Poshmark
- The policy allows AI training; it does not describe an opt-out.
- 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 documents do not say who can read your content.
Poshmark takes a broad license on your listings, can close you anytime.
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- Uses your content for AI training with no opt-out
Collected
Account info, location, device IDs, photos, face checks, trip details, and data from partners.
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Privacy policy
“This may include biometric data that allows you to be identified based on your physical or biological characteristics.”
Training
They use it to run rides and ads, fight fraud, and train machine learning models.
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Privacy policy
“We use data for analysis, research and product development, including training machine learning models.”
Sharing
Drivers, merchants, ad partners, affiliates, and others can get pieces of your data.
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Privacy policy
“We also share data with our affiliates, subsidiaries, service providers and partners, for legal reasons, or in connection with claims or disputes.”
Kept
They keep a lot for the life of the account or up to 7 years; deletion is usually within 90 days.
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Privacy policy
“We generally delete data within 90 days of an account deletion request, except where retention is necessary for the above reasons.”
Controls
You can change location, ads, and privacy settings in the app and .
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Privacy policy
“You may request that we delete your account through the Privacy menus in the Uber app, or through Uber’s website”
Fine print
They can close you anytime, and you them.
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Terms of service
“We may suspend or terminate your Account at our discretion without explanation, notice, and to Poshmark”
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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.
Turn off ad personalization
Privacy notice: opt out from ad personalization (link in notice); Ads and Data menu
Request account deletion
Privacy menus in the app or website (as described in the privacy notice)
Control location sharing
Account > Settings > Privacy / Location sharing menu
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, and share your photos and listings forever, even for ads, including after you leave.
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Terms of service
“By Posting any User Content, you hereby grant to Poshmark and its affiliated companies a nonexclusive, worldwide, , fully paid up, transferable, , , license”
For example, they could keep using a photo of your jacket in ads after you delete your account.
They can shut you down and throw out your listings without warning.
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Terms of service
“We may suspend or terminate your Account at our discretion without explanation, notice, and to Poshmark, including removing and discarding any Items or Content within the Service, for any reason and at any time.”
For example, your closet could vanish overnight with no email first.
If someone sues them because of your listing or use, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“You agree to release, , and and, upon Poshmark’s request, defend the Poshmark Parties from any legal claims”
For example, a brand sues over a listing photo and they ask you to cover lawyers.
Your trips, chats, photos, and recordings can be used to train AI, with no opt-out described here.
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Privacy policy
“We use data for analysis, research and product development, including training machine learning models.”
For example, a support call recording could be used to train a model.
They can take selfies and face data to check it is you.
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Privacy policy
“For example, biometric data is generated when we use facial verification technology to confirm that your account is not being used by anyone other than you”
For example, you may have to take a live selfie matched to your ID.
What you post on Poshmark is treated as public.
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Terms of service
“your User Content may be publicly viewable and will be accessible and viewed by third parties”
For example, a listing photo can be seen and shared outside the app.
After you ask to delete, most data is gone in about 90 days unless they keep it for safety or law.
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Privacy policy
“We generally delete data within 90 days of an account deletion request, except where retention is necessary for the above reasons.”
For example, fraud-related data can stay even after you delete.
They can change fees without telling you first.
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Terms of service
“We may change or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, some or all fees for the Service, without notice and at our sole discretion”
For example, seller commission could jump with only a policy page update.
Kids under 13 are banned; teens need a parent’s okay, but it is self-declared.
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Terms of service
“You may not use the Service if you are under the age of 13. If you are at least 13 but under the age of 18, you may only use the Service with permission of your parent or guardian”
For example, a 15-year-old can sign up if they say a parent agreed.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- 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.
- model training
- Using your content and conversations as examples to teach an AI system, which can then echo them in future answers. For example, a story you write in a chatbot may be studied by the company to make the next version of the bot.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
How we got here · grade F · score 27/100 · 15 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 2 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
The privacy notice lists precise location, contacts-style partner data, ads IDs, photos, demographics, and more than needed for a closet app.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
They collect selfies, facial verification, in-cabin video, and audio, keep some for years, and use data including recordings for ML training.
Are your chats and uploads used to train AI models, and is that off by default?
They say they use data, including user content and recordings, to train machine learning models, with no opt-out described.
Can employees or contractors read your conversations, and when?
Not stated in the documents.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They share identifiers with ad intermediaries and use cookies and partners for targeted ads.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They share audience lists and IDs with ad publishers; you can opt out of ad personalization.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You keep ownership but grant a perpetual, sublicensable license, 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 request deletion in the app; they generally delete within 90 days except legal or safety holds.
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 encryption in transit and at rest, access limits, and staff training.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
Poshmark bans under 13; 13–17 need parent permission, with no age-assurance tech described.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
Terms can change by posting; continued use means you accept. Privacy says they notify of significant changes then continued use is consent.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They may suspend or terminate without explanation or notice and discard content.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
Service is as-is, liability capped at fees or $100, and you must indemnify them.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Fees can change without notice; most purchases are final with limited returns.
The privacy policy is 8,930 words at a college graduate level (Flesch reading ease 37); the terms are 8,282 words at a college graduate level.
