If someone sues Snowflake because of data you stored or how you used the platform, you are legally required to pay Snowflake's legal costs and any damages — this is a broad financial obligation that applies to any data you bring onto the platform.
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This indemnification clause is unusually broad because it covers all Customer Data and any violation of applicable law, meaning customers bear full legal and financial risk for their own data compliance failures even when using Snowflake's infrastructure.
If a third party sues Snowflake because of data you loaded into the platform — including data breach claims, IP infringement, or regulatory violations — you are contractually required to pay Snowflake's defense costs and any resulting judgments against them.
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"Customer will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Snowflake and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: (a) Customer Data; (b) Customer's use of the Services in violation of this Agreement; (c) Customer's violation of applicable law; or (d) Customer's products or services.— Excerpt from Snowflake's Snowflake Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision engages general contract law indemnification principles enforceable in most US jurisdictions under applicable state law. It also intersects with GDPR Art. 82 (controller-processor allocation of liability for data protection violations) and CCPA §1798.150 (breach liability). Where customers process personal data under a DPA, indemnification provisions must be read in conjunction with processor liability allocation in that instrument. (2)
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This indemnification clause is unusually broad because it covers all Customer Data and any violation of applicable law, meaning customers bear full legal and financial risk for their own data compliance failures even when using Snowflake's infrastructure.
If a third party sues Snowflake because of data you loaded into the platform — including data breach claims, IP infringement, or regulatory violations — you are contractually required to pay Snowflake's defense costs and any resulting judgments against them.
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