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You make it clear that you (not us) are responsible for anything that happens during your event
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"You will be responsible for routinely backing up Customer Data, and Cognition has no obligation or liability for any loss, alteration, destruction, damage, corruption, or recovery of Customer Data.Excerpt from Windsurf's Cognition Platform Terms of Service
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The clause states: “You will be responsible for routinely backing up Customer Data, and Cognition has no obligation or liability for any loss, alteration, destruction, damage, corruption, or recovery of Customer Data.”
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