Harvard Business School Publishing Terms Scorecard

Grade F — Predatory terms (score 54/100)

The terms include a class action waiver, grant the company a perpetual license to user submissions, and allow for unilateral modifications without notice.

Class action waiver, broad content license, and unilateral modification rights.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
UNCLEAR
Forced arbitration
YES
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

Section 14 — Class Action Waiver

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

You are legally barred from joining any class action lawsuits against the company.

Section 5 — User Submissions

If you make a Submission, you automatically grant or warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted HBP a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the Submission in any media or medium.

You grant the company a permanent, global license to use, modify, and distribute anything you post.

Section 11 — Modification or Suspension

You agree that HBP may, in its sole discretion and at any time, modify, discontinue, or suspend its operation or your use of the Services... without notice or liability to you.

The company can change or stop the service at any time without telling you.

Section 7 — Limitation of Liability

HBP’S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU... WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (1) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES RECEIVED BY HBP FROM YOU... OR (2) USD $100.

The company limits its total financial liability to you to $100.

Section 11 — Modification or Suspension

If you no longer desire to participate in the Services, you may terminate your participation at any time.

You are free to stop using the service whenever you want.

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

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