What Amazon's terms say
Amazon's terms of service and privacy policy have 34 rated points: 1 serious, 13 bad, 10 worth knowing and 10 good. 29 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 5 only once you have an account.
Whenever you use Amazon
Bad 11
Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to you
Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user
Where it says this ↗Information is gathered about you through third parties
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Where it says this ↗Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you
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Where it says this ↗Your biometric data is collected
Your personal information is used for many different purposes
Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction
Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes
Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising
Third-party cookies are used for advertising
App required for this service requires broad device permissions
You may be tracked on other websites
This service tracks you on other websites
Worth knowing 9
This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation
This service can share your personal information to third parties
Where it says this ↗Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder
Where it says this ↗Third parties are involved in operating the service
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Where it says this ↗The service can stop being provided at any time
They may stop providing the service at any time
Amazon can cancel your account and remove content at any time.
Where it says this ↗The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs
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Where it says this ↗Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service
Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service
First-party cookies are used
Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics
Your personal data is aggregated into statistics
Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location
Good 9
This service claims that your personal data is not being sold
Your personal data is not sold
A free help desk is provided
A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data
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Where it says this ↗Information is provided about how your personal data is used
You can opt out of targeted advertising
You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data
The service reviews its Privacy Policy on a regular basis
The service reviews its privacy policy on a regular basis
Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected
Information is provided about what kind of information they collect
If you have a Amazon account
Serious 1
Content you post may be edited by the service for any reason
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Where it says this ↗
Bad 2
Your account can be deleted or permanently suspended without prior notice and without a reason
The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason
Where it says this ↗Your provided identifiable information is actively checked by the service
Worth knowing 1
Political discussions or campaining are prohibited
Prohibits political discussions or campaigning
Full Quote: "You may post reviews, comments, photos, videos, and other content. send e-cards and other communications. and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights (including publicity rights), or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable, and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam" or unsolicited commercial electronic messages."
Where it says this ↗
Good 1
You can opt out of receiving promotional communications
You can opt out of promotional communications
The documents
- Acceptable Use Policy ↗ account holders
- Privacy Policy ↗
- Terms of Service ↗
- Amazon Silk FAQs ↗
- Saving Your Wi-Fi Passwords to Amazon FAQs ↗
- Generative AI Development Disclosure ↗
- Backup and Restore FAQ ↗
- Location Services FAQ ↗
- Firefly FAQ ↗
Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.