Lyft Terms of Service

This is Lyft's Terms of Service — the legal agreement you accept when you create an account or use the Lyft app to request rides, scooters, or bikes. The most important thing to know is that by using Lyft, you give up your right to sue the company in court or join a class action lawsuit, and instead must resolve disputes through private arbitration — unless you opt out in writing within 30 days of first accepting the terms. You can opt out of mandatory arbitration by mailing a written notice to Lyft's legal department within 30 days of your first agreement to these terms.

This document constitutes Lyft's Terms of Service governing the legal relationship between Lyft, Inc. and users of its rideshare platform, mobile applications, and related services, operating under a standard browsewrap/clickwrap hybrid acceptance model. The most significant obligations include users' agreement to mandatory binding arbitration with a class action waiver, Lyft's right to modify fares and fees unilaterally, and users' grant of broad indemnification rights to Lyft for third-party claims arising from their use of the platform. Notably, the document imposes a shortened statute of limitations for claims (typically one year versus the standard two-to-six years under state law), mandatory arbitration administered by AAA with individualized proceedings only, and a unilateral right for Lyft to modify terms with continued use constituting acceptance — provisions that materially restrict consumer legal recourse. The document engages CCPA/CPRA for California residents, FTC Act Section 5 consumer protection standards, and COPPA given the minimum age requirement of 18; material compliance considerations include the enforceability of the class action waiver under California law (McGill v. Citibank precedent for public injunctive relief claims) and the arbitration opt-out window which must be exercised within 30 days of first agreeing to the terms.