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Granola

Granola operates through a workspace model where a 'Customer' (like your employer) controls your access and data. The company disclaims most liability and limits damages to $100 maximum. Users have minimal direct recourse since the Customer controls most aspects of data and account management.

TOS reviewed:September 2026
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The Bottom Line

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Granola operates through a workspace model where a 'Customer' (like your employer) controls your access and data. The company disclaims most liability and limits damages to $100 maximum. Users have minimal direct recourse since the Customer controls most aspects of data and account management.

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Notable Clauses

Account Termination for Any ViolationProhibited UsesVERIFIED

“We may directly step in and take what we determine to be appropriate action (including disabling your account) if Customer does not take appropriate action or we believe there is a credible risk of harm to us, the Services, Authorized Users, or any third parties.”

Translation: They can disable your account if they think there's any credible risk of harm, which is pretty subjective.
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No Liability for Customer ActionsCustomer ResponsibilitiesVERIFIED

“AS BETWEEN US AND CUSTOMER, YOU AGREE THAT IT IS SOLELY CUSTOMER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO (A) INFORM YOU AND ANY AUTHORIZED USERS OF ANY RELEVANT CUSTOMER POLICIES AND PRACTICES AND ANY SETTINGS THAT MAY IMPACT THE PROCESSING OF CUSTOMER DATA; (B) OBTAIN ANY RIGHTS, PERMISSIONS OR CONSENTS FROM YOU AND A...”

Translation: Granola puts all responsibility on the Customer to inform you about data policies - they won't tell you directly how your data is being used.
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Damage Cap at $100Liability LimitationsVERIFIED

“OUR MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY BREACH OF THE USER TERMS IS ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) IN THE AGGREGATE.”

Translation: Even if Granola seriously messes up, the most they'll pay you is $100 total.
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Complete Liability DisclaimerLiability LimitationsVERIFIED

“GRANOLA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO YOU RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR ANY CUSTOMER DATA, WHICH ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.”

Translation: Granola disclaims all responsibility if their service doesn't work, loses your data, or causes problems.
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Must Contact Customer to LeaveAccount TerminationVERIFIED

“Please contact Customer if you at any time or for any reason wish to terminate your account, your access to the Customer's Workspace, and/or your access to the Service, as an Authorized User of the Customer.”

Translation: You can't directly delete your own account - you have to ask the Customer (like your boss) to do it for you.
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Customer Controls Your Data and AccessWorkspace and Customer RelationshipVERIFIED

“Customer may provision or deprovision your access to the Services, Workspace, or Customer Data, enable or disable third-party integrations, manage permissions, retention and export settings, transfer, assign or consolidate Workspaces, including the Customer Data, and these choices and instructions m...”

Translation: The Customer (like your employer) can delete all your data or cut off your access without needing your permission.
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Protect Yourself

ACTIONABLE

Settings and actions you can take to limit your exposure

HIGH IMPACT

Export Your Data Before Leaving

Since the Customer controls data retention and you can't directly delete your account, export important meeting notes and data before your access changes

How to do it:
  1. Contact your workspace administrator about data export options
  2. Save important meeting notes locally or to personal cloud storage
  3. Screenshot or copy critical information you might need later
MEDIUM IMPACT

Understand Your Workspace Permissions

Since the Customer controls all settings, know what permissions you have and what data might be shared

How to do it:
  1. Ask your workspace admin about data retention policies
  2. Check what integrations are enabled in your workspace
  3. Find out if meetings are being recorded and where recordings are stored
MEDIUM IMPACT

Keep Personal and Work Data Separate

Since you have limited control over workspace data, avoid mixing personal information with work content

How to do it:
  1. Use work email only for work-related meetings
  2. Don't include personal information in meeting notes
  3. Keep personal meeting schedules in separate apps

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Disclaimer: The clauses shown above are excerpts from publicly available Terms of Service documents. Ratings and severity levels reflect community and AI assessment, not legal advice, factual claims, or determinations about a company's legality or intent. Clauses marked “VERIFIED” have been confirmed as exact quotes from the source document. Clauses marked “AI-extracted” were identified by AI and may contain errors. Always verify against the original TOS.

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