Peacock
Peacock Terms of Service
Peacock is a subscription video streaming service operated by Peacock TV LLC (NBCUniversal) offering movies, TV shows, live sports, and news channels.
Analyzed May 21, 2026
Key findings
Summary
Peacock's terms grant the company a perpetual, irrevocable, and transferable license over user-generated content with a rights assignment clause, broad discretionary termination rights without notice, and extensive data collection/sharing including biometric and health data shared with advertising partners. Disputes are resolved in court rather than arbitration, which is a relative positive, but overall the terms lean materially more aggressive than standard industry practice in several categories.
Category Breakdown
Collects broad categories including biometric identifiers, health data, geolocation, and cross-device identity linking, with sensitive data processed under a broad 'as permitted by law' standard.
From: PRIVACY POLICYBiometric identifiers:* For example: as permitted by law, facial scans or fingerprints we collect at some of our theme parks, studios, or our offices.View source document
Personal information, including demographics, device identifiers, and usage data, is disclosed to advertising partners for targeted advertising across services and third-party platforms.
From: PRIVACY POLICYWe may disclose information to better tailor marketing and advertising on our Services and on third-party platforms... including advertising based on certain of your activities on our Services.View source document
User-generated content is subject to a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, transferable, sublicensable license permitting Peacock to exploit it in any manner and any media, including a rights assignment for derivative works, with no opt-out.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEYou hereby grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, sub-licensable through multiple tiers (including to other users of the Peacock Service), transferable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, adapt, prepare derivative works based on, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute, incorporate in other works, and/or otherwise exploit, in whole or in part, User-Generated Content...without further notice to you and without the requirement of compensation or additional permission from you or any other person or entity.View source document
Peacock may restrict, suspend, or terminate access at its sole discretion without notice or liability, with all granted rights terminating immediately upon account termination.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEYou agree that we may, in our sole discretion and without notice or liability to you, restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to the Peacock Service and to any Content if we believe you are using or have used the Peacock Service in violation of these Terms of Service or applicable law.View source document
No mandatory arbitration is present; disputes are explicitly resolved in federal or state court in New York County, with a one-year claim limitation period.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEPeacock and you agree that any complaint, dispute, or disagreement...will be resolved in federal or state (including small claims) court, and neither party will be required to arbitrate any claims against the other.View source document
Subscriptions automatically renew at the then-current fee unless cancelled, with no prorated refunds issued except as required by law or for immediate upgrades.
From: TERMS OF SERVICENO PRORATED REFUNDS OR CREDITS WILL BE ISSUED UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR IN THE CASE OF AN IMMEDIATE UPGRADE.View source document