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| 75 | Reddit Privacy Policy | ||||
| 76 | Effective: Jan 06, 2026. Last Revised: Jan 06, 2026. | ||||
| 77 | Introduction | ||||
| 78 | At Reddit, we believe that privacy is a right. We want to empower our users to b | ||||
| > | e the masters | ||||
| 79 | of their identity. In this privacy policy, we want to help you understand how an | ||||
| > | d why Reddit | ||||
| 80 | (“Reddit,” “we” or “us”) collects, uses, and shares information about you when y | ||||
| > | ou use our | ||||
| 81 | websites, mobile apps, widgets, APIs, emails, and other online products and serv | ||||
| > | ices | ||||
| 82 | (collectively, the "Services") or when you otherwise interact with us or receive | ||||
| > | a | ||||
| 83 | communication from us. | ||||
| 84 | We want this privacy policy to empower you to make better choices about how you | ||||
| > | use Reddit. | ||||
| 85 | We’d love for you to read the whole policy, but if you don’t, here is the TL;DR: | ||||
| 86 | Reddit is a public platform. | ||||
| 87 | Reddit is a public platform. Our communities are largely public and anyone can s | ||||
| > | ee your | ||||
| 88 | profile, posts, and comments. | ||||
| 89 | We collect minimal information about you. | ||||
| 90 | We collect minimal information that can be used to identify you by default. If y | ||||
| > | ou want to | ||||
| 91 | just browse, you don’t need an account. If you want to create an account to part | ||||
| > | icipate in a | ||||
| 92 | subreddit, we don’t require you to give us your real name. We don’t track your p | ||||
| > | recise | ||||
| 93 | location. You can even browse | ||||
| 94 | anonymously. You can share as much or as little about yourself as you want when | ||||
| > | using Reddit. | ||||
| 95 | We use data to make Reddit a better place. | ||||
| 96 | Any data we collect is used primarily to provide our Services, which are focused | ||||
| > | on allowing | ||||
| 97 | people to come together and form communities. We don’t sell your personal data t | ||||
| > | o third | ||||
| 98 | parties, including data brokers. | ||||
| 99 | All of our users get privacy rights - not just those in select countries. | ||||
| 100 | Privacy rights are for everyone. At Reddit, anyone can request a copy of their d | ||||
| > | ata, account | ||||
| 101 | deletion, or information about our policies. | ||||
| 102 | If you have questions about how we use data, just ask. | ||||
| 103 | We’ve tried our best to make this as easy to understand as possible but sometime | ||||
| > | s privacy | ||||
| 104 | policies are still confusing. If you need help understanding this policy or anyt | ||||
| > | hing about | ||||
| 105 | Reddit, | ||||
| 106 | just ask. | ||||
| 107 | Reddit Is a Public Platform | ||||
| 108 | Much of the information on the Services is public and accessible to everyone, ev | ||||
| > | en without an | ||||
| 109 | account. | ||||
| 110 | When you submit content (for example, a post, comment, or chat message) to a pub | ||||
| > | lic part of the | ||||
| 111 | Services, any visitors to and users of our Services will be able to see that con | ||||
| > | tent, the | ||||
| 112 | username associated with that content, and the date and time you originally subm | ||||
| > | itted that | ||||
| 113 | content. That content and information may also be available in search results on | ||||
| > | internet search | ||||
| 114 | engines like Google or in responses provided by an AI chatbot like OpenAI’s Chat | ||||
| > | GPT. You should | ||||
| 115 | take the public nature of the Services into consideration before posting. By usi | ||||
| > | ng the Services, | ||||
| 116 | you are directing us to share this information publicly and freely. | ||||
| 117 | Your Reddit account has a profile page that is public. Your profile contains inf | ||||
| > | ormation about | ||||
| 118 | your activities on the Services, such as your username, prior posts and comments | ||||
| > | , karma, | ||||
| 119 | trophies and achievement badges, profile display name, about section, social lin | ||||
| > | ks, avatar or | ||||
| 120 | profile image, moderator, contributor, and Reddit Premium status, communities yo | ||||
| > | u are active in, | ||||
| 121 | and how long you have been a member of the Services (your cake day). | ||||
| 122 | We offer social sharing features that let you share content or actions you take | ||||
| > | on our Services | ||||
| 123 | with other media. Your use of these features enables the sharing of certain info | ||||
| > | rmation with | ||||
| 124 | your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the thi | ||||
| > | rd party that | ||||
| 125 | provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and | ||||
| > | scope of data | ||||
| 126 | collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please vis | ||||
| > | it the privacy | ||||
| 127 | policies of the third parties that provide these social sharing features (for ex | ||||
| > | ample, | ||||
| 128 | Tumblr, | ||||
| 129 | Facebook, and | ||||
| 130 | X). | ||||
| 131 | Reddit allows moderators to access Reddit content and information using moderato | ||||
| > | r bots and | ||||
| 132 | tools. Reddit also allows other third parties to access Reddit public content an | ||||
| > | d information | ||||
| 133 | using Reddit’s developer services, including Reddit Embeds, our APIs, Developer | ||||
| > | Platform, and | ||||
| 134 | similar technologies. We limit third-party access to this content and aggregate | ||||
| > | information (for | ||||
| 135 | example, voting ratios) before sharing. We also require third parties to pay lic | ||||
| > | ensing fees for | ||||
| 136 | access to larger quantities of content and information. Reddit’s | ||||
| 137 | Developer Terms are our | ||||
| 138 | standard terms governing how these services are used by third parties. Please re | ||||
| > | view our | ||||
| 139 | Public Content Policy | ||||
| 140 | for more information about how your public content is publicly available and acc | ||||
