Is Deel safe with your data?

Deel

Deel, Inc.

58/100

Partial disclosure · high confidence

Deel earns a C (58/100) because it discloses its data practices only in part.

Dealbreaker flag

D4.3: we may share Personal Information with third-party advertising partners...to deliver targeted advertisements based on your interests (contradicts claim of no data selling)

#58

of 211 apps ranked

score · HR & recruiting avg 54

vs category average

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

Deel explicitly prohibits training on user personal data but shares data with advertising partners despite claiming not to "sell" it, and provides a named DPO contact without formal breach notification timelines or security certifications.

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

Training prohibition

Deel does not use users' personal data to train or develop AI models

Advertising data sharing (adverse)

We may share Personal Information with third-party advertising partners, such as social networks to perform marketing activities and to deliver targeted advertisements based on your interests

Named DPO but no breach timeline

If you become aware of any breach of security or privacy, please contact us immediately at dpo@deel.com

Security controls are vague

We implement suitable measures to safeguard the information you entrust to us... we control access to your personal data on a need-to-know basis

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: a deletion timeline after closure or request
Not stated: shorter retention for AI conversation logs

Deel 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 outputsPartial

Data-subject rights4 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataDisclosed

Grants a right to delete your dataPartial

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 dataPartial

States a deletion timeline after closure or requestSilent

Sets a shorter retention for AI conversation logsSilent

Commits to collecting only the data it needsPartial

Third-party sharing2 of 5 disclosed

Lists the categories of third parties it shares withDisclosed

References a sub-processor list or data processing agreementPartial

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

Names a safeguard for international data transfersDisclosed

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessPartial

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 basesDisclosed

Is versioned and dated, with change noticePartial

Sensitive data and children1 of 4 disclosed

Discloses automated decisions and a human-review pathDisclosed

Limits the use of special-category dataPartial

Governs biometric data specificallyPartial

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: HR & recruiting
Modalities: text
Processes biometrics: Yes
Policy last updated: 2026-06-15
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.