CapCut Terms Scorecard

Grade C — Standard consumer terms (score 64/100)

CapCut claims a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to your content and reserves the right to modify terms without direct notice.

Broad content license, unilateral changes, and limited liability.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section 9 — User-Generated Content

By submitting User Content via the Services, you grant TikTok USDS Joint Venture... an unconditional, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual and worldwide license to use your User Content.

You grant the company a permanent, global right to use, modify, and distribute your content for any purpose without compensation.

Section 3 — Changes to these Terms

We will notify you of any material changes by updating the 'Last Updated' date... Your continued access to or use of the Platform and/or Services after the effective date of the updated Terms constitutes your acceptance.

The company can change the rules at any time, and your continued use acts as your agreement to the new terms.

Section 12 — Limitation of Liability

TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE’S... MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU... SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE HIGHER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO US WITHIN TWELVE (12) MONTHS... OR (B) FIFTY US DOLLARS (USD $50).

The company limits its financial responsibility to you to a maximum of $50, even if they cause significant harm.

Section 14 — Dispute Resolution

YOU AND TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE AGREE THAT YOU MUST INITIATE ANY PROCEEDING OR ACTION WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR OF THE DATE OF THE OCCURRENCE... OTHERWISE, YOU FOREVER WAIVE THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ANY CLAIM.

You lose your right to sue if you do not start the process within one year of the incident.

Section 4 — Your Account with Us

If you no longer want to use or access the Platform and our Services, you can choose to delete your account through the 'Manage account' page on the Platform.

You have a self-serve, online option to delete your account and data.

Last reviewed 2026-07-27 under rubric v3.5.

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