Grade F — Predatory terms (score 41/100)
Forced arbitration with class/jury waiver, perpetual irrevocable content license, $25 liability cap, undefined data retention, NY jurisdiction, M&A data transfer, no data export, no breach-notice commitment.
Predatory terms: forced arbitration, perpetual license, $25 liability cap, no data export
By making available any User Generated Content through the Services, you hereby grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, access, view, copy, adapt, modify, translate, alter, export, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, transmit, stream, broadcast and…
Users grant Cricbuzz a perpetual, irrevocable, transferable license to all content they post, including the right to sell and sublicense it.
Either party may terminate these Terms of Service for any or no cause, at any time.
Either side can terminate at any time, for any reason or none, with no notice requirement.
Following the termination or cancellation of your Account (as defined below), we reserve the right to delete all your data, including any User Generated Content, in the normal course of operation. Your data cannot be recovered once your Account is terminated or cancelled.
Data retention period after account closure is undefined.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY... EXCEED THE GREATER OF (I) THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY YOU TO CRICBUZZ DURING THE SIX (6) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE TIME SUCH CLAIM AROSE OR (II) TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($25), TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Total liability is capped at $25 (or 6 months of fees paid if greater) — essentially near-zero for free users.
You, at your own cost and expense, hereby agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Cricbuzz and its officers, directors, employees, independent contractors, agents, attorneys, insurers, successors and assigns...
One-way indemnification: user pays all of Cricbuzz's legal costs arising from user activity.
THE PARTIES UNDERSTAND THAT, ABSENT THIS MANDATORY PROVISION, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A RIGHT OR OPPORTUNITY TO LITIGATE DISPUTES THROUGH A COURT, TO HAVE A JUDGE OR JURY DECIDE THEIR CASE, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING INVOLVING MULTIPLE CLAIMANTS, BUT THEY HAVE INSTEAD CHOSEN TO HAVE ALL DISPUTES DECIDED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION.
Forced individual binding arbitration; class actions are barred.
any arbitration shall be conducted in our respective individual capacities only and not as a class action... you and we each expressly waive our respective right to file a class action or seek relief on a class basis.
Separate explicit jury trial and class-action waiver.
This Agreement and your use of the Services will be governed by, and will be construed under, the laws of the State of New York... You agree to the exclusive personal jurisdiction by the federal and state courts located in the State of New York.
Forces global users into New York courts regardless of where they live.
We may assign or transfer this Agreement without your consent, including but not limited to assignments: (1) to a parent or subsidiary, (2) to an acquirer of assets, or (3) to any other successor or acquirer.
Agreement (and user data) can be transferred to acquirers without user consent.
We reserve the right... to change, modify, add to, supplement, suspend, discontinue, or delete any of the terms... effective immediately with or without prior notice and without any liability to Cricbuzz. Cricbuzz will endeavor to notify you of material changes by email, but will not be liable for any failure to do so.
Cricbuzz may change the terms unilaterally at any time with or without notice; the email-notice effort is non-binding.
The App (including any updates or upgrades) may (i) cause your device to automatically communicate with our servers to deliver the App functionality and to record usage metrics, (ii) affect App-related preferences or data stored on your device, and (iii) collect personal information as set out in our Privacy Notice, including location information.
App explicitly collects location information; cross-reference to Privacy Notice governs further use.
We may ask for your separate consent to collect, use, or share your personal information within the context of your use of our Services. For example, we may ask you for specific consent via a banner or checkbox within the Services to share certain personal information with third-party partners. You may revoke your consent at any time by contacting us, as specified in our Privacy Notice.
Third-party sharing is gated by a consent banner/checkbox; users can revoke consent by contacting Cricbuzz.
Last reviewed 2026-09-13 under rubric v3.5.