"FastSpring presents a moderately-high privacy risk (68/100) comparable to mainstream commercial platforms. The service collects extensive sensitive data including full financial account details, employs broad cross-site behavioral tracking via Media Partner cookies and social media plugins, and shares data with law enforcement with minimal procedural safeguards. Users have limited meaningful control over data retention and tracking, with opt-outs that degrade functionality and implied consent obtained through continued website use."
fastspring Privacy Concerns & Scorecard
FastSpring collects extensive financial data including full credit card numbers, debit card numbers, and bank account numbers, creating high exposure to fraud and identity theft.
Data shared with law enforcement and government agencies with minimal procedural safeguards; IP addresses may be shared without formal subpoena requirements.
Broad consent obtained through implied consent via continued website use rather than explicit affirmative consent.
Extensive cross-site retargeting via Media Partner Cookies enables users to be tracked on external websites after visiting FastSpring.
Data retention periods are vague and determined by broad criteria; legal compliance exceptions may enable indefinite retention without user knowledge.
No recommended actions at this time.
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Data Collection & Tracking
Personal Information Collected
Account creation, transaction processing, communications, and customer support
Payment processing and fraud detection
Tax compliance and regulatory reporting
Fraud prevention, marketing, and regulatory compliance
Website optimization, analytics, advertising performance measurement, and user experience improvement
Transaction processing, reporting, product access, and warranty/support
Fraud detection, analytics, tracking, and user identification
Customer service, support, communications, and transaction completion
Website usage analysis, marketing effectiveness measurement, and performance optimization
Account profiling and marketing segmentation
Cross-Platform Tracking
FastSpring tracks you across external websites through Media Partner Cookies that retarget advertisements to you after you visit fastspring.com. Social media plugins (Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn) transmit your IP address and browsing activity to those platforms even when you are not logged in. Device fingerprinting enables persistent identification across sessions and devices.
Tracking Methods:
Cookies (First-Party & Third-Party)
Persistent and session cookies used to track user activity, store preferences, maintain login state, and enable retargeting across external websites
Web Beacons & Pixel Tags
Invisible tracking pixels embedded in webpages and emails to measure advertising performance, track user behavior, and enable retargeting
Device Fingerprinting
Combination of device characteristics (browser, OS, hardware) used to create a unique identifier for fraud detection and persistent cross-session tracking
Social Media Plugins
Facebook, Google, Twitter, and LinkedIn plugins transmit user IP address and browsing activity to social platforms even when user is not logged in
Google Analytics
Third-party analytics service tracking user activity across FastSpring website; IP addresses anonymized using anonymizeIp function
Media Partner Tracking
Tracking pixels placed by advertising partners to follow users across external websites and display retargeted FastSpring advertisements
AI & Data Training
fastspring does not train AI on your content
Based on their public policy, your content is not used to train AI models.
How to Object
No opt-out available
This service does not currently provide a public way to opt out of AI training.
Why We Analyzed fastspring
TrueTerms automatically audits privacy policies and data practices using advanced machine learning to keep you informed and protected. This scorecard is based on the latest available public terms of service and privacy policies as of 2026.