Canva Terms of Use

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Terms are effective 19 August 2026 and form a contract with the Canva Contracting Entity

These Terms of Use state that they are effective as of 19 August 2026. They apply to your use of Canva’s visual communication platform (the “Service”). By using the Service you agree they become a legally binding agreement between you and the “Canva Contracting Entity” identified in the Terms. The page points to a Policy Archives page for earlier versions.

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These Terms of Use are effective as of 19 August 2026.

By using the Service, you agree that these terms will become a legally binding agreement between you and the Canva Contracting Entity identified in these Terms

Qualifications & exceptions

• The agreement forms by using the Service; no separate signature step is described in this section.

Not stated here

• Earlier versions in the Policy Archives were not supplied, so what changed from them is unknown.
• Which Canva entity is the Canva Contracting Entity is not stated in this opening section; later text ties it to the billing address.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Plain-language boxes are explanations only; only terms outside the boxes bind

Canva says the Terms include short plain-language explanations in boxes, and that only the Terms outside those boxes are legally binding. Where this analysis cites box text, it is a summary and not an operative term.

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You’ll find simple explanations of our Terms in these boxes, but keep in mind only the Terms outside these boxes are legally binding.

Qualifications & exceptions

• A later miscellaneous clause says headings and the explanatory boxes are for convenience only and do not affect meaning or interpretation.

Not stated here

• The source text does not mark exactly which paragraphs are inside boxes; box status here is inferred from their short plain-language style.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Use of the Service is also subject to Canva’s Acceptable Use Policy; the Privacy Policy covers personal data

The Service is offered on Canva websites (such as Canva.com and affinity.studio), Canva mobile apps, Canva desktop applications and other forms Canva provides. Your use is subject to these Terms and Canva’s Acceptable Use Policy; if you fail to comply with the Acceptable Use Policy or other Canva terms or guidelines for the Service, Canva may delete or restrict the violating content or suspend or terminate your account with immediate effect. Canva’s Privacy Policy is the document that explains how Canva treats your personal data. If you use Canva Education, the Canva Education Additional Terms also apply.

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The Service is made available on Canva websites (such as Canva.com and affinity.studio), Canva mobile apps, Canva desktop applications, and in other forms provided or made available by Canva.

Your use of the Service is subject to these Terms and Canva’s

Canva may delete or otherwise restrict the violating User Content and/or Designs or suspend or terminate your account with immediate effect

If you're using Canva Education, the

Qualifications & exceptions

• The Education terms apply in addition when you use Canva Education.

Not stated here

• The Acceptable Use Policy, Privacy Policy and Education Additional Terms are linked but were not supplied, so their content is not analyzed here.

Content & IP Rights · Context

Licensed Content and User Content are different things; you keep control of your uploads but license them to Canva

Canva gives you access to “Licensed Content” provided by Canva and other content providers to use in Designs, and your use of it is subject to the Content License Agreement; the rights and restrictions vary by the type and source of the content. You may also upload your own “User Content” (such as videos, images and files), which you have full control and responsibility over. Section 4 adds that you own your User Content as between you and Canva, while granting Canva a license to host and use it to provide the Service.

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(each a “Design”)

When you use the Service, you’ll have access to a variety of content provided by Canva and other content providers to use in your designs (“Licensed Content”).

You also have the option to upload your own content (“User Content”), such as videos, images, and files, which you have full control and responsibility over.

The applicable license rights and restrictions vary depending on the type and source of the Licensed Content.

As between you and Canva, you own all right, title and interest in and to your User Content. You grant Canva a royalty-free and sublicensable license to display, host, copy, store and use your User Content to provide the Service to you

Qualifications & exceptions

• “Design” covers logos, posters, presentations, videos, documents, whiteboards, websites and other materials made with the Service.

Not stated here

• The Content License Agreement was not supplied, so the specific license rights and restrictions on Licensed Content are unknown.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You may use the Service only if you can form a binding contract with Canva

You may use the Service only if you are legally able to form a binding contract with Canva. By using it you represent and warrant that you have the full right, power and authority to agree to the Terms and to perform all your obligations.

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You may use the Service only if you're legally able to form a binding contract with Canva.

you represent and warrant that you have the full right, power and authority to agree to and be bound by these Terms and to fully perform all of your obligations

Qualifications & exceptions

• A separate age requirement in section 2(a) also limits who may use the Service.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Signing up with an employer or organization email binds that organization and creates an Administered Account

If you sign up with an email address associated with your employer or another organization (the “Admin Entity”), you represent and warrant that you have authority to bind the Admin Entity, your use binds that organization to the Terms, and “you” and “your” then refer to both you and the Admin Entity. The account you create that way is an “Administered Account”.

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If you sign up for the Service using an email address associated with your employer or another organization (“Admin Entity”), (i) you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind the Admin Entity to these Terms; (ii) your use of the Service will bind your employer or the organization to these Terms; and (iii) “you” and “your” in these Terms will refer to both you and the Admin Entity.

The Canva account you create using an email address associated with an Admin Entity will be an “Administered Account”.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to sign-ups using an email address associated with an employer or other organization.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

At the Admin Entity’s request Canva may share your email, name and account information with it

If you signed up with an Administered Account, then at the Admin Entity’s request Canva may share your email address, name and account information with your Admin Entity.

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If you’ve signed up for the Service using an Administered Account, at the Admin Entity’s request, Canva may:

share your email address, name and account information with your Admin Entity

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies only to Administered Accounts and only at the Admin Entity’s request; it is a “may”, not a stated duty.

Not stated here

• The text does not say what “account information” includes beyond email address and name.

Account & Service Control · Permission or license

An Admin Entity can take control of an Administered Account and its content

At the Admin Entity’s request Canva may give the Admin Entity control of the Administered Account. If an Admin Entity controls the account, its admin may be able to access, transfer and control the account and all content and designs associated with it, change account settings such as billing settings and privacy preferences, change folder permissions, and delete the Administered Account.

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at the Admin Entity’s request, Canva may:

give control of the Administered Account to the Admin Entity

the Admin Entity’s admin may be able to access, transfer and control your Administered Account and all content and designs associated with it

make changes to the Administered Account settings, such as billing settings and privacy preferences

make changes to the folder permissions

delete the Administered Account

Qualifications & exceptions

• Phrased as what the admin “may be able to” do; the exact controls depend on what the Admin Entity is given.

Not stated here

• The text does not list every setting an Admin Entity can change; billing settings and privacy preferences are examples.

Account & Service Control · Company commitment

Canva will make reasonable efforts to give advance notice before an Admin Entity takes over an existing account

Where an Admin Entity has requested control of an existing Administered Account, Canva will make reasonable efforts to give you advance notice so you can move your content and designs to a personal Canva account before the Admin Entity gets control. The notice is subject to your having given Canva a valid email address.

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Canva will make reasonable efforts to provide you with advance notice so that you can transfer your content and designs to a personal Canva account (subject to you providing us with a valid email address) before your Admin Entity receives control over the Administered Account.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Only “reasonable efforts”, not a guarantee of notice.
• Applies where the Admin Entity requests control of an existing account.
• Subject to your having provided a valid email address.

Not stated here

• How much advance notice counts as sufficient is not stated.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Creating a team for an organization binds that organization to the Terms

Some plans can be used by teams, businesses and organizations. If you create a team on behalf of an organization or employer, you bind them to the Terms and all obligations in them. If they have not authorized you to do this, you need someone who is authorized to create the team.

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If you create a team on behalf of an organization or employer, you're binding them to these Terms and all the obligations set out in them. If they haven’t authorized you to do this, you’ll need someone who is authorized to create the team.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to plans that can be used by teams.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Children under 13 (or the local consent age) may not use the Service except through Canva Education

Children may not access or use the Service, other than through Canva Education. A child means a person under 13, or under the minimum legal age to consent to processing of personal data in the country where the child is located. For children using Canva Education the Terms point to the Canva Education Additional Terms. When you use your Canva account to access other services such as Third Party Services, those services’ providers may set different age or service restrictions.

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Children may not access or use the Service, other than through Canva Education.

a child is a person under the age of 13 (or the minimum legal age required to provide consent for processing of personal data in the country where the child is located)

different age or service restrictions may apply to those services, as set by those service providers

Qualifications & exceptions

• The age threshold is 13 or the higher local minimum age to consent to personal-data processing, whichever the child’s country sets.
• Children may use Canva only through Canva Education, which has its own additional terms.

Not stated here

• The Canva Education Additional Terms were not supplied, so the rules for children using Canva Education are unknown.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Canva says its free Canva Education plan for students is certified COPPA and FERPA compliant

Canva states that its free Canva Education plan for students has been certified compliant with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) by iKeepSafe. This is a statement by Canva about the plan, not an obligation spelled out in the Terms.

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Our free Canva Education plan for students has been certified compliant with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) by

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated only for the free Canva Education plan for students.

Not stated here

• The certification itself, its date and its scope were not supplied.
• The text does not say what Canva does with children’s data under the Education plan; that is for the Education terms and the COPPA data-retention policy listed at the end of the page.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license

You get a limited, revocable license to use the Service for business or personal use

Subject to your compliance with the Terms, Canva grants you a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, freely revocable license to access and use the Service for business or personal use. Canva reserves all rights not expressly granted.

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Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you're granted a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, freely revocable license to access and use the Service for business or personal use.

Canva reserves all rights not expressly granted under these Terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Conditional on your compliance with the Terms.
• “Freely revocable” means Canva may withdraw the license.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Each person needs a unique account and you answer for activity on yours

Each person must have a unique account and you are responsible for any activity conducted on your account. You may not allow any other party to access or use the Service with your username, password or other security code.

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Each person must have a unique account and you're responsible for any activity conducted on your account.

You may not allow any other party to access or use the Service with your unique username, password, or other security code.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Responsibility covers any activity on your account, not only activity you personally carry out.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Your use, content and Designs must follow the Acceptable Use Policy; Canva may remove content or end your account

Your use of the Service, your User Content and your Designs must comply with Canva’s Acceptable Use Policy. If you fail to comply with any provision of the Acceptable Use Policy or any other terms or guidelines Canva makes available for use of the Service, Canva may delete or restrict the violating User Content and/or Designs, or suspend or terminate your account with immediate effect. The Terms point to Canva’s Trust Centre for content moderation processes and complaints procedures.

