Canva AI policy evolution
Before/after stance changes across captured policy versions, with exact citations. If no before/after delta is available yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.
worsenedhigh materialityretentionAug 24, 2026 to Aug 24, 2026
data sharing worsened from medium/third party or vendor sharing to high/sale or sell.
Stance key: data sharing. AIRIN emits this only when before and after stance events both carry citations.
Before · third party or vendor sharing
medium
“b. Violations. If Canva, in its reasonable discretion, determines that you or your use of the Service, your User Content, or your Designs violate these Terms, including but not limited to, Canva’s Acceptable Use Policy, the Section entitled ‘Restrictions on Use of the Service', the Section entitled 'Anti-discrimination', (any of which is considered a “Violation”) Canva may take one or more of the following actions: (i) delete or otherwise restrict the prohibited User Content or Designs; (ii) suspend your access to the Service; (iii) terminate and delete your account along with all Designs and User Content associated with that account (iv) permanently ban you from using the Service; and/or (v) disclose the prohibited User Content or Designs and related information to appropriate third parties, such as government authorities or law enforcement.”
Terms of Service › “15\. Term and Termination”
Open citation“We will share student data with our third party service providers who have security, privacy, and data retention policies consistent with our policies and solely to the extent necessary for them to perform a business or technology support function for us. This may include data processing, account management or providing us with usage analytics. Canva does not sell student data. The following third party service providers will process student data for the sole purpose of delivering the Canva Education service. If a school deletes their Canva Education account, or requests the deletion of personally identifiable information associated with a student’s account, Canva will direct these services to delete any such information they hold:”
§ 9 (Canva Education)
Open citationimprovedhigh materialityretentionJul 20, 2026 to Aug 24, 2026
data sharing improved from high/sale or sell to medium/third party or vendor sharing.
Stance key: data sharing. AIRIN emits this only when before and after stance events both carry citations.
Before · sale or sell
high
“We will share student data with our third party service providers who have security, privacy, and data retention policies consistent with our policies and solely to the extent necessary for them to perform a business or technology support function for us. This may include data processing, account management or providing us with usage analytics. Canva does not sell student data. The following third party service providers will process student data for the sole purpose of delivering the Canva Education service. If a school deletes their Canva Education account, or requests the deletion of personally identifiable information associated with a student’s account, Canva will direct these services to delete any such information they hold:”
§ 9 (Canva Education)
Open citationAfter · third party or vendor sharing
medium
“b. Violations. If Canva, in its reasonable discretion, determines that you or your use of the Service, your User Content, or your Designs violate these Terms, including but not limited to, Canva’s Acceptable Use Policy, the Section entitled ‘Restrictions on Use of the Service', the Section entitled 'Anti-discrimination', (any of which is considered a “Violation”) Canva may take one or more of the following actions: (i) delete or otherwise restrict the prohibited User Content or Designs; (ii) suspend your access to the Service; (iii) terminate and delete your account along with all Designs and User Content associated with that account (iv) permanently ban you from using the Service; and/or (v) disclose the prohibited User Content or Designs and related information to appropriate third parties, such as government authorities or law enforcement.”
Terms of Service › “15\. Term and Termination”
Open citationworsenedhigh materialitytrainingJul 19, 2026 to Jul 20, 2026
model training worsened from low/no training claim to high/training permitted.
Stance key: model training. AIRIN emits this only when before and after stance events both carry citations.
Before · no training claim
low
“Your [Privacy Settings(opens in a new tab or window)](https://www.canva.com/settings/privacy-preferences) allow you to control whether your general usage data and/or User Content can improve AI-powered features. Canva and its trusted partners may use this to develop and improve AI-powered features if this is consistent with your [Privacy Settings(opens in a new tab or window)](https://www.canva.com/settings/privacy-preferences), which you can review and update at any time. We will not use User Content of Canva Education for AI training. Your privacy and choice are important to us and you’re always in control of your settings. Learn more [here(opens in a new tab or window)](https://www.canva.com/trust/privacy/).”
Terms of Service › “4\. Content and Designs”
Open citationAfter · training permitted
high
“You can manage (opens in a new tab or window) your preferences relating to how Canva and the third party service providers we engage to enable functionality within the Service, may use your data for training AI, including through the use of machine learning technologies. Please visit this page (opens in a new tab or window) for further information.”
§ 7 (Your choices about your information)
Open citationimprovedhigh materialitytrainingJul 8, 2026 to Jul 19, 2026
model training improved from high/training permitted to low/no training claim.
Stance key: model training. AIRIN emits this only when before and after stance events both carry citations.
Before · training permitted
high
“For Service improvement (including analytics and machine learning) : We may analyze your activity, content, media uploads and related data in your account to provide and customize the Service, including generating and storing that data as Memories, and to train our algorithms, models and AI products and services using machine learning to develop, improve and provide our Service. You can manage the use of your data for training AI to improve our Service in the privacy controls page under your privacy settings (opens in a new tab or window) . You can manage your Memories in your AI personalization settings (opens in a new tab or window) .”
