These Terms cover subscriptions from TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC bought in the US; last updated January 22, 2026
The Terms say they govern your participation in subscriptions made available by TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which they call the “Subscription Services”, and the benefits you may access when you buy a subscription in the United States, which they call the “Subscription Benefits”. They also say that buying Subscription Services is entirely voluntary. The document is marked “Last updated: January 22, 2026”.
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Last updated: January 22, 2026
govern your participation in subscriptions made available by TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC ("Subscription Services") and the benefits you may access upon purchasing a subscription in the United States ("Subscription Benefits")
Your purchase of Subscription Services is entirely voluntary.
Qualifications & exceptions
The benefits covered are those you may access upon purchasing a subscription in the United States.
The date is a “Last updated” line; the text does not call it an effective date.
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Whether these Terms apply to subscriptions bought outside the United States is not stated in this text.
What changed in the January 22, 2026 update, and whether a later version exists, is not shown in this text.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
“We” is TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC; partners such as BD TikTok USA LLC are grouped as TT Commerce & Global Services
In these Terms, “TikTok USDS Joint Venture”, “we”, “us” and “our” all mean TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. The Terms say it works with service providers and business partners, such as BD TikTok USA LLC and affiliates, which they call “TT Commerce & Global Services”, and with its own affiliates, to provide certain important functions. Later sections give “TT Commerce & Global Services” specific roles, for example in payment and in limits on responsibility.
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In these Terms, "TikTok USDS Joint Venture", "we", "us" or "our" refers to TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC
TikTok USDS Joint Venture works with service providers and business partners, such as BD TikTok USA LLC and affiliates (hereinafter "TT Commerce & Global Services"), and our affiliates, in order to provide certain important functions
Qualifications & exceptions
“TT Commerce & Global Services” is defined as BD TikTok USA LLC and affiliates, not as every affiliate of the Joint Venture.
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The text does not say which “certain important functions” these partners perform.
“Service+ Courses”, the words used for what those functions support, is not defined in this text.
The full list of affiliates and partners is not given.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture can update these Terms; continued use of Subscription Services counts as accepting it
The Terms ask you to read them before you subscribe and say that if you do not agree you should not subscribe. They also say TikTok USDS Joint Venture reserves the right to update the Terms from time to time, and that your continued use of the Subscription Services constitutes acceptance of the changes.
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If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not subscribe to the Subscription Services.
We reserve the right to update these Terms from time to time, and your continued use of the Subscription Services constitutes acceptance of these changes.
Qualifications & exceptions
The acceptance-by-continued-use rule applies to updates to these Terms; changes to the services and to prices have their own, separate notice statements in section 1.
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The text does not say how, or how far in advance, you would be told about an update to these Terms.
The text does not say whether you can cancel and stop being bound by an update, other than not continuing to use the services.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
These Terms add to TikTok's other terms and prevail over them in a conflict about Subscription Services
The Terms say they are in addition to the other terms, policies and guidelines you agreed to when using the TikTok Platform, and they list the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines and Virtual Items Policy, together called the “TikTok Terms and Policies”. Capitalized words these Terms do not define take their meaning from the Terms of Service or the Community Guidelines. If there is a conflict or inconsistency between these Terms and the TikTok Terms and Policies, these Terms govern your access to and use of the Subscription Services.
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These Terms are in addition to any other terms, policies and guidelines that you have agreed to adhere to while using the TikTok Platform
In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between these Terms and TikTok Terms and Policies, these Terms shall govern your access and use of the Subscription Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
The “these Terms govern” rule is limited to a conflict or inconsistency and to your access and use of the Subscription Services.
The four listed documents are linked in the page but are not part of this saved text.
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The contents of the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines and Virtual Items Policy are not supplied here, so what they say about subscriptions is not known.
How this conflict rule fits with section 2, which says access is at all times subject to the TikTok Terms and Policies, is not explained in this text.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Access to and use of Subscription Services is at all times subject to the TikTok Terms and Policies — contrast: Section 1 says these Terms govern the Subscription Services in a conflict or inconsistency with the TikTok Terms and Policies, while section 2 says access and use are at all times subject to those same policies. The two statements pull in different directions on which document controls, and the text does not say how they fit together.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Subscription Services are for personal entertainment only; do not rely on them or creator content as advice
The Terms say Subscription Services are intended solely for personal entertainment purposes. They state that TikTok USDS Joint Venture does not provide any form of advice and that you should not seek to rely on any Subscription Services or on other content posted by the Creator associated with the Subscription Services.
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SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES ARE INTENDED SOLELY FOR PERSONAL ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.
TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY FORM OF ADVICE AND YOU SHOULD NOT SEEK TO RELY ON ANY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES OR ANY OTHER CONTENT POSTED BY THE CREATOR ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES.
Qualifications & exceptions
The statement is about reliance on Subscription Services and the Creator's associated content; it is not a statement about what a particular creator's content contains.
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“Creator” is capitalized but not defined in these Terms; the definition may sit in the Terms of Service or Community Guidelines, which are not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
The TikTok entities named say they give no representation or warranty about any part of the Subscription Services
The Terms state that TikTok USDS Joint Venture, TT Commerce & Global Services and their affiliates do not provide any representation or warranty with respect to any part of the Subscription Services.
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TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE AND TT COMMERCE & GLOBAL SERVICES AND ITS AND THIER AFFILIATES DO NOT PROVIDE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY PART OF THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES.
