Samsung Terms Scorecard

Grade D — Sign with caution (score 58/100)

Samsung forces binding arbitration and class action waivers, claims a perpetual license to your content, and reserves the right to change terms at any time without notice.

Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and no-notice term changes.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

DISPUTE RESOLUTION AGREEMENT

Samsung and its customers agree to address the dispute through binding individual arbitration (unless customers have timely opted out of the provision) or in small claims court where the customers reside. Class and representative proceedings are not allowed.

You waive your right to participate in class action lawsuits and must resolve disputes through individual arbitration.

USER CONTENT

When you upload... any information... you grant us an irrevocable, unlimited, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to copy, reproduce, adapt, modify, edit, distribute, translate, publish, publicly perform and publicly display the User Content.

Samsung claims a permanent, global right to use, modify, and publish anything you upload to their platform.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We reserve the right to make these changes without notice, though we will update the “Last Updated” line at the beginning of these Terms after each revision.

Samsung can change the terms of service at any time without sending you a notification.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless us, our licensors, our agents, and all officers, directors, and employees from any and all third-party claims... (including reasonable attorneys’ fees).

You are financially responsible for Samsung's legal costs if your use of the site leads to a third-party lawsuit.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION AGREEMENT

There is a limited 30 day right to opt out of the arbitration provision.

You have a short 30-day window to opt out of the mandatory arbitration clause.

Last reviewed 2026-07-25 under rubric v3.5.

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