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What El País's terms say

D privacy grade · elpais.com · News & reference

El País's terms of service and privacy policy have 22 rated points: 0 serious, 8 bad, 11 worth knowing and 3 good. 17 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 5 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use El País

Bad 8

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

    The service may use tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting on users.

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  • 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

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

    This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations

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  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

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

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

    "EDICIONES EL PAIS se reserva el derecho de retirar todos aquellos comentarios y aportaciones [...] que, a su juicio, no resultaran adecuados para su publicación." The service reserves the right to delete content that isn't appropriate, in its sole discretion, which means they can delete content criticizing them.

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  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

    This service may use your personal information for marketing purposes

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

    This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not involved in its operation

    Data sharing with marketing partners

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Worth knowing 6

  • 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

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  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

    Users agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

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  • Harming minors in any ways is prohibited

    Prohibits harming minors in any ways

    Full quote: "EDICIONES EL PAIS se reserva el derecho de retirar todos aquellos comentarios y aportaciones que vulneren el respeto a la dignidad de la persona, que sean discriminatorios, xenófobos, racistas, pornográficos, que atenten contra la juventud o la infancia"

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  • 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

    Full quote: "EDICIONES EL PAIS no se hace responsable, en ningún caso, de los daños y perjuicios de cualquier naturaleza que pudieran ocasionar, a título enunciativo: [...] falta de disponibilidad del portal"

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

    This service collects your IP address, which can be used to view your approximate location

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

    The court of law governing the terms is in Spain

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Good 3

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

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

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  • Third parties are not allowed to access your personal information without a legal basis

    The service will not allow third parties to access your personal information without a legal basis

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With an account

If you have a El País account

Worth knowing 5

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

    This service is only available to users over 14 years of age

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  • The posting of pornographic content is prohibited

    Prohibits the posting of pornographic content

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  • You are prohibited from posting content which promotes violence or politically or religiously extremist values

    Prohibits the posting of content which promotes or glorifies violence or politically or religiously extremist values.

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  • Your account can be suspended for several reasons

    The service can suspend your account for several reasons

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

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The documents

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