Metacritic
- 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.
The parts we could read are a cookie banner that sells or shares data for ads, not a full privacy policy or terms.
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Collected
Cookies and tracking about you, your preferences, and your device.
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Privacy policy
“When you visit our website, we store cookies and other tracking technologies on your browser to collect information.”
Training
They use it to run the site, personalize it, and help partners show ads.
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Privacy policy
“The information collected might relate to you, your preferences, or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience.”
Sharing
They may sell or share site-use info with ad, social, and analytics partners.
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Privacy policy
“We may also “share” or “sell” information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners, as those terms are defined by applicable privacy laws.”
Kept
The parts of the policy we could read do not say how long they keep your data.
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Privacy policy
“For more information on the technologies we use, the categories of information we collect, the types of partners we may sell or share your personal information with, and your , visit our Privacy Policy using this link.”
Controls
You can opt out of sale or sharing; some cookies cannot be turned off.
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Privacy policy
“You have the right to opt out of the selling or sharing of your personal information, and if you opt out this website will honor that decision and require its partners to do the same.”
Fine print
We could not read the real terms; the page we got is a movie listing.
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Terms of service
“SummaryWith fascinating examples and so-unbelievable-they’re-almost-funny facts, filmmaker Cullen Hoback exposes what governments and corporations are legally taking from you every day”
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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.
Opt out of selling or sharing personal information
Do Not Sell My Personal Information on the cookie notice
Turn off optional ad, performance, and social cookies
Cookie list / Confirm My Choices on the cookie banner
Turn on Global Privacy Control in your browser
Browser GPC settings; they say the site will follow them
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 sell or share how you use the site with ad and social companies.
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Privacy policy
“We may also “share” or “sell” information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners, as those terms are defined by applicable privacy laws.”
For example, a partner could use your visit to Metacritic to help target ads on other sites.
Ad companies can track you and build an interest profile for ads elsewhere.
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Privacy policy
“These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.”
For example, reading game reviews could lead to game ads following you on another website.
Social media cookies can follow you around the web.
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Privacy policy
“They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests.”
For example, sharing a review could let a social network track you on other sites too.
Opting out does not stop all ads, including some based on older data.
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Privacy policy
“Please be aware that even if you opt out of the sale and sharing of your personal information, you may continue to see advertising, including ads that may be based on contextual information and personal information processed before you opted out.”
For example, you might still see ads after you opt out, based on what you already did on the site.
You can tell them not to sell or share, and they say they and their partners will follow that.
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Privacy policy
“You have the right to opt out of the selling or sharing of your personal information, and if you opt out this website will honor that decision and require its partners to do the same.”
For example, you can use their Do Not Sell control so partners should stop using that sharing.
If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, they say they will follow it.
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Privacy policy
“If you have set your privacy preferences via Global Privacy Control (GPC) settings, this website will function in accordance with those preferences.”
For example, turning on GPC in your browser can count as an opt-out without extra clicks.
Some cookies always stay on so the site can work.
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Privacy policy
“These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.”
For example, you cannot turn off cookies that remember login or privacy settings.
Visiting the site puts tracking files on your browser.
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Privacy policy
“When you visit our website, we store cookies and other tracking technologies on your browser to collect information.”
For example, just opening a review page can store cookies that identify your browser.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- 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.
- 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.
- data subject rights
- The legal rights you have over your data, such as seeing it, fixing it, deleting it or moving it. For example, you can email the company and ask for a copy of everything it holds about you.
- opt out
- Something is on by default and stays on until you find the setting and turn it off. For example, your chats may be used for training unless you go into settings and switch it off.
How we got here · grade F · score 25/100 · 15 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 11 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
The cookie notice says they collect information that may relate to you, your preferences, and your device through cookies and other tracking tools.
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?
Advertising and social partners can set cookies, build interest profiles, and show ads on other sites.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they may sell or share site-use information with partners, and you can opt out.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
Not stated in the documents.
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?
Not stated in the documents.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
Not stated in the documents.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
There is no date on the cookie notice, and we could not read a full dated privacy policy or terms.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
Not stated in the documents.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
Not stated in the documents.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Not stated in the documents.
The privacy policy is 750 words at a fairly hard level (Flesch reading ease 54.6); the terms are 548 words at a professional or legal expert level.
