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Veed.io has moderate defaults; Freshdesk Freddy AI carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: FRESHDESK FREDDY AI NOT RECOMMENDED · VEED.IO ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE
| RISK SURFACE | FRESHDESK FREDDY AI | VEED.IO |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
“By submitting User Content to the Websites, you automatically grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide right and license to use, publish, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, translate, create derivative works from, incorporate into other works, distri…”
Users grant Freshworks an extremely broad, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to exploit submitted content in any form with no compensation, plus a moral rights waiver. This applies to all user-submitted content on the website.
“ Automated decisions are made by technological means, mostly based on algorithms subject to predefined criteria. Such automated decision-making, taken solely by technological means without any human intervention, may have legal effects or similarly significant effects on you. ”
“ 5. Intellectual Property Rights. You acknowledge that all text, graphics, photographs, trademarks, logos, icons, user interfaces, sounds, music, videos, artwork, software, and computer code (collectively, “ Content ”), including but not limited to the “look and feel”, layout, de…”
“It is also in our legitimate interests to process Personal Data in this way in order to perform analytics, train our algorithms, improve, enhance, develop, support and operate the Services and its availability, compile statistical reports and record insights into usage patterns,…”
Platform relies on 'legitimate interests' (not consent) to train algorithms and develop ML products using personal data, including potentially hosted customer data. Users may not be aware their data is used for model training.
“To develop or improve our Applications and any of our related products and services using relevant personal data included in content submitted or uploaded to our Applications by users under a ‘Free’ subscription. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not include any content submi…”
Free-tier users' submitted/uploaded content (excluding mobile app content) is explicitly used to train AI models, with no opt-out mechanism described. Users may not realise their content fuels model training.
“ Except with our express prior written permission or as permitted by applicable laws, you may not copy, distribute, reproduce, mirror, frame, publicly display, publicly perform, translate, create derivative works of, re-publish or transmit the Websites or Content (in whole or in…”
“ Data subjects include the data exporter’s users, employees and third parties with whom it has, or may develop, a commercial relationship.”
“personal data obtained from any third parties we work with in relation to our recruitment activities, including without limitation (and subject to local laws), recruitment agencies, background check providers, credit reference agencies and your referees; and details of your edu…”
Freshworks collects special category data (health, medical conditions) and criminal conviction data from third-party sources including background check and credit reference agencies. This is highly sensitive data subject to stricter legal bases under GDPR Article 9 and Article 10.
“By using the Applications and/or our services, you are giving us your explicit consent to make automated decisions. If you do not consent to our making automated decisions, you must not use our Applications or services.”
The platform claims 'explicit consent' to automated decision-making (including legally significant decisions) merely by virtue of using the service — a take-it-or-leave-it approach that may not meet GDPR standards for freely given, specific consent.
“Upon expiration of Customer’s free trial, Freshworks may immediately suspend Customer’s access to the free trial Services and/or Software. Customer must export Customer Data before the end of the free trial or Customer Data will be permanently deleted. Notwithstanding anything to…”
Free tier users receive materially worse data retention protections than paid users — no export window, no 14-day grace period, immediate permanent deletion.