Devpost
- 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.
Public profiles, a broad content license, ads tracking, and they can close your account without notice.
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Collected
Account info, public profile (even GPA), hackathon entries, cookies, IP, and ad IDs.
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Privacy policy
“This information consists of IP addresses, browser type and language, referring and exit pages and URLs, date and time, amount of time spent on particular pages, what sections of the Site Visitors visit, and similar information”
Training
They run the site, recommend hackathons, market to you, and use third-party ads and analytics.
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Privacy policy
“We may share Other Information about you with third parties, including, but not limited to, advertising and remarketing providers, or other brand partners, for purposes of personalizing or otherwise understanding how you engage with ads”
Sharing
Your profile is public; organizers, affiliates, ads companies, and analytics tools can get data.
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Privacy policy
“Your Profile is freely available for viewing by any user of the Services.”
Kept
They keep data as long as they need it; copies of removed content stay in archives up to 30 days.
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Privacy policy
“Devpost may keep copies of user information, or other content provided by you, after their removal from the Site in archive storage, but in no event for more than 30 days.”
Controls
You can edit some info in Settings and email support to stop marketing emails.
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Privacy policy
“You may access, review, and/or make changes to the personal information that you have provided to us by logging in on the Site, clicking on your username, and then clicking "settings".”
Fine print
They can close you without notice, take a forever license, cap damages at $100.
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Terms of service
“Devpost reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse, suspend, or terminate your account, your access to our Site or any portion of our Site without notice.”
Expand “Read the exact line” to see the source alongside the explanation.
What you can turn off
The controls and opt-outs their own documents describe, and where they say to find them.
Edit or review your personal information
Log in, click your username, then Settings
Opt out of direct marketing emails
Email support@devpost.com or use Unsubscribe on marketing emails
Opt out of interest-based ads
http://www.networkadvertising.org and http://www.aboutads.info/choices
Close your account in writing
Notify Devpost in writing at support@devpost.com or 250 Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10007
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 keep using, changing, and sharing almost anything you post, forever, even for ads, and they can pass that right to others.
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Terms of service
“you hereby grant to us an , , non-exclusive, transferable, , fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to ) to use, copy, transmit, reproduce, adapt, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt”
For example, a project write-up you later delete could still be used in their marketing.
They can shut your account at any time without warning, and your posts may be deleted.
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Terms of service
“Devpost reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse, suspend, or terminate your account, your access to our Site or any portion of our Site without notice.”
For example, you could lose a public portfolio overnight with no email first.
If someone sues them over your posts or how you used the site, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“You release, , Devpost, our parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, members, managers, employees, agents”
For example, if a hackathon entry you uploaded sparked a copyright fight, they could ask you to cover their lawyers.
Ad companies can track you across sites to show targeted ads.
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Privacy policy
“These third parties may use cookies, pixel tags (also called web beacons or clear gifs), or other technologies to collect Other Information in furtherance of such purposes, including to tailor, target”
For example, visiting a hackathon page could later show you ads for that sponsor elsewhere.
Anyone on the site can see the profile you build, including extra details you add.
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Privacy policy
“Your Profile is freely available for viewing by any user of the Services.”
For example, a GPA or photo you put on your profile is visible to other users.
If they change the rules and you keep using the site, they treat that as you agreeing, even without a heads-up email.
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Privacy policy
“By visiting and/or accessing the Site, and/or Services after we make any such changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted such changes.”
For example, a new sharing rule could apply the next time you log in.
If the site fails or loses your work, they say they owe you at most $100.
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Terms of service
“WE FOR (I) INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO ACCESS AND USE THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT, OR (II) DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO $100”
For example, if a submission vanished before judging, their stated cap is $100.
After you remove something, a backup copy can stay for up to 30 days.
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Privacy policy
“Devpost may keep copies of user information, or other content provided by you, after their removal from the Site in archive storage, but in no event for more than 30 days.”
For example, a deleted project page might still sit in their archive for a month.
You can email them to stop marketing emails.
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Privacy policy
“You may opt out at any time from the use of your personal information for direct marketing purposes by e-mailing the instructions to this email address: support@devpost.com.”
For example, you can write support@devpost.com and ask them to stop product emails.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- 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.
- 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.
- irrevocable
- Cannot be taken back or cancelled once given, even if you change your mind or delete your account. For example, an irrevocable licence to your photos means you cannot withdraw it later.
- perpetual
- Lasting forever, with no end date. For example, a perpetual licence means the company can keep using your video years after you leave.
- 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.
- worldwide license
- You let the company use your content anywhere on earth, usually for free and for as long as it likes. For example, a video you post can be shown in ads in any country without asking you again.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- tracking pixels
- Tiny invisible images or bits of code in a page, app or email that report back when and where you opened it. For example, a pixel in a marketing email tells the sender the moment you read it.
- 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.
How we got here · grade D · score 36/100 · 15 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 contact data, optional profile fields like school and GPA, photos, social logins, cookies, IP addresses, and advertising identifiers, plus hackathon forms.
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?
Not stated in the documents.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They share usage data with advertising and remarketing partners that use cookies and pixels for targeted ads.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They share with service providers, affiliates, hackathon organizers, and ad partners; you can opt out of some ads and marketing.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You keep ownership, but you grant them an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable license with sublicense rights for any purpose, including ads.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You can change some data in Settings; copies of removed content stay in archives no more than 30 days.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
They build a public user profile you can review and change in Settings; it is not an AI memory feature.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
They say they take reasonable security measures but do not describe audits or a leak history.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
The site is not for children under 13; you must affirm you are 13 or older. Parents can register for some contests.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
Policies are dated, but changes go live when posted and continued use counts as acceptance.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They can refuse, suspend, or terminate your account without notice, and termination may immediately delete your content.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The site is as-is, damages are capped at $100, and you must indemnify them for claims tied to your use or content.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Not stated in the documents.
The privacy policy is 3,072 words at a professional or legal expert level (Flesch reading ease 11.1); the terms are 7,251 words at a professional or legal expert level.
