Any content you submit to Lyft — such as reviews, photos, or feedback — becomes licensed to Lyft, allowing them to use it without paying you.
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The clause establishes broad authorization for Lyft to exploit user-generated content across multiple applications and derivative uses without time limitation or ongoing royalty obligations. The perpetual and transferable nature means these rights persist indefinitely and can be assigned to third parties, including through acquisition or corporate restructuring.
Replacement of general IP provision with more detailed 'User Content License' clause that grants Lyft significantly broader exploitation rights.
View full change record →Submitting reviews, ratings, or other content grants Lyft a broad, royalty-free licence to use that content globally for any business purpose. You retain ownership but give up control over how Lyft uses your submissions.
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Where the law allows us to, we may use the content you and other users have posted for training or to help us to improve the way we filter content on our platform.
In accordance with applicable legal requirements, we may use your information to tailor and provide you with content and advertisements.
We may use your personal data to personalize your experience interacting with Content, including what Content we recommend, show, or don't show to you.
"You grant to us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) right and license to exercise the copyright, publicity, and database rights you have in your Information, and to use, copy, perform, display and distribute such Information to prepare derivative works, or incorporate into other works, such Information, in any media now known or not currently known.Excerpt from Lyft's Terms of Service
Broad user content licensing provisions are standard in platform agreements but should be reviewed for compliance with consumer rights frameworks that may require clearer disclosure of how user-generated content will be exploited commercially.
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The clause establishes broad authorization for Lyft to exploit user-generated content across multiple applications and derivative uses without time limitation or ongoing royalty obligations. The perpetual and transferable nature means these rights persist indefinitely and can be assigned to third parties, including through acquisition or corporate restructuring.
Submitting reviews, ratings, or other content grants Lyft a broad, royalty-free licence to use that content globally for any business purpose. You retain ownership but give up control over how Lyft uses your submissions.
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