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“Cloud Content may be automatically scanned to ensure we are not hosting illegal or abusive content, like Child Sexual Abuse Material. Human review may occur when your Cloud Content is flagged or reported as illegal or abusive.”
“Biometric identifiers or information defined under United States laws or other applicable laws (e.g., faceprints and voiceprints, etc.); Where required by law, we will seek any required permissions from you prior to any such collection.”
“Content that includes personal information which is sent or received using an online feature of Adobe Services and Software, or which is stored on Adobe servers, such as documents, photos, videos, activity logs, direct feedback from you, metadata about your content, user generated requests such as search terms, prompts...”
“there is some personal information we need to retain even after you close your account to comply with business and legal requirements, such as personal information related to our contract and business transactions with you, which we retain for ten years after your last interaction with us.”
“Sharing account information registered under a business email address with employers for account migration purposes”
“You have an absolute right to opt-out of direct marketing, or profiling we carry out for direct marketing, at any time by: Updating your preferences in your Adobe ID profile; Updating your preferences in your specific website or app accounts; Clicking the unsubscribe link...”
Adobe's Privacy Policy describes what information Adobe collects about you—including sensitive data like faceprints and voiceprints, and everything you store or send through Adobe's tools—how it uses and shares that information (including with advertisers and, if you used a work email, your employer), and how long it keeps it (up to ten years after your last interaction, even if you close your account). You have rights to see, fix, delete, or export your data, and you can always opt out of Adobe's direct marketing. If you store other people's personal information in Adobe's services, you are responsible for having legal permission to share it with Adobe.
The Adobe Privacy Policy establishes Adobe's data collection, processing, sharing, retention, and user rights framework across its Services and Software. Adobe collects a broad range of personal information—including biometric identifiers such as faceprints and voiceprints, user-generated content such as documents, photos, prompts, and search terms, and identifying information gathered at registration, purchase, or support contact—and may subject Cloud Content to machine learning analysis and analytics to improve its services. Adobe shares user information with a wide range of third parties including advertising-ecosystem entities, and shares business-email account information with employers for migration purposes. Personal information tied to contracts or business transactions is retained for ten years after a user's last interaction, including after account closure. Users hold rights to access, correct, delete, restrict processing of, and receive in portable format their personal information, and hold an absolute right to opt out of direct marketing and related profiling at any time.
Adobe collects a wide range of personal information from ordinary use of its products—including biometric identifiers, documents, photos, prompts, and search terms—and may analyze that content using machine learning. If your account is registered with a business email address, Adobe may share your account information with your employer for migration purposes without requiring additional consent from you. Adobe retains data related to contracts and transactions for ten years after your last interaction, even if you close your account. You have concrete rights you can exercise directly: you can request a copy of your personal information, ask Adobe to correct, delete, or restrict active processing of it, and receive a structured, machine-readable export of data you provided under a contract or with your consent. You also have an absolute right to opt out of direct marketing and profiling for direct marketing at any time.
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“Cloud Content may be automatically scanned to ensure we are not hosting illegal or abusive content, like Child Sexual Abuse Material. Human review may occur when your Cloud Content is flagged or reported as illegal or abusive.”
“Biometric identifiers or information defined under United States laws or other applicable laws (e.g., faceprints and voiceprints, etc.); Where required by law, we will seek any required permissions from you prior to any such collection.”
“Content that includes personal information which is sent or received using an online feature of Adobe Services and Software, or which is stored on Adobe servers, such as documents, photos, videos, activity logs, direct feedback from you, metadata about your …”
“there is some personal information we need to retain even after you close your account to comply with business and legal requirements, such as personal information related to our contract and business transactions with you, which we retain for ten …”
“Sharing account information registered under a business email address with employers for account migration purposes”
“You have an absolute right to opt-out of direct marketing, or profiling we carry out for direct marketing, at any time by: Updating your preferences in your Adobe ID profile; Updating your preferences in your specific website or app accounts; …”
“If the content or information that you store in Adobe Services and Software contains personal information of other individuals, you must be legally permitted to disclose the personal information to Adobe.”
“When provided for by applicable law, you have the right to ask us for a copy of your personal information; to correct, delete or restrict (stop any active) processing of your personal information; and to obtain the personal information you …”
“Subject to your opt-out rights, including those described here, we may perform analytics with Cloud Content to help us understand how our users are using our Services and Software to allow us to improve your Services and Software experience, provide …”
“How Adobe analyzes your content using techniques such as machine learning in order to improve our Services and Software, and how to opt out of this.”
“When you register to use an Adobe Service, create an Adobe ID, purchase a license to our Services and Software, or contact us for support or other offerings, Adobe collects information that identifies you.”
“The types of third parties your information may be disclosed to include: our resellers and other sales and advertising partners, retailers, advertisers, ad agencies, advertising networks and platforms, information service providers, fraud monitoring and prevention providers, and publishers.”
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