Texas Instruments
Information Technology
31
out of 100. Number 387 of 512, counting from the worst.
Where Texas Instruments does well
- Arbitration 2 of 20. Few problems found.
- Renewals 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- No forced arbitration and no class-action waiver anywhere in the Terms of Use — disputes go to actual courts (albeit exclusively in Dallas County, Texas), which is materially better than most consumer tech terms.
- TI honors Global Privacy Control (GPC) opt-out signals, provides a 'sale'/'sharing' opt-out for targeted advertising, and states it does not knowingly sell or share personal data of consumers under
- The privacy policy is unusually detailed for a B2B site: a category-by-category disclosure table, GDPR/UK-GDPR rights with a named DPO (dataprotection@ti.com), and Standard Contractual Clauses for international transfers.
- No auto-renew, subscription, or cancellation-trap mechanisms exist for TI.com visitors — TI Store purchases are one-off sales with terms shown at order acknowledgment.
Browse-wrap: simply visiting TI.com counts as agreeing to the terms.
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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Browse-wrap: simply visiting TI.com counts as agreeing to the terms. You never click anything — showing up is consent.
"Unless prompted otherwise, by accessing or using any part of TI.com, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the following terms and you accept, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by them."
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TI can rewrite the rules any time with zero notice to you, and your next visit means you accepted the new version. Same language appears in the Privacy Policy ('We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time').
"We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, Service Terms, and these Terms of Use at any time without prior notice to you. When you visit TI sites or use TI Services you are accepting the current version of these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use supersede all previous versions."
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TI can cut off your account, orders, or access to tools like WEBENCH for any reason, or no reason, without warning. Relatedly, TI may also 'refuse service, or cancel orders' and 'remove or edit content in' your account without notice.
"TI reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, suspend, or modify your registration with, or access to, all or any part of TI Services, without notice, at any time and for any reason."
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Anything you post — forum questions, reviews, comments, videos — becomes TI's to keep and reuse forever, worldwide, even after you delete it or leave. (The clause applies to user submissions; B2B visitors rarely post, so practical impact is limited.)
"you grant TI a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media."
Texas Instruments Terms of Use (Section 6, 'Information You Post or Submit')
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TI's policy acknowledges that your data (including purchase details and the preference profiles it builds on you) is 'sold' or 'shared' with advertisers, analytics firms, and social networks for behavioral advertising. You can opt out, and TI honors the Global Privacy Control browser signal — but the data flow exists by default.
The policy's disclosure table lists 'Advertising and marketing providers; Analytics providers; Social media networks' as recipients of 'Sales' or 'Sharing' (cross-context behavioral advertising) for identifiers (name, email, phone, IP address), commercial information (purchase details, payment card details), internet activity (clickstream, device/browser info), and inferences (a profile of your preferences). It states: 'You may also opt out of "sales" of personal data to third parties and "sharing" of personal data for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising by clicking here and following the instructions.'
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If you sue TI, it must be in Dallas County, Texas, under Texas law — wherever you live — and you waive any objection about that being an unfair forum. Note: there is NO forced arbitration and no class-action waiver here; disputes go to real courts, which is comparatively fair.
"Any claim relating to TI Services will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without reference to its conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute arising out of or related to your use of this site will be brought in, and you hereby consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in, the state and federal courts sitting in Dallas County, Texas. You agree to waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non-conveniens."
How these were found
Documents read on 2026-10-01 via direct text fetch from ti.com: 'Texas Instruments | Terms and conditions | Terms of use' (Effective Date: March 27, 2025) and 'Texas Instruments | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy' (no effective date printed on the page). Both fetches succeeded; no mirrors were needed. Quoted text is verbatim from the fetched pages. TI is a B2B semiconductor company; the site is largely informational, so findings are scored modestly and no score was padded to fill a quota. Scores reflect TI.com site terms/privacy, not the separate Terms of Sale or product-specific license agreements.
These notes come from the original draft and are not independent verification.