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Reddit Privacy Policy

Reddit · May 6, 2026 15:33 UTC vs May 6, 2026 21:00 UTC
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May 6, 2026 15:33 UTC
546052b3f16e1dbc9ea77bd2280ce32817f3daed8294cd127f4909f6b6080df0
CA-V-002285
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May 6, 2026 21:00 UTC
732239ac56a6ae389e31ba2b5e3b52d7aac367bad029c5c656591532b517e1f9
CA-V-002305
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Change Summary
The change detected in Reddit's Privacy Policy on May 6, 2026 appears to be a technical update to a verification/challenge page rather than a substantive modification to privacy terms. The before and after documents are nearly identical HTML pages displaying a loading screen, differing only in an embedded cryptographic challenge value. This is a backend security token update with no material impact on user privacy rights or data handling practices.
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