Grade B+ — Fair terms (score 84/100)
VK reserves broad rights to use user content and modify terms without notice, while disclaiming liability for service failures.
Broad content license. Unilateral changes. No clear data retention period.
The Site Administration may make changes and/or additions to these Terms unilaterally without any special notification.
The company reserves the right to change the terms of service at any time without notifying users.
The User grants to the Site Administration a non-exclusive right to use on a free of charge basis the Content published on the Site... for the Site Administration promotional content.
You grant VK a perpetual, royalty-free license to use your content for their own promotional purposes.
The Site Administration reserves the right... to terminate the User’s access to all or any sections or services of the Site at any time for any reason or without explaining the reason.
VK can terminate your account at any time for any reason without notice or explanation.
The information provided by the User may be disclosed only in accordance with effective Russian legislation on the demand of the court, law-enforcement bodies as well as in other cases as provided by Russian legislation.
VK will disclose your personal data to government authorities upon request.
In accordance with effective Russian legislation the User has the right to revoke his/her consent for processing his/her personal data by: (a) removing independently the information posted previously by the User on the Site; (b) removing independently the User’s personal page using the Remove Your Page functionality.
You have the right to delete your account and data through the site settings.
Last reviewed 2026-07-26 under rubric v3.5.