“If you do not want to provide Personal Data we request, we may not be able to provide you with access to the Bluesky app or to specific features and functions of Bluesky.”
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Declining to share Personal Data may result in partial or total loss of access to Bluesky, giving users a limited ability to withhold data without consequences to their access.
Refusing to provide Personal Data that Bluesky requests may result in being denied access to the Bluesky app or to specific features and functions.
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If we rely on certain legal bases (such as "legal obligation" or "contractual necessity") and you do not provide us with your Personal Data, we may not be able to lawfully provide you services.
To the extent that the rules or terms of those promotions concerning the treatment of your personal information conflict with this Privacy Policy, the rules of those promotions will control.
We reserve the right to transfer our rights under these Terms and provide the Services using another entity, provided that entity upholds these Terms.
"If you do not want to provide Personal Data we request, we may not be able to provide you with access to the Bluesky app or to specific features and functions of Bluesky.Excerpt from Bluesky's Privacy Policy
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Declining to share Personal Data may result in partial or total loss of access to Bluesky, giving users a limited ability to withhold data without consequences to their access.
Refusing to provide Personal Data that Bluesky requests may result in being denied access to the Bluesky app or to specific features and functions.
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