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General contract terms

Capacity & reservation terms No provision found

Reviewed Cohere Terms of Use and 3 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

Data use & AI training ✓ Quote verified against source

Trains by default with opt-out; enterprise tier; inputs/outputs retained 30 days; ZDR enterprise-only

“You can opt out from your prompts and generations being used to train Cohere…”
Source: Cohere Enterprise Data Commitments · fetched 2026-07-18

Suspension rights ✓ Quote verified against source

Suspension for maintenance, force majeure, non-payment, ToU/RUG violation, security emergency, or legal/regulatory; discretionary

“if you are delinquent in your payment of fees to Cohere under any agreement”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Termination ✓ Quote verified against source

Provider may terminate any time in sole discretion for any reason; user may terminate anytime; no data retrieval window stated (prompts/generations deleted after 30 days)

“Cohere may... terminate these Terms of Use, in Cohere's sole discretion, for any reason”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Unilateral modification ✓ Quote verified against source

Provider may change terms any time; notice via website/email; continued use = acceptance (effective on posting)

“we reserve the right to change any element of these Terms of Use at…”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Governing law & disputes ✓ Quote verified against source

Governing law: Ontario/Canada; venue: courts in Toronto, Ontario; arbitration: no; class-action waiver: not specified

“governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of…”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Liability caps & carveouts ✓ Quote verified against source

Cap: $100 CAD aggregate; consequential/indirect damages waived; no stated carveouts

“OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY... EXCEED $100 CAD”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Output IP indemnification No provision found

Reviewed Cohere Terms of Use and 3 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

Model deprecation & version pinning No provision found

Reviewed Cohere Terms of Use and 3 other governing documents: language touches this area but sets no clear term.

“we reserve the right to change any element of the Cohere Solution at any…”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Benchmarking & eval restrictions ✓ Quote verified against source

Prohibited

“YOU MAY NOT ACCESS THE COHERE SOLUTION FOR PURPOSES OF... BENCHMARKING OR COMPETITIVE PURPOSES”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

No-compete-training clauses ✓ Quote verified against source

competing-models-only

“for the purpose of building a similar or competitive product or service”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Capacity delivery remedies No provision found

Reviewed Cohere Terms of Use and 3 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

Assignment & financing clauses ✓ Quote verified against source

Provider may assign without consent; customer may not assign without consent; no financing/step-in language

“We may assign these Terms of Use or any rights... without your consent”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Service level (SLA) terms

Availability definition ✓ Quote verified against source

no SLA / uptime not committed

“THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE"”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Credit regime No provision found

Reviewed Cohere Terms of Use and 3 other governing documents: language touches this area but sets no clear term.

“COHERE WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO ISSUE A REFUND FOR ANY PURCHASE”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Claim mechanics No provision found

Reviewed Cohere Terms of Use and 3 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

SLA exclusions No provision found

Reviewed Cohere Terms of Use and 3 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

Data protection & privacy

International data transfer mechanism ✓ Quote verified against source

Standard Contractual Clauses; EU-US Data Privacy Framework (incl. UK extension); adequacy decisions; Transfer Impact Assessment conducted

“The DPA incorporates the Standard Contractual Clauses, approved by the European Commission”
Source: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) · fetched 2026-08-04

Data residency commitments ✓ Quote verified against source

Hosting in Google Cloud US-Central; no servers outside US; reserves global processing; ephemeral config available

“Our hosting centers are on Google Cloud Platform servers located in US-Central”
Source: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) · fetched 2026-08-04

Sub-processor transparency ✓ Quote verified against source

Sub-processor list published at Trust Center; no advance-notice window or objection right stated

“You can view a list of sub-processors by visiting Cohere's Trust Center”
Source: Cohere Enterprise Data Commitments · fetched 2026-07-18

Government access commitments ✓ Quote verified against source

Commits to promptly notify customers of government requests unless legally prohibited; no transparency report stated

