Wetransfer has issued an explanation that it would not use files uploaded by users to train Artificial Intelligence Models, when users criticized the company’s terms of their service conditions. Earlier this month, the file transfer service updated to explain the terms of its service to use Wetransfer AI to improve their content moderation and “reproduce, distribute, distribute, modify, modify, modify, modify, modify, distribute, distribute, modify”. The Wetransfer says that it has changed its terms again by removing references for the use of machine learning.
Wetransfer says it does not sell user material to third party
One in blog post On Tuesday, the stage tried to clarify it Terms of updated service It is ready to be implemented on 8 August. At that time, Section 6.3 of the document stated that the witrisoner users provided the company “worldwide, worldwide, non-unnatural, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensed licenses”, which would be used to operate, develop, develop and improve file transfer service.
Modified version of the terms of service of Wetransfeer (expulsion in red)
However, the updated conditions of the service also said that the license “to reproduce, distribute, modify, prepare, broadcast, publicly perform, perform publicly, demonstrate, perform and prepare” based on the original materials uploaded by users “to prepare, prepare, prepare”. Is described.
Many wetransfer customers, Interandum And creative professional, Expressing concern about revised termsAnd some said that they will do Stop using serviceAfter the user backlash, the company explained in its blog post that Section 6.2 (ownership of the content) of its terms of its service states that it does not claim ownership rights over the user content. Seva also stated that all “right, title and interest, all, are organized by the manufacturer of the material and their licenses, including all intellectual property rights.
How it is acceptable, @WetransferYou are not a free service, I paid * to transfer my large artwork files.
I do not give you the right to train, sell and distribute your artwork and install yourself as a commercial rival using your work to print, sell and distribute your artwork. pic.twitter.com/ohpijrggom
– Sara McIntire (@jabberworks) July 15, 2025
Meanwhile, the company has modified Section 6.3 of its service conditions, which removes the mention of the commercialization of the material and training machine learning models. It also removed the portion that allowed the company to modify or reuse user materials without compensating the creators.
The Wetransfer says that the handling of the material remains unchanged on the platform even after the new terms of service next month. The platform says that the part of the words mentioning machine learning was due to “the possibility of using AI to improve the material moderation”, but also said that such feature does not exist at this time.
While the company was forced into a climb due to the user backlash after a change in the terms of its service, the problem highlights how online platforms can quickly get access to user data by modifying the terms of their service. Like companies Dropbox And Adobe had to issue clarification In 2023 and 2024, in relation to reaching user material respectively.
