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	Regardless of this remark, Vultr occasionally asks users to reaffirm their subjugation to those terms.		Regardless of this remark, Vultr occasionally asks users to reaffirm their subjugation to those terms.

	In March 2024, Vultr asked users to accept its new terms, including clause 12.1(a) mentioned above.<ref name="vultr_blog">{{Cite web \|date=29 Mar 2024 \|title=A Note About Vultr's Terms of Service \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~Ol4G1~~ \|archive-date=~~6 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref> This sparked an outrage among users, who hadn't noticed the 12.1(a) policy until 2024, 3 years after its debut (this is typical for a [[EULA roofie]]). The most notable complaint came from a [https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ Reddit post] claiming that Vultr has rights to use user data for the purposes of training artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=u/WyvernCo \|date=27 Mar 2024 \|title=Warning: Vultr (a major cloud provider) is now claiming full perpetual commercial rights over all hosted content \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/?rdt=64600 \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/~~MeZcx~~ \|archive-date=~~6 Jan~~ 2026 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|via=Reddit}}</ref> In response to the criticism, Vultr's legal team altered clause 12.1(a) the next day (after the post) to delete the offending paragraph.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Legal Section 12: User Content \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328233729/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|archive-date=28 Mar 2024 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>		In March 2024, Vultr asked users to accept its new terms, including clause 12.1(a) mentioned above.<ref name="vultr_blog">{{Cite web \|date=29 Mar 2024 \|title=A Note About Vultr's Terms of Service \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708192330/https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025\|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref> This sparked an outrage among users, who hadn't noticed the 12.1(a) policy until 2024, 3 years after its debut (this is typical for a [[EULA roofie]]). The most notable complaint came from a [https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ Reddit post] claiming that Vultr has rights to use user data for the purposes of training artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=u/WyvernCo \|date=27 Mar 2024 \|title=Warning: Vultr (a major cloud provider) is now claiming full perpetual commercial rights over all hosted content \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/?rdt=64600 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222232556/https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/?rdt=64600 \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|via=Reddit}}</ref> In response to the criticism, Vultr's legal team altered clause 12.1(a) the next day (after the post) to delete the offending paragraph.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Legal Section 12: User Content \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328233729/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|archive-date=28 Mar 2024 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>

	The user backlash also provoked an official response from Vultr in which the company wrote:<ref name="vultr_blog" />		The user backlash also provoked an official response from Vultr in which the company wrote:<ref name="vultr_blog" />

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	Vultr, founded in 2014, is a cloud service site. Among those cloud services are storage, servers, and databases.		Vultr, founded in 2014, is a cloud service site. Among those cloud services are storage, servers, and databases.

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	*Vultr has had major issues regarding their transparency in the past. [citation needed]		*Vultr has had major issues regarding their transparency in the past. [citation needed]
	*Vultr's compliance to information security best practices, verified routinely by external audits, has earned the company multiple industry-recognized certifications & attestations such as [https://secureframe.com/hub/soc-2/what-is-soc-2 SOC 2 Type II] and [https://www.iso.org/standard/27001 ISO 27001].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Security and Compliance \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328093828/https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|archive-date=28 Mar 2025 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=20 Jun 2024 \|title=Announcing Vultr's New ISO Certifications \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>		*Vultr's compliance to information security best practices, verified routinely by external audits, has earned the company multiple industry-recognized certifications & attestations such as [https://secureframe.com/hub/soc-2/what-is-soc-2 SOC 2 Type II] and [https://www.iso.org/standard/27001 ISO 27001].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Security and Compliance \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328093828/https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|archive-date=28 Mar 2025 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=20 Jun 2024 \|title=Announcing Vultr's New ISO Certifications \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213132458/https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications \|archive-date=13 Dec 2024 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>
	*As explained below, Vultr is quite suspicious due to the rights it claimed to have in the past over user content, and the license it gave itself to manage that data, which users store on Vultr's servers. Right now, the wording of those policies is unclear.		*As explained below, Vultr is quite suspicious due to the rights it claimed to have in the past over user content, and the license it gave itself to manage that data, which users store on Vultr's servers. Right now, the wording of those policies is unclear.

