Creators may share fan personal data with third-party services they select to operate their memberships, with Patreon's app directory listing many but not all such services; the handling of fan data by those third parties is governed by their own privacy policies rather than Patreon's.
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This provision establishes that fan personal data received by creators may flow to an open-ended set of third-party services not all of which are enumerated by Patreon, with data handling governed by those third parties' own policies rather than the terms of this privacy policy.
⚠ Fan personal data may be shared with creator-selected third-party services as described, with those services' own privacy policies governing its handling
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Compare across platforms →"As part of offering and operating a creator page and/or membership on Patreon, a creator may use one or more third-party services. These third parties may, for example, host creations or help deliver benefits, including shipping packages to members. Accordingly, creators may share fan personal data with such third-party services and/or enable fans to elect to share personal data with such third-party services in order to receive offerings or membership benefits or otherwise participate in a membership or related event. Patreon's app directory provides information about many of these third-party services, though it is not exhaustive as creators may also use other services. You should review the privacy policies of these third-party services in order to understand how they collect, use, and share personal data.Excerpt from Patreon's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Article 13 transparency obligations and the accountability principle, as Patreon acknowledges it cannot enumerate all downstream third parties.
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This provision establishes that fan personal data received by creators may flow to an open-ended set of third-party services not all of which are enumerated by Patreon, with data handling governed by those third parties' own policies rather than the terms of this privacy policy.
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