Urban Dictionary Terms Scorecard

Grade B- — Mostly fair (score 74/100)

Urban Dictionary claims a perpetual, irrevocable license to your content and requires you to indemnify them for legal claims, but does not force private arbitration.

Broad content license and indemnification. No forced arbitration.

Terms at a glance

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

What the terms actually say

COPYRIGHT AND OWNERSHIP

When you publish Content on the Website, you grant the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, fully sublicenseable, non-exclusive license to copy, distribute, sell, publicly display, publicly perform and make derivative works of your Content

You give the company a permanent, global right to use, sell, and modify your content in any media, even after you leave.

USER CONDUCT

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims... (including reasonable attorneys’ fees)

You are financially responsible for the company's legal costs if your content leads to a lawsuit.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES... SHALL THE COMPANY... BE LIABLE TO YOU... IN EXCESS OF THE GREATER OF (1) $100 OR (2) THE AMOUNTS PAID... IN THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD

The company limits its legal liability to a maximum of $100, which is effectively zero for free users.

TERMS OF SERVICE

The Company reserves the right to revise these terms from time to time. We will post a notice of any material revisions on the Website.

The company promises to notify you when they make significant changes to these terms.

DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW

The courts located in the City and County of San Francisco, California shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute between the parties

Any legal action against the company must be filed in San Francisco, California.

Last reviewed 2026-08-04 under rubric v3.5.

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