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May 6, 2026 05:48 UTC
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May 15, 2026 00:21 UTC
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Substack updated its privacy policy on May 15, 2026 to disclose that it shares account identifiers with child safety industry consortia and now receives information from those consortia to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The policy also added language stating that Substack may obtain additional information from third parties, combine it with platform data, and use the combined information to provide safer experiences and improve the platform and analytics.
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23We may also obtain additional information from third parties and sources.
24We use this information to supplement the information we collect about you in order to provide more relevant, safer experiences for you on the platform and to improve the platform and analytics.
25If we combine or associate information from other sources with information that we collect through the platform, we will treat the combined information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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