The policy authorizes data flows to and from multiple categories of third parties, including advertising partners who may share audience data with Spotify to enable targeted advertising; the scope of these flows determines what data about you is available to external parties and for what purposes.
The broad 'trusted partners' category means your data may flow to a large number of third-party companies beyond Google itself, often without individual notification.
Groq
· Groq Privacy Policy
Your personal data could be transferred to a new owner with different privacy practices if Groq is acquired, and your data is currently shared with numerous unnamed third parties whose own privacy practices you have limited visibility into.
Third-party sellers receive your personal contact and shipping information, which means your data is subject to the privacy practices of those independent businesses, not just Amazon's policy.
Your data passes through multiple third-party companies beyond Shopify itself, expanding the number of entities that hold and process your information.
The use of third-party analytics and service providers means user data travels beyond Khan Academy's own systems, and the strength of protection depends on the contractual terms and technical controls in place with each subprocessor.
Target
· Target Privacy Policy
While Target contractually limits service providers' use of your data, the sheer breadth of categories (including data analytics and marketing) means your personal information is routinely transmitted to a wide network of third-party companies.
23andMe
· 23andMe Privacy Statement
Every additional company that receives your data — including your genetic and health information — represents another potential point of exposure in the event of a breach or unauthorized use.
Data shared in connection with a business transaction such as a merger or acquisition may reach new parties under different privacy frameworks, and users typically have limited ability to prevent this type of transfer.
Sharing personal data with advertising partners in particular expands the number of organizations that may have access to your information, which increases privacy risk and may involve cross-context behavioral advertising.
Your personal data, potentially including family history and account information, is shared with multiple third-party vendors and business partners. The scope of business partner sharing for marketing purposes is broader than operational service provider sharing.
TikTok
· TikTok Privacy Policy
The explicit reference to Executive Order 14352 as a legal constraint on data sharing with TT Commerce and Global Services is operationally significant given ongoing US government national security scrutiny of TikTok's data flows to entities connected to ByteDance.
TikTok
· TikTok Privacy Policy
This provision reflects TikTok's unique geopolitical compliance structure and indicates that federal executive authority, not just standard privacy law, governs what data flows between TikTok's US and global operations.
A corporate transaction could result in your wallet activity data, IP address history, and other personal information being acquired by an entity with entirely different privacy practices, and you may not receive advance notice before this happens.
A corporate transaction could result in your sensitive financial data — including Social Security numbers, bank credentials, and investment history — being transferred to a new entity that may have different privacy practices.
Your personal information could end up under the control of a different company with different privacy practices, with no meaningful opportunity to object before the transfer occurs.
This clause means your data could end up controlled by a company with different privacy practices without requiring your consent, and the transfer may occur even during diligence before a deal is finalized.
A corporate transaction could result in your detailed financial profile, including account history, investment data, and Social Security number, being transferred to a new entity whose privacy practices you have not reviewed or agreed to.
The standard applied to de-identification is described only as 'reasonable efforts,' which may not meet the specific technical thresholds required under some state privacy laws; data shared with unaffiliated entities under this provision falls outside the policy's stated non-sale commitment.
The standard for de-identification is contested, and sharing anonymized data with unspecified 'trusted partners' without user consent or the ability to identify the recipients creates meaningful re-identification risk and limits consumer accountability.
Spotify
· Spotify Terms and Conditions
Spotify can use your device's computing resources beyond just running the app, and explicitly allows third-party business partners to use your device for advertising delivery, which has privacy and performance implications.
Calm
· Calm Privacy Policy
In a merger or acquisition scenario, the sensitive wellness and mental health data Calm holds could be transferred to a new owner whose privacy practices may differ significantly from Calm's, and users have no opt-out right over this transfer.
EA
· EA Privacy and Cookie Policy
A new corporate owner acquiring EA's entire user database would inherit detailed gaming profiles, purchase histories, device fingerprints, and communications records for hundreds of millions of users, potentially with different privacy standards than EA's current policy.
EA
· EA Privacy and Cookie Policy
A corporate transaction could result in your entire EA data history, including gameplay, purchase history, and communications records, being transferred to a new company with different privacy practices.
Your personal data, including conversation content, account information, and usage data, may be shared with a range of external parties beyond OpenAI itself, including cloud providers, analytics companies, and business partners, each with their own data practices.
PayPal
· PayPal Privacy Statement
PayPal reserves the right to disclose your financial data to authorities not only when legally compelled but also based on its own reasonable necessity judgment, which is a broad standard that goes beyond strict legal compulsion.
Your conversation data and account information could be disclosed to law enforcement or regulators without your knowledge if Anthropic determines it is legally required or necessary for safety or fraud prevention.
PayPal
· PayPal Privacy Statement
The standard for disclosure goes beyond legal compulsion to include PayPal's own judgment about when disclosure is 'reasonably necessary,' which gives PayPal broad discretion to share your financial transaction data with authorities without a court order.
Your data held by DocuSign, including signed documents, could be disclosed to government authorities without your prior knowledge in response to legal process.
This provision gives Shopify broad discretion to disclose your data to authorities based on its own assessment of necessity, without requiring a court order or providing you advance notice.