“By default, your Profile is public, and visible to other Duolingo users and anyone else on the Internet. In addition, your Public Profile Information may be publicly visible.”
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The clause establishes that profile visibility defaults to fully public, meaning any user data included in the profile is accessible to the general public without any affirmative action by the user.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains a second independent proposition—that Public Profile Information may be publicly visible—which was not made the canonical claim. It is noted in omitted_material.
The updated policy now discloses that audio collection for product improvement applies to all users across all platforms (iOS, Android, and web), whereas previously the policy stated audio was collected only from iOS users. Android and web users are now subject to audio collection for product improvement purposes. All users can opt out of audio sharing within app Settings.
View change record →The updated policy introduces a new Session Replay service that logs user activity alongside FullStory, capturing clicks, mouse movements, scrolling, typing, device information, navigation, and learning activity. Both services can be disabled using the Tracking toggle in app Settings, and both are automatically disabled for child users. The new Math Tutor feature shares audio with Apple for speech recognition and immediate deletion, but retains and shares text transcripts with AI vendors. For payment processing and fraud prevention, Duolingo may retain IP addresses beyond the standard 30-day period. You can disable both FullStory and Session Replay activity recording by toggling the Tracking setting within the app.
View change record →Unless you change your settings, your Duolingo profile is visible to the entire Internet, not just other Duolingo users.
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Your Reddit account has a profile page that is public. Your profile contains information about your activities on the Services, such as your username, prior posts and comments, karma, trophies and achievement badges...
Any such information that is meant to be shown to the public on our platform will be disclosed publicly. This Policy does not apply to the use of any such information by third parties after it is uploaded and displayed publicly on Kling AI.
Any content made public will be publicly accessible through the internet and may be crawled and indexed by search engines.
"By default, your Profile is public, and visible to other Duolingo users and anyone else on the Internet. In addition, your Public Profile Information may be publicly visible.Excerpt from Duolingo's Privacy Policy
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The clause establishes that profile visibility defaults to fully public, meaning any user data included in the profile is accessible to the general public without any affirmative action by the user.
Unless you change your settings, your Duolingo profile is visible to the entire Internet, not just other Duolingo users.
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