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Well I think the Reddit commentator is probably right, but these TOS significantly increase the risk of using Vultr, regardless of the legality in whichever jur
by doctor_eval 3y ago
Well I think the Reddit commentator is probably right, but these TOS significantly increase the risk of using Vultr, regardless of the legality in whichever jurisdiction.
The problem is that if Vultr really thinks it can exercise these rights, then there is a risk that proprietary information stored on their servers will be made public -- despite what EU or any other laws might say.
It doesn't really matter if you can take them to court if Vultr causes a data leak that results in the loss all your customers. And most of us don't have the resources to be able to do that anyway.
All of that said. I've found Vultr really good to work with and I am crossing my fingers, though not assuming, that this is a mistake.
I've raised a ticket with them, and I'll give them a couple of weeks before I make plans to pull out. Fortunately I'm still in stealth mode and have zero customers, so I can afford to wait. I'd be absolutely freaking out right now if I had live customers.
- madsbuch 3y agoI think this is insightful. What a company write in their TOS is an indication of what they intend to do. Broad scopes also means broad intentions (like startups). You could read into that, that Vultr is intending to break the law in the EU, however little there is to do about it. Its a liability for the customers knowing this. But it is also a liability for Vultr who will see it more difficult to establish in the EU, should that ever be wanted.