March 7, 2022 – U.S. SnowGov Region Terms of Service

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ARCHIVE US SnowGov Region Terms of Service - 2022-03-07

This is an archived version of our U.S. SnowGov Region Terms of Service dated March 7, 2022. View the current version here.

These U.S. SnowGov Region Terms of Service (“Terms”) take effect as of the date the Order Form or other agreement that references these Terms becomes binding (“Effective Date”). These Terms supplement and amend the agreement by and between Customer and Snowflake governing Customer’s use of the Service (“Agreement”). These Terms only apply to direct transactions with Snowflake. If you purchased or intend to purchase Snowflake services through a Snowflake authorized reseller, please contact your reseller for instructions on how to access the U.S. SnowGov Regions. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in these Terms shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement or Order Form, as applicable, or if not defined in these Terms, Agreement or Order Form, then as defined in the Snowflake Terms of Service (currently available at https://www.snowflake.com/legal/terms-of-service/). By entering into the Order Form or other agreement that references these Terms, you represent to Snowflake that you have the legal authority to bind the Customer to these Terms.

**1. NEW DEFINED TERMS. **The following new defined terms are added to the Agreement:

**1.1. “Classified Data” **means data that has been classified by the U.S. government as “Confidential,” “Secret,” or “Top Secret” as defined in Executive Order 13526, Section 1.2a, or as otherwise deemed by the U.S. government to require special clearance for use, access, or maintenance.

1.2. “Covered Defense Information” or “CDI” has the meaning as defined in DFARS 252.204-7012 which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes Department of Defense Controlled Unclassified Information as that term is used in DoD Instruction 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information (“DoD CUI“), when handled by or on behalf of a contractor in support of performance of a contract with the Department of Defense.

1.3. “Controlled Unclassified Information” or “CUI” has the meaning as defined in 32 C.F.R. § 2002.4(h).

1.4. “DFARS” means the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement as defined in 48 C.F.R. Chapter 2.

1.5. “FedRAMP” means the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.

1.6. “ITAR” means the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, as defined in 22 C.F.R. Subpart M.

1.7. “U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in 22 C.F.R. § 120.15.

1.8. “U.S. Government Customer” means a Snowflake Customer that is: (a) a U.S. Federal, state, or local government entity; (b) a tribal government entity; or (c) a commercial entity that is required to process data provided by an entity under Subsection (a) and/or (b) to perform a contract with such entity.

1.9. “U.S. SnowGov Account” means Customer’s Account when hosted in any U.S. SnowGov Region.

1.10. “U.S. SnowGov Region” means Snowflake’s Microsoft Azure Government (US Gov Virginia or successor designation) deployment (“SnowGov Azure Deployment”), Snowflake’s Amazon Web Services GovCloud (US Gov West 1 or successor designation) deployment, and other Snowflake non-commercial deployments that are expressly designated by Snowflake for use by U.S. Government Customers, as set forth in the Documentation.**

2. SCOPE. These Terms apply to Customer’s use of and access to the Service when hosted in any U.S. SnowGov Region.