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Admin Entity Control Over Administered Account

High severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 265 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What can the Admin Entity's admin access, transfer, and control?
Canva allows the Admin Entity's admin to access, transfer, and control an Administered Account and all associated content and designs, including making changes to account settings.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Users in an Administered Account do not have exclusive control over their own account, content, or designs; an Admin Entity's admin holds concurrent power over all of these.

Interpretive note: The excerpt contains additional enumerated admin powers beyond account settings changes (indicated by the colon and continuation). Those are omitted from the canonical claim and recorded here.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1897 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your Administered Account, content, and designs may be accessed, transferred, or controlled by the Admin Entity's admin, and your account settings may be changed without your individual consent.

How other platforms handle this

Tinder Medium

Use another user's account or share your account with another person;

ClickUp Medium

You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.

Revolut Medium

If you do not have a social security number you may still be eligible to open a limited Revolut personal account.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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the Admin Entity's admin may be able to access, transfer and control your Administered Account and all content and designs associated with it, as well as: make changes to the Administered Account settings...

Excerpt from Canva's Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Canva Terms of Use
Entity
Canva
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 21, 2026
Last verified
May 21, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-069040
Document ID
CA-D-00203
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
5f13149bdf402a1d8bd7ca6daa7c0b5fa04254a852ce78cee7eaf646537e3bf7
Analysis generated
May 21, 2026 01:08 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Canva
Document: Canva Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-069040
Captured: 2026-05-21 01:08:09 UTC
SHA-256: 5f13149bdf402a1d…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/canva/canva-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-069040/admin-entity-control-over-administered-account/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Canva's Admin Entity Control Over Administered Account clause do?

Users in an Administered Account do not have exclusive control over their own account, content, or designs; an Admin Entity's admin holds concurrent power over all of these.

How does this clause affect you?

Your Administered Account, content, and designs may be accessed, transferred, or controlled by the Admin Entity's admin, and your account settings may be changed without your individual consent.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 265 platforms. See the full comparison.

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