Freeport-McMoRan
Materials
23
out of 100. Number 480 of 512, counting from the worst.
Where Freeport-McMoRan does well
- Arbitration 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- Renewals 0 of 20. Nothing found.
- Data sharing 3 of 20. Few problems found.
- No forced arbitration or class-action waiver anywhere — dispute disputes go to a federal district court in Arizona (clause 9 of the Terms), which is a neutral public forum, not a private arbitrator of FCX's choosing.
- The notice states plainly: 'We do not sell or otherwise disclose information we collect about you, except as described in this Notice,' and adds 'We do not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes' — better than the data-broker model common on consumer sites.
- Children's privacy is handled decently: 'We do not target or knowingly collect any information from children under the age of 13 without parental consent.'
- The notice grants data-subject rights (access, update, erase, port, correct, withdraw consent) where local law provides them, plus a complaint route to EU data protection authorities.
Anything you send them through the website — a message, a job application, an idea — is deemed not confidential, and you hand them an irrevocable, worldwide, unrestricted license to use, reproduce, modify, and profit from it for any purpose, forever.
The fine print
6 clauses and findings from the draft archive, dated 1 October 2026. The plain English comes first; the small print is the company's own words. None of these has been checked yet.
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Anything you send them through the website — a message, a job application, an idea — is deemed not confidential, and you hand them an irrevocable, worldwide, unrestricted license to use, reproduce, modify, and profit from it for any purpose, forever.
...any information or material sent to Freeport-McMoRan through any link provided on this website will be deemed NOT to be confidential. By thus sending Freeport-McMoRan any information or material, you irrevocably grant Freeport-McMoRan an unrestricted, worldwide license to use, distribute, display, reproduce, perform, modify, and transmit those materials or information, and you also agree that Freeport-McMoRan is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose.
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They can rewrite the rules at any time, for any reason, with no advance notice — and simply visiting the site again afterward counts as you agreeing to the new terms. (The privacy notice separately says it 'may be updated periodically' with changes posted to the site.)
Freeport-McMoRan reserves the right to change or modify any of these Terms at any time in its sole discretion. Any changes or modifications will be effective upon the posting of the revisions on the website. Your continued use of this website following the posting of such changes or modifications will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications.
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FCX allows third-party ad networks to track what you do across other websites over time — and it ignores your browser's Do Not Track request.
Both we and others (such as our service providers and advertising networks) may collect information about our visitors' online activities, over time and across third-party websites. Our Services are not designed to respond to "do not track" signals from browsers.
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FCX disclaims essentially all liability for anything connected to using its site — even harm it was warned about — while you agree to cover its legal bills and damages for any claim tied to your use.
IN NO EVENT WILL FREEPORT-MCMORAN OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND ASSIGNS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY OR FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER FOR ANY USE OF THIS WEBSITE... EVEN IF FREEPORT-MCMORAN IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD FREEPORT-MCMORAN AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND ASSIGNS HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSS, COSTS, EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES), CLAIMS, DAMAGES AND LIABILITIES RELATED TO OR ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE...
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Beyond what you give them directly, FCX collects sensitive data about you from third parties — including Social Security numbers, ethnicity, disability status, and criminal court history.
We may also collect information about users from other sources, including through third-party services and organizations. This may include information submitted to us by suppliers and subcontractors, such as Social Security numbers, diversity-related information (such as ethnicity), federal tax ID numbers, disability status, and civil or criminal court history.
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FCX still presents itself as certified under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield — a data-transfer framework the EU's highest court struck down in 2020 (replaced by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework). The notice's privacy promises rest on a dead legal regime.
With respect to transfers of personal information to the U.S., Freeport-McMoRan is certified under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission regarding the transfer of personal information from the EEA to the U.S.
How these were found
Freeport-McMoRan is a B2B mining company with a thin, informational corporate website: no consumer accounts, no subscriptions, no checkouts, and no arbitration program — so arbitration (0) and autorenew (0) scored zero and the total is intentionally modest. Documents read directly via browser_open (no mirrors needed; the site was fully accessible): 'TERMS AND CONDITIONS' at https://fcx.com/terms-and-conditions (no last-updated date displayed on the page; search index crawled it ~14 days before Oct 1, 2026) and 'Freeport-McMoRan ONLINE PRIVACY NOTICE' at https://fcx.com/freeport-mcmoran-online-privacy-notice (no last-updated date displayed; search index crawled it ~7 days before Oct 1, 2026). No document dates/versions are printed on the pages themselves, so staleness could not be ruled out beyond that. The Privacy Shield language in the notice appears stale since the EU Court of Justice invalidated Privacy Shield in Schrems II (2020) — flagged as a finding rather than scored harshly, since it reads as an outdated page, not predation.
These notes come from the original draft and are not independent verification.