edX Terms Scorecard

Grade C+ — Standard consumer terms (score 65/100)

edX forces binding arbitration, claims a perpetual license to user content, and reserves the right to terminate accounts without notice.

Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and broad termination rights.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section 18.1 — Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, BY ENTERING INTO THESE TERMS, YOU AND EDX ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION.

You are legally barred from suing edX in court or joining a class action lawsuit, forcing all disputes into private, individual arbitration.

Section 9.2 — Limited License Grant to edX and Members

By Posting User Content to or via the Service, you grant edX and... the relevant Member(s), a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free... right and license... to host, store, transfer, publicly display... and distribute your User Content.

You grant edX a permanent, non-revocable right to use, modify, and distribute anything you post, even after you delete your account.

Section 14.2 — Termination

edX may, at its sole discretion, terminate these Terms and/or your Account... at any time for any reason or no reason, with or without notice, and without any liability to you.

edX can delete your account and all your data at any time, for any reason, without warning.

Section 13 — Modification of Terms

We may, from time to time, change these Terms. Please check these Terms periodically for changes. Revisions will be effective immediately except that, for existing users, material revisions will be effective 30 days after posting or notice.

edX can change the rules at any time, and you are expected to check back periodically to see if they have changed.

Section 14.2 — Termination

You may terminate your Account and these Terms at any time by requesting deletion of your Account by clicking the button labeled "Delete my account" in your Account settings.

You have a clear, self-serve way to delete your account and data.

Last reviewed 2026-07-25 under rubric v3.5.

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