Is Brainly safe with your data?

Brainly

Brainly sp. z o.o.

47/100

Weak disclosure · high confidence

Brainly earns a D (47/100) because it leaves much about its data practices unstated.

Dealbreaker flag

D1.4: you irrevocably grant Brainly worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, assignable and transferable perpetual rights to use Your Content ... for any purpose whatsoever

#121

of 211 apps ranked

score · Productivity avg 59

-12

vs category average

Grade scaleA · 70–100B · 60–69C · 48–59D · 35–47F · 0–34

Brainly states plainly that it does not use personal data to train models and names a Data Protection Officer, but its terms take an irrevocable perpetual licence over user content, most data rights are offered only "in accordance with applicable law" and by jurisdiction, and the policy names no security controls, no breach notice, and no retention period.

What Brainly's privacy policy and terms of service say about your data

Explicit no-train commitment

The privacy policy states "we do not use your personal data for training models" while confirming machine learning models process user input to generate content. That is an unusually direct commitment.

Perpetual content licence

Posting content "irrevocably grant[s] Brainly worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, assignable and transferable perpetual rights" to use it "for any purpose whatsoever". That reach covers advertising as well as derivative works.

Rights are conditional, not guaranteed

Access, portability, correction and the sales opt-out all sit under "we enable you to exercise some or all the following rights" with a closing note that they "may not be directly applicable to you" depending on jurisdiction, so each drops to half.

Security disclosure is absent

The only Security section covers user password hygiene. No encryption, access control or breach notification timeframe appears anywhere in the document.

What the policy is silent or vague on

Not stated: whether training use differs by plan
Not stated: your ownership of generated outputs
Not stated: a deletion timeline after closure or request
Not stated: shorter retention for AI conversation logs

Brainly privacy rating

Training-data use1 of 3 disclosed

Keeps user inputs out of model training, or makes training opt-inDisclosed

Names a way to opt out of or into trainingNot applicable

Says whether training use differs by plan or tierSilent

Lets the user keep ownership of generated outputsAdverse

Data-subject rights1 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataPartial

Grants a right to delete your dataDisclosed

Offers data portability in a usable formatPartial

Grants a right to correct your dataPartial

Grants a way to object to or opt out of processingPartial

Retention and deletion0 of 4 disclosed

States a retention period for your dataPartial

States a deletion timeline after closure or requestSilent

Sets a shorter retention for AI conversation logsSilent

Commits to collecting only the data it needsPartial

Third-party sharing1 of 5 disclosed

Lists the categories of third parties it shares withPartial

References a sub-processor list or data processing agreementPartial

Does not sell or share data for advertising, or offers opt-outPartial

Names a safeguard for international data transfersDisclosed

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessPartial

Transparency2 of 4 disclosed

Discloses that you are interacting with AIDisclosed

Marks AI-generated or synthetic outputNot applicable

Enumerates the categories of data it collectsPartial

Maps processing purposes to legal basesPartial

Is versioned and dated, with change noticeDisclosed

Sensitive data and children0 of 2 disclosed

Discloses automated decisions and a human-review pathNot applicable

Limits the use of special-category dataSilent

Governs biometric data specificallyNot applicable

States protections for children's dataPartial

Security and accountability1 of 3 disclosed

Describes its security safeguardsSilent

Commits to breach notificationSilent

Names a certification or a privacy contactDisclosed

DisclosedPartialSilentAdverseNot applicable

Details

Category: Productivity
Modalities: text
Processes biometrics: No
Policy last updated: 2026-02-26
Region scored: Global / US-default
Last assessed: 2026-08-13

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Each grade reflects our analysis of what an app states in its public privacy policy and terms as of the assessment date. It measures the transparency of those documents, not the company's actual data practices, security, or compliance. Grades are our opinion, offered for general information. Full disclaimer.