Is Civitai safe with your data?

Civitai

21/100

Poor disclosure · high confidence

Civitai earns an F (21/100) because it discloses little about its data practices.

Dealbreaker flag

D1.4: you grant Civitai a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid right and license (with the right to sublicense through multiple tiers)

#210

of 216 apps ranked

score · Image & video avg 49

-28

vs category average

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

Civitai's privacy policy and terms describe what the platform collects and who it goes to, but they say nothing about how long data is kept, offer no access, deletion or correction route, and the content licence users grant is irrevocable and sublicensable through multiple tiers.

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

Content licence

Posting content grants Civitai a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free licence with the right to sublicense through multiple tiers, and public content additionally carries a perpetual licence to every other user.

No retention or deletion terms

Neither document names a retention period, a deletion timeline after account closure, or any route to request access, correction, or erasure of personal information.

Data collection is itemised

The policy enumerates specific categories including IP address, browser type, operating system version, phone carrier, device identifiers, mobile advertising identifiers, and push notification tokens.

Advertising and security stay vague

Third-party ad, attribution and analytics technologies are disclosed without any do-not-sell commitment, and security is described only as reasonable efforts using physical and electronic safeguards.

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

Civitai 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 rights0 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataSilent

Grants a right to delete your dataSilent

Offers data portability in a usable formatPartial

Grants a right to correct your dataSilent

Grants a way to object to or opt out of processingPartial

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 accessPartial

Transparency2 of 5 disclosed

Discloses that you are interacting with AIDisclosed

Marks AI-generated or synthetic outputSilent

Enumerates the categories of data it collectsDisclosed

Maps processing purposes to legal basesPartial

Is versioned and dated, with change noticePartial

Sensitive data and children1 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 dataDisclosed

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
Processes biometrics: No
Policy last updated: 2024-02-01
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.