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| 4 | Privacy Policy | ||||
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| 7 | Patreon Privacy Policy | ||||
| 8 | Welcome to Patreon! | ||||
| 9 | Information You Provide Patreon | ||||
| 10 | Additional Information We Collect | ||||
| 11 | Information Collected By Third Parties | ||||
| 12 | How We Use Information | ||||
| 13 | Information Shared With Creators | ||||
| 14 | Information Shared With Communities On Patreon | ||||
| 15 | Information Shared With The Public | ||||
| 16 | Information Shared With Third Parties | ||||
| 17 | Your Preferences and Control Over Your Data | ||||
| 18 | California Privacy Laws | ||||
| 19 | EU Privacy Laws and Data Transfers | ||||
| 20 | Contacting Our Data Protection Officer | ||||
| 21 | Complaints | ||||
| 22 | Establishing An Authorized Agent | ||||
| 23 | Our Data Retention Period | ||||
| 24 | Security | ||||
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| 26 | Changes | ||||
| 27 | We're taking a different approach to privacy | ||||
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| 29 | Patreon Privacy Policy | ||||
| 30 | Last Updated: May 27, 2026 | ||||
| 31 | Welcome to Patreon! | ||||
| 32 | Patreon is a platform that helps connect fans with creators they love. “Patreon, | ||||
| > | ” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to this platform, and the services offered by Patr | ||||
| > | eon, including the Patreon iOS app, the Patreon Android app, Patreon APIs, Patre | ||||
| > | on embeds, Patreon RSS feeds, www.patreon.com, Patreon’s other websites, includi | ||||
| > | ng Patreon websites hosted on creator-owned domains, to Patreon, Inc., and, as d | ||||
| > | escribed in our Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, as applicable, to Patreon | ||||
| > | DLC Limited and Patreon Ireland Limited, including its branch Patreon Ireland Li | ||||
| > | mited - Sucursal em Portugal (“Patreon Portugal’). This Privacy Policy is a part | ||||
| > | of our Terms of Use, and describes how we collect, use, and share information. | ||||
| 33 | Information You Provide Patreon | ||||
| 34 | This is information that you provide to us through text and other input fields, | ||||
| > | including your name, payment information, and benefits. The information of this | ||||
| > | type that we require you to provide differs depending on whether you create an a | ||||
| > | ccount, become a member, purchase a subscription or other offering, otherwise en | ||||
| > | gage with a creator, or become a creator, and typically includes at least: | ||||
| 35 | first and last name/surname; | ||||
| 36 | email address; | ||||
| 37 | phone number; | ||||
| 38 | username; | ||||
| 39 | password; | ||||
| 40 | county and state/province of residence; and/or | ||||
| 41 | the topics you’re interested in. | ||||
| 42 | You may also have the option to sign up for Patreon using a Facebook, Google, or | ||||
| > | Apple account. We will ask for permission to access basic information from your | ||||
| > | Facebook, Google, or Apple account, such as your userID, full name, email addre | ||||
| > | ss, and profile picture. You can choose to stop sharing that information with us | ||||
| > | at any time by going to Facebook, Google, or Apple to remove Patreon’s access t | ||||
| > | o that account and your ability to use it to log in to Patreon. In order to use | ||||
| > | an account with one of these companies to sign up for Patreon, these companies m | ||||
| > | ay require you to share personal data with them, including information about you | ||||
| > | r usage of Patreon. As applicable to you, please consult the Facebook, Google, a | ||||
| > | nd Apple privacy policies to learn more about that. | ||||
| 43 | You may also have the option to add more information to your public profile, suc | ||||
| > | h as a location, social media links, and an about section, which we store along | ||||
| > | with the other information that we collect. | ||||
| 44 | Fans and Members | ||||
| 45 | A fan is someone who uses Patreon to interact with creators and other fans, for | ||||
| > | example by posting to a creator community on Patreon, and a member is a fan who | ||||
| > | subscribes and/or makes a purchase on Patreon, which may come with special benef | ||||
| > | its from creators they love. As a member, you must provide your payment informat | ||||
| > | ion to our payment partners. You can see the privacy policy for some of these pa | ||||
| > | yment partners on the Adyen, Venmo, Apple, PayPal, Stripe, and Checkout sites. P | ||||
| > | atreon stores the expiry and postal code associated with your payment card, but | ||||
| > | does not store your full payment card number. Instead, Patreon uses a service pr | ||||
| > | ovider to create a token that represents your card’s primary account number, whi | ||||
| > | ch Patreon then stores. If you choose to pay using a payment partner that requir | ||||
| > | es you to provide to them your personal data like name and email address, such a | ||||
| > | s PayPal, then that payment partner may provide that information to Patreon. | ||||
| 46 | We collect and process information about the creators you subscribe to and/or su | ||||
| > | pport, the memberships and other offerings you purchase, and what benefits you r | ||||
| > | eceive. As a member, if you select a membership or offering with a physical bene | ||||
| > | fit then you will be asked to optionally provide your shipping information, incl | ||||
| > | uding phone number. We may also derive your location from your self-disclosed co | ||||
| > | untry, your IP address, and/or your payment card. | ||||
| 47 | Creators | ||||
| 48 | A creator is someone who creates a page on Patreon to engage with fans who may p | ||||
| > | urchase memberships or offerings on Patreon to support the creator’s creations. | ||||
| > | To become a creator, you must create a page that describes what you are creating | ||||
| > | and any benefits you are offering. To receive payouts, you may have to create a | ||||
| > | n account with one of our payment partners like PayPal, Stripe, or Payoneer. If | ||||
| > | you choose to receive payouts using a payment partner that requires you to provi | ||||
| > | de to them your personal data like name and email address, such as PayPal, then | ||||
| > | that payment partner may provide that information to Patreon. You may also be re | ||||
| > | quired to provide your bank account information to process payouts. You must als | ||||
| > | o provide us with additional information for tax purposes. Depending on your loc | ||||
| > | ation and the type of creations that you create, you may have to provide Patreon | ||||
| > | some combination of the following: | ||||
| 49 | email address; | ||||
| 50 | phone number; | ||||
| 51 | username; | ||||
| 52 | password; | ||||
| 53 | first and last name/surname; | ||||
| 54 | business name; | ||||
| 55 | address; | ||||
| 56 | social security number and/or employer identification number; | ||||
| 57 | country of citizenship; | ||||
| 58 | tax identification number, company registration number, and/or VAT number; | ||||
| 59 | date of birth; | ||||
| 60 | place of birth; | ||||
| 61 | your nonprofit registration number, if you are a nonprofit business; | ||||
| 62 | bank account information; | ||||
| 63 | self identification as an Adult/18+ creator; and/or | ||||
| 64 | copies of your ID card and proof of residency. | ||||
| 65 | Additional Information We Collect | ||||
| 66 | Automatically Collected Information | ||||
| 67 | We automatically receive information when you view creations on or otherwise int | ||||
