Indie.io Terms Scorecard

Grade D — Sign with caution (score 57/100)

Indie.io claims a perpetual, irrevocable license to your content and forces users into arbitration in Alabama, while limiting liability to $100.

Perpetual content license, liability cap, and forced arbitration.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
UNCLEAR
Forced arbitration
YES
Trains AI on your content
YES
Collects biometric data
UNCLEAR
Shares data with government
UNCLEAR
Easy to cancel
YES
Tells you before changes
YES
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

PRIVACY, CONTENT AND SUBMISSIONS

the Company hereby is and shall be granted a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable and transferable right to fully exploit such User Submissions

The company takes a permanent, global license to use anything you post, which they can sub-license to others.

GOVERNING LAW, ARBITRATION, LANGUAGE

You will attempt to settle any disputes related to these Terms through good-faith negotiations or arbitration.

You are required to use arbitration to resolve disputes rather than going to court.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

in no event shall the Company... be liable... for: any amount in the aggregate exceeding the greater of (i) One Hundred U.S. Dollars (USD $100)

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

UPDATES AND REVISIONS

If we make material adverse changes... we’ll provide you additional notices as well... Continued use of the Services after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes.

They promise to notify you of material changes, though continuing to use the service counts as your agreement.

PURCHASES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

You may cancel a subscription at any time by following the instructions provided in the Services

You can cancel your subscription whenever you want using the provided tools.

Last reviewed 2026-08-19 under rubric v3.5.

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