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The exclusion covers many of the most common and significant harms users might experience, including lost business value and data loss, leaving the reader with very limited recoverable damages.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is a fragment; standard liability exclusion clauses typically include knowledge or foreseeability qualifiers and exceptions that may be present in the full clause but are not visible in the provided text.
The updated terms establish clearer scope (these terms apply to free, trial, and paid versions; Enterprise is separate) and expand the list of prohibited uses. Users may no longer reverse engineer, scrape, or attempt to derive components of the Services; use the platform for competitive analysis or to develop competing products; or misrepresent AI-generated output as human-created. The terms also explicitly prohibit processing of HIPAA-regulated health information. Users can review the full updated terms to understand which specific uses are now restricted.
View change record →The reader cannot recover from Writer for lost profits, lost data, loss of goodwill, business interruption, or any indirect, special, incidental, reliance, or consequential damages.
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OPENAI'S AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, AND DISTRIBUTORS ARE INTENDED THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF THIS SECTION.
Teladoc Health disclaims any and all liability for any information, including but without limitation, any medical and health treatment information set forth on linked sites.
we will not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any correspondence or dealing solely between you any third party.
"IN NO EVENT WILL THE WRITER PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF USE, LOST DATA, LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUES, LOSS OF GOODWILL, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, RELIANCE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES...Excerpt from Writer's Terms of Service
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The exclusion covers many of the most common and significant harms users might experience, including lost business value and data loss, leaving the reader with very limited recoverable damages.
The reader cannot recover from Writer for lost profits, lost data, loss of goodwill, business interruption, or any indirect, special, incidental, reliance, or consequential damages.
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