| > | eract with Patreon, even if you have not created an account. For example, when y | ||||
| > | ou visit patreon.com, view or interact with a Patreon embed on another website o | ||||
| > | r mobile app, access a Patreon RSS feed, use Patreon’s mobile apps, sign into Pa | ||||
| > | treon’s services, or view or interact with an email or notification from Patreon | ||||
| > | , we may automatically receive information about you, including: | ||||
| 68 | your IP address; | ||||
| 69 | your approximate location (typically derived from your IP address); | ||||
| 70 | your browser and/or device type; | ||||
| 71 | your operating system and version; | ||||
| 72 | your screen size; | ||||
| 73 | your language settings; | ||||
| 74 | the referring web page (including parameters contained therein); | ||||
| 75 | your mobile carrier; | ||||
| 76 | device information (including device and application IDs); | ||||
| 77 | your search terms (including those not submitted as queries); | ||||
| 78 | the links you click; | ||||
| 79 | the pages you visit/the creations you load or request; | ||||
| 80 | session length, dwell time, and duration of media experiences (including view ti | ||||
| > | me); and/or | ||||
| 81 | cookie information (further detailed in our Cookie Policy). | ||||
| 82 | Messages and Comments on Patreon | ||||
| 83 | When you send or receive messages or when you post or are mentioned in comments | ||||
| > | or messages on Patreon, we collect the contents of those messages and comments a | ||||
| > | s well as information about related activity, including the timestamp of those m | ||||
| > | essages and comments and who has viewed those messages or comments. | ||||
| 84 | Discord | ||||
| 85 | We use Discord to host a chat platform for connecting with our community of crea | ||||
| > | tors and enabling creators to connect with each other. When you join Patreon’s D | ||||
| > | iscord server, you may connect your Discord account to your Patreon account and | ||||
| > | thereby share your Discord username and associated information with Patreon. As | ||||
| > | you use Patreon’s Discord server, we may collect information including the time | ||||
| > | you joined the server, the time you left the server, profile information you con | ||||
| > | figure, user roles you select, the channels you join, the messages you send, and | ||||
| > | edits that you make. | ||||
| 86 | User Research Studies & Surveys | ||||
| 87 | We conduct research about current, former, and prospective creators and fans. Fr | ||||
| > | om time to time, we may solicit your participation in such a research study and, | ||||
| > | if you choose to participate, then we may observe how you use Patreon and may r | ||||
| > | ecord video, audio, and images of you using Patreon and your interview with Patr | ||||
| > | eon researchers. As part of these research studies we may also ask you to answer | ||||
| > | survey questions, including about how you use Patreon and how you perceive Patr | ||||
| > | eon’s services and brand. When you answer these questions, we will store your re | ||||
| > | sponses. | ||||
| 88 | Event Information & Surveys | ||||
| 89 | From time to time, we may solicit your participation in surveys related to Patre | ||||
| > | on events. In order to better understand and serve creators and fans, we may ask | ||||
| > | you for demographic information, including information related to your gender i | ||||
| > | dentity, ethnicity, race, age, sexual orientation, earnings, and accessibility, | ||||
| > | which you may optionally choose to provide. We collect such information to help | ||||
| > | us better understand the overall population of creators and fans that use Patreo | ||||
| > | n, to develop and market events for creators and fans, and to showcase creators | ||||
| > | for greater discoverability, including at such events. When you complete these s | ||||
| > | urveys, we store your survey responses, including any such demographic informati | ||||
| > | on you choose to provide. | ||||
| 90 | We may also request information from you at in-person and online events. This in | ||||
| > | formation may include your name, email address, mobile phone number, details abo | ||||
| > | ut the types of creations you create, and survey or feedback responses. | ||||
| 91 | Blogs & Creator Education Sites | ||||
| 92 | We may collect and store your email address, your comments, and your profile inf | ||||
| > | ormation from our blog and creator education sites. | ||||
| 93 | Creator Audience Imports | ||||
| 94 | Patreon may collect from some creators a list of email addresses that those crea | ||||
| > | tors have gathered off of Patreon, including from fans who have provided their e | ||||
| > | mail addresses to such creators in connection with such creators’ non-Patreon ev | ||||
| > | ents or offerings, or have signed up for such creators’ non-Patreon newsletters/ | ||||
| > | blogs. | ||||
| 95 | Information from Third-Party Accounts | ||||
| 96 | After creating a Patreon account, you may be able to connect your social media a | ||||
| > | ccount(s) (e.g. Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, X, and Twitch) with Patreon and we ma | ||||
| > | y collect and store some information related to those accounts, including: | ||||
| 97 | profile information, including userID, username, page name, and/or profile pictu | ||||
| > | re; | ||||
| 98 | follower and/or subscriber counts; | ||||
| 99 | relationship graph, including accounts you follow and that follow you; | ||||
| 100 | post and/or upload counts; and/or | ||||
| 101 | view, like, and/or comment counts. | ||||
| 102 | You may also grant Patreon access to these third-party accounts in order for som | ||||
| > | e Patreon features to operate. When you connect such a third-party account to yo | ||||
| > | ur Patreon account, that third-party service will typically present a page that | ||||
| > | describes the information that Patreon can access and/or permissions you are gra | ||||
| > | nting to Patreon to take actions on your behalf. At any time, you may be able to | ||||
| > | revoke Patreon’s access to those accounts using the respective third party’s se | ||||
| > | ttings page (e.g. here for Google). | ||||
| 103 | Patreon uses YouTube API services. By using Patreon in connection with YouTube A | ||||
| > | PI Services, you are bound by the YouTube Terms of Service. | ||||
| 104 | Industry Peers & Organizations | ||||
| 105 | Patreon may collect information from other online platforms, technology companie | ||||
| > | s, and affiliated organizations about your use of other products and services, i | ||||
| > | ncluding about your account details and materials posted, particularly in regard | ||||
| > | to emergency situations, safety or integrity (especially regarding children), a | ||||
| > | nd fraud, abuse, violations of terms and policies, and other harmful, suspicious | ||||
| > | , or illegal activity. | ||||
| 106 | Promotions | ||||
| 107 | Patreon may operate, and collect personal data as part of, certain promotions fr | ||||
| > | om Patreon-operated accounts on third party platforms such as Instagram, X, TikT | ||||
| > | ok, and Facebook. | ||||
| 108 | Consent and Age Verification Information Regarding Adult/18+ Creations | ||||
| 109 | To make sure Patreon is a safe place for everyone, Patreon is required to have a | ||||
| > | ll creators sharing sexually explicit creations or creations that include nudity | ||||
| > | verify that they are over the age of 18. When doing so, such creators must, as | ||||
