Parler
- 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.
Public-by-default social posts, a broad content license, readable DMs, ads.
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Collected
Account info, posts, DMs, device IDs, cookies, and sometimes contacts, photos, and payment details.
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Privacy policy
“When you sign up for an account or update your profile information, we collect Personal Information you provide to us such as your name, email address, phone number, display name, profile photo, cover photo, preferred language, date of birth”
Training
They run the app, personalize feeds, do ads and marketing, and may read DMs for safety and rules.
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“For marketing and advertising purposes, such as developing and providing promotional and advertising materials that may be relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you, including providing you with targeted offers and ads”
Sharing
Other users see your posts by default; vendors, ads/analytics, and law enforcement can get data too.
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Privacy policy
“The content you post to our Services will be displayed and viewable by other users by default.”
Kept
They keep data while your account is open; after delete, some messages, reposts, and blockchain records stay.
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Privacy policy
“When you delete your account, we delete or your Personal Information within a reasonable period, except for information we are required or permitted to retain”
Controls
You can change sharing settings, delete your account in the app, and email to opt out of sale or sharing.
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Privacy policy
“You can delete your account by selecting that option via your account settings.”
Fine print
They can close you anytime; you them; is capped at $200.
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Terms of service
“Parler may remove any content and terminate your access to the Services at any time and for any reason”
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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.
Delete your account
Account settings in the app
Opt out of sale or sharing
Email privacy@parler.com or use in-app controls
Tighten who can see posts
Sharing preferences in account settings
Unsubscribe from promo email or texts
Account settings, email unsubscribe link, or reply STOP to texts
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, change, show, and advertise your posts worldwide, and let others do the same.
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Terms of service
“You grant to Parler a license to any content posted by you to the Services, including a worldwide, non-exclusive, license (with the right to ) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, distribute, promote, market, advertise, feature”
For example, they could use your photo in a Parler ad without paying you unless you are in their influencer program.
Private chats are not locked so only you and the other person can read them. Staff can open them.
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Privacy policy
“Direct messages are not end-to-end encrypted. We may access and review direct message content to operate the Services, respond to user reports, enforce our Terms and Community Guidelines, comply with legal obligations, and protect user safety.”
For example, a DM you thought was private could be read when someone reports you or when they check for rule-breaking.
If they harm you, they say they will not pay more than $200 or what you paid in six months.
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Terms of service
“IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OF PARLER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICES EXCEED THE GREATER OF TWO HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (U.S. $200.00) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID PARLER, IF ANY, IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS”
For example, even if a breach cost you far more, their terms try to cap what they owe at $200.
You promise to cover their legal bills if your use of the app leads to a claim.
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Terms of service
“You agree to , and hold Parler harmless, along with Parler's affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and our and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns”
For example, if someone sues them over a post you made, you may have to pay their lawyers.
They can shut your account whenever they want, even without a warning.
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Terms of service
“Parler may remove any content and terminate your access to the Services at any time and for any reason, including without limitation, to the extent Parler reasonably believes (a) you have violated these Terms”
For example, you could lose access overnight and not get a chance to export everything first.
What you post is public unless you change settings.
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Privacy policy
“The content you post to our Services will be displayed and viewable by other users by default.”
For example, a new post can show up in other people's feeds and searches unless you lock it down.
Money or tokens you spend to boost a post will not be refunded.
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Terms of service
“All Boosted Post transactions are final, non-refundable, and subject to the Terms and Conditions herein.”
For example, if a boost does nothing for your post, you still cannot get the payment back.
Deleting your account does not wipe copies other people already have.
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“Direct messages received by other users, content reposted or saved by other users, and other content shared with the Parler community, which may persist after your account is deleted”
For example, a DM you sent can stay in the other person's inbox after you leave.
Live lounge audio is not saved unless they tell people they are recording.
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Privacy policy
“We do not record voice rooms unless explicitly disclosed to participants at the time of recording.”
For example, chatting in a voice room should not leave a saved recording unless they announce it.
You must say you are 18 or older to sign up. They do not describe extra age checks.
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“Users must be at least 18 years of age to create an account and use our Services.”
For example, a teen could type an 18+ birthday and still get an account.
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.
- de-identified
- Data with your name and obvious identifiers removed, though it can sometimes still be traced back to you. For example, your chats with names stripped out may still be kept and studied after you delete your account.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- service providers
- Outside companies that handle your data on the app's instructions, such as a cloud host or an email sender. For example, the company that stores the app's files in the cloud sees your data but only does what the app tells it.
How we got here · grade F · score 32/100 · 15 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 2 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
They collect account and post data plus device IDs, cookies, ad IDs, usage, optional contacts, and coarse location from IP.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
Lounge voice is collected only while you are in the room and is not recorded unless they tell participants.
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 say they may read DMs to run the service, handle reports, enforce rules, follow the law, and protect safety, plus human review for CSAE.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They use targeted ads and collect mobile advertising IDs; analytics and advertising partners may be treated as a sale or share.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they do not sell in the traditional sense, but analytics and ads may count as sale or sharing, with an opt-out by email or in-app.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You give a worldwide sublicensable license to use and advertise your content, and posts are public by default.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You can delete in account settings, but they only promise a reasonable period, and DMs, reposts, and blockchain records can stay forever.
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 physical and electronic safeguards, but also that no method is 100% secure and they are not responsible for breaches.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be 18 to create an account; they do not describe age-proofing beyond that statement.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
Policies have no posted date. Changes can take effect when posted, and keeping using the app means you accept them.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They may terminate access at any time for any reason and say they have no liability for that.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is as-is, liability is capped at $200, and you must indemnify them for claims from your use.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Boosts and tips are described as final and non-refundable. Auto-renew subscriptions are not described.
The privacy policy is 5,070 words at a professional or legal expert level (Flesch reading ease 13); the terms are 4,904 words at a professional or legal expert level.
