Some personal data may be kept for business interests or legal obligations
After the end of the data retention period and/or if you request the deletion of your data, they may still keep it for business interests (fraud detection, transactions...) or legal obligations (tax, legal reporting...)
Information is gathered about you through third parties
This Service may employ, either identifiable or non-identifiable, data collection from third party sources about you.
This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation
Your personal data is or may be given to third parties essential to the service’s operation. This could be an external spam detection service for an internet forum.
Inconvenient process for obtaining personal data
This applies to cases where obtaining personal data requires sending a written letter by mail or is otherwise more complicated and time consuming than necessary.
You are not being tracked
The document excerpt needs to include the words "[the service] does not track [users]" or "[the service] does not use any tracking technology".
The service will resist legal requests for your information where reasonably possible
The service will attempt to protect user information to a great extent, even so far as stating that they will only follow legal requirements to disclose user information in circumstances where this cannot be reasonably resisted.
You can access most of the pages on the service's website without revealing any personal information
The service does not require users to reveal personal information for most of its website. However, it may still collect anonymous logs.
Only necessary logs are kept by the service to ensure quality
Logs are text files containing some information about web visitors, such as user agents (showing for instance that you're connecting from Firefox for Android) and ip addresses (which reveal your approximate location). This case applies to Services that only keep the strictly necessary logs on their servers and therefore protect your privacy.
IP addresses of website visitors are not tracked
The Service disclaims that IP adresses from users are not collected (or anonymized) nor shared.
You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data
Users have the right to access personal data hold by the Service, correct it and/or permanently delete it. This usually applies to Services GDPR compliants.
The data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes
The service will remove personal data from its systems once it is no longer required. Depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected, data retention periods will vary.
The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is friendlier to user privacy protection
The Terms are governed by the applicable laws of a jurisdiction known for protecting citizens privacy with strong data regulations. Usually contributors will need to explain in the Analysis view of each point linked to this Case why the jurisdiction is friendly to user privacy protection.
Your personal data will not be used for an automated decision-making
The service promises not to use your personal data for automated decision-making, including profiling.
When the service wants to make a material change to its terms, you are notified at least 30 days in advance
The service may update the Terms without notice, but if they significantly change the agreements in a manner that importantly and/or negatively affects the way the service is used, users will be notified at least 30 days in advance.
An onion site accessible over Tor is provided
Tor is a software for anonymous communication that directs Internet traffic through an overlay network. Onion sites are only available through Tor browser and provide additional security and anonymity to users.
A list of all cookies set by the website is provided
The service provides users with a complete list of all first and third party cookies its website sets and an explanation of their uses. This information can be valuable for users to make an informed choice whether to allow those cookies.
You are informed about the risk of publishing personal info online
A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data
The service provides users with contact information for an internal or external structure to lodge complaints. It also provides users with contact information for a higher data protection / privacy office in case the internal mechanism fails to satisfy the user.
Information is provided about what kind of information they collect
The Privacy Policy describes in detail the data collected through the website and through the services provided.
You will be notified if personal data has been affected by data breaches
Should the personal information of a service be compromised, the service will inform users if any personal data has been affected by data breaches. This case is also related to privacy.
The service explains how to prevent disclosure of personal information to third parties
No third-party analytics or tracking platforms are used
There are no Google Analytics or other tracking codes embedded in the service. Any tracking is performed by the service itself.
The service does not use any third-party advertising services
The service does not put any paid third party advertisements on their platform
Third parties used by the service are bound by confidentiality obligations
The Third Parties accessing your personal information must keep it confidential and only use it for limited purposes.
An anonymous payment method is offered
Some services allow payments via cryptocurrencies, so that users don’t need to reveal their identity to payment processors.
An anonymous payment method is offered
Some services allow payments via cryptocurrencies, so that users don’t need to reveal their identity to payment processors.
The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users
The service has a different behavior towards users protected by the GDPR.
The terms for this service are easy to read
The Agreements are well-organised, define legal terms (where applicable), aren't needlessly long and may be pleasant to read.
A free help desk is provided
The service can be easily contacted for questions or provides a support center at no extra cost.
There is a date of the last update of the agreements
The given text has a date that allows to know when it was last updated.
The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service
The service provider expressly does not claim to provide uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service.
You must create an account to use this service
You must provide the service with your information in order to use it
The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk
This service does not provide any guarantees as to its usability or fitness for the users' purposes. Users agree to use it at their own risk, accepting any possible bugs, malfunctions or harm to their devices.
The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided
This service makes no warranty regarding the accuracy or reliability of any information that is given on its website or the results that may be obtained from the use of the service.
You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account
You are responsible for protecting the confidentiality of your password and for maintaining the security of your account. Any activity occurring under your account is your responsibility, whether authorized by you or not.
First-party cookies are used
First-party cookies only belong to the domain of the service and not a third party.
Third parties are involved in operating the service
The court of law governing the terms is in location X
The Terms are governed by the applicable laws of a jurisdiction (specified in the title of each point by replacing the "X").