Provision record
TikTok Ads · TikTok Advertising Terms · View original document ↗

Broad License Granted to TikTok Over Your Content

High confidence Common · 249 of 343 platforms

Key Facts · in the document’s own words

What license does TikTok Ads require the account holder to grant TikTok?
“you grant TikTok a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sublicensable license to access, use, host, cache, store, display, publish, distribute, modify and adapt Your Content in order to develop, research, provide, promote, and improve TikTok's products and services.”
Version CA-V-006584, captured Sept. 10, 2026 · live source ↗
Our reading, not the document’s words
TikTok Ads requires the account holder to grant TikTok a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sublicensable license to access, use, host, cache, store, display, publish, distribute, modify, and adapt the account holder's content in order to develop, research, provide, promote, and improve TikTok's products and services.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

The license is transferable and sublicensable, meaning TikTok Ads can pass rights over your content to third parties, and it extends to product improvement and research beyond mere ad delivery.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

Your content may be accessed, modified, distributed, and sublicensed by TikTok Ads and parties it designates for a broad range of purposes including product development and research.

How other platforms handle this

Credit Karma

The license granted to you for the App is a limited, non-transferable license to use the App on Mac product that you own or control and as permitted by the Usage Rules that are part of the terms of service in the Mac App Store.

Teladoc

Teladoc Health grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Platforms in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

Anyscale

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Customer hereby grants to Anyscale and its Affiliates a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right and license to process the Customer Property solely to the extent necessary to provide the Anyscale Services...

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you grant TikTok a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sublicensable license to access, use, host, cache, store, display, publish, distribute, modify and adapt Your Content in order to develop, research, provide, promote, and improve TikTok's products and services.

Excerpt from TikTok Ads's TikTok Advertising Terms

Provision details

Document information
Document
TikTok Advertising Terms
Entity
TikTok Ads
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
May 5, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-006584, captured Sept. 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-069798
Document ID
CA-D-000672
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-006584)
21decd343aef3ebd6e6d295d127f82953b70942aa59357196c8e53500136127f
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 17:34 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-006584, captured Sept. 10, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: TikTok Ads
Document: TikTok Advertising Terms
Record ID: CA-P-069798
Version: CA-V-006584
Captured: 2026-09-10 01:20:39 UTC
SHA-256: 21decd343aef3ebd…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/tiktok-ads/tiktok-advertising-terms/provision/CA-P-069798/broad-license-granted-to-tiktok-over-your-content/
Accessed: Oct. 25, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does TikTok Ads's Broad License Granted to TikTok Over Your Content clause do?

The license is transferable and sublicensable, meaning TikTok Ads can pass rights over your content to third parties, and it extends to product improvement and research beyond mere ad delivery.

How does this clause affect you?

Your content may be accessed, modified, distributed, and sublicensed by TikTok Ads and parties it designates for a broad range of purposes including product development and research.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 249 platforms. See the full comparison.

Is ConductAtlas affiliated with TikTok Ads?

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