Big Tech services benefit from the opaqueness of their terms.
We make them transparent.

Open Terms Archive publicly records every version of the terms of digital services to enable democratic oversight. Discover how that makes a difference →

Collections are created by groups of interest to track the terms of services operating in specific industries, languages and jurisdictions. Here are some examples.

Generative AI

Most popular generative AI services
Tracked services
19
Tracked terms
55
Language
English
Jurisdictions
European Union, China
Sciences Po Law School Clinic

Platform Governance Archive

Major global social media services
Tracked services
22
Tracked terms
86
Language
English
Jurisdiction
European Union
Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)

France

Largest digital services used in France
Tracked services
108
Tracked terms
216
Language
French
Jurisdiction
France
UFC Que Choisir Ambassadeur français pour le numérique

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How it works

1. Targeting

The terms of use of a service are targeted by contributors.

{
  "name": "Facebook",
  "documents": {
    "Terms of Service": {
      "fetch": "https://facebook.com/legal/terms",
      "select": "body > article > .main_content"
    },
    "Privacy Policy": {
      "fetch": "https://facebook.com/privacy",
      "select": "div > .fb_content"
    }
  }
}

2. Tracking

Several times a day, our robots download and publicly archive the targeted documents.

2024-02-22 06:31:03: Record new changes of Facebook Terms of Service with id a2f5b02
2024-01-18 08:26:12: Record new changes of Facebook Privacy Policy with id b091d16

3. Analysing

When changes are spotted, they are recorded and exposed for human analysts.

Face recognition: If you have it turned on, we use face recognition technology to recognise you in photos, videos and camera experiences. The face recognition templates that we create may constituteare data with special protections under the laws of you countryEU Law.

4. Disseminating

We publish all versions in datasets enabling reuse and research.

 📂 Facebook
   📂 Privacy Policy
      📄 2024-04-14T12-31-35Z.md
      📄 2024-03-21T00-12-06Z.md
      📄 2024-02-19T00-26-02Z.md
      📄 2024-02-03T14-59-59Z.md
   📂 Terms of Service
      📄 2024-01-12T18-23-40Z.md
      📄 2023-12-19T00-36-37Z.md
      📄 2023-09-26T15-01-48Z.md
      📄 2023-04-25T06-34-24Z.md

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