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What npm's terms say

C privacy grade · npmjs.com · Tech & telecom

npm's terms of service and privacy policy have 36 rated points: 2 serious, 8 bad, 11 worth knowing and 15 good. 28 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 8 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use npm

Serious 1

  • Your personal information may be collected, regardless of whether you interacted directly with the service or not

    They store data on you even if you did not interact with the service

Bad 8

  • Referring and/or exit pages are tracked

    This service tracks which web page referred you to it

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

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

  • Extra data may be collected about you through promotions

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

  • You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels

  • 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

Worth knowing 7

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

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

  • First-party cookies are used

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

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

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

  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

  • 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.

Good 12

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

  • The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

  • 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

  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is collected

    Information is provided about how they collect personal data

  • A free help desk is provided

  • This service claims that your personal data is not being sold

    Your personal data is not sold

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

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

  • No third-party analytics or tracking platforms are used

  • Location data will not be collected, used or shared

    This service does not collect, use, or share location data

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

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

    Information is provided about what kind of information they collect

With an account

If you have a npm account

Serious 1

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

Worth knowing 4

  • You must create an account to use this service

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

  • You cannot delete your contributions, but it makes sense for this service

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

    This service is only available to users over 16 years old

Good 3

  • You have the right to leave this service at any time

  • 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

  • You can choose the copyright license

The documents

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