McAfee Terms Scorecard

Grade D — Sign with caution (score 56/100)

McAfee forces users into binding arbitration and class action waivers, while reserving broad rights to share personal data with third-party advertisers and affiliates.

Forced arbitration, class action waiver, and broad data sharing.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Binding arbitration contract and class action waiver

YOU AND MCAFEE AGREE THAT ANY CLAIM... WILL BE RESOLVED BY CONFIDENTIAL, FINAL BINDING ARBITRATION... INSTEAD OF IN A COURT... no class action or other collective, consolidated, or representative action may be pursued.

You are forced to resolve all legal disputes through private arbitration and are prohibited from joining class action lawsuits.

How we disclose your personal information

We may share your Personal Information with third-party advertising and analytics partners... for purposes of delivering personalized advertisements to you.

McAfee shares your personal information with third-party advertisers to track your behavior and serve targeted ads.

Scope and updates to this privacy notice

We may revise this Privacy Notice from time to time in our sole discretion. You understand that the updated Privacy Notice will apply if you continue to use our Services after the new Privacy Notice takes effect.

McAfee can change their privacy terms at any time, and your continued use of the service constitutes acceptance of those changes without explicit notice.

AI-Powered Scam Protection

We also may store some text and email messages for in-depth analysis and to train our detection models, but we remove any Personal Information from the messages first.

McAfee uses your content to train their AI models, even if they claim to strip personal information first.

Your privacy choices and rights

To exercise your rights to access, correct, or delete your data, you may be able to do so by using our product features: To close your account and for other support questions, please visit the McAfee Customer Service page.

You have a clear, self-serve path to request the deletion of your account and personal data.

Last reviewed 2026-07-27 under rubric v3.5.

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