Avira Terms Scorecard

Grade B+ — Fair terms (score 81/100)

Avira's terms include a perpetual, irrevocable license to user content and allow for unilateral modifications to the agreement without notice.

Perpetual content license, unilateral changes, and broad liability disclaimers.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section 6.2 — Grant of Rights to Your Content

you grant Avira a royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully sub-licensable right and license to use... Your Content

You grant Avira a permanent, global, and irrevocable license to use, modify, and exploit any content you upload, which survives account termination.

Section 10 — Modifying Our Products

We may perform such modifications without providing you with prior notice of such modification.

Avira reserves the right to change or remove product features at any time without notifying you in advance.

Section 4 — Privacy and Collection

Some of this information may include... facial image, voice sample or other biometric record

The policy explicitly states that Avira collects biometric data, including facial images and voice samples.

Section 13 — Our Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Avira attempts to disclaim all liability for damages, including those resulting from their own negligence or product failure.

Section 3 — Your Avira Account

You may request, in writing, to have your backed-up data removed from our servers at any time.

You have the right to request the deletion of your backed-up data, which Avira commits to processing within seven business days.

Last reviewed 2026-08-01 under rubric v3.5.

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