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Binding arbitration replaces court litigation for most disputes, limiting the forums in which users can seek relief from Calm.
Interpretive note: The excerpt uses a lettered list structure beginning with '(a)', suggesting additional exceptions exist beyond the small claims court carve-out, but only item (a) is quoted. The canonical claim is limited to what is present in the excerpt.
The updated terms establish that Premium content access is a limited, revocable license that terminates when a subscription ends, including downloaded content. Users do not own the content and will lose access upon cancellation, expiration, or non-payment. The terms also introduce new AI feature sections that authorize Calm to process user inputs to generate outputs, with Calm retaining ownership of outputs while users retain ownership of inputs. Health disclaimers clarify that the Services do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or emergency care and do not create a provider-patient relationship. You can review the full terms at Calm.com to understand the specific scope of the license and AI feature processing.
View change record →Users are required to resolve disputes through binding arbitration rather than court, except when bringing an individual action in small claims court.
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This section does not require informal dispute resolution or arbitration of the following claims: (i) individual claims brought in small claims court...
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"Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms...will be settled by binding arbitration, except that each party retains the right: (a) to bring an individual action in small claims court...Excerpt from Calm's Terms of Service
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Binding arbitration replaces court litigation for most disputes, limiting the forums in which users can seek relief from Calm.
Users are required to resolve disputes through binding arbitration rather than court, except when bringing an individual action in small claims court.
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