§ 2 (How we use your information)
Open citationAfter · no training claim
low
“Your [Privacy Settings(opens in a new tab or window)](https://www.canva.com/settings/privacy-preferences) allow you to control whether your general usage data and/or User Content can improve AI-powered features. Canva and its trusted partners may use this to develop and improve AI-powered features if this is consistent with your [Privacy Settings(opens in a new tab or window)](https://www.canva.com/settings/privacy-preferences), which you can review and update at any time. We will not use User Content of Canva Education for AI training. Your privacy and choice are important to us and you’re always in control of your settings. Learn more [here(opens in a new tab or window)](https://www.canva.com/trust/privacy/).”
Terms of Service › “4\. Content and Designs”
Open citationchangedlow materialityindemnity / liabilityJun 17, 2026 to Jul 19, 2026
legal burden changed from medium/indemnity to medium/liability limited.
Stance key: legal burden. AIRIN emits this only when before and after stance events both carry citations.
“You agree, to the extent permitted by law, to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Canva and its affiliates, officers, directors, agents, licensors and employees from and against any and all claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) resulting from or related to (i) your violation of these Terms or (ii) your User Content.”
§ 13 (Your Indemnity Obligations)
Open citationAfter · liability limited
medium
“The Service is provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to any non-excludable rights and remedies you may have under applicable law, Canva, its licensors, and its suppliers, expressly disclaim any and all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Canva does not warrant that your use of the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free. Canva does not warrant that it will review your data for accuracy or that it will preserve or maintain your data without loss. You understand that use of the Service necessarily involves transmission of your data over networks that Canva does not own, operate, or control, and that Canva is not responsible for any of your data lost, altered, intercepted or stored across such networks. Canva will not be liable for delays, interruptions, service failures, or other problems inherent in use of the internet and electronic communications or other systems outside Canva’s reasonable control.”
Terms of Service › “11\. Warranty Disclaimer.”
Open citationworsenedhigh materialityretentionJun 17, 2026 to Jul 8, 2026
data sharing worsened from medium/third party or vendor sharing to high/sale or sell.
Stance key: data sharing. AIRIN emits this only when before and after stance events both carry citations.
Before · third party or vendor sharing
medium
“b. Violations . If Canva, in its reasonable discretion, determines that you or your use of the Service, your User Content, or your Designs violate these Terms, including but not limited to, Canva’s Acceptable Use Policy, the Section entitled ‘Restrictions on Use of the Service', the Section entitled 'Anti-discrimination', (any of which is considered a “Violation”) Canva may take one or more of the following actions: (i) delete or otherwise restrict the prohibited User Content or Designs; (ii) suspend your access to the Service; (iii) terminate and delete your account along with all Designs and User Content associated with that account (iv) permanently ban you from using the Service; and/or (v) disclose the prohibited User Content or Designs and related information to appropriate third parties, such as government authorities or law enforcement.”
§ 15 (Term and Termination)
Open citation“We will share student data with our third party service providers who have security, privacy, and data retention policies consistent with our policies and solely to the extent necessary for them to perform a business or technology support function for us. This may include data processing, account management or providing us with usage analytics. Canva does not sell student data. The following third party service providers will process student data for the sole purpose of delivering the Canva Education service. If a school deletes their Canva Education account, or requests the deletion of personally identifiable information associated with a student’s account, Canva will direct these services to delete any such information they hold:”
§ 9 (Canva Education)
Open citationworsenedhigh materialitytrainingJun 17, 2026 to Jul 8, 2026
model training worsened from low/no training claim to high/training permitted.
Stance key: model training. AIRIN emits this only when before and after stance events both carry citations.
Before · no training claim
low
“Your Privacy Settings (opens in a new tab or window) allow you to control whether your general usage data and/or User Content can improve AI-powered features. Canva and its trusted partners may use this to develop and improve AI-powered features if this is consistent with your Privacy Settings (opens in a new tab or window) , which you can review and update at any time. We will not use User Content of Canva Education for AI training. Your privacy and choice are important to us and you’re always in control of your settings. Learn more here (opens in a new tab or window) .”
§ 4 (Content and Designs)
Open citationAfter · training permitted
high
“For Service improvement (including analytics and machine learning) : We may analyze your activity, content, media uploads and related data in your account to provide and customize the Service, including generating and storing that data as Memories, and to train our algorithms, models and AI products and services using machine learning to develop, improve and provide our Service. You can manage the use of your data for training AI to improve our Service in the privacy controls page under your privacy settings (opens in a new tab or window) . You can manage your Memories in your AI personalization settings (opens in a new tab or window) .”
§ 2 (How we use your information)
Open citationGenerated from live stance events. Informational only, not legal advice.