News Corp
Communication Services
33
out of 100. Number 371 of 512, counting from the worst.
Where News Corp does well
- Renewals 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- Data sharing 3 of 20. Few problems found.
- Data retention 3 of 15. Few problems found.
- No accounts, purchases, or subscriptions exist on newscorp.com, so there are no auto-renew or cancellation traps at all (0/20 in that category).
- The Privacy Notice explicitly states 'The personal information obtained about you through this Site is not used to train large language models.' There is no sale of personal information; sharing is limited to service providers (hosting, analytics), legal proceedings, and business transfers.
- The arbitration clause includes consumer-friendly touches rare in such terms: a 30-day informal resolution step first, fee reimbursement up to $2,500, attorney-fee reimbursement up to $5,000 if News Corp loses, no fee-seeking if News Corp wins (unless claims are frivolous), and a small-claims-court carve-out.
- The Privacy Notice grants deletion and data-portability rights, describes cookie choices, and states the site does not knowingly collect data from children under 16.
Simply browsing this brochure-style corporate site means you waive your right to a jury trial and to join any class action against News Corp — all disputes go to private, confidential, individual arbitration before JAMS, and the arbitrator's decision is final.
The fine print
6 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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Simply browsing this brochure-style corporate site means you waive your right to a jury trial and to join any class action against News Corp — all disputes go to private, confidential, individual arbitration before JAMS, and the arbitrator's decision is final.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY ENTERING INTO THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, YOU ARE WAIVING ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION AGAINST US FOR CLAIMS THAT ARE COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE. THE ARBITRATOR'S DECISION WILL BE CONCLUSIVE AND BINDING AND MAY BE ENTERED AS A JUDGMENT IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
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If you have a claim against News Corp from using this site, you must file it within one year — even if the law would normally give you more time. Miss the window and your claim is gone.
YOU AGREE THAT ANY CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER SUCH CLAIM ARISES.
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News Corp can rewrite these terms whenever it wants, with no notice to you, and you 'agree' to the new terms just by continuing to use the site. The burden is on you to keep re-reading the page.
These Terms of Use may be changed without notice at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page regularly to review the current Terms of Use. Your continued use of this website will be deemed acceptance of any changes.
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Any idea or feedback you send News Corp becomes theirs to use forever, for any purpose, for free — you can't take it back.
To the extent you submit any ideas or feedback to News Corp, you grant News Corp an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, fully paid-up, royalty-free right and license to use the same for any purpose.
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News Corp disclaims responsibility for the accuracy of anything on this site — including the text of its own SEC filings, which it says may be incomplete, erroneous, or out of date, with no duty to update them.
no representation or warranty is made as to the completeness, timeliness or accuracy of the information on this website. In particular, the reports filed by News Corp with the Securities and Exchange Commission and listed on this website speak only as of the date of the respective report or the reporting period indicated on the respective report... News Corp makes no commitment, and disclaims any duty, to update any of the dated information that is available on this website... except as required by law.
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If anything goes wrong from your mere use of this informational site, you agree to cover News Corp's legal bills and damages — an unusually broad indemnity for a site with no accounts or transactions.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless News Corp, Company Affiliates, and their respective successors and assigns, directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, licensors, suppliers and service providers from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), arising in any way out of or in connection with (a) your use of this website, or (b) your breach or violation of these Terms of Use.
How these were found
Terms of Use read directly from newscorp.com (browser_open); page states 'Last Updated: April 7, 2017' — over nine years old and predates the site's current WordPress/OneTrust setup. Privacy Notice read directly from newscorp.com (browser_open); states 'Last Modified: June 19, 2026'. Scope note: both documents apply ONLY to the corporate site newscorp.com; Terms and Privacy Notice both state they do not apply to affiliate properties (WSJ, NY Post, Fox assets, etc.), which have their own terms. News Corp's corporate site offers no accounts, purchases, or subscriptions, so autorenew/data/retention categories are inherently modest — the score reflects that limitation, not a forensic review of affiliate brands.
These notes come from the original draft and are not independent verification.