Caterpillar Terms Scorecard

Grade D — Sign with caution (score 57/100)

Caterpillar mandates binding arbitration, waives class action rights, and claims a perpetual, irrevocable license to all user-submitted content.

Forced arbitration, class waiver, fee-shifting, and perpetual content license.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND MANDATORY ARBITRATION

YOU AND CATERPILLAR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL DISPUTES... WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION, RATHER THAN IN COURT... WE EACH AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEEDINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION.

You are prohibited from suing the company in court or joining a class action, forcing all disputes into private, individual arbitration.

INTERACTIVE FORUMS AND USER MATERIALS

You grant Caterpillar and its sublicensees a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferable, perpetual and irrevocable license to use, distribute, transmit, reproduce, modify, publish, translate, publicly perform and display and create derivative works of your User Materials.

Caterpillar claims a permanent, irrevocable right to use, modify, and profit from anything you post, which survives even if you delete your account.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; REMEDY

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CATERPILLAR PARTIES’ TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS (US$100.00).

The company caps its total financial responsibility to you at $100, regardless of the actual damages you suffer.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND MANDATORY ARBITRATION

The prevailing party in any arbitration or court proceedings shall be reimbursed by the other party for all costs, expenses and charges, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees.

This is a 'loser pays' provision that forces you to pay the company's legal fees if you lose, creating a massive financial risk for users.

UPDATING SITES

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change any and all Sites and Content at any time without notice.

The company can modify the terms or the service at any time without providing you any advance notice.

CONTRACTUAL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

YOU AGREE THAT... ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION... MUST BE FILED WITHIN 12 MONTHS AFTER THE CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION AROSE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.

You are forced to bring any legal claim within one year, which is significantly shorter than most statutory limits.

Last reviewed 2026-07-25 under rubric v3.5.

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