Is Rippling safe with your data?

Rippling

Rippling People Center, Inc.

48/100

Partial disclosure · high confidence

Rippling earns a C (48/100) because it discloses its data practices only in part.

#111

of 211 apps ranked

score · HR & recruiting avg 55

-7

vs category average

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

Rippling's privacy policy discloses core user rights (access, deletion, portability, correction, objection) with explicit mechanisms, transparent recipient categories and purposes/legal bases, with no training-data use disclosed.

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

Key change: D4.3 downgrade

Policy explicitly offers opt-out mechanism for ad-targeting disclosures ("opt out of our disclosure of personal information in exchange for valuable consideration"), so award is half (sells with opt-out), not zero/adverse.

Strengths verified

All D2 rights (access, deletion, portability, correction, objection) supported by named mechanisms. D5.3-5.5 comprehensive: full enumeration of data categories, explicit purposes/legal bases table, dated notice (March 14, 2025) with change notification.

Vagueness confirmed

Retention (D3.1) is pure boilerplate ("as long as required", "actual retention periods can vary significantly", no numbers), ladder 0.2. Security (D7.1-7.3) names encryption protocols but no algorithms; DPO only in "regions where appointed.

Silences

No disclosure on: AI model training (D1.1-1.4), deletion timelines post-closure (D3.2), AI-specific log retention (D3.3), automated decision-making (D6.1), AI interaction (D5.1), govt-access standards (D4.5), breach notification (D7.2).

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

Rippling 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 outputsSilent

Data-subject rights5 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataDisclosed

Grants a right to delete your dataDisclosed

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 dataSilent

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 sharing1 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-outPartial

Names a safeguard for international data transfersPartial

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessSilent

Transparency3 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 basesDisclosed

Is versioned and dated, with change noticeDisclosed

Sensitive data and children1 of 3 disclosed

Discloses automated decisions and a human-review pathSilent

Limits the use of special-category dataPartial

Governs biometric data specificallyNot applicable

States protections for children's dataDisclosed

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: No
Policy last updated: 2025-03-14
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.