Subscription payments to Perplexity are stated to be nonrefundable, with no credits for partially used subscription periods, though users retain access to paid Services through the end of the paid period following cancellation.
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This provision establishes that subscription fees are nonrefundable as a default term, subject only to exceptions set forth in the Terms or country-specific billing pages. The existence of country-specific exceptions suggests that applicable consumer protection law may create refund rights in certain jurisdictions that override this default.
The updated terms state that the Company reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen, edit, or delete any user content at any time, for any reason, and without notice. The revised language also clarifies that while the Company does not claim ownership of user-submitted content, the Company retains ownership of the Services and the underlying technology used to generate Output. Additionally, the terms now specify that users must obtain license rights in their content to allow the Company to operate the Service without legal violations. The operational effect is that user content may be subject to removal at any time under the Company's sole discretion, and users should understand the distinction between their ownership rights in submitted content and the Company's ownership of the platform and generation technology.
View change record →Explicitly establishes non-refundable payment model with continued access through subscription period, clarifying financial obligations for users.
View full change record →Under this clause, users who cancel a subscription will not receive a refund for the remaining unused portion of a billing period, though they retain access to paid features through the end of that period. Country-specific pages may establish exceptions where consumer protection law requires refund rights.
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Compare across platforms →"Except as expressly set forth in these Terms or in any country-specific billing and consumer information pages, payments for any subscriptions to the Services are nonrefundable and there are no credits for partially used periods. Following any cancellation by you, however, you will continue to have access to the paid Services through the end of the subscription period for which payment has already been made.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Terms of Service
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This provision establishes that subscription fees are nonrefundable as a default term, subject only to exceptions set forth in the Terms or country-specific billing pages. The existence of country-specific exceptions suggests that applicable consumer protection law may create refund rights in certain jurisdictions that override this default.
Under this clause, users who cancel a subscription will not receive a refund for the remaining unused portion of a billing period, though they retain access to paid features through the end of that period. Country-specific pages may establish exceptions where consumer protection law requires refund rights.
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