Cambridge Terms Scorecard

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

The University of Cambridge terms are standard for an educational institution, though they include a broad, perpetual license to user-contributed content.

Standard academic terms. No forced arbitration. Broad content license.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
NO
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

Terms of Website Use

These Terms of Use may be amended at any time. Revised Terms of Use take effect immediately from the time they are published and continued use of the site will be deemed acceptance of updated or amended terms.

The University can change these terms at any time without notifying you, and your continued use of the site counts as your agreement to the new terms.

Making Contributions to our site

You grant to the University a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free licence to copy, reproduce, broadcast, transmit, display and perform by all means all or part of your contribution on the site for the entire period of copyright in your contribution and all renewals, extensions or revivals thereof

When you post content, you give the University a permanent, free license to use it for as long as copyright exists.

Accessing our site

The University reserves the right to withdraw or amend the services provided on the site without notice.

The University can stop providing services or change the site at any time without warning.

Content Standards

The University reserves the right to review, edit or remove without warning any contribution that in its sole discretion breaches these Content Standards

The University can delete your posts at any time if they decide you broke the rules, without giving you a heads-up.

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

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