Rumble updated its privacy policy on June 21, 2026 to clarify how cookie and storage technologies are disclosed and function on its platform. The updated language explicitly states that references to 'cookies' now include local storage and similar technologies, and describes these as being loaded onto your browser or device automatically when you visit the site. The policy now also specifies additional purposes for these technologies, including securing the site and delivering content to prevent repeats. This change does not alter what data is collected, but it does expand the disclosed purposes and formally broaden the category of technologies covered by the cookie disclosure.
The updated policy clarifies that technologies covered by its cookie disclosure now include local storage and similar device-based storage mechanisms, not just traditional cookies. The policy states these technologies are loaded automatically when you visit the site and cannot be disabled because they are essential to basic functionality. The revised language also lists additional purposes for these technologies, including site security and content delivery to prevent showing repeated material. No new collection mechanisms are introduced by this change, and users have no new opt-out options available.
The updated policy formalizes that Rumble uses local storage and similar technologies alongside traditional cookies, and expands the disclosed purposes these technologies serve. This clarification strengthens transparency about how data is stored on user devices and the operational functions these technologies perform, which may be relevant to privacy compliance frameworks that require disclosure of storage mechanisms beyond cookies.
Policy now explicitly states that 'cookies' includes local storage and similar device-based storage technologies used for the same purposes.
Updated language clarifies that strictly necessary cookies and local storage are loaded automatically and cannot be disabled, and now discloses additional purposes including site security and content deduplication.
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This change is a clarification and expansion of existing cookie and storage technology disclosures. Rumble is formalizing that its use of local storage and similar technologies falls under the scope of its cookie policy, and is disclosing additional operational purposes (site security, content deduplication). The change does not introduce new data collection categories or create new consent obligations. From a regulatory standpoint, the expanded disclosure may strengthen compliance under privacy frameworks that require transparency about storage technologies beyond cookies (GDPR, CCPA, similar regimes), but this is a clarification rather than a material policy shift. No immediate action appears required unless the organization considers local storage or similar technologies material to its own vendor risk profile.
GDPR (Recital 30, Cookie Consent Directive), CCPA (disclosure requirements), similar state privacy laws
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