The agreement states that Linear owns all Service Data, defined as data collected about the performance and operation of the Service as Customers interact with it, and may use aggregated and anonymized Service Data in any manner, provided that no User Information, User Submissions, or personal identifying information is revealed to any third party.
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This provision establishes Linear's unrestricted right to use Service Data once aggregated and anonymized, and asserts Linear's ownership of that data. The practical scope of this right depends on the definition and implementation of aggregation and anonymization standards, which are not specified in this Agreement.
Interpretive note: The agreement does not specify the technical standard or methodology applied to determine whether Service Data is sufficiently aggregated and anonymized, which affects the practical scope of this right under GDPR and CCPA.
Under this clause, interaction with the Service generates Service Data that Linear owns and may use in any manner once aggregated and anonymized, subject to the condition that no User Information, User Submissions, or personal identifying information is revealed to third parties. The agreement does not specify the technical standards applied to determine whether data is sufficiently anonymized.
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Compare across platforms →"As Customer (including its Users) interacts with the Service the Service collects data pertaining to the performance of the Service and measures of the operation of the Service ("Service Data"). Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, provided that the Service Data is aggregated and anonymized, and no User Information, User Submissions, or any other personal identifying information of Customer is revealed to any third party, the parties agree that Linear is free to use the Service Data in any manner. Linear owns all right, title, and interest in and to such Service Data. For clarity, this section does not give Linear the right to identify Customer (including its Users) as the source of any Service Data.Excerpt from Linear's Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Anonymization and aggregation of personal data as a basis for unrestricted secondary use engages GDPR recital 26 and the standard that data must be truly anonymized such that re-identification is not reasonably possible.
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This provision establishes Linear's unrestricted right to use Service Data once aggregated and anonymized, and asserts Linear's ownership of that data. The practical scope of this right depends on the definition and implementation of aggregation and anonymization standards, which are not specified in this Agreement.
Under this clause, interaction with the Service generates Service Data that Linear owns and may use in any manner once aggregated and anonymized, subject to the condition that no User Information, User Submissions, or personal identifying information is revealed to third parties. The agreement does not specify the technical standards applied to determine whether data is sufficiently anonymized.
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