Trinity: Added some archived reference links

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	==Consumer-protection profile==		==Consumer-protection profile==

	===Privacy<ref>{{Cite web \|date=18 September 2024 \|title=Legal: Privacy \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/ \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>===		===Privacy<ref>{{Cite web \|date=18 September 2024 \|title=Legal: Privacy \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241122145054/https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/ \|archive-date=22 Nov 2024 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>===

	*Vultr collects industry standard information necessary to provide the service such as registration information, billing information, and IP addresses.		*Vultr collects industry standard information necessary to provide the service such as registration information, billing information, and IP addresses.
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	*Vultr has had major issues regarding their transparency in the past. [citation needed]		*Vultr has had major issues regarding their transparency in the past. [citation needed]
	*Vultr's compliance to information security best practices, verified routinely by external audits, has earned the company multiple industry-recognized certifications & attestations such as [https://secureframe.com/hub/soc-2/what-is-soc-2 SOC 2 Type II] and [https://www.iso.org/standard/27001 ISO 27001].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Security and Compliance \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=20 Jun 2024 \|title=Announcing Vultr's New ISO Certifications \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>		*Vultr's compliance to information security best practices, verified routinely by external audits, has earned the company multiple industry-recognized certifications & attestations such as [https://secureframe.com/hub/soc-2/what-is-soc-2 SOC 2 Type II] and [https://www.iso.org/standard/27001 ISO 27001].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Security and Compliance \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328093828/https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|archive-date=28 Mar 2025 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=20 Jun 2024 \|title=Announcing Vultr's New ISO Certifications \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>
	*As explained below, Vultr is quite suspicious due to the rights it claimed to have in the past over user content, and the license it gave itself to manage that data, which users store on Vultr's servers. Right now, the wording of those policies is unclear.		*As explained below, Vultr is quite suspicious due to the rights it claimed to have in the past over user content, and the license it gave itself to manage that data, which users store on Vultr's servers. Right now, the wording of those policies is unclear.

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	Regardless of this remark, Vultr occasionally asks users to reaffirm their subjugation to those terms.		Regardless of this remark, Vultr occasionally asks users to reaffirm their subjugation to those terms.

	In March 2024, Vultr asked users to accept its new terms, including clause 12.1(a) mentioned above.<ref name="vultr_blog">{{Cite web \|date=29 Mar 2024 \|title=A Note About Vultr's Terms of Service \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref> This sparked an outrage among users, who hadn't noticed the 12.1(a) policy until 2024, 3 years after its debut (this is typical for a [[EULA roofie]]). The most notable complaint came from a [https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ Reddit post] claiming that Vultr has rights to use user data for the purposes of training artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=u/WyvernCo \|date=27 Mar 2024 \|title=Warning: Vultr (a major cloud provider) is now claiming full perpetual commercial rights over all hosted content \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/?rdt=64600 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|via=Reddit}}</ref> In response to the criticism, Vultr's legal team altered clause 12.1(a) the next day (after the post) to delete the offending paragraph.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Legal Section 12: User Content \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328233729/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|archive-date=28 Mar 2024 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>		In March 2024, Vultr asked users to accept its new terms, including clause 12.1(a) mentioned above.<ref name="vultr_blog">{{Cite web \|date=29 Mar 2024 \|title=A Note About Vultr's Terms of Service \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Ol4G1 \|archive-date=6 Jan 2026 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref> This sparked an outrage among users, who hadn't noticed the 12.1(a) policy until 2024, 3 years after its debut (this is typical for a [[EULA roofie]]). The most notable complaint came from a [https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ Reddit post] claiming that Vultr has rights to use user data for the purposes of training artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=u/WyvernCo \|date=27 Mar 2024 \|title=Warning: Vultr (a major cloud provider) is now claiming full perpetual commercial rights over all hosted content \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/?rdt=64600 \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/MeZcx \|archive-date=6 Jan 2026 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|via=Reddit}}</ref> In response to the criticism, Vultr's legal team altered clause 12.1(a) the next day (after the post) to delete the offending paragraph.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Legal Section 12: User Content \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328233729/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|archive-date=28 Mar 2024 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>

	The user backlash also provoked an official response from Vultr in which the company wrote:<ref name="vultr_blog" />		The user backlash also provoked an official response from Vultr in which the company wrote:<ref name="vultr_blog" />

AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: Quoting from the web isn’t ideal.

2025-09-28T15:31:22Z

Quoting from the web isn’t ideal.

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			Vultr, founded in 2014, is a cloud service site. Among those cloud services are storage, servers, and databases.
	~~As quoted from their website:~~

	~~''“~~ Vultr, founded in 2014, is on a mission to empower developers and businesses by simplifying the deployment of infrastructure via its advanced cloud platform. Vultr is strategically located in 32 datacenters around the globe and provides frictionless provisioning of public cloud, storage and single-tenant bare metal.''

	~~''Vultr has made it our priority to offer~~ a ~~standardized highly reliable high performance~~ cloud ~~compute environment in all of the cities we serve~~. ~~Launching a cloud server environment in 32 cities around the globe has never been easier. ”''~~

	Among those cloud services are storage, servers, and databases.

