This clause authorizes FanDuel and third-party business partners to use your personal identity attributes in marketing materials without any additional payment, and states that participating in the contest constitutes complete compensation.
The clause establishes the company's authority to incorporate publicly available data into its model development and service improvement processes without requiring separate consent for each source or use case, streamlining the company's access to training data.
The use of publicly available internet data for commercial AI model training has become a subject of regulatory and legal scrutiny, including questions about intellectual property rights and whether publicly available data retains privacy protections under applicable law.
This provision defines the default visibility model for the platform, establishing that public accessibility of user-generated content and profile data is a foundational operational characteristic rather than an optional feature. It clarifies that content visibility does not depend on viewer authentication status.
Because Bluesky runs on the AT Protocol, public content is not just visible on Bluesky's own servers but can be replicated by any third-party node on the network, which means a deletion request submitted to Bluesky may not remove content from all third-party servers that have already copied it.
GitHub
· GitHub Privacy Statement
The policy states that public repository content is not treated as private personal data in terms of access controls; once posted publicly, GitHub asserts no responsibility for its visibility, which has implications for developers who may inadvertently expose personal data or proprietary code.
PayPal
· PayPal Buyer and Seller Protection
The clause establishes different protection eligibility thresholds based on payment method and transaction type, creating operational distinctions between in-person QR code transactions, non-QR code in-person payments, and in-person collection scenarios. This structure reflects the differing verification requirements across payment channels.
PayPal
· PayPal Buyer and Seller Protection
The clause defines the operational scope of PayPal's Purchase Protection coverage by carving out specific transaction types—QR code payments and in-person collection scenarios—that fall outside the program's eligibility requirements. This establishes different protection standards based on payment method and transaction fulfillment structure.
Search queries often contain sensitive personal, professional, or financial information, and users may not expect that a search-style interaction is contributing to AI model development.
Minecraft
· Minecraft End User License Agreement
This disclaimer allocates content liability away from the service provider to individual users. By disclaiming responsibility for monitoring and review, the provision establishes that content moderation obligations and liability for user-generated statements rest with the user community rather than the service operator.
Minecraft
· Minecraft End User License Agreement
This clause delineates the subscription model's operational structure by specifying that pricing and cancellation procedures are not solely determined by the Minecraft EULA but are instead subject to the third-party platform's terms. This creates a bifurcated governance structure where platform-specific rules govern cancellation outcomes.
Minecraft
· Minecraft End User License Agreement
If Mojang changes, discontinues, or restricts Realms, users have no ownership claim to the service or the server infrastructure, though their own content (like world data) remains theirs.
Minecraft
· Minecraft End User License Agreement
The clause operationalizes Realms as a non-transferable subscription tied to individual accounts and establishes usage restrictions that preserve the service's subscription-based economic model by prohibiting commercial intermediation of access rights.
Windsurf
· Windsurf Security & Data Handling
The document states that data transmission occurs continuously in the background without requiring a user action, meaning code and context data is sent to Windsurf servers as a baseline operational behavior rather than only in response to explicit user requests.
Bumble
· Bumble Terms and Conditions
Automated profiling and recommender systems that affect which users you see or who sees you involve processing of your personal data for algorithmic decision-making, which has specific rights implications under GDPR and the EU Digital Services Act for users in those jurisdictions.
The provision establishes FanDuel's operational authority to capture and retain customer communications as part of its standard business practices. This practice supports quality assurance, compliance documentation, and risk management functions across the organization.
Recruitment data is sensitive and may be retained beyond the hiring decision; the policy should specify retention periods and whether applicant data may be used for future roles or shared with third-party recruitment platforms.
Users who delete the Telegram app or their account without formally canceling their subscription will continue to be charged, creating an ongoing financial obligation that is easy to overlook.
Whoop
· Whoop Terms of Use
This provision establishes that once a billing period commences, the membership fee for that period is non-refundable regardless of whether the user cancels or discontinues use mid-period. Users who cancel are entitled to access through the end of the paid period but receive no refund for the remaining time.
Target
· Target Privacy Policy
The clause establishes the scope of financial data collection tied to RedCard product enrollment, specifying that credit and banking information necessary for underwriting and account administration falls within authorized data collection practices.
Target
· Target Privacy Policy
RedCard data sharing with financial partners may engage federal financial privacy obligations under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and associated regulations, which impose notice, opt-out, and data security requirements for financial institutions sharing nonpublic personal information with nonaffiliated third parties.
Meta
· Llama Community License Agreement
This clause establishes that the license terms, including all restrictions such as the competitive use prohibition and Acceptable Use Policy, flow through to all downstream recipients, creating a chain of obligation across every redistribution of Llama 3 or its derivatives.
Microsoft
· Microsoft Services Agreement (Legacy)
The clause creates a 90-day window for disputing charges and establishes non-refundability as the default policy position, which structures the dispute resolution timeline and financial obligation framework for service purchases.
The default no-refund position means users who are dissatisfied with a course, encounter a technical issue, or cannot complete a program may not be entitled to a refund unless a specific exception applies, which may be significant for higher-cost certificate or degree programs.
The one-refund limitation and the exclusion of free-trial subscriptions from refund eligibility directly affect users' ability to recover money paid for subscriptions that did not meet their expectations, and the immediate loss of access upon refund confirmation is an operationally significant consequence.
RunPod
· RunPod Terms of Service
Refund terms determine whether users can recover prepaid credits or charges if they discontinue service, experience service failures, or close their accounts, which is operationally significant for customers with prepaid balances.
The clause creates a default refund policy while preserving Patreon's operational flexibility to evaluate refund requests individually, establishing the standard expectation that payments are non-refundable absent exceptional circumstances.
Steam
· Steam Subscriber Agreement
The provision creates clear operational boundaries around payment processing and refund eligibility. It establishes Valve's unilateral authority to adjust pricing and reserves the right to convert charges to local currency, while clarifying that promotional credits operate under distinct terms from cash refunds.
eBay
· eBay Privacy Notice
The provision creates a structural requirement that eBay maintains jurisdiction-specific privacy disclosures separate from the general privacy notice. This establishes that users in different regions are subject to different privacy practices and rights based on their applicable jurisdiction, with those differences documented in a distinct section of the policy.
The provision creates a framework for jurisdictional applicability, ensuring that regional legal requirements and regulatory standards are incorporated into the operative terms. This structure addresses the requirement that terms of service comply with local laws in different regulatory territories.