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with this Agreement.” The Dropbox TOS allows for either suspension or termination:
“For example, we may suspend or terminate your use if you are not complying with
these Terms, or use the Services in any way that would cause us legal liability or
Table 2.
Termination and suspension provisions in cloud computing TOS
TOS
Provision
Amazon Cloud
Drive
iCloud
OpenDrive
Dropbox
Termination
And
Suspension
Provisions
in
Cloud
Computing
“If your use of the
Service or other
behavior
intentionally or
unintentionally
threatens
Apple's ability to
provide the Service or
other systems, Apple
shall be entitled to take
all reasonable steps to
protect the Service and
Apple's systems, which
may include
suspension
of your access to the
Service. Repeated
violations of the
limitations may result in
termination
of your
Account… Apple may
at any time, under
certain circumstances
and
without prior notice
,
immediately terminate
or suspend
all or a
portion of your Account
and/or access to the
Service.”
“OpenDrive,
in its
sole
discretion
,
may
terminate
your
password,
account or
use of the
Service and
remove and
discard any
Data within
the Service if
you
fail to
comply
with
this
Agreement.”
“Though we'd
much rather you
stay, you can
stop using our
Services any
time. We
reserve the right
to suspend or
end the Services
at
any time, with
or without
cause
, and with
or without
notice. For
example, we
may
suspend or
terminate
your
use if you are
not complying
with these
Terms
, or use
the Services in
any way that
would cause us
legal liability or
disrupt others'
use
“Your rights under
the Agreement will
automatically
terminate
without
notice if you
fail to
comply with its terms
.
We may terminate the
Agreement or restrict,
suspend or
terminate
your use of
the Service at our
discretion
without
notice at any time
,
including if we
determine that your
use
violates
the
Agreement
,
is
improper,
substantially exceeds
or differs from normal
use by other users, or
otherwise involves
fraud or misuse of the
Service or harms our
interests or those of
another user of the
Service.”
of
the
Services.”
One of the most important provisions from the user's perspective—the main
reason for going to the cloud—is that a user can store, then access their content. If the
user can either be subject to denial of access through termination or suspension or
have their content removed from the service the concept of “in the cloud” becomes
less useful. Yet this is precisely what all four cloud TOS indicate can happen.
Removal of content is discussed below when it reflects a response to claims of
infringing content. But loss of content can be also result when the user is terminated
or their use suspended. Suffice it to say that cloud providers have broad discretion to
terminate a user. All TOS examined also have the right to suspend access as well.
Termination or suspension can come at anytime without notice. It is more typical in
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