	==Consumer-protection profile==		==Consumer-protection profile==

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	==Consumer-protection profile==		==Consumer-protection profile==

	===Privacy<ref>https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/</ref>===		===Privacy<ref>{{Cite web \|date=18 September 2024 \|title=Legal: Privacy \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/ \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>===

	* Vultr collects industry standard information necessary to provide the service such as registration information, billing information, and IP addresses.		*Vultr collects industry standard information necessary to provide the service such as registration information, billing information, and IP addresses.
	* Vultr also collects usage data when interacting with their services. This does not include the user's data stored on their servers.		*Vultr also collects usage data when interacting with their services. This does not include the user's data stored on their servers.
	* Vultr uses cookies to collect information when the user visits their website.		*Vultr uses cookies to collect information when the user visits their website.
	* Information Vultr collects is used to improve their services and shared with third-parties for marketing purposes including targeted advertisements.		*Information Vultr collects is used to improve their services and shared with third-parties for marketing purposes including targeted advertisements.

	===Transparency===		===Transparency===

	* Vultr has had major issues regarding their transparency in the past. [citation needed]		*Vultr has had major issues regarding their transparency in the past. [citation needed]
	* Vultr's compliance to information security best practices, verified routinely by external audits, has earned the company multiple industry-recognized certifications & attestations such as [https://secureframe.com/hub/soc-2/what-is-soc-2 SOC 2 Type II] and [https://www.iso.org/standard/27001 ISO 27001].<ref>https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/</ref><ref>https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications</ref>		*Vultr's compliance to information security best practices, verified routinely by external audits, has earned the company multiple industry-recognized certifications & attestations such as [https://secureframe.com/hub/soc-2/what-is-soc-2 SOC 2 Type II] and [https://www.iso.org/standard/27001 ISO 27001].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Security and Compliance \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=20 Jun 2024 \|title=Announcing Vultr's New ISO Certifications \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>
	* As explained below, Vultr is quite suspicious due to the rights it claimed to have in the past over user content, and the license it gave itself to manage that data, which users store on Vultr's servers. Right now, the wording of those policies is unclear.		*As explained below, Vultr is quite suspicious due to the rights it claimed to have in the past over user content, and the license it gave itself to manage that data, which users store on Vultr's servers. Right now, the wording of those policies is unclear.

	==Consumer-protection incidents==		==Consumer-protection incidents==
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	===Vultr amends its terms of service (2024)===		===Vultr amends its terms of service (2024)===

	Initially, Vultr's [[terms of service]] (TOS) declared the following content policy for users in clause 5.1<ref name="tos_2016">https://web.archive.org/web/20160419054251/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/</ref>		Initially, Vultr's [[terms of service]] (TOS) declared the following content policy for users in clause 5.1<ref name="tos_2016">{{Cite web \|title=Legal \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419054251/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/ \|archive-date=19 Apr 2016 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>

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	In June 2021, Vultr rewrote large portions of its TOS, moving clause 5.1 to 15(c), and adding the following content policy under clause '''12.1(a)'''<ref name="tos_2021">https://web.archive.org/web/20210729200233/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12</ref> which would become highly controversial:		In June 2021, Vultr rewrote large portions of its TOS, moving clause 5.1 to 15(c), and adding the following content policy under clause '''12.1(a)'''<ref name="tos_2021">{{Cite web \|title=Legal Section 12: User Content \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729200233/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|archive-date=29 Jul 2021 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref> which would become highly controversial:

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	In addition to this, a new statement appeared in the ''Terms of Service Highlights'' which strongly implies that users implicitly "agree" to any existing or new terms every time they use Vultr's services:<ref name="tos_2021"/>		In addition to this, a new statement appeared in the ''Terms of Service Highlights'' which strongly implies that users implicitly "agree" to any existing or new terms every time they use Vultr's services:<ref name="tos_2021" />

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	Regardless of this remark, Vultr occasionally asks users to reaffirm their subjugation to those terms.		Regardless of this remark, Vultr occasionally asks users to reaffirm their subjugation to those terms.

	In March 2024, Vultr asked users to accept its new terms, including clause 12.1(a) mentioned above.<ref name="vultr_blog">https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service</ref> This sparked an outrage among users, who hadn't noticed the 12.1(a) policy until 2024, 3 years after its debut (this is typical for a [[EULA roofie]]). The most notable complaint came from a [https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ Reddit post] claiming that Vultr has rights to use user data for the purposes of training artificial intelligence.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/</ref> In response to the criticism, Vultr's legal team altered clause 12.1(a) the next day (after the post) to delete the offending paragraph.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240328233729/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12</ref>		In March 2024, Vultr asked users to accept its new terms, including clause 12.1(a) mentioned above.<ref name="vultr_blog">{{Cite web \|date=29 Mar 2024 \|title=A Note About Vultr's Terms of Service \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref> This sparked an outrage among users, who hadn't noticed the 12.1(a) policy until 2024, 3 years after its debut (this is typical for a [[EULA roofie]]). The most notable complaint came from a [https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ Reddit post] claiming that Vultr has rights to use user data for the purposes of training artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=u/WyvernCo \|date=27 Mar 2024 \|title=Warning: Vultr (a major cloud provider) is now claiming full perpetual commercial rights over all hosted content \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/?rdt=64600 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|via=Reddit}}</ref> In response to the criticism, Vultr's legal team altered clause 12.1(a) the next day (after the post) to delete the offending paragraph.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Legal Section 12: User Content \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328233729/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|archive-date=28 Mar 2024 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>