| > | essible to | ||||
| 141 | anyone with access to the internet. | ||||
| 142 | What Information We Collect | ||||
| 143 | Information You Provide to Us | ||||
| 144 | We collect information you provide to us directly when you use the Services. | ||||
| 145 | This includes: | ||||
| 146 | Account Information | ||||
| 147 | You don’t need an account to use Reddit. If you create a Reddit account, | ||||
| 148 | your account will have a username, which you provide or which is | ||||
| 149 | automatically generated. Your username is public, and it doesn’t have to be | ||||
| 150 | related to your real name. You may need to provide a password, depending on | ||||
| 151 | whether you register using an email address, Single Sign-On (SSO) feature | ||||
| 152 | (such as Apple or Google), or phone number. If your account does not have a | ||||
| 153 | password, we may send you a SMS message for verification purposes. We also | ||||
| 154 | ask you to select an interest, or multiple interests, during account | ||||
| 155 | creation (for example, history, nature, sports) to help generate content and | ||||
| 156 | community recommendations or select more relevant advertising for you. | ||||
| 157 | When you use Reddit, you may also provide other information, such as a bio, | ||||
| 158 | gender, birthday, location, language, profile picture, or social link. You | ||||
| 159 | can remove or revise this information at any time. | ||||
| 160 | We also store your user account preferences and settings. We may ask for | ||||
| 161 | such information prior to you creating a username or account to help improve | ||||
| 162 | your experience exploring Reddit. | ||||
| 163 | Public Content You Submit | ||||
| 164 | Public content you submit includes your public posts, comments, and chat | ||||
| 165 | messages, usernames, and some of your profile information, as well as | ||||
| 166 | related metadata. Public content you submit may also include text, links, | ||||
| 167 | images, gifs, audio, videos, software, and tools. Our | ||||
| 168 | Public Content Policy | ||||
| 169 | applies to this content. | ||||
| 170 | Non-Public Content You Submit | ||||
| 171 | Non-public content you submit includes your saved drafts of posts or | ||||
| 172 | comments, your non-public messages with other users (such as private | ||||
| 173 | messages, private chats, and modmail), and your reports and other | ||||
| 174 | communications with moderators and with us. Non-public content you submit | ||||
| 175 | may also include text, links, images, gifs, audio, videos, software, and | ||||
| 176 | tools. | ||||
| 177 | It also includes information you submit when you fill out a form or survey, | ||||
| 178 | participate in Reddit-sponsored activities, promotions, or programs, request | ||||
| 179 | customer support, or otherwise communicate with us. | ||||
| 180 | Actions You Take | ||||
| 181 | We collect information about the actions you take when using the Services. | ||||
| 182 | This includes your interactions with the platform and content, like voting, | ||||
| 183 | saving, hiding, and reporting. It also includes your interactions with other | ||||
| 184 | users, such as following and blocking. We collect your interactions with | ||||
| 185 | communities, like your subscriptions or moderator status. | ||||
| 186 | Transactional Information | ||||
| 187 | If you purchase products or services from us or otherwise through the | ||||
| 188 | Services, you will have to provide payment information in order to complete | ||||
| 189 | your purchase. Reddit uses industry-standard payment processor services | ||||
| 190 | (such as Stripe) to handle payment information, and those services are | ||||
| 191 | subject to separate terms and conditions and privacy policies. We will | ||||
| 192 | collect information about the product or service you are purchasing (for | ||||
| 193 | example, purchase dates, amounts paid or received, and expiration and | ||||
| 194 | renewal dates). | ||||
| 195 | We may also collect public blockchain data and addresses, such as when you | ||||
| 196 | purchase or create a Collectible Avatar, receive or mint an NFT, or create a | ||||
| 197 | Reddit Vault. However, we never store Reddit Vault private key information. | ||||
| 198 | Information We Collect As You Use Our Services | ||||
| 199 | We automatically collect information as you use our Services. This includes: | ||||
| 200 | Logs Data | ||||
| 201 | We collect device and network connection information when you access and use | ||||
| 202 | the Services. This may include your IP address, user-agent string, browser | ||||
| 203 | type, operating system, referral URLs, device information (such as device | ||||
| 204 | IDs), device settings, and mobile carrier name. Except for the IP address | ||||
| 205 | used to create your account, Reddit will delete any IP addresses collected | ||||
| 206 | after 100 days. | ||||
| 207 | Usage Information | ||||
| 208 | We collect information about how you use our Services, like pages visited, | ||||
| 209 | how you interact with content, ads, and communities, upvotes/downvotes, | ||||
| 210 | links clicked, the requested URL, and search terms. | ||||
| 211 | Information Collected From Cookies and Similar Technologies | ||||
| 212 | We may receive information from cookies, which are pieces of data your | ||||
| 213 | browser stores and sends back to us when making requests, and similar | ||||
| 214 | technologies. We use this information to deliver and maintain our Services, | ||||
| 215 | improve your experience, understand user activity, personalize content and | ||||
| 216 | advertisements, measure the effectiveness of advertising on and off Reddit, | ||||
| 217 | and improve the quality of our Services. For example, we store and retrieve | ||||
| 218 | information about your preferred language and other settings. See our | ||||
| 219 | Cookie Notice for more | ||||
| 220 | information about how Reddit uses cookies. For more information on how you | ||||
