U.S. Government Commercial Compliance Addendum

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U.S. Government Commercial Compliance Addendum

**Last Updated: **May 4, 2026

This Snowflake U.S. Government Commercial Compliance Addendum (this “U.S. Government Commercial Compliance Addendum”) between Snowflake Inc. (“Snowflake”) and the undersigned Customer (“Customer” and, together with Snowflake, the “Parties”) takes effect as of the earlier of the date the Order Form or other agreement that references this U.S. Government Commercial Compliance Addendum (“Ordering Document”) becomes binding or first use of the Snowflake U.S. Government-Authorized Commercial Service (“Effective Date”). This U.S. Government Commercial Compliance Addendum supplements and amends the agreement by and between Customer and Snowflake governing Customer’s use of the Service (including the Ordering Document and any other agreements referenced in either document, the “Base Agreement”). This U.S. Government Commercial Compliance Addendum only applies to direct transactions with Snowflake. If you purchased or intend to purchase the Snowflake U.S. Government-Authorized Commercial Service through a Snowflake authorized reseller, please contact your reseller for instructions to access and use the Snowflake U.S. Government-Authorized Commercial Service. Unless otherwise defined in this U.S. Government Commercial Compliance Addendum, all capitalized terms used and not defined herein will have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Agreement.

For good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which both Parties acknowledge, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

1. New Defined Terms

**a. “Agreement” **means the Base Agreement and this U.S. Government Commercial Compliance Addendum.

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

c. “Criminal Justice Information” or “CJI” has the meaning used in the Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy.

d. “DFARS 7010” means Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 252.239-7010.

e. “DFARS 7012” means Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 252.204-7012.

f. “Federal Tax Information” or “FTI” has the meaning used in Internal Revenue Service Publication 1075.

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

h.** “ITAR”** means the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 C.F.R. Subpart M).

i. “Snowflake U.S. Government-Authorized Commercial Service” means the Service when used within a U.S. Government-Authorized Commercial Region in accordance with this U.S. Government Commercial Compliance Addendum.

j. “State Authorizing Programs” means any U.S. state or state-sponsored independent cloud computing risk and authorization management program (e.g., StateRAMP and TX-RAMP) that has authorized the Service when hosted in a U.S. Government-Authorized Commercial Region as detailed in the Documentation.

k. “U.S. Commercial Government Covered Accounts” means Customer’s Accounts when hosted in any U.S. Government-Authorized Commercial Region.

l. “U.S. Government Commercially Prohibited Workloads” is defined in Section 4(b) of this U.S. Government Commercial Compliance Addendum.

m. “U.S. Government-Authorized Commercial Regions” means the Snowflake regions outside of the U.S. SnowGov Region that are expressly designated by Snowflake as U.S. government authorized (e.g., FedRAMP and/or State Authorizing Programs), as set forth in the Documentation.