Chicago Sun-Times Terms Scorecard

Grade F — Predatory terms (score 44/100)

The terms impose mandatory arbitration, a class action waiver, and a perpetual license to your content, while limiting your ability to bring claims to a six-month window.

Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and short claim window.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

MANDATORY ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER

By agreeing to these Terms, you agree to resolve all disputes with any of the CPM Entities as follows: ... binding arbitration as the sole means to resolve claims.

You cannot sue the company in court; you must use private arbitration, and you cannot join class action lawsuits.

User Content License

For all User Content you post... you grant CPM Entities a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully sub-licensable, right and license to use, copy, reproduce, distribute, publish...

Anything you post becomes theirs to use forever, in any way they want, without paying you.

Statute of Limitations

You agree that any claims not filed within six months of the time in which the events giving rise to such claim began are waived.

You have a very short window of six months to file any legal claim against the company before you lose the right to do so.

Modifying these Terms

The CPM Entities reserve the right to change these Terms at any time in their discretion and to notify users of any such changes solely by changing the Effective Date of these Terms.

The company can change the rules at any time without sending you an email or alert; you are responsible for checking the date.

General Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

CPM ENTITIES... SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT FOR DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE LESSER OF $100 or the amount you paid to CPM Entities in the six months prior to a claim’s arising.

If the company harms you, the most you can recover is $100 or what you paid them in the last six months.

Last reviewed 2026-08-19 under rubric v3.5.

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