This clause establishes the operational basis for behavioral tracking and ad targeting infrastructure. It specifies the mechanisms through which usage data collection occurs and identifies the channels through which users may exercise preference controls.
The provision establishes the operational framework for first-party and third-party data collection mechanisms. It defines the authorized purposes for tracking data and establishes that users may manage cookie preferences through a consent tool, creating a structured approach to tracking technology deployment across the Ancestry platform and partner networks.
Intuit
· Intuit Privacy Statement
The provision establishes the operational scope of data collection infrastructure supporting Intuit's service delivery and analytics operations. This authorization applies to both first-party and third-party tracking implementations across the service environment.
This provision establishes the operational scope of data collection mechanisms used across the TurboTax service ecosystem. It defines the categories of tracking technologies deployed and specifies authorized purposes including personalization and advertising delivery, while creating a mechanism for users to exercise control over cookie settings.
The provision establishes the operational scope of data collection mechanisms Ticketmaster implements to generate user activity records, behavioral signals, and location data. This collected information enables analytics, service delivery, and other business functions dependent on behavioral tracking.
The provision establishes the operational scope of data collection and third-party sharing practices that support Poshmark's advertising and analytics infrastructure, defining which parties may access user activity information.
The provision establishes the operational basis for Amazon's use of persistent tracking across multiple domains and devices, enabling both essential service functions (authentication, shopping cart persistence) and commercial functions (interest-based advertising, performance reporting).
Roblox
· Roblox Privacy and Cookie Policy
This provision establishes the data collection framework for child users under COPPA requirements, specifying which information categories are mandatory versus optional and defining the operational purpose for each data element collected during account creation.
Plaid
· Plaid Terms of Use
This clause authorizes Plaid to hold your actual bank login credentials and transaction history, not just a token, which creates ongoing data exposure beyond any single session.
The provision establishes a cross-device tracking infrastructure that enables continuous behavioral profiling across multiple platforms and time periods. This operational framework allows McDonald's to consolidate user activity data for advertising targeting purposes regardless of where a user accesses services.
The clause establishes X's data collection scope across third-party digital properties through embedded technical infrastructure, enabling tracking of user activity outside X's controlled platform based on widget and pixel integration.
The clause allocates data compliance obligations to Mixpanel's direct customers rather than to Mixpanel itself. This establishes the contractual framework under which Mixpanel operates as a data processor dependent on its customers' upstream compliance activities.
Lyft
· Lyft Terms of Service
The provision creates the operational basis for data collection and establishes that data handling practices are documented separately in the Privacy Policy rather than within the Terms of Service itself, requiring users to reference multiple documents.
The provision establishes that privacy practices are documented in a separate policy rather than in the terms themselves, requiring users to review multiple documents to understand the full scope of data practices. This structure means material information about data handling is located outside the primary terms document.
This provision establishes the data collection and usage framework that enables the Google Maps Platform service delivery model. By defining the scope of permissible data collection and retention, the clause clarifies the operational basis for service provision and product improvement activities across Google's product ecosystem.
The clause establishes the scope of data collection activities and clarifies Duo's role in the data processing relationship. This designation as data processor rather than controller determines the legal framework and responsibility allocation for how collected data is handled and protected.
Square
· Square Terms of Service
This provision operationalizes Square's data governance framework by incorporating the Privacy Notice as the governing document for all personal data handling. The clause establishes acknowledgment of data practices as a condition of service use, creating the contractual basis for Square's data collection and processing activities.
RunPod
· RunPod Privacy Policy
The clause defines the scope of direct data collection practices for the service, specifying that workload-related technical data and usage metrics constitute collectible information within the terms of service operation.
This provision is operationally significant because it establishes the legal and procedural basis for data handling in a service designed for users under 13, where parental authorization is required. The provision structures compliance with children's privacy regulations, including requirements around parental notification, data minimization, and restricted use of collected information.
This provision establishes Pinterest's data collection scope beyond registered users, enabling the platform to build profiles and behavioral records on non-account holders for purposes including analytics, advertising targeting, and service optimization across its network.
The clause establishes the scope of data collection activities across both user-initiated submissions and automatic collection mechanisms. This operational scope determines what categories of personal, financial, and behavioral data the service captures throughout the user engagement lifecycle, from account setup through service use and customer interactions.
This provision defines the scope of data collection that Google performs during service operation, establishing which categories of information the company gathers as a standard part of providing and maintaining Gemini Apps. The scope encompasses both content-level data and technical metadata necessary for service delivery and analytics.
AT&T
· AT&T Terms of Service
This clause establishes the scope of data collection practices tied to account creation and identifies the Privacy Policy as the governing document for how collected information is processed and disclosed. The provision creates a contractual basis for data practices that would otherwise require separate authorization.
Meta
· Llama API Terms of Service
This provision allocates primary legal and regulatory compliance responsibility to developers rather than to Meta, requiring developers to independently satisfy all applicable notice, consent, and data protection obligations under local law without reliance on Meta's own compliance infrastructure.
The collection of keystroke pattern data alongside device identifiers and cross-device tracking enables behavioral profiling and device linkage at a technical level. This data collection mechanism supports the operational infrastructure for targeted advertising and user activity attribution across the TikTok platform.
The collection of application installation data and device identifiers enables Spotify's technical infrastructure to identify compatible devices and applications, support cross-platform functionality, and maintain an updated inventory of the user's connected ecosystem.
EA
· EA Privacy and Cookie Policy
Device fingerprinting and anti-cheat monitoring establish technical surveillance infrastructure that collects persistent identifiers and behavioral data beyond typical usage analytics, enabling EA to maintain service integrity and enforce compliance with acceptable use policies across its gaming platforms.
TikTok
· TikTok Community Guidelines
The provision establishes technical mechanisms for accessing device movement and spatial orientation data, which enables motion-based features, gesture recognition, or device state analysis. The sampling rates specified determine the frequency and granularity of sensor data collection during user sessions.
TikTok
· TikTok Community Guidelines
These API permissions enable the collection of motion, positioning, input, and device status data that can be used for content personalization, analytics, and feature functionality. The operational scope of data collection depends on the specific technical implementations enabled by these permissions.
TikTok
· TikTok Community Guidelines
Sensor and clipboard access enables the platform to gather technical device state information and detect copied content, which supports content recommendation, user behavior analysis, and platform functionality. This authorization establishes the operational scope of data TikTok may collect beyond traditional usage metrics.