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SaaSGuard Risk Report
Adobe Express
adobe.com
Generated May 4, 2026
Grade D
Score: 49 / 100
Executive summary
We analyzed Adobe Express’s Terms of Service across 8 risk dimensions and found 12 flagged clauses across 8 categories.
Flagged clauses by category
AI training on your data (2)
Severity 4 · material
“We will not use your Local or Cloud Content to train generative AI models except for Content you choose to submit to the Adobe Stock marketplace, and this use is governed by the separate Adobe Stock Contributor Agreement.”
Adobe Express uses your Local or Cloud Content to train generative AI models, except for content you submit to Adobe Stock, which is governed by a separate agreement.
Your content may be used to train AI models, potentially impacting its uniqueness or value.
Severity 4 · material
“You must not (and must not allow third parties to): (A) modify, port, adapt, or translate any portion of the Services or Software; (B) reverse engineer (including but not limited to monitoring or tracking the inputs and outputs flowing through a system or an application in order to recreate that system), decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover, within any Service or Software, the source code, data representations or underlying algorithms, processes, methods, and any other portion of such Service or Software; or (C) use the Services or Software, or any content, data, output, or other information received or derived from the Services or Software, to directly or indirectly create, train, test, or otherwise improve any machine learning algorithms or artificial intelligence system, including but not limited to any architectures, models, or weights.”
Adobe Express prohibits you from modifying, reverse engineering, or using the Services or Software to train any machine learning algorithms or artificial intelligence systems.
You cannot decompile or reverse engineer the software, nor use its outputs to build competing AI systems.
Auto-renewal traps (1)
Severity 2 · minor
“To avoid interruption of your service, we may participate in programs supported by your card provider to try to update your payment information.”
Adobe Express attempts to update your payment information to prevent service interruptions.
Your subscription may automatically renew if your payment information is updated without your explicit action.
Surprise price hikes (1)
Severity 3 · notable
“If we discontinue the Services or Software in its entirety, we will use reasonable commercial efforts to allow you to transition your Content, and we may provide you with a pro rata refund for any unused fees for that Service or Software that you prepaid.”
If Adobe Express discontinues a service, it will help you transition your content and may provide a pro rata refund for prepaid, unused fees.
You may not receive a full refund for prepaid services if Adobe decides to discontinue them.
Data residency (1)
Severity 3 · notable
“We process and store information in the U.S. and other countries. By using our Services and Software, you authorize Adobe to transfer your personal information across national borders and to other countries where Adobe and its partners operate.”
Adobe Express processes and stores your information in the U.S. and other countries, and you authorize these international data transfers.
Your personal data may be transferred and stored outside your country, potentially affecting privacy protections.
Termination friction (3)
Severity 3 · notable
“At the end of this 30-day transition period, we reserve the right to delete your Content. You should download any Content that you have stored in the Services before your license ends.”
Adobe Express may delete your content 30 days after your license ends, so you should download it beforehand.
You risk losing your content if you do not download it before the specified transition period ends.
Severity 3 · notable
“If you don't sign into your account periodically, we reserve the right to assume your account is inactive, and you agree that we may permanently delete your Content stored in the account or close your account entirely.”
Adobe Express may permanently delete your content or close your account if you do not sign in periodically.
Your account and content may be deleted if you fail to log in regularly.
Severity 3 · notable
“If we terminate the Terms, or your use of the Services and Software for reasons other than for cause, as listed in any of Sections (A) to (D) and (G) above, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you via the email address you provide to us, at least thirty (30) days prior to termination, with instructions on how to retrieve your Content.”
If Adobe Express terminates your service for reasons other than cause, it will notify you at least 30 days in advance with instructions to retrieve your content.
You will have a 30-day notice period to retrieve your content if Adobe terminates the service without cause.
Liability caps (1)
Severity 4 · material
“Our total liability in any matter arising out of or related to the Terms is limited to the greater of (A) US $100; or (B) the aggregate amount that you paid for access to the Services and Software during the three-month period preceding the event giving rise to the liability.”
Adobe Express's total liability is limited to the greater of US $100 or the amount you paid in the three months before the issue arose.
Your ability to recover damages from Adobe is capped at a low amount, limiting recourse for significant issues.
Indemnification (1)
Severity 3 · notable
“You will indemnify us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners, and licensors from any claim(s), demand(s), loss(es), or damage(s), including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of, or related to: (A) your Content, including, but not limited to Creative Cloud Customer Fonts; (B) your use of the Services and Software (as applicable); (C) your interactions with any other users (including Third-Party Entitlement Holders); or (D) your violation of the Terms (“Matter”).”
You will defend Adobe Express and its affiliates against any claims arising from your content, use of the services, interactions with others, or violation of the terms.
You are responsible for legal costs and damages if your actions lead to claims against Adobe.
Right to silently change terms (2)
Severity 3 · notable
“We may make changes to the Terms from time to time ranging from cleaning up typos to changes in policy. If we make any important changes, we will notify you. Any such changes will not apply to any dispute between you and Adobe arising prior to the date on which we posted the revised Terms incorporating such changes, or when the Terms otherwise become effective.”
Adobe Express may change the Terms, and important changes will be communicated to you.
The terms governing your use of the service can be updated by Adobe, potentially altering your rights and obligations.
Severity 3 · notable
“We may modify, update, or discontinue the Services and Software (including any portions or features), which modifications, updates or discontinuations may, for clarity, be detrimental or result in a diminishment of value to you, at any time, without liability to you or anyone else.”
Adobe Express may modify, update, or discontinue services or features at any time without liability.
Adobe can change or remove features, or discontinue the service entirely, without owing you compensation.
Methodology
SaaSGuard uses an automated pipeline: a daily Playwright crawler captures each vendor’s public Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and DPA. Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash classifies each clause into one of 8 risk categories with a severity score (1–5). Clauses are cross-referenced against a curated database of real lawsuits and FTC actions via embedding-based similarity matching. Grades are computed from per-category max severity; full source code is available on request.