The policy states that HubSpot may update the privacy policy at any time, with notification via webpage posting and, where appropriate, by email or other means, and advises users to review the policy periodically.
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This provision reserves the right to modify privacy practices with notification that may consist solely of a webpage update, without guaranteeing direct individual notice for material changes, which may require evaluation under GDPR requirements for informing data subjects of material changes to processing activities.
Interpretive note: The policy does not define what constitutes an 'appropriate' change warranting direct email notification, leaving the threshold for proactive notice undefined and subject to HubSpot's discretion.
The updated policy now explicitly discloses that HubSpot collects Email Engagement Data (such as open, delivery, bounce, and click statuses) from emails sent through its Subscription Services using embedded tracking technologies. This represents formalization of a data collection practice into explicit policy language. However, the policy simultaneously removed a previously stated sentence directing users to a form for removing their personal data from HubSpot's commercial dataset. The updated terms do not indicate an alternative removal mechanism.
View change record →Establishes procedures for policy updates and user notification, providing procedural transparency about future changes.
View full change record →Under this provision, HubSpot may modify its privacy practices and the terms of this policy by posting updated terms online; whether direct email notification is provided depends on HubSpot's assessment of whether the change is appropriate for direct notice, which is not further defined.
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"We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and, where appropriate, notifying you by email or other means. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes.Excerpt from HubSpot's Privacy Policy
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This provision reserves the right to modify privacy practices with notification that may consist solely of a webpage update, without guaranteeing direct individual notice for material changes, which may require evaluation under GDPR requirements for informing data subjects of material changes to processing activities.
Under this provision, HubSpot may modify its privacy practices and the terms of this policy by posting updated terms online; whether direct email notification is provided depends on HubSpot's assessment of whether the change is appropriate for direct notice, which is not further defined.
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