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Datadog · Datadog Privacy Policy · View original document ↗

Use of data for research and product improvement

High confidence Common · 273 of 343 platforms

Key Facts · in the document’s own words

What does Datadog use the information it collects to do?
“We use the information we collect, including Product information, to improve the Datadog Products, including to monitor and analyze trends, usage, and other activities...We may also link or combine information about you...”
Version CA-V-007197, captured Sept. 29, 2026 · live source ↗
Our reading, not the document’s words
Datadog uses the information it collects, including Product information, to improve its Products by monitoring and analyzing trends, usage, and other activities.
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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

Collected user and product data is used for ongoing product improvement, meaning usage data informs Datadog's development decisions.

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Interpretive note: The excerpt also references Datadog's ability to link or combine information about users, which is an independent proposition not stated in the canonical claim and is recorded in omitted_material.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

Information Datadog collects from you, including from its Products, may be used to analyze your usage patterns and improve Datadog's offerings.

How other platforms handle this

RunPod

We may use your personal information to analyze your usage of the Service, improve the Service, improve the rest of our business, help us understand user activity on the Service...

Zoom

Zoom may obtain and aggregate technical and other data about your and your End Users use of the Services and Software on a de-identified or anonymized basis...and Zoom may use the Aggregated Anonymous Data in accordance with applicable Law...

Cloudflare

Cloudflare...shall have the right to use Network Data for purposes of providing, maintaining, developing, and improving its Services.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We use the information we collect, including Product information, to improve the Datadog Products, including to monitor and analyze trends, usage, and other activities...We may also link or combine information about you...

Excerpt from Datadog's Privacy Policy

Provision details

Document information
Document
Datadog Privacy Policy
Entity
Datadog
Date stated by the document
March 12, 2026
As printed in Datadog’s text (version CA-V-007197), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
May 5, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-007197, captured Sept. 29, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-051834
Document ID
CA-D-000546
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Archived bytes SHA-256 (version CA-V-007197)
903b3aee0b8e08438bbc395c6fa75da5f53604f6a8329777c7c239f04ca68143
Analysis generated
May 9, 2026 22:15 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-007197, captured Sept. 29, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Datadog
Document: Datadog Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-051834
Version: CA-V-007197
Captured: 2026-09-29 01:03:25 UTC
SHA-256: 903b3aee0b8e0843…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/datadog/datadog-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-051834/use-of-data-for-research-and-product-improvement/
Accessed: Oct. 24, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Datadog's Use of data for research and product improvement clause do?

Collected user and product data is used for ongoing product improvement, meaning usage data informs Datadog's development decisions.

How does this clause affect you?

Information Datadog collects from you, including from its Products, may be used to analyze your usage patterns and improve Datadog's offerings.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 273 platforms. See the full comparison.

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