Peacock Terms Scorecard

Grade B- — Mostly fair (score 70/100)

Peacock's updated terms maintain a standard consumer-facing structure, retaining broad rights to user content and unilateral modification powers while avoiding forced arbitration.

Standard terms with broad content licenses and unilateral modification rights.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Section 4.5.1 — License to User-Generated Content

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

You grant Peacock a permanent, global, free license to use your content in any way they want, forever, without paying you or asking again.

Section 1.4 — Modifications to the Terms of Service

We may modify these Terms of Service, and such changes will be effective... thirty (30) days following either notification to you or our posting of the changes on Peacock’s website.

Peacock can change these terms at any time, and your continued use of the service counts as your agreement to the new terms.

Section 7.4 — Indemnification

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

If Peacock gets sued because of something you did or because you broke these rules, you have to pay for their lawyers and any damages.

Section 8.4 — Limited Time to File Claims

ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION... MUST BE FILED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION AROSE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.

You must sue Peacock within one year of an incident, or you lose your right to bring that claim entirely.

Section 5.2 — Investigations, Monitoring, and User Disputes

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

Peacock reserves the right to monitor your activity and share your data with the government at their discretion.

Section 8.1 — Disputes to Be Heard in Court

neither party will be required to arbitrate any claims against the other.

Peacock explicitly states that you are not forced into private arbitration and can resolve disputes in court.

Section 2.6.1 — How to Cancel

TO CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION, LOG INTO YOUR PEACOCK SERVICE ACCOUNT AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS PAGE.

You can cancel your subscription easily through your account settings online.

Last reviewed 2026-07-29 under rubric v3.5.

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