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Use of data for security and fraud prevention

Medium severity Explicit document language Common · 279 of 352 platforms
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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 3333 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

MyFitnessPal Medium

We use your personal information to help monitor and maintain the security of the Services and our business operations. Additionally, we use your personal information to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized activities and access...

Notion Medium

Pursuing legitimate interests, such as research and development (including marketing research), network and information security, and fraud prevention

Instacart Medium

We use your Personal Information to (a) help maintain the security and integrity of the Services, (b) detect, prevent, investigate, and protect you, our business, our users, and others from fraud...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We may use information about you to maintain and increase the security of the Datadog Products, including to detect, investigate, and prevent fraud and other illegal activities from occurring...

Excerpt from Datadog's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
Datadog Privacy Policy
Entity
Datadog
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 9, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-051838
Document ID
CA-D-00546
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
eea29f87df222810bb333ab93ed605ef0943fbe961b1c1ead1455f6cdf47ce71
Analysis generated
May 9, 2026 22:15 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Datadog
Document: Datadog Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-051838
Captured: 2026-05-09 22:15:28 UTC
SHA-256: eea29f87df222810…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/datadog/datadog-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-051838/use-of-data-for-security-and-fraud-prevention/
Accessed: Aug. 8, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Datadog's Use of data for security and fraud prevention clause do?

The clause states: “We may use information about you to maintain and increase the security of the Datadog Products, including to detect, investigate, and prevent fraud and other illegal activities from occurring...”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 279 platforms. See the full comparison.

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