Terms of Service; Didn't Read

“I have read and agree to the Terms” is the biggest lie on the web. We aim to fix that.

Welcome to our edit tool

Using this online tool, you can help to update the content of the ToS;DR website. Below are the most recent changes people have made. Above, you can see the menu bar, where you can navigate to the list of Services, or the Points search page.

How it works

A service is a website or online application, for instance YouTube. A case is an individual remark that can form part of the review of a service, for instance "you need to be 13 years old to use this service"; each is assigned a topic to provide grouping. A point links a case to a service, for instance "you need to be 13 years old to use YouTube".

To review a service's terms and conditions, first make sure the service is listed, and raise it on the reviewers forum if it isn't. Then read the actual terms and policies you have to agree to to use this service, and make a note about anything that you find remarkable. Find the existing case for each of these review remarks, or create it if necessary, and create a point to add that case as a remark in the review of the service. Use the checklist to see if you forgot to review any aspects.

Then you need to wait for a curator to approve your changes, after which your review will show up on https://tosdr.org, will be picked up by the ToS;DR browser extensions, and included in DuckDuckGo's Privacy Grade, for which our API is one of several input factors. For services whose terms and policies are tracked by ToSBack, you can try out our experimental annotate view.

This tool is still very much under construction, and has bugs. Please open a github issue for anything you think should be improved.

Examples (see all):

SpamHound

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Pantip.com

  •  Third-party cookies are used for advertising
  •  You must come to their office to request your personal data
  •  You cannot delete your account of this service
  •  The terms for this service are easy to read
  •  This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation
  •  Only aggregate data is given to third parties
  •  There is a date of the last update of the agreements
  •  Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location
  •  User accounts can be terminated after having been in breach of the terms of service repeatedly
  •  Your personal data is aggregated into statistics
  •  Private messages can be read
  •  This service may collect, use, and share location data
  •  This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation
  •  Your profile is combined across various products
  •  Your provided identifiable information is actively checked by the service
  •  You agree not to submit libelous, harassing or threatening content
  •  You are prohibited from posting content which promotes violence or politically or religiously extremist values.
  •  You must provide your identifiable information
  •   Pseudonyms are allowed
  •  The posting of pornographic content is prohibited
  •  Political discussions which are against the government-advocated value are prohibited
  •  You agree to comply with the law of the service's country
  •  Extra data may be collected about you through promotions
  •  Third-party cookies are used for statistics
  •  Inconvenient process for obtaining personal data
  •  This service retains rights to your content even after you stop using your account
  •  You aren’t allowed to remove or edit user-generated content
  •  Logs are kept for an undefined period of time
  •  The publishing of personally identifiable information without the owner’s consent is not allowed
  •  Your personal information is used for many different purposes
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NumBuster

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