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What Pillowfort's terms say

C privacy grade · pillowfort.social · Social & messaging

Pillowfort's terms of service and privacy policy have 12 rated points: 1 serious, 2 bad, 2 worth knowing and 7 good. 6 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 6 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use Pillowfort

Bad 1

  • Your personal information is used for many different purposes

    This service uses your personal information for many different purposes

    The privacy policy states "Pillowfort may use information you provide and that we collect to: Research and development related to the services, such as communicating with you about surveys or questionnaires related to improving the Services; Provide you with notifications updates, security alerts, user violations, moderator messages, IP infringement concerns, and other related matters; Protecting the safety of the Services’ users and enforcing the Pillowfort Terms of Service and Content and Conduct Rules; Analyze and fix any technical problems with the Services or your Account; Monitor and analyze usage of and activities on the Services; Personalize the Services; and Provide customer support."

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Worth knowing 2

Good 3

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

    Your personal data is not sold

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

    The service promises to inform and/or notify you regarding government inquiries that may involve your personal data

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  • Do Not Track (DNT) headers are respected

    This service respects your browser's Do Not Track (DNT) headers

    Privacy policy states "Do Not Track. Most browsers also allow you to change the browser settings to send a “Do Not Track” request to websites you visit."

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With an account

If you have a Pillowfort account

Serious 1

Bad 1

  • You must provide your legal name, pseudonyms are not allowed

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Good 4

  • You can choose with whom you share content

    From the Features section of their landing page: "Control how others interact with text, images/gifs/photosets, video, and audio as well as how your post can be shared--and if other users can comment. Every post has the option to be visible to everyone, visible by your followers or visible only to yourself."

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

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  • You maintain ownership of your content

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  • The service has non-exclusive use of your content

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