CentOS Terms Scorecard

Grade A+ — Highly protective (score 100/100)

CentOS provides a transparent privacy policy that honors GDPR rights for all users and offers clear mechanisms for data access and modification.

Highly protective policy with clear rights and no major red flags.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
NO
Forced arbitration
NO
Trains AI on your content
NO
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
NO
Easy to cancel
YES
Tells you before changes
UNCLEAR
Deletes data on request
YES

What the terms actually say

YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES IN THE EEA

Where the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”) applies... you have the following rights... The right to access your personal data; The right to rectify... The right to erase your personal data; ... The right to receive your personal data in a usable electronic format

CentOS explicitly commits to honoring core privacy rights like access, correction, deletion, and data portability.

HOW TO ACCESS, MODIFY, OR UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION

If you wish to remove your personal data from CentOS, you may contact us via email at [email protected] and request that we remove this information from the CentOS Account System.

You have a clear, direct path to request the removal of your personal data from their systems.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Unless you assent, CentOS will never share the personal data you provide us except as described below

The company makes a strong commitment not to share your personal data without your permission.

Last reviewed 2026-08-02 under rubric v3.5.

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