| > | further explained inline within our product, consent to our service provider col | ||||
| > | lecting and disclosing their personal data pursuant to its privacy policy. Patre | ||||
| > | on is also required to have all creators sharing sexually explicit creations or | ||||
| > | creations that include nudity agree to obtain consent from each person depicted | ||||
| > | in their creations and to verify that each such person is over the age of 18. Wi | ||||
| > | th respect to non-creators depicted in Adult/18+ creations, Patreon does not col | ||||
| > | lect this information directly and instead provides creators with a consent form | ||||
| > | template that they may use for this purpose. When it is necessary to do so, how | ||||
| > | ever, Patreon may request that creators provide this information to Patreon and | ||||
| > | creators must comply with such requests. | ||||
| 110 | Information Collected By Third Parties | ||||
| 111 | Cookies | ||||
| 112 | Third parties may use cookies on our website. A cookie is a small text file that | ||||
| > | a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. Ple | ||||
| > | ase see our Cookie Policy for more information on the use of cookies on Patreon. | ||||
| > | You can see and adjust your cookie preferences for your current browser for pat | ||||
| > | reon.com here. | ||||
| 113 | Social Media Features and Widgets | ||||
| 114 | We may use social media and related products and features, including a Discord s | ||||
| > | erver, the Facebook Like button, and widgets, such as share buttons or similar i | ||||
| > | nteractive mini-programs that run on Patreon. These features may collect your IP | ||||
| > | address and other personal data, including which page you are visiting on our s | ||||
| > | ite, and may set and/or read cookies. Social media features and widgets are eith | ||||
| > | er hosted by a third party or directly on Patreon. For more information on the t | ||||
| > | echnologies used by these third parties, the information they collect, and how t | ||||
| > | hat information is used, please refer to their respective privacy policies. Belo | ||||
| > | w are links to the privacy policies of the most used such services for easy refe | ||||
| > | rence: | ||||
| 115 | Discord: https://discord.com/privacy | ||||
| 116 | Facebook, including Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | ||||
| 117 | Google, including YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy | ||||
| 118 | Snapchat: https://snap.com/en-US/privacy/privacy-policy | ||||
| 119 | TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy-us | ||||
| 120 | Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/privacy-notice/ | ||||
| 121 | X: https://x.com/en/privacy | ||||
| 122 | Material Hosted By Third Parties | ||||
| 123 | When you use Patreon to access material hosted by third parties, those third par | ||||
| > | ties may be able to collect information about your access to and use of those ma | ||||
| > | terials. For example, when you use Patreon to listen to a podcast that is hosted | ||||
| > | by a third-party hosting platform, your device connects directly to the third-p | ||||
| > | arty hosting platform to provide you with the requested material. When this happ | ||||
| > | ens, some of your personal data, like your IP address, browser and/or device typ | ||||
| > | e, operating system, and the referring web page may be visible to the third-part | ||||
| > | y hosting platform. The handling of your personal data by third-party hosting pl | ||||
| > | atforms is governed by the privacy policies of such third parties. | ||||
| 124 | How We Use Information | ||||
| 125 | As applicable, we use the information we collect to: | ||||
| 126 | comply with industry requirements, self-regulatory guidelines, US federal law, U | ||||
| > | S state law, and international laws, including tax reporting requirements; | ||||
| 127 | verify your identity to comply with industry requirements, self-regulatory guide | ||||
| > | lines, US federal law, US state law, and international laws; | ||||
| 128 | enable you to sign in to your account; | ||||
| 129 | enable you to purchase subscriptions and offerings on Patreon; | ||||
| 130 | subject to your settings (learn more), create subscriptions to creators; | ||||
| 131 | enable you to follow and interact with other fans, members, and creators on Patr | ||||
| > | eon; | ||||
| 132 | process payments and payouts; | ||||
| 133 | apply VAT and/or sales tax; | ||||
| 134 | deliver membership benefits and other offerings; | ||||
| 135 | send physical merchandise to your shipping address; | ||||
| 136 | send you messages and notifications, including push notifications, email, and SM | ||||
| > | S/MMS as controlled by your notification preferences; | ||||
| 137 | provide you with information about Patreon, Patreon products, and memberships an | ||||
| > | d offerings on Patreon; | ||||
| 138 | provide you with customer support and reply to your questions; | ||||
| 139 | promote your Patreon account and/or creator page for greater discoverability, in | ||||
| > | cluding displaying when one creator on Patreon has recommended another, and, as | ||||
| > | controlled by your privacy settings as applicable, your memberships, likes, comm | ||||
| > | ents, and other activity or reactions; | ||||
| 140 | make inferences about you, including demographic information like your age and b | ||||
| > | inary gender and estimating your potential earnings as a creator; | ||||
| 141 | personalize the Patreon experience, including recommending posts, creators, subs | ||||
| > | criptions, promotions, and offerings; | ||||
| 142 | market Patreon products and services to you or to audiences similar to you, incl | ||||
| > | uding via personalized advertising (also referred to as online behavioral advert | ||||
| > | ising or interest-based advertising) as controlled by your marketing preferences | ||||
| > | ; | ||||
| 143 | organize and tailor in-person and online events; | ||||
| 144 | understand and analyze how you use the service; | ||||
| 145 | conduct research and development to improve Patreon and develop our products and | ||||
| > | features; | ||||
| 146 | prevent fraud, abuse, violations of our terms and policies, and other harmful, s | ||||
| > | uspicious, or illegal activities, including using automated processing and manua | ||||
| > | l review; and/or | ||||
| 147 | provide you with reasonable accommodation if you notify us of a disability. | ||||
| 148 | Information Shared With Creators | ||||
| 149 | When you subscribe, purchase a membership or offering on Patreon that is offered | ||||
| > | by a creator, or otherwise become a member of a creator, you share personal dat | ||||
| > | a with that creator that may include: | ||||
| 150 | your full name in your Patreon profile; | ||||
| 151 | your email address; | ||||
| 152 | your other Patreon profile information, including your avatar image; | ||||
| 153 | your physical address, city, state/province, and country if you select a members | ||||
| > | hip or offering with a physical benefit and choose to provide your shipping info | ||||
| > | rmation; | ||||
| 154 | your phone number, when you have subscribed to a creator who engages with you vi | ||||
| > | a text messages, if you select a membership or offering with a physical benefit | ||||
| > | and choose to provide your shipping information, or when you have signed up for | ||||
| > | event notifications via text; | ||||
| 155 | your Discord account information, including your Discord account identifier, if | ||||
| > | you select a membership or offering that includes Discord server access or benef | ||||
