Grade C — Standard consumer terms (score 62/100)
DigitalOcean forces binding arbitration, claims a perpetual license to user feedback, and reserves the right to terminate accounts at any time without notice.
Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and broad termination rights.
you and DigitalOcean agree that every dispute arising in connection with this TOS will be resolved by binding arbitration.
You are forced into private arbitration and waive your right to sue in court or join a class action.
you hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid, royalty-free right to use and incorporate the Feedback into our products and services without restriction and without compensation to you.
Any suggestions you provide become the company's property forever, to use however they want without paying you.
we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or any part of the Websites and/or Services at any time, with or without notice, effective immediately.
The company can shut down your account and delete your data at any time for any reason without telling you first.
We reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is necessary to (i) respond to any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
The company reserves the right to hand over your data to government authorities at their discretion.
you shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us and our employees... from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.
If the company gets sued because of your content or use of the service, you have to pay their legal bills.
DigitalOcean reserves the right to update, change or otherwise modify this TOS... DigitalOcean may provide notice of such updates, such as by sending an email notification.
The company commits to notifying you when they change the terms.
Last reviewed 2026-07-25 under rubric v3.5.