“We also collect your IP address to help personalize the outputs you receive (i.e. some bots may receive your rough IP address to respond to location-specific questions).”
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IP address collection for personalization means a network identifier linked to a user's approximate location is used to shape bot responses.
Interpretive note: The excerpt includes the additional detail that some bots may receive the user's rough IP address for location-specific questions, which is a secondary proposition about onward sharing rather than mere collection; recorded in omitted_material.
Your IP address is collected by Poe and may be used—including by some bots—to tailor responses to your location.
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IP address collection for personalization means a network identifier linked to a user's approximate location is used to shape bot responses.
Your IP address is collected by Poe and may be used—including by some bots—to tailor responses to your location.
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