Opencollective
- The documents do not say whether your data trains AI.
- Your data is used for personalized ads, including by third-party ad companies.
- The policy allows data sales or sharing; it does not describe an opt-out.
- The documents do not say who can read your content.
They collect account, payment, and tracking data, keep money records for years, take a broad content license.
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- Sells or shares your data with no opt-out
Collected
Name, email, payments, logs, IP, cookies, and sometimes GitHub or social profile data.
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Privacy policy
“The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, payment method information and any other information you choose to provide.”
Training
They use it to run the site, fight fraud, personalize, and send offers from them and others.
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Privacy policy
“Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, rewards, and events offered by OFiTech and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;”
Sharing
Hosts of collectives, GitHub, payment processors, analytics companies, and others if required by law.
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Privacy policy
“With hosts and organizers of a collective, if you are a contributor, or request reimbursement for expenses made in support, of that collective.”
Kept
Money records are kept at least 7 years; accounts stay while active plus extra time after you leave.
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Privacy policy
“Financial transaction data is kept for at least 7 years to comply with tax and accounting requirements”
Controls
You can edit your profile in the account and email them to ask for deletion or other .
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Privacy policy
“You may update the profile information you provide by logging into your online account. You may also request that we delete your account by contacting us at [email protected].”
Fine print
U.S. they can close accounts with no notice.
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Terms of service
“We reserve the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to terminate or suspend your account or your or use our Platform.”
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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 U.S.
Email [email protected] with your full name and clear intent to opt out
Cancel or change recurring contributions
opencollective.com/dashboard/outgoing-contributions
Ask to delete your account
Email [email protected]
Opt out of promotional emails
Follow the instructions in those 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 keep using, changing, and sharing what you post forever, even if you leave, and they can let others do that too.
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Terms of service
“You grant OFiTech and its affiliates a , , nonexclusive, , worldwide, fully-paid, and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly perform and display your User Content”
For example, a logo or description you upload could stay on their site and be reused after you close your account.
What you post on the platform is public by default, including your name and photo.
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Terms of service
“When you post or otherwise share User Content on or through our Platform, you understand that your User Content and any associated information (such as your username or profile photo) will be visible to the public.”
For example, a comment or expense note you add can be seen by anyone on the web.
They can shut your account at any time without warning.
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Terms of service
“We reserve the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to terminate or suspend your account or your or use our Platform.”
For example, you could lose access to a collective dashboard overnight with no email first.
If someone sues them because of how you used the site, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you will , defend, and OFiTech, our subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of our respective officers, directors, agents, partners and employees”
For example, a fight over a post you made could leave you covering their lawyer costs.
Donations you send through the platform are not refunded by Open Collective.
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Terms of service
“Except as provided in these Terms, all contributions are final, and there are no refunds.”
For example, if you donate to the wrong collective, they say you must deal with the host, not get an automatic refund.
Payment history is stored for many years even if you want it gone.
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Privacy policy
“Financial transaction data is kept for at least 7 years to comply with tax and accounting requirements”
For example, a donation from 2026 could still be in their files in 2033.
Joining some software collectives sends your name and picture to GitHub.
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Privacy policy
“We will share your name and image with GitHub if you participate in a collective that is also working on a software project through GitHub;”
For example, backing an open-source collective could show your name on GitHub without a separate opt-out.
Outside analytics companies track how you use this site and other sites.
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Privacy policy
“These companies may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services and other websites and applications, including your IP address”
For example, a tracker could log your IP and pages you visit here and elsewhere.
You can stop monthly or yearly donations yourself in the dashboard.
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Terms of service
“Financial Contributors can cancel or change the amount of a Recurring Contribution via opencollective.com/dashboard/outgoing-contributions.”
For example, you can open outgoing contributions and cancel a monthly gift before the next charge.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- worldwide license
- You let the company use your content anywhere on earth, usually for free and for as long as it likes. For example, a video you post can be shown in ads in any country without asking you again.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
How we got here · grade D · score 34/100 · 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 and payment details plus logs, IP address, cookies, and extra profile data from places like GitHub.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
The documents do not describe recording voice, face scans, or body data as a product feature.
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?
Third-party analytics companies collect cookies, device IDs, and IP data about your use of this site and other sites.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They share data with collective hosts, GitHub, vendors, and in a sale of the company, without a clear sale opt-out.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You keep ownership, but they take a perpetual sublicensable license and say posts are public.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You delete by emailing them; money data is kept at least 7 years and some data may stay after a deletion request.
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 reasonable measures including encryption where appropriate and review their practices. No audit or leak history is described.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be 18. They say the service is not for children under 18, with no extra age-check described.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
Policies are dated. Material privacy changes get an email; terms can take effect when you keep using the site after notice.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They can end or suspend your account without notice, at their choice.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is as-is, their payout is capped, and you must cover their legal costs for claims tied to your use.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Recurring donations keep charging until you cancel in the dashboard. They say contributions are final with no refunds.
The privacy policy is 2,655 words at a college level (Flesch reading ease 41.2); the terms are 6,375 words at a college graduate level.
