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Source-backed from X Privacy Policy

65
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
4
verified controls

Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 1 finding
  • Contacts 1 finding
  • Messages 3 findings
  • Biometrics 2 findings
  • Sensitive Data 5 findings
  • Tracking 6 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 7 findings
  • Sharing 24 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 9 findings
  • Other 7 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Sharing Ad partners give X cookie IDs, device IDs, hashed emails and what you did on their sites

What this means

Advertising partners share information with X such as browser cookie IDs, mobile device IDs, hashed emails, demographic data, and content or actions taken on their own websites and apps.

Ad partners share information with X such as browser cookie IDs, mobile device IDs, hashed emails, demographic data, and content or actions taken on their websites or apps.

Why this matters

A hashed email is how a company you visited elsewhere is matched to your account here.

What the policy says

Our ad and business partners share information with us such as browser cookie IDs, X-generated identifiers, mobile device IDs, hashed user information like email addresses, demographic or interest data, and content viewed or actions taken on a website or app. Some of our ad partners, particularly our advertisers, also enable us to collect similar information directly from their website or app by integrating our advertising technology.

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Other If your account is suspended, X may keep the identifiers you signed up with indefinitely

What this means

Where an account is suspended for violating X's Rules, X may keep the identifiers used to create it, such as an email address or phone number, indefinitely, to prevent repeat offenders creating new accounts.

If a user's account is suspended for violating X's Rules, X may keep the identifiers used to create the account, such as email address or phone number, indefinitely to prevent the creation of new accounts by repeat offenders.

Why this matters

It is the one retention period in this policy with no end date.

What the policy says

Where you violate our Rules and your account is suspended, we may keep the identifiers you used to create the account (such as your email address or phone number) indefinitely to prevent repeat policy offenders from creating new accounts.

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Messages Your Direct Messages may reach a third-party service the recipient uses

What this means

If someone you send Direct Messages or protected posts to accesses X through a third-party service, that information may be shared with that third-party service.

Why this matters

Who else sees a private message can depend on an app choice you did not make.

What the policy says

Please keep in mind that if you’ve shared information like Direct Messages or protected posts with someone else who accesses X through a third-party service, the information may be shared with the third-party service.

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12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Sharing 4
  • Advertising & Profiling 2
  • Tracking 2
  • Biometrics 1
  • Contacts 1
  • Messages 1
  • Sensitive Data 1

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  • Location 1 more
  • Messages 1 more
  • Biometrics 1 more
  • Sensitive Data 4 more
  • Tracking 4 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 5 more
  • Sharing 19 more
  • Controls & Permissions 9 more
  • Other 6 more

  • Complete report

    50 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

  • Privacy Tune-Up

    4 verified privacy controls, 2 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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    Told when the policy changes.

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Plainlyst simplifies selected disclosures from privacy policies. It does not claim to capture every statement or practice in a policy, and it is not legal advice.

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