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What Electronic Frontier Foundation's terms say

B privacy grade · eff.org · News & reference

Electronic Frontier Foundation's terms of service and privacy policy have 34 rated points: 0 serious, 8 bad, 11 worth knowing and 15 good. 33 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 1 only once you have an account.

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Bad 8

  • Your data is processed and stored in a country that is less friendly to user privacy protection

    Your data is processed and stored in a country that is less friendly to user privacy protection (USA)

    Where it says this ↗
  • Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

  • 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

  • Extra data may be collected about you through promotions

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

  • You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels

Worth knowing 11

  • The terms for this service are translated into different languages

  • Other rules, terms, conditions and/or guidelines may apply

    Other applicable rules, terms, conditions or guidelines

  • 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

  • First-party cookies are used

  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

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

  • 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

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

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

Good 14

  • The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

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

    Your personal data is not sold

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

    Information is provided about what kind of information they collect

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

  • Only necessary logs are kept by the service to ensure quality

  • A list of all cookies used by the service is provided

    A list of all cookies set by the website is provided

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

  • 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

  • Your information is only shared with third parties when given specific consent

  • The service will try to inform and/or notify you regarding government inquiries that may involve your personal information

    The service promises to inform and/or notify you regarding government inquiries that may involve your personal data

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

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

  • This service provides a list of third parties involved in its operation

    This Service provides a list of Third Parties involved in its operation.

  • Archives of their agreements are provided so that changes can be viewed over time

With an account

If you have a Electronic Frontier Foundation account

Good 1

  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

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