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Prohibition on Data Scraping and Mining

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Key Facts

Does Canva prohibit data mining, extraction, or scraping on the Service?
Canva prohibits users from using any form of data mining, extraction, or scraping on the Service and its contents for any purpose, including AI, machine learning, and data science purposes.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The prohibition covers all purposes and expressly names AI and machine learning, meaning automated data collection from the Service is categorically barred regardless of intent.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4244 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

You are prohibited from using data mining, extraction, or scraping on the Service or its contents for any purpose, including AI, machine learning, and data science uses.

How other platforms handle this

Tinder Medium

You may not display any personal contact, banking, or peer-to-peer payment information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card...)

ActiveCampaign Medium

Bypass or ignore instructions contained in our robots.txt file that controls automated access to portions of our Services;

Mailchimp Medium

Send content created in Mailchimp through another service.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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use any form of data mining, extraction, or scraping on the Service and/or the contents available in it for any purpose (including but not limited to AI, machine learning, and data science purposes)

Excerpt from Canva's Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal
DMCA
United States Federal
DSA
European Union

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-069053
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-069053
Captured: 2026-05-21 01:08:09 UTC
SHA-256: 5f13149bdf402a1d…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/canva/canva-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-069053/prohibition-on-data-scraping-and-mining/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Canva's Prohibition on Data Scraping and Mining clause do?

The prohibition covers all purposes and expressly names AI and machine learning, meaning automated data collection from the Service is categorically barred regardless of intent.

How does this clause affect you?

You are prohibited from using data mining, extraction, or scraping on the Service or its contents for any purpose, including AI, machine learning, and data science uses.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 281 platforms. See the full comparison.

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