Indiatimes Terms Scorecard

This assessment covers the linked ToS.

Grade F — Predatory terms (score 38/100)

Indiatimes forces binding arbitration, waives class action rights, and claims a perpetual, irrevocable license to all user-submitted content.

Forced arbitration, class waiver, perpetual content license, and no notice changes.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

JURISDICTION AND ARBITRATION

YOU HEREBY CONSENT TO ARBITRATION OF ALL CLAIMS BEFORE A SINGLE ARBITRATOR. ... NO “CLASS” OR SIMILAR GROUP ARBITRATION SHALL BE PERMITTED.

You are forced to resolve all disputes through individual arbitration, waiving your right to a jury trial or class action.

Material Posted/transmitted at TIL's Website

you agree to grant/assign to TIL and its affiliates, a non-exclusive, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such Content

The company takes a permanent, irrevocable license to use, modify, and distribute anything you post, even after you leave.

Changes

TIL reserves the right to suspend / cancel, or discontinue any or all channels, products or services at any time without notice to you

The company can change the terms or shut down services at any time without notifying you.

Indemnification

YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD TIL ... HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS ... (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES)

You are financially responsible for the company's legal costs if they are sued due to your use of the service.

Limited time to bring your claim

any cause of action ... must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues otherwise, such cause of action will be permanently barred.

You have only one year to bring a legal claim, which is shorter than many standard statutes of limitations.

AI and Text/Data Mining Restriction

no person or entity may access, copy, extract, scrape, crawl, index, cache, mine or otherwise use the content of this Site ... for the purpose of (a) training, developing, testing or improving any artificial intelligence

The company explicitly prohibits the use of its content for AI training purposes.

Last reviewed 2026-10-12 under rubric v3.6.

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