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Neither party liable for force majeure delays

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Datadog Medium

Datadog will not be responsible for failures to fulfill any obligations due to causes beyond its control.

Netflix Medium

The Netflix service and/or some of the Netflix content may not be available at any time as a result of events beyond our reasonable control...we will not be held liable should such events occur.

Leonardo AI Medium

A party's liability for any Liability under these Terms will be reduced proportionately to the extent the relevant Liability was caused or contributed to by the actions (or inactions) of the other party...

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Neither party will be liable to the other for any delay or failure to perform any obligation under this Agreement (except for a failure to pay Fees) if the delay or failure results from any cause beyond such party's reasonable control...

Excerpt from Snowflake's Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Snowflake Terms of Service
Entity
Snowflake
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-055308
Document ID
CA-D-00697
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
405aa6434fba1a4e866e91e4899af82fabb7354daf2cf2409b657e299e0d4fef
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 05:52 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Entity: Snowflake
Document: Snowflake Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-055308
Captured: 2026-07-09 05:52:44 UTC
SHA-256: 405aa6434fba1a4e…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/snowflake/snowflake-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-055308/neither-party-liable-for-force-majeure-delays/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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What does Snowflake's Neither party liable for force majeure delays clause do?

The clause states: “Neither party will be liable to the other for any delay or failure to perform any obligation under this Agreement (except for a failure to pay Fees) if the delay or failure results from any cause beyond such party's reasonable control...”

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