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Customers cannot pursue collective remedies through class or representative actions and cannot demand a jury trial; all disputes are confined to individual arbitration.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim covers two independent propositions (arbitration-only forum and jury waiver); the jury waiver is stated as primary given it is the distinctive element of this clause relative to id 55196. The arbitration-only forum is recorded in omitted_material.
The customer expressly and irrevocably waives the right to a jury trial and cannot bring or participate in a class, representative, or consolidated action against Snowflake.
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Customers cannot pursue collective remedies through class or representative actions and cannot demand a jury trial; all disputes are confined to individual arbitration.
The customer expressly and irrevocably waives the right to a jury trial and cannot bring or participate in a class, representative, or consolidated action against Snowflake.
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