Coub
- 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 only with the providers who run the service.
- Staff may review your content; the policy does not describe an opt-out.
You give Coub a broad license to your videos, they can ban you without notice.
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Collected
Name, photo, email, your videos, device IDs, cookies, and sometimes partner or social-network data.
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Privacy policy
“Such personal information includes first name and last name, photo, nickname, email address.”
Training
They use it to run Coub, fix issues, measure audience, and, with consent, for marketing.
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Privacy policy
“to improve the overall quality of your online experience and estimate our audience size and usage patterns;”
Sharing
Contractors, affiliates, and a buyer if the company is sold; legal requests too.
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Privacy policy
“We contract with other companies (i.e., contractors, service providers) to support the Coub Services, they are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential”
Kept
They keep it as long as they say they need it, and may it forever.
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Privacy policy
“We will only retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for.”
Controls
You can email support to access, fix, or erase data; cookie choices exist but some cookies cannot be off.
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Privacy policy
“If you want to exercise any of the above rights, please address your corresponding inquiry to us as described in "Contact Information" section below.”
Fine print
They can ban you with no notice; you them.
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Terms of service
“THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO, IN THE COMPANY’S SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR , DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE COUB SERVICES TO, ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON AT ALL”
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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.
Email to access, correct, or erase your data
support@coub.com (Contact Information in the Privacy Policy)
Choose cookie types in their cookie tools
Cookie tools on the Website (necessary cookies cannot be disabled)
Try to end the content license by mailed notice
First-class mail to Coub.com Ltd, Quijano Chambers, P.O. Box 3159, Road Town, Tortola, BVI, Attn: DMCA Notice, copy to support@coub.com
If a switch is not where they say, the deletion request above still applies.
Line by line
The lines that matter most, worst first.
They can copy, change, share, and your videos worldwide without paying you.
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Terms of service
“You hereby grant the Company, Coub.com Ltd, and its affiliates, a world-wide, , freely transferable, freely (through unlimited levels of ), non-exclusive license”
For example, they could put your Coub in an ad or let a partner reuse it without asking again.
If someone already mixed your clip into another Coub, their right to keep using that mix never ends.
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“in relation to any part of the Contribution that was included into a Coub, another Contribution or derivative work prior to your removal of the Contribution, the above licenses shall continue indefinitely.”
For example, you delete your video but remixes that used it can stay up forever.
They can shut your account at any time, for any reason or none, and do not have to warn you.
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“WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO, IN THE COMPANY’S SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR , DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE COUB SERVICES TO, ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON AT ALL”
For example, you could log in one day and find your channel gone with no email.
not a regular court where you live.
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“ALL DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING ITS FORMATION, PERFORMANCE, OR ALLEGED BREACH) OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE MATERIALS, CONTRIBUTIONS AND WEBSITE”
For example, if they mishandle your account, you generally cannot sue in your local court or join a .
If someone sues them because of your posts or how you used Coub, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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“You agree to and hold the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, if any, and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any loss, , claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees”
For example, if a clip you uploaded leads to a lawsuit, they can ask you to cover their lawyers.
If something goes wrong, they say they owe you at most what you paid them, which may be zero because the service is free.
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“THE COMPANY’S TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO THE COMPANY”
For example, if a bug wipes your videos, they claim they do not owe you more than $0.
They can strip your name off data and keep using it forever without telling you.
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“In some circumstances we may your personal information (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.”
For example, old viewing stats could stay in research files long after you leave.
Some tracking cookies are required if you want the site to work.
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“Please be aware that you cannot disable the cookies, which are necessary to deliver the Coub Services.”
For example, turning cookies all the way off may break login or playback.
You must be 18. They say they will delete data if they learn someone younger signed up.
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“The Coub Services are not designed for, or intentionally targeted at, individuals under 18 years of age.”
For example, a 16-year-old is not allowed to register, but they rely on you telling the truth.
They say they take basic security steps, but they also say internet transmission is not fully secure.
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“We have implemented appropriate security measures designed to prevent your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.”
For example, they claim to guard against leaks, yet they warn emails and posts can still be seen by others.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- 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.
- 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.
- retention
- How long a company keeps your data before deleting it. For example, a policy might keep your messages for 30 days after you delete them, or for as long as it likes.
- limitation of liability
- A cap on what the company will ever pay you if something goes wrong, often only what you paid in the last year. For example, if a leak of your data costs you thousands, the most you may get back is a month's subscription fee.
- 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.
- royalty-free
- The company can use your content without ever paying you for it. For example, your photo can appear in the app's ads and you get nothing.
- sublicensable
- The company can pass its rights over your content on to other companies without asking you. For example, an app can let an advertiser or a partner reuse your video under the licence you gave.
- 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.
- de-identified
- Data with your name and obvious identifiers removed, though it can sometimes still be traced back to you. For example, your chats with names stripped out may still be kept and studied after you delete your account.
- cookies
- Small files a website saves on your device so it can recognise you and remember what you did. For example, a cookie keeps you logged in and can also tell an ad company which sites you visited.
How we got here · grade D · score 38/100 · 15 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 3 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
Besides account info and your videos, they collect device and usage data such as IP, MAC address, browser, OS, cookies, and data from partners.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
Not stated in the documents.
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?
They reserve the right to monitor the service for rule-breaking, with no opt-out described.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They use cookies and web beacons, may process data for marketing with consent, and collect referring-page and search data.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They share with contractors bound to confidentiality, affiliates, and a buyer in a sale of the business, plus legal requests.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You keep ownership, but you grant a worldwide, transferable, unlimited-sublicense license that can continue indefinitely for remixes and archives.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
They keep data as long as needed for their purposes. To erase it you must contact them; anonymized data may be kept forever.
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 use appropriate security measures, but also that internet transmission cannot be guaranteed.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be 18. They say they will delete data if they learn someone under 18 signed up, but age is self-declared.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
Privacy says they try to post advance notice, but the terms say using the service after a post means you accept the new rules. The fetched policies have no date.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They can deny access for any reason or no reason, without notice or liability.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is as-is, liability is capped at what you paid (often nothing), and you must indemnify them for claims from your content or use.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
The service is currently free. They reserve the right to charge later after notice; no subscription or refund rules are set.
The privacy policy is 3,163 words at a college graduate level (Flesch reading ease 36.8); the terms are 4,724 words at a professional or legal expert level.
