This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations
Explanation: After the end of the data retention period and/or if you request the deletion of your data, they may still keep it for business interests (fraud detection, transactions...) or legal obligations (tax, legal reporting...)
The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason
Explanation: At any time, your account can be terminated without explanation and without warning by the service.
Features of the website are made available under a free software license
Explanation: This case applies to services under licenses that are free as in "freedom". According to the Free Software Foundation, "free software is the software that grants the user the freedom to share, study, and modify it". Furthermore, the code is entirely open source and may be used without any restriction, including for commercial purposes.
Users can access most of the pages on the service's website without revealing any personal information
Explanation: The service does not require users to reveal personal information for most of its website. However, it may still collect anonymous logs.
The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is friendlier to user privacy protection.
Explanation: The Terms are governed by the applicable laws of a jurisdiction known for protecting citizens privacy with strong data regulations. Usually contributors will need to explain in the Analysis view of each point linked to this Case why the jurisdiction is friendly to user privacy protection.
The service's data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes
Explanation: The service will remove personal data from its systems once it is no longer required. Depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected, data retention periods will vary.
You can request access and deletion of personal data
Explanation: Users have the right to access personal data hold by the Service, correct it and/or permanently delete it. This usually applies to Services GDPR compliants.
The service will not allow third parties to access your personal information without a legal basis
You maintain ownership of your data
Explanation: This service does not claim ownership over user-generated content or materials, and the user doesn't need to waive any moral rights by posting owned content.
The service provides details about what kinds of personal information they collect
Explanation: The Privacy Policy describes in detail the data collected through the website and through the services provided.
You have the right to leave this service at any time
Explanation: You can stop using the service and/or cancel or delete your account at any time for any reason. Moreover, the termination is reasonably fast and simple.
The terms for this service are easy to read
Explanation: The Agreements are well-organised, define legal terms (where applicable), aren't needlessly long and may be pleasant to read.
This service assumes no liability for any losses or damages resulting from any matter relating to the service
Explanation: The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs, including tangible (e.g. profits) and intangible losses (e.g. data), resulting from the use or inability to use the service or any other matter relating to the service.
There is a date of the last update of the terms
Explanation: The given text has a date that allows to know when it was last updated.
This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents
The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service
Explanation: The service provider expressly does not claim to provide uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service.
The service can suspend your account for several reasons
This service is only available to users of a certain age
Explanation: The Services are intended for users who are at least a certain age. If you are younger than the age required then you are prohibited from using the Service.
The terms for this service are translated into different languages
Explanation: Although there's generally a unique binding language for the terms, they are translated to allow all users to understand the agreement they're accepting, no matter their native language.
Third parties may be involved in operating the service
This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet the users' expectations or requirements
Explanation: This service provider informs its users that the services, information, products, or other materials provided on its website may not meet the users' expectations or requirements.
Explanation: After the end of the data retention period and/or if you request the deletion of your data, they may still keep it for business interests (fraud detection, transactions...) or legal obligations (tax, legal reporting...)