Fur Affinity
- 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.
They collect account and device data, share ad IDs with partners, can close you anytime, and take a license to host your art.
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Collected
Username, email, birth date, IP address, browser ID, and cookies, including an ad ID.
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Privacy policy
“This information includes account username, email address, date of birth, IP address, and browser ID.”
Training
They run the site, measure ads, and may use a Common ID cookie so ad partners can match you.
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Privacy policy
“The Common ID cookie stores a unique user id in the first party domain and is accessible to our ad partners.”
Sharing
Vendors, advertisers, and (if required) law enforcement; they say they will not sell your personal info.
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“We will not sell your personally identifiable information to any company or organization, but we may transfer your personally identifiable information to a successor entity”
Kept
They try to destroy data when they no longer need it, except ordinary backups; deletion is by request.
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Privacy policy
“We will endeavor to destroy your information when we no longer have a legitimate business need to use it, except for backups that are archived and retained in the ordinary course of business.”
Controls
You can update profile settings, opt out of the Common ID cookie, or email privacy@furaffinity.net to delete.
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Privacy policy
“You may contact us directly on the site via Trouble Ticket or by emailing privacy@furaffinity.net for privacy-related concerns or to exercise any of your rights below.”
Fine print
They can change rules, close accounts at staff discretion, and the service is provided as-is with .
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Terms of service
“Fur Affinity reserves the right to enforce these terms via content removal (submissions, journals, comments, etc), account suspension, and account termination at the discretion of its staff.”
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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.
Opt out of the Common ID tracking cookie
Privacy policy Common ID Cookie section (status shown as Opted In)
Request account deletion
Trouble Ticket on the site or email privacy@furaffinity.net
Update profile and account details
Account Settings, Profile Info, or Contacts and Social Media
Appeal a ban or restriction
Trouble Ticket system or email appeals@furaffinity.net
If a switch is not where they say, the deletion request above still applies.
Line by line
The lines that matter most, worst first.
Staff can take down your posts or shut your account whenever they decide.
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Terms of service
“Fur Affinity reserves the right to enforce these terms via content removal (submissions, journals, comments, etc), account suspension, and account termination at the discretion of its staff.”
For example, they could ban you and you would lose access to your gallery without a court process.
If they ban you, they say they do not owe you for lost art or money.
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Terms of service
“You agree that we are not responsible for any loss of data, information, or financial hardships that may result from us enforcing these terms.”
For example, if a ban wipes your uploads, they say that is your problem.
An ID on your device can be used by advertising partners to match you for ads.
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“The Common ID cookie stores a unique user id in the first party domain and is accessible to our ad partners.”
For example, an ad company could recognize you on this site and elsewhere using that ID.
Staff can read notes and other messages when they investigate or police ask.
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Terms of service
“In order to investigate claims and comply with local law enforcement, we reserve the right to monitor any communication using Fur Affinity as the medium.”
For example, a private note you send another user could be read during a complaint.
They get a broad license to host and show your art so the site can work, and they say it is for running and improving the service.
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Terms of service
“When you upload content to Fur Affinity via our services, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, , , transferable right and license to use, host, store, cache, reproduce, publish, display (publicly or otherwise), perform (publicly or otherwise), distribute, transmit, modify, adapt, and create derivative works of, that content.”
For example, they can cache and display your drawing on the site and related features.
They do not promise the site will work or that your files are safe.
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Terms of service
“Fur Affinity's services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We do not our services or content (yours or ours).”
For example, if the site is down and you miss a commission deadline, they disclaim .
If they change the privacy rules, keeping using the site counts as agreeing.
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Privacy policy
“Your continued use of the site and/or continued provision of PII will be subject to the terms of the then-current privacy policy.”
For example, a new sharing rule could apply after you next log in.
You can ask them to delete you, but they may keep some data and it is not a one-click guarantee.
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Privacy policy
“You have a right to request Fur Affinity delete your account and its personal personal data. This isn't an automatic right, and what Fur Affinity is able to delete will depend on the type of data held about you”
For example, you email privacy@furaffinity.net and they may refuse parts of the request.
They say they will not sell your personal info, but a buyer of the company could get it.
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Privacy policy
“We will not sell your personally identifiable information to any company or organization, but we may transfer your personally identifiable information to a successor entity upon a merger, consolidation or other corporate reorganization”
For example, if the site is sold, the new owner could receive your email and account data.
The stated minimum age is 13 in the US and 16 in the EU, based on what you say at signup.
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Terms of service
“By registering an account, you agree that you are at least thirteen (13) years of age in the US or are sixteen (16) if you are a resident of the EU.”
For example, a 14-year-old in the US can register if they claim they are old enough.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- 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.
- sell or share
- Under California law, selling means passing your data to others for money or other value; sharing means passing it on for targeted ads. For example, letting an ad network use your browsing history in return for ad space counts as a sale.
- 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.
- 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.
- as is
- You get the service in whatever state it is in, with no promise that it works or will keep working. For example, if the app deletes your photos by mistake, it is not promising to fix that or pay you back.
- 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.
How we got here · grade D · score 40/100 · 14 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 3 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
They collect account username, email, date of birth, IP address, browser ID, and cookies, plus aggregate usage stats.
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 monitor communications to investigate claims and comply with law enforcement.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
Advertisers use cookies, and a Common ID cookie is accessible to ad partners; EU users may get personalized ads.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they do not sell PII, but share with vendors and ad partners via Common ID, which you can opt out of.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You grant a worldwide, sublicensable license so they can host, display, and improve the service; they say it does not take your ownership.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You request deletion by ticket or email; it is not automatic, and backups may be kept in the ordinary course of business.
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 describe encryption, SSL, password protection, and internal handling policies in general terms.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be 13 in the US or 16 in the EU to register; adult content needs 18 and may require ID. Age is mainly self-declared at signup.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
Neither document has a last-updated date. They may change terms and say continued use after notice means you accept.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They can suspend or terminate accounts at staff discretion and are not responsible for lost data.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is as-is with no warranty, and you release them from several kinds of liability.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
These documents do not describe subscriptions, auto-renewal, or refunds.
The privacy policy is 1,700 words at a college level (Flesch reading ease 41.8); the terms are 1,143 words at a college level.
