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What Balena's terms say

F privacy grade · balena.io · Tech & telecom

Balena's terms of service and privacy policy have 75 rated points: 2 serious, 24 bad, 32 worth knowing and 17 good. 55 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 20 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use Balena

Serious 1

  • Your personal information may be collected, regardless of whether you interacted directly with the service or not

    Your data is collected even if you did not interact with the service directly

Bad 21

  • The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is less friendly to user privacy protection

  • You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels

  • Extra data may be collected about you through promotions

  • Certain features may be throttled

    Your use is throttled

  • No guarantee is made regarding the correction of software errors

    The service does not guarantee that software errors will be corrected

  • You may be tracked on other websites

  • Location data may be collected, used and/or shared

  • This service assumes no liability for unauthorized access to your personal information

  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

  • You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

  • Your profile is combined across various products

  • This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation

  • Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising

  • Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction

  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

  • Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

  • Some personal data may be kept for business interests or legal obligations

  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

  • Many different types of personal data are collected

  • Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you

Worth knowing 22

  • Do Not Track (DNT) headers are ignored and you are tracked anyway even if you set this header

    Do Not Track (DNT) headers are ignored and you are tracked anyway even if you set this header.

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  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

  • No guarantee is given regarding quality

  • Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision

  • There is a date of the last update of the agreements

  • This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents

  • The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

  • The service can stop being provided at any time

    They may stop providing the service at any time

  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

  • No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

    The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

  • The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs

  • The court of law governing the terms is in location X

  • This service informs you that its Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party services

  • Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

  • [DEPRECATED] The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers

    The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers

  • This service assumes no responsibility and liability for the contents of links to other websites

  • This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation

  • The terms may be changed at any time, but you will receive notification of the changes

  • This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet your expectations or requirements

  • No guarantee is made reguarding the accuracy and/or reliability of the information provided

    The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided

  • First-party cookies are used

Good 11

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

  • Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is collected

  • The data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes

  • You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

  • Information is provided about security practices

  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

  • This service claims that your personal data is not being sold

    Your personal data is not sold

  • The service reviews its Privacy Policy on a regular basis

  • Features of the service are available under a free software and/or open source license

    Features of the service are made available under a free software license

  • A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data

With an account

If you have a Balena account

Serious 1

  • Specific content can be deleted without reason and may be removed without prior notice

Bad 3

  • You must provide your legal name, pseudonyms are not allowed

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  • Your account can be deleted or permanently suspended without prior notice and without a reason

  • Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication

Worth knowing 10

  • Alternative accounts are not allowed

  • You authorise the service to charge a credit card supplied on re-occurring basis

  • The posting of pornographic content is prohibited

  • You are prohibited from sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages

  • This service is only available to users over a certain age

  • No refunds will be issued

    The service has a no refund policy

  • Your content can be deleted if you violate the terms

  • You agree not to submit libelous, harassing or threatening content

  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

Good 6

  • You have the right to leave this service at any time

  • Your account may be suspended and/or terminated for breaching the Terms of Service

    User accounts can be terminated after having been in breach of the Terms of Service repeatedly

  • You maintain ownership of your content

  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

  • You can retrieve an archive of your data

  • You can delete your content from this service

The documents

Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.