	The user backlash also provoked an official response from Vultr in which the company wrote:<ref name="vultr_blog"/>		The user backlash also provoked an official response from Vultr in which the company wrote:<ref name="vultr_blog" />

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	Despite Vultr's vow that access to the user's content is solely for security purposes, the wording of their TOS did not reflect this sentiment, and was widely criticized as a gross failure in transparency, or more cynically, as a stealthy attempt to seize the rights to users' personal data for any purpose, without consent.		Despite Vultr's vow that access to the user's content is solely for security purposes, the wording of their TOS did not reflect this sentiment, and was widely criticized as a gross failure in transparency, or more cynically, as a stealthy attempt to seize the rights to users' personal data for any purpose, without consent.

	As of January 2025, the older 15(c) clause remains in force:<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250124095655/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_15</ref>		As of January 2025, the older 15(c) clause remains in force:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Legal Section 15: Intellectual Property Rights \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_15 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124095655/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_15 \|archive-date=24 Jan 2025 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|website=Vultr}}</ref>

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			[[Category:Vultr]]
	[[Category:~~Internet technology companies~~]]

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	~~[[Category:Examples of positive consumer practices]]~~

C0LDfinch: Revised the article to be more detailed, and corrected many factual mistakes.

2025-02-22T00:37:36Z

Revised the article to be more detailed, and corrected many factual mistakes.

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	As quoted from their website:		As quoted from their website:

	''"Vultr, founded in 2014, is on a mission to empower developers and businesses by simplifying the deployment of infrastructure via its advanced cloud platform. Vultr is strategically located in 32 datacenters around the globe and provides frictionless provisioning of public cloud, storage and single-tenant bare metal.''		''“ Vultr, founded in 2014, is on a mission to empower developers and businesses by simplifying the deployment of infrastructure via its advanced cloud platform. Vultr is strategically located in 32 datacenters around the globe and provides frictionless provisioning of public cloud, storage and single-tenant bare metal.''

	''Vultr has made it our priority to offer a standardized highly reliable high performance cloud compute environment in all of the cities we serve. Launching a cloud server environment in 32 cities around the globe has never been easier."''		''Vultr has made it our priority to offer a standardized highly reliable high performance cloud compute environment in all of the cities we serve. Launching a cloud server environment in 32 cities around the globe has never been easier. ”''

	Among those cloud services are storage, servers, and databases.		Among those cloud services are storage, servers, and databases.
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	==Consumer-protection profile==		==Consumer-protection profile==

	===Privacy<ref>https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=8910af59e90ae80f4503ba6a9ee8f3916fcba7a6-1608455691-0-ATlJ5idbCUsgq1JDcdebhpsz5ie8GidxxT2GaSAyUz71kTeD7x0I3BLOzikTpbJWGvhaZ-CF2zWPtgVTrK0M1oM8IxZAU-YUC_Vju7m0mmywzoTA6shTPv----7dCfUqiUWlAI29zOcldW_1Cc-4hZhqUXPXBm83kk4F9XqZXFG4Kp_jTlWfJpUVUSNiw2n4i6nNpSYA1MPi5iqNgGkjHqTswtDb2915Of6Izm-_lweiTOcTHuCbnXOKt9jiovRyxu0ChJ-mUSr67p-0JJw8MWaMXzHn8GuOwXoBFU5SK0E-ZKRdvJo91V6UDb4oMHvjkqJoPaXZJ2cRvZuUeZRzXYPi8tN4nMfmtWxNMLppr3Cy66YXuMIxrgFZZvBusRHYqQ</ref>===		===Privacy<ref>https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/</ref>===
	*Vultr collects industry standard information necessary to provide the service such as registration information, billing information, and IP addresses.
	*Vultr also collects usage data when interacting with their services. This does not include the user's data stored on their servers.		* Vultr collects industry standard information necessary to provide the service such as registration information, billing information, and IP addresses.
	*Vultr uses cookies to collect information when the user visits their website.		* Vultr also collects usage data when interacting with their services. This does not include the user's data stored on their servers.
	*Information Vultr collects is used to improve their services and shared with third-parties for marketing purposes including targeted advertisements.		* Vultr uses cookies to collect information when the user visits their website.
			* Information Vultr collects is used to improve their services and shared with third-parties for marketing purposes including targeted advertisements.

