{"object":"determination","schema_version":"1","vendor":"Speechmatics","state":"conditional","sentence":"Contracting entity depends on your region or order form — read the clause.","qualifier":"","contracting_entity":"Speechmatics (USA) Inc. (US-located users); Cantab Research Ltd t/a Speechmatics (all other users)","jurisdiction":"United States (Speechmatics (USA) Inc., incorporated in Delaware); United Kingdom (Cantab Research Ltd, England and Wales, company number 05697423)","governing_law":"Depends on where the customer is located, under sections 15.11 and 15.12 of the Speechmatics Terms of Service: the laws of the State of New York, with the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New York, for customers located in the US; the laws of England and Wales, with the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, for customers located in any other country. Read 22 September 2026.","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.speechmatics.com/legal/terms-of-service","document_title":"Terms of Service Information | Speechmatics","date_read":"2026-09-16","last_rechecked":{"last_check":"found_again","gate":"readable","date":"2026-10-19","words":"clause re-checked 19 Oct 2026"},"quote":null,"quote_carried_by":"the AI Subprocessor Jurisdiction Report ($299), which quotes the clause each finding rests on"},"not_established":["us_control"]}