| > | its otherwise delivered via Discord; | ||||
| 156 | all information about your purchase, including country-level and/or state/provin | ||||
| > | ce-level location, amount, and start date, but not your full payment card inform | ||||
| > | ation; and | ||||
| 157 | aggregated data about how you use Patreon, including analytics like post views, | ||||
| > | video views, and video view duration. | ||||
| 158 | You can learn more about your email address being shared with creators and the c | ||||
| > | ontrols governing whether your email address is shared with creators in our Help | ||||
| > | Center. | ||||
| 159 | We may solicit your participation in surveys related to particular creators on P | ||||
| > | atreon. For example, when you subscribe and/or make a purchase on Patreon or whe | ||||
| > | n you cancel a subscription, you may be asked to optionally take a survey about | ||||
| > | that choice. If you choose to participate in that survey, then your responses, w | ||||
| > | hich may include your personal data like full name and email address, will be sh | ||||
| > | ared with the associated creator. | ||||
| 160 | When you use Patreon to send a message to another user, including a creator, the | ||||
| > | contents of that message will be shared with the recipients you select. | ||||
| 161 | Patreon maintains a Data Processing Agreement governing how creators are permitt | ||||
| > | ed to process the information, including fan personal data, that is shared with | ||||
| > | them. We refer to this as the Creator Privacy Promise, which details a creator’s | ||||
| > | promise to protect the privacy of their fans during and beyond their Patreon re | ||||
| > | lationship. You can view the Creator Privacy Promise here. | ||||
| 162 | As part of offering and operating a creator page and/or membership on Patreon, a | ||||
| > | creator may use one or more third-party services. These third parties may, for | ||||
| > | example, host creations or help deliver benefits, including shipping packages to | ||||
| > | members. Accordingly, creators may share fan personal data with such third-part | ||||
| > | y services and/or enable fans to elect to share personal data with such third-pa | ||||
| > | rty services in order to receive offerings or membership benefits or otherwise p | ||||
| > | articipate in a membership or related event. Patreon’s app directory provides in | ||||
| > | formation about many of these third-party services, though it is not exhaustive | ||||
| > | as creators may also use other services. You should review the privacy policies | ||||
| > | of these third-party services in order to understand how they collect, use, and | ||||
| > | share personal data. | ||||
| 163 | If you are a creator and recommend another creator on Patreon, then we may share | ||||
| > | analytics information with the recommended creator relating to your recommendat | ||||
| > | ion, including regarding the number of fans who subscribed to that creator after | ||||
| > | viewing and/or interacting with your recommendation. Similarly, if you are a cr | ||||
| > | eator and collaborate with another creator on Patreon (e.g. by co-publishing a p | ||||
| > | ost on Patreon), then we may share analytics data relating to fan interaction wi | ||||
| > | th that collaboration with the creators with whom you are collaborating. | ||||
| 164 | Information Shared With Communities On Patreon | ||||
| 165 | When you subscribe, purchase a membership or offering on Patreon that is offered | ||||
| > | by a creator, otherwise engage with or become a member of a creator, or by crea | ||||
| > | ting a creator page yourself, you are joining a Patreon community associated wit | ||||
| > | h that creator. This community is comprised of the creator and people who have s | ||||
| > | ubscribed to, purchased a membership or offering on Patreon that is offered by, | ||||
| > | or otherwise engaged with or become a member of that creator, including those wh | ||||
| > | o subscribed to that creator for free. You share personal data with that communi | ||||
| > | ty that may include: | ||||
| 166 | your full name in your Patreon profile for that community; | ||||
| 167 | your avatar image in your Patreon profile for that community; | ||||
| 168 | your biographical description in your Patreon profile for that community; | ||||
| 169 | your connected social media accounts in your Patreon profile for that community; | ||||
| 170 | your subscription, membership tier, or other recurring payment related to the cr | ||||
| > | eator associated with that community; | ||||
| 171 | the offerings you’ve purchased on Patreon related to the creator associated with | ||||
| > | that community; | ||||
| 172 | how long you’ve subscribed to the creator associated with that community, includ | ||||
| > | ing the date you first purchased an offering and/or started each subscription an | ||||
| > | d/or membership tier related to that creator; | ||||
| 173 | the communities on Patreon to which you and the person viewing your community pr | ||||
| > | ofile both belong; | ||||
| 174 | the chat rooms on Patreon in which you and the person viewing your community pro | ||||
| > | file both are or have been present; and | ||||
| 175 | your status in that community, including awards and badges you’ve received and a | ||||
| > | ny moderator or other roles you have. | ||||
| 176 | This personal data may be displayed in your community profile, which may have mo | ||||
| > | re information than your public profile and is visible to fellow community membe | ||||
| > | rs. You can learn more about the personal data that may be shared with communiti | ||||
| > | es on Patreon, including in community profiles, and your associated controls ove | ||||
| > | r that data in our Help Center. If you disable your community profile in your se | ||||
| > | ttings, then your public profile, which is described below, may be displayed to | ||||
| > | fellow community members. | ||||
| 177 | When you comment on a post, like a post or chat message, react to a post or chat | ||||
| > | message, join a chat room, send a chat message, express interest in an event, j | ||||
| > | oin an event experience, and take other community actions you are visible to the | ||||
| > | associated Patreon communities. When you are typing a message in a chat room or | ||||
| > | other community space, this may be displayed to the other people in that chat r | ||||
| > | oom or community space. Comments, questions, chat messages, likes, and reactions | ||||
| > | in community spaces and, for some features like live events, whether you viewed | ||||
| > | or are currently viewing material on Patreon are visible to the associated Patr | ||||
| > | eon community and community members who later join the associated community may | ||||
| > | be able to see the full history of comments, chat messages, likes, and reactions | ||||
| > | . For example, chat messages sent to a chat room or event experience are visible | ||||
| > | to the communities associated with the chat room or event. Similarly, comments, | ||||
| > | questions, likes, and reactions on a post are visible to the communities associ | ||||
| > | ated with that post. And for some features like live events, your comments, ques | ||||
| > | tions, chat messages, likes, other reactions, and whether you viewed on Patreon | ||||
| > | may become incorporated within the post underlying the event and be visible by o | ||||
| > | thers when that material is later played back. If the visibility of a post or co | ||||
