Malwarebytes Terms Scorecard

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

Malwarebytes reserves broad rights to modify services without notice and maintains a perpetual license to user content, though it provides clear contact channels for account cancellation.

Standard terms. Includes liability cap and broad content license.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

CHANGES TO TERMS OR SERVICES

Because our Services evolve over time we may change, suspend or discontinue all or any part of the Services, at any time and without notice, at our sole discretion.

The company reserves the right to alter or terminate the service at any time without providing prior warning to the user.

Rights in User Content Granted by You

By making any User Content available through Services you grant to Malwarebytes a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon, host, store, distribute, publicly display, and publicly perform your User Content... This license continues even if you stop using our Services.

The company retains a perpetual, worldwide license to use and modify your content even after you close your account.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT WILL MALWAREBYTES’ TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OR CONTENT EXCEED FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS ($50 USD).

The company limits its total financial liability to you to $50, regardless of the damages incurred.

TERMINATION

We may terminate your access to and use of your access to and use of the Services, at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you.

The company can terminate your account at any time for any reason without prior notification.

TERMINATION

You may cancel your Account at any time by accessing my.malwarebytes.com to update your subscription status or contact us at support.malwarebytes.com and we can assist further.

The company provides a clear, self-serve mechanism for account cancellation.

Last reviewed 2026-08-04 under rubric v3.5.

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