Twitch limits its financial responsibility to you for most types of harm — such as lost income, data loss, or business disruption — that result from using or being unable to use the platform.
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If you lose income, content, or opportunities because of a Twitch outage, policy change, or account error, these terms limit your ability to recover those losses from the company, though applicable law in your jurisdiction may provide different protections.
Creators who rely on Twitch for income have limited ability to recover lost earnings or other consequential damages from Twitch under these terms, even if the loss results from Twitch's own errors or service failures.
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"TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TWITCH WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF, OR YOUR INABILITY TO USE, THE TWITCH SERVICES, EVEN IF TWITCH HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN JURISDICTIONS THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, TWITCH'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.Excerpt from Twitch's Terms of Service
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If you lose income, content, or opportunities because of a Twitch outage, policy change, or account error, these terms limit your ability to recover those losses from the company, though applicable law in your jurisdiction may provide different protections.
Creators who rely on Twitch for income have limited ability to recover lost earnings or other consequential damages from Twitch under these terms, even if the loss results from Twitch's own errors or service failures.
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