Grade F — Predatory terms (score 49/100)
Starbucks forces binding arbitration and class action waivers, claims a perpetual license to user content, and reserves the right to terminate access without notice.
Forces arbitration, broad content license, and unilateral term changes.
Any dispute or claim... will be resolved through binding individual arbitration... and a waiver of any and all rights to proceed in a class... action.
You must resolve almost all legal disputes through individual arbitration, meaning you cannot join class action lawsuits or have your day in court.
by submitting or posting User Content on the Sites, you grant Starbucks... a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable... license to use, sell, reproduce... and your name and likeness
Starbucks claims a permanent, royalty-free right to use, sell, and modify anything you post, along with your name and likeness, forever.
Starbucks reserves the right to change or modify these Terms... at any time and at its sole discretion by posting revisions on the Sites.
Starbucks can change these terms whenever they want without sending you an email or notification; you are expected to check the site yourself.
Starbucks reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your license to use the Sites
Starbucks can cut off your access to their services at any time, for any reason, without giving you prior notice.
The User agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Starbucks... from any and all claims... (including attorneys’ fees)
If Starbucks gets sued because of something you did, you are responsible for paying their legal bills and any damages.
Last reviewed 2026-07-25 under rubric v3.5.