Grade C — Standard consumer terms (score 64/100)
Verisign claims a perpetual, irrevocable license to user-submitted content and requires users to indemnify the company against all legal claims.
Broad content license and indemnification. No forced arbitration.
By submitting content or information, you grant Verisign a fully paid, nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to reproduce, use, modify, publish, adapt, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content...
You grant Verisign a permanent, worldwide license to use, modify, and profit from anything you post, which they can also sublicense to others.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Verisign, employees, attorneys, and agents... against all claims, expenses, liabilities, losses, costs, and damages, including reasonable attorney's fees...
You are required to pay for Verisign's legal defense and any damages if they are sued due to your use of the site or content you provide.
Verisign reserves the right to modify content on the Site and these Terms of Use periodically without prior notice.
The company can change these terms at any time without informing you, and your continued use constitutes acceptance.
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF ANY AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND VERISIGN, VERISIGN, ITS SUPPLIERS, AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES...
Verisign disclaims almost all liability for any harm or damages you might suffer while using their site.
Last reviewed 2026-07-30 under rubric v3.5.