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This service raises several concerns for users. The company requires you to agree to binding arbitration for disputes, waiving your right to a court or jury trial (risk_flags-1). Pandora can terminate your license and access to its services at any time, for any or no reason (risk_flags-2). Furthermore, if you provide any content, name, likeness, or voice to Pandora, you grant them broad, perpetual rights to use and exploit it, and you waive your ability to claim compensation or seek legal relief for such use (risk_flags-3). The company is not obligated to store your data and is not liable if it deletes any information you've stored (risk_flags-4). Additionally, Pandora significantly limits its liability for losses or damages to the amount you paid in the last 12 months and generally disclaims responsibility for indirect damages or lost profits (risk_flags-5). The service is provided "as is" without guarantees regarding security, errors, or meeting your requirements, meaning you use it at your own risk (risk_flags-6). The company also requires you to consent to the collection and use of your listening activity and behavior, which is mandatory for service functionality, and you cannot opt out of it (data_use-1, data_use-2). Similarly, inputs and outputs related to AI features may be processed and stored for various company purposes (data_use-3). Finally, the company disclaims liability for any issues arising from third-party advertisements displayed on the service (gotchas-1), is not obligated to provide technical support or fix errors (gotchas-2), and can change service features or impose new limitations without notice (gotchas-3). Paid fees are explicitly stated as non-refundable (gotchas-4).
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Mandatory Binding Arbitration and Waiver of Court/Jury Rights
Any dispute between you and the service provider, unless otherwise specified, will be resolved by binding arbitration individually, meaning you waive your right to go to court, including the right to a jury.
Why it matters: You cannot sue the company in court, including having a jury trial, for most disputes. Instead, disputes must be resolved through individual binding arbitration, which can limit your legal options and potential remedies.
ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN US, UNLESS PROVIDED OTHERWISE HEREIN, WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 25 BELOW. YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO GO TO COURT, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO A JURY.
Why it matters: The company can terminate your access to the service at any time without needing to provide a specific reason, potentially disrupting your use without recourse.
Pandora may revoke and/or terminate the foregoing license with respect to any aspect of the Services at any time, for any or no reason.
Broad Grant of Rights to User Content with Waiver of Claims
When you provide content to Pandora, you grant them a broad, irrevocable, sublicensable, and perpetual right and license to use and exploit your content, name, likeness, and voice. You also irrevocably waive any and all rights to seek injunctive, equitable, or compensatory relief against Pandora for its use or exploitation of your content, as well as any claims under "moral rights" or similar theories.
Why it matters: You give the company extensive rights to use your content, name, likeness, and voice without compensation, and you cannot sue them for such use or for claims related to "moral rights."
This exploitation may include, without limitation, use of Your Content to endorse Pandora or third-party products and services. Additionally, you further grant Pandora a non-exclusive, transferrable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid up, royalty-free, worldwide right and license to exploit your name, likeness, personality, voice, and any other materials or information you provide to Pandora in connection with Your Content.
While using the Services, Pandora may permit you to store data, preferences, content, or other information, but they are not obligated to retain any such information and will not be liable for its deletion.
Why it matters: The company can delete any data, preferences, or content you store on the service without liability, meaning your saved information may not be permanent.
When using the Services, we may permit you to store data, preferences set by you, content or other information for your convenience, but we are under no obligation to retain any such data, preferences, content or other information that you may have stored and will not be liable for the deletion of any such information.
Pandora's cumulative liability for any losses or damages related to the agreement or use of the services will not exceed the amount you paid for the applicable portion of the services within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the claim. This limitation applies to all causes of action. Pandora will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or lost profits, even if advised of the possibility.
Why it matters: The company limits its financial responsibility for any damages to the amount you paid for the service in the preceding 12 months, and it disclaims liability for various types of non-direct damages, potentially leaving you responsible for significant losses.
PANDORA'S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY PARTY RELATED TO YOU FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE APPLICABLE PORTION OF THE SERVICES AT ISSUE WITHIN THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF YOUR CLAIM. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION OR CLAIMS IN THE AGGREGATE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, INDEMNITY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, MISREPRESENTATION, AND OTHER TORTS.
Services Provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" with Disclaimers
The services are provided "as is" and "as available," and any use is at your own risk. Pandora disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. Pandora makes no guarantees that the services will be free from loss, damage, viruses, hacking, or security intrusions, or that they will meet your requirements or be uninterrupted and error-free.
Why it matters: The company offers the service without guarantees of quality, uptime, or security, and disclaims responsibility for various issues like data loss or security breaches, meaning you bear the risk for many potential problems.
