Twitch can suspend or permanently close your account immediately and without warning if it decides you have violated the rules, and the company says it has no financial liability to you if it does so.
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Creators and subscribers who rely on Twitch for income or community access have no guaranteed notice period or appeal rights under the terms before losing account access, and the agreement asserts Twitch owes no liability for that loss.
If your account is suspended or terminated, you may lose access to your content, followers, subscriptions, and any earned revenue with no guaranteed notice, compensation, or formal appeals process described in the agreement.
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If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal data without parental consent, we remove such data and terminate the child's account (except where we are required to retain all or a portion of such data for compliance purposes).
we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe the intellectual property rights of others.
If we learn that we've collected the personal data of a child under the age of 13 or 16, as applicable, we'll take reasonable steps to delete the personal data. This may require us to delete the Skillshare account...
"Twitch reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account and your access to the Twitch Services (a) immediately and without notice if Twitch believes, in its sole discretion, that you have violated these Terms of Service, or (b) upon notice to you if Twitch terminates your account for any other reason. Twitch is not liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Twitch Services. Upon termination of your account, you will continue to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service.Excerpt from Twitch's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes specific obligations on very large online platforms regarding account suspension, including requirements to provide reasons for suspension and access to an internal complaints mechanism; Twitch's …
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Creators and subscribers who rely on Twitch for income or community access have no guaranteed notice period or appeal rights under the terms before losing account access, and the agreement asserts Twitch owes no liability for that loss.
If your account is suspended or terminated, you may lose access to your content, followers, subscriptions, and any earned revenue with no guaranteed notice, compensation, or formal appeals process described in the agreement.
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