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What VirusTotal's terms say

B privacy grade · virustotal.com · Tech & telecom

VirusTotal's terms of service and privacy policy have 17 rated points: 0 serious, 2 bad, 7 worth knowing and 8 good. 10 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 7 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use VirusTotal

Bad 2

  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

  • Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

    Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user in the last 12 months or $5,000

Worth knowing 4

  • The court of law governing the terms is in location X

    The court of law governing the terms is the state of California, U.S.A.

  • You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of the service

  • Defend, indemnify, hold harmless; survives termination

  • The terms for this service are translated into different languages

Good 4

  • If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner

  • The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

  • When the service wants to make a material change to its terms, you are notified at least 30 days in advance

With an account

If you have a VirusTotal account

Worth knowing 3

  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

  • You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security

  • Your account can be suspended for several reasons

Good 4

  • 30 days of notice are given before closing your account

  • You maintain ownership of your content

  • You have the right to leave this service at any time

  • Your account may be suspended and/or terminated for breaching the Terms of Service

The documents

Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.