Mass.gov Terms Scorecard

Grade A+ — Highly protective (score 99/100)

Mass.gov explicitly pledges not to sell personal data, though it reserves the right to modify its policy without advance notice to users.

Protective policy with no data sale, but lacks advance notice for changes.

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
LIKELY
Easy to cancel
UNCLEAR
Tells you before changes
NO
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

DISSEMINATION OF YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

We do not sell any personally identifiable information collected through Mass.gov

The government explicitly promises not to sell your personal data.

POLICY CHANGES

We reserve the right to change the terms of this policy at any time. ... Any modifications are effective immediately.

The policy can be updated at any time, and changes take effect immediately without prior notice.

DISSEMINATION OF YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

part or all of the information you send us may be provided to a member of the public in response to a public records request.

Information you submit may become public record and subject to disclosure upon request.

INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED AND STORED BY MASS.GOV

www.mass.gov and search.mass.gov collect and store your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, for a limited period of time (90 to 120 days) for administrative purposes

The site specifies a clear, limited retention period for IP address data.

Last reviewed 2026-08-07 under rubric v3.5.

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