Terms of Service for Developers Building Apps on Canva Platform
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The Canva Developer Terms is a legal agreement that governs developers' use of Canva's APIs, tools, and platform to create, distribute, and monetize apps integrated with Canva. It details requirements for app submission and approval, prohibited activities, ownership and licensing of content and apps, privacy obligations, termination rights, indemnification, and limitations of liability. Developers must comply with Canva's policies, including the Privacy Policy, and are granted limited licenses while providing broad licenses to Canva for app distribution and improvements.
Canva can suspend or terminate developer access and app distribution at any time without notice for any reason.
Developers must indemnify Canva against all claims arising from their apps, user content, or violations.
Canva has sole discretion to approve, reject, or remove apps without explanation.
Detailed submission process and SDKs provided to help developers build compliant apps.
Provisions for monetization through Canva's marketplace and revenue sharing.
Requires adherence to Canva's Privacy Policy and data protection laws, with tools for handling user data.
Spotify collects the following categories of personal data. High Risk categories are used for advertising profiling or involve sensitive personal information.
Automatic collection of usage metrics, errors, and performance data from apps.
Name, email, app details collected during registration.
Location, design files, and collaboration data accessed through approved APIs.
Your data serves the following purposes. Mandatory purposes cannot be disabled without canceling the service. Opt-out available purposes allow some user control.
Canva collects telemetry and analytics data from developer apps to improve the platform.
Developers must obtain consent for data collection from end-users via Canva integrations.
Account info, app metadata, and usage logs retained for service provision and compliance.
Spotify shares data with several categories of third parties. Sharing with advertising partners is extensive and represents the primary commercial use of your behavioral data.
Canva shares with affiliates and vendors for app hosting and support.
Aggregated app data shared with analytics providers.
End-user content shared only with developer consent via app permissions.
The following rights may be available to you depending on your region. EU/EEA users have the broadest protections under GDPR. Non-EU users have more limited guarantees.
Developers can access data necessary for their apps; end-users control via Canva settings.
Apps must honor user deletion requests; Canva enforces compliance.
Limited portability; developers must support export where feasible per privacy laws.
Data is retained for different periods depending on category, and security disclosures vary in depth. The policy highlights the following retention and transparency points.
Retention Periods
Data deleted within 30 days after termination unless required for legal reasons.
Billing and audit logs retained for 7 years.
Retained indefinitely for platform improvements.
Security & Transparency
Developers must implement reasonable security; Canva conducts platform audits.
Developers must notify Canva of breaches affecting platform data.
Compliance with GDPR, CCPA; encryption for API calls.
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Lists bans on malware, spam, illegal content, reverse engineering.
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High risk due to broad discretion in enforcement, potential account bans.
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Developers must comply with privacy laws and Canva Privacy Policy.
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Moderate risk; shifts compliance burden to developers.
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Developer indemnifies Canva for all third-party claims.
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High risk; unlimited liability for developers.
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Developer grants Canva perpetual license to app and content.
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Moderate risk; standard but broad license to platform owner.
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Apps must pass review; guidelines provided.
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Low risk; transparent process.
You need a Canva developer account, adherence to the Developer Terms, and use of Canva Connect APIs or Apps SDK.