Is Replit safe with your data?
Replit
Replit, Inc.
Weak disclosure · high confidence
Replit earns a D (47/100) because it leaves much about its data practices unstated.
Dealbreaker flag
- D1.1: we have a legitimate interest in using Personal Data for product development and internal analytics purposes, to improve the accuracy of our machine learning technologies such as code generation
- D1.4: you grant Replit the right to copy, display, distribute, perform, reformat, and modify your content as necessary, and the right to sublicense such rights to any third party provider for the Service
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of 211 apps ranked
47
score · Coding avg 47
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vs category average
Replit's policy discloses use of user data to improve its code-generation machine learning with no opt-out offered and takes a sublicensable content licence, while providing named rights channels, a Do Not Sell link, and a dated versioned policy.
What Replit's privacy policy and terms of service say about your data
Trains on user data with no opt-out
Replit claims a legitimate interest in using Personal Data "to improve the accuracy of our machine learning technologies such as code generation." No opt-out or opt-in mechanism appears anywhere in either document, so this is a reserved harm rather than mere silence.
Sublicensable content licence
The Terms grant Replit "the right to sublicense such rights to any third party provider for the Service," and separately reserve the right to "access the content of your private apps." Users retain ownership on paper, but the outbound licence is explicitly sublicensable.
Rights machinery is named and usable
Access, deletion, correction and opt-out of sale are all enumerated, with privacy@repl.it, account settings, a Do Not Sell footer link, and an authorized-agent path. Deletion is also wired to a concrete URL in the Terms.
No named transfer safeguard or breach notice
Cross-border transfers rest on user agreement alone with no SCCs, adequacy decision, or DPF named, and neither document states any breach notification duty or timeframe.
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
Replit privacy rating
Details
- Category
- Coding
- Modalities
- text
- Processes biometrics
- No
- Policy last updated
- 2026-08-03
- Region scored
- Global / US-default
- Last assessed
- 2026-08-13
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.