Cohere Terms Scorecard

Grade C — Standard consumer terms (score 61/100)

Cohere's terms grant the company broad, irrevocable rights to use customer data for AI training and sharing with third parties, while strictly limiting liability and requiring user indemnification.

Broad AI training rights, liability caps, and indemnification requirements.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
LIKELY
Forced arbitration
NO
Trains AI on your content
YES
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 4.1 — Customer Data

YOU GRANT US A NONEXCLUSIVE, WORLDWIDE, ROYALTY-FREE, IRREVOCABLE... RIGHT TO... IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE COHERE SOLUTION... INCLUDING BY SHARING API DATA AND FINETUNING DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES WHO MAY USE THE FINETUNING DATA AND API DATA TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO COHERE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PERMITTED UNDER THEIR TERMS AND CONDITIONS</span

Cohere claims a perpetual right to use your data for AI training and shares it with third parties who may use it for their own business purposes.

Section 20 — Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY... EXCEED $100 CAD.

Cohere limits its total financial liability to $100 CAD, regardless of the harm caused.

Section 21 — Indemnification

You will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Cohere Parties from and against any claims... including reasonable legal and accounting fees

You are responsible for paying Cohere's legal costs if they are sued due to your use of their service.

Section 1.1 — Changes to Terms

When we change these Terms of Use, we will: (i) place a notice on the Cohere Website and Cohere Application, send you an email

Cohere commits to providing notice before changing the terms of service.

Section 22.1 — Termination

You may terminate these Terms of Use at any time and with immediate effect by requesting by email that your User ID be deleted

You have a clear, simple mechanism to terminate your account and stop using the service.

Last reviewed 2026-08-26 under rubric v3.5.

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