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Your use of the Service, your User Content, and your Designs, must comply with Canva’s

Canva may delete or otherwise restrict the violating User Content and/or Designs or suspend or terminate your account with immediate effect

For more details on our content moderation processes and complaints procedures, see our

Qualifications & exceptions

• Triggered by failing to comply with any provision of the Acceptable Use Policy or other terms or guidelines Canva makes available.
• The listed actions are things Canva “may” do; this section states no notice period before suspension or termination.

Not stated here

• The Acceptable Use Policy and Trust Centre pages were not supplied, so what they prohibit and how complaints work is unknown.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You may not use the Service to discriminate against others or incite hostility or violence

Canva says it will not tolerate its Service being used to discriminate against others, especially based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry or national origin. You may not use the Service in a manner that would or would likely incite, promote or support such discrimination, and you must not use the Service to incite or promote hostility or violence.

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Canva doesn't support and won't tolerate its Service being used to discriminate against others, especially when based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry or national origin.

You're not permitted to use the Service in a manner which would or would likely incite, promote or support such discrimination and you must not use the Service to incite or promote hostility or violence.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The listed characteristics follow “especially” and are not stated as the only protected grounds.
• The prohibition reaches use that would “likely” incite, promote or support discrimination, not only actual discrimination.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You may not resell or sublicense the Service, copy or reverse-engineer it, benchmark it or build a competing product

Whether you act yourself or through a third party, you may not (i) rent, lease, sell, distribute, offer in a service bureau, sublicense or otherwise make the Service or Licensed Content available to any third party (except as permitted under the Terms); (ii) copy, replicate, decompile, reverse-engineer, try to derive the source code of, modify or create derivative works of the Service or any part of it; (iii) access the Service for performance benchmarking; or (iv) access the Service to build or market a competitive product.

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You will not yourself or through any third party (i) rent, lease, sell, distribute, offer in a service bureau, sublicense, or otherwise make available the Service or the Licensed Content to any third party (except as permitted under these Terms);

(ii) copy, replicate, decompile, reverse-engineer, attempt to derive the source code of, modify, or create derivative works of the Service, or any part thereof;

(iii) access the Service for purposes of performance benchmarking; (iv) access the Service for purposes of building or marketing a competitive product;

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies whether you act yourself or through any third party.
• Item (i) has an exception for what the Terms otherwise permit.
• Section 14 says its liability limits do not apply to liabilities arising out of your breach of this restrictions section, and section 15(b) lists it among the Violations Canva may act on.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

You may not use the Service for malware, spam or phishing, VPN price circumvention or to bypass its protections

You also may not (v) use the Service to create, store or transmit a virus or malicious code; (vi) use a VPN to circumvent geographic-based pricing or content access; (vii) use the Service to transmit unsolicited email or spam or to phish; or (ix) bypass the measures Canva may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service, including features that prevent or restrict use or copying of content or enforce limits on use of the Service or Licensed Content.

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(v) use the Service to create, store or transmit a virus or malicious code; (vi) use a virtual private network (VPN) to circumvent geographic-based pricing or content access; (vii) use the Service to transmit unsolicited emails or engage in spamming or phishing;

(ix) bypass the measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service, including without limitation features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on use of the Service or the Licensed Content.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies whether you act yourself or through any third party.

Use & Processing · Restriction or exception

Data mining, extraction or scraping of the Service and its contents is prohibited, including for AI and machine learning

You may not use any form of data mining, extraction or scraping on the Service and/or the contents available in it for any purpose, including but not limited to AI, machine learning and data science purposes.

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(viii) use any form of data mining, extraction, or scraping on the Service and/or the contents available in it for any purpose (including but not limited to AI, machine learning, and data science purposes);

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies whether you act yourself or through any third party.
• Stated for “any purpose”, with AI and machine learning given as examples.

Not stated here

• The text does not say whether this limits your own export or download of your Designs through the Service’s functions; section 15(c) separately mentions exporting your content using the Service’s functionality.

Security & Safeguards · Company commitment

Canva says it maintains security measures designed to protect your information

Canva implements and maintains physical, technical and administrative security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure. It points to its Trust Center for more on how it protects the Service and your information.

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Canva implements and maintains physical, technical and administrative security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure.

You can learn more about how Canva protects the Service and your information at

Qualifications & exceptions

• The measures are “designed to” protect your information; this is not a guarantee that no unauthorized access or loss occurs, and section 11 separately disclaims warranties on the Service.

Not stated here

• The Trust Center content was not supplied, so the specific security measures are unknown.

Data Access & Collection · Context

The Privacy Policy covers personal data about your accounts and use, except where Canva is your data processor

Canva’s Privacy Policy applies to the personal data Canva collects, uses, transfers, discloses and stores about your accounts, your use of the Service, and your User Content and Designs. The exception is personal data that Canva processes on your behalf as a data processor, which the next paragraph describes.

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Canva’s Privacy Policy applies to the personal data that Canva collects, uses, transfers, discloses and stores about your accounts, use of the Service, User Content and Designs (except for personal data that Canva processes on your behalf as a data processor as described below).

Qualifications & exceptions

• Excludes personal data Canva processes on your behalf as a data processor.

Not stated here

• The Privacy Policy was not supplied, so what data is collected and how it is used and shared is not analyzed here.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Canva acts as your data processor for certain Team subscriptions and Pro data-collection Designs

If you are part of a subscription that enables you to create a Team, or you are a Canva Pro user collecting personal data subject to Applicable Privacy Laws through a Canva Site or another Design type whose primary function is to collect information from end users, Canva collects, uses, transfers, discloses and stores certain personal data on your behalf as a data processor in connection with your use of the Service. In those cases its Data Processing Addendum applies and is incorporated into the Terms, and it sets out the personal data and processing operations Canva performs on your behalf.

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If you are part of a subscription that enables you to create a Team, or you’re a Canva Pro user collecting personal data subject to Applicable Privacy Laws (as defined in the Data Processing Addendum) through a Canva Site or other Design type where the primary functionality of the Design type is to collect information from end users, then Canva collects, uses, transfers, discloses and stores certain personal data on your behalf as a data processor in connection with your use of the Service.

Our Data Processing Addendum sets out the personal data Canva collects and processing operations Canva performs on your behalf as a data processor.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Two triggers: a subscription that enables creating a Team, or a Canva Pro user collecting personal data about end users through a Canva Site or similar Design type.
• The Data Processing Addendum applies and is incorporated into the Terms in those cases.

Not stated here

• The Data Processing Addendum and its definition of Applicable Privacy Laws were not supplied.
• A short summary passage in the same section words the trigger as a subscription that has multiple seats rather than one that enables creating a Team; the summary does not replace the operative paragraph, and the difference is not resolved by the source.

Use & Processing · Restriction or exception

The Data Processing Addendum prevails over the Terms; processing outside it is Canva acting as data controller

If the Terms conflict with the Data Processing Addendum, the Addendum prevails. Any categories of personal data or processing operations that the Addendum does not set out are processed and protected by Canva as a data controller, subject to and in accordance with Canva’s Privacy Policy.

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In the event of any conflict between these Terms and the Data Processing Addendum, the Data Processing Addendum will prevail.

Any categories of personal data or processing operations that are not set out in our Data Processing Addendum will be processed and protected by Canva as a data controller subject to and in accordance with Canva’s

Qualifications & exceptions

• The precedence rule covers conflicts between the Terms and the Addendum only.

Not stated here

• The Data Processing Addendum was not supplied, so which data and operations it covers is unknown.

Content & IP Rights · User right or choice

You keep ownership of your User Content as between you and Canva, and warrant you have the rights to it

You represent and warrant that you own all rights in your User Content, or have secured all rights needed to permit its access, use and distribution as the Terms contemplate. As between you and Canva, you own all right, title and interest in your User Content. User Content is the content you can choose to upload, such as videos, images and files.

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You also have the option to upload your own content (“User Content”), such as videos, images, and files

You represent and warrant that you own all rights, title, and interest in and to your User Content or that you have otherwise secured all necessary rights in your User Content as may be necessary to permit the access, use and distribution thereof as contemplated by these Terms.

As between you and Canva, you own all right, title and interest in and to your User Content.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Ownership is stated “as between you and Canva”; it does not address third-party rights or the Team Owner/Administrator powers in section 8.
• The warranty is yours: you promise you own or have secured the rights needed.

Not stated here

• The text does not say what happens if your warranty turns out to be untrue beyond the general indemnity and violation terms elsewhere.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

You license Canva to host and use your User Content to provide and secure the Service and enforce its rules

You grant Canva a royalty-free and sublicensable license to display, host, copy, store and use your User Content to provide the Service to you, including to keep the Service safe and secure and to enforce the Acceptable Use Policy and the Terms. Canva says these protections apply at all times to protect the community and are an essential part of providing the Service.

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You grant Canva a royalty-free and sublicensable license to display, host, copy, store and use your User Content to provide the Service to you, including to keep the Service safe and secure, and to enforce our

These protections apply at all times to protect our community and are an essential part of providing the Service.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The license is for providing the Service to you, including keeping it safe and secure and enforcing the Acceptable Use Policy and the Terms.
• It is royalty-free and sublicensable.

Not stated here

• This paragraph does not state how long this first license lasts or when it ends; the next sentence separately calls the license for shared Designs “perpetual”.
• Who Canva may sublicense to is not stated here.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

If User Content is in a Design you have shared, Canva gets a perpetual license to keep that Design available

To the extent you include User Content in a Design that you have shared with others, you grant Canva a perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable license to display, host, copy, store and use that User Content to the extent necessary to continue to make the Design available.

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To the extent you include User Content in a Design that you’ve shared with others, you grant Canva a perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable, license to display, host, copy, store and use your User Content to the extent necessary to continue to make that Design available.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies only to User Content in a Design you have shared with others.
• Limited to what is necessary to keep that Design available.
• The license is described as perpetual.

Not stated here

• The text does not say whether the license ends if you delete the shared Design or the User Content; section 15(c) says User Content in a shared Design remains available within that Design after a subscription ends.

Use & Processing · User right or choice

Your Privacy Settings control whether your usage data and User Content can improve Canva’s AI features

Your Privacy Settings let you control whether your general usage data and/or User Content can improve AI-powered features. Canva and its trusted partners may use this data to develop and improve AI-powered features if that is consistent with your Privacy Settings, which you can review and update at any time.

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allow you to control whether your general usage data and/or User Content can improve AI-powered features.

