“If you do not provide your personal information when requested, you may not be able to use our Bluesky App Services if that personal information is necessary to provide you with our Bluesky App Services.”
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Access to Bluesky App Services is conditioned on providing personal information where Bluesky determines that information is necessary to deliver the services.
Interpretive note: This clause appears in an EU/UK GDPR context per its name, but the excerpt itself does not limit its application to EU/UK users. The canonical claim reflects only what the excerpt states.
Refusing to provide personal information that Bluesky deems necessary may result in being unable to access Bluesky App Services.
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We may assign our rights or obligations under these Terms to any affiliate, subsidiary, or successor in interest of any business associated with our Services.
You may be required to provide certain categories of Data to us under the following circumstances: (i) as required under any applicable laws or regulations; (ii) as required under any contract entered into between us...
You may not assign your rights under the Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without our consent.
"If you do not provide your personal information when requested, you may not be able to use our Bluesky App Services if that personal information is necessary to provide you with our Bluesky App Services.Excerpt from Bluesky's Privacy Policy
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Access to Bluesky App Services is conditioned on providing personal information where Bluesky determines that information is necessary to deliver the services.
Refusing to provide personal information that Bluesky deems necessary may result in being unable to access Bluesky App Services.
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