Snowflake can immediately cut off your access to the platform — without warning in urgent situations — for a broad range of reasons including unpaid bills, suspected security risks, or general breach of the agreement.
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For businesses that rely on Snowflake as core data infrastructure, an immediate suspension without notice could cause significant operational disruption and data access loss at a critical moment.
If Snowflake determines your account poses a security risk or you are in breach of any provision, they can suspend your access immediately and without prior warning — potentially cutting off access to business-critical data and analytics pipelines.
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"Snowflake may suspend Customer's access to the Services immediately upon notice, or without notice in urgent circumstances, if: (a) Customer's account is thirty (30) or more days past due; (b) Customer's use of the Services poses a security risk to the Services or any third party; (c) Customer's use of the Services may adversely impact the Services or the systems or content of any other customer; (d) Customer's use of the Services may subject Snowflake to liability; or (e) Customer is otherwise in breach of this Agreement.— Excerpt from Snowflake's Snowflake Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Service suspension provisions intersect with contract law principles of material breach and anticipatory repudiation. In the EU, suspension of cloud services that host personal data may create GDPR Art. 17 (right to erasure) or Art. 20 (data portability) complications if customers cannot access data to fulfill data subject requests. For HIPAA-covered entities, sudden loss of access to PHI stored in Snowflake could constitute a reportable breach under 45 CFR Part 164.400 et seq. depending on circumstances. (2)
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For businesses that rely on Snowflake as core data infrastructure, an immediate suspension without notice could cause significant operational disruption and data access loss at a critical moment.
If Snowflake determines your account poses a security risk or you are in breach of any provision, they can suspend your access immediately and without prior warning — potentially cutting off access to business-critical data and analytics pipelines.
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