When you post anything on Glassdoor, such as reviews, salary information, or comments, you give Glassdoor a permanent, worldwide license to use, modify, and distribute that content commercially, without paying you.
This analysis describes what Glassdoor'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 perpetual and irrevocable, meaning Glassdoor retains rights to your content even if you later delete your account or the content itself, and the sublicensable nature means Glassdoor can pass these rights to third parties.
Interpretive note: The practical scope of the license — particularly as it interacts with GDPR deletion rights and EU moral rights frameworks — may be constrained by applicable law in ways the agreement does not fully address.
Any review, salary figure, interview experience, or other content you post on Glassdoor may be used, modified, and distributed by Glassdoor and its partners globally and permanently, including for commercial or promotional purposes, without additional consent or compensation.
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"By submitting Content to Glassdoor, you grant Glassdoor a royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly perform, and publicly display such Content in any media formats and through any media channels.— Excerpt from Glassdoor's Glassdoor Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The content license provision engages GDPR Articles 6 and 7 for EU/EEA users, as user-submitted content may constitute or contain personal data; the lawful basis for processing such data under a broad commercial license requires careful analysis. Moral rights frameworks in EU jurisdictions may limit the scope of the 'derivative works' and 'modify' elements of this license in practice. The California Consumer Privacy Act also requires clear disclosure of commercial use of personal information, which this license partially addresses. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The perpetual and irrevocable nature of the license, combined with the sublicensable and transferable scope, is a notable provision because it applies to content that includes personal financial data (salary submissions), employment history, and professional opinions. This creates exposure if users exercise GDPR deletion rights and expect their content to be fully removed, as the license asserts rights that may survive deletion requests. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU/EEA users may have stronger grounds to challenge the breadth of this license under GDPR's right to erasure (Article 17) and data minimization principles. UK users have equivalent protections under the UK GDPR. California residents may invoke CCPA rights to request deletion of personal information embedded in submitted content. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Employers and business account holders should note that employee-generated content about their organizations is subject to this same license structure, meaning Glassdoor and its partners may use, modify, and distribute that content without additional consent. Procurement teams integrating Glassdoor data or APIs should assess downstream licensing implications. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should evaluate whether the current consent mechanism at account creation and content submission adequately discloses the perpetual commercial license in a manner that satisfies GDPR transparency requirements. Data mapping exercises should identify where user-submitted content containing personal data is stored and whether deletion workflows account for the license assertion's effect on content that has already been sublicensed or distributed.
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This license is perpetual and irrevocable, meaning Glassdoor retains rights to your content even if you later delete your account or the content itself, and the sublicensable nature means Glassdoor can pass these rights to third parties.
Any review, salary figure, interview experience, or other content you post on Glassdoor may be used, modified, and distributed by Glassdoor and its partners globally and permanently, including for commercial or promotional purposes, without additional consent or compensation.
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