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What System76's terms say

D privacy grade · system76.com · Tech & telecom

System76's terms of service and privacy policy have 31 rated points: 0 serious, 12 bad, 8 worth knowing and 11 good. 28 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 3 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use System76

Bad 12

  • Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to you

  • Your data is processed and stored in a country that is less friendly to user privacy protection

  • Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

  • You waive your right to a class action

  • The service is only available in some countries approved by its government

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

  • Inconvenient process for obtaining personal data

  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

  • Extra data may be collected about you through promotions

  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

  • Some personal data may be kept for business interests or legal obligations

  • You are forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

Worth knowing 8

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

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

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

  • Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder

  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

  • First-party cookies are used

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

  • The service can stop being provided at any time

    They may stop providing the service at any time

Good 8

  • 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

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

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

  • Features of the service are available under a free software and/or open source license

    Features of the service are made available under a free software license

  • The data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is collected

    Information is provided about how they collect personal data

  • The service claims that third parties it shares your personal information with are bound by confidentiality obligations

    Third parties used by the service are bound by confidentiality obligations

With an account

If you have a System76 account

Good 3

  • You can retrieve an archive of your data

  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

  • You are entitled to a refund if certain thresholds or standards are not met by the service

The documents

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