{"object":"determination","schema_version":"1","vendor":"Adobe Firefly","state":"conditional","sentence":"Contracting entity depends on your region or order form — read the clause.","qualifier":"","contracting_entity":"Adobe Inc. for residents of North America; Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited for residents outside North America and Japan (for Australia, with a condition this record does not quote); Adobe KK for residents of Japan","jurisdiction":"United States (Adobe Inc.); Ireland (Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited); Japan (Adobe KK)","governing_law":"Region-dependent, set in section 1.1 (Choice of Law and Contracting Entity). North America: the laws of the State of California, U.S.A., unless preempted by U.S. federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Outside North America and Japan: the laws of Ireland, unless preempted by local law. Japan: the laws of Japan, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Section 14 requires a written Notice of Claim and informal resolution first, then small claims court or binding individual arbitration. Arbitration is run by JAMS in Santa Clara County, California for the Americas, by SIAC in Singapore for Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Greater China, South Korea, South Asia and ASEAN, and by the LCIA in London for everyone else. There is a 30-day opt-out.","conditions":["The contracting entity depends on your region or order form: read the clause for your position.","The agreement is under a governing law that depends on where the customer is based."],"us_control":{"status":"region_dependent","finding":"Region-dependent — a US entity contracts in some regions; elsewhere a non-US entity does, and whether a US company controls it is not established","parent":null,"legal_reach":"More than one contracting entity is on record, and which one a buyer signs with depends on facts about the buyer, such as where it is. The record does not establish US corporate control on every track, so it makes no single finding on US legal reach.","caveat":null,"rule":"A provider subject to US jurisdiction can be required by valid US legal process to produce data in its possession, custody or control wherever it is located (CLOUD Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2713). A US-incorporated contracting entity is subject to US jurisdiction. A non-US contracting entity under US corporate control may be within reach through that control, depending on whether the parent controls the data and on the circumstances; where that control has not been established, the entity is not thereby beyond reach.","rule_url":"/static/manifesto.html#us-reach-rule"},"evidence":{"source_url":"https://www.adobe.com/cc-shared/fragments/legal/terms-existing","document_title":"Adobe General Terms of Use | Adobe Legal","date_read":"2026-09-20","last_rechecked":{"last_check":"unreadable","gate":"refused","date":null,"words":"clause read 20 Sep 2026; its host's terms forbid automated re-reading, so it is not re-checked"},"quote":null,"quote_carried_by":"the AI Subprocessor Jurisdiction Report ($299), which quotes the clause each finding rests on"},"not_established":["us_control"]}