Cengage Terms Scorecard

Grade D — Sign with caution (score 58/100)

Cengage claims a perpetual, irrevocable license to your content and reserves the right to modify terms or terminate your account at any time without notice.

Perpetual content license, unilateral changes, and broad termination rights.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

User-Created Content

You hereby grant Cengage and users of the applicable Service a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, prepare derivative works of, perform, and display your Content...

You give Cengage a permanent, global right to use, change, and share your content for any business purpose, even after you leave.

Changes to These Terms

Cengage may change these Terms from time to time. ... Your use of the Services after the date on which these Terms have changed constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

By continuing to use the service, you automatically agree to any changes Cengage makes to these terms.

Termination and Blocking

Cengage may terminate, suspend, or block your use of all or part of the Services, without liability or refund, if in Cengage’s sole determination you have breached these Terms.

Cengage can ban you or delete your account at their sole discretion without providing a refund.

Privacy; Consent to Use of Data

Cengage will not share the UDID or any other individual App user data with third parties, except in the case of a court order, subpoena, or a lawful government demand.

Cengage will hand over your data to law enforcement or government agencies if requested, without a commitment to notify you.

Limitation of Liability

Cengage’s total liability will at all times be limited to the fees you have paid to Cengage for the Services at issue during the prior three (3) months.

If Cengage causes you harm, the most you can recover is the amount you paid them in the last three months.

Indemnification

YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS CENGAGE, its affiliates and suppliers... from any and all demands, claims, actions, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including attorneys’ fees...

You are financially responsible for Cengage's legal costs if they are sued due to your actions.

Last reviewed 2026-08-23 under rubric v3.5.

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