| 221 | can disable cookies, please see “Your Rights and Choices” below. | ||||
| 222 | Location Information | ||||
| 223 | We automatically collect information about your approximate location based | ||||
| 224 | on our Logs Data. We may also receive location information from you when you | ||||
| 225 | choose to share such information on our Services, including via the Location | ||||
| 226 | Customization setting or by associating your content with a location. | ||||
| 227 | Public Content Related to You | ||||
| 228 | Information that we collect about you based on your interactions on our | ||||
| 229 | Services will appear on your public profile. This includes your karma | ||||
| 230 | scores, trophies and achievement badges, moderator, contributor, and Reddit | ||||
| 231 | Premium status, communities you are active in, and how long you have been a | ||||
| 232 | member of the Services (your cake day), as well as related metadata. Our | ||||
| 233 | Public Content Policy | ||||
| 234 | applies to this content. | ||||
| 235 | Inferred Information | ||||
| 236 | We infer attributes such as age range, gender, and/or preferred language(s) | ||||
| 237 | based on the information we have about you. | ||||
| 238 | Information Collected from Other Sources | ||||
| 239 | We may receive information about you from other sources, including from other | ||||
| 240 | users and third parties, and combine that information with the other | ||||
| 241 | information we have about you. For example, we may receive demographic or | ||||
| 242 | interest information about you from third parties, including advertisers (such | ||||
| 243 | as the fact that an advertiser is interested in showing you an ad), and | ||||
| 244 | combine it with data you have provided to Reddit, using a common account | ||||
| 245 | identifier such as a hash of an email address or a mobile-device ID. You can | ||||
| 246 | control how we use this information to personalize advertisements for you by | ||||
| 247 | visiting the User Settings menu in your account, as described in the section | ||||
| 248 | titled “Your Rights and Choices” below. | ||||
| 249 | Linked Services | ||||
| 250 | If you authorize or link a third-party service, such as an unofficial mobile | ||||
| 251 | app client, to access your Reddit account, Reddit receives information about | ||||
| 252 | your use of that service when it uses that authorization. Linking services | ||||
| 253 | may also cause the other service to send us information about your account | ||||
| 254 | with that service. For example, if you sign in to Reddit with a third-party | ||||
| 255 | identity provider, that provider may share an email address with us. To | ||||
| 256 | learn how information is shared with linked services, see “How We Share Your | ||||
| 257 | Information” below. | ||||
| 258 | Information Collected From Integrations | ||||
| 259 | We also may receive information about you, including log and usage data and | ||||
| 260 | cookie information, from third-party sites that integrate our Services, | ||||
| 261 | including our embeds and advertising technology. For example, when you visit | ||||
| 262 | a site that uses | ||||
| 263 | Reddit Embeds, | ||||
| 264 | we may receive information about the web page you visited. Similarly, if an | ||||
| 265 | advertiser incorporates Reddit’s ad technology, Reddit may receive limited | ||||
| 266 | information about your activity on the advertiser’s site or app, such as | ||||
| 267 | whether you bought something from the advertiser. You can control how we use | ||||
| 268 | this information to personalize the Services and ads on and off Reddit for | ||||
| 269 | you as described in “Your Rights and Choices” below. | ||||
| 270 | Information Collected if You Use Certain Reddit Offerings | ||||
| 271 | Reddit Ads Users | ||||
| 272 | If you use Reddit Ads (Reddit’s self-serve ads platform at ads.reddit.com) | ||||
| 273 | on behalf of your business or organization, we collect some additional | ||||
| 274 | information. To sign up for Reddit Ads, you must provide your name, email | ||||
| 275 | address, and information about your company. Reddit may make information | ||||
| 276 | about your company public to comply with applicable law. If you purchase | ||||
| 277 | advertising services, you will need to provide transactional information as | ||||
| 278 | described above in “Information We Collect - Transactional Information,” and | ||||
| 279 | we may also require additional documentation to verify your identity. When | ||||
| 280 | using Reddit Ads, we may record a session replay of your visit for customer | ||||
| 281 | service, troubleshooting, and usability research purposes. | ||||
| 282 | Reddit Pro Users | ||||
| 283 | If you sign up for Reddit Pro, on behalf of yourself, your business or your | ||||
| 284 | organization, we may collect some additional information from you, including | ||||
| 285 | your profile type, name, industry category, website, and organization size, | ||||
| 286 | if applicable. If you request certain limited Reddit Pro features, we may | ||||
| 287 | request additional documentation to verify your identity. | ||||
| 288 | Reddit Program Participants and Potential Participants | ||||
| 289 | If you sign up to participate in a Reddit Program (for example, our | ||||
| 290 | Contributor Program), we collect, directly or indirectly through our | ||||
| 291 | providers, some additional information from you (such as your name, date of | ||||
| 292 | birth, address, email, tax, government ID, and payment information). This | ||||
| 293 | additional information is used and shared with our third-party payment and | ||||
| 294 | compliance providers to determine your eligibility to participate in the | ||||
| 295 | applicable Reddit Program, facilitate payments, and comply with law. Those | ||||
| 296 | providers and their services are subject to separate terms and conditions | ||||
| 297 | and privacy policies. | ||||
