X collects Direct Message contents and message details

If you use Direct Messages, X says it collects their contents, recipients, and timestamps as information about your platform use.

This applies if you use Direct Messages.

You can choose to upload your address book to find people

Uploading your address book is optional; X says it can use it to help find people you may know.

This applies only if you choose to upload or share your address book.

Creating a personal account requires contact and identity details

To create a personal account, the policy lists a display name, username, password, email or phone number, birth date, and display language.

This applies if you create a personal account.

A DM recipient's third-party service may receive the message

If a recipient accesses X through a third-party service, the privacy policy says your Direct Message may be shared with that service.

This depends on the recipient accessing X through a third-party service.

Public posts can remain available outside X after deletion

Public X content can be viewed without signing in or found through search engines, and third parties may keep copies after deletion.

This concerns content made public on X; visibility off X can depend on your settings.

Some collaborators may use your data for their own purposes

If you do not opt out, some third-party collaborators may use shared information for independent purposes, including AI training.

This applies in some instances if you do not opt out; the policy also makes sharing dependent on settings or your decision to share data.

X says it does not sell personal information, with an ownership-change exception

The privacy policy says X does not sell personal information, but allows sharing, selling, or transferring it in an ownership change.

The stated exception applies in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, asset sale, or bankruptcy.

You keep ownership, but grant X a broad content license

The terms say you retain ownership of submitted content, while also granting X broad rights to use and distribute it.

This applies to content you submit, input, create, generate, post, or display through the Services.

If you submit content, X gets broad reuse rights, including AI training

The terms let X reuse submitted content, including for AI training and sharing with others, without paying you for those uses.

This applies when you submit, input, create, generate, post, or display content through the Services.

The terms allow X to end access for any reason or no reason

Subject to applicable law, the terms say X may terminate your account or stop providing some or all Services for any reason or no reason.

Deactivation hides your profile and queues your data for deletion

After deactivation, your profile is no longer viewable on X and your data is queued for deletion; account restoration is possible for up to 30 days.

This applies if you follow the policy's deactivation instructions.

The terms specify Texas courts, with arbitration as a fallback

The terms specify Texas law and courts for disputes; if the court-location clause is unenforceable, they provide for binding arbitration in Texas.

The terms set deadlines for starting legal claims

The terms require federal claims to be started within one year and state-law claims within two years and one day, subject to applicable law.

The stated deadline depends on whether the claim is federal or state-law.

The terms seek to limit X's total liability

The terms seek to cap total liability at the greater of $100 or what you paid for the relevant Services in the previous six months.

The terms waive class actions where applicable law permits

The terms say you waive the right to bring or join class, collective, or representative proceedings where applicable law permits.

The waiver is stated to apply only where permitted by applicable law.