Terms of Service; Didn't Read
Nobody wants to read the long Terms of Service many websites have.
But it is important to understand what they say – these ratings make it easier.
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Help codingClassification how services are rated
Each service is rated according to the categories below as either good, mediocre or bad depending on their terms of service and privacy policies. These individual ratings are then added up to judge the service as a whole.
if 80% good or more
if 50% good or more
if below 50% good
Categories 10 for now, let us know if they make sense or can be simplified
Ownership
You license us to use your data only for the purpose of offering this service.
We get a license to reuse and resell your data, but will still attribute ownership to you.
We become the owners of your data.
Location of court of law
The court of law of the service is located in a country which respects human rights & digital rights.
The court of law of the service is located in a country which is behind on digital rights.
The court of law of the service is located in a country which is known for censoring and oppression.
You end the service
Both your primary and secondary data will be removed after you close your account.
Your data will be kept for a short time for the purpose of restoring your account at a later time.
A copy of your data will be kept even if you don't want it.
They end the service
Your account will not be suspended or censored, unless required to do so by law.
Your account might be suspended or censored at any time, but there is an appeal procedure.
There is no appeal procedure in case the service is ended or censored.
Third parties
Neither your primary nor your secondary data will be given to third parties.
Aggregated data might be used for use by third parties, but then you will not be identifiable.
Your personal data will be given to third parties.
Law enforcement
You will get a chance to defend yourself when law enforcement requests access to your data.
Your data will only be given away in case of a subpoena.
Your data might be given to law enforcement upon request.
Equality
The service is blind to your location, race, gender, nationality, residence, political views, religion, sexual orientation, and criminal record.
They are actively and demonstrably working to make this service available to more human beings, regardless of their location, race, gender, nationality, residence, political views, religion, sexual orientation, and criminal record.
Whether this service is available to you may depend on your location, race, gender, nationality, residence, political views, religion, sexual orientation, or criminal record.
Anonymity
You can use a pseudonym and don't have to give out your personal info.
It is allowed to use nicknames towards other users, as long as you give your real identity to the service.
You have to give out your real identity, uniquely linking your account to you as a physical person.
Data liberation
You can export and import all your data to open formats usable with other services.
You can export your primary data, but only to a format that even they don't support for import.
You can not export your data.
Distribution
This service is distributed; using a a different instance will not give you significant loss of interaction with other users.
The software behind this service is freely licensed. Be aware though, that each node forms a restrictive island of user interaction.
This is the only instance of this service. Either the source code is secret, or you're not allowed to run your own instance of it.