Fortune Terms Scorecard

Grade F — Predatory terms (score 52/100)

Fortune's terms include aggressive legal waivers, a perpetual license to user content, and the right to modify the agreement at any time without notice.

Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and unilateral term changes.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
UNCLEAR
Forced arbitration
YES
Trains AI on your content
UNCLEAR
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

Introduction

We may change the Terms and Conditions from time to time, at any time without notice to you, by posting such changes on the Web Site.

The company reserves the right to modify the agreement without providing direct notice to users.

Section 6 — Submitted Materials

you grant us and our affiliates a royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully transferable, assignable, and sublicensable right and license to use... any Submitted Materials

Fortune claims a permanent, irrevocable license to use anything you post, which survives account deletion.

Section 24 — Dispute Resolution

YOU SPECIFICALLY AGREE THAT YOU ARE BOUND TO RESOLVE ALL DISPUTES IN ARBITRATION, AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY FORFEITING YOUR RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND TO OTHERWISE PROCEED IN A LAWSUIT IN STATE OR FEDERAL COURT.

Users are forced into private arbitration and waive their right to sue in court or participate in a class action.

Section 9 — Right to Monitor

we reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or government request

Fortune reserves the right to hand over your data to government entities at their discretion.

Last reviewed 2026-08-26 under rubric v3.5.

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