| 298 | Information Collected by Third Parties | ||||
| 299 | Embedded Content | ||||
| 300 | Reddit displays some linked content in-line on the Services via embeds. For | ||||
| 301 | example, Reddit posts that link to YouTube or X may load the linked video or | ||||
| 302 | tweet within Reddit directly from those services to your device so you don’t | ||||
| 303 | have to leave Reddit to see it. In general, Reddit does not control how | ||||
| 304 | third-party services collect data when they serve you their content directly | ||||
| 305 | via these embeds. As a result, embedded content is not covered by this | ||||
| 306 | privacy policy but by the policies of the service from which the content is | ||||
| 307 | embedded. | ||||
| 308 | Audience Measurement | ||||
| 309 | We partner with service providers that perform audience measurement to learn | ||||
| 310 | demographic information about the population that uses Reddit. To provide | ||||
| 311 | this demographic information, these companies collect cookie information to | ||||
| 312 | recognize your device. | ||||
| 313 | How We Use Your Information | ||||
| 314 | We use information about you to: | ||||
| 315 | Provide, maintain, and improve the Services; | ||||
| 316 | Provide you personalized, age-appropriate services, content, and features; | ||||
| 317 | Provide you with relevant advertising, including personalized advertising on Red | ||||
| > | dit; | ||||
| 318 | Optimize and measure the effectiveness of ads shown on our Services; | ||||
| 319 | Advertise Reddit Services to you on other sites and apps, including measuring th | ||||
| > | e performance | ||||
| 320 | of those ads; | ||||
| 321 | Help protect the safety of Reddit and our users, which includes blocking suspect | ||||
| > | ed spammers, | ||||
| 322 | addressing abuse, age restricting certain content and enforcing our rights, the | ||||
| > | Reddit User | ||||
| 323 | Agreement and our | ||||
| 324 | other terms and policies, as well as comply | ||||
| 325 | with applicable law; | ||||
| 326 | Research and develop new services; | ||||
| 327 | Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, invoices, and other suppor | ||||
| > | t and | ||||
| 328 | administrative messages; | ||||
| 329 | Provide customer service; | ||||
| 330 | Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, events, and p | ||||
| > | rograms, and | ||||
| 331 | provide other news and information we think will be of interest to you (for info | ||||
| > | rmation about | ||||
| 332 | how to opt out of these communications, see “Your Rights and Choices” below); an | ||||
| > | d | ||||
| 333 | Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Service | ||||
| > | s. | ||||
| 334 | How We Share Your Information | ||||
| 335 | In addition to the ways that public content is shared as described above in “Red | ||||
| > | dit Is a Public | ||||
| 336 | Platform,” we may share information in the following ways: | ||||
| 337 | With your consent. We may share information about you with your consent or at yo | ||||
| > | ur | ||||
| 338 | direction. For example, at your direction through social sharing features that a | ||||
| > | llow you to | ||||
| 339 | share content with third party sites like Tumblr and X. | ||||
| 340 | With linked services. If you link your Reddit account with a third-party service | ||||
| > | , | ||||
| 341 | Reddit will share the information you authorize with that third-party service. Y | ||||
| > | ou can control | ||||
| 342 | this sharing as described in "Your Rights and Choices" below. | ||||
| 343 | With our service providers. We may share information with vendors, consultants, | ||||
| > | and | ||||
| 344 | other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work fo | ||||
| > | r us. Their | ||||
| 345 | use of personal data will be subject to appropriate confidentiality and security | ||||
| > | measures. A | ||||
| 346 | few examples: (i) payment processors who process transactions on our behalf, (ii | ||||
| > | ) cloud | ||||
| 347 | providers who host our data and our services, (iii) third-party ad serving and m | ||||
| > | easurement | ||||
| 348 | providers who help us and advertisers serve relevant ads and measure the perform | ||||
| > | ance of ads | ||||
| 349 | (by disclosing information such as cookie IDs, your IP address, and/or a hashed | ||||
| > | version of | ||||
| 350 | your email; these third parties may combine that information with other informat | ||||
| > | ion they | ||||
| 351 | already have about you to provide services to Reddit), (iv) age verification pro | ||||
| > | viders who | ||||
| 352 | help us confirm your age, and (v) compliance providers who help us determine you | ||||
| > | r eligibility | ||||
| 353 | to participate in Reddit Programs. | ||||
| 354 | To comply with the law. We may share information if we believe disclosure is in | ||||
| 355 | accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation, legal process, | ||||
| > | or | ||||
| 356 | governmental request, including, but not limited to, meeting national security o | ||||
| > | r law | ||||
| 357 | enforcement requirements. To the extent the law allows it, we will attempt to pr | ||||
| > | ovide you with | ||||
| 358 | prior notice before disclosing your information in response to such a request. O | ||||
| > | ur | ||||
| 359 | Transparency Report has | ||||
| 360 | additional information about how we respond to government requests. | ||||
| 361 | In an emergency. We may share information if we believe it's necessary to preven | ||||
| > | t | ||||
| 362 | imminent and serious bodily harm to a person. | ||||
| 363 | To enforce our rights and promote safety and security. We may share information | ||||
| > | if we | ||||
| 364 | believe your actions are inconsistent with our User Agreement, | ||||
| 365 | rules, or | ||||
| 366 | other Reddit terms and policies, or to | ||||
| 367 | protect the rights, property, and safety of the Services, ourselves, and others. | ||||
