devRant
- 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 policy describes staff access for safety and legal checks.
Posts are public by default, ads and location are collected, and they take a broad license while limiting to $100.
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Collected
Account info, public posts, device and log data, cookies, and sometimes GPS location.
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Privacy policy
“We may also determine location by using other data from your device, such as precise location information from GPS, information about wireless networks or cell towers near your mobile device, or your IP address.”
Training
They use your posts and logs to run the site, guess your interests, and show ads.
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“We may use this information to make inferences, like what topics you may be interested in, and to customize the content we show you, including ads.”
Sharing
Public rants go to other users, partners, and search engines; private data goes to vendors and affiliates.
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Privacy policy
“For instance, your public user profile information and public Rants are delivered to our partners and other third parties, including search engines.”
Kept
You can delete your account in the app, but cache copies and analytic logs may remain.
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Privacy policy
“Some records of your account may remain temporarily in cache even after deletion. Non-public behavioral event logs used for analytic purposes may remain as well.”
Controls
You can edit account info, control some notifications, and delete your account in the app.
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“If you are a registered user of our Services, we provide you with tools and account settings to access, correct, delete, or modify the personal information you provided to us and associated with your account.”
Fine print
They take a broad license on your posts, can close accounts, and cap at $100.
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Terms of service
“IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OF THE devRant ENTITIES EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (U.S. $100.00) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID devRant, IF ANY, IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.”
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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 app
Account > Delete Account
Turn off cookies in your browser
Browser settings (they say some features may break)
Control email and mobile notifications
Settings for email and mobile notifications
Contact them about a child’s account
info@devrant.io
If a switch is not where they say, the deletion request above still applies.
Line by line
The lines that matter most, worst first.
What you rant is usually public worldwide, not just for people on the app.
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Terms of service
“Most Content you submit, post, or display through the devRant Services is public by default and will be able to be viewed by other users and through third party services and websites.”
For example, a rant about your job could show up in a search engine or on a partner site.
They can copy, change, and share your posts anywhere, and let partners do the same, without paying you.
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“By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, license (with the right to ) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).”
For example, they could republish your rant on another site even after you leave.
They may collect exact location from your phone, not only what you type in your profile.
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“We may also determine location by using other data from your device, such as precise location information from GPS, information about wireless networks or cell towers near your mobile device, or your IP address.”
For example, GPS could be used to show local ads even if you never posted a city name.
Ad companies can send them IDs so they can show you ads based on other sites you visited.
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“Third-party ad partners may share information with us, like a browser cookie ID, website URL visited, mobile device ID, or cryptographic hash of a common account identifier (such as an email address), to help us measure and tailor ads.”
For example, you might see ads on devRant about a product you looked at elsewhere.
They can shut your account for any reason, even if you did nothing wrong.
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“We may suspend or terminate your accounts or cease providing you with all or part of the Services at any time for any or no reason”
For example, they could drop your account if they decide the service is no longer worth running.
The service is offered as-is, so they promise almost nothing if it breaks or loses your posts.
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Terms of service
“THE DEVRANT ENTITIES DISCLAIM ALL AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF , , OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.”
For example, if your rants disappear, they say they are not responsible.
Even after you delete your account, some tracking logs about how you used the app can stay.
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“Non-public behavioral event logs used for analytic purposes may remain as well.”
For example, records of pages you visited might still be used in analytics after you leave.
They build guesses about what you like from your public activity.
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“We may use this information to make inferences, like what topics you may be interested in, and to customize the content we show you, including ads.”
For example, voting on lots of Java rants could lead to more Java ads.
You can wipe your account from inside the app and they say public posts go with it.
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“By navigating to "Account > Delete Account" in the application, your account can be deleted. All public activity related to your account will be deleted.”
For example, you can tap Delete Account and your rants should disappear from the site.
They say kids under 13 should not use it, but they rely on you saying you are old enough.
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“Our Services are not directed to persons under 13. If you become aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us at info@devrant.io.”
For example, a 12-year-old could still sign up unless someone reports them.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- precise geolocation
- Your exact position, usually from GPS, often accurate to within a few metres. For example, an app can tell not just your city but which building you are in right now.
- profiling
- Building a picture of who you are, what you like and what you might do next from your data. For example, an app may guess your income, health or politics from what you watch and tap.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- device identifiers
- Codes that single out your phone or computer, used to recognise you across apps and sites. For example, the advertising ID on your phone lets two unrelated apps know they are seeing the same person.
- warranty
- A promise that a product will work as described; most apps say they make no such promise at all. For example, if a paid feature never works on your phone, a no-warranty clause says that is your problem.
- consent
- Your clear agreement to something, given by an action like ticking a box or tapping Accept. For example, a pop-up asking if the app may use your location is asking for consent.
How we got here · grade F · score 32/100 · 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 details and posts, they collect log data, cookies, device IDs, and may collect precise GPS location.
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 say they may read and disclose information for law, safety, fraud, support, or to enforce the rules.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They customize ads and work with third-party ad partners and analytics such as Google Analytics.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
Private data goes to service providers and affiliates; public posts are shared with partners. No clear sale opt-out is described.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You keep ownership, but you grant a worldwide royalty-free license with sublicense rights to use and distribute your content.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You can delete in the app, but they say cache copies and analytic event logs may remain, with no time limit for those logs.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
They say they make inferences about topics you may like, but they do not describe viewing or turning that off.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
Not stated in the documents.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
The service is not for under 13 and you must affirm you are over 12; there is no described age check.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
The policy is dated March 14, 2016. They say they will email or notify for material changes, then continued use counts as agreement.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They may suspend or terminate for any or no reason and say they will make reasonable efforts to notify you by email.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is as-is with no warranties, and their total liability is capped at $100 or what you paid in six months.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
The documents talk about ads but do not describe subscriptions, auto-renewal, or refunds.
The privacy policy is 2,052 words at a college graduate level (Flesch reading ease 39.6); the terms are 3,572 words at a college level.
