When you post reviews, photos, or any other content on Grubhub, you give the company a permanent, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, share, and adapt that content across any platform or medium.
This analysis describes what Grubhub'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 broad and persists even if you later delete your content or close your account, meaning Grubhub may continue using your reviews, photos, or other submissions.
Any review, photo, or message you submit to Grubhub can be used by the company for commercial purposes globally without additional compensation, and this right extends to sublicensees including third-party partners.
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"By posting or submitting any content on or through the Services, you grant Grubhub 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 distribution methods (now known or later developed).— Excerpt from Grubhub's Grubhub Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Broad content licenses in consumer-facing platforms are standard but have attracted regulatory attention where they interact with privacy rights, particularly under GDPR for EU users and CCPA for California residents who may assert rights over personal information embedded in user-generated content. The FTC has also examined content license disclosures under its unfair and deceptive practices authority. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The breadth of the license (worldwide, sublicensable, covering future distribution methods) is broadly consistent with industry norms for consumer platforms but may create tension with data subject rights under GDPR and CCPA, particularly regarding deletion and portability requests that include user-generated content. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and UK users retain rights under GDPR that may limit how broadly this license can be exercised with respect to personal data embedded in user content. California residents may have CCPA deletion rights that interact with the scope of the content license. The phrase 'now known or later developed' extends the license to future technologies, which may warrant periodic review. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: The sublicensing right means content may flow to Grubhub's partners, vendors, and affiliates; procurement teams should assess whether vendor contracts downstream of this license include appropriate data handling and usage restrictions. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should confirm that the content license disclosure is adequately prominent at the point of content submission and that data subject rights requests (deletion, portability) can be operationally honored with respect to user-generated content, including content already sublicensed to third parties.
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This license is broad and persists even if you later delete your content or close your account, meaning Grubhub may continue using your reviews, photos, or other submissions.
Any review, photo, or message you submit to Grubhub can be used by the company for commercial purposes globally without additional compensation, and this right extends to sublicensees including third-party partners.
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