| > | mmunity space later changes, then the visibility of the associated comments, que | ||||
| > | stions, chat messages, likes, reactions, and, as applicable, viewing activity ma | ||||
| > | y also change along with it. For example, if a post or chat message is later mad | ||||
| > | e available to a different Patreon community, then the comments, questions, like | ||||
| > | s, and reactions on that post or chat message, and, as applicable, viewing activ | ||||
| > | ity of that post or chat message may also become available to that Patreon commu | ||||
| > | nity. | ||||
| 178 | Information Shared With The Public | ||||
| 179 | The following information may be publicly accessible or otherwise shared with me | ||||
| > | mbers of the public and you can learn more in our Help Center: | ||||
| 180 | Aggregated and otherwise non-personal data, including aggregated usage data in b | ||||
| > | log posts, press releases, or other ways to share information about Patreon’s us | ||||
| > | age and business. | ||||
| 181 | Comments, questions, likes, other reactions, and, for some features like live ev | ||||
| > | ents, whether you viewed or are currently viewing the material inherit the visib | ||||
| > | ility of the associated post or chat message. And for some features like live ev | ||||
| > | ents, your comments, questions, chat messages, likes, other reactions, and wheth | ||||
| > | er you viewed the material may become incorporated within the post underlying th | ||||
| > | e event and be visible by others when that material is later played back. Accord | ||||
| > | ingly, comments, questions, likes, reactions, and, as applicable, viewing activi | ||||
| > | ty on and reshares of public posts or chat messages are public. If a non-public | ||||
| > | post or chat message is later made public, then the comments, likes, questions, | ||||
| > | and other reactions on or reshares of that post or chat message and, as applicab | ||||
| > | le, whether you viewed that post or chat message may also become public. | ||||
| 182 | For fans: | ||||
| 183 | your public Patreon profile, including your user name, avatar image, and the dat | ||||
| > | e you created your Patreon account; | ||||
| 184 | social media accounts you’ve connected to your Patreon account; | ||||
| 185 | your public biographical description if you’ve added one to your Patreon account | ||||
| > | ; and | ||||
| 186 | if your full public profile setting is enabled: | ||||
| 187 | the creators you subscribe to and the date you started subscribing to them; | ||||
| 188 | the subscription, membership tier, or other recurring payment for each creator y | ||||
| > | ou subscribe to; | ||||
| 189 | the posts you’ve liked; and | ||||
| 190 | the comments you’ve made. | ||||
| 191 | For creators: | ||||
| 192 | details about the memberships and offerings associated with your creator page, i | ||||
| > | ncluding descriptions of all of your membership tiers, the titles of all of your | ||||
| > | posts, the descriptions and previews of all of your posts, goals you’ve set for | ||||
| > | your creator page, whether your creator page has a shop, and information about | ||||
| > | any offerings you’ve added to that shop, including the title, description, previ | ||||
| > | ews, and characteristics of those offerings; | ||||
| 193 | the contents of your creator page, including a description of your creator page | ||||
| > | and public biographical description, your user name, your creator page vanity, a | ||||
| > | vatar image, the date you created your Patreon account, location information you | ||||
| > | ’ve added, and social media accounts you’ve connected to your Patreon account; | ||||
| 194 | the creators on Patreon that you recommend and have recommended you; | ||||
| 195 | subject to your membership visibility settings (learn more): | ||||
| 196 | the creators you subscribe to on Patreon; | ||||
| 197 | the date you started subscribing to them; and | ||||
| 198 | the subscription, membership tier, or other recurring payment for each creator y | ||||
| > | ou subscribe to. | ||||
| 199 | comments, questions, chat messages, likes, and reactions in community spaces and | ||||
| > | , for some features like live events, whether you viewed or are currently viewin | ||||
| > | g material on Patreon are visible to the audience of users to whom the author ha | ||||
| > | s made the underlying post or chat message available and, in addition, subject t | ||||
| > | o your activity visibility settings (learn more), this information may be highli | ||||
| > | ghted in other users’ feeds and appear in the activity tab on your creator page; | ||||
| 200 | the contents of your posts are made available to the audience you’ve selected – | ||||
| > | for example, public posts are public and posts limited to a selected membership | ||||
| > | tier are visible to anyone who subscribes to that tier; | ||||
| 201 | when you like or react to a comment on one of the posts on your creator page thi | ||||
| > | s fact may be displayed to the audience that can view the post based on the post | ||||
| > | ’s visibility configuration; | ||||
| 202 | if your member count visibility setting is enabled, the number of members who ha | ||||
| > | ve subscribed to your creator page; and | ||||
| 203 | if your earnings visibility setting is enabled, the amount of money earned on Pa | ||||
| > | treon from your creator page. | ||||
| 204 | Information Shared With Third Parties | ||||
| 205 | We never sell your information to third parties. Other than information that is | ||||
| > | shared with creators, shared with communities on Patreon, or shared publicly, we | ||||
| > | will only share data with third parties under the following circumstances: | ||||
| 206 | Patreon’s service providers: these are companies that are contractually engaged | ||||
| > | with us to provide us with services, including cloud hosting, content distributi | ||||
| > | on, security, order fulfillment, email and document management, internal communi | ||||
| > | cation/chat, analytics, credit card processing, and multi-currency settlement so | ||||
| > | lutions. We may share your personal data with such service providers subject to | ||||
| > | obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confid | ||||
| > | entiality and security measures, and on the condition that these third parties u | ||||
| > | se your personal data only on Patreon’s behalf and pursuant to our instructions | ||||
| > | (service providers may use other non-personal data for their own benefit). | ||||
| 207 | Government and law enforcement agencies | ||||
| 208 | Tax reporting: to satisfy obligations to report information to tax authorities, | ||||
| > | including reporting information about creators’ earnings on Patreon, tax identif | ||||
| > | ication information, and information related to transactional taxes such as Valu | ||||
| > | ed Added Tax, Goods and Services Tax, other local service or sales taxes in non- | ||||
| > | US locations, and state sales tax in the United States. | ||||
| 209 | Legal process and law enforcement: to protect the security or integrity of Patre | ||||
| > | on, as well as to protect the rights, property, and safety of Patreon, its emplo | ||||
| > | yees, fans, creators, or others, or if we believe that disclosure is reasonably | ||||
| > | necessary to comply with a law, regulation, or other valid legal process (e.g. s | ||||
| > | ubpoenas or warrants served on Patreon). When legally permitted to do so, and un | ||||
| > | der appropriate circumstances, Patreon will attempt to notify you by contacting | ||||
