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The updated privacy statement discloses that DocuSign collects marketing contact data from third-party sources, specifically from data provider Clay, which may include professional details such as job title, employer, and location. This data is used to support sales and marketing efforts. The policy also clarifies that individuals who opt out of email marketing will have minimum data retained to honor that request. These disclosures make explicit a practice that was previously not clearly described in the privacy statement.
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You have the right to object to our processing of your Data, for example, in case we process your data for direct marketing purposes, as permitted under applicable laws.
The right to object to, opt-out of and/or restrict certain uses or disclosures of the information.
"You have the right to object, on legitimate grounds, to the processing of your personal information, except where we are obliged to process such personal information in compliance with our legal obligations...Excerpt from DocuSign's Privacy Statement
Ad personalization controls removed. Contact scanning added. Advertiser data partnerships quietly dropped. A timeline of every change.
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The clause states: “You have the right to object, on legitimate grounds, to the processing of your personal information, except where we are obliged to process such personal information in compliance with our legal obligations...”
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