	===Transparency===		===Transparency===
	*Vultr has had major issues regarding their transparency in the past.
	*~~The encryption of~~ Vultr ~~services~~ has ~~met many~~ industry ~~know~~ certifications such as SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001.<ref>https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/</ref>		* Vultr has had major issues regarding their transparency in the past. [citation needed]
	*As ~~elaborated on further~~ below, Vultr ~~does not make clear what~~ rights ~~Vultr had~~ in the past and ~~presently has over your~~ data.		* Vultr's compliance to information security best practices, verified routinely by external audits, has earned the company multiple industry-recognized certifications & attestations such as [https://secureframe.com/hub/soc-2/what-is-soc-2 SOC 2 Type II] and [https://www.iso.org/standard/27001 ISO 27001].<ref>https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/</ref><ref>https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications</ref>
			* As explained below, Vultr is quite suspicious due to the rights it claimed to have in the past over user content, and the license it gave itself to manage that data, which users store on Vultr's servers. Right now, the wording of those policies is unclear.

	==Consumer-protection incidents==		==Consumer-protection incidents==

	===Vultr amends its terms of service (~~Jan.~~ 2024)===		===Vultr amends its terms of service (2024)===
	~~In January 2024~~, Vultr ~~amended its~~ [[terms of service]] (TOS) ~~to include a~~ clause ~~(12~~.~~1a) stating:~~<ref name=":0">https://~~blogs~~.vultr.com/a-~~note-about-vultrs-terms~~-of~~-service~~</~~ref~~><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/~~20240305043015~~/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/</ref><blockquote>~~"You~~ hereby grant to Vultr a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide license (including the right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to use, reproduce, process, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, transmit and distribute each of your User Content, or any portion thereof, in any form, medium or distribution method now known or hereafter existing, known or developed, and otherwise use and commercialize the User Content in any way that Vultr deems appropriate, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to any third parties, for purposes of providing the Services to you.”</blockquote>~~This clause originally did not affect existing users~~, ~~but~~ in ~~March, Vultr asked~~ users to ~~accept its~~ new terms~~, including that clause. This sparked outrage, including one [https~~://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ Reddit post] claiming Vultr has rights to use user data for the purposes of training artificial intelligence.<ref~~>https:~~/~~/www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/</ref~~>
			Initially, Vultr's [[terms of service]] (TOS) declared the following content policy for users in clause 5.1<ref name="tos_2016">https://web.archive.org/web/20160419054251/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/</ref>

			<blockquote>
			“As between You and Vultr, Vultr acknowledges that it claims no proprietary rights in or to the content (including without limitation, text, software, music, sound, audio visual works, motion pictures, photographs, animation, video and graphics) supplied by You for use on Your web site ("Your Content"). You hereby grant to Vultr a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to copy, make derivative works, display, perform, use, broadcast and transmit on and via the Internet Your Content, solely for the benefit of You and to enable Vultr to perform its obligations hereunder.”
			</blockquote>

			In June 2021, Vultr rewrote large portions of its TOS, moving clause 5.1 to 15(c), and adding the following content policy under clause '''12.1(a)'''<ref name="tos_2021">https://web.archive.org/web/20210729200233/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12</ref> which would become highly controversial:

			<blockquote>
			“You hereby grant to Vultr a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide license (including the right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to use, reproduce, process, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, transmit and distribute each of your User Content, or any portion thereof, in any form, medium or distribution method now known or hereafter existing, known or developed, and otherwise use and commercialize the User Content in any way that Vultr deems appropriate, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to any third parties, for purposes of providing the Services to you.”
			</blockquote>

			In addition to this, a new statement appeared in the ''Terms of Service Highlights'' which strongly implies that users implicitly "agree" to any existing or new terms every time they use Vultr's services:<ref name="tos_2021"/>

	~~This outrage prompted a response from Vultr in which the company stated:<ref name=":0" />~~<blockquote>~~"We value~~ the ~~feedback we receive from our customers~~, ~~and we want to assure~~ you ~~that Vultr claims no rights~~ to ~~your content. Vultr has never claimed~~ any ~~rights~~ to~~, used, accessed, nor allowed access to or shared your content, other than as may be required by law or for security purposes~~."</blockquote>12.1a was quickly altered to remove Vultr's claim to a license. Despite the company's denial that access of the user's content is solely for security purpose, the wording of the TOS did not reflect this and was a major failure in transparency at best.		<blockquote>
			“Each time you access and/or use the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and any Additional Terms that apply to you.”
			</blockquote>

