Julialang
- 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 only with the providers who run the service.
- The documents do not say who can read your content.
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Collected
Browser type, referring site, times, IP addresses, cookies, emails, and your posts and messages.
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Privacy policy
“We also collect potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.”
Training
They use it to run the site, fight spam, personalize, and tailor marketing, including Google Analytics for logged-in users.
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Privacy policy
“Provide, test, improve, promote and personalize Julia Community 🟣 Services”
Sharing
They say they do not sell personal info, but vendors, ads, embeds, and legal requests can see data.
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Privacy policy
“We do not share, sell, rent, or trade User Personal Information with third parties for commercial purposes.”
Kept
The documents do not say how long they keep data; deletion is by email and leftover copies may stay briefly.
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Privacy policy
“To protect information from accidental or malicious destruction, we may maintain residual copies for a brief time period.”
Controls
You can turn off some ads in Settings, opt out of newsletters, and email them to delete or export data.
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Privacy policy
“You may of your personal information and account by emailing contact@julialang.org.”
Fine print
They can ban you anytime, paid plans auto-renew with no refunds.
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Terms of service
“JuliaLang 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.”
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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.
Email to delete your account
contact@julialang.org
Request a copy of your user data
email contact@julialang.org
Turn off ads where Settings allow
account Settings page
Opt out of newsletters
account Settings page or the footer link in non-administrative emails
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 account instantly for any reason and do not have to warn you first.
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Terms of service
“JuliaLang 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.”
For example, you could log in one day and find your account gone with no email explaining why.
If someone sues them because of something you posted or did, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“You agree to and JuliaLang, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website”
For example, if a comment you made led to a lawsuit, you could be on the hook for their lawyer fees.
If you pay for an upgrade, you do not get your money back even if you cancel or they shut you off.
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Terms of service
“These fees are not refundable.”
For example, if you paid for a year and they closed your account the next week, they say they owe you nothing.
What you post can be copied and reused by others under that public license.
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Terms of service
“User contributions after the 6th of March 2020 (UTC-05:00) are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.”
For example, someone could republish your forum post with attribution without asking you first.
When you are logged in, Google Analytics can follow which pages you visit, tied to your user ID.
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Privacy policy
“If you are a Logged-In User, Julia Community 🟣 may use your Julia Community 🟣 user ID in combination with Google Universal Analytics and Google Analytics to track and analyze the pages of the Services you visit.”
For example, they may see that your account often reads certain tags and use that for marketing.
If they change the rules, keeping using the site means you agreed, even if they did not email you.
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Terms of service
“Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes.”
For example, they could add new terms and you would be bound just by visiting again.
They say they will not sell your personal details to other companies for money.
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Privacy policy
“We do not share, sell, rent, or trade User Personal Information with third parties for commercial purposes.”
For example, they claim they would not sell your email list to a marketing firm.
There is no in-app delete button described; you have to email them to close the account.
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Privacy policy
“You may of your personal information and account by emailing contact@julialang.org.”
For example, you would send an email and wait for them to remove your profile.
You must be 13 or older, but they only state the age; they do not describe extra checks.
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Terms of service
“The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.”
For example, a 12-year-old could still type that they are 13 and create an account.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- 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.
- 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.
- right to erasure
- Your right to have a company delete the personal data it holds about you, with some exceptions. For example, you can ask a social app to wipe your old posts and profile and it must, unless a law says otherwise.
- 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.
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What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
They collect account and post content plus browser type, referring site, times, IP addresses, and cookies.
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?
They run first-party ads from page keywords and also use Google Analytics on logged-in users, plus third-party cookies and embeds.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they do not sell personal information for commercial purposes, but they share it with vendors who process it for them.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
Posts after March 6, 2020 are under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0, so they are licensed for public reuse.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You delete by emailing them. They may keep leftover copies for a brief time, then say the data is unrecoverable.
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 they use HTTPS/TLS encryption but do not guarantee security and mention no audits.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
The site is only for people 13 or older. They do not describe extra age checks.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
The privacy policy is dated. They post updates and change the effective date. The 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. You can stop using the site to leave.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The site is “as is,” liability is capped at fees paid in the last year, and you must indemnify them for claims from your use.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Optional paid upgrades auto-renew unless you cancel first, and the fees are not refundable.
The privacy policy is 1,547 words at a college level (Flesch reading ease 40.6); the terms are 2,495 words at a college graduate level.