| > | you at the e-mail address and/or phone number you provided when creating your Pa | ||||
| > | treon account when we intend to release your data pursuant to a valid government | ||||
| > | request, law-enforcement request, or other legal process. | ||||
| 210 | Any third parties connected with the sale, merger, bankruptcy, sale of assets, o | ||||
| > | r reorganization of our company: in such a circumstance the promises in this Pri | ||||
| > | vacy Policy apply to any data transferred to a new entity. | ||||
| 211 | Payment and fraud prevention partners | ||||
| 212 | Payouts: to enable you to pay out or otherwise disburse funds from your Patreon | ||||
| > | account, including to accounts serviced or maintained by Patreon’s payment partn | ||||
| > | ers. | ||||
| 213 | Fraud prevention: to enable Patreon, Patreon’s payment partners, Patreon’s fraud | ||||
| > | prevention partners, and industry peers who also work with Patreon’s payment or | ||||
| > | fraud prevention partners to detect, identify, investigate, and prevent fraud, | ||||
| > | abuse, and other harmful, suspicious, or illegal activity. | ||||
| 214 | Payment dispute resolution: to enable Patreon, Patreon’s payment partners, and p | ||||
| > | latforms through which purchases may be made (like the App Store) to evaluate, a | ||||
| > | ddress, and resolve payments issues such as refunds, chargebacks, and resolution | ||||
| > | of other payments disputes, including by determining whether purchased material | ||||
| > | was accessed or otherwise consumed prior to a refund request or chargeback. | ||||
| 215 | Age verification: to make sure Patreon is a safe community for everyone, Patreon | ||||
| > | is required to have all creators sharing sexually explicit creations or creatio | ||||
| > | ns that include nudity verify that they are over the age of 18, agree to obtain | ||||
| > | consent from each person depicted in their creations, and agree to verify that e | ||||
| > | ach such person is over the age of 18. Upon request from a payment partner, Patr | ||||
| > | eon may share the information used to verify that such an Adult/18+ creator is o | ||||
| > | ver the age of 18 with the requesting payment partner in order to demonstrate co | ||||
| > | mpliance with their rules. With respect to non-creators depicted in Adult/18+ cr | ||||
| > | eations, Patreon does not collect this age verification or consent information d | ||||
| > | irectly and instead provides creators with a consent form template that they may | ||||
| > | use for this purpose. When it is necessary to do so, however, Patreon may reque | ||||
| > | st that creators provide this information to Patreon and creators must comply wi | ||||
| > | th such requests. Upon request from a payment partner, Patreon may thereafter sh | ||||
| > | are this information with the requesting payment partner in order to demonstrate | ||||
| > | compliance with their rules. | ||||
| 216 | Industry peers and organizations: to help Patreon and Patreon’s industry peers a | ||||
| > | ddress emergency situations, to protect the safety or integrity of any person (e | ||||
| > | specially children), and detect, identify, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse | ||||
| > | , violations of terms and policies, and other harmful, suspicious, or illegal ac | ||||
| > | tivity. | ||||
| 217 | Individuals to whom you’ve granted teammate permissions: team accounts is a feat | ||||
| > | ure that Patreon makes available to some creators to help them use a team of peo | ||||
| > | ple to manage their creator page. Team accounts are comprised of a single team l | ||||
| > | ead role and a number of teammate roles. The team lead is the primary owner of t | ||||
| > | he account and can add and remove teammates who have access to perform a subset | ||||
| > | of actions with respect to the applicable creator page and manage a subset of th | ||||
| > | e information about that creator page. Please review our Help Center for more in | ||||
| > | formation about the scope of permissions that are granted with the teammate role | ||||
| > | . If you choose to grant anyone teammate access to a creator page, then Patreon | ||||
| > | will follow your instructions and grant the access or permission that you’ve sel | ||||
| > | ected. | ||||
| 218 | Third-party services to which you’ve connected your Patreon account: when you co | ||||
| > | nnect your Patreon account to other websites, apps, or services, you may be aske | ||||
| > | d to give those websites, apps, or services access to information about your Pat | ||||
| > | reon account and/or permission to perform actions within your Patreon account on | ||||
| > | your behalf. If you choose to take such an authorization action, then Patreon w | ||||
| > | ill follow your instructions and grant the access or permission that you’ve sele | ||||
| > | cted. | ||||
| 219 | Your Preferences and Control Over Your Data | ||||
| 220 | Choosing Your Preferences | ||||
| 221 | On www.patreon.com, you may find your settings in the left navigation panel afte | ||||
| > | r you log in to your Patreon account. On Patreon’s mobile apps, you may find you | ||||
| > | r settings by clicking on your avatar or profile. Settings let you see and adjus | ||||
| > | t your account preferences, including privacy preferences. You can separately se | ||||
| > | e and adjust your cookie preferences for your current browser for patreon.com he | ||||
| > | re. | ||||
| 222 | Opting out of Marketing | ||||
| 223 | You may opt out of marketing at any time in every marketing communication as app | ||||
| > | licable. You may also adjust your preferences in your settings. | ||||
| 224 | Opting out will stop marketing emails and SMS/MMS as applicable. Please allow up | ||||
| > | to 30 days for your opt-out request to be processed. If you have an account wit | ||||
| > | h Patreon, you will continue to receive service-related emails and/or, as applic | ||||
| > | able, texts. You will also continue to receive service-related shipments of bene | ||||
| > | fits to the designated delivery address. | ||||
| 225 | We may work with third-party advertising partners to market our services. You ca | ||||
| > | n opt your current browser out of interest-based advertising from partners that | ||||
| > | adhere to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Principles for Online Behavioral Ad | ||||
| > | vertising at https://optout.aboutads.info. On Android, depending on your version | ||||
| > | of Android, you can delete the advertising ID for your current device in your A | ||||
| > | ndroid phone’s settings or you can opt your current device out of interest-based | ||||
| > | advertising by enabling “Opt out of Ads Personalization” in your Android phone’ | ||||
| > | s settings (precise directions and setting name may be different on different An | ||||
| > | droid versions). On iOS 13 and previous versions only, you can opt your current | ||||
| > | device out of interest-based advertising by enabling the “Limit Ad Tracking” set | ||||
| > | ting in your iOS phone’s settings (precise directions may be different on differ | ||||
| > | ent iOS versions). On iOS 14 and later versions only, if you don't want to allow | ||||
| > | apps to access your current device’s iOS Identifier for Advertising, you can di | ||||
| > | sable the “Allow Apps to Request to Track” setting in your iOS settings (precise | ||||
| > | directions may be different on different iOS versions). | ||||
| 226 | Turning Off Email Notifications | ||||
| 227 | You can change your email notifications in your email settings. While this allow | ||||
