Emerson Electric

Just visiting emerson.com's website binds you to individual arbitration in Missouri — no jury trial, no class action. And you only get 6 months to bring any claim, far shorter than typical statutes of limitation.

THIS CONTRACT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES. This agreement requires the use of binding arbitration on an individual basis to resolve disputes, rather than jury trials or class actions, and also limits the remedies available to you in the event of a dispute. ... Any claim or dispute between you and Emerson that arises in whole or in part from our Services shall be decided exclusively through binding, individual arbitration in the State of Missouri, U.S.A. You agree that disputes between you and Emerson will be resolved by binding arbitration and you waive your right to participate in class action lawsuits or class-wide arbitration. ... Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of our Services must be commenced within six (6) months after the claim or cause of action arises.

Terms of Use (Effective Date: October 1, 2016)

Anything you submit to Emerson — reviews, forum posts, uploaded files, unsolicited ideas — they get a permanent, worldwide, royalty-free license to use however they want, forever, and your ideas are explicitly theirs to use for any purpose.

You retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. By submitting information and material via our Services, you automatically grant to us (or warrant that the owner of such information and material has expressly granted to us) a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, unrestricted, right and license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, adapt, publish, translate, transmit and distribute, or otherwise make available to others such information and material (in whole or in part) worldwide for any purpose, and/or to incorporate it in other works and for any purpose and in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed. You also agree that we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques that you send to us for any purpose.

Terms of Use (Effective Date: October 1, 2016)

Anything you type into Emerson's AI chat tools is shared with unnamed third-party AI providers, who can reuse your data under their own policies — the one privacy safeguard is telling you not to type anything sensitive.

You acknowledge that: (1) any input you provide to AI Products will be shared with our AI Providers to generate responses; (2) AI Providers may use data you share with an AI Product in accordance with their terms and policies; (3) AI Products may produce unexpected, inaccurate or inappropriate results... You agree not to submit any personal information, confidential data, or restricted information to AI Products.

Terms of Use (Effective Date: October 1, 2016) — AI Services section

Your name, email, browsing activity, and geolocation can be handed to ad-tech companies, social networks, and analytics firms so they can show you personalized ads — by default, with opt-out as your recourse.

We share your Personal Data with our subsidiaries, affiliates and other third parties worldwide to inform you about products and offers that may be of interest to you, as permitted by applicable law. ... We may disclose Identifiers, Internet or other electronic network activity information, and Geolocation data for the commercial purposes described above to: adtech providers; social media; and analytics providers.

Privacy Notice (Last Revised: January 15, 2026)

Emerson can rewrite the terms whenever it wants, for any reason, and simply keeps browsing the site counts as agreeing — no notice or consent required beyond posting the new version.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to revise these Terms at any time and correct any errors or omissions in any portion of our Services and Materials, and will post updates to these Terms on this webpage with a new effective date. ... Your continued use of our Services after any change we make to our Services will be considered acceptance of those changes. You should revisit these Terms from time to time to review the then-current Terms because your use of our Services will be governed by the then-current Terms and Privacy Notice.

Terms of Use (Effective Date: October 1, 2016)

If Emerson's site harms you, their total liability is capped at $100 — and you preemptively waive any claim you don't even know about yet.

The maximum total liability of Emerson and its subsidiaries, affiliates and our officers, directors, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, and agents, to you for any claim under these Terms, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, is one hundred dollars ($100). ... you may be waiving rights with respect to claims that are at this time unknown or unsuspected, and in accordance with such waiver, you acknowledge that you have read and understand, and hereby expressly waive, the benefits of section 1542 of the civil code of the State of California...

Terms of Use (Effective Date: October 1, 2016)