Mighty Networks says they don't sell your data. Meanwhile, Meta and TikTok pixels fire every time you register, pay, or buy something. Google Analytics profiles your age and gender. The FTC has warned that pixel tracking creates "hidden impacts" — and Mighty Networks enables it on every community. Mighty Networks tells members it only collects your IP address and device ID. Then on its About page, it boasts about processing 9 billion data points per month. That's 9,000,000,000 monthly data points from "just" IP addresses. The gap between the privacy policy's minimisation claim and the company's data boast is unexplained.
What they claim: Privacy policy: "The only information Mighty Networks collects from Members for its own purposes is IP address and mobile device ID"
What we found: Mighty Networks publicly states it processes 9 billion data points per month, synthesised into their "Community Design." Infrastructure handles 75 million web requests per day. If they only collect IP and device ID, what are the other billions of data points?
What they claim: Platform claims to be "GDPR and CCPA compliant"
What we found: Privacy policy states Hosts can "choose and customize categories of Personal Data to collect, including Special Categories of Personal Data" — health, political opinions, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, biometric data under GDPR. No verification of Host GDPR compliance, no mandatory DPO, no audit of how Hosts handle this data.
What they claim: Mighty Networks: "We do not sell your personal data to third parties to use for their own marketing purposes"
What we found: Supports Meta and TikTok tracking pixels firing on registration, payment, and purchase events. Uses Google Analytics with DoubleClick for demographic profiling. Uses hashed email addresses for ad targeting. Under CCPA/CPRA, sharing data with ad networks qualifies as "sharing" personal information.
What they claim: Mighty Pro lets creators "put your name in the App Store" with a "fully branded" experience
What we found: KULA by Yoga With Adriene app lists Mighty Networks as developer on Google Play (com.mightybell.fwfgKula). Privacy policy links to mightynetworks.com, not Yoga With Adriene. The app requests 27 Android permissions. Members join thinking they trust the creator; Mighty Software Inc. collects the data.
What they claim: Mighty Networks: "It is important for you to respect and honor the trust of Members who join"
What we found: Hosts download full member lists to CSV (emails, subscription status, screening question responses, opt-out preferences). Hosts auto-sync data to external platforms like Kit/ConvertKit. Members have no dashboard showing which third parties have their data. Only restriction: a Terms of Use promise not to sell the list.
What they claim: Communities positioned as member and creator "ownership"
What we found: Leaving a network means "you won't be able to access any content inside, regardless if you previously paid for it." Permanent deletion removes all posts, no recovery. No data export tool for members (only Hosts can export). No refund mechanism.
What they claim: Mighty Networks positions itself as a professional platform for "entrepreneurs and brands"
What we found: Trustpilot: $1,600 auto-renewal charges for unused service. Multiple 2025-2026 reviews report AI chatbots only — no human support. 3.8/5 Trustpilot with 15% one-star reviews. Scam Detector: 66.1 "medium risk" trust score.