	As of ~~January 2025~~, ~~the most up~~-to-~~date~~ terms of service by Vultr, the ~~following clause~~ (~~15.1c~~) remains:<ref>https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/~~?gspk=dHJveWNsYXJrNzM4Ng&gsxid=wQpnVuVRFBud~~</ref><blockquote>~~"As~~ between You and Vultr, Vultr acknowledges that it claims no proprietary rights in or to Your Content. You hereby grant to Vultr a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to copy, make derivative works, display, perform, use, broadcast and transmit on and via the Internet Your Content, solely for the benefit of You and to enable Vultr to perform its obligations under these Terms."</blockquote>~~Despite~~ Vultr ~~withdrawing the~~ original clause, it is unclear what "for the benefit of You" means in this context, since that phrase does not appear anywhere else in the TOS.		Regardless of this remark, Vultr occasionally asks users to reaffirm their subjugation to those terms.

			In March 2024, Vultr asked users to accept its new terms, including clause 12.1(a) mentioned above.<ref name="vultr_blog">https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service</ref> This sparked an outrage among users, who hadn't noticed the 12.1(a) policy until 2024, 3 years after its debut (this is typical for a [[EULA roofie]]). The most notable complaint came from a [https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ Reddit post] claiming that Vultr has rights to use user data for the purposes of training artificial intelligence.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/</ref> In response to the criticism, Vultr's legal team altered clause 12.1(a) the next day (after the post) to delete the offending paragraph.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240328233729/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12</ref>

			The user backlash also provoked an official response from Vultr in which the company wrote:<ref name="vultr_blog"/>

			<blockquote>
			“We value the feedback we receive from our customers, and we want to assure you that Vultr claims no rights to your content. Vultr has never claimed any rights to, used, accessed, nor allowed access to or shared your content, other than as may be required by law or for security purposes.”
			</blockquote>

			Despite Vultr's vow that access to the user's content is solely for security purposes, the wording of their TOS did not reflect this sentiment, and was widely criticized as a gross failure in transparency, or more cynically, as a stealthy attempt to seize the rights to users' personal data for any purpose, without consent.

			As of January 2025, the older 15(c) clause remains in force:<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250124095655/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_15</ref>

			<blockquote>
			“As between You and Vultr, Vultr acknowledges that it claims no proprietary rights in or to Your Content. You hereby grant to Vultr a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to copy, make derivative works, display, perform, use, broadcast and transmit on and via the Internet Your Content, solely for the benefit of You and to enable Vultr to perform its obligations under these Terms.”
			</blockquote>

			Note that the wording of this statement closely mimics Vultr's original 5.1 clause predating 2021. Despite the reassuring tone of this license, it remains unclear what "solely for the benefit of You" means in this context, since that phrase does not appear anywhere else in the TOS.

	==References==		==References==

	<references />		<references />

	[[Category:Internet technology companies]]		[[Category:Internet technology companies]]
	[[Category:Examples of positive consumer practices]]		[[Category:Examples of positive consumer practices]]

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	'''Privacy:''' Vultr collects industry standard information necessary to provide the service ~~such as~~ registration ~~information,~~ billing information, ~~and~~ IP addresses. It also collects usage data when interacting with their services (this does not include the user's data stored on their servers). Vultr's privacy policy states that the information is used to improve their services and shared with third-parties for marketing purposes including targeted advertisements.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Legal: Privacy \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/ \|website=Vultr \|date=10 Dec 2025 \|access-date=22 Feb 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260115003714/https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/ \|archive-date=15 Jan 2026}}</ref>		'''Privacy:''' Vultr collects industry-standard information necessary to provide the service, including registration and billing information, as well as IP addresses. It also collects usage data when interacting with their services (this does not include the user's data stored on their servers). Vultr's privacy policy states that the information is used to improve their services and shared with third parties for marketing purposes, including targeted advertisements.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Legal: Privacy \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/ \|website=Vultr \|date=10 Dec 2025 \|access-date=22 Feb 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260115003714/https://www.vultr.com/legal/privacy/ \|archive-date=15 Jan 2026}}</ref>

