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What Unity's terms say

D privacy grade · unity.com · Tech & telecom

Unity's terms of service and privacy policy have 62 rated points: 0 serious, 18 bad, 32 worth knowing and 12 good. 42 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 20 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use Unity

Bad 18

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

  • You are forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

    You are forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes (with some exceptions)

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

    Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user or 1000$

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

  • Your profile is combined across various products

  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

  • Referring and/or exit pages are tracked

    This service tracks which web page referred you to it

  • This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates

  • Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

  • Many different types of personal data are collected

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

  • Your biometric data is collected

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

  • The service disables software that you are not licensed to use

  • You shall not interfere with another person's enjoyment of the service

  • If you offer suggestions to the service, they become the owner of the ideas that you give them

  • You waive your right to a class action

  • Per the service's terms, you may not express negative opinions about them

Worth knowing 17

  • 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

  • You are prohibited from attempting to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems

  • Spidering, crawling, or accessing the site through any automated means is not allowed

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

  • This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation

  • Do Not Track (DNT) headers are ignored and you are tracked anyway even if you set this header

    Do Not Track (DNT) headers are ignored and you are tracked anyway even if you set this header.

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

  • There is a date of the last update of the agreements

  • The terms may be changed at any time, but you will receive notification of the changes

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

  • This service informs you that its Terms of Service does not apply to third-party services

  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

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

  • This service informs you that its Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party services

  • Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision

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

    The court of law governing the terms is in the State of California, U.S.A.

  • Defend, indemnify, hold harmless; survives termination

Good 7

  • This service provides a list of third parties involved in its operation

    This Service provides a list of Third Parties involved in its operation.

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

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

    Information is provided about what kind of information they collect

  • Archives of their agreements are provided so that changes can be viewed over time

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

  • This service is COPPA compliant

  • 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 (California, U.S.A.)

With an account

If you have a Unity account

Worth knowing 15

  • You must create an account to use this service

  • The posting of pornographic content is prohibited

    Full quote: ". Except as expressly authorized by these Terms (including any Commercial Terms or Additional Terms), Policies, Documentation or as otherwise expressly permitted in writing by Unity, you will not (and will not authorize, encourage or cooperate with any third party to): [...] (v) Access, store, distribute, introduce, or transmit any material during the course of its use of the Offerings which is false, deceptive, misleading, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, infringing, harassing or racially or ethnically offensive, facilitates illegal activity, depicts sexually explicit images, promotes unlawful violence, is discriminatory based on race, gender, color, religious belief, sexual orientation, disability"

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

  • Your content can be deleted if you violate the terms

  • You are prohibited from posting content which promotes violence or politically or religiously extremist values

    You are prohibited from posting content which promotes violence or politically or religiously extremist values.

    Full quote: ". Except as expressly authorized by these Terms (including any Commercial Terms or Additional Terms), Policies, Documentation or as otherwise expressly permitted in writing by Unity, you will not (and will not authorize, encourage or cooperate with any third party to): [...] (v) Access, store, distribute, introduce, or transmit any material during the course of its use of the Offerings which is false, deceptive, misleading, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, infringing, harassing or racially or ethnically offensive, facilitates illegal activity, depicts sexually explicit images, promotes unlawful violence, is discriminatory based on race, gender, color, religious belief, sexual orientation, disability"

  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

  • You must keep your information up to date and accurate

  • You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security

  • This service has a no refund policy with some exceptions

  • Prices and fees may be changed at any time, but you will be notified beforehand

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

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

  • This service is only available to users over a certain age

    This service is only available to users over 16 years old (E.U.) or 13 years old (U.S.)

  • Your account can be suspended for several reasons

Good 5

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

  • You maintain ownership of your content

  • If you are the target of a copyright holder's take down notice, this service gives you the opportunity to defend yourself

  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

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

The documents

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