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What Mod DB's terms say

C privacy grade · moddb.com · Gaming

Mod DB's terms of service and privacy policy have 45 rated points: 0 serious, 16 bad, 13 worth knowing and 16 good. 41 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 4 only once you have an account.

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Bad 16

  • 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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  • Logs are kept for an undefined period of time

    This service keeps user logs for an undefined period of time

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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.

    Created by Docbot version v3

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  • 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.

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

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  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

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  • Many different types of personal data are collected

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  • Many third parties are involved in operating the service

  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

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  • You may be tracked on other websites

    This service tracks you on other websites

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

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  • You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels

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

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  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

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

  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

Worth knowing 11

  • 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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  • The terms may be changed at any time, but you will receive notification of the changes

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  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

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

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

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

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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

  • 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

Good 14

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

    You can request access and deletion of personal data

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  • The data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes

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  • The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

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  • A free help desk is provided

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  • The service claims that third parties it shares your personal information with are bound by confidentiality obligations

    Third parties used by the service are bound by confidentiality obligations

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  • You can opt out of targeted advertising

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  • Information is provided about security practices

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  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

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  • 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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  • A list of all cookies used by the service is provided

    A list of all cookies set by the website is provided

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

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

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

  • This service provides a list of third parties involved in its operation

    This Service provides a list of Third Parties involved in its operation.

With an account

If you have a Mod DB account

Worth knowing 2

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

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

    This service is only available to users over 13 years old

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Good 2

  • You can retrieve an archive of your data

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  • 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.