What Open Food Facts's terms say
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.
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
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.