Cookies set through Twitch are governed by a separate Cookie Notice that is not supplied here
Storage of and access to cookies that may be set in connection with the Twitch Services are governed by the Twitch Cookie Notice, a separate document. The Cookie Notice is linked but not supplied with this source, so what it says about cookie types, purposes, or removal is not established by this text.
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Storage and access to cookies that may be set in connection with the Twitch Services are governed by the Twitch
(“Cookie Notice”).
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to cookies that “may be set in connection with the Twitch Services”.
Not stated here
The content of the Cookie Notice is not supplied.
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Twitch reserves the right to collect information; withholding or deleting it may cost you access to the service
Twitch reserves the right to obtain certain types of information about you when it provides the Twitch Services. If you do not provide that information, or you ask Twitch to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use the Twitch Services. The notice does not say which items are essential; it states the consequence generally.
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Personal Information Twitch Collects About You
We reserve the right to obtain certain types of information about you when we provide the Twitch Services. Please note if you do not provide us with such information, or ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use the Twitch Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Loss of access is stated as a possibility (“may no longer be able”), not an automatic result.
Applies to the “certain types of information” Twitch obtains when providing the service; the types are listed in the following paragraphs.
Not stated here
Which specific information is required to keep using the service is not identified.
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Information you give Twitch can include name, voice, image, content, chats, contact details, birth date and card number
When you register, upload, purchase, view or download content or products, enter contests or sweepstakes, register for or attend a live in-person event, or otherwise use the Twitch Services, you may provide information about yourself. The examples are 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.
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User-provided Information: 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.
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is illustrative (“such as”), tied to the activities named in the sentence.
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Twitch automatically records system and interaction data with cookies and similar tech, including when you open emails
When you access the Twitch Services or open one of Twitch’s emails, Twitch automatically records and stores certain information about your system using cookies and other technologies. Examples of what is collected are your IP address, a unique user ID, device and browser types and identifiers, referring and exit page addresses, software and system type, and information about your interaction with the Twitch Services. Details on what cookies are, how Twitch uses them and how to remove them are left to the separate Cookie Notice, which is not supplied.
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Automatically Collected Information: When you access the Twitch Services or open one of our emails, we automatically record and store certain information about your system by using cookies and other types of technologies.
Examples of such information we automatically collect include Internet Protocol address (“IP Address”), a unique user ID, device and browser types and identifiers, referring and exit page addresses, software and system type, and information about your interaction with Twitch Services.
For information about what cookies are, how they work, how Twitch uses them, and how to remove them, please see Twitch
Qualifications & exceptions
Collection is triggered by accessing the Twitch Services or opening one of Twitch’s emails.
The listed data types are examples, not an exhaustive list.
Not stated here
The Cookie Notice, which the notice says explains how Twitch uses cookies and how to remove them, is not supplied.
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Live events are photographed, recorded and streamed by Twitch and others; the material may be used for promotion
Twitch holds live in-person events that may include creators, speakers and exhibitors. The notice states that these events will be photographed, recorded and streamed, both by Twitch and by others, and that these materials may be used for promotional purposes. Attending therefore means you may appear in recordings that Twitch did not make and may later be used in promotion.
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Twitch Live (in-person) Events: Twitch holds live (in-person) events that may include creators, speakers, and exhibitors. These events will be photographed, recorded, and streamed, both by Twitch and by others, and these materials may be used for promotional purposes.
Qualifications & exceptions
Recording is stated as certain (“will be”); promotional use is stated as possible (“may be used”).
Recording by “others” is acknowledged, but the notice does not identify who they are or what rules bind them.
Not stated here
Whether attendees can decline to be photographed or recorded is not addressed.
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Event badge scans by Twitch staff are used for analytics, promotional products and prize fulfillment
At live events, attendees’ badges may be scanned with their permission. The notice says there will be places where you may be given the option to scan your badge and experiences for which you may be required to scan it. If you scan your badge or agree to have Twitch events staff scan it, the data is used for purposes such as analytics, promotional products or prize fulfillment, consistent with this notice.
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In addition, attendees’ badges may be scanned with their permission. There will be various places where you may be given the option to, or experiences for which you may be required to, scan your badge. If you scan your badge or agree to have your badge scanned by Twitch events staff, the data will be used for various purposes such as analytics, promotional products, or prize fulfillment consistent with this Notice.
Qualifications & exceptions
Scanning is described as happening with the attendee’s permission, but some experiences may require a scan to take part.
The listed purposes are examples (“such as”), bounded by “consistent with this Notice”.
Not stated here
What information a badge scan transfers is not described.
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Twitch may add information from advertisers, games, services and social networks you authorized or made public
Twitch may obtain additional information about you from third parties and sources other than the Twitch Services. Its examples are advertisers, games or services you use, and social media networks such as Discord, Steam or YouTube, where you have approved Twitch’s access or made the information publicly available. Twitch uses this to supplement what it collects itself, to provide more relevant and safer experiences, and to improve the Twitch Services, analytics and advertising. If outside information is combined with information collected through Twitch, the combined set is treated under this Privacy Notice.
