InsaneJournal
- The documents do not say whether your data trains AI.
- The policy rules out using your data for targeted ads.
- They say they do not sell or share your data.
- The policy describes staff access for safety and legal checks.
A journaling site that says it will not sell your data, but can delete your account and posts without notice and paid fees are non-refundable.
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Collected
Email, handle, birthday, optional profile and photo, plus IP address, cookies, and visit logs.
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Privacy policy
“our servers automatically record technical information about visits to the site — including your IP address, browser and device information, and the pages you request”
Training
They say they use it to run the site, stop abuse, and keep it secure, not to train AI.
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Privacy policy
“We collect the information described below to operate and improve the service, to keep it secure, and to prevent and investigate abuse.”
Sharing
They say they will not sell your info; some profile fields are public only if you choose.
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Privacy policy
“We will not sell your information or give it to others, except as described in this policy or as required by law.”
Kept
Logs and IPs are kept as long as they say they need them; no clear delete timeline.
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Privacy policy
“We keep this information for as long as it is needed for those purposes.”
Controls
You can hide contact info and skip optional fields; they do not describe an in-app data-delete tool.
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Privacy policy
“Your email address is only displayed publicly on your user info page if you have selected the "Show my contact information" checkbox in your user profile.”
Fine print
Terms can change with no notice; they can wipe your journal anytime; paid fees are not refunded.
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Terms of service
“You agree that any termination of your access to the Service under any provision of this TOS may be effected without prior 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.
Uncheck Show my contact information if you do not want email or IM public
User profile checkbox described in the privacy policy
Leave optional gender, location, and picture blank
Account profile fields at registration and in your profile
Contact them with privacy questions
Contact link at the bottom of the privacy policy page
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 wipe your whole journal and files without warning.
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Terms of service
“InsaneJournal.com may immediately deactivate or delete your InsaneJournal.com journal and all related information and files.”
For example, if they decide you broke the rules, your years of posts could vanish the same day.
If someone sues them because of what you posted, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“You agree to and hold InsaneJournal.com, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees”
For example, if a post in your journal leads to a lawsuit, they can ask you to cover attorney fees.
They promise almost nothing about the site working or staying up.
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Terms of service
“THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. INSANEJOURNAL.COM EXPRESSLY OF ANY KIND”
For example, if the site goes down and you lose access to drafts, they say that is your risk.
If you pay, you do not get money back, even if they close the account.
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Terms of service
“Paid accounts are non-transferable and non-refundable. Once a username is chosen and paid for, that user owns it until the journal is deleted”
For example, if they terminate a paid journal, the fee you already paid stays with them.
They can change the rules anytime and do not have to tell you first.
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Terms of service
“these Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated periodically without notice.”
For example, new limits on accounts could appear the next time you log in with no email warning.
They say they do not sell your data, except when the law requires sharing.
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Privacy policy
“We will not sell your information or give it to others, except as described in this policy or as required by law.”
For example, they say they would not sell your email list to marketers.
You keep the rights to what you write and upload.
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Terms of service
“InsaneJournal.com claims no ownership or control over any Content posted by its users. The author retains all patent, trademark, and copyright to all Content posted”
For example, a story you post in your journal still belongs to you, not the site.
Comment IPs and browser cookies are used to hunt abuse, not for ads.
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Privacy policy
“We use this information only to investigate and respond to abuse — for example, to connect harassing comments left while logged out to the account responsible”
For example, if someone leaves a logged-out harassing comment, they may match it to an account.
They ask your birthday to check you are 13 or older, based on what you type.
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Privacy policy
“We ask for your birthday at account creation time, we do this to verify that you are over 13 years of age and for our own statistical purposes.”
For example, a 12-year-old could still type a fake birthday and get an account.
If you sue, you have to do it in Florida courts, not wherever you live.
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Terms of service
“You and InsaneJournal.com agree to submit to the personal and exclusive of the courts located within Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S.A.”
For example, a user in another country would still have to go to Palm Beach County court.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- venue
- The specific court or city where any lawsuit must be filed, which may be far from where you live. For example, a user in Florida may have to travel to a court in San Francisco to sue.
- governing law
- Which country's or state's laws are used to settle any dispute, no matter where you live. For example, a user in Ohio may find the terms are judged under California law.
How we got here · grade B · score 55/100 · 15 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 and profile fields plus IP addresses, browser and device info, cookies, and page logs.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
They do not describe recording voice or treating face as a biometric. A profile picture is optional.
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 IP and cookie data on comments is used only to investigate abuse and enforce the terms.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They say they removed banner ads. Cookies described are for login, preferences, and abuse, not ad tracking.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they will not sell your information or give it away except as the policy describes or as required by law.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
They claim no ownership of your posts; you keep copyright and other rights.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
Not stated in the documents.
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 say logs and cookies are used to operate the site, diagnose problems, and keep it secure. No audit is described.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
They restrict under-13 users under COPPA and ask for a birthday to check age. That is self-declared.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
The terms may be updated periodically without notice. The privacy page has no date.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They can close your account and delete the journal and files without prior notice. Paid accounts that are terminated are not refunded.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is as-is with a broad liability waiver, and you must indemnify them for claims about your content.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Paid accounts are term-based, non-transferable, and non-refundable, including if they terminate the account.
The privacy policy is 873 words at a plain English level (Flesch reading ease 62.5); the terms are 3,374 words at a college graduate level.
