SoundCloud vs Crunchyroll

The privacy policy says SoundCloud collects account details, listening and usage activity, logs, cookies, device data, location data, and information from third parties. That gives the company a broad view of your behavior on and around the service.

SoundCloud shares personal data with affiliates, service providers, advertisers, payment processors, rights holders, and potentially buyers in a sale. In practice, your data may circulate well beyond SoundCloud itself.

While licenses for deleted audio may end, licenses for comments and other contributions are stated to be indefinite and irrevocable. That means some things you post may remain licensed even after account termination.

If SoundCloud causes harm, its liability is generally capped at 100 euros or what you paid in the prior 12 months, whichever is higher, except where law forbids it. This can sharply limit practical recovery for outages or losses.

SoundCloud says it will not use your content to train generative AI models that reproduce your voice, music, or image unless you explicitly opt in. This is a strong creator-friendly protection compared with many platforms.

SoundCloud says you can delete your account and offers rights such as access, correction, deletion, portability, restriction, objection, and consent withdrawal for EU/EEA/UK users, with some similar U.S. rights. These are meaningful user protections.

SoundCloud uses your interactions and device identifiers to personalize ads and content, and may permit tracking technologies and SDKs. Some of this is consent-based, but the service still supports significant ad-targeting infrastructure.

You keep ownership, but uploading grants SoundCloud and other users broad worldwide royalty-free rights to host, share, distribute, adapt, and otherwise use your content through platform features. Comments and some contributions are even described as indefinite and irrevocable.

The terms can be modified at SoundCloud's discretion, and continued use after two weeks counts as acceptance. Users have to monitor updates or leave the service if they disagree.

Users can control profile visibility, listening activity, personalized ads, cookies, analytics, third-party connections, and some messaging settings through account, browser, and device settings. That gives users practical ways to reduce exposure.

Account deletion is available, but backups may remain temporarily, search engines may still show cached pages, and downloaded offline copies may persist for up to 30 days. Deletion is real but not always immediate everywhere.

Disputes are generally governed by German law with Berlin courts as the usual venue, unless mandatory local law overrides. This may be inconvenient for users outside Germany, but it is not an arbitration clause.

Most disputes must go to binding individual arbitration, and users waive class actions and jury trials unless they opt out quickly. This can make it harder and less economical to pursue claims.

Crunchyroll disclaims warranties and limits what users can recover, reportedly to the greater of $50 or six months of fees, with claims due within one year. In practice, this sharply reduces remedies if the service causes loss.

Subscriptions renew automatically, and free trials become paid plans unless canceled before the deadline. The terms also say they may not remind you before a trial ends unless law requires it.

Crunchyroll says it may suspend, limit, or terminate accounts for any reason or no reason, sometimes without notice. If termination is for breach, prepaid fees may be lost without refund.

Depending on local law, users can request access, correction, deletion, portability, restriction, objection, and consent withdrawal. These are meaningful controls for managing account and tracking-related data.

The company can modify terms, pricing, features, and content availability, and continued use counts as acceptance. This gives users limited leverage if the service changes after signup.

Crunchyroll collects broad account, device, usage, viewing, and location data and uses cookies and partners for analytics, personalization, and interest-based advertising. It may also match identifiers like email or phone with third-party ad platforms.

Personal data may be shared with affiliates, Sony group companies, service providers, ad partners, promotion partners, authorities, and transaction counterparties. That broad ecosystem increases downstream exposure of your data.

For non-essential cookies and similar technologies, Crunchyroll says it will seek consent where required and offers a consent tool to change preferences later. That gives users some control over analytics and ad tracking.

The policy says it does not use fully automated decision-making or profiling that has legal or similarly significant effects. That reduces risk of major account outcomes being decided solely by algorithms.

EU residents get a statutory cooling-off cancellation right with a prorated refund request through support. This is a useful consumer protection, though limited by region.