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- 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.
- Staff may review your content; the policy does not describe an opt-out.
A photo-and-chat social site that shares your profile widely, uses ads and partners, and lets you delete most data in about 30 days.
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Collected
Account info, photos and videos, location, phone, device data, and lots of optional profile details.
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Privacy policy
“Personal data of the account holder and data related to the User's use of the Service through this account: name, surname, email address, date of birth, location (town/city).”
Training
They run the site, verify accounts, market themselves and partners, and profile you for ads if you consent.
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Privacy policy
“Profiling to optimally tailor the offer of services and products from cooperating Partners to the recipient’s profile;”
Sharing
Other users see your profile; payment firms, ad partners, Google, and Meta may get data too.
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Privacy policy
“Personal data of Users of the Fotka.com Service contained in their profiles are shared with other Users of the Service in connection with the primary function of the service”
Kept
Delete your account and they say data is gone in 30 days, except backups and some legal records.
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Privacy policy
“After the account is deleted by the User, the data is permanently removed within 30 days (excluding backup database copies created for the security of the Service; data from these copies is deleted after a maximum of 3 months).”
Controls
You can edit your profile, turn off marketing in settings, and delete the account from Settings.
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Privacy policy
“Consent for the processing of data for marketing purposes can be withdrawn in the account settings or by communicating with the User Support department.”
Fine print
You must be 18; they can ban you; Star Club can auto-renew; they give 30 days’ notice of terms changes.
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Terms of service
“Any natural person who is at least 18 years old, who completes the registration process and accepts the full content of the Terms of Service, may become a User of the Service.”
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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
Settings → account tab → “Begin the account deletion procedure”
Turn off marketing consent
Account settings or User Support
Cancel Star Club auto-renewal
https://fotka.com/ustawienia/platnosci or SMS STOP FOTKA to 60568
Ask about your data
Email iod@fotka.com or mail Fotka at ul. Władysława Orkana 24, 82-300 Elbląg
If a switch is not where they say, the deletion request above still applies.
Line by line
The lines that matter most, worst first.
Whatever you put on your profile is treated as public to anyone on the service.
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Privacy policy
“Data voluntarily provided by the User (the User decides which information they wish to share, with the understanding that it is available and can be used by all persons accessing the Service)”
For example, a photo, city, or income range you add can be seen by other users browsing the site.
They can use your age, gender, and location to aim ads at you, including via ad partners.
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Privacy policy
“The User's data (age, gender, and location) may be used for profiling to display better-targeted advertisements.”
For example, an ad network could show you different ads because your profile says you are 25 in a certain city.
Google and Meta tracking tools run on the site and can send visit data, including toward the United States.
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Privacy policy
“The Service uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service by Google Ireland Limited based in Dublin, Ireland, and Meta Pixel, a web analysis service by Meta Platforms, Inc.”
For example, Meta Pixel can measure whether you clicked an ad and then used Fotka.
They can reuse your photos and other posts to promote Fotka, including on social media.
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Terms of service
“Fotka has the right to use user materials in promotional materials about the Service, including using them in email notifications sent to other users, publishing them on the Service’s social media pages such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.”
For example, a photo you uploaded could appear in a Fotka Instagram post without a separate ask.
Private chats can be scanned by their systems, and old messages are dropped after six months.
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Terms of service
“The Service reserves the right to analyze the content of Private Messages through an anti-spam system and to delete messages older than six months.”
For example, a private message you sent last year may already be gone, and spam filters may have scanned it.
They can lock or wipe your account if they decide you broke the rules.
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Terms of service
“In cases of violations of the provisions of these Terms of Service, the user's account may be temporarily or permanently blocked (Banned) or deleted.”
For example, a photo they treat as against the rules could get all of your accounts banned.
Even after you stop marketing, they keep a record of that consent and past marketing for at least five years.
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Privacy policy
“Marketing data - until consent for data processing for this purpose is withdrawn, with the stipulation that data regarding prior consent and marketing operations conducted concerning the User of the Service will be archived for at least 5 years from the date of withdrawal of consent.”
For example, turning off ads does not erase five years of archived marketing history.
If you delete the account, most personal data should be gone in a month, backups a bit later.
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Privacy policy
“After the account is deleted by the User, the data is permanently removed within 30 days (excluding backup database copies created for the security of the Service; data from these copies is deleted after a maximum of 3 months).”
For example, after you click delete in Settings, your profile should disappear within 30 days.
Card-based Star Club renews every 30 days until you turn it off in payment settings.
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Terms of service
“The subscription can be disabled in the Subscription tab in the Star Club and in the payment settings section of your account: https://fotka.com/ustawienia/platnosci.”
For example, if you forget to cancel, they can charge 12 PLN again the next month.
They say they will warn you a month ahead if the rules change, and you can quit before then.
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Terms of service
“Fotka will inform Users of proposed changes to the Terms and Conditions no later than 30 days before the proposed effective date of the changes.”
For example, if they add a new paid feature rule, you should get 30 days to leave.
They list basic security steps like encryption and locked data centers.
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Privacy policy
“The Administrator has implemented the following safeguards: firewalls, data encryption, physical access controls to data centers, and authorization controls for accessing information.”
For example, they claim stored data is encrypted and not everyone on staff can open it.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
How we got here · grade B · score 48/100 · 15 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 1 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
They collect more than a login: photos, videos, location, phone, device and IP data, and optional details like appearance, income, and habits, plus partner and ad data.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
Photos, videos, and webcam broadcasts with sound stay on your account for others to see; they are not described as deleted after a session.
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 may scan private messages with anti-spam tools and run voluntary checks for illegal content; no opt-out of that review is described.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They use advertising cookies, partner profiling, Google Analytics, and Meta Pixel, which track you for ads and stats.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
Profiles are shared with other users; marketing and ad partners get data if you consent, and you can withdraw marketing consent in settings.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
They claim a right to reuse your materials to promote the service, including on social media, not a full public-by-default license beyond the social site.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You can delete the account in Settings; they say personal data is removed within 30 days, with backups up to 3 months and some records kept longer.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
Your public profile is the lasting record; they say you can change and delete that data through account options.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
They describe firewalls, encryption, physical access controls, and access authorization; no independent audit is named.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
Registration is for people at least 18 who accept the terms; there is no described age-check beyond that statement.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
The privacy policy is dated September 17, 2024, and terms changes are to be announced at least 30 days ahead.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They may temporarily or permanently block or delete accounts for rule breaks; blocked accounts cannot be self-deleted.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
They say you are fully responsible for what you post and they are not responsible for others using your materials, with DSA-style hosting limits.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Star Club can auto-renew by SMS or card; they describe how to stop it (STOP FOTKA or payment settings) and a 14-day withdrawal that you lose if you start using the paid features.
The privacy policy is 4,829 words at a college graduate level (Flesch reading ease 33.2); the terms are 5,161 words at a college level.