Canva and its trusted partners may use this to develop and improve AI-powered features if this is consistent with your

which you can review and update at any time.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Use by Canva and its trusted partners is conditioned on being consistent with your Privacy Settings.
• You can change the settings at any time.

Not stated here

• The default Privacy Settings are not stated here.
• “Trusted partners” is not defined in this text.
• What “general usage data” includes is not defined here.
• Section 6 says AI Products are subject to AI Product Terms, which were not supplied.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): You license Canva to host and use your User Content to provide and secure the Service and enforce its rules — contrast: The license to Canva is described as being to provide the Service to you, while a separate paragraph lets Canva and its trusted partners use usage data and User Content to develop and improve AI-powered features if your Privacy Settings allow. The two uses pull in different directions on purpose.

Use & Processing · Company commitment

Canva says it will not use Canva Education User Content for AI training

Canva states, “We will not use User Content of Canva Education for AI training.”

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We will not use User Content of Canva Education for AI training.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated for User Content of Canva Education; the sentence does not address other data from Canva Education or other plans.

Not stated here

• The Canva Education Additional Terms were not supplied and may say more.

Cross-references

• narrows (model-proposed): Your Privacy Settings control whether your usage data and User Content can improve Canva’s AI features — exception_to: Canva’s statement that it will not use Canva Education User Content for AI training is an exception to the general rule that User Content may improve AI features where Privacy Settings allow.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

Licensed Content use is governed by the Content License Agreement, which varies by content type and source

You may use Licensed Content in connection with the Service. Its use is subject to additional license rights and restrictions in the Content License Agreement, and those rights and restrictions vary depending on the type and source of the Licensed Content. You can find which Content License Terms apply by hovering over the item and clicking its info icon.

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You may use Licensed Content in connection with the Service. The use of Licensed Content is subject to additional license rights and restrictions set out in the

The applicable license rights and restrictions vary depending on the type and source of the Licensed Content. You can determine which Content License Terms apply by hovering over the item of Licensed Content and clicking on the info icon.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The applicable terms depend on the type and source of each item of Licensed Content.

Not stated here

• The Content License Agreement was not supplied, so the specific permissions and restrictions are unknown.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

You keep ownership of your User Content in a Design, but Licensed Content in it brings extra terms

Your Designs may combine User Content and Licensed Content. The operative text says you retain ownership of your User Content, and that any use of Designs containing Licensed Content is subject to the applicable terms of the Content License Agreement. A plain-language box says Canva never owns your designs but there may be restrictions depending on the Canva-provided content included; that box is not an operative term.

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Your Designs may include a combination of User Content and Licensed Content. While you retain ownership of your User Content, any use of Designs containing Licensed Content are subject to the applicable terms of the

We never own your designs, but there may be certain restrictions depending on the types of Canva-provided content you’ve included in your designs.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The operative sentence speaks of ownership of User Content and of restrictions on Designs containing Licensed Content.

Not stated here

• The operative text does not itself say who owns a Design as a whole; the “never own your designs” wording is in a box that the page says is not legally binding.
• The Content License Agreement was not supplied, so the restrictions on Designs with Licensed Content are unknown.

Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice

You may publish or share Designs inside the Service, through Third Party Services or via a link

You may publish or share Designs with others within the Service, via a Third Party Service, or via a link.

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You may publish or share Designs with others within the Service, via a Third Party Service, or via a link.

Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception

Canva takes no responsibility for how you share Designs, including sharing it performs at your instruction

Canva maintains no responsibility in relation to the sharing of Designs. Canva enabling that activity, or the Service performing actions to publicly share Designs at your instruction, will not be treated as a violation of any of Canva’s obligations under the Terms. A plain-language box adds that you are responsible for who you share with and how.

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Canva maintains no responsibility in relation to such sharing of Designs and Canva’s enablement of such activity or the Service’s performance of actions to publicly share Designs at your instruction will not be considered a violation of any of Canva’s obligations under these Terms.

You’re responsible for who you share them with and how you do it.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The no-violation statement covers sharing actions the Service performs at your instruction.

Not stated here

• Whether Canva obligations elsewhere (for example the security commitment in section 3(a)) are affected is not addressed beyond the statement that enabling sharing at your instruction is not a violation of any of them.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

You can print Designs through the Service where available; print orders may carry extra fees and taxes

You can use the Service to print your Designs, but only in certain locations. Print orders may be subject to additional fees and taxes as specified when you place a print order.

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You can use the Service to print your Designs (only available in certain locations).

Print orders may be subject to additional fees and taxes as specified when you place a print order.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Printing is available only in certain locations.
• Fees and taxes are those specified at the time you place a print order.

Not stated here

• Which locations are covered is not stated here.
• Section 7 says this printing section does not apply to use of the Affinity or Cavalry Software.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Context

Print products come from Canva through print partners, or from a Marketplace Seller under a separate sale contract

Print products may be sold by Canva or, in some countries, by a third-party seller identified at checkout (a “Marketplace Seller”). If you buy from a Marketplace Seller you enter a separate sale contract with that seller, governed by the Print Marketplace Seller Terms in addition to the Terms. Products sold by Canva are provided by third-party print partners, who are responsible for completing and delivering print orders.

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Print products may be sold by Canva or in some countries, a third-party seller identified at checkout ("Marketplace Seller").

By purchasing a print product from a Marketplace Seller, you’re entering into a separate sale contract with that Marketplace Seller, governed by the Print Marketplace Seller Terms (the "Marketplace Seller Terms"), in addition to these Terms.

Print products sold by Canva are provided by third-party print partners who are responsible for completing and delivering print orders.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Marketplace Sellers exist only in some countries.
• The Marketplace Seller sale contract is in addition to the Terms.

Not stated here

• The Print Marketplace Seller Terms were not supplied; they are linked only from the policies list at the end of the page.
• The text does not say which seller or partner handles personal data for an order or how that data is used.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

Delivery times are estimates and Canva does not refund errors you made or a change of mind on print orders

Print orders sold by Canva can be delivered to you or picked up at a partner’s location, subject to availability in your area. Orders may be affected by circumstances outside Canva’s control, and delivery times are only estimates that Canva cannot guarantee. Canva says it is unable to provide refunds for errors you made or if you just change your mind about a print order.

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You can choose to have print orders sold by Canva delivered to you or to pick it up at one of our partners’ locations (subject to availability in your area).

Print orders may be affected by circumstances outside of Canva’s control. Delivery times are only estimates which Canva cannot guarantee.

Unfortunately, we’re unable to provide refunds for errors made by you or if you just change your mind about a print order.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The delivery or pick-up choice applies to print orders sold by Canva.
• The no-refund statement is for your own errors and changes of mind.

Not stated here

• The text does not say what remedy applies if a print order is wrong or late for reasons other than your own error.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment

Canva or a print partner may reject a print order for any reason; a rejected, already-paid order is refunded

Your print order may be accepted or rejected by Canva or a print partner for any reason, for example if the product is unavailable or there is an error. If the order is rejected after payment, the amount paid will be refunded. For a problem with a print order you can contact Canva Support, and if you submit a review of a Canva Print product, the Canva Print Review Policy applies.

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Your order may be accepted or rejected by Canva or a print partner for any reason, for example, including if the product is unavailable or there is an error. If your order is rejected after payment has been made, the amount paid will be refunded.

If you have an issue with a print order, reach out to

If you submit a review for a Canva Print product, our

Qualifications & exceptions

• Acceptance or rejection is at the discretion of Canva or the print partner.
• The refund promise applies to an order rejected after payment has been made.

Not stated here

• The Canva Print Review Policy was not supplied, and it is not in the policies list at the end of the page.
• The refund timing and method are not stated.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Affinity Software follows these Terms plus the Affinity Terms; the printing and website sections do not apply

Where Canva makes it available, you may download and use the Affinity Software by logging in with your Canva account. Your use is subject to these Terms and to the additional obligations and restrictions in the Affinity Terms. The Affinity Software forms part of the Services under these Terms, and the Terms’ sections titled “Printing your designs” and “Using Canva to Publish a Website” do not apply to your use of the Affinity Software.

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Where made available to you by Canva, you may download and use the Affinity Software

Your use of the Affinity Software is subject to these Terms and the additional obligations and restrictions set out in the

Affinity Software forms part of the Services under these Terms, and the Sections of these Terms titled “Printing your designs” and “Using Canva to Publish a Website” do not apply to your use of the Affinity Software.

e. Printing your Designs. You can use the Service to print your Designs (only available in certain locations).

5. Using Canva to Publish a Website

Qualifications & exceptions

• Available only “where made available to you by Canva”.
• The excluded sections are the printing section (4(e)) and the website-publishing section (5); the other sections of the Terms still apply to the Affinity Software.

Not stated here

• The Affinity Terms were not supplied, so the extra obligations and restrictions are unknown.
• The source has a typo in the second paragraph (“he Affinity Software”); the meaning is not affected.

Cross-references

• narrows (model-proposed): You can print Designs through the Service where available; print orders may carry extra fees and taxes — narrows: The Affinity Software paragraph says the printing section does not apply to use of the Affinity Software, narrowing the scope of the printing terms.
• narrows (model-proposed): You can publish Canva Sites; the number of free URLs and connected domains depends on your plan — narrows: The Affinity Software paragraph says the website-publishing section does not apply to use of the Affinity Software, narrowing the scope of the website terms.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Cavalry Software follows these Terms plus the Cavalry Terms; its printing and website exclusion is bracketed

Where Canva makes it available, you may download and use the Cavalry Software by logging in with your Canva account. Your use is subject to these Terms and the additional obligations and restrictions in the Cavalry Terms. The Cavalry Software forms part of the Services under these Terms. As the source shows it, the sentence saying that the “Printing your designs” and “Using Canva to Publish a Website” sections do not apply to the Cavalry Software appears inside square brackets.

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Where made available to you by Canva, you may download and use the Cavalry Software

Your use of the Cavalry Software is subject to these Terms and the additional obligations and restrictions set out in the Cavalry Terms.

the Cavalry Software forms part of the Services under these Terms, [and the Sections of these Terms titled "Printing your designs" and "Using Canva to Publish a Website" do not apply to your use of the Cavalry Software].

Qualifications & exceptions

• Available only “where made available to you by Canva”.
• The exclusion mirrors the one for Affinity Software, but is bracketed in the source text.

