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Prohibition on Reverse Engineering Services

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This analysis describes what Figma'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)

The prohibition extends beyond the Customer's own conduct to include facilitating third-party attempts, broadening Customer's exposure for any indirect role in reverse-engineering activity.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after 'underlying structure'; additional prohibited activities may follow but are not available for analysis.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

The reader is barred from any technical effort to uncover the Services' underlying code or structure, and is also barred from helping or encouraging others to do so.

How other platforms handle this

NVIDIA NIM Medium

Customer may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the output generated using an NVIDIA proprietary software development kit (e.g., NVIDIA CUDA toolkit), including their development tools and compilers.

Upwork Medium

You agree not to modify, display, adapt, translate, loan, distribute, prepare derivative works from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive source code from the Software.

Mixpanel Medium

use the Application Services in a manner that overburdens, or that threatens the integrity, performance, or availability of, the Application Services

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Customer will not, and will not encourage or assist third parties to: (i) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code, or underlying structure...

— Excerpt from Figma's Figma Terms of Service (Superseded URL)

Applicable regulations

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United States Federal
DMCA
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European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
Figma Terms of Service (Superseded URL)
Entity
Figma
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-048100
Document ID
CA-D-00543
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
4106ee3ad0aa07e2637b5162e0bd4edf0940a8905d10a4f235130ed1e05cafcd
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 04:58 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Figma
Document: Figma Terms of Service (Superseded URL)
Record ID: CA-P-048100
Captured: 2026-07-09 04:58:34 UTC
SHA-256: 4106ee3ad0aa07e2…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/figma/figma-terms-of-service-superseded-url/provision/CA-P-048100/prohibition-on-reverse-engineering-services/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Figma's Prohibition on Reverse Engineering Services clause do?

The prohibition extends beyond the Customer's own conduct to include facilitating third-party attempts, broadening Customer's exposure for any indirect role in reverse-engineering activity.

How does this clause affect you?

The reader is barred from any technical effort to uncover the Services' underlying code or structure, and is also barred from helping or encouraging others to do so.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 281 platforms. See the full comparison.

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