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What CachyOS's terms say

B privacy grade · cachyos.org · Tech & telecom

CachyOS's terms of service and privacy policy have 39 rated points: 2 serious, 4 bad, 18 worth knowing and 15 good. 24 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 15 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use CachyOS

Bad 2

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

  • Referring and/or exit pages are tracked

    This service tracks which web page referred you to it

Worth knowing 11

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

  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

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

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

  • Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder

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

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

    There is a date of the last update of the Privacy Policy

  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

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

Good 11

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

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

  • You can access most of the pages on the service's website without revealing any personal information

  • You aren’t forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is collected

    Information is provided about how they collect personal data

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

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

  • The service claims that third parties it shares your personal information with are bound by confidentiality obligations

    Third parties used by the service are bound by confidentiality obligations

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

  • Information is provided about security practices

  • The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

  • You can limit how your information is used by third parties and the service

    You can limit how your information is used by third-parties and the service

With an account

If you have a CachyOS account

Serious 2

  • Content you post may be edited by the service for any reason

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

Bad 2

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

  • A license is kept on user-generated content even after you close your account

Worth knowing 7

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

  • Minors must have the authorization of their legal guardians to use the service

  • You must create an account to use this service

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

  • You cannot delete your contributions, but it makes sense for this service

  • This service will continue using anonymized user-generated content after erasure of personal information

  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

Good 4

  • Content is published under a free license instead of a bilateral one

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

  • You can choose with whom you share content

  • You can retrieve an archive of your data

The documents

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