The restriction creates a categorical eligibility boundary that defines the authorized user base and establishes use-case limitations for the platform. This provision enables the operator to enforce membership restrictions and control the scope of permitted service access.
Signal
· Signal Privacy Policy
This is a direct, unqualified commitment that distinguishes Signal from ad-supported platforms and provides a clear baseline expectation for users concerned about commercial data use.
This commitment directly limits one of the most common ways consumer data is monetized; users can rely on the stated promise, though enforcement depends on Craigslist's internal practices and applicable law.
Signal
· Signal Privacy Policy
This provision operationalizes Signal's data handling framework by explicitly prohibiting revenue-generating uses of user information. The restriction defines the boundaries of permissible data practices within the service's business model.
This provision defines the boundary of permitted use under the non-commercial license tier and determines whether academic researchers, individual developers, and non-commercial projects may access Stability AI models without entering a commercial agreement.
This provision operationalizes legal non-discrimination requirements by explicitly binding Spotify to neutral treatment of users exercising privacy rights. It establishes that access to services or pricing will not be conditioned on waiver or non-exercise of privacy rights.
Zillow
· Zillow Privacy Notice
This provision operationalizes non-discrimination protections by explicitly prohibiting price disparities, service denials, and quality reductions tied to privacy right exercise. The clause establishes a binding obligation that privacy right exercise cannot trigger differential commercial treatment.
Google
· Google Analytics Terms of Service
This provision establishes that the license granted to use Google Analytics software is revocable, meaning Google may withdraw it consistent with the termination provisions of the agreement. The prohibition on using third-party-labeled data in the service for any purpose other than generating reports operationally restricts how account holders can use data from multi-account or agency implementations.
This clause clarifies that purchasing content on Google Play does not give you ownership rights, only a limited license, which means your access is subject to the conditions and limitations Google sets in its terms.
This disclosure is operationally relevant to users and regulators because it describes the absence of algorithmic content ranking or behavioral profiling in content display, which is a notable characteristic of the platform's design relative to social-media-style recommendation systems.
This is a meaningful consumer protection commitment, though its practical scope depends on how 'sell' is defined relative to the de-identified data sharing and joint marketing practices described elsewhere in the policy, which may or may not be characterized as a sale under applicable law.
This provision directly addresses the risk of targeted surveillance or profiling of individual users through the AI cloud infrastructure, which is a specific privacy protection relevant to both consumers and regulated enterprises.
A commitment not to sell personal data is meaningful for consumers concerned about their financial and identity data being monetized by third-party data brokers, though the policy separately permits broad sharing with service providers and affiliates.
Spotify
· Spotify Terms and Conditions
This provision defines the financial settlement mechanism upon cancellation and establishes the billing period as the operational unit for service access. The clause clarifies that Spotify does not issue prorated refunds for partial subscription periods, which affects the cost structure of early cancellations.
While Wealthfront states it does not collect cross-site personal information, the non-response to DNT signals means consumers cannot use standard browser tools to control data collection, and must rely on Wealthfront's own stated practices.
Users who follow links from the Thomson Reuters website to third-party sites cannot hold Thomson Reuters responsible for any harm, inaccurate information, or privacy practices they encounter on those external sites.
Adobe
· Adobe Terms of Use
The explicit prohibition on using AI and machine learning tools to analyze Adobe's software is a recently emerging provision in technology agreements that reflects growing concerns about AI-assisted competitive intelligence.
While the no-sale commitment addresses one category of concern, the policy still permits broad sharing with affiliates and service providers, meaning data can flow to third parties through channels other than a formal sale.
This provision establishes a clear data handling boundary that limits the commercial uses to which personal data may be put. It defines a specific restriction on monetization practices involving personal information collection.
This provision defines the scope of Apple's authorized data practices by excluding certain commercial data transfers. The operational significance is that Apple restricts third-party access to personal data for marketing use, establishing boundaries on downstream data sharing.
This clause operationalizes compliance with statutory definitions of data sales under privacy regulations such as CCPA. It establishes the baseline practice while creating a mechanism for users to restrict a specific category of data use.
The policy asserts that Anthropic does not sell personal data, which is a specific legal standard under CCPA and similar laws. However, the policy simultaneously discloses collection of advertising identifiers and provides a targeted advertising opt-out for Anthropic's own products, indicating some form of targeted advertising use for first-party promotion.
While the no-sale claim is a consumer protection, users should note that targeted advertising data sharing is distinct from selling and may still occur unless you affirmatively opt out, including by enabling a global privacy control such as GPC in your browser.
This provision establishes Anthropic's data handling framework by defining what constitutes a prohibited sale under privacy regulations and creating an opt-out mechanism for targeted advertising. The clause operationalizes compliance with privacy control standards by requiring the company to recognize and honor user preferences.
Zelle
· Zelle Privacy Policy
While Zelle asserts it does not sell data, the notice separately confirms that browsing data and identifiers are shared with advertising networks for behavioral advertising, which is regulated as 'sharing' under CPRA even if not technically a sale.
The provision establishes Supabase's position that its data practices fall outside the scope of Nevada's sale-of-information statute, while maintaining a designated channel for residents to exercise statutory opt-out rights if they choose to do so.
Cursor
· Cursor Privacy Policy
This provision addresses CCPA and US state privacy law opt-out rights directly; by stating it does not engage in these practices, Anysphere asserts that no opt-out mechanism is required for these specific uses.
Cursor
· Cursor Privacy Policy
This clause establishes Cursor's operational data practice boundaries under state privacy law frameworks, limiting the categories of data monetization and behavioral profiling activities the service conducts, which affects the scope of permissible data uses under the agreement.
This provision establishes a contractual limitation on data monetization and secondary use practices. By restricting the sale or rental of personal information, the clause defines the operational scope of how collected financial data may be used or disclosed by the entity.
This is a strong, unqualified consumer-facing commitment that, if accurate, means Wealthfront's data sharing model is limited to operational service providers and affiliates rather than commercial data monetization, which is a meaningful distinction in the financial services context.