This provision prohibits customers from using Vercel AI Services to create, receive, maintain, transmit, or process HIPAA-covered Protected Health Information, personal information of children under age 13 or applicable digital consent age, or ITAR-regulated data.
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This provision establishes that Vercel AI Services are contractually excluded from use cases involving three distinct categories of heavily regulated data, placing compliance responsibility on the customer to ensure their deployments do not involve these data types. Each of the three categories carries independent regulatory obligations under federal frameworks enforced by separate agencies.
Under these terms, customers who deploy AI Services in healthcare, defense, or child-directed contexts are prohibited from using Vercel AI Services for those deployments. The agreement places responsibility on the customer to identify and exclude these data categories from AI Services workflows.
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Compare across platforms →"Create, receive, maintain, transmit or otherwise process any information that includes or constitutes: "Protected Health Information," as defined under the HIPAA Privacy Rule (45 C.F.R. Section 160.103); Personal information of children under age 13 or the applicable age of digital consent; or Data subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations maintained by the U.S. Department of State.Excerpt from Vercel AI's Acceptable Use Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly references three federal regulatory frameworks: HIPAA Privacy Rule (45 C.F.R.
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This provision establishes that Vercel AI Services are contractually excluded from use cases involving three distinct categories of heavily regulated data, placing compliance responsibility on the customer to ensure their deployments do not involve these data types. Each of the three categories carries independent regulatory obligations under federal frameworks enforced by separate agencies.
Under these terms, customers who deploy AI Services in healthcare, defense, or child-directed contexts are prohibited from using Vercel AI Services for those deployments. The agreement places responsibility on the customer to identify and exclude these data categories from AI Services workflows.
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