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The license grant establishes Canva's operational authority to incorporate user content into service delivery, platform improvements, and distribution. The transferability and sublicensing components permit Canva to authorize third parties to exercise these rights in furtherance of service provision.
The updated Terms of Use no longer include language describing Canva's use of non-essential cookies for personalization, advertising, and analytics, nor do they reference how users can manage cookie preferences. Previously, the terms explicitly stated Canva would use cookies 'to improve and personalise your visit, tailor ads you see from us on Canva and partner sites, and to analyse our website's performance, but only if you accept.' This disclosure and consent mechanism have been removed from the main terms document. Users seeking information about cookie practices and consent options may need to consult Canva's separate cookie policy or privacy disclosures.
View change record →The updated Terms of Use no longer include the prior disclosure that Canva uses non-essential cookies for personalization, targeted advertising, and analytics, and no longer reference a cookie policy or mechanisms to manage those preferences within the Terms document itself. This does not necessarily mean Canva has stopped using such cookies, but the specific disclosure and choice mechanism previously stated in the Terms have been removed. Users who rely on the Terms of Use as a primary source for cookie disclosures will not find that information in the updated version.
View change record →Users who submit content to the Service authorize Canva to use that content, including derivative versions, across media channels without ongoing compensation. The scope includes use of user identity (name and likeness) in connection with the authorized content uses.
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"By making available any User Content through the Service, you hereby grant to Canva a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, copy, modify, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, translate, create derivative works from, and distribute your User Content, in whole or in part, including your name and likeness, in any media formats and through any media channels, in connection with operating and providing the Service.— Excerpt from Canva's Canva Terms of Use
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The license grant establishes Canva's operational authority to incorporate user content into service delivery, platform improvements, and distribution. The transferability and sublicensing components permit Canva to authorize third parties to exercise these rights in furtherance of service provision.
Users who submit content to the Service authorize Canva to use that content, including derivative versions, across media channels without ongoing compensation. The scope includes use of user identity (name and likeness) in connection with the authorized content uses.
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