What Kik's terms say
Kik's terms of service and privacy policy have 34 rated points: 2 serious, 14 bad, 8 worth knowing and 10 good. 27 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 7 only once you have an account.
Whenever you use Kik
Bad 14
Location data may be collected, used and/or shared
This service may collect, use, and share location data
Where it says this ↗This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates
Where it says this ↗You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting
Where it says this ↗Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction
Where it says this ↗Your profile is combined across various products
Where it says this ↗This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation
Where it says this ↗Logs are kept for an undefined period of time
Where it says this ↗A secure, anonymized record of your data may be kept for analytical purposes after the data retention period ends
The service may keep a secure, anonymized record of your data for analytical purposes even after the data retention period
Where it says this ↗Some personal data may be kept for business interests or legal obligations
Where it says this ↗This service assumes no liability for unauthorized access to your personal information
Where it says this ↗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 merely from your usage.
Where it says this ↗Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising
Where it says this ↗Information is gathered about you through third parties
Where it says this ↗Many third parties are involved in operating the service
Where it says this ↗
Worth knowing 7
Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location
Where it says this ↗There is a date of the last update of the agreements
Where it says this ↗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
Where it says this ↗Do Not Track (DNT) headers are ignored and you are tracked anyway even if you set this header
Do Not Track (DNT) headers are ignored and you are tracked anyway even if you set this header.
Where it says this ↗The court of law governing the terms is in location X
The court of law governing the terms is in the United States
Where it says this ↗The terms may be changed at any time, but you will receive notification of the changes
Where it says this ↗This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents
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Where it says this ↗
Good 6
Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected
Information is provided about what kind of information they collect
Where it says this ↗Information is provided about how your personal data is used
Where it says this ↗Information is provided about security practices
Where it says this ↗You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data
Where it says this ↗The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users
Where it says this ↗The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users
Where it says this ↗
If you have a Kik account
Serious 2
Private messages can be read
Where it says this ↗This service holds onto content that you've deleted
Where it says this ↗
Worth knowing 1
Your content can be deleted if you violate the terms
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Where it says this ↗
Good 4
You can opt out of receiving promotional communications
You can opt out of promotional communications
Where it says this ↗You are informed about the risk of publishing personal info online
Where it says this ↗You can retrieve an archive of your data
Where it says this ↗You can delete your content from this service
Where it says this ↗
The documents
Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.