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User grants Starbucks broad license over user content

High severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 256 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What license do users grant Starbucks and its designees?
Starbucks requires users to grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid-up, and royalty-free license to use, sell, reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine with other works, alter, translate, and distribute copies of user content.
Is the license worldwide and perpetual?
Starbucks requires users to grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid-up, and royalty-free license to use, sell, reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine with other works, alter, translate, and distribute copies of user content.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The license is perpetual, irrevocable, and worldwide, meaning Starbucks retains broad rights to use submitted content forever without paying the user, even if the user later deletes the content or stops using the Sites.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated; additional licensed acts or conditions may follow but are not visible in the provided text.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 2585 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Any content you submit grants Starbucks and its designees a permanent, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, sell, reproduce, modify, combine, translate, and distribute that content.

How other platforms handle this

ActiveCampaign Medium

Except for the license you grant below, you retain all rights in and to your Marketing Content, as between you and ActiveCampaign.

Tinder Medium

You do not have any rights in relation to Member Content, and, unless expressly authorized by Tinder, you may only use Member Content to the extent that your use is consistent with our Services' purpose...

Glassdoor Medium

We hereby grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license under the rights licensable by us to use the services and use Content from our services solely for your personal use...

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you grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid up and royalty free license to use, sell, reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine with other works, alter, translate, distribute copies...

Excerpt from Starbucks's Terms of Use

Provision details

Document information
Document
Starbucks Terms of Use
Entity
Starbucks
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-054969
Document ID
CA-D-00624
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
00077295d94b4e10530d517ff8df4a1976b72f69c2fc10a2cbbe6437f34fe710
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 01:23 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Starbucks
Document: Starbucks Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-054969
Captured: 2026-05-08 01:23:52 UTC
SHA-256: 00077295d94b4e10…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/starbucks/starbucks-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-054969/user-grants-starbucks-broad-license-over-user-content/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Starbucks's User grants Starbucks broad license over user content clause do?

The license is perpetual, irrevocable, and worldwide, meaning Starbucks retains broad rights to use submitted content forever without paying the user, even if the user later deletes the content or stops using the Sites.

How does this clause affect you?

Any content you submit grants Starbucks and its designees a permanent, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, sell, reproduce, modify, combine, translate, and distribute that content.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 256 platforms. See the full comparison.

Is ConductAtlas affiliated with Starbucks?

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