Grade C — Standard consumer terms (score 63/100)
Instapaper forces users into binding arbitration and class action waivers while claiming a perpetual, sublicensable license to all user-generated content.
Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and unilateral modification rights.
YOU AGREE THAT ALL DISPUTES... WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION... AND YOU AND WE HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY... Neither you nor we will participate in a class action or class-wide arbitration.
You are prohibited from suing the company in court or participating in class action lawsuits, forcing all disputes into private, individual arbitration.
By submitting User Content... you hereby do and shall grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable and transferable license to use... and otherwise fully exploit the User Content... including after your termination of your Account.
You grant the company a permanent, sublicensable right to use, modify, and distribute your content, which survives even if you delete your account.
We reserve the right... to modify or replace any of these Terms of Service... at any time without notice or by posting a notice on the Site or by sending you notice... Your continued use... constitutes acceptance of those changes.
The company can change the terms at any time without providing direct notice, and your continued use of the service counts as your agreement to the new terms.
We also reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
The company reserves the right to share your information with government or law enforcement agencies whenever they deem it necessary.
You shall have the ability to delete your Account at any time through your Account settings.
You have a self-serve, one-click option to delete your account at any time.
Last reviewed 2026-08-22 under rubric v3.5.