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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

Third-party cookies are used for advertising
Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user
This service tracks you on other websites
The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason
Voice data is collected and shared with third-parties

Grade E

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

Wikipedia

Grade B

Users have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service
The service will resist legal requests for user information where reasonably possible
Archives of their agreements are provided so that changes can be viewed over time
Information is provided about how they collect personal data
User feedback is invited regarding changes to the terms.

DuckDuckGo

Grade C

Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent merely from your usage.
No need to register
You can delete your account and Duck Addresses
This service provides an onion site accessible over Tor
The service makes critical changes to its terms without user involvement

YouTube

Grade E

This service collects your IP address for location use

Khan Academy

Grade D

The service can delete specific content without prior notice and without a reason
Tracking via third-party cookies for other purposes without your consent.
The service collects many different types of personal data
This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations
The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason

Quora

Grade D

They store data on you even if you did not interact with the service
This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations
Tracking via third-party cookies for other purposes including advertising
This service tracks you on other websites
This service gathers information about you through third parties

Blizzard

Grade E

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 C

You are not being tracked
You can access most of the pages on the service's website without revealing any personal information
Your personal data is not shared with third parties
No need to register
The service is open-source

PayPal

Grade E

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 E

This service tracks you on other websites
The service may use tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting on users.
Your personal data is given to third parties
This service assumes no liability for any losses or damages resulting from any matter relating to the service
You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

CNN

Grade E

The service can delete specific content without prior notice and without a reason
The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason
Users have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service
This service assumes no liability for unauthorized access to your personal information
The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at the users' sole risk

Apple Services

Grade C

Content you post may be edited by the service for any reason
The service can delete specific content without reason and may do it without prior notice
Many different types of personal data are collected
Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user
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.