Houzz Terms Scorecard

Grade F — Predatory terms (score 53/100)

Houzz maintains broad, perpetual rights to user content, mandates individual arbitration, and severely limits its liability for damages.

Broad content license, forced arbitration, and liability caps.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section 3 — License and Permission to Use Your Content

You hereby grant to us... a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free... worldwide license... to use, reproduce, process, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, prepare derivative works, store, publish, transmit and distribute Your Content.

Houzz retains a permanent, irrevocable right to use your content even after you delete your account.

Section 10 — Binding Arbitration

You and Houzz agree that any dispute... will be settled by binding arbitration... This means that you and Houzz both agree to waive the right to a trial by jury.

You cannot sue Houzz in court; you must use private arbitration, and you waive your right to a jury trial.

Section 8 — Limitations of Liability

YOU AGREE THAT THE HOUZZ ENTITIES SPECIFICALLY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR... ANY AMOUNT, IN THE AGGREGATE, IN EXCESS OF THE GREATER OF (A) ONE-HUNDRED DOLLARS (USD $100) OR (B) THE AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE BY YOU TO HOUZZ.

If Houzz causes you harm, the most you can recover is $100, regardless of the actual damages.

Section 12 — Changes

If we make material changes to the Terms, we will notify you through the Houzz Platform, by email, or by other means, to offer you an opportunity to review the changes before they become effective.

Houzz promises to provide notice before making significant changes to the terms.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05 under rubric v3.5.

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