Snowflake can cut off your access to the platform immediately if it believes you are violating the agreement, without warning you first.
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The agreement authorizes Snowflake to suspend platform access without prior notice based on a belief of violation, which creates a business continuity risk for organizations dependent on the platform for production workloads.
Broadened suspension grounds from specific enumerated circumstances to any violation of the Agreement, and expanded scope to include User accounts, while explicitly removing requirement for advance notice.
View full change record →Under this provision, Snowflake may suspend access to customer data and services without advance notice if it determines there is a suspected violation of the agreement, which could disrupt business operations for any organization relying on Snowflake for active workloads.
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"Snowflake may, without limiting other remedies or obligations under this Agreement, suspend Customer's or any User's access to or use of the Services if Snowflake believes that Customer or any User is in violation of this Agreement, without advance notice to Customer.Excerpt from Snowflake's Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Service suspension clauses are common in cloud service agreements and are not independently regulated by a specific statute in most jurisdictions.
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The agreement authorizes Snowflake to suspend platform access without prior notice based on a belief of violation, which creates a business continuity risk for organizations dependent on the platform for production workloads.
Under this provision, Snowflake may suspend access to customer data and services without advance notice if it determines there is a suspected violation of the agreement, which could disrupt business operations for any organization relying on Snowflake for active workloads.
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