| > | s you to stop many notification emails, we will still send other service-related | ||||
| > | emails. | ||||
| 228 | Turning Off Mobile Push Notifications | ||||
| 229 | If you download the Patreon iOS or Android app you may also receive notification | ||||
| > | s on your mobile device. These can be disabled in the App settings. | ||||
| 230 | Controlling Your Data | ||||
| 231 | We enable individuals to: | ||||
| 232 | access their personal data that Patreon has collected; | ||||
| 233 | correct or rectify any such personal data that they believe is inaccurate; | ||||
| 234 | restrict or oppose the processing of their personal data; | ||||
| 235 | delete their personal data; and | ||||
| 236 | transport their personal data. | ||||
| 237 | You can do this on Patreon in the following ways: | ||||
| 238 | access, review, modify, and update your data by logging in to your account at Pa | ||||
| > | treon and going to your account settings; | ||||
| 239 | access your personal data, port it, or delete it data by clicking on the "Make a | ||||
| > | Privacy Request" button at the Patreon Privacy Center; | ||||
| 240 | delete a previously-disabled account by emailing Patreon at privacy@patreon.com; | ||||
| > | and | ||||
| 241 | exercising preferences as described above. | ||||
| 242 | If you are unable to log in to your account, and are unable to recover your acco | ||||
| > | unt with a password reset in order to lodge your privacy request, then you may r | ||||
| > | each out to privacy@patreon.com. We reserve the right to refuse access to or rec | ||||
| > | overy of an account, at our sole discretion, in order to prevent an unauthorized | ||||
| > | takeover of your account or unauthorized access to your personal data. | ||||
| 243 | Verification of Requests | ||||
| 244 | Users typically maintain password-protected accounts with Patreon. If you submit | ||||
| > | a request to exercise your privacy rights, you will be asked to verify the requ | ||||
| > | est by logging in to your Patreon account, or to verify your identity in another | ||||
| > | manner. | ||||
| 245 | If we are unable to adequately verify your request at our sole discretion then, | ||||
| > | in order to protect against unauthorized access to personal data, we reserve the | ||||
| > | right to deny the request. | ||||
| 246 | Do Not Track Signals | ||||
| 247 | Your browser may be configured to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to websites t | ||||
| > | hat you visit. There is no industry-standard approach to what this signal means. | ||||
| > | Accordingly, Patreon does not monitor or otherwise respond to these “Do Not Tra | ||||
| > | ck” signals. | ||||
| 248 | California Privacy Laws | ||||
| 249 | Patreon’s headquarters are located in California, USA. | ||||
| 250 | The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) allows California residents to reques | ||||
| > | t access to the specific pieces and categories of personal information that the | ||||
| > | business has collected about the consumer, the categories of sources for that in | ||||
| > | formation, the business or commercial purposes for collecting the information, a | ||||
| > | nd the categories of third parties with which the information was shared. | ||||
| 251 | Patreon provides California residents and all users with the right to view, acce | ||||
| > | ss, or transport their information at the Patreon Privacy Center. All users also | ||||
| > | have the right to submit a request to delete information by going to the Patreo | ||||
| > | n Privacy Center, clicking on the "Make a Privacy Request" button and requesting | ||||
| > | "Erase." We do not discriminate against users who exercise their privacy rights | ||||
| > | . | ||||
| 252 | Under California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code section 1798.83), Californi | ||||
| > | a residents have certain rights regarding the disclosure of their information to | ||||
| > | third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. Patreon’s policy is not | ||||
| > | to share your information with third parties for the third parties’ direct marke | ||||
| > | ting purposes if you have exercised your option to prevent that. If you wish to | ||||
| > | not have your personal information shared for those purposes, you may adjust you | ||||
| > | r preferences or request that we delete your personal information by following t | ||||
| > | he steps outlined above and/or contacting Patreon as described below. | ||||
| 253 | EU Privacy Laws and Data Transfers | ||||
| 254 | Patreon is a global company. When you use Patreon, your personal data may be tra | ||||
| > | nsferred to and stored in the United States, and handled as described in this Pr | ||||
| > | ivacy Policy. Patreon acts as a data controller, as defined under applicable law | ||||
| > | . If you reside in the European Union (including EFTA States) or Switzerland, Pa | ||||
| > | treon Portugal acts as a controller of your personal data. If you reside in the | ||||
| > | United Kingdom (“UK”), Patreon, Inc. acts as a controller of your personal data | ||||
| > | and Patreon DLC Limited is Patreon’s UK GDPR Article 27 Representative. If you r | ||||
| > | eside anywhere else, Patreon, Inc. acts as a controller of your personal data. | ||||
| 255 | Patreon processes personal data based on different legal grounds depending on th | ||||
| > | e circumstances. This includes performance of a contract, legitimate interest, l | ||||
| > | egal obligation, and consent where appropriate. Where we rely on consent, you ma | ||||
| > | y withdraw such consent at any time. | ||||
| 256 | Contractual Protections Covering Transfers | ||||
| 257 | Where appropriate, Patreon transfers of personal data of individuals in the Euro | ||||
| > | pean Union (including EFTA States) and the UK outside of those locations are per | ||||
| > | formed based on contractual obligations placed on the recipient of the personal | ||||
| > | data. | ||||
| 258 | Data Privacy Framework and Principles | ||||
| 259 | Patreon complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK E | ||||
| > | xtension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U. | ||||
| > | S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Patreon has certified t | ||||
| > | o the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Fr | ||||
| > | amework Principles (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of per | ||||
| > | sonal data received from the European Union and the United Kingdom in reliance o | ||||
| > | n the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF. Patreon has certified | ||||
| > | to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Swiss-U.S. Data Priva | ||||
| > | cy Framework Principles (Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processin | ||||
| > | g of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF. | ||||
| > | If there is any conflict between the terms in this Privacy Policy and the EU-U.S | ||||
| > | . DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the applicable DPF Princi | ||||
| > | ples shall govern. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program, | ||||
| > | and to view our certification, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.go | ||||
| > | v/. Please note, however, that, as applicable and appropriate, we do not rely so | ||||
| > | lely on the EU-U.S. DPF or the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF as our lawful bas | ||||
| > | is to transfer personal data from the European Union or the United Kingdom. | ||||
| 260 | With respect to the choice principle articulated under the DPF, Patreon offers i | ||||
