Grade F — Predatory terms (score 52/100)
Ziff Davis forces binding arbitration, claims a perpetual license to all user content, and reserves the right to modify terms at any time without notice.
Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and unilateral term changes.
we each agree to resolve the dispute through binding arbitration or small claims court instead of in courts of general jurisdiction.
You cannot sue the company in court for most disputes; you must use private arbitration.
You hereby grant, transfer and assign to Ziff Davis... a fully-paid, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right and license to publish, distribute, reproduce... without credit, payment or compensation to you
The company can use anything you post forever, for any reason, without paying you.
We reserve the right, in our discretion, to change or modify all or any part of the Agreement at any time, effective immediately upon notice published on this page.
The company can change the terms whenever they want without emailing you; you are expected to check the page yourself.
You also agree not to... use any text, code, image, audio, video, or other content from any portion of the Services... in connection with the development or operation of any software program, including but not limited to any artificial intelligence or machine learning model
You are strictly forbidden from using their content for AI training, even though they claim a perpetual license to use your content for their own purposes.
Ziff Davis reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or any part of our Services... at any time for any reason without prior notice
The company can ban you or delete your account at any time without cause or warning.
any claim or cause of action... must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
You have only one year to bring a legal claim, or you lose the right to sue forever.
Last reviewed 2026-07-27 under rubric v3.5.