Vimeo
Vimeo Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, U.S. State Privacy Notice, and Cookie Policy
Vimeo is a video hosting and streaming platform that allows individuals and businesses to upload, share, live stream, and monetize video content across websites and apps.
Analyzed August 12, 2026
Key findings
Summary
Vimeo's terms include broad but fairly standard content licensing, service-provider and advertising data sharing, and mandatory arbitration with a class-action waiver, jury waiver, and 30-day opt-out. Data collection includes analytics, session replay, cookies, and optional biometric age-verification (selfie), with advertising-related sharing disclosed. Billing and termination terms are largely standard with defined refund windows, though Vimeo retains broad discretion to terminate for breach without notice.
Category Breakdown
Vimeo collects standard account, device, and analytics data, plus optional biometric data (a temporary selfie used for age estimation) and session-replay tracking of clicks and keystrokes.
From: PRIVACY POLICYA temporary selfie used with technology that estimates your age.View source document
Vimeo shares data with advertising companies to display targeted ads and discloses that certain data sharing may constitute a 'Sale' or 'Sharing' under state privacy laws, with an opt-out mechanism provided.
From: PRIVACY POLICYWe may share your data with advertising companies to display relevant ads to you, and to measure the effectiveness of those ads.View source document
Users retain ownership of their content but grant Vimeo a broad worldwide, royalty-free license to stream, distribute, embed, transcode, and alter content to operate the service, with feedback licensed perpetually and irrevocably.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEYou grant Vimeo a perpetual and irrevocable right and license to use, copy, transmit, distribute, publicly perform, and display such feedback in any manner without any compensation to you.View source document
Vimeo may terminate accounts immediately for breach with or without advance notice and may retain amounts otherwise payable to the user, while free users receive 30 days' notice for non-breach termination.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEIf you breach this Agreement, Vimeo may, at its option: (a) terminate this Agreement immediately, with or without advance written notice; (b) suspend, delete, or limit access to your account (and other accounts you control) or any content within it; and (c) to the extent permitted by applicable law, retain any amounts payable to you (which you forfeit).View source document
Vimeo requires binding individual arbitration for privacy-related claims with a class-action and jury-trial waiver, a small claims carveout, and a 30-day opt-out right, while non-privacy disputes proceed in New York courts.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEYou have the right to opt out of the Arbitration Agreement by sending written notice of your decision to opt out of individual binding arbitration to [email protected], within 30 days after first becoming subject to the Arbitration AgreementView source document
Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled, with refund rights limited to 14 days for annual and 3 days for monthly plans and numerous carve-outs excluding renewals, trial-end charges, and in-app purchases from refunds.
From: TERMS OF SERVICESelf-Serve subscribers who purchase plans directly from Vimeo may cancel and receive a full refund of their initial purchase within 14 days after purchasing an annual plan and 3 days after purchasing a monthly plan, or within the time period required by law, whichever is longer.View source document