THE SERVICES (INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE AND CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN) ARE LICENSED AND PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". ANY USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PANDORA DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
These findings describe how your data is collected, used, and potentially shared with others. They focus on aspects like data monetization, compelled consent to data collection, or practices that might expose your information beyond what is necessary for service operation.
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Mandatory Data Collection for Service Functionality
The service keeps track of your listening activity and interactions, including songs listened to, likes/dislikes, created stations, skipped songs, frequency and duration of listening, features used, advertising interest, and content viewed. This data is essential to the function of the Services, and you may not opt out of its collection and use.
Why it matters: You cannot prevent the company from collecting and using your listening activity and behavior data, as it is deemed essential for the service's functionality.
We do this for a variety of reasons, such as to gain an understanding of the types of music, content, or features you and/or other similar listeners tend to like or dislike, for compensating artists and other rightsholders for use of their content, for advertising purposes, and to improve the Services generally, which includes enhancing our music selection algorithms to make recommendations that we think you will enjoy based on your listening history. As this data is essential to the function of the Services, you may not opt out of our collection and use of such data or information.
Consent to Collection and Use of Listening Activity
By accessing or using any part of the Services, you consent to the collection and use of your listening activity and behavior for the purposes outlined in the terms and the privacy policy.
Why it matters: Your use of the service implies consent to the collection and use of your detailed listening habits and behaviors, as described in the policy.
By accessing or otherwise using any portion of the Services, you hereby consent to the foregoing collection and use of your listening activity and behavior for the purposes set forth above and also as outlined in our [privacy policy](https://www.pandora.com/privacy).
As part of providing the service, Pandora may process and store inputs to the service as well as outputs from the service for several purposes, including improving services, assisting in customer service, and monitoring for and preventing abusive or harmful uses or outputs.
Why it matters: The company may process and store your AI-related interactions and their results for internal improvements, customer support, and abuse prevention.
As part of providing the Service, we may process and store inputs to the Service as well as output from the Service, for several purposes, including improving our Services, providing and assisting in providing customer service, and monitoring for and preventing abusive or harmful uses or outputs of the Service.
These findings detail the conditions under which services can be canceled or renewed, including notice periods, refund policies, and any automatic renewal clauses that might lead to unintended charges.
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Other Gotchas
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Disclaimer of Responsibility for Third Party Ads
The service may present advertisements or links to third-party websites, products, and services. Pandora is not responsible for the availability of these ads or the content within them and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, losses, or damages incurred from your participation with, use of, or reliance on Third Party Ads.
Why it matters: The company is not responsible for external ads or linked third-party services, meaning any issues or losses arising from interacting with them are your responsibility.
The Services may present advertisements for or links to third party websites, products, and/or services ("Third Party Ads"). We are not responsible for the availability of these Third Party Ads, or the images, messages, or other materials contained therein. Neither Pandora nor any of its affiliates will be liable for any errors in content or omissions in any Third Party Ads, nor responsible for any losses or damages of any sort incurred as a result of your participation with, use of, or reliance on the Third Party Ads, including any goods, products, or services offered by such Third Party Ads.
No Obligation for Technical Support or Error Correction
Pandora is not obligated to provide technical support and provides no assurance that specific errors or discrepancies in the Services will be corrected.
Why it matters: The company is not required to offer technical support or fix bugs in the service, potentially leaving you without assistance for technical issues.
Pandora is not obligated to provide technical support, and provides no assurance that any specific errors or discrepancies in the Services will be corrected.
Pandora may alter the availability of any feature of the Services or impose new limitations on its use at any time, with or without notice, liability, or obligation.
Why it matters: The company can change or limit service features at any time without notifying you or incurring any liability, which could affect your user experience.
Pandora may alter the availability of any feature of the Services, or impose new limitations on your use of the Services, at any time with or without notice, liability, or obligation with respect to such feature or limitation.
If you access any paid component of the Services, you agree to pay all associated fees and charges on time. All fees and charges are due and payable in advance, are non-refundable, and are exclusive of any applicable taxes. You must maintain a valid payment method during your use of such services.
Why it matters: Any fees you pay for premium features are non-refundable, and you are responsible for maintaining a valid payment method and paying all charges promptly.
If you elect to access any paid component of the Services, such as becoming a subscriber, you agree to pay all fees and charges associated with that paid component on a timely basis. Unless otherwise stated, all fees and charges are due and payable in advance, are non-refundable, and are exclusive of any applicable federal, state, or local taxes. All such fees and charges (including any taxes and late fees, as applicable) will be charged to the payment method you provided when you elected to access that paid component of the Services. You agree to maintain a valid payment method during the term of your use of such Services.
These findings highlight clauses that offer explicit benefits or safeguards to the user, such as data privacy commitments, clear refund policies, or specific user controls over their content and data.
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