Strategic Education Terms Scorecard

Grade C+ — Standard consumer terms (score 67/100)

The terms grant the company a perpetual, irrevocable license to user content and allow for unilateral modifications without direct notice to the user.

Broad content license, liability capped at $10, and unilateral modification.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

Ownership of User-Generated Content

you are granting us... a nonexclusive, fully paid, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable license... to use, copy, modify, distribute... and commercialize that User-Generated Content

You grant the company a permanent, worldwide right to use, modify, and sell your content for any purpose without paying you.

Limitation of Liability

IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID... THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY... SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN DOLLARS ($10.00).

The company limits its total financial liability to you to $10, even if they cause significant harm.

Modification of Terms

We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms of Use, at any time and without prior notice

The company can change the terms at any time without sending you an email or alert.

Disclosure of Content

We reserve the right to disclose any User-Generated Content... in response to a subpoena or whenever we believe that disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law

The company may share your data with law enforcement or third parties at their own discretion.

Governing Law

All actions or proceedings... will be venued exclusively in state or federal court in Fairfax County, Virginia.

You are forced to resolve legal disputes in a specific court in Virginia, regardless of where you live.

Last reviewed 2026-08-02 under rubric v3.5.

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