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What LiveJournal's terms say

C privacy grade · livejournal.com · Social & messaging

LiveJournal's terms of service and privacy policy have 25 rated points: 2 serious, 3 bad, 14 worth knowing and 6 good. 15 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 10 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use LiveJournal

Bad 2

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

  • 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 (Russian Federation)

Worth knowing 9

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

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

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

    Spidering, crawling, or accessing the site through any automated means is not allowed without permission

  • Harming minors in any ways is prohibited

  • The terms for this service are translated into different languages

    The terms for this service are translated into different languages (Russian, English)

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

    The court of law governing the terms is in the Russian Federation

  • This service is a subsidiary of Company X

    This service is a subsidiary of Rambler & Co

  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

Good 4

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

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

  • You aren’t forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

  • Third parties are not allowed to access your personal information without a legal basis

With an account

If you have a LiveJournal account

Serious 2

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

  • Political discussions which are against the government-advocated value are prohibited

Bad 1

  • Usernames can be rejected or changed for any reason

Worth knowing 5

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

    This service is only available to users aged 14 and above

    This service is only available to users aged 14 and above

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

  • The service suspends your account after inactivity for a certain or uncertain time

    The service suspends your account after inactivity for 2 years

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

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

Good 2

  • The service has non-exclusive use 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

The documents

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