Privacy Notice

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Account & Service Control · User right or choice

The Privacy Choices page lists your options; declining data may limit features; settings cover profile and disabling

Twitch’s Privacy Choices page describes your privacy options for the Twitch services, including how you may be able to review, update or delete information Twitch may hold about you; that page is linked but not supplied here. You may decline to share certain information, in which case Twitch may be unable to provide some features and functionality. If you have an account, depending on the service, you may be able to update your profile information and preferences or disable your account by logging in and going to the Twitch settings page.

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Data Subject Rights and Your Choices
page describes your privacy options with respect to the Twitch services, including information about how you may be able to review, update, or delete information that Twitch may have about you. You may decline to share certain information with Twitch, in which case Twitch may not be able to provide you with some of the features and functionality found on the Twitch Services.
If you have created a Twitch Services account, depending on the service, you may be able to update your profile information and preferences or disable your account by logging in and going to the

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Self-service updates and disabling depend on the service (“depending on the service, you may be able to”).
  • Declining to share information may cost you some features and functionality.

Not stated here

  • The Privacy Choices page is not supplied, so the actual options it offers are not established.

Account & Service Control · Procedure

Other review, update, delete or limit requests go through Contact Support; Twitch may verify your identity first

For other requests to review, update, delete or otherwise limit Twitch’s use of information you provided directly to Twitch, you contact Twitch through the Contact Support page under the “Privacy Questions” category. To protect your privacy and security, Twitch may take steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. The notice adds that you are always responsible for keeping your password and account information secret.

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For other requests to review, update, delete, or otherwise limit Twitch’s use of information that you have provided directly to Twitch, contact us through the
under the “Privacy Questions” category. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity before granting you access or making corrections to your information. You are always responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Covers information “you have provided directly to Twitch”.
  • Identity verification may precede access or corrections.

Not stated here

  • Response time for these requests is stated only in the contact section (30 days for inquiries).

Account & Service Control · Procedure

Close your account and delete profile data on the Delete Account page; other services go through Contact Support

To close your account and delete your profile information, you go to the Delete Account page. For Twitch Services other than the Twitch website and application, you may ask about updating or deleting information Twitch processes through the Contact Support page under the “Privacy Questions” category. Closing the account does not mean everything is erased: the same paragraph lets Twitch retain certain information, as the next card explains.

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Account Closure and Deletion
If you would like to close your account and delete your profile information, please go to the
page under the “Privacy Questions” category.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The self-service route covers the Twitch website and application; other Twitch Services use Contact Support.
  • Deletion requested here is of “profile information”; retention of other information is addressed separately.

Not stated here

  • The Delete Account page and the Contact Support form are linked but not supplied.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Under 13s, or anyone under a higher local minimum age, may not use or access Twitch at all

In capitals, the notice states that if you are under 13 years of age, or under the minimum age required where you live if that is older than 13, you may not use or access the Twitch Services at any time or in any manner.

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Children’s Privacy
IF YOU ARE UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE, OR THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIRED WHERE YOU LIVE IF IT IS OLDER THAN 13, THEN YOU MAY NOT USE OR ACCESS THE TWITCH SERVICES AT ANY TIME OR IN ANY MANNER.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The threshold is 13 or the local minimum age where you live, whichever is higher.

Account & Service Control · Procedure

Parents or guardians can ask through Contact Support to terminate a child’s account and delete their information

If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child under the Minimum Age who has created a Twitch account, you can contact Twitch through the Contact Support page under the “Privacy Questions” category to have the child’s account terminated and their personal information deleted.

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If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child under the Minimum Age who has created an account on the Twitch Services, then please contact us through the
page under the “Privacy Questions” category to have that child’s account terminated and personal information deleted.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies to a child under the Minimum Age who has created an account.

Not stated here

  • Whether Twitch verifies the parent or guardian relationship is not stated.