Weforum
- 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 only with the providers who run the service.
- The documents do not say who can read your content.
WEF collects account, device, and sometimes passport data, uses analytics cookies, and can close accounts without notice.
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Collected
Name, email, IP, cookies, and for events sometimes passport, birth date, and recorded interviews.
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Privacy policy
“When you interact with us, you may share personal information with us that allows identification of you as an individual (e.g. name, email address, address, telephone number, voice, actions, likeness, appearance, biographical material, and avatar).”
Training
They use it for events, newsletters, analytics, and improving sites—not described as training an AI chatbot.
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Privacy policy
“The Forum may use the personal data that you provide to us with your consent for a specified purpose or when you interact with Forum Sites or we process your data if we have legal basis”
Sharing
Service providers, other Forum offices, payment processor Stripe, and authorities; not for others’ marketing without consent.
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Privacy policy
“We do not share your personal data with any third party that intends to use it for direct marketing purposes, unless you have provided specific consent in relation to this.”
Kept
They keep it as long as needed for the service, legal duties, disputes, and contracts—no set delete-in-app clock.
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Privacy policy
“The Forum will retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and/or as long we require the personal data to provide you with the Forum services or products you requested”
Controls
You can email for access or correction and unsubscribe from marketing; cookie blocking may break the site.
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Privacy policy
“You have a right to request access to your personal data. You may send us a request for access, provision of such information will be subject to the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity.”
Fine print
Membership auto-renews; they can cut access without notice; Swiss courts; site is as-is with a small cap.
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Terms of service
“If, for any reason, we believe that you have not complied with these Terms of Use, we may, at our sole discretion, cancel your access to the Digital Content immediately and without prior notice.”
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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.
Request access or correction of your data
Email dataprotection@weforum.org or the form at wef.ch/MyData
Opt out of marketing emails
Unsubscribe link in the email, or contact them
Cancel a paid Digital Membership
Through Stripe / the membership portal as described in the Terms; free accounts via intelligence@weforum.org
Decline non-essential cookies in your browser
Browser or add-on settings (Cookie Notice section 5)
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 shut your account right away if they think you broke the rules, without warning you first.
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Terms of service
“If, for any reason, we believe that you have not complied with these Terms of Use, we may, at our sole discretion, cancel your access to the Digital Content immediately and without prior notice.”
For example, if they decide a post you made was offensive, your login can stop working the same day.
They do not promise the site will work or be accurate, and they disclaim most .
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Terms of service
“THE DIGITAL CONTENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITH NO EXPRESS OR OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY OF , , NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND TITLE.”
For example, if a report on the site is wrong and you rely on it, they say that is your problem.
If they cause you harm, they will pay at most one month of your membership fee.
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Terms of service
“If your use of Digital Content results in any form of damage or loss, the complete and maximum that the Forum assumes shall not exceed the total amount of the monthly subscription fees of your Digital Membership.”
For example, if a paid feature fails and costs you money, they cap what they owe at that month’s fee.
If you upload content, you agree to cover them if someone sues over that content.
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Terms of service
“The Visitors hereby release, discharge and agree to hold the Forum, and any person acting on their behalf, harmless from any related in any way to the Forum’s use of the New Digital Content.”
For example, if a photo you upload belongs to someone else, you may have to pay their legal costs.
Event sign-up can include a passport copy and marital status, not just a name and email.
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Privacy policy
“Personal data that you provide upon your sign-up to each event through this platform includes, in particular, name, address, email, copy of your passport, date of birth, marital status.”
For example, registering for a Forum event may mean sending a scan of your passport.
Outside analytics companies get cookie data about how you use the site.
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Privacy policy
“The Forum public websites use third party cookies for analytics (Google Analytics, Chartbeat, Parse.ly and mixpanel) and to track common metrics such as platform engagement”
For example, Google Analytics can see which pages you opened and for how long.
Paid plans keep charging until you cancel.
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Terms of service
“Digital Membership and Digital Membership Pro will renew automatically every month and Digital Membership Enterprise will renew automatically every year, unless you decide to terminate the Digital Membership by cancelling your subscription.”
For example, if you forget to cancel after a trial, the next month is billed automatically.
Ideas and comments you send them become theirs to keep.
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Terms of service
“The Forum will retain all (including where applicable, ownership) rights of any comments, ideas, and feedback provided by Visitors to the Forum in relation to the use of Digital Content (“Visitor’s Feedback”).”
For example, a product idea you email them can be used without paying you.
If they change the rules and you keep using the site, you are treated as having agreed.
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Terms of service
“Notice may be provided on the Digital Content itself, and after posting of the notice, the Visitor’s continued use of the Digital Content will be deemed as acceptance of the modified Terms of Use.”
For example, a banner on the homepage can count as notice even if you never open an email.
They say the service is not for under-18s, but it is based on not knowing, not a hard ID check.
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“The Forum does not knowingly solicit or collect personal data from children below the age of 18.”
For example, a 16-year-old could still create an account if they type an adult age.
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.
- 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.
- legal basis
- The legal reason a company gives for using your data, such as your consent, a contract or its own interests. For example, a company may say it needs your address to deliver an order, which is a contract basis.
- 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.
- 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.
- as is
- You get the service in whatever state it is in, with no promise that it works or will keep working. For example, if the app deletes your photos by mistake, it is not promising to fix that or pay you back.
- warranty
- A promise that a product will work as described; most apps say they make no such promise at all. For example, if a paid feature never works on your phone, a no-warranty clause says that is your problem.
- 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.
- 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.
How we got here · grade D · score 35/100 · 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 details, usage and cookies, plus extra items like gender, passport copies, marital status, voice and likeness that go beyond a simple website login.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
They list voice, likeness and appearance as personal data, and job candidates may record video interviews that are shared with hiring managers.
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?
Public sites use third-party analytics cookies from Google Analytics, Chartbeat, Parse.ly and Mixpanel.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They share with service providers, other Forum offices and authorities, and say they do not share for others’ direct marketing without consent.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
They keep ownership of comments, ideas and feedback you send about the digital content.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
They keep data as long as needed for the stated purposes or the law; access and correction are by contacting them, not an in-app delete timer.
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 technologies and measures against loss and unauthorized access, but also that the internet is not fully secure.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
They say they do not knowingly collect data from people under 18, with parental authorization as an exception.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
They may change terms at any time; notice can be on the site, and keeping using it counts as agreeing.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They may cancel access immediately without prior notice if they believe you broke the terms.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The site is as-is, liability is capped at monthly fees, and uploaders must hold the Forum harmless for their content.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Memberships auto-renew monthly or yearly; they say they will tell you about price changes in advance and you can cancel before they take effect.
The privacy policy is 2,929 words at a college level (Flesch reading ease 43.9); the terms are 5,399 words at a college graduate level.