| 368 | With our affiliates. We may share information between and among Reddit, and any | ||||
| > | of | ||||
| 369 | our parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and other companies under common control | ||||
| > | and ownership. | ||||
| 370 | Aggregated or de-identified information. We may share information about you that | ||||
| > | has | ||||
| 371 | been aggregated or anonymized such that it cannot reasonably be used to identify | ||||
| > | you. For | ||||
| 372 | example, we may show the total number of times a post has been upvoted without i | ||||
| > | dentifying who | ||||
| 373 | the visitors were, or we may tell an advertiser how many people saw their ad. | ||||
| 374 | How We Protect Your Information | ||||
| 375 | We take measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse | ||||
| > | and | ||||
| 376 | unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. For example, we us | ||||
| > | e HTTPS | ||||
| 377 | while information is being transmitted. We also enforce technical and administra | ||||
| > | tive access | ||||
| 378 | controls to limit which of our employees have access to non-public personal info | ||||
| > | rmation. | ||||
| 379 | You can help maintain the security of your account by configuring | ||||
| 380 | two-factor authentication. | ||||
| 381 | We store the information we collect for as long as it is necessary for the purpo | ||||
| > | se(s) for | ||||
| 382 | which we originally collected it. We may retain certain information for legitima | ||||
| > | te business | ||||
| 383 | purposes and/or if we believe doing so is in accordance with, or as required by, | ||||
| > | any | ||||
| 384 | applicable law. For example, if you violate our policies and your account is sus | ||||
| > | pended or | ||||
| 385 | banned, we may store the identifiers used to create the account (such as phone n | ||||
| > | umber) to | ||||
| 386 | prevent you from creating new accounts. | ||||
| 387 | Your Rights and Choices | ||||
| 388 | You have choices about how to protect and limit the collection, use, and sharing | ||||
| > | of | ||||
| 389 | information about you when you use the Services. Depending on where you live, yo | ||||
| > | u may also | ||||
| 390 | have the right to correction/rectification of your personal information, to opt | ||||
| > | out of | ||||
| 391 | certain advertising practices, or to withdraw consent for processing where you h | ||||
| > | ave | ||||
| 392 | previously provided consent. Please see “Additional Information for EEA, Swiss, | ||||
| > | and UK | ||||
| 393 | Users” and “Additional Information for California & Other U.S. State Users.” Bel | ||||
| > | ow we | ||||
| 394 | explain how to exercise each of these rights. Reddit does not discriminate again | ||||
| > | st users for | ||||
| 395 | exercising their rights under data protection laws. | ||||
| 396 | Accessing and Changing Your Information | ||||
| 397 | You can access your information and change or correct certain information | ||||
| 398 | through the Services. See our | ||||
| 399 | Help Center | ||||
| 400 | page for more information. You can also request a copy of the personal | ||||
| 401 | information Reddit maintains about you by following the process described | ||||
| 402 | here. | ||||
| 403 | Deleting Your Account | ||||
| 404 | You may delete your account at any time from the settings page in your | ||||
| 405 | account. For more information, please visit our | ||||
| 406 | Help Center. When you delete your account, your profile is no longer visible to | ||||
| 407 | other users and disassociated from content you posted under that account. | ||||
| 408 | Please note, however, that the posts, comments, and messages you submitted | ||||
| 409 | prior to deleting your account will still be visible to others unless you | ||||
| 410 | first delete the specific content. After you submit a request to delete | ||||
| 411 | your account, we initiate a deletion process to safely and completely | ||||
| 412 | remove your data from our servers or retain it only in anonymized form. | ||||
| 413 | After running our process, Reddit will not be able to provide access to | ||||
| 414 | deleted data. We may also retain certain information about you for | ||||
| 415 | legitimate business purposes and/or if we believe doing so is in | ||||
| 416 | accordance with, or as required by, any applicable law. | ||||
| 417 | Controlling Linked Services’ Access to Your Account | ||||
| 418 | You can review the services you have permitted to access your account and | ||||
| 419 | revoke access to individual services by visiting your account’s | ||||
| 420 | Apps page (for third-party | ||||
| 421 | app authorizations), the Connected Accounts section of your | ||||
| 422 | Account Settings (for Google | ||||
| 423 | Sign-In, Sign in with Apple, and connected X accounts), and the Social | ||||
| 424 | links section of your | ||||
| 425 | Profile Settings. | ||||
| 426 | Controlling Personalized Advertising | ||||
| 427 | You may opt out of us using information we collect from third parties, | ||||
| 428 | including advertising partners, to personalize the ads you see on and off | ||||
| 429 | Reddit. To do so, visit the Privacy section of the User Settings in your | ||||
| 430 | account | ||||
| 431 | here, if using | ||||
| 432 | desktop, and in your Account Settings if using the Reddit mobile app. | ||||
| 433 | Controlling the Use of Cookies | ||||
| 434 | Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you | ||||
| 435 | can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject first- and | ||||
| 436 | third-party cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject | ||||
| 437 | cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our | ||||
| 438 | Services. For more information on controlling how cookies and similar | ||||
| 439 | technologies are used on Reddit, see our | ||||
| 440 | Cookie Notice. | ||||
| 441 | Controlling Advertising and Analytics | ||||
| 442 | Some analytics providers we partner with may provide specific opt-out | ||||
