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What Wand's terms say

D privacy grade · wand.com · Other

Wand's terms of service and privacy policy have 60 rated points: 1 serious, 19 bad, 25 worth knowing and 15 good. 47 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 13 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use Wand

Serious 1

  • Your personal data is used for automated decision-making, profiling or AI training

Bad 16

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

  • You waive your right to a class action

    You waive your right to a class action.

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

    This service may collect, use, and share location data

  • You are forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

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

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

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

  • Your profile is combined across various products

  • Your personal data may be sold unless you opt out

    Your Personal data may be sold unless you opt out

  • A secure, anonymized record of your data may be kept for analytical purposes after the data retention period ends

    The service may keep a secure, anonymized record of your data for analytical purposes even after the data retention period

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

  • Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you

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

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

  • Your biometric data is collected

  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

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

Worth knowing 19

  • This service is a subsidiary of Company X

  • Instructions are provided on how to submit a copyright claim

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

  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

  • [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

  • This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet your expectations or requirements

  • 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

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

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

  • First-party cookies are used

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

Good 11

  • If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner

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

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

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

  • The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

  • You can opt out of targeted advertising

  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

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

  • You can opt out of providing personal information to third parties

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

    Information is provided about what kind of information they collect

  • The service reviews its Privacy Policy on a regular basis

    The service reviews its privacy policy on a regular basis

With an account

If you have a Wand account

Bad 3

  • Your content can be licensed to third parties

  • A license is kept on user-generated content even after you close your account

  • You cannot opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You cannot opt out of promotional communications

Worth knowing 6

  • This service has a no refund policy with some exceptions

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

  • Banned users are prohibited from creating a new account

    Users who have been permanently banned from this service are not allowed to re-register under a new account

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

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

  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties

Good 4

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

  • 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

  • The service has non-exclusive use of your content

  • You maintain ownership of your content

The documents

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