Busuu Terms Scorecard

This assessment covers the linked ToS.

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

Busuu provides a standard language-learning service with clear cancellation rights, though it requires users to indemnify the company and grants a broad license to user content.

Standard terms with broad content license and indemnification requirements.

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
YES
Tells you before changes
YES
Deletes data on request
YES

What the terms actually say

USER CONTENT AND BEHAVIOR ON THE SERVICE

By submitting User Content to the Service or the Premium Services, you grant Busuu a worldwide, royalty-free... and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, and publish such User Content... (iii) in respect of User Content which provides comments on the Service or the Premium Services... for the purpose of marketing the Service and/or the Premium Services to third parties.

You grant Busuu a perpetual, royalty-free license to use your comments and posts for their own marketing purposes.

COMPENSATION

You agree to fully compensate Busuu for any losses, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal fees), or other liability, arising out of any claim... due to or arising out of your User Content, your use of the Service and the Premium Services...

You must pay for Busuu's legal fees and damages if they are sued because of your actions or content.

USER CONTENT AND BEHAVIOR ON THE SERVICE

You acknowledge and agree that Busuu may preserve User Content and may also disclose User Content if required to do so by law, or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal obligations; (b) enforce these Terms; (c) respond to claims that any User Content breaches the rights of third parties; or (d) protect the rights, property…

Busuu reserves the right to share your content with authorities or third parties if they believe it is necessary.

PREMIUM SERVICES

You may also cancel any purchase of a Premium Service and claim a refund for any reason by notifying us or the app store (as applicable) no later than 14 days after the day on which the contract for the relevant Premium Service was formed

You have a statutory 14-day cooling-off period to cancel your subscription and receive a refund.

TERMINATION

Except in relation to the Premium Services, you can delete your account and your use of the Service at any time using the delete account function within the “Settings” section of your Profile.

You can delete your account and data at any time through the settings menu.

Last reviewed 2026-10-13 under rubric v3.6.

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