When you upload or create content on Canva, you give Canva the right to use, copy, share, and modify that content to operate and promote its services, including sharing it with partner companies.
This analysis describes what Canva's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
This license is worldwide, sublicensable, and transferable, meaning Canva can share the right to use your content with third parties and successors, which may include content uploaded by business users containing proprietary or confidential information.
Interpretive note: The exact boundaries of 'in connection with the Services' and 'business' are not precisely defined, creating ambiguity about the full operational scope of the license.
The updated terms establish a two-tier print fulfillment model. Purchases from Canva directly remain under Canva's Terms, while purchases from third-party Marketplace Sellers are now governed by separate Print Marketplace Seller Terms. The revised terms state that print orders may be subject to additional fees and taxes, and that orders may be accepted or rejected by Canva or a print partner for any reason, including product unavailability or errors. The agreement explicitly states that refunds are not available for user-made errors or change-of-mind situations, though refunds will be issued if an order is rejected after payment has been made.
View change record →Severity downgraded from high to medium; scope narrowed from Canva's broader business purposes to specific Service-related purposes; added explicit 'translate' and 'modify' rights while removing reference to successors and affiliates.
View full change record →Users who upload designs, images, or other content to Canva grant Canva a broad license to use that content across media channels and to sublicense it to affiliates and successors; users retain ownership but cannot prevent Canva from using content within the scope of this license while the terms remain in effect.
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If Your Content is prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction where our Services are available, we may remove it even if it is not illegal in your location.
"By submitting User Content through the Services, you grant Canva a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Content in connection with the Services and Canva's (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Services (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels.Excerpt from Canva's Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR Article 6 (lawful basis for processing) and Article 13 (transparency obligations) where user content constitutes or contains personal data of EU/EEA data subjects.
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This license is worldwide, sublicensable, and transferable, meaning Canva can share the right to use your content with third parties and successors, which may include content uploaded by business users containing proprietary or confidential information.
Users who upload designs, images, or other content to Canva grant Canva a broad license to use that content across media channels and to sublicense it to affiliates and successors; users retain ownership but cannot prevent Canva from using content within the scope of this license while the terms remain in effect.
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