Skillshare Privacy Policy — Skillshare

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4 High severity

6 Medium severity

0 Low severity

Summary

This is Skillshare's privacy policy — the document that explains what personal information they collect about you, how they use it, and who they share it with. Skillshare collects a wide range of data including your name, payment details, learning activity, and even records video-like replays of how you interact with their website. They share your data with teachers, advertisers, analytics companies, and third-party partners, and depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, delete, or opt out of certain uses of your data.

Technical Summary

This Privacy Policy, effective April 12, 2024, governs Skillshare's collection, use, and disclosure of personal data across its platforms, including the recently acquired Superpeer. The document details extensive data collection practices encompassing user-provided identifiers, payment information, behavioral and usage data, third-party sourced data, and session replay analytics via tools such as Crazy Egg, HotJar, and Microsoft Clarity. It establishes rights for users under GDPR, CCPA, and multiple U.S. state privacy laws (Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Montana, Texas, Virginia, Utah, and Nevada), including rights of access, deletion, correction, portability, and opt-out of data sale or sharing. The policy discloses international data transfers, use of machine learning on user data, and sharing with a broad range of third parties including advertising networks, analytics providers, teachers, and business partners. Notable provisions include session replay recording of user activity, sharing of student data with teachers, and use of personal data for algorithmic content categorization.

Institutional Analysis

This policy engages GDPR (via international transfer provisions and legal basis disclosures), CCPA and multiple U.S. state privacy statutes (CPRA, CPA, CTDPA, Montana, Texas, Virginia, and Utah consumer privacy acts), and COPPA (children's data provisions). Compliance teams should scrutinize the br…

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High Severity — 4 provisions

Session Replay Recording
Skillshare uses third-party tools like Crazy Egg, HotJar, and Microsoft Clarity to record your activity on the site, including mouse movements, clicks, scrolling, and page visits, in the form of a video replay. By agreeing to the Privacy Policy, you consent to this recording.

Added March 24, 2026
CCPA Data Sale and Sharing Opt-Out
California residents have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal data for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes, and can exercise this right by contacting Skillshare.

Added March 24, 2026
Children's Data Restriction
Skillshare states that the Services are not directed to children under 13 (or under 16 in some jurisdictions) and that they do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

Added March 24, 2026
Third-Party Advertising and Data Enrichment
Skillshare receives inferred interests and demographic data about you from advertising and marketing partners, and combines this with data it already holds to build a more detailed profile for targeted advertising.

Added March 24, 2026

Medium Severity — 6 provisions

Student Data Shared with Teachers
Skillshare shares your personal data — including your name, email address, country, browser language, device settings, and viewing activity — with the teachers whose classes you access or purchase.

Added March 24, 2026
Machine Learning Training on User Data
Skillshare uses your personal data to train machine learning and algorithmic models that categorize and organize content on the platform.

Added March 24, 2026
International Data Transfers
Skillshare transfers your personal data internationally to countries that may have weaker privacy laws than where you live, including the EU or UK.

Added March 24, 2026
Business Transfer / Merger Clause
If Skillshare is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred to the new owner, as long as they agree to treat it consistently with this Privacy Policy.

Added March 24, 2026
Data Retention Policy
Skillshare keeps your personal data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements — but does not specify exact retention periods.

Added March 24, 2026
Teacher Payment and Tax Data Collection
Teachers on Skillshare must provide detailed payment and tax information including PayPal or bank account details, physical addresses, tax identification numbers, and biographical information to receive payments.

Added March 24, 2026