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Regardless of this remark, Vultr occasionally asks users to reaffirm their subjugation to those terms. | Regardless of this remark, Vultr occasionally asks users to reaffirm their subjugation to those terms. | ||
In March 2024, Vultr asked users to accept its new terms, including clause 12.1(a) mentioned above.<ref name="vultr_blog">{{Cite web |date=29 Mar 2024 |title=A Note About Vultr's Terms of Service |url=https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service |archive-url=https:// | In March 2024, Vultr asked users to accept its new terms, including clause 12.1(a) mentioned above.<ref name="vultr_blog">{{Cite web |date=29 Mar 2024 |title=A Note About Vultr's Terms of Service |url=https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708192330/https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service |archive-date=8 Jul 2025|access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=Vultr}}</ref> This sparked an outrage among users, who hadn't noticed the 12.1(a) policy until 2024, 3 years after its debut (this is typical for a [[EULA roofie]]). The most notable complaint came from a [https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ Reddit post] claiming that Vultr has rights to use user data for the purposes of training artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=u/WyvernCo |date=27 Mar 2024 |title=Warning: Vultr (a major cloud provider) is now claiming full perpetual commercial rights over all hosted content |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/?rdt=64600 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222232556/https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/?rdt=64600 |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=15 Mar 2025 |via=Reddit}}</ref> In response to the criticism, Vultr's legal team altered clause 12.1(a) the next day (after the post) to delete the offending paragraph.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legal Section 12: User Content |url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328233729/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 |archive-date=28 Mar 2024 |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=Vultr}}</ref> | ||
The user backlash also provoked an official response from Vultr in which the company wrote:<ref name="vultr_blog" /> | The user backlash also provoked an official response from Vultr in which the company wrote:<ref name="vultr_blog" /> | ||