Upon subscribing to or purchasing from a creator, Patreon shares the fan's full name, email address, profile information, shipping address, phone number, Discord account identifier, purchase details, and aggregated usage analytics directly with that creator.
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This provision establishes a direct data transfer from Patreon to individual creators covering multiple personal data categories, subject to the Creator Privacy Promise and Data Processing Agreement but not to uniform third-party service controls, creating a data flow that compliance teams should evaluate against GDPR Article 28 and CCPA disclosure requirements.
⚠ Fan personal data including name, email, and purchase details will be shared with creators as described upon subscribing or purchasing
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Compare across platforms →"When you subscribe, purchase a membership or offering on Patreon that is offered by a creator, or otherwise become a member of a creator, you share personal data with that creator that may include: your full name in your Patreon profile; your email address; your other Patreon profile information, including your avatar image; your physical address, city, state/province, and country if you select a membership or offering with a physical benefit and choose to provide your shipping information; your phone number, when you have subscribed to a creator who engages with you via text messages, if you select a membership or offering with a physical benefit and choose to provide your shipping information, or when you have signed up for event notifications via text; your Discord account information, including your Discord account identifier, if you select a membership or offering that includes Discord server access or benefits otherwise delivered via Discord; all information about your purchase, including country-level and/or state/province-level location, amount, and start date, but not your full payment card information; and aggregated data about how you use Patreon, including analytics like post views, video views, and video view duration.Excerpt from Patreon's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Articles 13 and 14 (transparency obligations), Article 28 (processor agreements), and potentially Article 26 (joint controller arrangements) depending on how creator data use is characterized; CCPA disclosure and data …
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This provision establishes a direct data transfer from Patreon to individual creators covering multiple personal data categories, subject to the Creator Privacy Promise and Data Processing Agreement but not to uniform third-party service controls, creating a data flow that compliance teams should evaluate against GDPR Article 28 and CCPA disclosure requirements.
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