This is the first version of the Longitudinal Digital Terms Corpus (LDT Corpus), a curated collection of terms of use (TOUs) documents from fifty digital platforms. The LDT Corpus contains all of the available TOUs for each of the fifty platforms, beginning when the website or application was released and continuing through 2025.
Number of TOUs: 861
Platforms: Amazon, Bumble, Canva, CapCut, ChatGPT, Claude, Discord, eBay, FaceApp, Facebook, Fitbit, GoFundMe, Google, Grindr, Grok, Hinge, Inflection, Instagram, Jasper, Kickstarter, LinkedIn, Lyft, Match, Meetup, Mint, Mistral, MySpace, Nextdoor, PayPal, Perplexity, PersonalAI, Pinterest, PlayStation, Reddit, Shein, Snapchat, Spotify, Telegram, TikTok, Tinder, Tumblr, Twitch, Twitter, Uber, Venmo, WeChat, WhatsApp, Yahoo, YouTube, and Zoom.
Time series: 1999-2025
Project website: Coming soon!
A paper introducing the LDT Corpus in detail is forthcoming at the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies: Samples, T., Ireland, K., and Beelen, K. 2026. "Introducing a New Longitudinal Corpus of Digital Contracts, 1999-2025." Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (forthcoming), which is available on SSRN.
We welcome you to use the data. If you do, please: (1) consult the corpus documentation below; (2) cite/reference this project and the actual dataset; and (3) send us a note so that we include you in the research and output page of the project website.
The LDT Corpus is available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (which essentially means what we say above: please use it, but reference us).
Coming soon!
| Application | Number of TOUs |
Application Release |
TOU Range | Updates per Year |
Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 30 | 1995 | 2000-25 | 1.2 | eCommerce |
| Bumble | 15 | 2014 | 2014-25 | 1.36 | Dating |
| Canva | 24 | 2013 | 2013-25 | 2 | Productivity |
| CapCut | 7 | 2020 | 2020-25 | 1.4 | Social |
| ChatGPT | 8 | 2022 | 2021-25 | 2 | AI |
| Claude | 10 | 2023 | 2023-25 | 5 | AI |
| Discord | 8 | 2015 | 2015-25 | 0.8 | Social |
| eBay | 36 | 1995 | 1999-25 | 1.38 | eCommerce |
| FaceApp | 4 | 2017 | 2017-25 | 0.5 | Social |
| 35 | 2004 | 2004-25 | 1.67 | Social | |
| Fitbit | 13 | 2009 | 2009-25 | 0.81 | Health |
| GoFundMe | 51 | 2010 | 2010-25 | 3.4 | Fintech |
| 20 | 1998 | 1999-2025 | 0.76 | Search | |
| Grindr | 19 | 2009 | 2009-25 | 1.18 | Dating |
| Grok | 9 | 2023 | 2023-25 | 4.5 | AI |
| Hinge | 8 | 2013 | 2013-25 | 0.67 | Dating |
| Inflection | 4 | 2023 | 2023-25 | 2 | AI |
| 8 | 2010 | 2011-25 | 0.57 | Social | |
| Jasper | 9 | 2022 | 2022-25 | 3 | AI |
| Kickstarter | 8 | 2009 | 2009-25 | 0.5 | Fintech |
| 17 | 2003 | 2006-25 | 0.89 | Social | |
| Lyft | 16 | 2012 | 2013-25 | 1.33 | Travel |
| Match | 25 | 1995 | 2003-25 | 1.13 | Dating |
| Meetup | 11 | 2002 | 2002-25 | 0.47 | Social |
| Mint | 19 | 2007 | 2007-25 | 1.05 | Fintech |
| Mistral | 6 | 2023 | 2023-25 | 3 | AI |
| MySpace | 11 | 2003 | 2003-25 | 0.5 | Social |
| Nextdoor | 9 | 2011 | 2011-25 | 0.64 | Social |
| PayPal | 54 | 1999 | 2000-25 | 2.16 | Fintech |
| Perplexity | 2 | 2022 | 2024-25 | 2 | AI |
| PersonalAI | 5 | 2021 | 2020-25 | 1 | AI |
| 12 | 2010 | 2010-25 | 0.8 | Social | |
| Playstation | 22 | 2000 | 2000-25 | 0.88 | Gaming |
| 21 | 2005 | 2007-25 | 1.17 | Social | |
| Shein | 14 | 2015 | 2015-25 | 1.4 | eCommerce |
| Snapchat | 14 | 2011 | 2011-25 | 1 | Social |
| Spotify | 21 | 2008 | 2008-25 | 1.24 | Entertainment |
| Telegram | 5 | 2013 | 2011-25 | 0.36 | Social |
| TikTok | 5 | 2018 | 2018-25 | 0.71 | Social |
| Tinder | 6 | 2012 | 2013-25 | 0.5 | Dating |
| Tumblr | 20 | 2007 | 2007-25 | 1.11 | Social |
| Twitch | 27 | 2011 | 2009-25 | 1.68 | Social |
| 20 | 2006 | 2006-25 | 1.05 | Social | |
| Uber | 36 | 2010 | 2010-25 | 2.4 | Travel |
| Venmo | 46 | 2009 | 2008-25 | 2.71 | Fintech |
| 15 | 2012 | 2013-25 | 1.25 | Social | |
| 4 | 2009 | 2012-25 | 0.31 | Social | |
| Yahoo | 36 | 1995 | 2001-25 | 1.5 | Search |
| YouTube | 16 | 2005 | 2005-25 | 0.8 | Social |
| Zoom | 20 | 2013 | 2012-25 | 1.54 | Productivity |