Grade A- — Mostly protective (score 85/100)
Arduino forces U.S. users into binding arbitration and class action waivers, while claiming a perpetual, irrevocable license to all user-generated content.
Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and broad indemnification.
You and Arduino hereby waive any right to a trial by jury and the right to participate in any purported class, collective, aggregate, representative, or consolidated action.
You are prohibited from joining class action lawsuits or having your case heard by a jury.
User grants to Arduino the non-exclusive, royalty free, transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual, irrevocable, to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law... right to use the Content published... throughout the world using any means and for any purpose.
Arduino takes a permanent, global license to use anything you post, which continues even after you leave.
User shall indemnify and hold harmless Arduino... from and against any claims, liabilities, damages... including reasonable attorneys’ fees arising out of or relating to User’s breach of these Terms.
You are financially responsible for Arduino's legal costs if your use of the service leads to a lawsuit.
User is entitled to cancel their Account once logged-in by following the relevant cancellation procedure made available online via their account management page.
You can delete your account yourself through the website settings.
Any modifications will be published on the Site and communicated to User by Account notification. Unless otherwise specified... all modifications to these Terms will become effective thirty (30) calendar days after the date the notice is provided.
Arduino promises to give you 30 days notice before changing the terms.
Last reviewed 2026-08-04 under rubric v3.5.