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Because the license is perpetual, Canva retains rights to display, host, copy, store, and use User Content in shared Designs indefinitely, even if the user later removes the content or closes their account.
If your User Content is included in a Design that has been shared, you grant Canva a perpetual and sublicensable license over that content to the extent needed to keep the Design available.
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"To the extent you include User Content in a Design that you’ve shared with others, you grant Canva a perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable, license to display, host, copy, store and use your User Content to the extent necessary to continue to make that Design available.Excerpt from Canva's Terms of Use
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Because the license is perpetual, Canva retains rights to display, host, copy, store, and use User Content in shared Designs indefinitely, even if the user later removes the content or closes their account.
If your User Content is included in a Design that has been shared, you grant Canva a perpetual and sublicensable license over that content to the extent needed to keep the Design available.
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