Grade A — Highly protective (score 94/100)
DeepL Pro ToS keeps customer content rights, deletes data on a 90-day schedule, and provides 8 weeks' advance notice of changes, but assigns the contract freely in M&A and pins disputes to England and Wales.
B2B translation ToS with strong notice, retention, and limited but real M&A and jurisdiction concerns.
If Customer has requested such storage of Content and Processed Content, this will be deleted 90 days after the end of the Agreement.
A specific, published retention/deletion period applies to stored Content and Processed Content after contract termination.
Customer shall defend, indemnify and hold DeepL harmless against any and all third-party claims... arising out of or in connection with: (a) DeepL's use of Customer's Content and/or Customer Training Data... infringes a third party's intellectual property or other rights; or (b) Customer's breach of this Agreement.
Customer must indemnify DeepL, but the trigger is narrowly limited to infringement claims tied to Customer-provided content and to Customer's own breach.
DeepL will submit the modified Terms and Conditions in text form to the Customer at least eight (8) weeks before they are planned to come into force and will make a separate reference to the new provisions and to the date of their effect.
DeepL provides substantial advance written notice before changes take effect and flags the new provisions and effective date.
DeepL may at any time assign, transfer, charge or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to a third party taking over the business or Services of DeepL.
In a merger, acquisition, or sale of business, the Agreement (and any associated customer data) may be transferred to a third party with no user consent or opt-out.
Each Party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
Exclusive jurisdiction is fixed at England and Wales regardless of where the customer resides.
Last reviewed 2026-09-08 under rubric v3.5.