Is Sift safe with your data?

Sift

49/100

Partial disclosure · medium confidence

Sift earns a C (49/100) because it discloses its data practices only in part.

#105

of 211 apps ranked

score · Security & compliance avg 50

-1

vs category average

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

Sift discloses limited training data controls but provides concrete deletion timelines and clear data use restrictions for customers.

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

Data Ownership & Limited Reuse

Customer owns and retains all right, title, and interest in Customer Data; Sift gets only limited, royalty-free license for stated purposes (providing, maintaining, improving service).

Deletion Timeline

Upon termination, Sift deletes customer data within 90 days upon request, with named legal mechanism and specific timeframe.

No Ad Sharing

Explicit commitment: We will not share your data with marketers or advertisers.

Training Without Explicit Opt-Out

Sift may use customer data to improve ML algorithms for as long as reasonably necessary, but no named opt-out mechanism disclosed in customer-facing terms.

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 retention period for your data
Not stated: shorter retention for AI conversation logs

Sift privacy rating

Training-data use1 of 4 disclosed

Keeps user inputs out of model training, or makes training opt-inPartial

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 outputsDisclosed

Data-subject rights2 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataPartial

Grants a right to delete your dataDisclosed

Offers data portability in a usable formatPartial

Grants a right to correct your dataPartial

Grants a way to object to or opt out of processingDisclosed

Retention and deletion1 of 4 disclosed

States a retention period for your dataSilent

States a deletion timeline after closure or requestDisclosed

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 agreementSilent

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

Names a safeguard for international data transfersSilent

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessPartial

Transparency2 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 noticeDisclosed

Sensitive data and children0 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 dataSilent

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: Security & compliance
Modalities: text
Processes biometrics: No
Policy last updated: 2026-04-20
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.