Godotengine
- The documents do not say whether your data trains AI.
- The policy rules out using your data for targeted ads.
- Data is shared only with the providers who run the service.
- The documents do not say who can read your content.
Open-source engine site: accounts, IPs and public posts; store can close you anytime and takes a broad license on uploads.
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Collected
Accounts, email, IPs, cookies, optional profile fields, donations, and what you post in public places.
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Privacy policy
“When you create an account on the Godot website (including the Godot Chat platform, the Forum and the Asset Library), it collects your username and email address for authentication.”
Training
They use it to run accounts, attribute public posts, send mail, and keep a public historical record.
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Privacy policy
“It is in Godot’s to provide you with the information, communications, and services you request; to create a public record of the data and content produced by Godot’s services;”
Sharing
Public forums and IRC are public; they share with service providers and as required by law; they say they do not sell donor data.
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Privacy policy
“We do not sell or distribute this information to third parties. Godot uses this information to acknowledge your donation and send you occasional solicitations and newsletters.”
Kept
You can ask them to remove account data, but public posts, IRC logs and archives are not changed.
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Privacy policy
“Other locations where you may have used your personal data as an identifier (e.g. mailing list and forum postings in the archives, repository changelogs, and IRC logs) will not be altered.”
Controls
Log in to edit some profile settings, or email privacy@godotengine.org for access, change or deletion.
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Privacy policy
“If you wish to remove your personal data from Godot, you may contact us at [email protected] and request that we remove this information from the Godot System.”
Fine print
Store can close accounts without notice; uploads get a broad license; Dutch courts; privacy changes get a 30-day homepage notice.
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Terms of service
“The Godot Foundation may close any account, at its sole discretion and without notice, for any reason, such as, but not limited to : providing content that is prohibited under these terms”
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.
Ask them to remove your personal data
Email privacy@godotengine.org (written as [email protected] in the policy)
Edit account profile and password
Log in on Forum, Asset Library or Chat and change login, contact and preference settings
Opt out of donor emails
Email [email protected] as described in the Donations section
Ask to be an donor
At the time of donation, ask so your name is not posted on DONORS.md or in the editor About dialog
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 shut your Asset Store account whenever they want, without warning.
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Terms of service
“The Godot Foundation may close any account, at its sole discretion and without notice, for any reason, such as, but not limited to : providing content that is prohibited under these terms”
For example, they could drop your seller account overnight and pull your assets from the store.
If you upload assets, they get a wide license to copy and show that content while your account exists and for at least a month after.
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Terms of service
“grant a worldwide, non-exclusive, unlimited, assignable, license to the Godot Foundation to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform the content in connection with the Platform”
For example, they can keep showing your pack in promotions even after you stop selling it.
If someone sues over your uploaded content, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“Providers agree to , pay the defense costs of, and the Godot Foundation, its affiliates and their respective officers, shareholders, partners, representatives, agents and employees from any and all ”
For example, if a texture you uploaded is accused of copying art, you could be on the hook for their lawyers.
Deleting your account does not wipe old public posts or chat logs.
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Privacy policy
“Other locations where you may have used your personal data as an identifier (e.g. mailing list and forum postings in the archives, repository changelogs, and IRC logs) will not be altered.”
For example, a forum rant under your username can stay searchable forever.
Public IRC chat is recorded and posted for anyone to read.
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Privacy policy
“When you join or send messages to any of the IRC channels listed above, that activity is logged and published publicly for others interested in the project.”
For example, a nickname and message in #godotengine-devel can show up in public logs.
Unless you ask to be , your donor name can appear in GitHub and inside the editor.
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Privacy policy
“Donor names (as registered on Patreon) are posted on https://github.com/godotengine/godot/blob/master/DONORS.md and included in the Godot editor application's "About" dialog”
For example, a Patreon name could show in the About box of every Godot install.
The foundation does not promise store assets will work or be safe.
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Terms of service
“Users accept that the content they download from this website is provided “as is”, without guarantees from the Godot Foundation”
For example, if a paid plugin breaks your project, they say that is between you and the seller.
Big privacy changes get a month-long note on the homepage.
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Privacy policy
“A notice will be posted on our homepage for 30 days whenever this privacy statement is changed in a material way.”
For example, if they start collecting more data, they say they will post that on the home page for 30 days.
They say kids under 13 should not give personal info, but it is not a hard ID check.
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Privacy policy
“Out of special concern for children's privacy, Godot does not knowingly accept online personal information from children under the age of 13.”
For example, a 12-year-old could still type an email unless someone notices.
They encrypt data in transit with SSL.
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Privacy policy
“Our website uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, which encrypts your personal data when you send your personal information on our website.”
For example, your login on the forum should go over HTTPS.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- legitimate interest
- A legal reason that lets a company use your data without asking, when it decides its own need outweighs your privacy. For example, an app may analyse how you use it to improve the product, without ever asking you.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
How we got here · grade B · score 55/100 · 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 info, optional profile fields, IPs, cookies, donation details, and public posts, plus editor Asset Library requests with version, search and IP.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
The documents do not describe collecting voice, face or body data.
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 use cookies and IPs to run the site and personalize service, but they do not describe ad networks or ad profiling.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they do not sell donor data and share mainly to run services, attribute public work, and obey the law.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
Asset Store uploaders grant the foundation a worldwide, assignable, sublicensable license, and buyers get a perpetual license to use the assets.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You delete by emailing them. Public archives, forum posts and IRC logs are not changed. Store data is kept while you have an account.
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 SSL encryption, staff training and confidentiality agreements with partners. No audit or leak history is described.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
They say they do not knowingly take data from children under 13, and EU kids under 16 should not join email lists. There is no described ID check.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
The privacy policy is dated 2021-02-01. Material changes get a 30-day homepage notice. Store terms can change on the site or by email.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
The Asset Store may close any account at its sole discretion and without notice.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The store is as-is. Providers must indemnify the foundation. Users hold it harmless for risks of using assets.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Not stated in the documents.
The privacy policy is 2,294 words at a professional or legal expert level (Flesch reading ease 11.4); the terms are 2,168 words at a college graduate level.
