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Broad User Content License

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What it is

When you upload photos, property information, or other content to Redfin, you give them the right to use, share, and distribute it for free, and you give up your right to be credited as the author.

This analysis describes what Redfin's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Redfin can share your submitted content — including property photos and listing information — with affiliates and third-party service providers without additional notice or compensation to you.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users grant Redfin a permanent, worldwide, sublicensable license over all content they submit, including photos and property information, which Redfin can share with affiliates and subcontractors to develop or improve its services.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Delete Your Data
    Review the Redfin Privacy Notice for data deletion request procedures; submit a deletion request through the mechanism described therein if you wish to remove your personal information from Redfin's systems.

How other platforms handle this

Steam Medium

When you provide Content (as defined in the Steam Subscriber Agreement) to Steam, you grant Valve a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such Content... Valve is not responsi...

Paramount+ Medium

By submitting, posting or displaying content on or through the Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such content in any and all media or distrib...

Airbnb Medium

In order to enable Airbnb to operate, improve, promote, and protect the Airbnb Platform and our community, and to comply with applicable law, you grant to Airbnb a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual (or for the term of the protection), sub-licensable and transferable lice...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You grant to the Redfin Companies a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify (for formatting purposes only), distribute, and perform and display publicly Your Content (excluding Feedback) in connection with provision of the Services to you or otherwise in connection with your permitted use of the Services. In addition to any of Your Content that is made available through the Services, we may share Your Content with our affiliates, service providers and/or subcontractors in order to deliver, develop, or improve the Services. You hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.

— Excerpt from Redfin's Redfin Terms of Use

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: User content licensing provisions engage CCPA/CPRA (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.100 et seq.) to the extent content includes personal information, with the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) as enforcement authority. The FTC Act Section 5 applies where content sharing practices deviate materially from disclosed terms. GDPR (Article 6 and Article 17) applies where EU residents submit content, as the license grant may conflict with the right to erasure if content is shared with subcontractors. The document excludes personally identifiable information from 'Your Content' and routes it to the Privacy Notice, which partially mitigates but does not eliminate GDPR risk. (2)

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has authority over unfair or deceptive data sharing practices in consumer contracts under FTC Act Section 5, including where content licensing terms exceed user expectations.
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  • State AG
    California AG and CPPA have enforcement authority over CCPA/CPRA violations related to user content sharing with affiliates and subcontractors.
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Provision details

Document information
Document
Redfin Terms of Use
Entity
Redfin
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 8, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-005864
Document ID
CA-D-00233
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
3780bac2afc0fdc6e035c91008d803f093763f91221440b10f977e67eca2e7eb
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 01:18 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Redfin
Document: Redfin Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-005864
Captured: 2026-05-08 01:18:16 UTC
SHA-256: 3780bac2afc0fdc6…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/redfin/redfin-terms-of-use/broad-user-content-license/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Redfin's Broad User Content License clause do?

Redfin can share your submitted content — including property photos and listing information — with affiliates and third-party service providers without additional notice or compensation to you.

How does this clause affect you?

Users grant Redfin a permanent, worldwide, sublicensable license over all content they submit, including photos and property information, which Redfin can share with affiliates and subcontractors to develop or improve its services.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 10 platforms. See the full comparison.

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