Privacy Guides
- The documents do not say whether your data trains AI.
- The policy rules out using your data for targeted ads.
- Data is shared only with the providers who run the service.
- Staff may review your content; the policy does not describe an opt-out.
A privacy-focused forum: they don’t sell data, you can delete in settings.
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Collected
Visit logs, email, username, posts, private messages, optional profile, and donation details.
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Privacy policy
“When you visit one of our websites, whether you have an account or not, we use server logs and other methods to collect data about what pages you visit and when.”
Training
They use data to run the site, fight abuse, send mail you signed up for, and promote their own project.
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Privacy policy
“Privacy Guides may use personal data about our users in order to directly promote our own resources, such as for sharing new resources or when fundraising.”
Sharing
They say they do not sell data; hosts and tools like Stripe, GitHub, and Mailgun process it.
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Privacy policy
“No. Privacy Guides does not sell personal information. Additionally, Privacy Guides does not share personal information with third parties for the purpose of advertising.”
Kept
Logs a few weeks; account and posts while open; backups up to 30 days after you delete.
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Privacy policy
“Privacy Guides keeps automated backups of all data it collects. These backups are stored for up to 30 days.”
Controls
You can edit or delete your profile in settings and download your forum activity as a CSV file.
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Privacy policy
“You can change your account data at any time by visiting the profile settings page for your account.”
Fine print
A $50 damage cap, and you may have to cover their legal costs.
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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 or your profile
Profile settings page for your account
Download your forum activity as CSV
Forum profile settings, link to download activity
Opt out of marketing emails
Unsubscribe from mailing lists; account settings or contact team@privacyguides.org
Close the forum account by email
Email jonah@privacyguides.org
If a switch is not where they say, the deletion request above still applies.
Line by line
The lines that matter most, worst first.
If someone sues them because you (or someone using your account) broke the rules, you may have to pay their legal costs.
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Terms of service
“You agree to the company from legal claims by others related to your breach of these terms, or breach of these terms by others using your account on the forum.”
For example, if a post from your account leads to a lawsuit, you could be on the hook for their lawyer bills.
If the forum harms you, they say they will pay at most fifty dollars.
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Terms of service
“As far as the law allows, the to you for claims of any kind that are related to the forum or content on the forum will be limited to $50.”
For example, if a bug wipes your posts, they cap what they owe you at $50.
You cannot join a group lawsuit.
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Terms of service
“You will settle any dispute as an individual, and not as part of a or other representative proceeding, whether as the plaintiff or a class member.”
For example, if many users were harmed the same way, you could not sue together in court.
They can shut off your access at any time, and you lose permission to use the forum.
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Terms of service
“Either you or the company may end the agreement written out in these terms at any time. When our agreement ends, your permission to use the forum also ends.”
For example, they could close the account without a long warning period.
Staff can read private messages, not only the people in the chat.
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Privacy policy
“Privacy Guides makes private messages available to senders and their recipients, and also to forum moderators and administrators.”
For example, a moderator can open a DM you thought was only between two users.
They say they do not sell your info or give it to ad companies.
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Privacy policy
“No. Privacy Guides does not sell personal information. Additionally, Privacy Guides does not share personal information with third parties for the purpose of advertising.”
For example, they say they will not put your email on an advertiser’s list.
You can start deleting your account yourself in settings, not only by emailing them.
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Privacy policy
“You also have the option to delete your profile on the settings page of your account.”
For example, you can open profile settings and choose to erase the account.
They do not claim to own your posts; they only get a license to show them on the forum.
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Terms of service
“Nothing in these terms gives the company any ownership rights in intellectual property that you share with the forum, such as your account information, posts, or other content you submit to the forum.”
For example, a guide you posted is still yours, even though it appears on the site.
You have to say you are 13 or older; they do not describe extra age checks.
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Terms of service
“You must be at least thirteen years old.”
For example, a 12-year-old could still type that they are 13 and sign up.
They say they do not try to collect health, biometrics, or other extra-sensitive categories.
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Privacy policy
“Privacy Guides does not intentionally collect sensitive personal information, such as government identification numbers, information on racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, genetic data, biometric data, health data, or any of the special categories of personal data specified by the .”
For example, they are not asking for a face scan or medical records to use the site.
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.
- sell or share
- Under California law, selling means passing your data to others for money or other value; sharing means passing it on for targeted ads. For example, letting an ad network use your browsing history in return for ad space counts as a sale.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- human review
- Company staff or contractors may read your messages or content, usually to check for rule breaking. For example, a flagged private chat with an AI can be read by a person at the company.
- 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.
- GDPR
- Europe's privacy law, which requires a legal reason for using your data and gives you strong rights over it. For example, an EU user can demand to know why the app keeps their location history.
How we got here · grade A+ · score 67/100 · 15 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 2 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
Besides account and posts, they log pages visited, timing, browser and device type, and IP-related visit data.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
They say they do not intentionally collect biometric data. Voice or face recording is not part of the service 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?
Forum moderators and administrators can read private messages. No opt-out of that access is described.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They say they do not share personal information with third parties for advertising. They may email about their own project, with an opt-out.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they do not sell personal information. They share with listed subprocessors that host, send email, and process payments.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
They do not take ownership of your posts. You give a license so they can copy, publish, and analyze content on the forum; that license ends after copies leave backups.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You can delete your profile in settings. Copies may stay in backups for up to 30 days.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
You have a public profile and forum trust level. You can view and edit profile details in settings and erase optional fields.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
They describe backups, session cookies for security, and hosting choices. No independent audit or leak history is described.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
Forum terms say you must be at least thirteen. They do not describe extra age checks.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
The privacy notice is dated September 24, 2025 and is specific about types and purposes. Terms are dated March 4, 2025 and will be posted on the forum; you must agree to keep using it.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
Either side may end the agreement at any time. They may also close an account if they believe you broke the rules. You close by emailing them.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The forum is as-is, liability is capped at $50, and you agree to indemnify them for claims tied to your breach or someone using your account.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Not stated in the documents.
The privacy policy is 4,271 words at a college level (Flesch reading ease 48.5); the terms are 2,009 words at a fairly hard level.
