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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.
- The documents do not say who can read your content.
GraphicSprings takes a broad license, uses ad cookies, can cut access anytime, and you them.
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Collected
Account details, messages, IP, cookies, and ad-network data.
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Privacy policy
“When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.”
Training
They run the site, market to you, and let Google serve ads from your visits.
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Privacy policy
“Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.website.com and other sites on the internet.”
Sharing
Ad partners and other third parties can get cookies and your IP; they say they do not sell personal IDs without permission.
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Privacy policy
“Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on GraphicSprings, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs.”
Kept
Logo files stay in your account for one year; deletion is by contacting them.
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Terms of service
“Purchased logo files are only stored in the users GraphicSprings account for one year.”
Controls
California and rights exist if you email them; cookie opt-out is via Google or your browser.
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Privacy policy
“If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.”
Fine print
Rules change immediately if you keep using the site; they can kick you off with no notice; you cover their legal costs.
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Terms of service
“GraphicSprings reserves the right to terminate Users access to all or a portion of the Service without notice.”
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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.
Ask them to delete your data
Contact us (privacy policy); they say they have one month to respond
Decline Google DART ads cookies
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Turn off cookies in your browser
Your browser’s cookie settings, as described in the privacy policy
Unsubscribe from marketing email
Email unsubscribe; terms say you may unsubscribe at any time
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 take a very wide, lasting right to anything you upload, even after you leave.
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Terms of service
“Upon submission of User Information to the Service, User grants GraphicSprings a , , , sublicenseable, exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, moral right, perform, display, and/or incorporate in other works”
For example, a sketch you upload could be reused in their ads forever.
If someone sues them because of how you used the site, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“Users agree to and GraphicSprings and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, partners and employees from all liabilities or claims of any third party arising out of Users violation of this Agreement.”
For example, if your logo copies another brand and they get sued, you could owe their lawyer fees.
They can shut your account at any time and do not have to warn you first.
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Terms of service
“GraphicSprings reserves the right to terminate Users access to all or a portion of the Service without notice.”
For example, you could lose access to a paid logo file overnight with no email.
Google tracks you across sites to show ads.
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Privacy policy
“Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.website.com and other sites on the internet.”
For example, visiting the logo site can follow you with ads on other websites.
Once you download the paid files, you generally cannot get your money back.
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Terms of service
“After a User has created and purchased a logo design and has accessed high-resolution files, they are not eligible for a refund.”
For example, if you dislike the logo after download, you still paid in full.
If they change the rules and you keep using the site, you are treated as agreeing.
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Terms of service
“A User’s continued access of this Website shall be deemed acceptance of the modified agreement.”
For example, a new license on your uploads can apply without a special email.
They promise almost nothing if the site fails or files are wrong.
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Terms of service
“THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “”AS IS.”” GRAPHICSPRINGS MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR EXPRESS OR IMPLIED OF ANY KIND RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE WEBSITE”
For example, if a download is corrupted, they say they owe you nothing.
They say kids under 13 should not give personal info; registration in the terms is 18+.
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Privacy policy
“GraphicSprings does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13.”
For example, a 12-year-old should not create an account.
California users can ask them not to sell personal data.
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Privacy policy
“Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.”
For example, you can email them a do-not-sell request.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
How we got here · grade F · score 30/100 · 14 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 contact info, messages, IP addresses, browser data, cookies, and ad-partner data.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
These 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?
Google DART cookies and other ad partners track visitors across sites.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
Ad partners receive cookies and IP; CCPA describes a do-not-sell request. Terms also say personal IDs are not shared without permission.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You grant a perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable, exclusive worldwide license in uploads, limited in wording to providing the service, plus they may use your logo in their ads.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You delete by contacting them; they have one month to respond. Purchased files are stored one year.
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?
Not stated in the documents.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be 18 to register; they do not knowingly collect from under 13. No age-check method is described.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
Changes are posted and effective immediately; continued use is treated as acceptance.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They can reject, cancel, or terminate access at any time without notice.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is as-is with almost no liability, and you must indemnify them for claims from your use.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
After you access high-resolution files, you are not eligible for a refund; payment policies may change anytime.
The privacy policy is 1,176 words at a professional or legal expert level (Flesch reading ease 16.3); the terms are 8,231 words at a professional or legal expert level.
