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Reddit Privacy Policy

Reddit · May 3, 2026 06:05 UTC vs May 5, 2026 05:36 UTC
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May 3, 2026 06:05 UTC
7b72eacf953655f36aec3aebd429b42d40b09b88451bf694a53d6a07d6717603
CA-V-002115
New version
May 5, 2026 05:36 UTC
8840b95da1774b8774a443773fab2e1fce1b431a77d96945af91bbaf748167ff
CA-V-002121
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Change Summary
The change detected in Reddit's privacy policy appears to be a technical update to a verification page's security token rather than a substantive policy modification. The before and after documents are nearly identical HTML verification pages, with only a single cryptographic value changing from '6f9af2c58bebebab' to '9e67c6730a2280af'. This type of technical update does not alter user rights, data practices, or privacy protections.
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