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Data Retention

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Why it matters

Even after you close your Patreon account, your personal and financial data may be retained for months or years for compliance and business reasons, limiting the effectiveness of deletion requests.

Consumer impact

Patreon collects a broad range of personal data including payment information, IP addresses, browsing behavior, and communications, and shares this data with advertising, analytics, and third-party service providers. Creators are subject to additional data collection tied to their earnings, payout details, and audience metrics, which may be shared with financial and tax compliance partners. You can submit a data access, deletion, or opt-out request through Patreon's privacy center, which is powered by Transcend at privacy.patreon.com.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Delete Your Data
    Submit a data deletion request at privacy.patreon.com. Note that some data may be retained for legal or tax compliance purposes even after your request is processed.

Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC enforces against deceptive representations about data retention and deletion practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act.
    File a complaint →

Provision details

Document information
Document
Patreon Privacy Policy
Entity
Patreon
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
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April 1, 2026
Last verified
April 1, 2026
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CA-P-000974
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Entity: Patreon | Document: Patreon Privacy Policy | Record: CA-P-000974
Captured: 2026-04-01 13:21:25 UTC | SHA-256: 7e1e489738a8ec29…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/patreon/patreon-privacy-policy/data-retention/
Accessed: April 4, 2026
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