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User-Submitted Content License

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What it is

If you send Datadog anything through their website — feedback, ideas, questions — they can use it however they want, forever, without paying you.

This analysis describes what Datadog'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

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Businesses and developers who submit technical feedback, feature requests, or bug reports through the Datadog website may inadvertently grant Datadog perpetual rights to that content, including proprietary information.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Any content you submit via the Datadog website — including technical feedback or product suggestions — is licensed to Datadog royalty-free and perpetually, meaning you cannot later restrict Datadog's use of that material.

How other platforms handle this

Noom Medium

By submitting, posting, or displaying content on or through the Services, you grant Noom a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, and distribute such content in any and all media or di...

Steam Medium

When you provide Content (as defined in the Steam Subscriber Agreement) to Steam, you grant Valve a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such Content... Valve is not responsi...

FanDuel Medium

With respect to User Content you submit or otherwise make available on or to the Service, you grant FanDuel an irrevocable, fully sub-licensable, perpetual, world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly...

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By submitting content to Datadog through this website, you grant Datadog a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content in any media.

— Excerpt from Datadog's Datadog Terms of Use

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates intellectual property law (17 U.S.C. copyright assignment principles), contract law under New York General Obligations Law, and GDPR Article 6(1)(b) and (f) if submitted content contains personal data of EU residents. The FTC Act Section 5 is relevant if the scope of the license is not clearly disclosed to submitters. 2)

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Provision details

Document information
Document
Datadog Terms of Use
Entity
Datadog
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
May 7, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-005568
Document ID
CA-D-00545
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
e78551734ce7f7118cf3e477f3d673943a4689b7feb0365182bfed95c91f9967
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 21:35 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Datadog
Document: Datadog Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-005568
Captured: 2026-05-07 21:35:53 UTC
SHA-256: e78551734ce7f711…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/datadog/datadog-terms-of-use/user-submitted-content-license/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Datadog's User-Submitted Content License clause do?

Businesses and developers who submit technical feedback, feature requests, or bug reports through the Datadog website may inadvertently grant Datadog perpetual rights to that content, including proprietary information.

How does this clause affect you?

Any content you submit via the Datadog website — including technical feedback or product suggestions — is licensed to Datadog royalty-free and perpetually, meaning you cannot later restrict Datadog's use of that material.

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