If you have a legal dispute with Vercel, you must resolve it through private arbitration rather than through a court lawsuit, with limited exceptions for small claims and intellectual property disputes.
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Arbitration is a private process that can limit the discovery available to you, may be less favorable to individuals than court proceedings, and prevents you from joining with other users to bring a collective claim.
The updated terms establish that users are legally responsible for configuring autonomous AI features and third-party tools, must monitor their settings and output, and are bound by the autonomous actions those tools take on their behalf. Users also bear the cost of any services those third-party tools consume through the Vercel platform. The terms state that Vercel is not responsible for loss, damage, or liability arising from AI or third-party tool actions. You can manage this responsibility by carefully configuring settings, permissions, and safeguards before enabling AI features or third-party integrations, and by establishing human review processes for AI-generated output.
View change record →This clause means that if Vercel causes you financial harm or violates your rights, you generally cannot sue in court or join a class action; your primary remedy is individual binding arbitration, which may be more costly or procedurally challenging for small individual claims.
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You may reject any change we make to section 15 (except address changes) by personally signing and sending us notice within 30 days of the change by U.S. Mail to the address in section 15.b.
the arbitration provider, National Arbitration and Mediation ("NAM"), shall not accept or administer any demand for arbitration and shall administratively close any arbitration unless the Party bringing such demand for arbitration can certify in writing that the terms...were fully satisfied.
Neither you nor we may elect arbitration of any claims seeking only individualized relief asserted by you or us in small claims court, so long as the action remains in that court and is not removed or appealed de novo...
"You and Vercel agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the Services will be settled by binding arbitration, except that each party retains the right to bring an individual action in small claims court and the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party's copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights.Excerpt from Vercel's Terms of Service
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Arbitration is a private process that can limit the discovery available to you, may be less favorable to individuals than court proceedings, and prevents you from joining with other users to bring a collective claim.
This clause means that if Vercel causes you financial harm or violates your rights, you generally cannot sue in court or join a class action; your primary remedy is individual binding arbitration, which may be more costly or procedurally challenging for small individual claims.
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