A web-based graphic design platform that allows users to create visual content including presentations, social media graphics, posters, and documents using templates and design tools. The service stores user-created content and personal information while offering both free and paid subscription tiers. Their policies are significant for consumers because they govern how user-generated designs are stored, shared, and potentially used by the platform, as well as how personal data is collected and processed during the design creation process.
High, provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure. Medium, provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope. Low, standard terms with minimal consumer impact.
Higher = more protective of you, the user/customer — a deliberately user-protective lens, not a universal “good vs bad” score. Computed algorithmically from Canva’s cited governance stances; no dimension we haven’t confidently read is ever counted against the score. Free, reproducible, and never purchasable.
User information may be disclosed to third parties — and potentially sold — even before a corporate transaction is completed, including during preliminary due diligence processes.
Users cannot pool claims with others in a class action, which limits collective legal leverage and may make small individual claims economically impractical to pursue.
Users must use binding arbitration rather than court litigation to resolve disputes with Canva, which changes the forum, procedure, and appeal rights available to them.
Regardless of the severity of harm, the maximum amount either party can recover is capped at a low dollar figure, which significantly restricts the user's ability to obtain full compensation.
Users who cancel mid-cycle receive no refund for the unused portion of their billing period, meaning they pay for access they will not use.
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ConductAtlas tracks 2 Canva documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.
Canva has made 16 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks.
ConductAtlas has classified 44 provisions across Canva's tracked documents. 7 are rated high severity, 29 medium, and 8 low.
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