What Gumtree's terms say

Bad 7

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

  Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user or GBP £100

• No guarantee is made regarding the correction of software errors

  The service does not guarantee that software errors will be corrected

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

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

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

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

• Third-party cookies are used for advertising

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• The service can stop being provided at any time

• No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

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

• You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

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

• 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

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

  The court of law governing the terms is in the U.K.

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

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

• First-party cookies are used

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

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

• This service cannot be held responsible for disputes that you may have with other users

Good 8

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

• Information is provided about how your personal data is used

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

• You can limit how your information is used by third parties and the service

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

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

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

• When the service wants to make a material change to its terms, you are notified at least 30 days in advance

Serious 1

• You waive your moral rights

Bad 2

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

• Your content can be licensed to third parties

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

  This service is only available to users over a 18 years old

• You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

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

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

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

• Your content can be deleted if you violate the terms

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

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

Good 4

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

• You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

• You can retrieve an archive of your data

• The service has non-exclusive use of your content