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User Grants Acorns Exclusive License To Materials

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The license is exclusive, meaning users may surrender their ability to grant the same rights to others, and Acorns may sublicense and transfer these rights, significantly limiting user control over submitted Materials.

Interpretive note: The excerpt contains an ellipsis, indicating the license description is truncated. Additional terms or conditions governing the license may exist in the omitted text. The canonical claim is limited strictly to what is quoted.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users grant Acorns broad and exclusive rights over their Materials, including the right to create derivative works, sublicense, and transfer those rights to others.

How other platforms handle this

Mixpanel Medium

Mixpanel shall grant to Customer a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sub-licensable license to use the Mixpanel Materials for Customer's internal business purposes during the Subscription Term.

Tinder Medium

You do not have any rights in relation to Member Content, and, unless expressly authorized by Tinder, you may only use Member Content to the extent that your use is consistent with our Services' purpose...

Glassdoor Medium

We hereby grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license under the rights licensable by us to use the services and use Content from our services solely for your personal use...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You hereby grant to us and our authorized personnel a worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, exclusive, transferable, sublicensable...license to copy, publicly perform, publicly display, publish, distribute, create derivative works of, and use Materials...

— Excerpt from Acorns's Acorns Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Acorns Terms of Service
Entity
Acorns
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 20, 2026
Last verified
May 20, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-030189
Document ID
CA-D-00171
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
f7196be6e219d3296a1cb4fb309a52e96e9747f1b439f96d4ae682b9c8866308
Analysis generated
May 20, 2026 22:16 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Acorns
Document: Acorns Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-030189
Captured: 2026-05-20 22:16:44 UTC
SHA-256: f7196be6e219d329…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/acorns/acorns-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-030189/user-grants-acorns-exclusive-license-to-materials/
Accessed: July 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Acorns's User Grants Acorns Exclusive License To Materials clause do?

The license is exclusive, meaning users may surrender their ability to grant the same rights to others, and Acorns may sublicense and transfer these rights, significantly limiting user control over submitted Materials.

How does this clause affect you?

Users grant Acorns broad and exclusive rights over their Materials, including the right to create derivative works, sublicense, and transfer those rights to others.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 256 platforms. See the full comparison.

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