Skillshare purchases or receives data about your likely interests and demographics from advertising and marketing data companies, and combines this third-party profile data with what it already knows about you to build a more detailed picture of who you are.
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This practice means that Skillshare's data profile on you extends beyond what you directly provided or generated on the platform, incorporating external commercial data that you may not be aware of and cannot directly review or correct.
Skillshare may augment your personal profile with interest and demographic inferences sourced from third-party data brokers and advertising partners, which can affect the content, recommendations, and advertising you are shown without direct transparency into what those inferences are.
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"We also obtain information from other sources. These sources vary over time, but could include: online and offline data providers, from which we obtain aggregated demographic, interest-based, and online advertising related data; advertising or marketing partners from whom we receive inferences (i.e., their understanding) of your interests and preferences. 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
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages CCPA's definitions of personal information and the right to know, as inferences drawn from consumer data are explicitly included in CCPA's definition of personal information.
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This practice means that Skillshare's data profile on you extends beyond what you directly provided or generated on the platform, incorporating external commercial data that you may not be aware of and cannot directly review or correct.
Skillshare may augment your personal profile with interest and demographic inferences sourced from third-party data brokers and advertising partners, which can affect the content, recommendations, and advertising you are shown without direct transparency into what those inferences are.
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