Jacobs Solutions
Industrials
15
out of 100. Number 508 of 512, counting from the worst.
Where Jacobs Solutions does well
- Arbitration 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- Renewals 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- Data sharing 2 of 20. Few problems found.
- Data retention 3 of 15. Few problems found.
- Jacobs explicitly states it does not sell personal data to third parties, a clear commitment many peers hedge.
- There is no forced arbitration clause or class-action waiver anywhere in the public-facing terms.
- Non-essential cookies require consent that can be withdrawn at any time via browser settings.
- Site-visit/usage data is kept 'only for as long as you use the Sites,' an actual retention limit rather than an open-ended 'as long as necessary.' Service providers receive data only under contracts that restrict use to what is necessary to perform the service.
If anything on jacobs.com is wrong or misleading, you cannot hold Jacobs responsible, and even if you suffer any loss from using the site, Jacobs disclaims all liability.
The fine print
5 clauses and findings from the draft archive, dated 1 October 2026. The plain English comes first; the small print is the company's own words. None of these has been checked yet.
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If anything on jacobs.com is wrong or misleading, you cannot hold Jacobs responsible, and even if you suffer any loss from using the site, Jacobs disclaims all liability.
Therefore, all materials and information are presented "AS IS," and Jacobs expressly disclaims any implied or expressed warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property relating to such material. In no event, shall Jacobs be liable for any damages whatsoever arising from or related to your access to, or use of, our Site or the information or material presented herein.
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Jacobs can change the terms at any time with no advance notice, no consent request, and no email alert — the burden is on you to keep re-reading the page to stay informed.
Jacobs may make changes to this Privacy Statement. Notification of changes will be posted on this page. You should review this Privacy Statement periodically to keep up to date on our most current policies and practices.
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Contact details you give Jacobs (e.g. newsletter sign-up or a contact form) can be used for direct marketing without an explicit opt-in, on the basis of Jacobs' own 'legitimate interests' rather than your permission.
To the extent allowed by law, we further use this information to pursue our legitimate interests, in particular for direct marketing purposes regarding similar products and services that Jacobs believe you may find of interest.
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Beyond vague 'as needed' retention, your data is kept according to an internal retention schedule that Jacobs does not publish or disclose, so you cannot verify how long your information is stored.
Personal Data is retained as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. In addition, Personal Data is also retained in accordance with legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements and in accordance with Jacobs' retention schedule.
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Third-party services embedded on jacobs.com set their own cookies on your browser, meaning outside companies can track your visits alongside Jacobs.
Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.
How these were found
Jacobs publishes one combined legal document ('Privacy Statement & Terms of Use', last updated September 4, 2025, fetched October 1, 2026) at www.jacobs.com/policies/privacy-policy plus a separate Cookies Policy; there is no standalone consumer Terms of Use. No mirrors were needed — the official pages were fetched directly. Jacobs is a B2B engineering firm with no consumer accounts or subscriptions, so arbitration, auto-renewal, and data-sale clauses simply do not appear; the low score reflects genuinely thin material, not missing research. Internal-only documents (employee equity agreements, supplier codes, JFTT/IDP internal-system terms) were found in search but excluded as not public-facing.
These notes come from the original draft and are not independent verification.