Skillshare uses your name, email, location, IP address, and activity data under a legal basis called legitimate interests, which covers a broad range of purposes including marketing, business analytics, and corporate transactions, without requiring your explicit consent for each.
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Legitimate interests is a flexible legal basis that does not require user consent, and its application to marketing and corporate transaction purposes may be subject to challenge under GDPR if the balancing test does not adequately weigh user privacy interests against Skillshare's business interests.
Interpretive note: Application varies by jurisdiction; the legitimate interests balancing test is a GDPR-specific concept and its adequacy in any specific case depends on supervisory authority interpretation and documented assessment.
Your personal data including your name, email address, and detailed usage activity may be processed for marketing, business analytics, and corporate transaction purposes without explicit consent, relying instead on Skillshare's self-assessed legitimate interest determination.
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"We process the following categories of Personal Data when we believe it furthers the legitimate interest of us or third parties: first and last name, email address, location information, IP address, and your activity on the Services, including class usage information and community interaction data. Examples of these legitimate interests include: operation and improvement of our business, products, and services; personalization of web content on the Services; analyzing the use of the Services; marketing of our products and Services; provision of customer support; protection from fraud or security threats; compliance with legal obligations; and completion of corporate transactions.Excerpt from Skillshare's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages GDPR Article 6(1)(f), which requires a legitimate interests assessment balancing the controller's interests against data subjects' rights and expectations.
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Legitimate interests is a flexible legal basis that does not require user consent, and its application to marketing and corporate transaction purposes may be subject to challenge under GDPR if the balancing test does not adequately weigh user privacy interests against Skillshare's business interests.
Your personal data including your name, email address, and detailed usage activity may be processed for marketing, business analytics, and corporate transaction purposes without explicit consent, relying instead on Skillshare's self-assessed legitimate interest determination.
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