Is Brainly safe with your data?
Brainly
Brainly sp. z o.o.
Partial disclosure · high confidence
Brainly earns a C (50/100) because it discloses its data practices only in part.
Dealbreaker flag
- D1.4: you irrevocably grant Brainly worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, assignable and transferable perpetual rights to use Your Content
#77
of 216 apps ranked
50
score · Productivity avg 56
-6
vs category average
Brainly says plainly that it does not use personal data to train models and gives students a self-serve account deletion button, but its terms take an irrevocable perpetual licence over everything users post, it names no retention period, and it describes no security controls at all.
What Brainly's privacy policy and terms of service say about your data
No training on user data
The privacy policy states directly that Brainly does not use personal data for training models, and that Notes audio recordings are transcribed on the device and never stored or processed by Brainly.
Perpetual licence over student posts
The terms of use take worldwide, irrevocable, assignable, transferable and perpetual rights to use anything a user posts, including their name, grade and school name, for any purpose whatsoever, including advertising and derivative works.
No retention period and no security controls
Data is kept for "so long as it may be relevant to the purposes for which it was collected" with no number anywhere, and the policy names no encryption, access control or breach notification commitment.
Deletion is a button, not a form
Account deletion is available through a named "I want to delete my account" button in profile settings, and a separate link lets users opt out of sales and sharing of personal data for targeted advertising.
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 deletion timeline after closure or request
Brainly privacy rating
Details
- Category
- Productivity
- Modalities
- text
- Processes biometrics
- No
- Policy last updated
- 2026-08-31
- Region scored
- Global / US-default
- Last assessed
- 2026-10-13
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.