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General contract terms

Capacity & reservation terms ✓ Quote verified against source

Subscriptions with auto-renewal; no published reserved/committed-capacity or take-or-pay terms; enterprise commitment vehicles negotiated, not published

“YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED FOR ADDITIONAL PERIODS”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Data use & AI training ✓ Quote verified against source

Uses Your Content aggregated/anonymized to improve Service; no ZDR published; Serverless can restrict to compliant data centers

“use Your Content in an aggregated and anonymized form to update and improve the…”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Suspension rights ✓ Quote verified against source

Immediate suspension/termination without notice for material breach, system stress, or legal requirement

“immediately and without notice, suspend or terminate any Service provided to you”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Termination ✓ Quote verified against source

Provider may terminate without cause on notice; user may terminate anytime by closing account; no post-termination data-retrieval window specified

“right to terminate these Terms of Use or your access to the Service at…”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Unilateral modification ✓ Quote verified against source

Provider may change terms in sole discretion; effective on posting/continued use; only 'Last Updated' date updated

“make changes or modifications to these Terms of Use from time to time”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Governing law & disputes ✓ Quote verified against source

Governing law Delaware; litigation venue New Jersey; binding arbitration yes (NAM); class-action waiver yes

“resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Liability caps & carveouts ✓ Quote verified against source

Cap = lesser of fees paid in prior 6 months or $100; indirect/consequential waived; carveout for death/personal injury negligence, fraud

“LIMITED TO THE LESSER OF THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO US…”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Output IP indemnification ✓ Quote verified against source

No output IP indemnification offered; provider indemnified by customer only

“You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Model deprecation & version pinning No provision found

Reviewed Runpod Terms of Service and 2 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

Benchmarking & eval restrictions Quote not verified against source

Silent on benchmarking; Marketplace reviews restricted re competitors and disparagement

No-compete-training clauses ✓ Quote verified against source

No use of Service to compete with provider; not specifically model-training

“Use the Service as part of any effort to compete with us.”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Capacity delivery remedies ✓ Quote verified against source

No uptime warranty for Community Cloud; no committed-capacity delivery remedy published

“does not make any specific uptime warranties with respect to the Community Cloud”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Hardware substitution rights No provision found

Reviewed Runpod Terms of Service and 2 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

Assignment & financing clauses ✓ Quote verified against source

Provider may assign any or all rights at any time; no lender step-in language

“We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at…”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Service level (SLA) terms

Availability definition ✓ Quote verified against source

No SLA / uptime not committed (Community Cloud expressly no uptime warranty; Service as-is)

“THE SERVICE ... ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Credit regime No provision found

Reviewed Runpod Terms of Service and 2 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

Claim mechanics No provision found

Reviewed Runpod Terms of Service and 2 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

SLA exclusions No provision found

Reviewed Runpod Terms of Service and 2 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

Data protection & privacy

International data transfer mechanism ✓ Quote verified against source

EU SCCs (Module Two), UK Addendum, Swiss/FADP addendum, Brazilian SCCs; no adequacy for US; no DPF named

“Any Restricted Transfer shall be subject to the Standard Contractual Clauses and/or the UK…”
Source: Runpod Data Processing Agreement · fetched 2026-07-30

Data residency commitments ✓ Quote verified against source

No firm commitment; reasonable efforts to allocate proximate region; global processing reserved; Serverless can restrict to specific data centers

“Runpod will use reasonable efforts to allocate a server in a geographically proximate location”
Source: Runpod Data Processing Agreement · fetched 2026-07-30

Sub-processor transparency ✓ Quote verified against source

List published (Attachment 2); confidential sub-processors allowed; objection right within 10 business days; termination if unresolved

“Customer shall inform Runpod, in writing, of objections to any new Sub-Processors”
Source: Runpod Data Processing Agreement · fetched 2026-07-30

Government access commitments ✓ Quote verified against source

Cooperates with law enforcement, may notify authorities; no commitment to challenge or notify customer; no transparency report

“Runpod will cooperate with law enforcement authorities and reserves the right to notify such…”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Retention & human review of content ✓ Quote verified against source

Provider may access/store/process Your Content and may electronically monitor network; no stated retention window

“may elect to electronically monitor its network and may disclose any content”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Accountability & transparency

Prohibited high-risk uses ✓ Quote verified against source

AUP prohibits illegal use, adult content, CSAM; no explicit facial recognition/predictive policing/biometric/weapons list

“pornography or graphic adult content, images, or other adult products”
Source: Runpod Terms of Service · fetched 2026-07-30

Appeal & redress mechanisms Quote not verified against source

No dedicated appeal path for suspensions/flags; informal dispute resolution and support email referenced

EU AI Act role allocation No provision found

Reviewed Runpod Terms of Service and 2 other governing documents: no provision addresses this term.

Change history

Runpod: Runpod Data Processing Agreement dpa 2026-07-23

The DPA was restructured with a new introductory framing that identifies Runpod as Processor and Customer as Controller, and the definitions section was substantially reworded: several defined terms were revised or removed (e.g., 'Applicable Data Protection Laws' replaced by broader 'Data Protection Laws', GDPR-specific definition removed in favor of a simpler EEA definition), and new terms were added (Data Protection Laws, FADP, FDPIC, ICO, Privacy Statement). Minor wording tweaks were made to Data Subject, Data Subject Request, Personal Data Breach, and Personnel definitions to generalize scope beyond Runpod-specific language.

International data transfer mechanismGovernment access commitmentsSub-processor transparency

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THIS DATA PROCESSING AGREEMENT (“ Introduction & Scope This Runpod Data Processing Agreement (“ ”) is entered into as of the Agreement Effective Date by and between: (1) Runpod, Inc.… ”) forms part of the Runpod Master Services Agreement (“ Agreement ”) between Runpod Inc.… ”), together the “ ” or “ Controller” ).… ” and each a “ Party INTERPRETATION In this DPA, the following terms shall have the meanings set out in this Section… In the course of providing the Services (as defined herein), the Processor may obtain access to…

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