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Facebook

Grade E

Facebook stores your data whether you have an account or not.
This service can view your browser history
Deleted content is not really deleted
Tracking via third-party cookies for advertising
This service tracks you on other websites

Amazon

Grade E

Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user
The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason
This service can share your personal information to third parties
personal data is given to third parties
The service uses your personal data for advertising

Grade C

You sign away moral rights
Tracking via third-party cookies for other purposes without your consent.
This service tracks which web page referred you to it
This service keeps a license on user-generated content even after users close their accounts.
This service can license user content to third parties

Blizzard

Grade D

This service tracks you on other websites
This service can license user content to third parties
This service forces users into binding arbitration in the case of disputes
You waive your right to a class action.
The copyright license maintained by the service over user data and/or content is broader than necessary.

Tor Project

Grade A

You are not being tracked
Logs of the Forum are deleted within a month at most
You can access most of the pages on the service's website without revealing any personal information
You can access most of the pages on the service's website without revealing any personal information
If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner

PayPal

Grade C

You waive your moral rights
Your information is only shared with third parties when given specific consent
This service does not force users into binding arbitration
You must create an account to use this service
This service requires first-party cookies

Startpage

Grade A

You are not being tracked
The service will resist legal requests for your information where reasonably possible
The cookies used by this service do not contain information that would personally identify you
IP addresses of website visitors are not tracked
You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

wikiHow

Grade N/A

Specific content can be deleted without reason and may be removed without prior notice
This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation
This service tracks you on other websites
Your account can be deleted or permanently suspended without prior notice and without a reason
Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage.

Apple Services

Grade C

Content you post may be edited by the service for any reason
Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user
Many different types of personal data are collected
If you offer suggestions to the service, they become the owner of the ideas that you give them
Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you

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How it works

ToS;DR aims to provide easy-to-understand summaries of Privacy Policies and Terms of Service through a transparent and peer-reviewed process.

Terms of service are reviewed by volunteer contributors, who highlight small points that we can discuss, compare and ultimately assign a score: "good", "neutral", "bad", and scariest of all, "blocker".

Once a service has enough points to assess the fairness of their terms, we use a formula to provide ratings from Grade A to Grade E:

Grade A — The terms of service treat you fairly, respect your rights, and will not abuse your data.
Grade B — The terms of service are fair towards the user but they could be improved.
Grade C — The terms of service are okay but some issues need your consideration.
Grade D — The terms of service are very uneven, or there are some important issues that need your attention.
Grade E — The terms of service raise very serious concerns.
No Grade Yet — Not enough information exists to accurately grade this service yet.

Right now you will notice that many services do not yet have a grade assigned. This is where you come in! Help us analyse more documents so that we may increase our coverage.