CBC/Radio-Canada Terms Scorecard

Grade C+ — Standard consumer terms (score 65/100)

CBC/Radio-Canada maintains broad, perpetual rights to user-generated content and disclaims all liability for service operation, while lacking specific data retention or deletion timelines.

Perpetual content license, broad liability disclaimer, and no deletion period.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section 3D — Rights in Your Submissions

you grant to CBC/Radio-Canada a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive (unless otherwise indicated in specific terms), worldwide licence to publish, reproduce and distribute

CBC retains a permanent, non-revocable license to use your content forever, even if you delete your account.

Section 5A — Liability

CBC/Radio-Canada offers no warranty with regard to the content or operation... and assumes no responsibility for... any damage whatsoever, regardless of its nature or value.

CBC disclaims all liability for any harm or damages resulting from the use of their services.

Section 3E — Removal of Content

Content posted on CBC/Radio-Canada digital services will be kept as long as required by law or by CBC/Radio-Canada policies.

The policy fails to define a specific retention or deletion period for user data.

Cookie Notice

We and select advertising partners use trackers to collect some of your data in order to... deliver personalized content and advertising.

Third-party trackers are used for advertising without an explicit consent banner.

Changes to These Terms of Use

If we make important changes and you have a CBC/Radio-Canada account, we will alert you by email.

CBC provides email notice for important changes to account holders.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05 under rubric v3.5.

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