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What CompTIA's terms say

F privacy grade · comptia.org · Learning

CompTIA's terms of service and privacy policy have 63 rated points: 2 serious, 24 bad, 34 worth knowing and 3 good. 45 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 18 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use CompTIA

Bad 19

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

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  • This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates

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  • Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to you

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

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

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

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  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

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

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

    This service may collect, use, and share location data

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  • Referring and/or exit pages are tracked

    This service tracks which web page referred you to it

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  • Certain features may be throttled

    Your use is throttled

  • Per the service's terms, you may not express negative opinions about them

  • You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels

  • No guarantee is made regarding the correction of software errors

    The service does not guarantee that software errors will be corrected

  • Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

  • If you offer suggestions to the service, they become the owner of the ideas that you give them

  • You are forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

  • You waive your right to a class action

    You waive your right to a class action.

  • The service is only available in some countries approved by its government

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  • First-party cookies are used

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  • Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

    Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

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  • Spidering, crawling, or accessing the site through any automated means is not allowed

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

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

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

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  • You are prohibited from attempting to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems

  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

  • The service can stop being provided at any time

    They may stop providing the service at any time

  • This service informs you that its Terms of Service does not apply to third-party services

    This service informs you that its Terms of Service does not apply to third party websites

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

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

    The service informs you that its privacy policy does not apply to third party websites

  • 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

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

  • 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

  • You are responsible for any risks, damages, or losses that may incur by downloading materials

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

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

  • Instructions are provided on how to submit a copyright claim

  • The terms for this service are translated into different languages

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

    The court of law governing the terms is in Illinois, U.S.A.

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

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

  • You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of the service

Good 1

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

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With an account

If you have a CompTIA account

Serious 2

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

  • Private messages can be read

Bad 5

  • 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

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

  • Prices and fees may be changed at any time, without notice to you

  • Your content can be licensed to third parties

Worth knowing 9

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

  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

  • You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security

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

  • If you are the target of a copyright claim, your content and/or your account may be removed

    If you are the target of a copyright claim, your content may be removed

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

  • The posting of pornographic content is prohibited

  • No refunds will be issued

    The service has a no refund policy

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

Good 2

  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

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  • The service has non-exclusive use of your content

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