actively initiate their data retrieval within 30 calendar days of termination or expiration by providing written notice to Snowflake. After the retrieval period ends, the agreement states that Snowflake will promptly delete Customer Data and Customer will have no further access to it or to the Snowflake Offerings.
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Compare across platforms →"Upon written notice to Snowflake, Customer will have up to thirty (30) calendar days from termination or expiration of this Agreement to access the Service solely to the extent necessary to retrieve Customer Data ("Retrieval Right"). If Customer exercises its Retrieval Right, this Agreement and the applicable Order Form shall continue in full force and effect for the duration of the Retrieval Right. Snowflake shall have no further obligation to make Customer Data available after the later of (a) the effective date of termination of this Agreement, or (b) the Retrieval Right period, if applicable, and thereafter Snowflake shall promptly delete the Customer Data.Excerpt from Snowflake's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Data retention and deletion obligations upon contract termination may engage GDPR data subject rights, CCPA deletion rights, and applicable sector-specific data retention regulations.
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This provision establishes a defined and time-limited window for Customer data portability upon contract end. Customer must proactively exercise the Retrieval Right by written notice; failure to do so within 30 days results in deletion of Customer Data without further obligation by Snowflake. The agreement and applicable Order Form remain in effect during the retrieval period.
Under this clause, Customers must actively initiate their data retrieval within 30 calendar days of termination or expiration by providing written notice to Snowflake. After the retrieval period ends, the agreement states that Snowflake will promptly delete Customer Data and Customer will have no further access to it or to the Snowflake Offerings.
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