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kagi.comKagi had no red flags, but it did get five cautions worth knowing about. Kagi can cancel your account anytime for broad reasons, your subscription will auto-renew unless you cancel before the renewal date, and you must take legal disputes to a Delaware court. The report also could not fully confirm two issues. On the bright side, Kagi does not sell your data or use it to train AI, and it deletes logs quickly after you leave.
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We could not determine this from the documents, so we are not guessing.
AI training on your contentKagi uses privacy-respecting AI providers that don't save data or use it for training.Clear›
… Use of AI services in Kagi This section refers to the AI tools in Kagi including but not limited to Kagi Assistant, Summarize Results, Universal Summarizer, Ask Questions about Document, FastGPT, and Kagi Translate. When using third party AI model providers, we are using privacy-respecting services that do not save the data or use it for training, whenever possible. Please refer to Kagi LLM Privacy for details. Unless stated below, and in a similar vein as Search, requests to AI tools are not saved or associated with a customer account (they may be retained for a short period of time as a part of request debugging, explained …
In plain termsIt is like a tutor who never opens your notebook unless you hand it over and clearly say yes.
View in the source →Selling or sharing your dataSession info is never sent to third parties; third-party services are limited to maps, payments, and login.Clear›
… will provide your Kagi.com session information in all requests to Kagi.com. This allows you to use Kagi search in Private Windows without logging in each time, so long as your normal browsing session remains logged in. At no point is this session information sent to any third party. To invalidate the session information, simply log out of your Kagi account from any session. Security Kagi takes security seriously, and has systems in place to protect what little personal data we hold from loss, …
In plain termsIt is like the store keeping your list to itself and only showing the card processor enough to ring you up.
View in the source →Right to sueTerms are governed by Delaware law with no arbitration clause, but a specific jurisdiction is imposed on users.Caution›
… use of the Services after the effective date of such changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes. To make your review more convenient, we will post an effective date at the top of this page. Miscellaneous These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Kagi concerning the Services and are governed by the laws of the state of Delaware, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions. If any portion of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. In the event of a conflict between a translated version of these terms and the English …
In plain termsIt is like a private-referee clause you can escape if you mail an opt-out in time, or just a faraway court they picked.
View in the source →Changes to the termsSubstantive changes are announced via blog/forums, but continued use counts as acceptance.Most services we've read say thisCaution›
… LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. Modifications to these Terms Kagi may update these Terms from time to time to address a new feature of the Services or to clarify a provision. The updated Terms will be posted online. If the changes are substantive, we will announce the update through Kagi's usual channels for such announcements such as blog posts and forums. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of such changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes. To make your review more convenient, we will post an effective date at the top of this page. …
In plain termsIt is like a landlord who can change the lease but has to warn you first, by mail or a posted notice, before it kicks in.
View in the source →TerminationKagi can terminate at any time for broad reasons but commits to reasonable efforts to notify by email.Most services we've read say thisCaution›
… to apply until ended by either you or Kagi. You can choose to end them at any time for any reason by deleting your Kagi account, discontinuing your use of the Services, and if applicable, unsubscribing from our emails. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time for any reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms, (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for us; or (iii) our provision of the Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your Kagi account or the next time you attempt to access the Services. In all such cases, these Terms shall terminate, including, …
In plain termsIt is like a club that can remove you for breaking a stated rule, with limited or after-the-fact notice.
View in the source →Biometric and locationPrecise location is stored only when you use the optional Maps geolocation or manual location feature.Caution›
… this with anyone. _kagi_search_ cookies Opaque Token CSRF protection. kagi_previous_page cookies URL path Temporarily used for returning you to the previous page you were browsing upon login or from the settings page. kagi_precise_location cookies Base64 Encoded JSON Stored client location when using optional Geolocation or manual location setting in Maps kagi_sse_replay localstorage JSON For clients that use JavaScript, this is a limited local cache of result markup to skip round trips to our servers for recent queries. mapbox.* localstorage JSON Bookkeeping for …
In plain termsIt is like them reading your fingerprint or location only for a feature you switch on, with your yes, and keeping it in-house.
View in the source →Data kept after you deleteSpecific, short retention periods are stated for all logs (7 days, 90 days, 1 day), with no indefinite retention.Clear›
… store web requests made by user browser temporarily, with strict retention periods, for debugging purposes, and in a manner that they are not linked to an account. Debugging retention periods: Type Retention Purpose Load Balancer Logs 7 days Identifies and protects against Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS prevention). Only a subset of traffic is sampled. Virtual Machine Logs 7 days Contains debug information used to ensure system reliability and availability. Sentry 90 days Contains information about server-side errors that occur within our production applications. …
In plain termsIt is like a gym that shreds your file right after you quit, keeping only what a specific law makes them hold.
View in the source →Auto-renew and cancelingSubscriptions auto-renew but can be canceled online in account settings anytime before the renewal date.Caution›
… that renew automatically and/or postpaid products, you authorize Kagi and its billing providers to charge your payment methods until the subscription is terminated and all postpaid products have been paid for. Auto-renewing subscriptions may be canceled online in your account settings at any time prior to the renewal date. You may also cancel your subscription via email to support@kagi.com, in which case your cancellation must be received at least 72 hours prior to renewal in order to allow for processing time. Kagi and its billing …
In plain termsIt is like a subscription that renews on its own but tells you plainly and lets you cancel yourself anytime before it charges.
View in the source →If something goes wrongNot sure›
We could not determine this from the documents, so we are not guessing.