Nexusmods
- 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 policy describes staff access for safety and legal checks.
You keep ownership of mods, but they take a forever licence, run ads with hashed emails, and can suspend you without notice.
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Collected
Account, payments, IP, device and browser data, usage, and data from ads and analytics partners.
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Privacy policy
“Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform”
Training
They use it to run the site, send ads, measure marketing, and share hashed emails with LiveRamp.
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Privacy policy
“To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you”
Sharing
Many vendors see data: ads, analytics, payments, hosting, Slack, Discord, and LiveRamp.
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Privacy policy
“We may share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table Purposes for which we will use your personal data above.”
Kept
They keep data as long as they think they need it; uploaded content may stay forever.
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Privacy policy
“We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements.”
Controls
You can delete your account in settings, ask them to erase data, and opt out of marketing.
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Terms of service
“Users are able to permanently delete their account using the feature found on the Security section of your account settings.”
Fine print
They take a forever licence on uploads, can suspend you without notice, and you may have to cover their losses.
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Terms of service
“you give us the right (which at a later date) to use your content indefinitely and we are not obliged to delete your content if you so request.”
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.
Delete your account in settings
Security section of your account settings
Opt out of LiveRamp ad linking
https://liveramp.com/privacy/
Turn off marketing emails
Log into the website and check or uncheck marketing preference boxes, or use opt-out links in emails
Ask to access or erase personal data
Contact support@nexusmods.com
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 copy, share, and remix what you upload, worldwide, without paying you.
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Terms of service
“a worldwide, non-exclusive, , transferable licence for us to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of and display that user-generated content”
For example, they could use your mod screenshots in ads for the site even after you leave.
Closing your account does not end their right to keep using your uploads.
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Terms of service
“The rights you grant us continue after this agreement is terminated or your access to the site is withdrawn by us.”
For example, a mod you posted could stay on their servers after you delete your account.
They can shut the site or your access without warning.
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Terms of service
“We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal however we are not required to do so.”
For example, your downloads could stop working overnight with no email first.
If they remove access, you may lose files unless you saved copies yourself.
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Terms of service
“You are solely responsible for backing up your content.”
For example, if they ban you, your uploaded mods might vanish from your account with no export.
If your upload breaks the rules, you may have to pay their legal costs.
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Terms of service
“you will be to compensate us (and where you are a business user, you hereby us) for any damages, loss, third party claims”
For example, if a mod you posted gets them sued, they can ask you to pay.
A coded version of your email can be used to target ads across other sites.
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Privacy policy
“we may share a hashed version of your email address with LiveRamp, which uses this information to link to online identifiers”
For example, an advertiser could recognise you on another website after you log in here.
A third-party ad company is involved in showing you ads.
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Privacy policy
“Publisher Collective: used as our exclusive advertising providers”
For example, ad partners can get data needed to serve banners on the site.
Staff chat tools may hold copies of information about you.
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Privacy policy
“Slack: used for internal communication between staff that may contain discussions or logs containing user data”
For example, a support ticket about your account could be pasted into Slack.
They say they do not collect health, religion, or biometric identifiers as special data.
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Privacy policy
“We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data).”
For example, they are not asking for your fingerprint or medical records to use the site.
They forbid others from scraping the site to train AI models.
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Terms of service
“You shall not use, and we do not consent to the use of, our site, or any data published by, or contained in, or accessible via, our site”
For example, a company is not allowed to download all mods to train an AI.
Adult content is gated with a third-party age check, not just a tick box.
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Terms of service
“Our age check is provided by k-ID and meets the requirements set out by Ofcom for highly effective age assurance.”
For example, you may have to prove you are 18 before seeing tagged adult mods.
Disputes go to courts in England and Wales.
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Terms of service
“these terms of service, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive ”
For example.
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.
- retention
- How long a company keeps your data before deleting it. For example, a policy might keep your messages for 30 days after you delete them, or for as long as it likes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- sensitive personal information
- Data that could hurt you if exposed, like health, religion, sexuality, race, exact location or bank details. For example, telling a chatbot about a medical condition creates sensitive data that some laws protect more strictly.
- biometric
- Measurements of your body that identify you, like your face, fingerprint or voice. For example, a selfie used to unlock the app or a voice recording matched to you.
- consent
- Your clear agreement to something, given by an action like ticking a box or tapping Accept. For example, a pop-up asking if the app may use your location is asking for consent.
- 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 D · score 38/100 · 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, payment, IP, device, browser, usage, and profile data, plus analytics and ad identifiers.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
They say they do not collect biometric data. Voice or face recording is not described.
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?
Moderators review uploads for illegal and harmful content. Staff tools may hold user data. They do not describe sampling private chats.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They use ad partners, analytics, and share hashed emails with LiveRamp for ads across platforms.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They share with many vendors and LiveRamp for ads. LiveRamp has an opt-out page. They ask consent before third-party marketing emails.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You keep ownership, but you grant a worldwide, transferable, forever licence they say cannot be revoked.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You can delete an account in settings, but they give no 30- or 90-day wipe, and they say they need not delete uploaded content.
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 describe access limits, confidentiality, and breach notice. No independent audit or leak history is named.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be 18, or 13 with a parent. Adult content uses k-ID age assurance. The site is not intended for children.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
They say to check the bottom of the page for an update date, but these copies have no date. They tell you to re-read the terms when you use the site.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They can disable your account and are not required to give notice. You must back up your own content.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
They limit warranties and losses, and business users must indemnify them if uploads cause claims.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Not stated in the documents.
The privacy policy is 4,205 words at a college level (Flesch reading ease 48.7); the terms are 6,112 words at a fairly hard level.
