What you're agreeing to
X (formerly Twitter) grants X Corp a broad license to your posts and can use them in advertising without additional permission. Under current ownership the moderation policies and enforcement practices have changed significantly, and X now collects biometric and employment data from verified users.
Privacy in plain English
X collects your location, device identifiers, browsing history via tracking pixels, and your full interaction history on the platform. X shares data with advertising partners and has expanded data collection since its acquisition to include biometric identifiers for verified accounts.
Terms of Service: Breakdown
Concerning Clauses- - X can use your tweets and likeness in advertising and promotional content without additional consent.
- X can suspend your account and all your data becomes inaccessible immediately.
- The arbitration clause prevents class-action lawsuits; disputes must be resolved individually.
- - Your behavioral and interest data is shared with X's advertising partners for targeted ads.
- X's API has been monetized, making your public posts available to third-party data brokers and AI training datasets.
- - 2022: A breach exploiting an API vulnerability exposed email addresses and phone numbers of 5.4 million user accounts; data was sold on hacking forums.
- 2023: X began collecting biometric data and employment history from verified users under updated terms.
Verdict:
X's terms have expanded data collection significantly since the 2022 acquisition and offer users less protection than before.
Privacy Policy: Breakdown
Privacy Issues- - X collects your location even when location sharing is disabled, using IP address and Wi-Fi signals.
- X's updated terms allow collection of biometric identifiers and employment history from users who submit them for verification.
- - X sells access to its data firehose, making public tweet history and user metadata available to companies for analytics and AI training. - Advertising partners receive granular behavioral targeting data derived from your X activity.
Verdict:
X now collects more data than it did under previous ownership and offers your public posts to third parties with minimal restrictions.
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