GNOME Terms Scorecard

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

The GNOME Foundation maintains a highly protective privacy policy that explicitly disclaims data sales and provides robust user rights, including global access to GDPR-style protections.

Highly protective policy with clear rights and no predatory terms.

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
YES
Easy to cancel
YES
Tells you before changes
YES
Deletes data on request
YES

What the terms actually say

DONATIONS

We do not sell or distribute this information to third parties.

The Foundation explicitly promises not to sell or distribute your personal data.

YOUR RIGHTS

The Foundation will undertake best efforts to provide these rights to people outside of the EEA as well.

The Foundation commits to honoring privacy rights like access and deletion for all users, regardless of their location.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT

A notice will be posted on our homepage for 30 days whenever this privacy statement is changed in a material way.

The Foundation provides clear, advance notice of material changes to their privacy policy.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Other third parties including ... law enforcement agencies and government agencies where necessary to enable us to enforce our legal rights

The Foundation shares data with government and law enforcement when they believe it is necessary to enforce their legal rights.

Last reviewed 2026-08-04 under rubric v3.5.

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