Grade B — Fair terms (score 78/100)
CWRU's combined Legal Privacy Notice allows unlimited account termination at sole discretion, requires user indemnification, lacks any data retention period, and disclaims privacy responsibility.
University Terms with broad termination, indemnification, and weak privacy commitments
CWRU and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion
The university claims absolute, unreviewable authority to end accounts and remove content without cause.
You agree to indemnify and hold CWRU harmless from any claims, losses or damages, including legal fees, resulting from your violation of these terms, your use of a Site or your placement of any content onto a Site, and to fully cooperate in CWRU's defense against any such claims.
The user is solely on the hook for any legal claims arising from their use, including CWRU's defense costs.
CWRU reserves the right to modify these terms at any time and will publish notice of any such modifications on-line at this site or elsewhere on-line.
CWRU may change terms at will and will post notice online, but does not commit to email or in-app notice.
CWRU has the right to obtain and search all computer/IT resources located on campus and connected to the CWRU network infrastructure if there is a reasonable suspicion that those resources are being used in violation of university policy.
On reasonable suspicion, CWRU may search personally owned devices connected to its network.
Although every effort is made to secure network communications, CWRU cannot ensure the privacy of online communications. Individuals using online services should take steps to protect personal information, such as closing the web browser when finished using the site.
CWRU makes only a best-effort security claim and then disclaims responsibility, telling users to protect themselves.
THESE SITES AND ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR USE OF A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON INFRINGEMENT.
CWRU gives no guarantees about merchantability, fitness, or non-infringement of its services.
CWRU accepts credit card payments online for a variety of goods and services. Unless otherwise noted on the site, all University credit card transactions are encrypted.
Payment card transactions are encrypted; sensitive transaction data is not used for unrelated purposes.
CWRU reserves the right to monitor these systems to insure that they are not used in a way that damages CWRU, its students or employees.
CWRU conducts monitoring of its networks and may remove material at its discretion.
Last reviewed 2026-09-10 under rubric v3.5.