500px Terms Scorecard

Grade C — Standard consumer terms (score 63/100)

500px forces binding arbitration and class action waivers, and claims a broad, transferable license to your content that survives account termination.

Forced arbitration, class action waiver, and broad content license.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
UNCLEAR
Forced arbitration
YES
Trains AI on your content
NO
Collects biometric data
UNCLEAR
Shares data with government
UNCLEAR
Easy to cancel
YES
Tells you before changes
YES
Deletes data on request
YES

What the terms actually say

Disputes and Arbitration

Any controversies or disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms shall be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the then current Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association

You are forced to resolve all legal disputes through private arbitration rather than in a court of law.

Limitation of Liability

YOU AND 500PX AGREE THAT ANY PROCEEDINGS TO RESOLVE OR LITIGATE ANY DISPUTE ARISING HEREUNDER WILL BE CONDUCTED SOLELY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT SEEK TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE HEARD AS A CLASS ACTION

You waive your right to participate in any class action lawsuit against the company.

Grant of Rights

you grant 500px a non-exclusive or exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license to use, sublicense, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display and submit for aggregated data licensing such Visual Content

You grant the company a very broad, worldwide, and transferable license to use and modify your photos.

Modification of Terms

If the alterations constitute a material change to the Terms, 500px will notify you by posting an announcement on the Site.

The company commits to notifying users of material changes to the terms.

Termination of Your Account

If you wish to terminate your 500px account, you must do so in writing and select whether you wish to deactivate (i.e., temporarily suspend) or completely delete your account.

You have a clear, self-serve option to delete your account.

Last reviewed 2026-08-04 under rubric v3.5.

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