F5 Terms Scorecard

Grade B- — Mostly fair (score 74/100)

F5 reserves broad rights to use your content and terminate access without notice, but avoids forced arbitration and class action waivers.

Broad content license and termination rights. No forced arbitration.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Modifications of These Terms of Use

F5 reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the web site is offered at any time... Your continued use of the web site indicates your agreement to the modified terms.

F5 can change the rules at any time, and by continuing to use the site, you automatically agree to those changes without being notified.

Materials Provided to DevCentral NGINX Community Forum

by posting... you are granting F5... permission to use your Submission... including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, modify, create derivative works, translate and reformat your Submission

When you post content, you give F5 a massive, irrevocable license to do almost anything they want with it, including modifying it and creating derivative works.

Communication Services

F5 reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

F5 can kick you off their community forums whenever they want, for any reason, without telling you why.

Transparency

F5 reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request

F5 will hand over your data to the government or law enforcement whenever they feel it is required by law, without explicitly promising to notify you.

Disclaimer

F5 WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING... DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES

F5 disclaims all responsibility for any harm or financial loss you might suffer from using their site.

Last reviewed 2026-07-26 under rubric v3.5.