Grade B- — Mostly fair (score 70/100)
Channel 4 ToS grants them an irrevocable, worldwide content license and broad termination discretion, but offers self-serve deletion and court-based (not arbitration) dispute resolution.
Perpetual content license and broad termination rights; protections offset deductions
you allow us (and our third party partners) irrevocably to use your content at our discretion in any media (including on television and online) throughout the world at any time without further liability or payment to you
Users grant Channel 4 a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license to user content with no compensation.
We might also show your name (and, if provided to us, your photograph) with your contribution
Channel 4 may use your name and photograph alongside your user content without separate consent.
We may suspend or terminate your account if we reasonably believe you are breaching any of these requirements ... Our decision to suspend or terminate your account will be based entirely on our own best judgement.
Channel 4 reserves broad discretion to terminate accounts based on its own internal assessment.
you shall not use ... the Channel 4 Services ... (a) for any machine learning, machine learning language models and/or artificial intelligence-related purposes (including the training or development of such technologies)
Channel 4 explicitly prohibits the use of their content for AI training purposes.
If you want to terminate your account, you can do so by clicking on ‘Close Account’. This will wipe the personal information you gave us from our systems
Users have a clear, self-serve mechanism to delete their account and personal data.
we may change these Terms of Use from time to time ... we will try to give you reasonable advance notice (including by posting an update on the Channel 4 Services), unless changes are urgently required due to security, legal or regulatory reasons.
Channel 4 promises reasonable advance notice for material changes, with an urgent-change exception.
These Terms of Use are governed by English law and both you and Channel 4 agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in the event of a dispute.
Disputes are resolved in English courts; the service is UK-only, so this is the local forum.
Last reviewed 2026-09-18 under rubric v3.5.