Twitch collects a broad range of personal information you provide directly, including your voice, image, chat messages, date of birth, and full billing and credit card details.
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The breadth of data categories listed, spanning biometric-adjacent data like voice and image to financial data like credit card numbers, means that your Twitch account contains sensitive personal information that warrants careful privacy management.
Interpretive note: Whether collection of voice and image data constitutes biometric processing under state biometric privacy laws depends on how Twitch processes this data technically, which is not specified in the notice.
The updated privacy notice explicitly authorizes Twitch to use your personal data to develop and deploy generative AI models and services. Previously, this use was not explicitly disclosed in the stated purposes. The policy now states data will be used 'to test and improve technology, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, to support and enhance the customer experience across our products and services,' with an added note that this includes generative AI model development. No opt-out or control mechanism is disclosed in the updated language; continued use of Twitch indicates acceptance of this data use under the stated terms.
View change record →Your Twitch account data includes sensitive categories such as voice recordings, image, chat communications, date of birth, and credit card details, all of which are governed by this notice and may be subject to disclosure in the circumstances described elsewhere in the policy.
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"When you register for Twitch Services; upload, purchase, view, or download certain content or products from the Twitch Services; enter contests or sweepstakes; register for or attend a live (in-person) event; or otherwise use the features and functionality of the Twitch Services, you may provide a variety of information about yourself to us, such as your name, voice, or image, the content you create and upload, your chats and communications, Twitch username, email address, postal mailing address, telephone number, date of birth, credit card number, and billing information.Excerpt from Twitch's Privacy Notice
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Collection of voice and image data may engage state biometric privacy laws such as Illinois BIPA and Texas CUBI, depending on whether this data is processed in a manner that extracts biometric identifiers.
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The breadth of data categories listed, spanning biometric-adjacent data like voice and image to financial data like credit card numbers, means that your Twitch account contains sensitive personal information that warrants careful privacy management.
Your Twitch account data includes sensitive categories such as voice recordings, image, chat communications, date of birth, and credit card details, all of which are governed by this notice and may be subject to disclosure in the circumstances described elsewhere in the policy.
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