The policy states that LangChain may obtain personal information about individuals from marketing partners, public sources, and data providers and use it for marketing and personalized communications.
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This provision authorizes the acquisition of personal information from external data providers for marketing purposes, which under GDPR raises transparency obligations because affected individuals may not be aware their data has been obtained from a third-party source. GDPR Article 14 requires specific disclosures where personal data is not obtained directly from the data subject.
Under this clause, LangChain may collect personal information about individuals from marketing partners and data brokers without direct interaction, and may use that information to send targeted marketing communications. Individuals may opt out of marketing communications using the unsubscribe mechanism in any marketing email.
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Compare across platforms →"We may obtain your personal information from other third parties, such as marketing partners, publicly-available sources and data providers, for the purposes of marketing products and services that may interest you, delivering personalized communications, and other similar activities.Excerpt from LangChain's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 14 requires that controllers provide transparency notices to individuals whose data is obtained from third-party sources, specifying the source and the categories of data collected.
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This provision authorizes the acquisition of personal information from external data providers for marketing purposes, which under GDPR raises transparency obligations because affected individuals may not be aware their data has been obtained from a third-party source. GDPR Article 14 requires specific disclosures where personal data is not obtained directly from the data subject.
Under this clause, LangChain may collect personal information about individuals from marketing partners and data brokers without direct interaction, and may use that information to send targeted marketing communications. Individuals may opt out of marketing communications using the unsubscribe mechanism in any marketing email.
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