MySpace
- 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.
Myspace takes a broad license to your posts, shares data with Viant for ads, and can close you anytime.
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Collected
They collect account info, posts, device IDs, IP, GPS location, and what you stream.
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Privacy policy
“Examples of the Usage Information we may collect include: your IP address or unique Device Identifiers; your Device functionality”
Training
They use your data for the site, rankings, and ads via their affiliate Viant.
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Privacy policy
“At this time, Myspace does not serve advertisements to Users as part of the Myspace Services, but does share your personal information with our corporate affiliate VIANT”
Sharing
Viant, advertisers, other users, and search engines can see a lot of your profile.
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Privacy policy
“Our affiliate VIANT further discloses, or makes available, the Myspace data they receive from us to their VIANT’s clients and others.”
Kept
Media tracking can last two years; backups may stay after you cancel.
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Privacy policy
“we may also retain backup information related to your Account and associated Profile(s) on our servers for as long as is reasonably necessary after cancellation”
Controls
You can change some profile settings, unsubscribe from promo email, and cancel your account.
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Privacy policy
“We provide you with the ability, through your Profile Settings, to access, edit, or delete certain of your Registration Information and Profile Content.”
Fine print
They can close you anytime; you grant a huge license.
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Terms of service
“Myspace may terminate the Myspace Services and/or your Membership at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or explanation, and without ”
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 sharing, selling, and targeting if your state allows it
Privacy Policy links: “Residents of some states can opt-out of our sharing, selling and targeting here, and VIANT’s sharing, selling and targeting here”
Tighten profile visibility and activity notifications
Profile Settings (linked from the Privacy Policy)
Cancel your account if you want to leave
Follow the instructions in Profile Settings (Terms Section 2 / Privacy “Managing Your Information”)
Unsubscribe from promotional email
Profile Settings or the unsubscribe link at the bottom of Myspace 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 use, sell, and share what you post in many ways, not just to run the site.
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Terms of service
“you hereby grant to Myspace a limited license to use, modify, delete from, add to, combine with other content, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, transmit, sell, distribute, and otherwise exploit such Content”
For example, a photo you upload could be shown, remixed, or distributed elsewhere without paying you.
The rights they take last forever, and copies that already spread may stay up.
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“The license you grant is ; provided, however, that after you remove your Content from the Myspace Services, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to remove such specific deleted Content”
For example, if someone copied your post to another profile, it can stay even after you delete it.
Your personal data can go to Viant and then to advertisers and other companies.
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Privacy policy
“does share your personal information with our corporate affiliate VIANT, who may share it with other third parties, including advertisers.”
For example, what you listen to on Myspace could help target ads on other sites.
They can shut your account with no warning and no explanation.
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“Myspace may terminate the Myspace Services and/or your Membership at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or explanation, and without ”
For example, you could lose your profile overnight and have no promised chance to export first.
You generally cannot sue in a group with other users.
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Terms of service
“AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS CONSTITUTES AN AGREEMENT TO PURSUE YOUR CLAIM FOR ALLEGED DAMAGES ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND A WAIVER OF THE ABILITY TO PURSUE YOUR CLAIM IN A .”
For example, if many people were harmed the same way, you would still have to go it alone.
If your use of the site causes a legal fight, you may have to pay their lawyers.
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Terms of service
“you agree to , defend (at Myspace’s election) and hold Myspace, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, subcontractors and other partners, and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless”
For example, if someone sues them over a song you posted, you could be on the hook for costs.
They may collect precise location from your device, not just a city or zip code.
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Privacy policy
“your Device location (including using GPS and longitude and latitude location information);”
For example, opening the site on your phone could log exact GPS coordinates.
Some profile facts like your name, photo, age, and IDs stay public no matter the settings.
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“Please note that the Myspace Services currently do not allow Users to restrict access to the items of Public Information described above”
For example, search engines can still show your username and profile photo.
You must be at least 16; they rely on you not to lie about your age.
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“We do not use the Myspace Services to knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13, and do not allow children under sixteen (16) years old to use the Myspace Services.”
For example, a 15-year-old who signs up anyway is not supposed to have an account.
If you live in certain U.S. states, you can ask them not to sell or share for ads.
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“Residents of some states can opt-out of our sharing, selling and targeting here, and VIANT’s sharing, selling and targeting here”
For example, a California resident can use their opt-out links to limit ad sharing.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- device identifiers
- Codes that single out your phone or computer, used to recognise you across apps and sites. For example, the advertising ID on your phone lets two unrelated apps know they are seeing the same person.
- 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.
- 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.
- limitation of liability
- A cap on what the company will ever pay you if something goes wrong, often only what you paid in the last year. For example, if a leak of your data costs you thousands, the most you may get back is a month's subscription fee.
- perpetual
- Lasting forever, with no end date. For example, a perpetual licence means the company can keep using your video years after you leave.
- 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.
- class action waiver
- You agree not to join with other users in one lawsuit; each person must complain alone. For example, if a bug overcharges a million people, you cannot all sue together for a refund.
- 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.
- precise geolocation
- Your exact position, usually from GPS, often accurate to within a few metres. For example, an app can tell not just your city but which building you are in right now.
- 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.
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What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
They collect registration details, posts, usage, device IDs, IP, and GPS location, plus media you stream.
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?
They may review, monitor, and remove posts and messages at their discretion, with no review opt-out.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They share personal information with Viant and others for advertising and use third-party tracking tools.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They share with affiliate Viant and others, and some state residents can opt out of selling and targeting.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You keep ownership, but you grant a perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable license to exploit your content and likeness.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You can cancel and delete some profile data, but backups and copies others made can remain as long as they think necessary.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
They keep public profiles and activity streams; you can change some settings or cancel, but core public fields cannot be hidden.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
They say they take reasonable precautions but do not promise your data is secure.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
They bar under-16 users and under-13 collection, based on what you say about your age.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
Policies are dated; they say they will notify you of material privacy changes, and continued use means you accept.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They can end your membership at any time for any or no reason, with or without notice.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is as-is, their liability is capped at what you paid, and you must indemnify them for many claims.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
They may start charging or change fees at their discretion; auto-renew and refunds are not clearly spelled out.
The privacy policy is 5,741 words at a college graduate level (Flesch reading ease 30.4); the terms are 15,096 words at a college graduate level.