“Cohere commits to promptly notify customers of any communications received from a governmental agency”
Source: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) · fetched 2026-08-04

Retention & human review of content ✓ Quote verified against source

Humans may review flagged prompts/generations for abuse/misuse and safety enforcement; 30-day retention

“our safety and security teams may review user prompts, generations, and logs”
Source: Cohere Enterprise Data Commitments · fetched 2026-07-18

Accountability & transparency

Prohibited high-risk uses ✓ Quote verified against source

Weapons prohibited; no facial recognition/predictive policing/biometric terms stated

“result in death, serious personal injury... (such as the creation or operation of weaponry)”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Model documentation commitments ✓ Quote verified against source

Model cards published and referenced contractually via Responsible Use Guidelines

“the model cards, available at https://docs.cohere.ai/generation-card/”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Training data provenance statements ✓ Quote verified against source

Data statement referenced in Responsible Use Guidelines; provider states it does not intentionally collect personal info for training

“the data statement, available at https://docs.cohere.ai/data-statement/”
Source: Cohere Terms of Use · fetched 2026-07-18

Appeal & redress mechanisms No provision found

Reviewed Cohere Terms of Use and 3 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

EU AI Act role allocation ✓ Quote verified against source

EU AI Act FAQs referenced re GPAI Code of Practice; no explicit provider/deployer role allocation in terms

“EU AI Act FAQs FAQs regarding the GPAI Code of Practice”
Source: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) · fetched 2026-08-04

Change history

Command: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) subprocessor_list 2026-08-03

The sub-processor list page was updated to reflect an additional control/entry (from 2 to 3 more controls shown), indicating a change to the list of sub-processors disclosed.

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Command: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) subprocessor_list 2026-08-01

The listed document reference was changed from the "Secure AI Frontier Model Framework" description to an "EU AI Act FAQs" document covering questions about the GPAI Code of Practice, and the count of additional controls shown was reduced from 3 to 2.

EU AI Act role allocationModel documentation commitments

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Cohere Secure AI Frontier Model Framework This document outlines Cohere's risk management methodology for managing risks… EU AI Act FAQs FAQs regarding the GPAI Code of Practice View 3 more controls View 2 more controls

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Command: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) subprocessor_list 2026-07-30

The sub-processor list count changed, reflecting the removal of one sub-processor entry from the Trust Center listing.

Sub-processor transparency

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Command: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) subprocessor_list 2026-07-29

A sub-processor or control listing count was incremented, indicating an additional sub-processor/control was added to the Trust Center page.

Sub-processor transparency

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Command: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) subprocessor_list 2026-07-28

The sub-processors list control count was updated from 4 additional controls to 3, indicating a change in the number of listed sub-processors or associated controls.

Sub-processor transparency

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Command: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) subprocessor_list 2026-07-27

The sub-processors list count indicator was updated from '3 more controls' to '4 more controls', indicating a new sub-processor was added to the list.

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Command: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) subprocessor_list 2026-07-24

The trust center page removed the 'Internal Control Monitoring' item and adjusted the controls list, changing the count from 11 to 10 additional controls while adding a link labeled 'Internal Control Policy'.

Sub-processor transparency

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Internal Control Monitoring View 11 more controls Internal Control Policy View 10 more controls

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Command: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) subprocessor_list 2026-07-22

The Trust Center sub-processors page updated a control count from '4 more controls' to '3 more controls', indicating a change in the number of listed sub-processors or associated controls.

Sub-processor transparency

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Command: Cohere Sub-processors (Trust Center) subprocessor_list 2026-07-19

The Trust Center page updated its control listings, removing the "Risk Register" control and adding a "Vendor Risk Management Policy" control, with corresponding changes to the displayed count of additional controls.

Sub-processor transparency

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View 12 more controls View 11 more controls Risk Register View 3 more controls Vendor Risk Management Policy View 2 more controls

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Extracted 2026-08-04 04:24 UTC with claude-opus-4-8.