Not stated here

• The source does not explain the square brackets, so whether the exclusion is final or a drafting leftover cannot be told from the text.
• The Cavalry Terms were not supplied.

Cross-references

• narrows (model-proposed): You can print Designs through the Service where available; print orders may carry extra fees and taxes — narrows: The Cavalry Software paragraph, in bracketed text, says the printing section does not apply to use of the Cavalry Software. The brackets are unexplained in the source, so the narrowing is recorded with that uncertainty.

Account & Service Control · Permission or license

A Team has an owner and administrators who can add or remove people and manage permissions and access to content

You can create or join a “Team” to collaborate with others. The creator is the “Team Owner”, and the Team Owner or another Administrator can name Administrators. Both Team Owners and Administrators can add, modify or remove people or seats and manage permissions and access to User Content and Designs. Only the Team Owner may assign a new Team Owner.

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You can create or join a “Team” on Canva that allows you to collaborate with others. The creator of the Team is the “Team Owner.”

Both the Team Owners and Administrators can (i) add, modify or remove people or seats from the Team as well as manage permissions and access to User Content and Designs.

Only the Team Owner may assign a new Team Owner.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Administrators are named by the Team Owner or another Administrator.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Adding someone to a Team seat, or enabling account management, carries your warranties about consent and authority

If you add a person to a seat in a Team, you represent and warrant that you or your organization have obtained all necessary consents from that person. If you enable account management services that let you manage the Teams and Users at your organization, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so on behalf of your Team and/or organization.

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If you add a person to a seat in a Team, you represent and warrant that you or your organization have obtained all necessary consents from that person to be added.

If you enable account management services which allow you to manage the Teams and Users using Canva at your organization, you represent and warrant that you're authorized to do so on behalf of your Team and/or organization.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Team Owners and Administrators can control, delete or reassign ownership of your Team content; Canva is not responsible

If you are on a Team, the Team Owner or an Administrator may control access to, delete, or re-assign ownership of the User Content you upload and the Designs you create on the account you access as part of the Team. Canva is not responsible for actions taken by Team Owners or Administrators. It is your responsibility not to upload User Content or create Designs on a Team-associated account if you do not want to potentially transfer ownership or disclose them to others on the Team. This sits beside section 4(a), under which you own your User Content as between you and Canva.

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If you're on a Team, the Team Owner or Administrator may control access to, delete, or re-assign ownership to the User Content you upload and Designs you create on the account you access as part of the Team.

Canva is not responsible for any actions taken by Team Owners or Administrators.

It is your responsibility to not upload User Content or create Designs on an account associated with a Team if you do not want to potentially transfer ownership or disclose such User Content or Designs to others on the Team.

As between you and Canva, you own all right, title and interest in and to your User Content.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to content and Designs on the account you access as part of a Team.
• The ownership statement in section 4(a) is “as between you and Canva”, so it does not stop a Team Owner or Administrator from reassigning content inside the Team.

Not stated here

• The text does not say whether you are notified before an administrator deletes or reassigns your content.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): You keep ownership of your User Content as between you and Canva, and warrant you have the rights to it — qualifies: Your ownership of User Content is stated as between you and Canva; within a Team, the Team Owner or an Administrator may control, delete or reassign ownership of the User Content and Designs on the Team account.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Context

Canva offers free and paid plans and Add-Ons; pricing varies by location and the Team Owner pays for a Team

Canva offers free and paid Services. It may also offer Add-Ons, additional paid features bought on top of a paid plan, that form part of your subscription as either a one-time payment or a recurring charge. Pricing may vary by location and is based on the billing information you provide at the time of purchase. If you are on a Team, the Team Owner is billed for and responsible for paying the subscription fees.

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Canva offers free and paid Services.

Canva may also offer additional paid features or functionality that can be purchased on top of your paid plan ("Add-Ons") and form part of your subscription as either a one-time payment or a recurring charge.

Pricing may vary by location and will be based on the billing information you provide us at the time of purchase.

If you're on a Team, the Team Owner will be billed for and is responsible for payment of subscription fees.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Add-Ons may be one-time or recurring.

Not stated here

• Plan prices and features are on a pricing page that was not supplied.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Paid subscriptions renew automatically each billing cycle; Canva says it will notify you before renewal

If you subscribe to a paid plan, your subscription (excluding any one-time payments) automatically renews each billing cycle, for example monthly or annually. Canva says it will notify you before auto-renewal. You can cancel at any time, subject to the cancellation section, which makes cancellation effective at the end of the current billing cycle.

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If you're subscribing to a paid plan your subscription (excluding any one-time payments) will automatically renew each billing cycle, for example, on a monthly or annual basis as applicable.

We'll notify you before auto-renewal of your subscription.

You can cancel your subscription at any time, subject to section (d) below.

Qualifications & exceptions

• One-time payments do not auto-renew.
• Cancellation is subject to section 9(d), which takes effect at the end of the current billing cycle.

Not stated here

• How far ahead or by what method Canva gives the pre-renewal notice is not stated.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Added Team seats are billed on the next Billing Date, with an email notice three days before

On a plan that lets you create a Team, Canva bills under its “Pay as You Grow” model. Seats you add are billed on your next Billing Date unless the Team Owner or an Administrator removes them before then. Three days before the Billing Date, Canva emails the billing contact for the Team account with the number of additional seats and the fees. The Billing Date is the next monthly renewal for a monthly subscription, or every 3 months after the start of an annual subscription.

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If you're on a plan that enables you to create a Team, you're billed according to Canva’s “Pay as You Grow” model.

When you add seats to a Team, you will be billed for them on your next Billing Date (as defined below) unless they are removed from your Team by the Team Owner or an Administrator prior to the Billing Date.

Three (3) days prior to the Billing Date, Canva will notify via email the billing contact associated with your Canva Team account of the number of additional seats and the associated subscription fees.

The applicable “Billing Date” is as follows: (i) if you're on a monthly subscription, the date of your next monthly renewal; (ii) if you're on an annual subscription, every 3 months after the start date of your subscription.

Qualifications & exceptions

• A seat removed before the Billing Date is not billed.
• For annual subscriptions, seat additions are billed every 3 months, not only at the annual renewal.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

No refund or credit for removing Team seats that were already paid for

You will not receive a refund or credit for removing seats from your Team that have already been paid for.

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You will not receive a refund or credit for removing seats from your Team that have already been paid for.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to seats already paid for; seats removed before the Billing Date are not billed in the first place.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): Added Team seats are billed on the next Billing Date, with an email notice three days before — qualifies: Removing a seat before the Billing Date avoids the charge, but a seat already paid for is not refunded or credited when removed.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

Subscription fees include all taxes unless otherwise specified; you warrant your billing address is accurate

Your subscription fees are inclusive of all taxes unless otherwise specified in an agreement with Canva, within the Service or on an applicable invoice. Tax rates are calculated from the billing information you give and the applicable rate at the time of the subscription charge. You represent and warrant that your billing address information will be current and accurate.

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Your subscription fees are inclusive of all taxes unless otherwise specified in an agreement with Canva, within the Service or on an applicable invoice.

Tax rates are calculated based on the billing information you provide and the applicable tax rate at the time of your subscription charge.

You represent and warrant that information you provide to Canva about your billing address will be current and accurate.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated for subscription fees; print orders carry their own additional fees and taxes under section 4(e).

Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice

You can cancel a subscription any time, effective at the end of the billing cycle, with no refund of fees already paid

You can stop using the Service or cancel your subscription and/or Add-Ons at any time through your account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the then-current billing cycle, you are not entitled to a refund of fees already paid (except where required by law), and any outstanding fees become immediately due and payable.

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You can stop using the Service and/or cancel your subscription and/or Add-Ons at any time via your account settings.

your subscription and/or Add-Ons will be cancelled at the end of your then-current billing cycle and you will not be entitled to a refund of any fees already paid (except where required by law) and any outstanding fees will become immediately due and payable.

Qualifications & exceptions

• No refund of fees already paid, except where required by law.
• Outstanding fees become due immediately on cancellation.

Not stated here

• The text does not say what “outstanding fees” covers beyond fees already owed.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): Paid subscriptions renew automatically each billing cycle; Canva says it will notify you before renewal — qualifies: The auto-renewal paragraph makes cancellation subject to section 9(d), which makes cancellation effective at the end of the billing cycle with no refund of fees already paid.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Canva may offer free trials or pilots and sets who is eligible and how long they last

Canva may offer a free trial or pilot so you can try the Service. Canva reserves the right to set eligibility requirements and the duration for free trials and pilots.

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Canva may offer you a free trial or pilot to allow you to try our Service. Canva reserves the right to set eligibility requirements and the duration for free trials and pilots.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

A free trial turns into a charge unless you cancel first; pilot access ends if you do not subscribe

At the end of your free trial, Canva charges the subscription fee for the next billing cycle to your nominated payment method unless you cancel before the trial ends. If you have access to a free trial or pilot, access to the features made available through it ends if you do not enter a paid subscription before the pilot period ends.

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At the end of your free trial, Canva will charge the relevant subscription fee for the next billing cycle to your nominated payment method, unless you cancel your subscription prior to the end of the free trial.

your access to features made available as part of that free trial or pilot will cease if you do not enter into a paid subscription prior to the end of the pilot period.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The automatic charge applies to free trials unless you cancel before the end of the trial.

Not stated here

• The text does not say how or when Canva reminds you before a free trial ends; the pre-renewal notice in section 9(a) is stated for renewals.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Canva can change prices and plans anytime; a subscriber’s increase waits for renewal or 30 days after notice

Canva reserves the right to change its prices and plans at any time. If you are on a subscription plan and Canva increases your price, the increase does not apply until your next renewal or thirty (30) days after notice, whichever is later. If you do not want to pay the increased price, you may cancel your subscription.

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Canva reserves the right to change its prices and plans at any time.

If you're on a subscription plan and we increase your price, any increase in price will not apply until your next renewal or thirty (30) days after notice, whichever is later.

If you do not wish to pay the increased price, you may cancel your subscription.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The delay protection is stated for a price increase on a subscription plan, not for other changes to plans.

Not stated here

• How the notice is given is not stated in this section; section 16(n) separately covers notice of changes to the Terms.

Account & Service Control · Permission or license

You agree Canva may contact you at any time about your subscription, billing and use of the Service

You agree that Canva may contact you at any time by email, push notifications or another method with information relevant to your subscription, billing and use of the Service.

