The clause makes local legal compliance a contractual obligation for every targeted geography, meaning an advertiser cannot rely solely on Google Ads policy compliance and must independently assess the laws of each targeted area.
Google Ads
· Google Ads Advertising Policies Overview
Legal compliance responsibility is placed entirely on the advertiser for every jurisdiction where their ads appear, and this obligation exists independently of Google's own policy requirements.
You're still responsible for researching and complying with local laws where your business operates, and in any location your ads target.
Google Ads
· Google Ads Advertising Policies Overview
We require all our advertisers to follow local legal requirements when using our products, including any regulations on advertising to users under age 18.
LinkedIn
· LinkedIn Advertising Policies
Advertisers are responsible for understanding and complying with all applicable laws, regulations, industry codes, and rules, including local legal and regulatory requirements.
Linear
· Linear Terms of Service
This Agreement...will be governed exclusively by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflicts of laws rules or the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods.
Fixing the governing law as Israeli law determines which country's legal standards, rights, and remedies apply to any dispute arising under the Agreement.
OpenAI
· OpenAI Frontier Governance Framework
This clause signals that OpenAI is positioning its existing safety and security practices against a specific emerging legal standard, which may indicate the scope of its compliance posture.
OpenAI
· OpenAI Frontier Governance Framework
This clause signals that OpenAI is positioning its existing safety and security practices against an EU-level emerging legal standard, indicating the geographic scope of its compliance posture.
Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company is the controller of your Personal Information, and Section 8 contains information about your rights.
We may comply with governmental, court, and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to provision or use of the Services, or to information provided to or collected under our Terms.
We may comply with governmental, court, and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to provision or use of the Services, or to information provided to or collected under our Terms.
Apple
· Apple App Store Review Guidelines
Apps must comply with all legal requirements in any location where you make them available...it is your responsibility to understand and make sure your app conforms with all local laws...
Eufy
· Eufy Terms of Service
The seat of arbitration shall be in Singapore.
for the purposes of applicable marketing laws (for example, if applicable, the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991...), you are the "Sender" of each communication containing any Special Links
Stripe
· Stripe Terms of Service
The laws of the state of New South Wales are the Governing Law.
The clause introduces a conditional, location-specific legal compliance obligation qualified by 'may need to', meaning AVMSD compliance is not stated as an absolute requirement but as a potential obligation depending on the targeted location.
IN THE EVENT THAT THE SUBSCRIBER OPTS OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE...EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING...MUST BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY BY A STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
Linear
· Linear Terms of Service
Each party also hereby waives any right to jury trial in connection with any action or litigation in any way arising out of or related to this Agreement.
Stripe
· Stripe Terms of Service
Each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of...the Judicial District of São Paulo, State of São Paulo...each party waives all objections to that jurisdiction and venue.
Stripe
· Stripe Terms of Service
The laws and regulations of the Federative Republic of Brazil are the Governing Law.
Zendesk derives express consent from the act of use or access alone, meaning no separate affirmative consent step is required for the described data processing.
OpenAI
· OpenAI EU Terms of Use
All claims arising out of or relating to these Terms will be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts of San Francisco, California.
OpenAI
· OpenAI EU Terms of Use
California law will govern these Terms except for its conflicts of laws principles.
you and TikTok agree that such matters or Claims shall be litigated exclusively in either the United States District Court for the Central District of California or the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.
Exclusive California and federal governing law determines which legal standards apply to any dispute, potentially disadvantaging users located outside California.
Calm
· Calm Terms of Service
Users who litigate non-arbitrable disputes must do so under California law in a specific California federal district, regardless of where the user is located.
ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICES WILL BE GOVERNED BY CALIFORNIA LAW, EXCLUDING THAT STATE'S CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES, AND WILL BE LITIGATED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE FEDERAL OR STATE COURTS OF SANTA CLARA …
Excluding conflict of laws provisions means California law applies regardless of where the user is located, preventing users from invoking the law of their own jurisdiction.
Twitch
· Twitch Terms of Service
Regardless of where the user is located, California law and U.S. federal law control all disputes, which may disadvantage users whose home jurisdiction offers different or stronger protections.