fruux

fruux is a cross-platform synchronization service.

7.5/10

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Handling

Does the policy allow personally-targeted or behavioral marketing? No

10/10

Does the service allow you to permanently delete your personal data? Yes, by contacting someone

3/5

Even if there is a reasonable delay before the data is fully deleted (as is common), the data still counts as "permanently deleted" and satisfies the parameters for this question.

Score

Yes, by contacting someone

60%

Yes, using an automated mechanism

100%

N/A

The service doesn't collect any personal information.

100%

Citation

You may at any time make a request to inspect any data stored concerning your person, to amend or delete this data as well withdraw your consent for its further use. If you are a registered user of certain services provided by fruux then we may offer you the possibility of viewing this data online and even amending and deleting the data by yourself. You may request details of any personal information which we hold by you or make a demand for amendment and/or deletion. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, or if you have any further questions concerning the use of your personal data held by us, then please contact:

privacy (at) fruux (dot) com
Should you communicate with us by email, please be aware of the fact that the content of unencrypted emails can be intercepted and read openly by either unintended or unauthorised parties. We therefore recommend for this very reason that confidential information is transmitted in encrypted form or sent by post in order to guarantee complete security.

Does the service allow third-party access to private personal data? Yes, not all parties specified (but only to critical service providers)

7/10

This may come in the form of outright data sharing or by using local third-party analytics software (such as Google Analytics, which collects a plethora of user information).

Note that whether the policy allows sharing aggregated user data does not affect this question.

If the personal data is encrypted when it passes through the third-party, it does not count as third-party access (as the data is inaccessible to that party).

If personal data has been made public by, for example, posting it to a blog, it does not count as private personal information (and is therefore not considered by this question).

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Yes

The policy allows sharing personal data with third parties (not just critical service providers), and does not explicitly list the third parties.

Yes, all parties specified (including non-critical service providers such as advertisers)

30%

Yes, not all parties specified (but only to critical service providers)

70%

Yes, all parties specified (only to critical service providers)

80%

100%

Citation

Additionally we use Google Analytics in order to track the usage of our website.
[...]
Any usage of your personal data is confined to the purposes as stated above and will only be undertaken to the extent necessary for these purposes.

Any personal data will not be transferred to government bodies or public authorities with the exception of compliance with mandatory national legislation or if the transfer of such data is necessary in order to take any legal action in case of fraudulent access to our network infrastructure. Personal data will not be transferred to third parties for any other purpose.

By using our software/services, you give fruux the permissions that are needed to provide you with the software/services and the permissions that are necessary to provide you with certain features when you use them (for example, when you choose to create a public calendar). This permission also extends to trusted third parties that fruux works with in order to provide you with the software/services, for example Amazon Web software/servicess (AWS), which provides our technical infrastructure. This permission also includes our design and programming standards that administer our software/services (for example how backup your data to avoid data loss).

When does the policy allow law enforcement access to personal data? Only when required by a court order or subpoena

4/5

Score

Always

This includes cases in which law enforcement either runs the service or has a known backdoor into (or relationship with) the service.

Not specified

When reasonably requested

60%

Only when required by a court order or subpoena

80%

N/A (no personal data to share)

The service would have no personal data to share with law enforcement.

100%

Never (special legal jurisdiction)

The service operates in a jurisdiction in which sharing data with law enforcement is never required.

100%

Citation

Transparency

Does the policy outline the service's general security practices? Somewhat

1/3

Score

Somewhat

The policy provides only a very vague overview of its security practices.

30%

Yes

60%

Yes, including audits

"Reviews," "monitoring," etc. also count as audits.

80%

Yes, including independent audits

Independent "reviews," "monitoring," etc. also count as independent audits.

100%

N/A

The service doesn't collect any personal information.

100%

Citation

We are committed to ensuring that your personal information is secure. In order to prevent against inadvertent or deliberate manipulation, loss or destruction and unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable technical and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure any personal information that we collect online. Our security measures are constantly updated and improved in line with technological progress.

Is the policy's history made available? Only the date it was last modified

3/5

Does the policy require users to be notified in case of a data breach? Not necessarily

0/7

Will affected users be notified when the policy is meaningfully changed? No

0/5

Collection

Does the service collect personal data from third parties? No

10/10

Is it clear why the service collects the personal data that it does? Yes

10/10

Does the service allow the user to control whether personal data is collected or used for non-critical purposes? N/A (no data used for non-critical purposes)

10/10

Does the policy list the personal data it collects? Yes, exhaustively

10/10

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The policy does not claim to not collect personal data, but it also doesn't provide any meaningful insight into the types of personal data it collects.

Only summarily

The policy uses overly vague language to provide a summary of the types of collected personal data.

30%

Yes, generally

All general categories of collected personal data are listed, though not all types of personal data are explicitly mentioned (for example, the list might use a phrase like 'such as' when listing types of personal data).

70%

Yes, exhaustively

All types of collected personal data are listed specifically

100%

N/A (no personal data is collected)

100%

Citation

When you visit this website and/or use our software/services, our servers make a temporary record of each access and stores it in a log file. The following data is recorded and stored until it is automatically deleted:

IP address of the requesting device
Date and time of access
Name and URL of the file downloaded
Amount of data transmitted
An indication whether the download was successful
Data identifying the browser and operating system
The website from which our site was accessed
Name of your ISP (internet service provider)

Last Updated

May 26, 2021

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