Is Hugging Face safe with your data?

Hugging Face

43/100

Weak disclosure · high confidence

Hugging Face earns a D (43/100) because it leaves much about its data practices unstated.

#137

of 211 apps ranked

score · Productivity avg 56

-13

vs category average

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

Hugging Face policy provides explicit deletion timelines and access mechanisms, named sub-processors, and no-sell commitments, but lacks transparency on input training, retention specifics, and named security controls.

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

Deletion timeline

we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete your information and Content of your own Repositories, whether public or private, within 90 days

No-sell clause

The Company will not sell, rent or lease your Personal Information

Sub-processor list

Security vagueness

The Company follows generally accepted industry standards, including the use of appropriate administrative, physical and technical 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: data portability

Hugging Face 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 outputsPartial

Data-subject rights2 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataDisclosed

Grants a right to delete your dataDisclosed

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 deletion1 of 4 disclosed

States a retention period for your dataPartial

States a deletion timeline after closure or requestDisclosed

Sets a shorter retention for AI conversation logsSilent

Commits to collecting only the data it needsSilent

Third-party sharing3 of 5 disclosed

Lists the categories of third parties it shares withDisclosed

References a sub-processor list or data processing agreementDisclosed

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

Names a safeguard for international data transfersPartial

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessPartial

Transparency1 of 4 disclosed

Discloses that you are interacting with AISilent

Marks AI-generated or synthetic outputNot applicable

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 3 disclosed

Discloses automated decisions and a human-review pathSilent

Limits the use of special-category dataSilent

Governs biometric data specificallyNot applicable

States protections for children's dataDisclosed

Security and accountability1 of 3 disclosed

Describes its security safeguardsSilent

Commits to breach notificationPartial

Names a certification or a privacy contactDisclosed

DisclosedPartialSilentAdverseNot applicable

Details

Category: Productivity
Modalities: text
Processes biometrics: No
Policy last updated: 2023-03-28
Region scored: Global / US-default
Last assessed: 2026-07-08

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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.