HowStuffWorks Terms Scorecard

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

The agreement grants the company a perpetual, worldwide license to your content and requires you to indemnify them for any claims arising from your account activity.

Broad content license, indemnification, and unilateral modification rights.

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
UNCLEAR
Tells you before changes
NO
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

USER-GENERATED VIDEO

you grant InfoSpace Holdings LLC... a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid up license to make use of and distribute your user-generated video

You grant the company a permanent, royalty-free license to use your video submissions forever.

COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES

HSW reserves the right to disclose any information that HSW believes necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request

The company reserves the right to share your information with government entities at their sole discretion.

USE OF MATERIALS

you are granting to HSW... a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to display, use, copy, modify, transmit, sell, exploit, create derivative works from, distribute, and/or publicly perform such materials

Anything you post in forums or blogs becomes subject to a permanent, irrevocable license for the company to sell or exploit.

Visitor Agreement

we may change the terms of this Visitor Agreement from time to time. By continuing to use any of the HSW Sites after we post any such changes, you accept this Visitor Agreement, as modified.

The company can change the terms at any time without notifying you, and your continued use constitutes acceptance.

Release and Waiver; Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the HSW Parties from any and all claims arising from their use and distribution of your Video Submission

You must pay for the company's legal defense if they are sued because of your content.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY

YOU AGREE THAT THE LIABILITY OF THE HSW SITES... WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, YOU PAID TO INFOSAPCE LLC FOR THE USE OF THE HSW SITES.

The company limits its liability to the amount you paid, which is effectively zero for free services.

Last reviewed 2026-08-02 under rubric v3.5.

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