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User Content License to Hugging Face

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Why it matters

Hugging Face holds a broad license to use your uploaded models, datasets, and applications to operate and improve its platform, which users should understand before uploading proprietary or sensitive content.

Consumer impact

Users who publish content publicly on Hugging Face grant every other user a perpetual and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, and create derivative works from that content — this cannot be undone. Hugging Face can also modify, suspend, or discontinue services at any time without notice, and its liability to users is capped at amounts paid in the prior 12 months. You can set repositories to private to limit this broad public license and protect your content from unrestricted use by others.

Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The scope of the content license, if inadequately disclosed, may raise unfair or deceptive trade practice concerns under FTC consumer protection frameworks.
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Provision details

Document information
Document
Hugging Face Terms of Service
Entity
Hugging Face
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 20, 2026
Last verified
March 20, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-001634
Document ID
CA-D-00331
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ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: Hugging Face | Document: Hugging Face Terms of Service | Record: CA-P-001634
Captured: 2026-03-20 04:09:41 UTC | SHA-256: 63e44d19b2d67c85…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/hugging-face/hugging-face-terms-of-service/user-content-license-to-hugging-face/
Accessed: April 4, 2026
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