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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.
- Staff may review your content; the policy does not describe an opt-out.
They collect lots of profile and ad-tracking data, take a forever license on your posts, and can close you anytime.
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Collected
Account info, lists, photos, comments, searches, IP, cookies, and data from ad and social partners.
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Privacy policy
“We may access information about you from third-party sources and platforms (such as Apple, Google (e.g., Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reports), social networking sites, databases, online marketing firms, our strategic business partners and ad targeting firms)”
Training
They use your data to run the site, personalize it, email you, and show targeted ads on and off the site.
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Privacy policy
“Using information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other sources, we may use demographic data or information about your online activities or interests to display or communicate targeted advertising”
Sharing
Service providers, affiliates, business partners, advertisers, and anyone who sees public posts or APIs.
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Privacy policy
“This disclosure of personal information may be considered a "sale" or “sharing” of personal information under the .”
Kept
They keep account data while you have an account; posts may stay forever even after you delete them.
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Privacy policy
“Any information or material you post on the Sites may be retained indefinitely unless you delete it yourself.”
Controls
You can edit your profile, deactivate, opt out of sale/sharing, or email them to update or delete data.
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Privacy policy
“If the Sites functionality permits, you can deactivate your account at any time by visiting the preferences page for your profile”
Fine print
They take a forever license on your posts, can close you anytime, and subscriptions auto-renew with no user refunds.
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Terms of service
“you expressly grant, and you represent and warrant that you have a right to grant, to Company a non-exclusive, worldwide, , transferable, , , , license”
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.
Opt out of sale or sharing of personal information
Homepage “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link
Deactivate your account or delete content you posted
Preferences page for your profile
Set profile to private and edit who can see it
Account profile page account settings
Cancel a paid subscription before renewal
Account settings or Customer Support
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 get a forever right to copy, change, and share anything you post, even after you leave.
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Terms of service
“you expressly grant, and you represent and warrant that you have a right to grant, to Company a non-exclusive, worldwide, , transferable, , , , license”
For example, a review you wrote could still be shown or reused after you delete your account.
They can shut your account without warning and without giving a reason.
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Terms of service
“We may deactivate, delete, suspend or terminate your account, status as a moderator, or ability to access or use the Service at any time for any or no reason”
For example, you could lose your anime lists overnight with no email first.
Public posts can stay on the site forever, and deactivating does not wipe comments.
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Privacy policy
“Any information or material you post on the Sites may be retained indefinitely unless you delete it yourself.”
For example, forum comments can remain after you close your account.
Outside ad companies can track you and show ads based on your activity.
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Privacy policy
“Third-party advertisers and advertising platforms also may serve targeted ads on the Sites.”
For example, browsing a show page can lead to ads for that show on other websites.
They admit giving identifiers to advertisers can count as selling or sharing your data.
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Privacy policy
“This disclosure of personal information may be considered a "sale" or “sharing” of personal information under the .”
For example, an ad network may get enough to recognize you across sites unless you opt out.
If someone sues them over your posts or use of the site, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“You agree to and Company and its subsidiaries, agents, managers, and other affiliated companies”
For example, a fight over a review you posted could leave you covering their lawyer costs.
Supporter plans keep charging until you cancel, and you do not get money back for unused time.
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Terms of service
“However, if you cancel a pre-paid annual or monthly subscription, you will not receive any refund.”
For example, cancelling a yearly plan the next day still costs the full year.
Volunteer and staff moderators can look at lists, emails, usernames, and IP history.
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Terms of service
“you understand that such moderators will have access to data associated with your account, including usage data”
For example, a forum mod can see your email and past IPs when checking a report.
They log which site you came from and where you go next, plus other device details.
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Privacy policy
“the web pages you were visiting immediately before and after you came to the Sites”
For example, arriving from a search result can be stored with your visit.
They say they use ordinary security steps, but they do not promise the data cannot leak.
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Privacy policy
“We also have adopted commercially reasonable technical, physical, and administrative procedures to help protect information about you”
For example, they limit who at the company can see contact info, but still warn nothing is 100% safe.
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.
- targeted advertising
- Ads chosen for you based on what you have done across other apps and websites, not just this one. For example, you look at shoes in one app and see shoe ads in a totally different app the next day.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- CCPA
- California's privacy law, which gives residents the right to see, delete and stop the sale of their data. For example, a Californian can ask the app to stop selling their data and it must comply.
- 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.
- 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.
- human review
- Company staff or contractors may read your messages or content, usually to check for rule breaking. For example, a flagged private chat with an AI can be read by a person at the company.
How we got here · grade D · score 38/100 · 15 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 1 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
They collect more than account and posts: cookies, IP, nearby pages, device details, photos, friends, and data from ad and social partners.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
They say they have not collected biometric information such as faceprints or voiceprints.
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?
Forum moderators monitor discussions and can see account, list, email, and IP data; no opt-out is described.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
Third-party advertisers use cookies and similar tools to target ads on and off the site.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They share identifiers with advertisers in a way that may be a CCPA sale or share, with a Do Not Sell or Share opt-out.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
By posting, you give them a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable license to your content.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
Posted material may be kept indefinitely; deactivating leaves public comments up, and they may deny deletion.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
You have a public profile and lists you can edit and set to private in account settings.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
They describe commercially reasonable technical, physical, and administrative security steps, with no audit named.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be of majority or have parental consent; they say they do not systematically check true age.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
The policy is dated and lists data types and retention; they email or post notice of material changes, and continued use counts as acceptance.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They may suspend or delete your account at any time for any or no reason, without notice.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is as-is with liability capped at what you paid, and you must indemnify them for claims from your use or content.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Subscriptions auto-renew until you cancel in account settings; cancelling a prepaid plan does not get a refund.
The privacy policy is 7,791 words at a college graduate level (Flesch reading ease 35.7); the terms are 9,006 words at a college graduate level.
