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Users grant Perplexity a royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute their submitted content and inputs for as long as that content is stored, including sharing it with third-party service partners and disclosing it for legal compliance purposes.
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This provision establishes the scope of rights Perplexity holds over user-submitted inputs, which includes query data and any content uploaded through the service. The irrevocable and sublicensable nature of the license means the granted rights persist for the duration of storage and can be passed to contractual third parties, which may interact with corporate data governance policies or confidentiality obligations for business users.
The provision name changed from 'Content License Grant' to 'User Content License' but the text remains identical.
View full change record →Under this clause, content and queries submitted to the Perplexity service are subject to a broad license that permits Perplexity to use, reproduce, modify, and share that content with third-party partners for service-related purposes. The agreement states this license is irrevocable for the duration of storage, meaning deletion of the content would be necessary to terminate the license term.
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"by using the Service and uploading Your Content, you grant us a license to access, use, host, cache, store, reproduce, transmit, display, publish, distribute, and modify Your Content to operate, improve, promote and provide the Services, including to reproduce, transmit, display, publish and distribute Output based on your Input. You agree that these rights and licenses are royalty free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide and irrevocable (for so long as Your Content is stored with us), and include a right for us to make Your Content available to, and pass these rights along to, others with whom we have contractual relationships related to the provision of the Services, solely for the purpose of providing such Services, and to otherwise permit access to or disclose Your Content to third parties if we determine such access is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Terms of Service
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR Articles 6 and 28 for EU-based users, as the sublicensing of user content to third parties with contractual relationships may constitute onward transfer requiring adequate safeguards and lawful basis documentation. The FTC Act is engaged through the disclosure of data-sharing practices. CCPA may apply to California residents depending on whether submitted inputs constitute personal information as defined under California law. 2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. The combination of irrevocability, sublicensability, and third-party disclosure authorization creates significant data governance exposure for business users who may submit proprietary, client, or confidential information as part of queries. The provision does not specify which categories of third parties receive sublicensed content beyond describing them as parties with contractual relationships related to service provision. 3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and EEA users face heightened exposure given GDPR requirements for lawful basis and data subject rights, including the right to erasure, which may interact with the irrevocable license structure. California residents should cross-reference CCPA rights for personal information submitted as inputs. Business users subject to professional confidentiality obligations, including legal, financial, and healthcare sectors, face additional exposure. 4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement and legal teams evaluating Perplexity for enterprise use under these consumer terms (rather than the enterprise agreement) should assess whether the content license is compatible with existing data processing agreements, client confidentiality commitments, and applicable regulatory obligations. The provision asserts sublicensing rights to unspecified third parties without requiring identification of those parties, which may not align with standard vendor assessment requirements. 5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should evaluate whether employee use of Perplexity consumer services for business purposes constitutes submission of organizational data under this license. Data mapping exercises should account for inputs as a potential data category subject to this license. Organizations in regulated industries should assess whether this provision is compatible with sector-specific data handling obligations before permitting use of the consumer service.
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This provision establishes the scope of rights Perplexity holds over user-submitted inputs, which includes query data and any content uploaded through the service. The irrevocable and sublicensable nature of the license means the granted rights persist for the duration of storage and can be passed to contractual third parties, which may interact with corporate data governance policies or confidentiality obligations …
Under this clause, content and queries submitted to the Perplexity service are subject to a broad license that permits Perplexity to use, reproduce, modify, and share that content with third-party partners for service-related purposes. The agreement states this license is irrevocable for the duration of storage, meaning deletion of the content would be necessary to terminate the license term.
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