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What Fandom's terms say

D privacy grade · fandom.com · News & reference

Fandom's terms of service and privacy policy have 36 rated points: 0 serious, 16 bad, 10 worth knowing and 10 good. 34 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 2 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use Fandom

Bad 15

  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

    This service gathers information about you through third parties

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  • 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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  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

    This service uses third-party cookies for statistics

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

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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

    The service can sell or otherwise transfer your personal data as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction.

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

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  • You may be tracked on other websites

    This service tracks you on other websites

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  • Extra data may be collected about you through promotions

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

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

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  • Your profile is combined across various products

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  • Many different types of personal data are collected

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

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

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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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Worth knowing 10

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

    This service ignores the Do Not Track (DNT) header and tracks users anyway even if they set this header.

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  • First-party cookies are used

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  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

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  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

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  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

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  • 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

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  • You should revisit the terms periodically, although in case of material changes, the service will notify

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

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

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Good 9

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

    The service provides information about how they intend to use your personal data

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  • Information is provided about how your personal data is collected

    The service provides information about how they collect personal data

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  • You will be notified if personal data has been affected by data breaches

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

    Information is provided about what kind of information they collect

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

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  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

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

    Your personal data is not sold

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

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  • Contact information from a Data Protection Officer (DPO) is provided

With an account

If you have a Fandom account

Bad 1

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

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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.