Cookpad Terms Scorecard

Grade B — Fair terms (score 76/100)

Cookpad grants itself a broad, perpetual, and transferable license to your content, but avoids forced arbitration and class action waivers.

Broad content license and liability limits, but no forced arbitration.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section 10 — Content Owner and Rights You Licence

you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, on-going and transferable right and licence... to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, translate, publish, transmit, display and distribute... that Content... for any and all of our business activities.

You grant Cookpad a perpetual, global, and transferable license to use your content for any business purpose, including commercial exploitation, without compensation.

Section 19 — Limitation of Our Liability

We will only be liable to Registered User of the Premium Service up to a maximum aggregate limit of the Subscription Fees paid by that Registered User to us.

Your ability to sue for damages is capped at the total amount of subscription fees you have paid, which significantly limits your legal recourse.

Section 15 — Changes to These Terms

We will notify you of material Changes, including by posting when you visit our Site or App or by email to the email address registered upon your account registration.

The company commits to notifying you of material changes to the terms via email or in-app notifications.

Section 9 — Cancellation of Premium Service

To cancel your monthly subscription to our Premium Service, please refer to the following pages: Android / iOS. Cancellation will take effect at the end of the then-current monthly billing period.

You can cancel your subscription through your app store settings, and it will remain active until the end of the current billing cycle.

Section 17 — Temporary or Permanent Suspension

We may suspend, withdraw, or discontinue all or any part of Cookpad Service without notice.

Cookpad reserves the right to terminate or suspend the service or your access at any time without prior notice.

Last reviewed 2026-07-31 under rubric v3.5.

Other scorecards