This analysis describes what Square'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
The updated terms establish a non-compete restriction prohibiting sellers from using Square's Services to build or support competing products or services, with account termination and indefinite fund holds stated as potential consequences for violations. Square now authorizes collection of your business brand assets (names, logos, menus, photos) from publicly available sources and grants itself and its subsidiaries broad rights to use, modify, and prepare derivative works of those assets for Block's business purposes, including developing, training, testing, and improving products and services. The revised payment terms require you to select a primary payment method at signup, and authorize Square to collect fees from that method or, if collection fails, from your transaction proceeds or Square account balance; you represent and warrant that any linked bank account was not established for personal purposes and that you are an authorized user on it.
View change record →How other platforms handle this
We appreciate your feedback, and you agree that we may use it without restriction or compensation to you.
The Company may use and disclose Feedback in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever without further notice or compensation to you and without retention by you of any proprietary or other right or claim.
Zoom may, but is not required to use, the Feedback, including any Proprietary Rights therein, for any purpose whatsoever without any attribution, financial compensation, or reimbursement of any kind to you or any third party.
"You may submit feedback, comments or ideas about the Services...Submitting Ideas is entirely voluntary, and we will be free to use such ideas as we see fit without any obligation to you.Excerpt from Square's Terms of Service
Get the weekly coverage letter
Companies change their terms without announcing it. We capture governance documents, compare each new version with the last, and publish what changed, with the source text behind it. One email a week on what we found and what we could not reach.
The clause states: “You may submit feedback, comments or ideas about the Services...Submitting Ideas is entirely voluntary, and we will be free to use such ideas as we see fit without any obligation to you.”
ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 249 platforms. See the full comparison.
No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Square.