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Information from Other Sources: We may obtain additional information from third parties and sources other than the Twitch Services. For example, we may obtain additional information from advertisers, games or services you use, or social media networks (such as Discord, Steam, or YouTube) for which you have approved our access, or where you have made such information publicly available.
We use this information to supplement the information we collect about you to provide more relevant, safer experiences for you with the Twitch Services and improve the Twitch Services, analytics, and advertising. If we combine or associate information from other sources with information that we collect through the Twitch Services, we will treat the combined information in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
Qualifications & exceptions
Social-network data is described as coming from networks for which you approved Twitch’s access or where you made the information public.
Combined information is governed by this Privacy Notice.
Not stated here
Which advertisers or other third parties supply information is not identified beyond the examples.
Data Access & Collection · Permission or license
Logging in through or connecting a social network authorizes Twitch to collect and use your content and engagement data
When you access the Twitch Services through a social media network, or connect the Twitch Services to one, you are treated as authorizing Twitch to collect, store and use information such as your content and engagement information from that network, in accordance with this Privacy Notice. The authorization is framed as a consequence of your action, not as a separate consent step.
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When you access the Twitch Services through social media networks or when you connect the Twitch Services to social media networks, you are authorizing Twitch to collect, store, and use information, such as content and engagement information, in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
Qualifications & exceptions
Triggered by accessing Twitch through a social network or connecting Twitch to one.
Collection, storage and use are limited to what is “in accordance with this Privacy Notice”.
Not stated here
The full set of information a connected network makes available is not listed; “content and engagement information” are examples.
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Twitch may receive data from services like Riot or Steam about your use of them, including the content you broadcast
Twitch may also obtain information from third-party services, with Riot and Steam given as examples, about your use of those services. This includes information about your use of the content you choose to broadcast through the Twitch Services, for example gameplay you stream. This feeds the same supplementing purposes stated for other outside sources: more relevant and safer experiences and improvement of the services, analytics and advertising.
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We may also obtain information from third-party services (such as Riot or Steam) regarding your use of such services, including information about your use of the content you choose to broadcast through the Twitch Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Riot and Steam are examples (“such as”); other third-party services are not excluded.
Stated as something Twitch “may” do.
Not stated here
What the third-party services send, and whether linking your account is required for them to do so, is not stated here.
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Twitch does not respond to browser Do Not Track signals; it points to industry opt-out links instead
Do Not Track is a browser preference that tells websites you do not want certain information about your visits collected over time and across sites. Twitch says it is committed to meaningful choices about information collected on its website for third-party purposes and that this is why it provides the Network Advertising Initiative, Your Online Choices and Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out links “above”. However, Twitch does not recognize or respond to browser-initiated DNT signals. In the supplied text, those three opt-out links do not appear above this paragraph; the advertising section instead sends you to the Privacy Choices page for opt-outs.
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Do Not Track
We are committed to providing you with meaningful choices about the information collected on our website for third-party purposes, and that is why we provide the “Network Advertising Initiative”, “Your Online Choices”, and the “Digital Advertising Alliance” opt-out links above. However, Twitch does not recognize or respond to browser-initiated DNT signals.
and to opt-out of their advertising practices, please visit our Privacy Choices page.
Qualifications & exceptions
The commitment to choices concerns information collected “for third-party purposes”, not Twitch’s own collection.
The referenced opt-out links are not present in this text; the advertising section routes opt-outs to the Privacy Choices page.
Not stated here
Where the Network Advertising Initiative, Your Online Choices and Digital Advertising Alliance links actually appear is not established by this source.
Data Access & Collection · Company commitment
Twitch does not knowingly collect data from children under the Minimum Age (13, 16 in Australia, or higher local age)
Twitch does not knowingly collect or maintain personal information, as defined by the United States Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, from persons under 13, under 16 in Australia, or under the minimum age for using Twitch in your jurisdiction of residence if that is older than 13; the notice calls this the “Minimum Age”. If Twitch learns that personal information of someone under the Minimum Age has been collected on or through the services, it will take appropriate steps to delete it. The COPPA definition is cited by name; the Act itself is not supplied.
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Twitch does not knowingly collect or maintain personal information (as defined by the United States Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) from persons under the age of 13, the age of 16 in Australia, or the minimum age required for use of the Twitch Services in your jurisdiction of residence if that age is older than 13 (the “Minimum Age”). If Twitch learns that personal information of persons under the Minimum Age has been collected on or through the Twitch Services, Twitch will take appropriate steps to delete this information.
Qualifications & exceptions
The commitment is “not knowingly”; it depends on Twitch learning of the collection.
Personal information is scoped by the cited United States Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act definition.
Not stated here
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is named but not supplied; its definition of personal information is not reproduced in the notice.