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TikTok

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74

out of 100. Number 32 of 512, counting from the worst.

  • Arbitration 8 of 20
  • Renewals 14 of 20, bad
  • Data sharing 16 of 20, bad
  • Price & terms 13 of 15, bad
  • Data retention 13 of 15, bad
  • Other findings 10 of 10, bad

Every video you post can train TikTok's AI forever — deleting your account doesn't take that permission back.

The fine print

5 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.

  1. Every video you post can train TikTok's AI forever — deleting your account doesn't take that permission back.

    You grant to TikTok a license to use Your Content that is: non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free… for… developing new technologies (including training, testing, and improving our machine learning models and algorithms).

    Source

  2. Interact with an ad and TikTok can put your name and face next to ads shown to other people. You get nothing.

    You give us permission to use your name, profile image and username, in connection with ads, sponsored gifts, offers, and other branded or sponsored content that you interact with, without any compensation to you.

  3. Your faceprint, your voiceprint, how you type, and whatever is in your phone's clipboard.

    We may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information… such as faceprints and voiceprints, plus “keystroke patterns or rhythms” and “clipboard content, such as text and images.”

    Source

  4. Record a video you decide not to share? It may already be on TikTok's servers.

    We may collect user content through pre-uploading at the time of creation, import, or upload, regardless of whether you choose to save or publish that user content.

  5. Wronged by TikTok? You get one year to act, and the most you can ever recover is $100.

    YOU MUST INITIATE ANY PROCEEDING OR ACTION WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR… OTHERWISE, YOU FOREVER WAIVE THE RIGHT — and liability capped at the greater of $100 or what you paid in the past 12 months.