	'''Transparency:''' Vultr has had major issues regarding ~~their~~ transparency in the past.{{Citation needed}} Their compliance with information security best practices, verified routinely by external audits, has earned the company multiple industry-recognized certifications and attestations such as [https://secureframe.com/hub/soc-2/what-is-soc-2 SOC 2 Type II] and [https://www.iso.org/standard/27001 ISO 27001].<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Security and Compliance \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328093828/https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|archive-date=28 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Announcing Vultr's New ISO Certifications \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213132458/https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications \|archive-date=13 Dec 2024}}</ref> As explained below, Vultr is quite suspicious due to the rights it claimed ~~to have~~ in the past over user content, and the license it ~~gave~~ itself to manage that data, which users store on Vultr's servers. Right now, the wording of those policies is unclear.		'''Transparency:''' Vultr has had major issues regarding its transparency in the past.{{Citation needed}} Their compliance with information security best practices, verified routinely by external audits, has earned the company multiple industry-recognized certifications and attestations such as [https://secureframe.com/hub/soc-2/what-is-soc-2 SOC 2 Type II] and [https://www.iso.org/standard/27001 ISO 27001].<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Security and Compliance \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328093828/https://www.vultr.com/legal/compliance/ \|archive-date=28 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Announcing Vultr's New ISO Certifications \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213132458/https://blogs.vultr.com/Announcing-Vultrs-New-ISO-Certifications \|archive-date=13 Dec 2024}}</ref> As explained below, Vultr is quite suspicious due to the rights it claimed in the past over user content and the license it granted itself to manage that data, which users store on Vultr's servers. Right now, the wording of those policies is unclear.

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
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	Initially, Vultr's [[terms of service]] (TOS) declared the following content policy for users in clause 5.1:<ref name="tos_2016">{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Legal \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/ \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date= \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419054251/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/ \|archive-date=19 Apr 2016}}</ref>		Initially, Vultr's [[terms of service]] (TOS) declared the following content policy for users in clause 5.1:<ref name="tos_2016">{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Legal \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/ \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date= \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419054251/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/ \|archive-date=19 Apr 2016}}</ref>
	<blockquote>“As between You and Vultr, Vultr acknowledges that it claims no proprietary rights in or to the content (including without limitation, text, software, music, sound, audio visual works, motion pictures, photographs, animation, video and graphics) supplied by You for use on Your ~~web site~~ ("Your Content"). You hereby grant to Vultr a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to copy, make derivative works, display, perform, use, broadcast and transmit on and via the Internet Your Content, solely for the benefit of You and to enable Vultr to perform its obligations hereunder.”</blockquote>		<blockquote>“As between You and Vultr, Vultr acknowledges that it claims no proprietary rights in or to the content (including, without limitation, text, software, music, sound, audio visual works, motion pictures, photographs, animation, video, and graphics) supplied by You for use on Your website ("Your Content"). You hereby grant to Vultr a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to copy, make derivative works, display, perform, use, broadcast, and transmit on and via the Internet Your Content, solely for the benefit of You and to enable Vultr to perform its obligations hereunder.”</blockquote>

	In June 2021, Vultr rewrote large portions of its TOS, moving clause 5.1 to 15(c), and adding the following content policy under clause ''12.1(a)''<ref name="tos_2021">{{Cite web \|author=		In June 2021, Vultr rewrote large portions of its TOS, moving clause 5.1 to 15(c), and adding the following content policy under clause ''12.1(a)''<ref name="tos_2021">{{Cite web \|author=
	\|title=Legal Section 12: User Content \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date= \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729200233/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|archive-date=29 Jul 2021}}</ref> which would become highly controversial:		\|title=Legal Section 12: User Content \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date= \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729200233/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|archive-date=29 Jul 2021}}</ref>, which would become highly controversial:
	<blockquote>“You hereby grant to Vultr a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide license (including the right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to use, reproduce, process, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, transmit and distribute each of your User Content, or any portion thereof, in any form, medium or distribution method now known or hereafter existing, known or developed, and otherwise use and commercialize the User Content in any way that Vultr deems appropriate, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to any third parties, for purposes of providing the Services to you.”</blockquote>		<blockquote>“You hereby grant to Vultr a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide license (including the right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to use, reproduce, process, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, transmit and distribute each of your User Content, or any portion thereof, in any form, medium or distribution method now known or hereafter existing, known or developed, and otherwise use and commercialize the User Content in any way that Vultr deems appropriate, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to any third parties, for purposes of providing the Services to you.”</blockquote>

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	<blockquote>“Each time you access and/or use the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and any Additional Terms that apply to you.”</blockquote>		<blockquote>“Each time you access and/or use the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and any Additional Terms that apply to you.”</blockquote>

	~~Regardless of~~ this remark, Vultr occasionally asks users to reaffirm their ~~subjugation to~~ those terms.		Despite this remark, Vultr occasionally asks users to reaffirm their acceptance of those terms.

