Buymeacoffee
- The documents do not say whether your data trains AI.
- Your data is used for personalized ads, including by third-party ad companies.
- Data is shared with partners and affiliates; you can opt out.
- The documents do not say who can read your content.
They collect account, payment, and usage data, use ad retargeting, and you them; you keep your content.
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Collected
They collect account details, payment tokens, IP addresses, browser data, and cookie tracking.
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Privacy policy
“Buy Me a Coffee also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users making payments on BuyMeACoffee.com.”
Training
They use your data to run the site, process payments, send product emails, and retarget ads.
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“However, we use ad networks such as Twitter Ads to collect retargeting information to compile information about our users.”
Sharing
Staff, contractors, Stripe, Google Analytics, and ad networks can see some of your data; they say they do not sell it.
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Privacy policy
“Buy Me a Coffee will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone.”
Kept
You can delete your account in the app; they say data is then removed, except banned accounts wait 60 days.
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Privacy policy
“Once you delete your account, all associated data will be removed following the deletion.”
Controls
You can refuse cookies in your browser, email them to delete data, and cancel memberships separately.
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Privacy policy
“You can request to delete your personal data by emailing us at [email protected].”
Fine print
You must be 18, you them, they can change the policy if you keep using the site.
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Terms of service
“You agree to and Buy Me a Coffee, Our subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and Our officers, directors, employees, partners, contractors, representatives, agents, and third party providers”
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What you can turn off
The controls and opt-outs their own documents describe, and where they say to find them.
Delete your account in the platform
Buy Me a Coffee platform account deletion, or email [email protected]
Cancel memberships separately from account deletion
Cancellation rights information on their site
Refuse cookies or install the Google Analytics opt-out add-on
Browser cookie settings; Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on described in the privacy policy
Request a copy of posted content
Contact support for a compiled copy of posted content (regular accounts)
If a switch is not where they say, the deletion request above still applies.
Line by line
The lines that matter most, worst first.
If someone sues them over something related to your use, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“You agree to and Buy Me a Coffee, Our subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and Our officers, directors, employees, partners, contractors, representatives, agents, and third party providers”
For example, if a supporter sues over a reward you offered, they can ask you to cover their lawyer costs.
They let ad networks gather data so they can show you ads later on other sites.
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Privacy policy
“However, we use ad networks such as Twitter Ads to collect retargeting information to compile information about our users.”
For example, after you visit a creator page, you might see Buy Me a Coffee ads on X/Twitter.
If they change the rules, keeping using the site counts as you agreeing, even if you missed the update.
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Privacy policy
“Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.”
For example, they could start sharing more data and you would be treated as having agreed just by logging in again.
They can shut unused accounts or pages without promising a warning.
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Terms of service
“We reserve the , suspend, remove from public visibility, or close dormant accounts or pages at our sole discretion.”
For example, if you do not log in for a year, they could hide or close your creator page.
Closing the account does not stop membership charges; you must cancel the subscription separately.
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Privacy policy
“Merely deleting your account without canceling your subscription will not stop these payments.”
For example, you delete your account but still get billed next month for a membership you forgot to cancel.
Google gets your IP and site-use data and stores it in the United States.
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Privacy policy
“The Site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). The information collected by Google (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States”
For example, which pages you open can be sent to Google along with your IP address.
They say they will not rent or sell your personal information.
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Privacy policy
“Buy Me a Coffee will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone.”
For example, they claim they will not sell your email list to a marketing company.
What you upload stays yours.
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Terms of service
“You retain full ownership of all content you post on Buy Me a Coffee.”
For example, your posts and images remain your property even while hosted there.
They say deleting the account leads to removing the related data afterward.
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Privacy policy
“Once you delete your account, all associated data will be removed following the deletion.”
For example, after you delete the account in the product, they say the linked data is then taken out.
You must be 18 or legally able to sign a contract.
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Terms of service
“To sign up for an account, you need to be at least 18 years old, or old enough to form a binding contract where you live.”
For example, a 16-year-old is not allowed to create an account under these terms.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- targeted advertising
- Ads chosen for you based on what you have done across other apps and websites, not just this one. For example, you look at shoes in one app and see shoe ads in a totally different app the next day.
- personal data
- Any information that is about you or can be linked to you, from your name to your phone's ID. For example, your email, your IP address and the list of apps on your phone are all personal data.
- indemnify
- You promise to pay the company's legal costs and losses if your use of the service gets it sued. For example, if you post a song you do not own and the label sues the app, you owe the app's lawyer bills.
- affiliates
- Other companies owned by or connected to the same parent company. For example, if you use one app, its sister apps under the same owner may also get your data.
- service providers
- Outside companies that handle your data on the app's instructions, such as a cloud host or an email sender. For example, the company that stores the app's files in the cloud sees your data but only does what the app tells it.
- third parties
- Any company or person other than you and the app, such as advertisers, partners or analytics firms. For example, an analytics company that receives a record of every screen you tap is a third party.
- data subject rights
- The legal rights you have over your data, such as seeing it, fixing it, deleting it or moving it. For example, you can email the company and ask for a copy of everything it holds about you.
How we got here · grade F · score 32/100 · 14 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 4 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
They collect account and payment details plus IP addresses, browser type, cookies, and Google Analytics data.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
The documents do not describe collecting voice, face, or body data.
Are your chats and uploads used to train AI models, and is that off by default?
Not stated in the documents.
Can employees or contractors read your conversations, and when?
Not stated in the documents.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They say they do not run external ads on the site, but they use Twitter Ads and similar networks for retargeting.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they will not rent or sell personal information, but they share with contractors, Google, payment processors, and ad networks; you can refuse cookies in your browser.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
The terms say you keep full ownership of content you post; they give you a limited license to use their materials.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
Not stated in the documents.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
Not stated in the documents.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
They say they take reasonably necessary measures against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of personal information.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be at least 18, or old enough to form a contract; they may ask for proof of age if needed.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
The privacy policy has no date. They may change it at their discretion and continued use counts as acceptance.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They may cancel accounts for rule-breaking and can close dormant accounts at their sole discretion. Deleting an account does not automatically remove a launched page.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
They disclaim liability for your use of the service and you must indemnify them for claims related to breaches of the terms.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Memberships keep billing unless you cancel on the site; deleting the account does not stop charges, and refunds are not described.
The privacy policy is 2,465 words at a professional or legal expert level (Flesch reading ease 27.3); the terms are 1,874 words at a college graduate level.