| 443 | mechanisms and we may provide, as needed and as available, additional | ||||
| 444 | tools and third-party services that allow you to better understand | ||||
| 445 | tracking technologies and how you can opt out. For example, you may manage | ||||
| 446 | the use and collection of certain information by | ||||
| 447 | Google Analytics | ||||
| 448 | via the | ||||
| 449 | Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. You can opt out of the Audience Measure | ||||
| > | ment services provided by | ||||
| 450 | Nielsen | ||||
| 451 | and Quantcast. If you | ||||
| 452 | have an account with us and you visit our site with an opt-out preference | ||||
| 453 | signal (such as Global Privacy Control) enabled, we will treat that as an | ||||
| 454 | opt-out request. | ||||
| 455 | You may also generally opt out of receiving personalized advertisements | ||||
| 456 | from certain third-party advertisers and ad networks. To learn more about | ||||
| 457 | these advertisements or to opt out, please visit the sites of the | ||||
| 458 | Digital Advertising Alliance | ||||
| 459 | and the | ||||
| 460 | Network Advertising Initiative, or if you are a user in the European Economic Ar | ||||
| > | ea, | ||||
| 461 | Your Online Choices. | ||||
| 462 | Do Not Track | ||||
| 463 | Most modern web browsers give you the option to send a Do Not Track signal | ||||
| 464 | to the sites you visit, indicating that you do not wish to be tracked. | ||||
| 465 | However, there is no accepted standard for how a site should respond to | ||||
| 466 | this signal, and we do not take any action in response to this signal. | ||||
| 467 | Instead, in addition to publicly available third-party tools, we offer you | ||||
| 468 | the choices described in this policy to manage the collection and use of | ||||
| 469 | information about you. | ||||
| 470 | Controlling Promotional Communications | ||||
| 471 | You may opt out of receiving some or all categories of promotional | ||||
| 472 | communications from us by following the instructions in those | ||||
| 473 | communications or by updating your email options in your account | ||||
| 474 | preferences here. If you opt | ||||
| 475 | out of promotional communications, we may still send you non-promotional | ||||
| 476 | communications, such as information about your account or your use of the | ||||
| 477 | Services. | ||||
| 478 | Controlling Mobile Notifications | ||||
| 479 | With your consent, we may send promotional and non-promotional push | ||||
| 480 | notifications or alerts to your mobile device. You can deactivate these | ||||
| 481 | messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile | ||||
| 482 | device. | ||||
| 483 | Controlling Location Information | ||||
| 484 | You can control how we use location information for feed and | ||||
| 485 | recommendations customization via the | ||||
| 486 | Location Customization | ||||
| 487 | setting in your Account Settings. | ||||
| 488 | If you have questions or are not able to submit a request to exercise your right | ||||
| > | s using | ||||
| 489 | the mechanisms above, you may also email us at | ||||
| 490 | redditdatarequests@reddit.com from the | ||||
| 491 | email address that you have verified with your Reddit account, or submit your re | ||||
| > | quests | ||||
| 492 | here. | ||||
| 493 | Before we process a request from you about your personal information, we need to | ||||
| > | verify | ||||
| 494 | the request via your access to your Reddit account or to a verified email addres | ||||
| > | s | ||||
| 495 | associated with your Reddit account. If we deny your request, you may appeal our | ||||
| > | decision | ||||
| 496 | by contacting us at | ||||
| 497 | redditdatarequests@reddit.com. | ||||
| 498 | International Data Transfers | ||||
| 499 | Reddit, Inc., is based in the United States and we process and store information | ||||
| > | on servers | ||||
| 500 | located in the United States. We may store information on servers and equipment | ||||
| > | in other | ||||
| 501 | countries depending on a variety of factors, including the locations of our user | ||||
| > | s and service | ||||
| 502 | providers. By accessing or using the Services or otherwise providing information | ||||
| > | to us, you | ||||
| 503 | consent to the processing, transfer, and storage of information in and to the Un | ||||
| > | ited States | ||||
| 504 | and other countries, where you may not have the same rights as you do under loca | ||||
| > | l law. | ||||
| 505 | When we transfer the personal data of users in the EEA, UK and/or Switzerland, w | ||||
| > | e rely on the | ||||
| 506 | Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission for such transf | ||||
| > | ers or other | ||||
| 507 | transfer mechanisms deemed ‘adequate’ under applicable laws. | ||||
| 508 | EU-U.S., UK Extension, and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks Disclosure | ||||
| 509 | Reddit, Inc., complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF) and | ||||
| > | the UK | ||||
| 510 | Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U | ||||
| > | .S. DPF) as | ||||
| 511 | set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Reddit, Inc., has certified to the | ||||
| > | U.S. | ||||
| 512 | Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Pri | ||||
| > | nciples | ||||
| 513 | (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received | ||||
| > | from the | ||||
| 514 | European Union and the United Kingdom in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK | ||||
| > | Extension to | ||||
| 515 | the EU-U.S. DPF. Reddit, Inc., has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce | ||||
| > | that it | ||||
| 516 | adheres to the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (Swiss-U.S. DPF Prin | ||||
| > | ciples) with | ||||
| 517 | regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance | ||||
| > | on the | ||||
