Patreon Privacy Policy

This is Patreon's privacy policy, describing what personal data Patreon collects from fans and creators, how it is used, and with whom it is shared across the platform including patreon.com, mobile apps, APIs, and creator-hosted domains. The policy states that Patreon shares fan personal data including full name, email address, purchase details, and shipping information directly with creators, and further authorizes creators to share that data with third-party services they choose to use, subject to a Creator Privacy Promise but not uniform third-party controls. The policy also states that Patreon collects message and comment contents, Discord activity, social media account relationships, and makes inferences about users including demographic attributes and estimated earnings.

This document is Patreon's Privacy Policy (last updated May 27, 2026), governing the collection, use, and sharing of personal data across Patreon's platform, apps, APIs, embeds, RSS feeds, and creator-hosted domains, with Patreon, Inc. acting as the primary data controller and Patreon Portugal and Patreon DLC Limited serving as regional controllers for EU/EFTA/Switzerland and UK users respectively. The policy states that Patreon collects identifiers, payment data, behavioral and device data, message and comment contents, Discord activity, demographic survey responses, social media account data, and tax identification information; the terms authorize sharing this data with creators, Patreon communities, payment and fraud prevention partners, tax authorities, law enforcement upon valid legal process, and industry peers for safety and fraud purposes. A notable provision authorizes Patreon to make inferences about users including demographic attributes such as age and binary gender and estimated creator earnings, and the policy discloses that the platform does not respond to browser Do Not Track signals; the policy also states that creators may share fan personal data with third-party services of their choosing, with Patreon's direct contractual oversight limited to a Creator Privacy Promise and Data Processing Agreement rather than end-to-end third-party service controls. The policy asserts compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, engaging GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA, California Shine the Light law, and applicable tax reporting frameworks; EU, UK, and California residents have heightened procedural rights under these frameworks, and the policy's reliance on DPF certification as a cross-border transfer mechanism operates alongside but not exclusively of Standard Contractual Clauses.

The agreement establishes that fan personal data including full name, email address, shipping address, phone number, purchase details, and social media account information is shared with creators upon subscription or purchase, and creators may further share that data with third-party services they select. Under these terms, Patreon authorizes inferences about users including age, binary gender, and estimated creator earnings, and collects message and comment contents, Discord activity, and behavioral data across the platform. You can access, correct, restrict, delete, or export your personal data through the Patreon Privacy Center by clicking the Make a Privacy Request button, or by emailing privacy@patreon.com.