CA-C-000728
Patreon — Patreon Privacy Policy
Entity
Date detected
April 30, 2026
Effective date
April 30, 2026
Severity
Low
Direction
Neutral
Affected users
all users
Changes
1 sentence modified
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What Changed

Patreon updated their Privacy Policy on April 30, 2026. The change detected appears to be a technical build-time update to the underlying web application serving the privacy policy page, with the build timestamp changing from April 28 to April 29, 2026. No substantive changes to the actual privacy policy text or consumer rights appear to have occurred.

Consumer Impact (what this means for users)

Patreon's Privacy Policy page was updated on April 30, 2026, but the detected change reflects only a technical build timestamp update in the page's HTML metadata, not a change to the actual policy text or consumer rights. There is no indication that any data practices, user rights, or privacy commitments were altered. No action is required from users at this time.

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
CFAA
United States Federal
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
DMCA
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union

Why It Matters (compliance & risk perspective)

The change appears to be purely technical with no impact on consumer data rights or privacy practices. However, because the full policy text was not available in the diff, users and compliance teams should verify no substantive changes were made.

Key Clauses Affected

Build metadata timestamp

The HTML build-time attribute changed from April 28 to April 29, 2026, reflecting a technical redeployment of the privacy policy page with no visible substantive policy changes.

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Evidence Verification

✓ Verified
Previous Version
6e4fe7d0bede02113a31c4f3afa3c471e9a3b1e42561bba30f07c1ce36ae2905
April 29, 2026 06:26 UTC
✓ Verified
Current Version
99374feeda790267a88d534d405d8998579478e3834709f327e74cbb2b9beead
April 30, 2026 06:15 UTC
✓ Verified
Change Detected
April 30, 2026 06:15 UTC
✓ Verified
Source Document
https://www.patreon.com/policy/privacy
How to Cite
ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: Patreon | Document: Patreon Privacy Policy | Record: CA-C-000728
Captured: 2026-04-30 06:15:12 UTC
URL: https://conductatlas.com/change/2026-04-30-patreon-patreon-privacy-policy-728/
Accessed: May 2, 2026

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Institutional Analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

Assessment

The detected change in Patreon's Privacy Policy on April 30, 2026 is a technical metadata update — specifically a change to the HTML build-time attribute from April 28 to April 29, 2026. No substantive policy text, data processing commitments, or user rights appear to have changed. No regulatory frameworks are implicated and no compliance action is required.

Regulatory Exposure

No regulatory exposure identified. The change is limited to a technical build timestamp in the HTML metadata of the privacy policy page. No substantive policy language was altered, meaning no GDPR (including Art. 13, 14, or 12(1)), CCPA (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.100 et seq.), UK GDPR, LGPD, or other data protection framework provisions are triggered by this update.

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Document Context

Document
Patreon Privacy Policy
Entity
Patreon
Captured
April 30, 2026
Source URL
https://www.patreon.com/policy/privacy
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