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You agree that Canva may contact you at any time by email, push notifications, or other method with information relevant to your subscription, billing, and use of the Service.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The subject matter is information relevant to your subscription, billing and use of the Service; marketing communications are covered separately in section 16(h).

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Canva and its licensors keep all intellectual property in the Service and Licensed Content

Except as expressly set out in the Terms, all intellectual property rights in and to the Service and Licensed Content remain the sole property of Canva and its licensors. Canva also owns all content, data, software, inventions, ideas and other technology and intellectual property that it develops in connection with the Service and its products.

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Except as expressly set out in these Terms, all intellectual property rights in and to the Service and Licensed Content remain the sole property of Canva and its licensors.

Canva owns all content, data, software, inventions, ideas and other technology and intellectual property that it develops in connection with the Service and its products.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Subject to what the Terms expressly set out elsewhere, such as your ownership of User Content as between you and Canva.

Not stated here

• The text does not say whether data Canva develops in connection with the Service can include data derived from your use or content.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

You assign to Canva any suggestions, ideas or feedback you give about the Service or Canva’s products

You assign to Canva any suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests or other feedback you provide relating to the Service or Canva’s products. A plain-language box describes this more softly, as letting Canva use the information to improve Canva and Canva owning the improvements; the operative paragraph says the feedback is assigned, and boxes are not legally binding.

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You assign to Canva any suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests, or other feedback you provide to Canva relating to the Service or Canva’s products.

If you share feedback or ideas with us, you’re letting us use that information to improve Canva, and we own any of those improvements we make.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Covers feedback relating to the Service or Canva’s products.

Not stated here

• The text does not say whether an assignment carries any payment or credit to you.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

The Service is provided as-is; Canva disclaims all warranties to the extent the law allows

The Service is provided “as-is” and “as-available”. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and subject to any non-excludable rights and remedies you have, Canva, its licensors and its suppliers expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Canva does not warrant that your use of the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free.

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The Service is provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to any non-excludable rights and remedies you may have under applicable law, Canva, its licensors, and its suppliers, expressly disclaim any and all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

Canva does not warrant that your use of the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Limited to the maximum extent permitted by law and subject to non-excludable rights and remedies.

Retention & Deletion · Restriction or exception

Canva does not warrant it will preserve your data, and is not responsible for data lost or altered over networks

Canva does not warrant that it will review your data for accuracy or that it will preserve or maintain your data without loss. You understand that using the Service involves sending your data over networks Canva does not own, operate or control, and Canva is not responsible for data lost, altered, intercepted or stored across those networks. Canva will not be liable for delays, interruptions, service failures or other problems inherent in using the internet and electronic communications or other systems outside its reasonable control.

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Canva does not warrant that it will review your data for accuracy or that it will preserve or maintain your data without loss.

You understand that use of the Service necessarily involves transmission of your data over networks that Canva does not own, operate, or control, and that Canva is not responsible for any of your data lost, altered, intercepted or stored across such networks.

Canva will not be liable for delays, interruptions, service failures, or other problems inherent in use of the internet and electronic communications or other systems outside Canva’s reasonable control.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The network and outside-control disclaimers are about networks and systems Canva does not own, operate or control.
• Read together with Canva’s statement in section 3(a) that its security measures are “designed to” protect your information.

Not stated here

• The text does not state how long Canva keeps your content or whether it provides backups.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): Canva says it maintains security measures designed to protect your information — contrast: Canva states security measures designed to protect your information, while disclaiming any warranty that it will preserve your data without loss or be responsible for data lost, altered or intercepted over networks. The two pull in different directions on how far Canva stands behind protection of your data.

Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception

Third Party Services have their own terms; Canva disclaims warranties and liability for them

You may choose to use the Service with third-party services, websites, platforms or apps (including those at canva.com/apps), called Third Party Services, as well as services owned by Canva’s affiliates. Your use of a Third Party Service or affiliate service is subject to its own terms and conditions. Canva makes no representations or warranties about Third Party Services and, to the extent permitted by law, expressly disclaims all liability arising from your use of them. When you use your Canva account to reach other services, those providers may set different age or service restrictions.

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Third Party Services.

You may elect to use the Service in conjunction with third-party services, websites, platforms or apps

Your use of a Third Party Service or affiliate service is subject to the terms and conditions applicable to that Third Party Service or affiliate service (as applicable).

Canva makes no representations or warranties in relation to Third Party Services and, to the extent permitted by law, expressly disclaims all liability arising from your use of Third Party Services.

different age or service restrictions may apply to those services, as set by those service providers

Qualifications & exceptions

• The disclaimer is to the extent permitted by law.
• The disclaimer sentence names Third Party Services; the text does not say the same sentence covers affiliate services, which are mentioned only for applying their own terms.

Not stated here

• The text does not say what data from your account or content is passed to a Third Party Service when you use one.
• The source shows “Third Party Services.” as an unnumbered list item between sections 11 and 13; the section number 12 does not appear in the supplied text.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You must indemnify Canva and its affiliates for claims from your violation of the Terms or your User Content

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Canva and its affiliates, officers, directors, agents, licensors and employees from all claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) resulting from or related to (i) your violation of the Terms or (ii) your User Content. The Terms contain no matching indemnity by Canva in this section.

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You agree, to the extent permitted by law, to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Canva and its affiliates, officers, directors, agents, licensors and employees from and against any and all claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) resulting from or related to (i) your violation of these Terms or (ii) your User Content.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Limited to the extent permitted by law.
• Triggered by claims and losses resulting from or related to your violation of the Terms or your User Content.
• Your indemnification obligations are carved out of the liability limits in section 14.

Cross-references

• narrows (model-proposed): Each party’s liability is capped at the greater of $100 or 12 months of your fees, with exceptions — exception_to: The liability cap says it does not apply to liabilities arising out of your indemnification obligations, so those obligations fall outside the cap.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

Each party’s liability is capped at the greater of $100 or 12 months of your fees, with exceptions

Neither party’s aggregate cumulative liability, whether in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or by statute, may exceed the greater of (i) $100 USD or (ii) the subscription fees you paid Canva in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the liability. The limit does not apply to liabilities arising out of your indemnification obligations or your breach of the section on restrictions on use of the Service. The Terms also say they do not exclude or limit liability arising from either party’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct, and do not affect consumer rights that cannot by law be waived or limited.

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In no event will either party’s aggregate cumulative liability (whether in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability in tort or by statute or otherwise) exceed the greater of (i) $100 USD or (ii) the subscription fees paid by you to Canva during the twelve-month period preceding the event or occurrence giving rise to such liability.

These limitations will not apply to liabilities arising out of your indemnification obligations or your breach of the section entitled ‘restrictions on use of the service.’

These terms do not affect consumer rights that cannot by law be waived or limited. These terms do not exclude or limit liability arising out of either party’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct.

e. Restrictions on Use of the Service.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to both parties.
• The $100 floor applies when the subscription fees paid in the twelve months before the event are lower, including when none were paid.
• The exceptions listed in the cap paragraph are liabilities arising from your indemnification obligations and your breach of the restrictions section; gross negligence, fraud, willful misconduct and non-waivable consumer rights are carved out by a separate paragraph.

Not stated here

• Whether state or local consumer law in the user’s place of residence changes these limits is not addressed in the text beyond the non-waivable consumer rights sentence.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

Neither party is liable for consequential, indirect or punitive damages, with the same exceptions

Neither party is liable for consequential, incidental, indirect, special, exemplary or punitive damages, losses or expenses, including business interruption, lost business or lost profits, even if advised of the possibility and even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose. As with the cap, this does not apply to liabilities arising out of your indemnification obligations or your breach of the Restrictions on Use of the Service section, and the Terms say they do not limit liability for gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct.

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In no event will either party be liable for any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, exemplary or punitive damages, losses, or expenses (including but not limited to business interruption, lost business or lost profits) even if it has been advised of their possible existence and notwithstanding the failure of essential purpose of any remedy.

These limitations will not apply to liabilities arising out of your indemnification obligations or your breach of the section entitled ‘Restrictions on Use of the Service.’

These terms do not exclude or limit liability arising out of either party’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to both parties.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Canva assumes no liability for the contents of User Content

Canva is not responsible for, and assumes no liability for, the contents of User Content.

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Canva is not responsible for, and assumes no liability for, the contents of User Content.

Not stated here

• The text does not say how this applies to Canva’s own handling of User Content, such as its license to host and use it.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

The limits spare non-waivable consumer rights and liability for gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct

The Terms do not affect consumer rights that cannot by law be waived or limited, and they do not exclude or limit liability arising from either party’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct. This qualifies the liability cap and the exclusion of consequential damages.

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These terms do not affect consumer rights that cannot by law be waived or limited.

These terms do not exclude or limit liability arising out of either party’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The text says “these terms”, which on its face covers more than the liability section; the paragraph sits in the Limitation of Liability section.

Not stated here

• Which consumer rights cannot be waived depends on local law, which the Terms do not list.

Cross-references

• narrows (model-proposed): Each party’s liability is capped at the greater of $100 or 12 months of your fees, with exceptions — exception_to: The Terms say they do not exclude or limit liability arising from either party’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct, which carves those liabilities out of the cap.
• narrows (model-proposed): Neither party is liable for consequential, indirect or punitive damages, with the same exceptions — exception_to: The same gross negligence, fraud and willful misconduct sentence carves those liabilities out of the exclusion of consequential damages.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The Terms take effect when you first access the Service and last until your account is deleted or terminated

The Terms take effect the first time you access the Service and continue in full force and effect until your account is deleted or terminated.

Supporting quotations

These Terms will take effect the first time you access the Service and will continue in full force and effect until your account is deleted or terminated.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

If Canva reasonably decides you committed a Violation, it can remove content, suspend, terminate or ban you

If Canva, in its reasonable discretion, determines that you or your use of the Service, your User Content or your Designs violate the Terms, including the Acceptable Use Policy, the Restrictions on Use of the Service section or the Anti-discrimination section (a “Violation”), it may take one or more of these actions: delete or restrict the prohibited User Content or Designs; suspend your access; terminate and delete your account along with all Designs and User Content associated with it; permanently ban you from the Service. The section on Acceptable Use also points to Canva’s Trust Centre for content moderation processes and complaints procedures.

