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What Foursquare's terms say

F privacy grade · foursquare.com · Travel & local

Foursquare's terms of service and privacy policy have 61 rated points: 3 serious, 21 bad, 25 worth knowing and 12 good. 41 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 20 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use Foursquare

Serious 1

  • Your personal data is used for automated decision-making, profiling or AI training

    "We may use your personal data for the following purposes: [...]"

Bad 17

  • Certain features may be throttled

  • You have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service

    You have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service (1 year)

  • You shall not interfere with another person's enjoyment of the service

  • No guarantee is made regarding the correction of software errors

    The service does not guarantee that software errors will be corrected

  • The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is less friendly to user privacy protection

    The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is less friendly to user privacy protection (New York, U.S.A.)

    Note: This only applies to Users outside of the European Economic Area (EEA)

  • You waive your right to a class action

    Note: This only applies to Users outside of the European Economic Area (EEA)

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

  • Users can be fined for Terms of Service violations

    Service fines users for Terms of Service violations

    "Foursquare may, if it develops a reasonable suspicion of any violation of this Policy, without limiting other available remedies and without liability: [...]"

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

  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

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

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

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

  • Your personal data may be sold unless you opt out

  • Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

  • This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates

Worth knowing 16

  • 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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  • The service can stop being provided at any time

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

  • 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

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

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

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

    Note: This only applies to Users outside of the European Economic Area (EEA)

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

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

  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

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

  • Instructions are provided on how to submit a copyright claim

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

  • First-party cookies are used

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

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

    "We may use your personal data for the following purposes: [...]"

Good 7

  • The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

  • You can opt out of targeted advertising

  • Personal information that is shared outside its jurisdiction is processed according to the original jurisdiction’s data protection standards

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

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

With an account

If you have a Foursquare account

Serious 2

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

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

Bad 4

  • 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

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

  • Your content can be licensed to third parties

Worth knowing 9

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

    This service is only available to users over 18 years old

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

  • No refunds will be issued

    The service has a no refund policy

  • Your content can be distributed through any media known now or in the future

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

    "Prohibited activities, content, or products include, but are not necessarily limited to, that which are, or relate to: [...]"

  • 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

  • The posting of pornographic content is prohibited

    "Prohibited activities, content, or products include, but are not necessarily limited to, that which are, or relate to: [...]"

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

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

    "Prohibited activities, content, or products include, but are not necessarily limited to, that which are, or relate to: [...]"

Good 5

  • You maintain ownership of your content

  • Your account may be suspended and/or terminated for breaching the Terms of Service

    User accounts can be terminated after having been in breach of the Terms of Service repeatedly

    "Foursquare may, if it develops a reasonable suspicion of any violation of this Policy, without limiting other available remedies and without liability: [...]"

  • If you are the target of a copyright holder's take down notice, this service gives you the opportunity to defend yourself

  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

  • The service has non-exclusive use of your content

The documents

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