	In March 2024, Vultr asked users to accept its new terms, including clause 12.1(a) mentioned above.<ref name="vultr_blog">{{Cite web \|author= \|title=A Note About Vultr's Terms of Service \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service \|website=Vultr \|date=29 Mar 2024 \|access-date=22 Feb 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708192330/https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> This sparked an outrage among users, who hadn't noticed the 12.1(a) policy until 2024, three years after its debut (~~this~~ is typical for [[hidden EULA language]]). The most notable complaint came from a [[Reddit]] post claiming that Vultr has ~~rights~~ to use user data for ~~the purposes of~~ training artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=WyvernCo \|title=Warning: Vultr (a major cloud provider) is now claiming full perpetual commercial rights over all hosted content \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Mar 2024 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520082633/https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ \|archive-date=20 May 2025}}</ref> In response to the criticism, Vultr's legal team altered clause 12.1(a) the next day (after the post) to delete the offending paragraph.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Legal Section 12: User Content \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328233729/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|archive-date=28 Mar 2024}}</ref>		In March 2024, Vultr asked users to accept its new terms, including clause 12.1(a) mentioned above.<ref name="vultr_blog">{{Cite web \|author= \|title=A Note About Vultr's Terms of Service \|url=https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service \|website=Vultr \|date=29 Mar 2024 \|access-date=22 Feb 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708192330/https://blogs.vultr.com/a-note-about-vultrs-terms-of-service \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> This sparked outrage among users, who hadn't noticed the 12.1(a) policy until 2024, three years after its debut (as is typical for [[hidden EULA language]]). The most notable complaint came from a [[Reddit]] post claiming that Vultr has the right to use user data for training artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=WyvernCo \|title=Warning: Vultr (a major cloud provider) is now claiming full perpetual commercial rights over all hosted content \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Mar 2024 \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520082633/https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1bouuv7/warning_vultr_a_major_cloud_provider_is_now/ \|archive-date=20 May 2025}}</ref> In response to the criticism, Vultr's legal team altered clause 12.1(a) the next day (after the post) to delete the offending paragraph.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Legal Section 12: User Content \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date=15 Mar 2025 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328233729/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_12 \|archive-date=28 Mar 2024}}</ref>

	The user backlash also provoked an official response from Vultr in which the company wrote:<ref name="vultr_blog" />		The user backlash also provoked an official response from Vultr in which the company wrote:<ref name="vultr_blog" />
	<blockquote>“We value the feedback we receive from our customers, and we want to assure you that Vultr claims no rights to your content. Vultr has never claimed any rights to, used, accessed, nor allowed access to or shared your content, other than as may be required by law or for security purposes.”</blockquote>		<blockquote>“We value the feedback we receive from our customers, and we want to assure you that Vultr claims no rights to your content. Vultr has never claimed any rights to, used, accessed, nor allowed access to or shared your content, other than as may be required by law or for security purposes.”</blockquote>

	Despite Vultr's vow that access to ~~the user~~'s content is ~~solely~~ for security purposes, the wording of ~~their~~ TOS did not reflect this ~~sentiment, and~~ was widely criticized as a gross failure in transparency or, more cynically, as a stealthy attempt to seize the rights to users' personal data for any purpose, without consent.		Despite Vultr's vow that access to users' content is for security purposes only, the wording of its TOS did not reflect this. It was widely criticized as a gross failure in transparency or, more cynically, as a stealthy attempt to seize the rights to users' personal data for any purpose, without consent.

	As of February 2026, the older 15(c) clause remains in force:<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Legal Section 15: Intellectual Property Rights \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_15 \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date=22 Feb 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124095655/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_15 \|archive-date=24 Jan 2025}}</ref>		As of February 2026, the older 15(c) clause remains in force:<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Legal Section 15: Intellectual Property Rights \|url=https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_15 \|website=Vultr \|date= \|access-date=22 Feb 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124095655/https://www.vultr.com/legal/tos/#tos_15 \|archive-date=24 Jan 2025}}</ref>
	<blockquote>“As between You and Vultr, Vultr acknowledges that it claims no proprietary rights in or to Your Content. You hereby grant to Vultr a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to copy, make derivative works, display, perform, use, broadcast and transmit on and via the Internet Your Content, solely for the benefit of You and to enable Vultr to perform its obligations under these Terms.”</blockquote>		<blockquote>“As between You and Vultr, Vultr acknowledges that it claims no proprietary rights in or to Your Content. You hereby grant to Vultr a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to copy, make derivative works, display, perform, use, broadcast, and transmit on and via the Internet Your Content, solely for the benefit of You and to enable Vultr to perform its obligations under these Terms.”</blockquote>

	Note that the wording of this statement closely mimics Vultr's original 5.1 clause predating 2021. Despite the reassuring tone of this license, it remains unclear what "solely for the benefit of You" means in this context, ~~since~~ that phrase does not appear ~~anywhere else~~ in the TOS.		Note that the wording of this statement closely mimics Vultr's original 5.1 clause predating 2021. Despite the reassuring tone of this license, it remains unclear what "solely for the benefit of You" means in this context, as that phrase does not appear elsewhere in the TOS.

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