| 518 | Swiss-U.S. DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy polic | ||||
| > | y and the | ||||
| 519 | EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the Principles shal | ||||
| > | l govern. To | ||||
| 520 | learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) Program, and to view our certi | ||||
| > | fication, | ||||
| 521 | please visit | ||||
| 522 | https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/. | ||||
| 523 | Reddit, Inc.’s compliance with the DPF is subject to the investigatory and enfor | ||||
| > | cement powers | ||||
| 524 | of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In accordance with the DPF, Reddit, Inc., | ||||
| > | is also liable | ||||
| 525 | for onward transfers to third parties that process personal information in a way | ||||
| > | that does not | ||||
| 526 | follow the DPF unless Reddit, Inc., was not responsible for the event giving ris | ||||
| > | e to any | ||||
| 527 | alleged damage. | ||||
| 528 | In some situations, the DPF Framework gives you the right to invoke binding arbi | ||||
| > | tration. You | ||||
| 529 | can do this to resolve complaints not resolved by other means, as described in A | ||||
| > | nnex I to the | ||||
| 530 | DPF framework. In | ||||
| 531 | compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the | ||||
| > | Swiss-U.S. | ||||
| 532 | DPF, Reddit, Inc., commits to refer unresolved complaints concerning our handlin | ||||
| > | g of personal | ||||
| 533 | data received in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. | ||||
| > | DPF and the | ||||
| 534 | Swiss-U.S. DPF to JAMS, an alternative dispute resolution provider based in the | ||||
| > | United States. | ||||
| 535 | If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your DPF Principles-related compl | ||||
| > | aint from us, | ||||
| 536 | or if we have not addressed your DPF Principles-related complaint to your satisf | ||||
| > | action, please | ||||
| 537 | visit | ||||
| 538 | https://www.jamsadr.com/dpf-dispute-resolution | ||||
| 539 | for more information or to file a complaint. The services of JAMS are provided a | ||||
| > | t no cost to | ||||
| 540 | you. | ||||
| 541 | Additional Information for EEA, Swiss, and UK Users | ||||
| 542 | If you live in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or Switzerland, Reddit Netherl | ||||
| > | ands B.V. is | ||||
| 543 | the controller of information processed in connection with the Reddit platform a | ||||
| > | nd this | ||||
| 544 | policy. If you live in the United Kingdom (“UK”), Reddit, Inc., is the data cont | ||||
| > | roller and | ||||
| 545 | Reddit UK Limited is Reddit’s UK GDPR Article 27 Representative. | ||||
| 546 | Users in the EEA, Switzerland, and UK have the right to request access to, recti | ||||
| > | fication of, | ||||
| 547 | or erasure of their personal data; to data portability in certain circumstances; | ||||
| > | to request | ||||
| 548 | restriction of processing; to object to processing; and to withdraw consent for | ||||
| > | processing | ||||
| 549 | where they have previously provided consent. These rights can be exercised as de | ||||
| > | scribed in the | ||||
| 550 | “Your Rights and Choices" section above. EEA and Swiss users also have the right | ||||
| > | to lodge a | ||||
| 551 | complaint with their local supervisory authority. | ||||
| 552 | As required by applicable law, we collect and process information about individu | ||||
| > | als in the | ||||
| 553 | EEA, Switzerland, and UK only where we have a legal basis for doing so. Our lega | ||||
| > | l bases depend | ||||
| 554 | on the Services you use and how you use them. We process your information where: | ||||
| 555 | It is necessary to fulfill our contract with you, including | ||||
| 556 | to provide, operate, and improve the Services, provide customer support, persona | ||||
| > | lize | ||||
| 557 | features and to protect the safety and security of the Services; | ||||
| 558 | It satisfies a legitimate interest (which is not overridden by your data protect | ||||
| > | ion | ||||
| 559 | interests), such as preventing fraud, ensuring network and information security, | ||||
| > | enforcing | ||||
| 560 | our rules and policies, protecting our legal rights and interests, research and | ||||
| > | development, | ||||
| 561 | personalizing the Services, and marketing and promoting the Services; | ||||
| 562 | You have consented for us to do so for a specific purpose; or | ||||
| 563 | We need to process your information to comply with our legal obligations. | ||||
| 564 | Additional Information for California & Other US State Users | ||||
| 565 | Some US state laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as a | ||||
| > | mended, | ||||
| 566 | require us to provide residents with some additional information and rights, whi | ||||
| > | ch we address | ||||
| 567 | in this section. | ||||
| 568 | In the last 12 months, we collected the following categories of personal informa | ||||
| > | tion from | ||||
| 569 | residents, depending on the Services used: | ||||
| 570 | Identifiers and account information, like your Reddit username, email address, p | ||||
| > | hone number, | ||||
| 571 | IP address, and cookie information. | ||||
| 572 | Commercial information, including information about transactions you undertake w | ||||
| > | ith us. | ||||
| 573 | Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as information a | ||||
| > | bout your | ||||
| 574 | activity on our Services and limited information about your activity on the serv | ||||
| > | ices of | ||||
| 575 | advertisers who use our advertising technology. | ||||
| 576 | Geolocation information based on your IP address. | ||||
| 577 | Your messages with other users (for example, private messages, private chats, an | ||||
| > | d modmail). | ||||
| 578 | Audiovisual information in pictures, audio, or video content submitted to Reddit | ||||
| > | . | ||||
| 579 | Professional or employment-related information or demographic information, but o | ||||
