Is Photomath safe with your data?
Photomath
Weak disclosure · high confidence
Photomath earns a D (44/100) because it leaves much about its data practices unstated.
Dealbreaker flag
- D1.1: we use the images and feedback you send by using the Service to improve the Service, including its math problem solving capabilities, and to improve our other products and services, such as machine vision technologies
- D1.4: you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, transferable, royalty-free and fully paid right and license, with the right to sublicense
#121
of 216 apps ranked
44
score · Productivity avg 56
-12
vs category average
Photomath lists a broad set of user rights and says it does not sell personal information, but its terms take a perpetual sublicensable licence over uploaded content and it uses submitted images to improve its own and its partners' products with no opt-out offered.
What Photomath's privacy policy and terms of service say about your data
Images feed product development
The policy states that images and feedback sent through the Service are used to improve the Service and to improve other products and services such as machine vision technologies from Photomath affiliates and partners, and it offers no mechanism to decline.
Perpetual content licence
The Terms of Service take a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, transferable licence with the right to sublicense over any content a user uploads, including the right to create derivative works and commercially exploit it.
No retention period named
Retention is described only as lasting as long as necessary for the purposes set out in the policy, with no number of days, months or years and no deletion timeline after an account closes.
Security and breach gaps
Protection is described as reasonable measures, a firewalled database and encryption without naming a protocol or standard, and the policy says nothing about notifying users if a breach occurs.
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
Photomath privacy rating
Details
- Category
- Productivity
- Modalities
- text
- Processes biometrics
- No
- Policy last updated
- 2023-10-31
- 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.