pCloud Terms Scorecard

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

pCloud grants itself a perpetual, worldwide license to your content, but avoids forced arbitration and provides a clear, self-serve cancellation process.

Broad content license, but no forced arbitration and clear cancellation.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

USER CONTENT

Finally, our license is perpetual, meaning that our license lasts for an indefinite period of time.

The company retains a permanent license to your uploaded content even after you stop using the service.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

If we change these Terms, we will inform you by posting the revised Terms on the Site.

The company does not commit to notifying you of changes via email or in-app alerts, placing the burden on you to check the site.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and defend pCloud and its Affiliates from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses, fees of any kind.

You are required to pay for the company's legal defense and any damages if they are sued due to your use of the service.

TERMINATION

We also reserve the right to terminate any user's right to access the Site or Services at any time, in our discretion.

The company can terminate your account and access to your files at any time for any reason.

PAYMENTS FOR AND CANCELLATION OF SUBSCRIPTIONS

You can cancel your subscriptions for the pCloud Service at any time from your payment account.

You have a clear, self-serve way to cancel your subscription without needing to contact support.

CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP

pCloud may at any time, without explicit notice, change the company ownership, be subject to merger or sale.

Your personal data may be transferred to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition without your prior consent.

Last reviewed 2026-08-20 under rubric v3.5.

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