Supporting quotations

If Canva, in its reasonable discretion, determines that you or your use of the Service, your User Content, or your Designs violate these Terms, including but not limited to, Canva’s Acceptable Use Policy,

Canva may take one or more of the following actions: (i) delete or otherwise restrict the prohibited User Content or Designs; (ii) suspend your access to the Service; (iii) terminate and delete your account along with all Designs and User Content associated with that account (iv) permanently ban you from using the Service;

For more details on our content moderation processes and complaints procedures, see our

e. Restrictions on Use of the Service.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The trigger is Canva’s determination in its reasonable discretion; it covers Acceptable Use Policy breaches and the named sections “including but not limited to”.
• The listed actions are ones Canva “may” take, alone or together.

Not stated here

• This clause states no notice period or appeal step before action is taken; the Trust Centre page that section 2(c) points to was not supplied.

Cross-references

• related (model-proposed): Your use, content and Designs must follow the Acceptable Use Policy; Canva may remove content or end your account — references: The termination section’s Violation actions build on the section 2(c) consequences of failing to follow the Acceptable Use Policy and on its pointer to moderation and complaints procedures.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

For a Violation, Canva may disclose the content and related information to third parties such as law enforcement

As one of the actions available for a Violation, Canva may disclose the prohibited User Content or Designs and related information to appropriate third parties, such as government authorities or law enforcement.

Supporting quotations

(v) disclose the prohibited User Content or Designs and related information to appropriate third parties, such as government authorities or law enforcement.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Available where Canva determines a Violation has occurred.
• “Appropriate third parties” are not limited to the examples given.

Not stated here

• What counts as “related information” is not defined here.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

Termination for Canva’s default earns a prorated refund; termination for your Violation means no refund and fees due

If your subscription is terminated for cause due to Canva’s default, Canva refunds prepaid fees on a prorated basis from the termination date through the end of your then-current subscription period. If your subscription is terminated due to a Violation by you, you receive no refund and must immediately pay any outstanding fees for the remaining period of your subscription.

Supporting quotations

In the event of termination of your subscription for cause due to default by Canva, Canva will refund, on a prorated basis, any prepaid fees for the Service for the period beginning on the effective date of termination through the end of your then-current subscription.

In the event of a termination of your subscription due to a Violation by you, you will not receive any refund and will immediately pay any outstanding fees for the remaining period of your subscription.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The refund is for termination for cause due to Canva’s default.
• Fees for the remaining subscription period become due immediately after a termination due to your Violation.

Not stated here

• The text does not say who decides whether Canva is in default, or what happens on termination for other reasons; section 9(d) covers cancellation by you.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): You can cancel a subscription any time, effective at the end of the billing cycle, with no refund of fees already paid — contrast: The Terms treat refunds differently depending on who ends the subscription and why: no refund when you cancel, a prorated refund when it ends for Canva’s default, and no refund with fees due when it ends because of your Violation.

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

After termination you lose access and Canva may delete your content; export is allowed unless a Violation ended it

On termination you must stop using the Service and lose access to your Designs, User Content and other uploaded information, and Canva may delete all of that data unless legally prohibited. Unless your account was terminated due to a Violation, you can download or export your User Content and Designs using the Service’s functionality before your subscription expires or ends.

Supporting quotations

Upon termination, you must cease using the Service. You will lose access to your Designs, User Content, and any other information uploaded to the Service (and we may delete all such data unless legally prohibited) after termination.

Unless your account was terminated due to a Violation, you can download or export your User Content and Designs using the functionality of the Service prior to the expiration or termination of your subscription.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Canva “may” delete the data, unless legally prohibited.
• Export is available before expiration or termination and not if the account was terminated due to a Violation.

Not stated here

• No retention period or deletion deadline is stated here.
• The text does not say how a terminated user in a Violation case can get a copy of content.

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

User Content in a shared Design stays available within that Design after your subscription ends

User Content included in any shared Design continues to be available within that Design even after your subscription expires. This matches the perpetual license you grant Canva for User Content in a Design you have shared, limited to what is necessary to keep that Design available.

Supporting quotations

User Content included in any shared Design will continue to available within that Design even after the expiration of Your Subscription.

To the extent you include User Content in a Design that you’ve shared with others, you grant Canva a perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable, license to display, host, copy, store and use your User Content to the extent necessary to continue to make that Design available.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to User Content included in a Design that has been shared.

Not stated here

• The source has a typographical gap (“continue to available”) in this sentence; the sentence is read as saying the content remains available.
• The text does not say how long a shared Design remains available or whether you can remove it.

Cross-references

• related (model-proposed): If User Content is in a Design you have shared, Canva gets a perpetual license to keep that Design available — references: The sentence in the termination section that User Content in a shared Design stays available after the subscription ends corresponds to the perpetual license for User Content in shared Designs in section 4(a).

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

If your account was terminated for a Violation you may not open a new Canva account without Canva’s written permission

If your account has been terminated due to a Violation, you may not create a new account on any Canva Service unless you receive Canva’s written permission.

Supporting quotations

If your account has been terminated due to a Violation, you may not create a new account on any Canva Service unless you receive Canva’s written permission.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies only where termination was due to a Violation.

Not stated here

• The text does not say how long the restriction lasts or how to ask for permission.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Six named sections, including Billing and Limitation of Liability, survive termination

The sections titled “Term and Termination,” “Billing,” “Canva’s Intellectual Property,” “Limitation of Liability,” “Indemnification,” and “Miscellaneous” survive any expiration or termination of the Terms.

Supporting quotations

Sections titled “Term and Termination,” “Billing,” “Canva’s Intellectual Property,” “Limitation of Liability,” “Indemnification,”and “Miscellaneous” inclusive, will survive any expiration or termination of these Terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Only the named sections are listed as surviving.

Not stated here

• The list names “Indemnification” while the section heading is “Your Indemnity Obligations”; the text does not say whether they are the same section.
• Other provisions, such as the license for User Content in shared Designs, are not on the list; a separate sentence in section 15(c) covers shared-Design availability.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You and Canva each agree to follow applicable laws in connection with the Service

You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and foreign laws, treaties and regulations in connection with your use of the Service. Canva agrees to do the same in connection with its provision of the Service.

Supporting quotations

You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and foreign laws, treaties and regulations, in connection with your use of the Service.

Canva agrees to abide by all applicable local, state, national and foreign laws, treaties and regulations, in connection with its provision of the Service.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The promise is mutual.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The Terms are governed by California law

The Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, USA, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions.

Supporting quotations

These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, USA, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Trade laws may stop Canva providing the Service without notice; you warrant your use complies with them

The Service is subject to trade compliance laws on import, export and use. These laws may prohibit Canva from providing you the Service or require it to discontinue the Service for you without notice. By using the Service you agree to comply with all trade sanctions, export and import laws and regulations, and warrant that your use is compliant and that you will not make the Service available to anyone who cannot comply with those laws.

Supporting quotations

These laws or regulations may prohibit Canva from providing you the Service or require that we discontinue making it available to you without notice.

By using the Service you agree to comply with all trade sanctions, export and import laws, and regulations and warrant that (i) your use of the Service is compliant with all applicable trade compliance laws and regulations, and (ii) you will not make the Service available to anyone who is unable to comply with all applicable trade compliance laws and regulations in their use of the Service.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Discontinuation without notice is stated for cases where trade laws require it.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Disputes start with contacting Canva, then go to binding AAA arbitration under consumer rules

If you have a dispute arising out of the Terms, you must contact Canva first, through the page the Terms link, and Canva will try to resolve it with you. If that fails, you and Canva each agree to resolve any claim, dispute or controversy arising out of or in connection with the Terms or the Service by binding arbitration with the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, except as the Terms provide. The arbitration is conducted by videoconference or at an agreed location reasonably convenient to both parties. Each party pays AAA filing, administrative and arbitrator fees in accordance with AAA rules. The award may include costs of arbitration, reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable costs for expert and other witnesses, and a court of competent jurisdiction may enter judgment on it.

Supporting quotations

If you have a dispute arising out of these Terms, contact us

In the event that we’re unable to resolve a dispute directly, you and Canva each agree to resolve any claim, dispute, or controversy (excluding any Canva claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) arising out of or in connection with these Terms and/or the Service (collectively, “Claims”), by binding arbitration by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under the Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect for the AAA, except as provided in these terms.

The arbitration will be conducted through videoconferencing or at an agreed location reasonably convenient to both parties. Each party will be responsible for paying any AAA filing, administrative and arbitrator fees in accordance with AAA rules.

The award rendered by the arbitrator may include costs of arbitration, reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable costs for expert and other witnesses, and any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Canva’s own claims for injunctive or other equitable relief are excluded from the arbitration commitment.
• Covers any claim arising out of or in connection with the Terms or the Service.
• Fees are allocated “in accordance with AAA rules”.

Not stated here

• The AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules were not supplied, so the fee amounts and procedures are unknown.
• This section does not describe a way to opt out of arbitration; whether another document does is not shown by the supplied text.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Either party may go to court for injunctions to protect data security, intellectual property or other proprietary rights

Nothing in the dispute section prevents either party from asking the courts for injunctive or other equitable relief as necessary to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of that party’s data security, Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary rights.

Supporting quotations

Nothing in this Section prevents either party from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief from the courts as necessary to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of that party’s data security, Intellectual Property Rights, or other proprietary rights.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Available to either party, but only as necessary to prevent infringement, misappropriation or violation of the listed kinds of rights.
• Separately, the arbitration commitment excludes Canva’s own claims for injunctive or other equitable relief.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You waive jury trial and class or representative actions, and claims cannot be consolidated unless agreed

All Claims must be brought in the parties’ individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding. Unless Canva agrees otherwise, the arbitrator or a court may not consolidate more than one person’s claims. By entering the agreement, you and Canva each waive the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action.

Supporting quotations

All Claims must be brought in the parties’ individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.

Unless we agree otherwise, the arbitrator or a court may not consolidate more than one person’s claims.

You agree that, by entering into this agreement, you and Canva are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The consolidation limit can be waived by agreement.

Not stated here

• The text does not say what happens to the class waiver if it is held unenforceable; the severability clause in section 16(j) is general.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Any court filing in the United States goes to the Northern District of California or Santa Clara County state courts

Any Claim filed with a court in the United States for any reason must be filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California or the state courts of California in the County of Santa Clara.

Supporting quotations

You and Canva each agree that any Claim filed with a court in the United States for any reason will be filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California or the state courts of California in the County of Santa Clara.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated for Claims filed with a court in the United States.

