Business Wire Terms Scorecard

Grade A- — Mostly protective (score 86/100)

Business Wire reserves the right to modify terms without notice and requires users to indemnify the company for any claims arising from site use.

Standard terms with unilateral modification and broad indemnification.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section G — Rights Reserved / Change in Terms

Business Wire reserves the right to make changes to these Terms of Use at any time and for any reason. All changes are effective immediately when they are posted. Your continued use of the Site after the date such changes become effective will constitute Your acceptance of the changes.

The company can change the rules at any time, and you are automatically bound by them just by continuing to use the site.

Section H — Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Business Wire... from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to Your violations of these Terms of Use.

You are financially responsible for the company's legal costs if your use of the site leads to a lawsuit.

Section F — Governing Law and Venue

Any dispute arising under or related in any way to these Terms of Use shall be adjudicated in a court of competent jurisdiction in the County of San Francisco, California.

All legal disputes must be handled in San Francisco, which may be inconvenient depending on where you live.

Last reviewed 2026-07-31 under rubric v3.5.

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