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Termination and Effect of Termination

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What it is

The agreement permits either party to terminate for material breach with a 30-day cure period, and specifies that upon termination, customer access to the platform ends immediately and customer data is available for export for 30 days before W&B may delete it.

This analysis describes what Weights & Biases's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision establishes a 30-day post-termination data export window, after which W&B may delete customer data including model artifacts, experiment logs, and other platform-stored content. Organizations should plan data export procedures in advance of any termination event to avoid data loss.

Interpretive note: The exact deletion timeline and whether W&B provides deletion confirmation could not be fully verified from the truncated document text.

Recent Activity

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Medium May 13, 2026

The updated Terms of Service no longer include the previous statement that services would become inaccessible from certain locations starting September 1st, 2025. This removal means the geographic restriction that was previously announced in the agreement is no longer formally stated in the current terms. Users who were affected by or concerned about the prior restriction should review current documentation to confirm whether any geographic limitations remain in effect.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Under this clause, customers have 30 days following termination or expiration of the agreement to export their data from the platform before W&B may delete it. Customer access to the services terminates immediately upon contract termination or expiration.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Export Your Data
    Within 30 days
    Upon termination or expiration of the agreement, log into the W&B platform and export all experiment logs, model artifacts, and stored data within 30 days. After 30 days, W&B may delete customer data.

How other platforms handle this

Medium Medium

Medium may terminate or suspend your right to use our Services at any time for any or no reason upon notice to you.

Substack Medium

Substack is free to terminate (or suspend access to) your use of Substack, or your account, for any reason at our discretion. We will try to provide advance notice to you prior to our terminating your account so that you are able to retrieve any important Posts you may have uploaded to your account,...

Acorns Medium

We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Services immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of the Terms.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Either party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice if the other party materially breaches this Agreement and fails to cure such breach within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice thereof. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason, Customer's right to access and use the Services shall immediately terminate. W&B will make Customer Data available for export for a period of thirty (30) days following termination, after which W&B may delete Customer Data.

— Excerpt from Weights & Biases's Weights & Biases Terms of Service

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The 30-day data export and deletion window interacts with data retention obligations under GDPR, where customer data includes personal data that may be subject to retention or deletion requirements. Organizations subject to regulatory data retention obligations should assess whether the 30-day window provides sufficient time to export and retain required data. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The 30-day post-termination data availability window creates an operational dependency for organizations with large volumes of experiment data, model artifacts, or training logs stored on the platform. Failure to export data within this window may result in permanent loss of platform-stored assets. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: GDPR Article 17 right to erasure and Article 20 data portability rights may be relevant where customer data includes personal data of EU data subjects. Organizations subject to GDPR should confirm that the deletion of customer data following the 30-day window is consistent with applicable retention and deletion obligations. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement teams should build data export procedures into offboarding workflows and confirm whether the 30-day window can be extended by agreement in enterprise contracts. The immediate termination of access upon contract end creates an operational risk for organizations that have not pre-planned data migration. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should ensure that internal data governance policies include a protocol for initiating data export from W&B promptly upon receipt of any termination notice, and should assess whether the 30-day deletion window meets applicable data retention obligations under industry-specific regulations.

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Weights & Biases Terms of Service
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Weights & Biases
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
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May 20, 2026
Last verified
May 20, 2026
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CA-P-012392
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May 20, 2026 20:47 UTC
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URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/weights-biases/weights-biases-terms-of-service/termination-and-effect-of-termination/
Accessed: May 25, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Weights & Biases's Termination and Effect of Termination clause do?

This provision establishes a 30-day post-termination data export window, after which W&B may delete customer data including model artifacts, experiment logs, and other platform-stored content. Organizations should plan data export procedures in advance of any termination event to avoid data loss.

How does this clause affect you?

Under this clause, customers have 30 days following termination or expiration of the agreement to export their data from the platform before W&B may delete it. Customer access to the services terminates immediately upon contract termination or expiration.

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