Qualifications & exceptions
The statement names TikTok USDS Joint Venture, TT Commerce & Global Services and their affiliates; it does not mention creators.
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This sentence does not itself say “unless the law requires otherwise”. Whether other terms or applicable law add a limit to it is not shown in this text.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
TikTok USDS Joint Venture and related parties say they are not liable for discontinuing Subscription Services
The Terms state that in no event will TikTok USDS Joint Venture, its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates), or their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors be liable for the discontinuation or disabling of Subscription Services or Subscription Benefits.
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In no event will we or our affiliates, service providers, and business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors be liable for the discontinuation or disabling of Subscription Services or Subscription Benefits.
Qualifications & exceptions
The statement covers discontinuation or disabling of the Subscription Services or Subscription Benefits and lists the persons it protects.
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The text does not define “discontinuation or disabling” or say whether it covers a termination of your own access under sections 11 and 12.
The sentence does not say whether applicable law limits it, and does not mention refunds.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Access to and use of Subscription Services is at all times subject to the TikTok Terms and Policies
Section 2 says your access to or use of Subscription Services is at all times subject to the TikTok Terms and Policies, which the opening section defines as the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines and Virtual Items Policy.
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Your access to or use of Subscription Services is at all times subject to TikTok Terms and Policies.
Qualifications & exceptions
The statement is worded as “at all times” and covers both access and use.
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The contents of those four documents are not supplied here, so the practical effect on subscribers is not shown.
The opening section separately says these Terms govern in a conflict with the TikTok Terms and Policies; this text does not explain how the two statements fit together.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
TikTok entities and the creator say they are not responsible for issues with your card issuer, bank or payment provider
The Terms say that TikTok USDS Joint Venture, its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates), their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors, and the creator are not responsible for issues between you and your card issuer, bank or other payment service provider. They also say they are not responsible for losses suffered by you or any other person as a result of any breach or default by those third parties.
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Neither TikTok USDS Joint Venture nor our affiliates, service providers, and business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors nor the creator shall be responsible for any issues between you and your card issuer, bank or other payment service provider(s) and/or for any losses suffered by you or any other person as a result of any breach or default by these third parties, as the case may be.
Qualifications & exceptions
The disclaimer covers issues with your card issuer, bank or other payment service providers, and losses from those third parties' breach or default.
It applies to losses suffered by you or any other person.
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The text does not say whether the disclaimer is limited by applicable law.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
You must not, or allow others to, use Subscription Services for illegal or harmful activity or to break prohibitions
Section 10 says you can only use the Subscription Services in certain ways and as they are intended to be used. You must not, and must not allow others to, facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the Subscription Services, cause harm to TikTok or others through them, or use them in a way that violates prohibitions imposed by the relevant authorities.
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Specifically, you can only use the Subscription Services in certain ways and as they are intended to be used. You must not, and must not allow others to:
facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the Subscription Services;
cause harm to TikTok or others through the Subscription Services;
use the Subscription Services in a way that violates prohibitions imposed by the relevant authorities;
Qualifications & exceptions
The prohibitions apply to what you do and to what you allow others to do.
They cover use through the Subscription Services.
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“Harmful activity” and “the relevant authorities” are not defined in this text.
The linked TikTok Terms and Policies (Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines, Virtual Items Policy) are not supplied here, so this card cannot say whether they add further rules.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
You agree to defend and indemnify TikTok USDS Joint Venture and related parties against claims and costs from your use
The Terms say you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TikTok USDS Joint Venture, its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates), and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors from any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs (including attorney's fees and other costs of arbitration, litigation, defense, or settlement) and expenses arising out of or relating to your use of the Subscription Services under these Terms and the TikTok Terms and Policies, including a breach of your obligations, representations and warranties under them.
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You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our affiliates, service providers, business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors from any and all claims, demands, damages, injunctions, orders, awards, settlements, losses, liabilities, liens, encumbrances, causes of action, of every kind and character, costs (including attorney's fees and other costs of arbitration, litigation, defense, or settlement), and expenses arising out of or relating to your use of the Subscription Services under these Terms and the TikTok Terms and Policies, including a breach of your obligations, representations and warranties under these Terms and the TikTok Terms and Policies.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture works with service providers and business partners, such as BD TikTok USA LLC and affiliates (hereinafter "TT Commerce & Global Services")
Qualifications & exceptions
The obligation covers claims and costs arising out of or relating to your use of the Subscription Services under these Terms and the TikTok Terms and Policies.
It covers a breach of your obligations, representations and warranties, and is not limited to breaches.
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The text mentions costs of arbitration, but these Terms contain no arbitration clause; whether the TikTok Terms and Policies do is not shown here.
The text does not say whether the obligation is limited by applicable law or by fault.
The linked TikTok Terms and Policies (Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines, Virtual Items Policy) are not supplied here, so this card cannot say whether they add further rules.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Your indemnification obligation survives the end of your relationship with TikTok and of the Terms
The Terms say the indemnity provision and your indemnification obligations survive any termination of your relationship with TikTok and the expiration or termination of these Terms and the TikTok Terms and Policies, by either party.
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This provision and your indemnification obligations will survive any termination of your relationship with TikTok and the expiration or termination of these Terms and the TikTok Terms and Policies, by either party.
Qualifications & exceptions
The survival statement applies to termination or expiry by either party.
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The text does not say how long the obligation lasts after the Terms end.