What can I do about this clause?

{'method': 'EMAIL', 'recipient': 'privacy@cerebras.ai', 'difficulty': 'EASY', 'action_type': 'DELETE_DATA', 'instructions': 'Email privacy@cerebras.ai to request deletion of your personal data, including any data Cerebras obtained from third-party sources like LinkedIn or Facebook. Specify that you want all data deleted including data obtained from external sources.', 'deadline_days': 45, 'deadline_hours': None}

Which regulatory agencies enforce this type of clause?

{'agency': 'FTC', 'reason': 'The FTC has enforcement authority over unfair and deceptive data combination and profiling practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act.', 'complaint_url': 'https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/'}, {'agency': 'State_AG', 'reason': "California's Privacy Protection Agency and Attorney General enforce CCPA/CPRA rights including the right to know the sources of personal information collected about consumers.", 'complaint_url': 'https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/'}

What is the severity of this clause?

ConductAtlas classifies this Third-Party Data Combination clause as high severity. Severity reflects the magnitude of rights affected, the breadth of users impacted, and the degree of discretion the platform retains.

Third-Party Data Combination — Cerebras

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What it is

Cerebras can take data about you from LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google, and data brokers, and combine it with the information you've directly provided to them.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your personal profile at Cerebras may include data sourced from your social media activity and commercial databases without your direct knowledge, which could be used for marketing, analytics, or shared with other service providers.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.

Delete Your Data
Within 45 days
Email privacy@cerebras.ai to request deletion of your personal data, including any data Cerebras obtained from third-party sources like LinkedIn or Facebook. Specify that you want all data deleted including data obtained from external sources.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

This practice allows Cerebras to build a significantly more detailed profile of you than what you knowingly provided, using data you may not have intended to share with an AI company.

View original clause language

We may receive or collect Personal Data about you from affiliates or non-affiliated parties, such as marketing partners or providers, public and other databases, social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, or Google, or from conference or event hosts. As permitted by law, we may combine information that we collect from you through the Services with information that we obtain from such other parties and information derived from other products or Services we provide.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates GDPR Article 6 (lawful basis for processing), Article 13 (transparency obligations regarding data sources), and Article 14 (obligation to inform data subjects when data is not collected directly from them); CCPA/CPRA §1798.100 and §1798.115 regarding the right to know the sources of personal information; and FTC Act Section 5 regarding unfair or deceptive data combination practices. The California Privacy Protection Agency and EU data protection authorities are the primary enforcement bodies.

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Applicable agencies

FTC

The FTC has enforcement authority over unfair and deceptive data combination and profiling practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act.
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State AG

California's Privacy Protection Agency and Attorney General enforce CCPA/CPRA rights including the right to know the sources of personal information collected about consumers.
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Provision details

Document information

Document

Cerebras Privacy Policy

Entity

Cerebras

Document last updated

April 29, 2026

Tracking information

First tracked

April 30, 2026

Last verified

April 30, 2026

Record ID

CA-P-004360

Document ID

CA-D-00507

Evidence Provenance

Source URL

https://cerebras.ai/privacy-policy

Wayback Machine

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SHA-256

86e395c40a697b29e8d57f825310d4bb5e39b3d51188253164d73f5d4955e11f

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How to Cite

ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: Cerebras | Document: Cerebras Privacy Policy | Record: CA-P-004360
Captured: 2026-04-30 09:02:08 UTC | SHA-256: 86e395c40a697b29…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/cerebras/cerebras-privacy-policy/third-party-data-combination/
Accessed: May 2, 2026

Classification

Severity

High

Third-Party Data Combination