| > | nly if you | ||||
| 580 | explicitly provide it to us, such as by filling out a survey. | ||||
| 581 | Inferences we make based on other collected data, for purposes such as recommend | ||||
| > | ing content, | ||||
| 582 | advertising, and analytics. | ||||
| 583 | You can find more information about (a) what we collect and sources of that info | ||||
| > | rmation in the | ||||
| 584 | “What Information We Collect” section of this notice, (b) the business and comme | ||||
| > | rcial purposes | ||||
| 585 | for collecting that information in the “How We Use Your Information” section, an | ||||
| > | d (c) the | ||||
| 586 | categories of third parties with whom we share that information and the purpose | ||||
| > | for sharing | ||||
| 587 | that information in the “How We Share Your Information” section. | ||||
| 588 | Depending on your jurisdiction, and subject to exceptions and limitations provid | ||||
| > | ed by local | ||||
| 589 | law, in addition to the rights listed in “Your Rights and Choices” above, you ma | ||||
| > | y have: the | ||||
| 590 | right to opt out of any sales or sharing of your personal information, to reques | ||||
| > | t access to | ||||
| 591 | and information about our data practices, and to request deletion or correction | ||||
| > | of your | ||||
| 592 | personal information, as well as the right not to be discriminated against for e | ||||
| > | xercising your | ||||
| 593 | privacy rights. For users in states with applicable privacy laws, you may exerci | ||||
| > | se your rights | ||||
| 594 | via your Privacy Settings. Reddit does | ||||
| 595 | not “sell” personal information as those terms are defined under applicable stat | ||||
| > | e privacy | ||||
| 596 | laws. Reddit does not have knowledge that it “sells” or “shares” the personal in | ||||
| > | formation of | ||||
| 597 | users under 16 years of age. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal inform | ||||
| > | ation except | ||||
| 598 | to provide you the Services or as otherwise permitted by applicable regulations. | ||||
| > | We do not | ||||
| 599 | engage in profiling of consumers in furtherance of automated decisions that prod | ||||
| > | uce legal or | ||||
| 600 | similarly significant effects as those terms are defined in applicable regulatio | ||||
| > | ns. | ||||
| 601 | You may exercise your rights to access, delete, or correct your personal informa | ||||
| > | tion as | ||||
| 602 | described in the “Your Rights and Choices” section of this notice. When you make | ||||
| > | a request, we | ||||
| 603 | will verify your identity by asking you to sign into your account or if necessar | ||||
| > | y by | ||||
| 604 | requesting additional information from you. You may also make a rights request u | ||||
| > | sing an | ||||
| 605 | authorized agent. If you submit a rights request from an authorized agent who do | ||||
| > | es not provide | ||||
| 606 | a valid power of attorney, we may ask the authorized agent to provide proof that | ||||
| > | you gave the | ||||
| 607 | agent signed permission to submit the request to exercise rights on your behalf. | ||||
| > | In the | ||||
| 608 | absence of a valid power of attorney, we may also require you to verify your own | ||||
| > | identity | ||||
| 609 | directly with us or confirm to us that you otherwise provided the authorized age | ||||
| > | nt permission | ||||
| 610 | to submit the request. If you have any questions or concerns, you may reach us u | ||||
| > | sing the | ||||
| 611 | methods described under “Your Rights and Choices” or by emailing us at | ||||
| 612 | redditdatarequests@reddit.com. | ||||
| 613 | Children | ||||
| 614 | Children under the age of 13 are not allowed to create an account or otherwise u | ||||
| > | se the | ||||
| 615 | Services. Additionally, if you are located outside the United States, you must b | ||||
| > | e over the age | ||||
| 616 | required by the laws of your country to create an account or otherwise use the S | ||||
| > | ervices. | ||||
| 617 | Changes to This Policy | ||||
| 618 | We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do, we will let you k | ||||
| > | now by | ||||
| 619 | revising the date at the top of the policy. If the changes, in our sole discreti | ||||
| > | on, are | ||||
| 620 | material, we may also notify you by sending an email to the address associated w | ||||
| > | ith your | ||||
| 621 | account (if you have chosen to provide an email address) or by otherwise providi | ||||
| > | ng notice | ||||
| 622 | through our Services. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy regularly to | ||||
| > | stay informed | ||||
| 623 | about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy. | ||||
| > | By continuing | ||||
| 624 | to use our Services after Privacy Policy changes go into effect, you agree to be | ||||
| > | bound by the | ||||
| 625 | revised policy. | ||||
| 626 | Contact Us | ||||
| 627 | If you have other questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: | ||||
| 628 | Reddit, Inc. | ||||
| 629 | 548 Market St. #16093 | ||||
| 630 | San Francisco, California 94104 | ||||
| 631 | If you live in the United States, the data controller responsible for your infor | ||||
| > | mation is | ||||
| 632 | Reddit, Inc. | ||||
| 633 | For email inquiries, you may email us at | ||||
| 634 | redditdatarequests@reddit.com or reach our | ||||
| 635 | Data Protection Office at dpo@reddit.com. | ||||
| 636 | Users in the European Economic Area or Switzerland may contact us at: | ||||
| 637 | Reddit Netherlands B.V. | ||||
| 638 | Euro Business Center | ||||
| 639 | Keizersgracht 62, 1015CS Amsterdam | ||||
| 640 | Netherlands | ||||
| 641 | dpo@reddit.com | ||||
| 642 | United Kingdom users may contact us at: | ||||
| 643 | Reddit UK Limited, | ||||
| 644 | 5 New Street Square, | ||||
| 645 | London, United Kingdom, | ||||
| 646 | EC4A 3TW | ||||
| 647 | ukrepresentative@reddit.com | ||||
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