Hugging Face
Hugging Face Terms of Service, Privacy Policy & Content Policy
Hugging Face is a machine learning platform and community hub where users can build, share, and deploy models, datasets, and ML applications, and access hosted inference and related AI services.
Analyzed May 21, 2026
Key findings
Summary
Hugging Face's terms are generally clear and reasonably balanced, with explicit statements that it will not sell content and honors Do Not Track signals. However, it retains broad rights to modify or terminate services and accounts at its discretion, uses standard court-venue dispute resolution rather than arbitration, and shares anonymous information with advertisers/partners, which are typical but non-trivial risk areas.
Category Breakdown
The company collects account, payment, device, log, cookie, and usage information, with cookies required for using the service.
From: PRIVACY POLICYIf you do not wish to accept these cookies and you decide to disable them, you will not be able to access and use the Services.View source document
Personal information is shared with affiliates and third-party service providers, and anonymous/aggregated information may be disclosed to advertisers and partners, but explicit sale of personal information is disclaimed.
From: PRIVACY POLICYThe Company may disclose Anonymous Information (with or without compensation) to third parties, including advertisers and partners, for purposes including, but not limited to, targeting advertisements.View source document
Users retain ownership of content but grant Hugging Face a broad worldwide license, and content set to public repositories triggers a perpetual, irrevocable license granted to all other users.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEIf you decide to set your Repository public, you grant each User a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, display, publish, reproduce, distribute, and make derivative works of your Content through our Services and functionalitiesView source document
The company can suspend or terminate user access at any time, with or without cause or notice, at its sole discretion.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEwe reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Services anytime with or without cause, and at our own discretion, with or without notice.View source document
Disputes are resolved through courts located in New York rather than arbitration; no arbitration, jury waiver, or class-action waiver language is present, and a one-year claim limitation period applies.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEany related action, lawsuit, or proceeding must be brought and adjudicated exclusively by state or federal courts located in the city of New York, United States of America.View source document
Subscriptions are billed monthly in advance with usage-based fees, and all fees are stated as non-refundable, though pricing changes are disclosed to apply only to future subscription terms.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEAll fees are non-refundable and exclusive of any applicable taxes, which the Customer is solely responsible to pay.View source document