| > | ndividuals the opportunity to choose whether their personal information is discl | ||||
| > | osed to a third party as described above in this Privacy Policy. Moreover, Patre | ||||
| > | on does not (i) use personal information for purpose(s) materially different fro | ||||
| > | m the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorize | ||||
| > | d by individuals without appropriate mechanisms to exercise choice, (ii) disclos | ||||
| > | e “sensitive information” to a third party without affirmative express consent, | ||||
| > | or (iii) use “sensitive information” for a purpose other than those for which it | ||||
| > | was originally collected or subsequently authorized by the individuals through | ||||
| > | the exercise of opt-in choice. | ||||
| 261 | With respect to the personal data received or transferred pursuant to the DPF, P | ||||
| > | atreon, Inc. is subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the US Federal T | ||||
| > | rade Commission. DPF participants like Patreon may be found liable under the app | ||||
| > | licable DPF Principles for the transfer of personal data from the EU, the United | ||||
| > | Kingdom, or Switzerland to third-party agents outside the EU, the United Kingdo | ||||
| > | m, or Switzerland if they are found to have engaged such third-party agents to p | ||||
| > | rocess personal data on their behalf in a manner inconsistent with the applicabl | ||||
| > | e DPF Principles. If you have a dispute with us about our DPF compliance, we ask | ||||
| > | that you first submit any such complaints directly to us at privacy@patreon.com | ||||
| > | . If you aren’t satisfied with our response, you may contact JAMS – the US-based | ||||
| > | independent alternative dispute resolution provider responsible for reviewing a | ||||
| > | nd resolving complaints about our DPF compliance free of charge to you – via htt | ||||
| > | ps://www.jamsadr.com/DPF-Dispute-Resolution. In the event your concern still isn | ||||
| > | ’t addressed by JAMS, you may be entitled to a binding arbitration under the DPF | ||||
| > | and the applicable DPF Principles. More Information about this arbitration proc | ||||
| > | ess can be found here. | ||||
| 262 | Contacting Our Data Protection Officer | ||||
| 263 | If you have privacy concerns or questions, you can contact our Data Protection O | ||||
| > | fficer (DPO) via email at privacy@patreon.com with “FAO DPO” in the subject titl | ||||
| > | e. | ||||
| 264 | You may also post a letter to the DPO with your questions. | ||||
| 265 | For users residing outside of the European Union (including EFTA States) and Swi | ||||
| > | tzerland, including users in the United States, post should be sent to: | ||||
| 266 | Patreon Privacy Team | ||||
| 267 | Patreon | ||||
| 268 | 600 Townsend Street | ||||
| 269 | Suite 500 | ||||
| 270 | San Francisco, CA 94103 | ||||
| 271 | For users residing in the United Kingdom, post may also be sent to | ||||
| 272 | Patreon Privacy Team | ||||
| 273 | Patreon DLC Limited | ||||
| 274 | 27 Old Gloucester Street | ||||
| 275 | London WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom | ||||
| 276 | For users residing in the the European Union (including EFTA States) or Switzerl | ||||
| > | and, post should be sent to: | ||||
| 277 | Patreon Privacy Team | ||||
| 278 | Patreon Portugal | ||||
| 279 | Rua Augusto Rosa nº 79 | ||||
| 280 | 4000-098 | ||||
| 281 | Porto, Portugal | ||||
| 282 | Complaints | ||||
| 283 | We take your privacy queries seriously, and are committed to resolving any compl | ||||
| > | aints that may arise about our collection or use of your data. If you believe yo | ||||
| > | ur privacy rights have been infringed, we encourage you to contact our DPO at pr | ||||
| > | ivacy@patreon.com. You may also have the right to complain to the appropriate da | ||||
| > | ta protection supervisory authority. | ||||
| 284 | Establishing An Authorized Agent | ||||
| 285 | You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. In order | ||||
| > | to designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, you must pro | ||||
| > | vide a valid power of attorney, the requester’s valid government ID, and the aut | ||||
| > | horized agent’s valid government ID. Please contact privacy@patreon.com with you | ||||
| > | r request. In order to prevent an unauthorized takeover of your account or unaut | ||||
| > | horized access to your personal data, we may decline deletion of, access to, or | ||||
| > | recovery of your account via an authorized agent at our sole discretion. | ||||
| 286 | Our Data Retention Period | ||||
| 287 | Patreon stores your personal data until it is no longer necessary to provide our | ||||
| > | services, or until you ask us to delete it. We may continue to retain some info | ||||
| > | rmation even after you delete your account if we are required to do so in order | ||||
| > | to comply with applicable laws. | ||||
| 288 | Security | ||||
| 289 | The security of your personal data is important to us and we follow industry sta | ||||
| > | ndards to protect it. You can learn more on our Security Policy page. | ||||
| 290 | Children | ||||
| 291 | Patreon is not directed to children, and you may not use Patreon if you are unde | ||||
| > | r the age of 13. You must also be old enough to consent to the processing of you | ||||
| > | r personal data in your country (in some countries we may allow your parent or l | ||||
| > | egal guardian to do so on your behalf). You must be at least 18 years old or hav | ||||
| > | e your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to have a creator page on Patreon | ||||
| > | or to purchase an offering or subscription on Patreon. You must be at least 18 | ||||
| > | years old to subscribe to an Adult/18+ creator or purchase an offering related t | ||||
| > | o such a creator. | ||||
| 292 | Changes | ||||
| 293 | We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time, in our sole discretion. When we d | ||||
| > | o, we will post the updated Privacy Policy on the Patreon website, and update th | ||||
| > | e “Last Updated” date at the top of the terms. | ||||
| 294 | If we make material changes, as determined in our sole discretion, we will attem | ||||
| > | pt to notify you by contacting you at the e-mail address and/or phone number you | ||||
| > | provided when creating your Patreon account. You must keep your contact informa | ||||
| > | tion up to date to enable us to contact you for this purpose. | ||||
| 295 | For creators and fans who create accounts after the “Last Updated” date, the upd | ||||
| > | ated Privacy Policy will be effective immediately. For existing creators and fan | ||||
| > | s, the updated terms will become effective on the earlier of (a) sixty (60) days | ||||
| > | after the “Last Updated” date or (b) your consent to, and acceptance of, the up | ||||
| > | dated Privacy Policy if we provide a mechanism for your immediate acceptance in | ||||
| > | a specified manner (such as within Patreon), which we may require before further | ||||
| > | use of Patreon or a particular Patreon feature is permitted. | ||||
| 296 | If you do not agree to the updated Privacy Policy, you must stop using Patreon b | ||||
| > | efore they take effect. Your continued use of Patreon after the effective date c | ||||
| > | onstitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy, and our continued prov | ||||
| > | ision of Patreon is sufficient consideration for the change. | ||||
| 297 | You can find the prior version of this Privacy Policy here. | ||||
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