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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.
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“you may have to provide Patreon some combination of the following: email address; phone number; username; password; first and last name/surname; business name; address; social security number and/or employer identification number...”
“You must be at least 18 years old or have your parent's or legal guardian's permission to have a creator page on Patreon or to purchase an offering or subscription on Patreon.”
“Patreon maintains a Data Processing Agreement governing how creators are permitted to process the information, including fan personal data, that is shared with them.”
“Patreon is also required to have all creators sharing sexually explicit creations or creations that include nudity agree to obtain consent from each person depicted in their creations and to verify that each such person is over the age of …”
“we may ask you for demographic information, including information related to your gender identity, ethnicity, race, age, sexual orientation, earnings, and accessibility, which you may optionally choose to provide.”
“Patreon may collect from some creators a list of email addresses that those creators have gathered off of Patreon, including from fans who have provided their email addresses to such creators in connection with such creators' non-Patreon events...”
“We never sell your information to third parties.”
“make inferences about you, including demographic information like your age and binary gender and estimating your potential earnings as a creator”
“We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time, in our sole discretion. When we do, we will post the updated Privacy Policy on the Patreon website, and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of the terms.”
“When you subscribe, purchase a membership or offering on Patreon that is offered by a creator...you share personal data with that creator that may include: your full name in your Patreon profile; your email address...”
“market Patreon products and services to you or to audiences similar to you, including via personalized advertising (also referred to as online behavioral advertising or interest-based advertising) as controlled by your marketing preferences”
“We enable individuals to: access their personal data that Patreon has collected; correct or rectify any such personal data that they believe is inaccurate; restrict or oppose the processing of their personal data; delete their personal data; and transport their …”
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