Canva Terms of Use

This document governs access to and use of Canva's online and mobile design platform, software, and related services, establishing a binding contract between Canva Pty Ltd (an Australian company) and users upon account creation or service access. The agreement states that users retain ownership of their content but grant Canva a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, and distribute user-submitted content for the purposes of operating and improving the service; the terms also authorize Canva to use aggregated or de-identified data derived from user activity without restriction. The intellectual property license granted to Canva is broad in scope and sublicensable, which is operationally distinct from more narrowly scoped licenses in some comparable creative platform agreements; the agreement also asserts a limitation of liability capped at the greater of amounts paid in the prior 12 months or AUD $100, which is a notably low floor for users who have not paid for a subscription. The document engages the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) and notes that statutory guarantees under the ACL apply to Australian consumers and cannot be excluded, while also incorporating a class action waiver and informal dispute resolution requirement before arbitration or litigation that may interact with consumer protection frameworks in the EU, UK, and US. US-based users, EU/EEA users, and California residents face jurisdiction-specific considerations including GDPR data subject rights, CCPA consumer rights, and FTC Act applicability to Canva's data and advertising practices.