The policy authorizes Discord to share limited user information, including app installation and registration status, with advertising platforms for ad delivery and performance measurement purposes. The policy characterizes the information shared as limited and necessary for these services.
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This provision establishes that user identifiers such as app installation and registration data may be shared with third-party advertising platforms, which may constitute sharing of personal information under CCPA and CPRA and may require evaluation under GDPR's data minimization and purpose limitation principles.
Interpretive note: The policy states that only limited information is shared with advertising platforms but does not enumerate all categories in all contexts, creating uncertainty about the full scope of data flows to advertising partners.
Under this clause, Discord may share identifiers such as app installation status and account registration data with advertising platforms. Users can limit personalization and sponsored content processing through the privacy settings in User Settings, though the policy does not specify that this setting also prevents all advertising platform data sharing.
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Compare across platforms →"We may also provide limited information to advertising platforms to help us reach people that we think will like our products and to measure the performance of our ads shown on those platforms. We do this to help bring more users to Discord and make our business successful, and provide only the information required to facilitate these services. This may include information like the fact that you installed our app or registered to use Discord.Excerpt from Discord's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates CCPA and CPRA, under which sharing personal information with advertising platforms for cross-context behavioral advertising may constitute sharing of personal information subject to opt-out rights.
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This provision establishes that user identifiers such as app installation and registration data may be shared with third-party advertising platforms, which may constitute sharing of personal information under CCPA and CPRA and may require evaluation under GDPR's data minimization and purpose limitation principles.
Under this clause, Discord may share identifiers such as app installation status and account registration data with advertising platforms. Users can limit personalization and sponsored content processing through the privacy settings in User Settings, though the policy does not specify that this setting also prevents all advertising platform data sharing.
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