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- 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.
You keep photo copyright, but they get a hard-to-end promo license, can close you anytime, and subscriptions auto-renew with no refunds.
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Collected
Signup and profile details, photos you add, IP and cookies, payments, and sometimes partner data.
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Privacy policy
“We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way.”
Training
They use it to run the site, email you, and show public profile info; they say they do not sell it.
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Privacy policy
“Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.”
Sharing
Staff, payment processors, other users on your profile, and advertisers’ cookies they do not control.
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Privacy policy
“Some of our business partners, like our advertisers, may use cookies on our website. We have no access to, or control over, these cookies.”
Kept
They keep account data while you are a member and for a while after; deactivating does not delete it.
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Privacy policy
“We retain your account information for as long as your account is active and a reasonable period thereafter in case you decide to re-activate the Services.”
Controls
You can edit your profile in settings; to delete data you must email help@youpic.com.
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Privacy policy
“To delete your data, please send an email to help@youpic.com.”
Fine print
They can close you with no notice, cap damages at $100, and auto-renew paid plans with no refunds.
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Terms of service
“YouPic may terminate or suspend any and all Services and/or your YouPic account immediately, without prior notice or , for any reason whatsoever”
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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.
Email to delete your data
Send an email to help@youpic.com
Cancel a paid membership
Go to the Subscription page and follow the cancellation instructions (or turn off auto-renew with a third-party payer)
Edit what shows on your profile
Settings section of your User Profile
Turn off promo emails
Email Preferences / Settings in your User Profile, or the unsubscribe link in 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.
Once you upload photos, you cannot take back the permission you gave them to use those photos.
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Terms of service
“You shall not have any right to terminate the permissions granted herein, nor to seek, obtain, or enforce any injunctive or other equitable relief against YouPic”
For example, if you leave YouPic, they can still use your photo in a promo as long as they credit you.
They can show your photos in ads and send them to other sites and apps, with your username attached.
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Terms of service
“The license granted to YouPic includes the right to use your Content fully or partially for promotional reasons and to distribute and redistribute your Content to other parties, web-sites, applications, and other entities”
For example, your landscape shot could appear on a partner site promoting YouPic.
They can shut your account at any time without warning and without paying you.
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Terms of service
“YouPic may terminate or suspend any and all Services and/or your YouPic account immediately, without prior notice or , for any reason whatsoever”
For example, they could lock you out overnight and you would have no promised chance to export first.
If you cancel a paid plan, you do not get money back for unused days.
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Terms of service
“Payments are non-refundable and we do not provide refunds or credits for any partial membership periods.”
For example, canceling two days after a yearly charge still leaves you paying for the whole year.
If someone sues them because of what you posted or how you used the site, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“You hereby agree to and YouPic, its affiliated and associated companies, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents”
For example, a copyright fight over a photo you uploaded could leave you covering their lawyer costs.
If they mess up, they say they will not pay you more than $100 in total.
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Terms of service
“for any direct damages in Excess of (in the aggregate) $100.”
For example, if lost files cost you a client, they still cap what they will pay at $100.
Turning the account off hides it but they still keep your data.
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Privacy policy
“Please be aware that deactivating your account does not delete your information.”
For example, after you deactivate, they may still have your profile and photos on file.
Ad companies can track you on the site and YouPic says they cannot control those cookies.
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“Some of our business partners, like our advertisers, may use cookies on our website. We have no access to, or control over, these cookies.”
For example, an ad network could follow you after you view a photographer’s page.
They say they do not sell your personal info, and only share it in the ways listed.
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Privacy policy
“Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.”
For example, they claim a marketing list buyer would not get your email from them.
Uploading does not transfer copyright of your photos to them.
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Terms of service
“By uploading your photographic or graphic works to YouPic you retain full rights to those works that you had prior to uploading.”
For example, you can still sell prints of a photo you also posted on YouPic.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
How we got here · grade D · score 39/100 · 15 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 4 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
They collect signup and profile info, photos you add, payment details, IP address, cookies, and page logs, plus data from other users and partners.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
Not stated in the documents.
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?
Advertisers and other business partners may set cookies on the site that YouPic says it does not control.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they neither rent nor sell personal information, and share with staff, processors, and in sales of the company or for legal reasons.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You keep copyright, but you give them a license to promote and redistribute your photos with credit, and you cannot terminate that permission.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
Deactivating does not delete data. To delete, you email help@youpic.com. They keep account info while you are active and for a reasonable time after.
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 passwords, limited staff access, EU hosting, and technical safeguards, but say no system is fully safe.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be 14 or older; ages 14–18 need a parent or guardian. There is no described age-check beyond that statement.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
The privacy policy is dated May 25th, 2018. They say they will post a site announcement; using the site after a terms change counts as acceptance.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They may end your account immediately for any reason with no prior notice. They say they then remove content from the account.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is limited to $100 of direct damages, and you must cover their legal costs if claims arise from your use or content.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Subscriptions keep charging until you cancel. They say payments are non-refundable and they do not credit unused time. Price changes apply after notice.
The privacy policy is 2,836 words at a college level (Flesch reading ease 46.4); the terms are 5,828 words at a college level.
