California residents have a set of legal rights over their personal data held by Whatnot, including the right to access, delete, correct, and opt out of data sharing, and can exercise these rights by contacting Whatnot directly.
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These rights give California users meaningful control over how Whatnot uses their personal data, including the ability to stop data sharing for advertising purposes and to have their data deleted.
The updated Influencer Engagement Agreement now requires all disputes between influencers and Whatnot to be resolved through binding arbitration under the Terms of Service Section 21, rather than through California state or federal courts. This replaces the previous language permitting influencers to pursue legal claims in Los Angeles courts and waives jury trial rights. The agreement also removes language that explicitly limited dispute resolution to claims arising solely from the Influencer Agreement, extending arbitration to disputes relating to Whatnot Platform use and the influencer-platform relationship.
View change record →Under the updated agreement, Australian sellers can no longer resolve disputes through court proceedings in Los Angeles. Instead, all disputes related to the Whatnot platform or the seller relationship must be resolved through mandatory individual arbitration under Whatnot's main Terms of Service. The updated terms eliminate the jury trial waiver provision and replace court access with binding arbitration, with limited exceptions only as expressly permitted in the main Terms of Service.
View change record →The updated terms require all disputes arising from the Strategic Seller Agreement or a seller's relationship with Whatnot to be resolved through arbitration as defined in the main Terms of Service, rather than through litigation in California courts. Previously, sellers could bring claims in federal or state courts located in Los Angeles; under the revised language, this option is eliminated except where the Terms of Service arbitration section expressly permits court proceedings. The change applies to the relationship between individual sellers and Whatnot, affecting how contract disputes, payment disagreements, or other claims are processed and adjudicated.
View change record →This California-specific rights provision was replaced by a more generalized multi-jurisdiction rights statement, potentially reducing California-specific privacy protections visibility.
View full change record →California residents can submit requests to access, delete, or correct their personal data, or to limit how their sensitive personal information is used, by contacting privacy@whatnot.com or through the Whatnot website.
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If you are a California resident, you may have the right to: Know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, or share. Correct inaccurate personal information. Delete your personal information. Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. Limit the use and disclosure ...
If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect, use, and disclose about you; the right to request deletion of your personal information; the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information; the right to correct inaccurate person...
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"California residents have the right to know what personal information is collected, used, shared or sold, not to sell or share personal information, to access personal information, to request deletion of personal information, to request correction of inaccurate personal information, to limit the use of sensitive personal information, and to non-discrimination for exercising these rights. To exercise these rights, please contact us by submitting a request at privacy@whatnot.com or through our website.— Excerpt from Whatnot's Whatnot Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision reflects CCPA as amended by CPRA, enforced by the California Privacy Protection Agency and the California AG. CPRA expanded consumer rights to include correction and limitation of sensitive personal information, and introduced enhanced protections for sharing data with advertising partners. Non-discrimination provisions are also mandated by CCPA. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The breadth of rights asserted is consistent with CPRA requirements. The primary compliance risk lies in the operationalization of these rights, including response timelines (45 days under CCPA, with one extension), identity verification procedures, and the technical capability to fulfill correction and limitation requests. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California-specific. However, several other US states including Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, and others have enacted similar comprehensive privacy laws that may impose analogous rights obligations for users in those states, and the policy should be assessed for adequacy across those jurisdictions. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Vendor contracts should include provisions requiring service providers to assist with consumer rights requests, including deletion and access, within required timeframes. Failure to flow down these obligations may impair Whatnot's ability to fulfill requests. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should audit the consumer rights request process end-to-end, including identity verification steps, response timing, and the technical capability to correct or restrict processing of specific data categories. The process for honoring 'limit sensitive personal information' requests deserves particular attention given CPRA's expanded sensitive data category definitions.
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These rights give California users meaningful control over how Whatnot uses their personal data, including the ability to stop data sharing for advertising purposes and to have their data deleted.
California residents can submit requests to access, delete, or correct their personal data, or to limit how their sensitive personal information is used, by contacting privacy@whatnot.com or through the Whatnot website.
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