Adobe supplements the information you provide with data purchased or obtained from third-party data brokers, professional networking sites, and other external sources, in order to build a more complete profile about you for product, marketing, and fraud prevention purposes.
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This means Adobe's picture of you as a user is not limited to what you tell Adobe directly. Data from brokers and external sources can include professional, demographic, and behavioral information that you may not have chosen to share with Adobe.
Adobe may enrich your user profile with data obtained from third-party data brokers and professional networking sites, which can result in Adobe having more detailed information about you than you provided directly, used for marketing and product personalization.
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"To help keep our databases current and to provide you the most relevant content and experiences, we may infer or generate information based on the information we collect or combine information provided by you with information from third party sources, in accordance with applicable law. For example, (i) your preferences (e.g., based on your earlier purchases or engagement with our products and services) or (ii) the size, industry, and other information about the company you work for (where you have provided company name) will be obtained from sources including, professional networking sites and information service providers. We may also infer, generate, or collect and receive information from third parties, including partners, data brokers, service providers, aggregators, and from publicly accessible sources, for purposes that include to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraudulent, deceptive or illegal activity.— Excerpt from Adobe's Adobe Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: CCPA and CPRA impose obligations on businesses that buy, receive, or sell personal information from or to data brokers, including disclosure and opt-out rights. GDPR requires that when personal data is obtained from sources other than the data subject, the data subject must be informed of the source, which creates a transparency obligation where Adobe enriches user profiles with broker data. The FTC has increased regulatory attention to data broker practices. California's data broker registration law (AB 1202) may also be relevant depending on Adobe's broker relationships. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The use of data brokers and professional networking sites to enrich user profiles is not uncommon in enterprise software, but the scope of enrichment and the categories of inferred data are not fully specified in the policy. The policy does not enumerate which data brokers are used or what categories of enriched data may be combined with user-provided data, which may affect compliance with GDPR transparency requirements. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California residents have rights under CPRA to know about the sources of personal information collected about them. EU users have GDPR rights to be informed of data sources. Enrichment involving special category data (e.g., inferring health or religion from professional networking profiles) would trigger Article 9 requirements under GDPR. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement and legal teams should identify which data brokers Adobe uses for profile enrichment and assess whether those brokers' data collection practices comply with applicable law. B2B customers whose employee data flows through Adobe should assess whether broker-enriched profiles affect their own data protection obligations. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should assess whether Adobe's privacy notices adequately disclose the sources of third-party data used for profile enrichment, as required under GDPR and CPRA. Data mapping should include broker-sourced data as a distinct input category with associated lawful basis documentation.
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This means Adobe's picture of you as a user is not limited to what you tell Adobe directly. Data from brokers and external sources can include professional, demographic, and behavioral information that you may not have chosen to share with Adobe.
Adobe may enrich your user profile with data obtained from third-party data brokers and professional networking sites, which can result in Adobe having more detailed information about you than you provided directly, used for marketing and product personalization.
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