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What Open Food Facts's terms say

B privacy grade · openfoodfacts.org · Health & lifestyle

Open Food Facts's terms of service and privacy policy have 26 rated points: 0 serious, 1 bad, 11 worth knowing and 14 good. 17 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 9 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use Open Food Facts

Bad 1

  • Your profile is combined across various products

Worth knowing 7

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

    The court of law governing the terms is in France

  • No guarantee is made reguarding the accuracy and/or reliability of the information provided

    The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided

  • The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

  • The terms for this service are translated into different languages

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

  • First-party cookies are used

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

  • You are allowed to quote their content with attribution

Good 9

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

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

  • The service will try to inform and/or notify you regarding government inquiries that may involve your personal information

  • The service will only respond to government requests that are reasonable

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

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

  • Logs are deleted after a finite period of time

    Logs are deleted after 3 years

  • The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is friendlier to user privacy protection

    The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is friendlier to user privacy protection (France)

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

With an account

If you have a Open Food Facts account

Worth knowing 4

  • You must keep your information up to date and accurate

  • This service will continue using anonymized user-generated content after erasure of personal information

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

  • Your content can be deleted if you violate the terms

Good 5

  • Content is published under a free license instead of a bilateral one

  • Pseudonyms are allowed

  • You maintain ownership of your content

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

  • You can retrieve an archive of your data

The documents

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