Arduino Terms Scorecard

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.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section 21.2 — Class Action/Jury Trial Waiver

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.

Section 7.1 — Publishing Content

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.

Section 16.1 — Indemnification

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.

Section 10.2 — Account Cancellation

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.

Section 11.2 — Changes

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.

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