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.
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The clause establishes a data enrichment practice that expands the company's information profile on users beyond directly collected data. This practice enables the service provider to derive user characteristics and preferences using third-party attribution, which directly informs personalization and advertising optimization.
Your personal data profile on Skillshare may include information purchased or received from data brokers and marketing firms, creating a more detailed picture of your interests and demographics than you may have knowingly shared.
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We may receive Personal Data in the form of Technical Data and Usage Data about you from various third parties, such as analytics providers or advertising networks.
Some of our ad partners may also enable us to collect similar data directly from their website or app by integrating our or our affiliates' advertising technology.
When you or your administrator integrate third-party apps or services with our Services, we receive information based on your settings with those services.
"We may also receive additional information such as demographic and statistical information from third parties, including business partners, marketers, researchers, analysts, and other parties that we may attribute to you based on your assignment to certain statistical groups. We use this information to supplement the information that we collect directly from you in order to derive your possible interests, provide more relevant experiences for you, and improve our products, analytics, and advertising.Excerpt from Skillshare's Privacy Policy
The receipt of inferred interest data from third-party advertisers and data brokers engages CCPA provisions on data collected from third-party sources, GDPR Article 14 obligations for data not collected directly from the subject, and FTC …
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The clause establishes a data enrichment practice that expands the company's information profile on users beyond directly collected data. This practice enables the service provider to derive user characteristics and preferences using third-party attribution, which directly informs personalization and advertising optimization.
Your personal data profile on Skillshare may include information purchased or received from data brokers and marketing firms, creating a more detailed picture of your interests and demographics than you may have knowingly shared.
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