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Privacy policy

Adobe

Adobe Privacy Policy

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Risk score

61of 100

In short

  • Fineprint found 5 quoted privacy clauses that match the consumer rubric.
  • This is a reading aid, not legal advice.

What you accept

If you use this site

Everyday words for the material promises and rights you give up. Each line includes a quote from the document.

Fineprint cannot see whether you agreed. This page is posted on their site. Open the original if you need to know how they say it applies.

This page does not list what you accept.

What it can cost you

Downsides we could quote

Quoted clauses that can affect your privacy, money, or right to go to court — including terms that follow you to other products.

Highest-cost clauses first

High cost

Data sold or shared with third parties

“We may also infer, generate, or collect and receive information from third parties, including partners, data brokers, service providers, aggregators, and from publicly accessible sources, for purposes that include to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraudulent, deceptive or illegal activity, misuse of our Services and Software, security or technical issues, as well as to protect against harm ”

What that means: Your activity and identifiers can be used by companies you did not choose.

The document describes selling or commercially sharing personal data with third parties.

High cost

Forced arbitration or class-action waiver

“If neither Adobe nor our dispute resolution provider resolves your complaint, you may have the possibility to engage in binding arbitration through the Data Privacy Framework Panel.”

What that means: You may not be able to sue in court or join a class action if something goes wrong.

Disputes are steered into arbitration and collective lawsuits are waived.

High cost

Location or sensitive-data over-collection

“, when you visit our offices); - Biometric identifiers or information defined under United States laws or other applicable laws (e.”

What that means: Higher-risk details about you can be stored and shared under the same broad terms.

The company collects location or other sensitive categories of data.

Medium cost

Indefinite retention

“Adobe prioritizes your control over the data you store in the cloud in the following ways: - **This policy explains when we process personal information for our legitimate interests.”

What that means: Old account data can linger long after you expected it to be gone.

Retention is open-ended or justified with vague business interests.

Medium cost

Children’s data

“anchor retain ## Can children use Adobe websites and apps? Certain products, including those listed below are available to children (individuals under the age of 13 or the equivalent age specified by law in your jurisdiction) but only under the direct supervision of an adult: - Adobe Express, Creative Cloud, and Document Cloud apps are available to students, including children, for educational pur”

What that means: A child’s account or device can still generate a data trail.

The document addresses children but may still collect or retain youth data.

If these terms already apply to you

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