When you use an API through RapidAPI, the company that owns that API may receive data about your account and how you are using their API, not just RapidAPI itself.
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Developers may not realize that their usage data flows to multiple parties, including the API providers they connect to, which creates a multi-company data sharing chain that each party must independently manage under applicable privacy law.
Interpretive note: The exact scope of data shared with API providers and whether individual API providers are identified as recipients may vary by context; the document does not enumerate specific API providers or specify which data fields are shared in each instance.
Your API call activity, account details, and usage metadata may be shared with third-party API providers when you interact with their APIs through the RapidAPI marketplace, meaning your data is subject to the privacy practices of those providers as well as RapidAPI's.
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We share Personal Data with vendors, service providers, and agents who work on our behalf and provide us with services related to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Service.
we may use, retain or share information with law enforcement or others in circumstances where a person's vital interests require protection, such as in the case of emergencies.
Third-party apps use data from Gemini consistent with their own privacy policies and terms.
"When you use our platform to access third-party APIs, we may share information about your usage of those APIs with the relevant API providers. This may include information about the API calls you make, your account information, and other usage data.Excerpt from RapidAPI's Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR Articles 13 and 14 (transparency obligations regarding data recipients), CCPA disclosure requirements for sharing personal information, and general FTC Act principles on unfair or deceptive practices.
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Developers may not realize that their usage data flows to multiple parties, including the API providers they connect to, which creates a multi-company data sharing chain that each party must independently manage under applicable privacy law.
Your API call activity, account details, and usage metadata may be shared with third-party API providers when you interact with their APIs through the RapidAPI marketplace, meaning your data is subject to the privacy practices of those providers as well as RapidAPI's.
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