Terms and agreement reader

Every half-year is funding month. Money is the biggest danger ToS;DR faces today. Volunteers at ToS;DR are mostly covering costs out of their own pocket. With increased electricity and maintenance costs, we need your support to keep ToS;DR active and alive! Even One dollar helps to keep ToS;DR running!

“I have read and agree to the Terms”

is the biggest lie on the web. We aim to fix that.

Facebook Grade E

• Facebook stores your data whether you have an account or not.
• Your identity is used in ads that are shown to other users
• The service can read your private messages
• This service can view your browser history
• Deleted content is not really deleted

Amazon Grade E

• Third-party cookies are used for advertising
• Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user
• This service tracks you on other websites
• The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason
• This service forces users into binding arbitration in the case of disputes

Reddit Grade E

• The service can read your private messages
• The service can delete specific content without prior notice and without a reason
• You sign away moral rights
• This service can share your personal information to third parties
• Tracking via third-party cookies for other purposes without your consent.

Wikipedia Grade B

• The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason
• The service may use tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting on users.
• Users have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service
• Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world
• You publish your contributions under free licenses

DuckDuckGo Grade B

• Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent merely from your usage.
• This service does not track you
• IP addresses of website visitors are not tracked
• You can delete your account and Duck Addresses
• The cookies used by this service do not contain information that would personally identify you

YouTube Grade E

• This service can view your browser history
• Deleted videos are not really deleted
• Third-party cookies are used for advertising
• This service may use your personal information for marketing purposes
• Reduction of legal period for cause of action

Khan Academy Grade D

• The service can delete specific content without prior notice and without a reason
• Tracking via third-party cookies for other purposes without your consent.
• The service collects many different types of personal data
• This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations
• The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason

Quora Grade D

• They store data on you even if you did not interact with the service
• Tracking via third-party cookies for other purposes including advertising
• This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations
• This service tracks you on other websites
• This service can license user content to third parties

Blizzard Grade E

• You waive your moral rights
• The service can delete specific content without prior notice and without a reason
• Some personal data may be kept for business interests or legal obligations
• This service tracks you on other websites
• This service forces users into binding arbitration in the case of disputes

Tor Browser Grade C

• You can access most of the pages on the service's website without revealing any personal information
• Your personal data is not sold
• An anonymous payment method is offered

PayPal Grade E

• You waive your moral rights
• This service still tracks you even if you opted out from tracking
• This service holds onto content that you've deleted
• You must provide your identifiable information
• This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations

Startpage Grade A

• This service does not track you
• The service will resist legal requests for user information where reasonably possible
• IP addresses of website visitors are not tracked
• The cookies used by this service do not contain information that would personally identify you
• The cookies used by this service do not contain information that would personally identify you

WikiHow Grade E

• The service can read your private messages
• This service can share your personal information to third parties
• This service tracks you on other websites
• The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason
• This service forces users into binding arbitration in the case of disputes

Pinterest Grade E

• They store data on you even if you did not interact with the service
• The service can read your private messages
• The service can delete specific content without reason and may do it without prior notice
• This service holds onto content that you've deleted
• App required for this service requires broad device permissions

Spotify Grade E

• The service can delete specific content without reason and may do it without prior notice
• You waive your moral rights
• This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations
• Your account can be deleted without prior notice and without a reason
• You waive your right to a class action.

CNN Grade E

• The service can delete specific content without prior notice and without a reason
• sign away moral rights
• This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not involved in its operation
• Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user
• The service collects many different types of personal data

Apple Services Grade D

• Content you post may be edited by the service for any reason
• The service can delete specific content without reason and may do it without prior notice
• This service may collect, use, and share location data
• Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user
• Many different types of personal data are collected

About

“Terms of Service; Didn't Read” (short: ToS;DR) is a project started in June 2012 to help fix the “biggest lie on the web”: almost no one really reads the terms of service we agree to all the time.