BambooHR Terms Scorecard

Grade B — Fair terms (score 77/100)

BambooHR grants itself a perpetual, irrevocable license to user-generated content and limits liability, but provides clear data deletion timelines and does not force arbitration.

Standard B2B terms. Perpetual content license. No forced arbitration.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section 8.2 — User Content License

You hereby grant to BambooHR an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, assignable, royalty-free, worldwide right and license to use... any User Content you post

BambooHR claims a permanent, global right to use anything you post, which continues even if you stop using the service.

Section 2.3 — Termination by You

Except as provided below and in Section 2.4, your subscription is non-cancelable until the end of the Term and all fees paid hereunder are non-refundable.

If you sign up for an extended term, you are locked into paying for the entire duration regardless of whether you use the service.

Section 6.5 — Confidentiality

Subject to the User Rights; Restrictions; Support and the Compliance with Laws; Disclaimers Sections, each party may preserve Confidential Information... and may also disclose Confidential Information and Customer Data to the extent required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with legal processes, applicable laws…

BambooHR reserves the right to share your data with government authorities if they believe it is necessary.

Section 2.5 — Customer Data Downloads and Deletion

After such 30-day period... BambooHR shall have no obligation to maintain any Customer Data and shall thereafter... delete all of your Customer Data contained in the BambooHR® Service.

BambooHR provides a clear commitment to delete your data after your subscription ends.

Section 3.2 — Modification of Agreement

In the event BambooHR determines it is necessary to make a material modification to this Agreement, you will be provided with thirty (30) days’ notice of such change and asked to affirmatively agree to such modified version

BambooHR commits to notifying you 30 days in advance of material changes to the terms.

Last reviewed 2026-08-23 under rubric v3.5.

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