Patch Terms Scorecard

Grade F — Predatory terms (score 39/100)

Patch forces binding arbitration, claims a perpetual license to your content, and reserves the right to modify terms or terminate your account at any time without notice.

Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and unilateral modification rights.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE

By agreeing to arbitrate, both you and Patch give up the right to bring a claim in court ... or in front of a jury, and we each also both give up the right to bring or participate in any class action.

You are forced into private arbitration and waive your right to participate in class action lawsuits.

YOUR LICENSE TO PATCH

by sharing or uploading Your Content, you grant Patch ... a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, copy ... and otherwise create derivative works from ... Your Content ... without payment or compensation to you.

Patch claims a permanent, irrevocable right to use your content for any purpose, including advertising, without paying you.

USE OF THE SERVICE

you may not use the Service or any content on the Service for development of any software program(s), including, but not limited to, for the purpose of training a machine learning or other artificial intelligence system or service.

Patch prohibits users from training AI on their content, but claims the right to use user content for its own AI training.

TERMINATION OF ACCESS

we may suspend, limit or terminate your account ... at any time with or without notice and with or without cause.

Patch can delete your account and content at any time for any reason without prior notice.

GENERAL

Patch reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Service, or to modify or discontinue the Service, in whole or in part, at any time and without notice.

Patch can change the terms or service at any time without notifying you.

INDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Patch ... from and against any and all claims ... (including, but not limited to, attorney's fees).

You must pay for Patch's legal defense if they are sued because of your actions or content.

Last reviewed 2026-08-06 under rubric v3.5.

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