Ghost Forum
- The documents do not say whether your data trains AI.
- Your data is used to target ads at you; you can opt out.
- They say they do not sell or share your data.
- The documents do not say who can read your content.
They host your site, take a broad content license, can close you anytime, auto-renew paid plans with no refunds.
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Collected
Account info, billing, what you upload, IP and logins, plus extra profile details like gender.
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Privacy policy
“your name and email address when you register a user accountyour date of birth, identification information, and other details about you when we verify your identity and age”
Training
They use it to run your account, take payments, send marketing you chose, and run the site.
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Privacy policy
“register you as a user and/or customer, including creating your user accountverifying your identity and age to ensure you have capacity to use our services”
Sharing
They say they do not sell data, but vendors, hosts, and apps you connect can get it.
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Privacy policy
“Ghost Foundation does not sell your personal data.”
Kept
They keep it as long as they need it for the service, business, or the law.
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Privacy policy
“Ghost Foundation retains your personal data (i) where necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it; (ii) where necessary for business or legal purposes; or (iii) where required or permitted by law.”
Controls
You can ask to see or fix your data, and you can withdraw consent, which may cancel paid service.
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Privacy policy
“You may request access to your personal data, and correction of incomplete or inaccurate personal data, at any time.”
Fine print
They can close you anytime, upgrades auto-renew with no refunds, and you must cover their legal costs.
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Terms of service
“Ghost Foundation may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately.”
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.
Cancel paid upgrades before renewal
Upgrades section of your site's dashboard
Ask to see or correct your personal data
Email hello@ghost.org
Back up your own content
Terms say you are solely responsible for securing and backing up Your Content
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 get lasting rights to copy, change, and share what you publish, even after you leave, to show and promote your site.
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Terms of service
“By submitting Your Content to Ghost Foundation's Services, you grant Ghost Foundation a , , world-wide, , , and non-exclusive license”
For example, if you delete a post, they can still keep copies used to display or promote your site.
They can shut your site off whenever they want, for any reason.
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Terms of service
“Terminate or deny access to and use of the Services to any individual or entity at any time and for any reason.”
For example, they could take down your blog without warning and you would not get a refund.
If someone sues them because of your posts, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“You hereby agree to Ghost Foundation and its contractors, licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses”
For example, if a photo you uploaded leads to a lawsuit, you could owe their lawyer fees.
Paid plans generally cannot be refunded.
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Terms of service
“Unless indicated otherwise at the explicit discretion of Ghost Foundation, all sales are final and no refunds are provided for any products or services provided.”
For example, if you cancel a yearly upgrade after a week, they keep the money.
Paid extras keep charging unless you cancel before the period ends.
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Terms of service
“Unless you notify Ghost Foundation before the end of the applicable subscription period that you want to cancel an Upgrade, your Upgrade subscription will automatically renew”
For example, extra storage will bill again next month unless you cancel in the dashboard first.
They do not promise the service will work or stay up.
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Terms of service
“The Services are provided "as is". Ghost Foundation and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all representations and of any kind”
For example, if the host is down and you miss a launch, they say they are not responsible.
Besides what you need to log in, they may collect extra personal details you put in a profile.
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Privacy policy
“any profile data you share with us, including profile pictures, gender, marital status, interests, preferences, feedback, survey responses, etc.”
For example, if you fill in marital status on a profile, they store that.
They say they do not sell your personal information.
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Privacy policy
“Ghost Foundation does not sell your personal data.”
For example, they claim they will not sell your email list to advertisers.
For big privacy changes they say they will email the main account holder.
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Privacy policy
“We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your Ghost.org primary account holder information”
For example, if they start using data in a new way, they say they will email you.
You must be 13 or older; they do not describe extra checks beyond that.
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Terms of service
“The Website and Services are available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.”
For example, a 12-year-old is not allowed, but they mainly rely on you saying you are old enough.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- 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.
- 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.
- perpetual
- Lasting forever, with no end date. For example, a perpetual licence means the company can keep using your video years after you leave.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- auto-renewal
- Your subscription keeps charging you at the end of each period until you cancel it. For example, a free trial turns into a paid monthly plan unless you cancel before it ends.
- 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 · 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 billing details, what you upload, IP and login times, device and location-level tech data, and extra profile fields if you give them.
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?
If you choose to get ads from them, they send ads they think you will like. Cookies are session cookies for login.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they do not sell personal data. They still share with vendors, hosts, and third-party integrations you request.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You grant a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, sublicensable license so they can show, distribute, and promote your site.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
They keep data while needed for the service, business, or law. You can request access or correction; deleted posts may linger in caches.
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 mention session cookies, vendor checks, and extra security for paid Ghost(Pro), but no independent audit of the whole service.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be at least 13. They may collect date of birth to check age, but there is no described age-assurance system.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
Neither document shows a last-updated date. Privacy says they email about significant changes; terms say continued use means you accept.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They can end access at any time, with or without cause or notice, and they have no duty to refund.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is as-is, liability is capped at fees from the last 12 months, and you must indemnify them for claims about your content.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Upgrades auto-renew unless you cancel in the dashboard, and they say sales are final with no refunds.
The privacy policy is 1,423 words at a professional or legal expert level (Flesch reading ease 3.5); the terms are 4,557 words at a professional or legal expert level.
