Associated Press Terms Scorecard

Grade D — Sign with caution (score 57/100)

The Associated Press Terms of Use include standard restrictive clauses such as forced arbitration, a perpetual license to user content, and a $100 liability cap, balanced by clear deletion rights.

Standard terms with forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and liability cap.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
YES
Forced arbitration
YES
Trains AI on your content
NO
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 13 — Binding Arbitration and Class Action Waiver

YOU AND WE HEREBY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHTS TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A TRIAL IN FRONT OF A JUDGE OR A JURY.

Users are forced into binding arbitration and waive their right to a jury trial.

Section 4.B. — License Grant to Us and Others

By submitting User Content, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, fully sublicensable, and transferable license...

The company claims a permanent, unchangeable right to use your content forever.

Section 8 — Limitation of Liability

ANY DIRECT DAMAGES THAT YOU MAY SUFFER ... SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).

Even if the company is at fault, you cannot recover more than $100 in damages.

Section 3.A. — Account Deletion

You may delete your Account at any time.

You have a clear, self-serve mechanism to delete your account and personal data.

Section 1 — Right to Modify

We may also provide additional notice of material revisions, such as by email.

The company promises to notify you of significant changes to the terms.

Last reviewed 2026-08-10 under rubric v3.5.

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