Is CapCut safe with your data?

CapCut

ByteDance

31/100

Poor disclosure · grade F is 0–34 · high confidence

Scored 31 ± 5 (range 26–36)

The ±5 is measured, not chosen: re-running the grader on identical policy text landed inside this range for 96% of apps. Read a one-grade gap between two apps as noise. How we grade

CapCut earns an F (31/100) because it discloses little about its data practices.

Dealbreaker flag

D1.1: improve and develop the Services, including to train and improve our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms
D1.4: you grant ... an unconditional, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual and worldwide license to use your User Content

#188

of 216 apps ranked

score · Image & video avg 48

-17

vs category average

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

CapCut's policy says it uses user content to train its machine learning models with no opt-out offered, and its terms take a perpetual, sub-licensable licence over everything users upload.

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

Trains on your content

The policy states user content and collected information are used to train and improve its machine learning models and algorithms, resting on legitimate interests, and no training opt-out is offered.

Perpetual content licence

Uploading grants an unconditional, royalty-free, fully transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual and worldwide licence to use your content, extending to affiliates, partners and other connected third parties.

No retention period

Information is kept "as long as it is necessary" with no number attached, and the policy names no deletion timeline after an account closes and no shorter retention for AI logs.

Sells and shares for ads

The policy confirms it does "Sell" and "Share" personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising, with an opt-out available through an in-app toggle and Global Privacy Control.

What the policy is silent or vague on

Not stated: keeping user inputs out of model training
Not stated: a way to opt out of training
Not stated: whether training use differs by plan
Not stated: your ownership of generated outputs

CapCut privacy rating

Training-data use0 of 4 disclosed

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

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 outputsSilent

Data-subject rights1 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataPartial

Grants a right to delete your dataPartial

Offers data portability in a usable formatPartial

Grants a right to correct your dataPartial

Grants a way to object to or opt out of processingDisclosed

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 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-outPartial

Names a safeguard for international data transfersPartial

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessPartial

Transparency1 of 5 disclosed

Discloses that you are interacting with AIPartial

Marks AI-generated or synthetic outputSilent

Enumerates the categories of data it collectsDisclosed

Maps processing purposes to legal basesSilent

Is versioned and dated, with change noticePartial

Sensitive data and children0 of 4 disclosed

Discloses automated decisions and a human-review pathSilent

Limits the use of special-category dataPartial

Governs biometric data specificallySilent

States protections for children's dataPartial

Security and accountability0 of 3 disclosed

Describes its security safeguardsPartial

Commits to breach notificationSilent

Names a certification or a privacy contactPartial

DisclosedPartialSilentAdverseNot applicable

Details

Category: Image & video
Modalities: image, video
Processes biometrics: No
Policy last updated: 2024-03-28
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.