DreamHost Terms Scorecard

Grade A — Highly protective (score 93/100)

DreamHost maintains broad rights to modify terms and terminate accounts, but provides clear cancellation instructions and a limited refund policy for specific services.

Standard hosting terms. Broad indemnification and unilateral modification rights.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Contract Revisions

However, it is your responsibility to periodically check for the current version of our Terms by visiting this page... If you continue to use or access the Services after the effective date set forth above, you agree to be bound by any revised Terms.

The company reserves the right to change the terms at any time without direct notification, and your continued use of the service acts as your legal agreement to those new terms.

Indemnification

Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold DreamHost harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorneys fees

You are legally and financially responsible for defending the company against any third-party claims arising from your use of the service, including paying their legal fees.

Feedback

You hereby grant to DreamHost a perpetual, worldwide, exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free license, and right to use, copy, modify, or otherwise utilize your suggestions, feedback, reviews, or testimonials

Any feedback or suggestions you provide become the company's property to use forever, for any purpose, without compensation to you.

Financial Arrangements

You can cancel by accessing the Manage Account panel page.

You can cancel your service through a self-serve online portal rather than needing to call or mail the company.

Termination

DreamHost may terminate service under this contract at any time, without penalty, if the Customer fails to comply with the terms of this contract

The company has broad authority to terminate your account if they believe you have violated the terms.

Last reviewed 2026-07-27 under rubric v3.5.

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