10 Total
4 High severity
6 Medium severity
0 Low severity
Summary

Kit's Terms of Service is a binding contract between Kit, Inc. and users of its email marketing, automation, landing page, and commerce platform. The agreement grants Kit a royalty-free license to process and distribute user content as needed to operate the service, prohibits sending unsolicited email and certain categories of content, and reserves Kit's right to suspend or terminate accounts and withhold payments if violations are detected. Users operating Kit's paid newsletter or commerce features are subject to additional payout conditions, and the terms require users to indemnify Kit against third-party claims arising from their use of the platform.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document is the Kit (formerly ConvertKit) Terms of Service, governing use of Kit's email marketing, automation, commerce, and creator monetization platform by customers of Kit, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The agreement states that users grant Kit a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute user content as necessary to provide the service, and the terms authorize Kit to suspend or terminate accounts for violations of its acceptable use policy without prior notice. The agreement asserts broad indemnification obligations requiring users to defend and hold Kit harmless from third-party claims arising from user content, user conduct, or violations of these terms, and disclaims all warranties on an as-is basis with a liability cap generally limited to amounts paid in the prior twelve months, provisions that are standard in B2B SaaS but operationally significant for business users relying on the platform for revenue-generating activities. The terms engage anti-spam regulations including the CAN-SPAM Act and CASL, as well as consumer protection frameworks administered by the FTC, and the email marketing context creates potential interactions with GDPR and applicable EU/UK data protection law for users with subscribers in those jurisdictions. Users operating commerce and paid newsletter features should additionally evaluate the terms governing payment processing, payout eligibility, and Kit's right to withhold or reverse payments pending investigation of suspected policy violations.

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3 important changes detected

4 versions captured · Last updated: June 2026

June 17, 2026

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What changed ConvertKit updated their ConvertKit Terms of Service on June 17, 2026. Change detected: 1 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 3 sentences after update.
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What changed ConvertKit updated its Terms of Service website on June 12, 2026. The change removed a date reference ('June 11, 2026') and a call-to-action for a live stream registration, and modified the product feature list displayed on the page to include new offerings such as Analytics, Subscriber Signals, and Newsletter sponsorships. The substantive terms of service content was not changed; the modifications were to promotional and navigational elements on the landing page.
Why this matters This change does not affect the contractual terms of service that govern your use of ConvertKit. The modifications are to the website's promotional elements and product feature list. No new obligations, restrictions, or rights have been added or removed.
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May 22, 2026 low

ConvertKit's Terms of Service was updated on May 22, 2026 to include promotional language about a 'biggest product announcement of the year' scheduled for June 11, 2026, with an invitation …

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Recent Provision Changes Jun 17, 2026

10 provisions unchanged.

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Archival ProvenanceSource & Archival Record
Last Captured June 17, 2026 01:28 UTC
Capture Method Automated scheduled archival capture
Document ID CA-D-000889
Version ID CA-V-003955
SHA-256 5cc6394e0108a834e3b320148feeb88101c02362d078b6827015574d273d1f1c
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