NBCUniversal Terms Scorecard

Grade B- — Mostly fair (score 73/100)

NBCUniversal grants itself a perpetual, worldwide license to your content and limits its liability to $100, but notably avoids forced arbitration and class action waivers.

Broad content license and liability caps. No forced arbitration.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section 3.2.1 — License to User-Generated Content

You hereby grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free... license to use, reproduce, adapt... and/or otherwise exploit... User-Generated Content... without further notice to you, and without the requirement of compensation.

You grant the company a permanent, global, and free license to use your content in any way they see fit, including for commercial purposes, without paying you or asking again.

Section 6.2.1 — Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL THE NBCUNIVERSAL PARTIES’ AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU... EXCEED... ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), WHICHEVER IS LESS.

The company limits its total financial responsibility to you to $100, regardless of the harm caused.

Section 4.2 — Investigations, Monitoring, and User Disputes

We may... examine, record, copy and disclose your use of the NBCUniversal Services including as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request.

The company reserves the right to share your data with law enforcement or government agencies at their discretion.

Section 6.4 — Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the NBCUniversal Parties from and against any and all claims... including reasonable legal fees.

If the company gets sued because of something you did, you have to pay for their lawyers and any damages they are ordered to pay.

Section 7.1 — Disputes to Be Heard in Court

NBCUniversal and you agree that... neither party shall be required to arbitrate any claims against the other.

The company explicitly rejects forced arbitration, allowing you to take them to court.

Section 1.4 — Modifications

We may modify these TOS, and such changes will be effective thirty (30) days following either notification to you or our posting of the changes.

The company provides a 30-day notice period before changes to the terms become effective.

Last reviewed 2026-08-05 under rubric v3.5.

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