Is Cline safe with your data?

Cline

Cline Bot Inc.

24/100

Poor disclosure · high confidence

Cline earns an F (24/100) because it discloses little about its data practices.

Dealbreaker flag

D1.4: sublicensable and transferable right and license... (perpetual and irrevocable with respect to any de-identified or aggregated data)

#197

of 211 apps ranked

score · Coding avg 52

-28

vs category average

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

Cline discloses data use for model training with opt-out, telemetry control, and transfers inputs to third-party AI providers, but grants itself perpetual sublicensable rights over aggregated data; lacks deletion rights, portability, correction, named security controls, and breach notification.

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

Training Data Use

We may use Materials... including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings

AI Provider Transmission

Inputs and Outputs transmitted to third-party AI Model Providers... OpenRouter, Google Vertex, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic or OpenAI

Perpetual Aggregated Data License (Adverse)

sublicensable and transferable right and license... (perpetual and irrevocable with respect to any de-identified or aggregated data)

Telemetry Control

Telemetry is on by default and can be disabled at any time in the extension settings

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 right to access your data
Not stated: a right to delete your data

Cline privacy rating

Training-data use0 of 4 disclosed

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

Names a way to opt out of or into trainingPartial

Says whether training use differs by plan or tierSilent

Lets the user keep ownership of generated outputsAdverse

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 formatSilent

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 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 sharing1 of 5 disclosed

Lists the categories of third parties it shares withDisclosed

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 transfersSilent

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessSilent

Transparency3 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 basesSilent

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 dataPartial

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 contactSilent

DisclosedPartialSilentAdverseNot applicable

Details

Category: Coding
Modalities: text
Processes biometrics: No
Policy last updated: 2025-09-25
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.