Not stated here

• The text does not say where a court filing outside the United States must be made.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Which Canva entity you contract with depends on your billing address; US billing means Canva US, Inc

The Canva entity contracting with you, and the address for legal notices, depends on your billing address. If your billing address is in the United States, the entity is Canva US, Inc, with legal notices to Austin, Texas, Attn: Legal. If it is in the UK, the entity is Canva UK Operations Ltd (London). If it is in any other country, the entity is Canva Pty Ltd (Sydney, Australia).

Supporting quotations

The Canva entity contracting with you under these Terms and the address to which you should send legal notices is based on your billing address.

If your billing address is in the United States:

The Canva entity entering into these Terms is Canva US, Inc

Legal notices should be sent to 3212 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Building 1, Suite 1300, Austin, TX 78702, United States of America. Attn: Legal

If your billing address is in the UK:

The Canva entity entering into these Terms is Canva UK Operations Ltd

Legal notices should be sent to 33-35 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NN, UK. Attn: Legal

If your billing address is in any country except for the United States or the UK:

The Canva entity entering into these Terms is Canva Pty Ltd.

Legal notices should be sent to 110 Kippax St, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia. Attn: Legal

Qualifications & exceptions

• The mapping is by billing address, not by where you live.
• Domain registration through Canva names Canva Pty Ltd as the reseller (section 5(b)), whatever the contracting entity is.

Not stated here

• The text does not say which entity applies to a user who has no billing address, such as someone using only free features.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

If you buy through a reseller, Canva’s Indirect Master Services Agreement applies and the reseller cannot bind Canva

If you purchase the Service through an authorized distributor or reseller, Canva’s Indirect Master Services Agreement applies to your use of the Service unless you have entered into a separate agreement with Canva for that use. Resellers are not authorized to make representations or commitments on Canva’s behalf, and unless you and Canva have a mutually executed agreement, Canva is not bound to obligations other than those in the Indirect Master Services Agreement.

Supporting quotations

You purchase the Service through an authorized distributor or reseller (“Reseller”)

applies to your use of the Service unless you have entered into a separate agreement with Canva for such use.

Resellers are not authorized to make any representations or commitments on Canva’s behalf and, unless otherwise agreed via a mutually executed agreement between You and Canva, Canva is not bound to any obligations other than those set out in Canva’s Indirect Master Services Agreement.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to purchases through an authorized distributor or reseller.

Not stated here

• The Indirect Master Services Agreement was not supplied; it is linked in the policies list at the end of the page.
• The source has a typo at the start of the sentence (“IIf You purchase”); the meaning is not affected.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You need Canva’s consent to assign the Terms, but Canva may transfer its rights and obligations at any time

You may not assign the Terms or any of your rights under them without Canva’s written consent, except to a successor by way of a merger, acquisition or change of control. Canva may transfer or assign any of its rights and obligations under the Terms, in whole or in part, at any time with or without notice.

Supporting quotations

You may not assign these Terms or any of your rights under these Terms without Canva’s written consent except to any successor by way of a merger, acquisition, or change of control.

Canva may transfer or assign any of its rights and obligations under these Terms, in whole or in part, at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The two directions are treated differently: your assignment needs written consent, Canva’s does not need consent or notice.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Creating an account means you consent to marketing messages from Canva at the contact details you used

By creating a Canva account, you consent to receiving offers, updates and other marketing communications from Canva. Canva may send these messages to the email address, phone number or other contact details you use to create your account, and asks you to keep that information current.

Supporting quotations

By creating a Canva account, you consent to receiving offers, updates and other marketing communications from Canva.

We may send these messages to the email address, phone number, or other contact details you use to create your account.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The consent is tied to creating an account, not given through a separate opt-in step in this section.

Not stated here

• The SMS Terms are listed at the end of the page but were not supplied, so how text messages are handled is unknown.

Use & Processing · User right or choice

You can withdraw or adjust marketing preferences at any time at no cost; essential messages continue

You can withdraw or adjust your marketing preferences at any time through your Message Preferences settings or the unsubscribe link in any marketing message, without cost. You will continue to receive essential service-related and legally required communications even if you opt out of marketing messages.

Supporting quotations

You can withdraw or adjust your marketing preferences at any time, via your

or the unsubscribe link in any marketing message we send you, without any cost to you.

You will continue to receive essential service-related and legally required communications even if you opt out of marketing messages.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Opting out covers marketing messages only; essential service-related and legally required messages continue.

Not stated here

• What counts as “essential service-related” communications is not defined.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Headings and the explanatory boxes are for convenience only and do not affect the meaning of the Terms

Headings used in the Terms and the explanatory boxes are provided for convenience only and will not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of the Terms or any part of them. This matches the opening statement that only the Terms outside the boxes are legally binding.

Supporting quotations

Headings used in these Terms and the explanatory boxes are provided for convenience only and will not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of the Terms or any part of them.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to headings and explanatory boxes.

Cross-references

• related (model-proposed): Plain-language boxes are explanations only; only terms outside the boxes bind — references: The closing interpretation clause repeats the opening statement about the boxes: both say the plain-language boxes do not carry operative weight, the opening one by saying only terms outside boxes bind, the closing one by saying boxes do not affect meaning.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

If a provision is invalid or unenforceable, the rest of the Terms still applies

If a provision of the Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, it does not affect the validity or enforceability of other provisions, and the Terms are construed as if that provision had been limited or omitted to the minimum extent necessary.

Supporting quotations

If a particular provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, it will not affect the validity or enforceability of other provisions

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Canva’s failure to enforce a provision does not waive it

Canva’s express waiver or failure to enforce any provision of the Terms is not a present or future waiver of that provision and does not affect Canva’s ability to enforce any provision afterward.

Supporting quotations

Canva’s express waiver or failure to enforce any provision of these Terms shall in no way be construed to be a present or future waiver of such provision

Qualifications & exceptions

• The clause protects Canva’s right to enforce later; it does not say the same about your failure to enforce.

Account & Service Control · Procedure

Canva sends required notices to your account email or by other legally permissible means

All required notices to you will be sent to the email address associated with your account or through other legally permissible means.

Supporting quotations

All required notices to you will be sent to the email address associated with your account or through other legally permissible means.

Not stated here

• What “other legally permissible means” includes is not stated.

Content & IP Rights · Company commitment

Canva responds to copyright notices that comply with the DMCA

Canva says it respects the intellectual property rights of artists and content owners and will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. It points to its Intellectual Property Policy for more information.

Supporting quotations

We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

For more information please read our

Qualifications & exceptions

• The commitment is to respond to notices that comply with the DMCA.

Not stated here

• The Intellectual Property Policy was not supplied, and it is not in the policies list at the end of the page.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

Canva can change the Terms and referenced policies at any time; notice is promised only for materially adverse changes

Canva may modify the Terms, and any policies or agreements referenced in them, at any time, and posts the most current version of the Terms on Canva.com. It will give reasonable advance notice of any change that, in its reasonable determination, materially and adversely affects your rights or your use of the Service, which it may give through the Service and/or by email to the address on your account. By continuing to use the Service after revised Terms become effective, you agree to be bound by them.

Supporting quotations

We may modify these Terms (and any policies or agreements referenced in these Terms) at any time. We will post the most current version of these Terms on Canva.com.

We will provide you with reasonable advance notice of any change to the Terms that, in our reasonable determination, materially adversely affect your rights or your use of the Service.

We may provide you this notice via the Service and/or by email to the email address associated with your account.

By continuing to use the Service after any revised Terms become effective, you agree to be bound by the new Terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Advance notice depends on Canva’s own reasonable determination that a change materially adversely affects you.
• Continued use after the change takes effect counts as agreement.

Not stated here

• The length of “reasonable advance notice” is not stated.
• No later version of the Terms is announced in the supplied text, which states its effective date as 19 August 2026.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

Canva can add, change or remove features, add storage or feature limits, or discontinue the Service at any time

Canva may add, change or remove features or functionality of the Service, modify or introduce limits on storage or other features (which may vary by plan type), or discontinue the Service altogether at any time.

Supporting quotations

Canva may add, change or remove features or functionality to the Service; modify or introduce limitations to storage or other features (which may vary by plan type); or discontinue the Service altogether at any time.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated for any time, with no notice period in this paragraph.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment

If Canva discontinues the Service you pay for, it offers a similar service or a pro-rata refund

If you are on a paid subscription and Canva discontinues the Service you are using during your subscription, Canva will migrate you to, or make available, a substantially similar service provided by Canva (if available). If it cannot do so, Canva will give you a pro-rata refund of fees prepaid for the remaining subscription period.

Supporting quotations

If you're on a paid subscription and Canva discontinues the Service you're using during your subscription, Canva will migrate or make available to you a substantially similar service provided by Canva (if available) and if it’s unable to do so, Canva will provide you a pro-rata refund of fees prepaid for the remaining period of your subscription.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to paid subscribers when Canva discontinues the Service they are using, not to feature changes or new storage limits.
• The similar-service offer applies “if available”; the refund applies if Canva cannot provide one.

Not stated here

• The text does not state a remedy for a paid subscriber when a feature is removed or a limit is introduced without discontinuing the Service.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): Canva can add, change or remove features, add storage or feature limits, or discontinue the Service at any time — qualifies: Canva’s right to discontinue the Service at any time is qualified for paid subscribers by the similar-service or pro-rata refund remedy.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

The Terms and the policies they reference are the entire agreement; the English version controls

The Terms and the terms and policies referenced in them make up the entire agreement between you and Canva about the Service. They supersede prior representations, agreements or understandings about the Service, including previous versions of the Terms. Terms on a purchase order have no force even if the order is accepted. The English version of the Terms controls.

Supporting quotations

These Terms and the terms and policies referenced in these terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Canva with respect to the Service.

These Terms supersede any prior representations, agreements, or understandings between you and Canva, whether written or oral, with respect to the Service including previous versions of the Terms.

All terms, conditions or provisions on a purchase order will be of no force and effect notwithstanding any acceptance of such purchase order.

The English version of these Terms will control.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The entire agreement includes the policies the Terms reference, not only the Terms text.

