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Broad Exclusion of McDonald's Liability for Damages

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Key Facts

What damages does McDonald's exclude liability for?
McDonald's excludes liability for any direct or indirect lost profits or lost business damage, special, indirect, consequential, exemplary, or incidental damages.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This exclusion removes the most common and potentially largest categories of damages a user might otherwise seek, significantly limiting any financial recovery against McDonald's.

Interpretive note: The excerpt does not include any conditions, caps, or carve-outs that might limit this exclusion, such as gross negligence or fraud. The clause's full scope may depend on additional language not quoted here.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users cannot hold McDonald's financially responsible for lost profits, lost business, or related categories of harm, regardless of what caused the loss.

How other platforms handle this

ActiveCampaign Medium

If you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Services is infringing, you may be liable to ActiveCampaign for certain costs and damages.

Leonardo AI Medium

A party's liability for any Liability under these Terms will be reduced proportionately to the extent the relevant Liability was caused or contributed to by the actions (or inactions) of the other party...

Netflix Medium

The Netflix service and/or some of the Netflix content may not be available at any time as a result of events beyond our reasonable control...we will not be held liable should such events occur.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Neither McDonald's nor any other Members of the McDonald's System shall be liable for any direct or indirect lost profits or lost business damage, special, indirect, consequential, exemplary or incidental damages...

Excerpt from McDonald's's Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
McDonald's Terms of Use
Entity
McDonald's
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-050511
Document ID
CA-D-00626
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
29a5a7dffc5c60bf644d978dbbb1da6da79e53e1d412dbd448cb6dc5a8a16610
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 00:00 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: McDonald's
Document: McDonald's Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-050511
Captured: 2026-05-08 00:00:10 UTC
SHA-256: 29a5a7dffc5c60bf…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/mcdonalds/mcdonalds-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-050511/broad-exclusion-of-mcdonalds-liability-for-damages/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does McDonald's's Broad Exclusion of McDonald's Liability for Damages clause do?

This exclusion removes the most common and potentially largest categories of damages a user might otherwise seek, significantly limiting any financial recovery against McDonald's.

How does this clause affect you?

Users cannot hold McDonald's financially responsible for lost profits, lost business, or related categories of harm, regardless of what caused the loss.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 292 platforms. See the full comparison.

Is ConductAtlas affiliated with McDonald's?

No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by McDonald's.