Frontiers Terms Scorecard

Grade C+ — Standard consumer terms (score 69/100)

Frontiers requires a perpetual, non-cancellable license to your content and imposes a one-year statute of limitations on all legal claims.

Grants perpetual content license. Short claim window. Unilateral changes.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section 7 — Licences (Permissions) You Grant as an Author

you grant to Frontiers and/or to the Hosted Journal owner and to the world at large a permanent, non-cancellable, free-of-charge, worldwide licence (permission) to publish, display, store, copy, adapt and re-use that article

You grant a permanent, irrevocable license to your work that cannot be taken back.

Section 21 — Deadline for Bringing Claims

Any claim against Frontiers or any Journal Owner must be brought within one year of your becoming aware of the existence of that claim.

You have only one year to bring a legal claim, which is a very short window.

Section 18 — Amendment of Conditions

Amendments take effect upon that communication being made available to you, whether or not you actually log in to receive the information.

Changes to the terms are effective immediately upon posting, regardless of whether you see them.

Section 3 — Registering with Frontiers

Frontiers may refuse or cancel a registration, at its discretion, with or without notice.

Frontiers can terminate your account at any time without prior notice.

Section 25 — Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Any dispute not so resolved shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

All legal disputes must be handled in Swiss courts, which is inconvenient for international users.

Last reviewed 2026-07-31 under rubric v3.5.

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