Not stated here

• The referenced policies were not supplied, so what the entire agreement contains beyond this page is unknown.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The page lists policies that the Terms text itself refers to, including the Acceptable Use Policy and Privacy Policy

Under “Other policies” the page lists links to documents that the Terms text also names: the Print Marketplace Seller Terms, Indirect Master Services Agreement, Cavalry Terms, Affinity Terms, AI Product Terms, Canva Education Additional Terms, Content License Agreement, Data Processing Addendum, Acceptable Use Policy and Privacy Policy. The entire-agreement clause counts the terms and policies the Terms reference as part of the agreement. The linked documents were not supplied.

Supporting quotations

Other policies

Print Marketplace Seller Terms

Indirect Master Services Agreement

Cavalry Terms

Affinity Terms

AI Product Terms

Canva Education Additional Terms

Content License Agreement

Data Processing Addendum

Acceptable Use Policy

Privacy Policy

Your use of the Service, your User Content, and your Designs, must comply with Canva’s

Qualifications & exceptions

• Each is referenced for a specific service, product or situation, for example Affinity Terms for Affinity Software and the Data Processing Addendum for the data-processor role.

Not stated here

• None of the linked policies was supplied, so none is analyzed here.
• Version dates of the linked policies are not shown on this page.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The page also lists policies the Terms text does not mention, so when each applies is not stated

The “Other policies” list also includes the Manual Domain Attestation, SMS Terms, the data-retention schedule for children under 13 using Canva Education (U.S. COPPA), the Fontsmith Collection End User License Agreement, Feature-Specific Terms, Canva Master Services Agreement, Canva AI Beta Program Terms, Contributor Agreement and Cookies Policy. The supplied Terms text does not mention these by name, so the page does not state which users or features each applies to.

Supporting quotations

Canva Manual Domain Attestation

SMS Terms

Children under 13 using Canva Education (U.S. COPPA) – data retention

Fontsmith Collection End User License Agreement

Feature-Specific Terms

Canva Master Services Agreement

Canva AI Beta Program Terms

Contributor Agreement

Cookies Policy

Children may not access or use the Service, other than through Canva Education.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The Terms’ age requirement allows children to use the Service only through Canva Education, which makes the COPPA data-retention schedule relevant to that group.

Not stated here

• None of these documents was supplied, so their content and whether they bind a given user are unknown.
• The Print Review Policy and the Intellectual Property Policy are named in the Terms text but do not appear in this list.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

You can publish Canva Sites; the number of free URLs and connected domains depends on your plan

You can use the Service to design and publish a website (a “Canva Site”). Users of the free offering may publish up to five Canva Sites on a free my.canva.site URL. On a paid subscription you can publish unlimited Canva Sites on a free my.canva.site URL, can purchase an unlimited number of domains, and can connect up to five of your own existing domains. Canva Education and Nonprofit subscribers can create unlimited Canva Sites and connect up to one existing domain. Each Team is allotted one free sub-domain on the my.canva.site URL. Section 3(b) separately says that a Canva Pro user collecting personal data subject to Applicable Privacy Laws through a Canva Site (or another Design type whose primary function is to collect information from end users) is one of the cases where Canva acts as the user’s data processor under the Data Processing Addendum.

Supporting quotations

You can use the Service to design and publish a website (“Canva Site”).

Users of Canva’s free offering may publish up to five (5) Canva Sites using a free my.canva.site URL.

If you're on a paid subscription, you can publish unlimited Canva Sites using a free my.canva.site URL.

You can purchase an unlimited number of domains, and if you're on a paid subscription connect up to five (5) of your own existing domains.

Canva Education and Nonprofit subscribers can create unlimited Canva Sites connect up to one (1) existing domain.

Each Team is allotted one free sub-domain on the my.canva.site URL.

through a Canva Site or other Design type where the primary functionality of the Design type is to collect information from end users

Qualifications & exceptions

• Limits differ by plan: free, paid, Education or Nonprofit.
• Connecting your own existing domains is stated for paid subscriptions (up to five) and for Education and Nonprofit subscribers (up to one).

Not stated here

• The Education and Nonprofit sentence omits a connecting word (“create unlimited Canva Sites connect up to one existing domain”); the source does not clear up whether anything else was intended.
• The text does not say how the per-Team free sub-domain relates to the per-user limits for free users.

Cross-references

• related (model-proposed): Canva acts as your data processor for certain Team subscriptions and Pro data-collection Designs — references: Canva Sites are a Design type through which Pro users may collect personal data from end users, which is one of the situations where Canva acts as data processor under the Data Processing Addendum.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Free my.canva.site URLs add a report tool and a “Designed with Canva” badge, and Canva may reject or remove domain names

If you use a free my.canva.site URL provided by Canva, your website will include a tool to report Canva Sites that do not comply with the Terms and a badge stating “Designed with Canva” (or similar wording) that links to canva.com. Canva may, at its reasonable discretion, reject or remove any domain names it considers inappropriate, for example if the domain name does not comply with the Acceptable Use Policy.

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If you use a free my.canva.site URL provided by Canva, your website will include a tool to report Canva Sites that do not comply with these Terms and a badge that states “Designed with Canva” (or similar wording) that links to canva.com.

Canva may, at its reasonable discretion, reject or remove any domain names that it deems inappropriate

Qualifications & exceptions

• The badge and report tool apply when you use a free my.canva.site URL provided by Canva.
• Rejection or removal is at Canva’s reasonable discretion.

Not stated here

• The text does not say whether the badge also appears on sites that use a purchased or connected domain.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Domains bought, renewed or transferred through Canva go through Tucows; breaching its terms breaches the Terms

When you purchase, renew or transfer a domain name through Canva, Canva Pty Ltd acts as a reseller for domain registration services through its third-party registrar, Tucows, Inc. If you buy a domain through Canva you agree to and are subject to the Tucows Master Registration Agreement, and a breach of the Tucows Terms is a breach of the Terms.

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When you purchase, renew or transfer a domain name through Canva, Canva Pty Ltd acts as a reseller for domain name registration services through our third-party registrar, Tucows, Inc. (“Tucows”).

A breach of the Tucows Terms is a breach of these Terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when you purchase, renew or transfer a domain name through Canva.
• Section 16(e) names a different Canva entity as your contracting party depending on billing address; this paragraph names Canva Pty Ltd as the reseller.

Not stated here

• The Tucows Master Registration Agreement was not supplied.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Domain services are subject to ICANN policies, which you agree to comply with

Your use of Canva’s domain services is subject to the policies of ICANN, and you agree to comply with ICANN’s requirements, standards, policies, procedures and practices. The page links a summary of a registrant’s rights and responsibilities under ICANN’s 2009 Registrar Accreditation Agreement.

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Your use of our domain services is subject to the policies of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

You agree to comply with ICANN’s requirements, standards, policies, procedures and practices.

Not stated here

• ICANN’s requirements and the linked registrant summary were not supplied.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

By applying for or renewing a domain you warrant your information is true and you were not previously rejected for it

By submitting an application or registering or renewing a domain name, you represent and warrant that (i) all information you give Canva or Tucows is true, complete, correct and not misleading and the application is made in good faith, and (ii) you have not previously applied for that domain name and been rejected.

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You agree that by submitting an application or registering or renewing your domain name, you represent and warrant that: (i) all information provided to Canva or Tucows is true, complete and correct and is not misleading in any way and the application is made in good faith; and (ii) you have not previously submitted an application for the domain name and been rejected.

Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception

You must cooperate on domain verification and agree your information may be shared with ICANN and Tucows

You must give Canva the cooperation and support it reasonably requests to provide the Service for your Canva Site, including responding promptly to Canva’s communications, giving accurate and prompt answers to requests for information or documents reasonably required (including for ICANN verification), agreeing to your information being shared with ICANN and Tucows, and obtaining all intellectual property clearances and other consents for your proposed domain name.

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You must provide Canva with such cooperation and support as Canva may reasonably request to provide the Service as it relates to your Canva Site

(iii) agreeing to your information being shared with ICANN and Tucows;

(iv) obtaining any and all necessary intellectual property rights clearances and/or other consents and authorisations in respect of your proposed domain name.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies as it relates to your Canva Site and to Canva’s reasonable requests.

Not stated here

• The text does not say which information is shared with ICANN and Tucows beyond “your information”.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Registering a domain gives no proprietary right, and it can be challenged or canceled if your warranties are untrue

Registration of a domain name does not create a proprietary right and is not evidence of ownership. The registration can later be challenged by third parties or canceled if the above warranties turn out to be untrue, incomplete, incorrect or misleading.

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Registration of a domain name does not create a proprietary right and will not be construed as evidence of ownership.

The registration can be subsequently challenged by third parties or canceled if any of the above warranties are found to be untrue, incomplete, incorrect or misleading.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You are responsible for renewing your domain; Canva is not liable if it becomes unavailable or is canceled

You are responsible for renewing your domain name. Canva will not be liable for a domain name being unavailable or canceled for any reason.

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You're responsible for renewing your domain name. Canva will not be liable for a domain name being unavailable or canceled for any reason.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The disclaimer is stated for any reason; section 14 separately sets limits and exceptions on liability.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

You must not imply Canva endorsement or register Canva-branded domains; Canva may require terms on your Site

You must not present a misleading endorsement or affiliation with Canva on a Canva Site, including by trying to register a domain name or subdomain name that includes the word “CANVA” or another Canva brand or trademark. Separately, Canva may include or require certain terms to be included on a Canva Site at any time for any reason.

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You must not present a misleading endorsement or affiliation with Canva on a Canva Site

by attempting to register a domain name or subdomain name that includes the word ‘CANVA’ or any other Canva brand or trademark of Canva or its affiliates.

Canva may include or require certain terms to be included on a Canva Site at any time for any reason.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The brand restriction is about misleading endorsement or affiliation, with the CANVA domain example given as one way it can occur.

Not stated here

• The text does not say what terms Canva may require on a Canva Site or whether it gives notice before doing so.

Use & Processing · Permission or license

AI-powered features are subject to separate AI Product Terms

You may use AI-powered features and functionality that Canva may make available on the Service from time to time (“AI Products”). Your use of AI Products is subject to additional obligations and restrictions in the AI Product Terms.

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You may use AI-powered features and functionality Canva may make available on the Service from time to time (collectively, "AI Products").

Your use of AI Products is subject to additional obligations and restrictions in the

Qualifications & exceptions

• Which AI features exist is up to Canva (“may make available from time to time”).

Not stated here

• The AI Product Terms were not supplied, so the rules on AI inputs, outputs, ownership and data use are unknown.