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What SCP Wiki's terms say

B privacy grade · scp-wiki.wikidot.com · News & reference

SCP Wiki's terms of service and privacy policy have 56 rated points: 1 serious, 11 bad, 23 worth knowing and 21 good. 36 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 20 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use SCP Wiki

Bad 8

  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

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  • Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction

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  • Location data may be collected, used and/or shared

    This service may collect, use, and share location data

  • This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

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

  • This service assumes no liability for unauthorized access to your personal information

  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

Worth knowing 17

  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

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  • You agree to comply with the law of the service's country

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  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

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  • No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

    The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

    Created by Docbot version v3

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  • The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs

    Created by Docbot version v3

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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

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  • This service assumes no responsibility and liability for the contents of links to other websites

    Created by Docbot version v3

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  • You agree to indemnify and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of 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

  • Instructions are provided on how to submit a copyright claim

  • [DEPRECATED] The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers

    The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers

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

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

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

  • First-party cookies are used

  • Conditions may change, but your continued acceptance is not inferred from an earlier acceptance

  • This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents

Good 11

  • Third parties are not allowed to access your personal information without a legal basis

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  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

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

    Information is provided about what kind of information they collect

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

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

    Your personal data is not sold

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

  • The service reviews its Privacy Policy on a regular basis

    The service reviews its privacy policy on a regular basis

  • No need to register

    No need to register if Wiki allows for anonymous users

  • The terms for this service are easy to read

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

  • Information is provided about security practices

With an account

If you have a SCP Wiki account

Serious 1

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

    Where it says this ↗

Bad 3

  • Prices and fees may be changed at any time, without notice to you

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  • Your account can be deleted or permanently suspended without prior notice and without a reason

    Your account can be deleted without prior notice and without a reason

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  • Your content can be licensed to third parties

Worth knowing 6

  • The posting of pornographic content is prohibited

    Prohibits the posting of pornographic content

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  • Your content can be deleted if you violate the terms

  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

    Created by Docbot version v3

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  • You authorise the service to charge a credit card supplied on re-occurring basis

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

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

Good 10

  • You are prohibited from publishing any third party’s personally identifiable information without their consent

    The publishing of personally identifiable information without the owner’s consent is not allowed

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  • You can choose with whom you share content

    You can choose with whom you share your email adress

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  • You maintain ownership of your content

  • The service has non-exclusive use of your content

  • You can choose the copyright license

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

  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

  • You are informed about the risk of publishing personal info online

  • Copyright license limited for the purposes of that same service but transferable and sublicenseable

  • 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

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