Is Brainly safe with your data?

Brainly

Brainly sp. z o.o.

45/100

Weak disclosure · high confidence

Brainly earns a D (45/100) because it leaves much about its data practices unstated.

Dealbreaker flag

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

#122

of 211 apps ranked

score · Productivity avg 56

-11

vs category average

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

Brainly explicitly forbids training on personal data and discloses AI use; grants core data rights but lacks retention numbers, minimization commitments, and breach notification timelines.

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

Strong no-train disclosure

We do not use your personal data for training models

Perpetual content licence (adverse)

Irrevocably grant Brainly worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, assignable and transferable perpetual rights to use Your Content

Vague retention period

Data is kept 'as long as it may be relevant to the purposes for which it was collected,' with no concrete retention period named

Data rights (D2 cluster)

Access, update/correct, request deletion, object to or restrict processing, data portability (machine-readable)

What the policy is silent or vague on

Not stated: a way to opt out of training
Not stated: whether training use differs by plan
Not stated: your ownership of generated outputs
Not stated: a retention period for your data

Brainly privacy rating

Training-data use1 of 4 disclosed

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

Names a way to opt out of or into trainingSilent

Says whether training use differs by plan or tierSilent

Lets the user keep ownership of generated outputsAdverse

Data-subject rights5 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataDisclosed

Grants a right to delete your dataDisclosed

Offers data portability in a usable formatDisclosed

Grants a right to correct your dataDisclosed

Grants a way to object to or opt out of processingDisclosed

Retention and deletion0 of 4 disclosed

States a retention period for your dataSilent

States a deletion timeline after closure or requestSilent

Sets a shorter retention for AI conversation logsSilent

Commits to collecting only the data it needsSilent

Third-party sharing0 of 5 disclosed

Lists the categories of third parties it shares withPartial

References a sub-processor list or data processing agreementSilent

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

Names a safeguard for international data transfersPartial

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessSilent

Transparency2 of 4 disclosed

Discloses that you are interacting with AIDisclosed

Marks AI-generated or synthetic outputNot applicable

Enumerates the categories of data it collectsDisclosed

Maps processing purposes to legal basesPartial

Is versioned and dated, with change noticePartial

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 accountability0 of 3 disclosed

Describes its security safeguardsSilent

Commits to breach notificationSilent

Names a certification or a privacy contactPartial

DisclosedPartialSilentAdverseNot applicable

Details

Category: Productivity
Modalities: text
Processes biometrics: No
Policy last updated: 2026-02-26
Region scored: Global / US-default
Last assessed: 2026-07-08

Documents examined

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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.