The notice covers Twitch Services that link to it, including apps, related sites and live events
This Privacy Notice applies to your use of the Twitch Services: the Twitch website and any related websites, applications, services or live in-person events that are provided, owned or operated by Twitch Interactive, Inc. and its affiliates (together “Twitch”) and that link to this notice. A Twitch-run property that does not link to the notice is not described as covered by this text.
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Twitch.tv Privacy Notice
This Twitch Privacy Notice applies to your use of the Twitch Services
provided, owned, or operated by Twitch Interactive, Inc. (with its affiliates, “Twitch”) that link to this Privacy Notice (collectively, the “Twitch Services”)
Qualifications & exceptions
Coverage turns on whether the website, application, service or event links to this Privacy Notice.
“Twitch” means Twitch Interactive, Inc. together with its affiliates.
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“You” means users, subscribers, publishers, members and anyone else who visits or uses Twitch Services
The notice addresses users, subscribers, publishers, members and others who visit and use the Twitch Services, collectively or individually called “you” or “users”. It states that Twitch wants you to be familiar with how it collects, uses and discloses personal information from and about you.
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Twitch values the privacy of users, subscribers, publishers, members, and others who visit and use Twitch Services (collectively or individually, “you” or “users”)
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Visiting the site, creating an account or using Twitch counts as accepting these practices, where the law allows
By visiting the Twitch website, setting up a Twitch account or using the Twitch Services, you are treated as accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice. The notice limits this to the extent permitted by law, so the acceptance-by-use rule does not claim to apply where local law does not allow it.
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setting up your Twitch account, or using the Twitch Services, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice, to the extent permitted by law.
Qualifications & exceptions
Acceptance by use applies only “to the extent permitted by law”.
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The notice does not say which laws limit acceptance by use or what applies in their place.
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Twitch Interactive, Inc. in San Francisco is the data controller for information collected through Twitch
For purposes of data protection laws, Twitch Interactive, Inc., located at 350 Bush Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, is the data controller of your information collected in connection with the Twitch Services. The notice names one controller for all users; separate UK and EU representatives are named in the contact section, but they are representatives, not controllers.
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For purposes of data protection laws, Twitch Interactive, Inc. located at 350 Bush Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, is the “data controller” of your information collected in connection with the Twitch Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Stated “for purposes of data protection laws”; the notice does not list which laws.
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Twitch may collect and process data when it believes in good faith that law or a court or government order requires it
To meet legal obligations, Twitch may collect and process user information if it believes in good faith that doing so is necessary to comply with U.S. state and federal laws or other applicable laws around the world, for example in your country of residence, or to respond to a court order, judicial or other government request, subpoena or warrant in the manner legally required. The trigger is Twitch’s good-faith belief, not an established legal finding.
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In order to meet legal obligations, Twitch may collect and process user information if we believe in good faith that such collection and processing is necessary to comply with U.S. state and federal laws or other applicable laws around the world (for example, in the country of your residence), or respond to a court order, judicial, or other government request, subpoena, or warrant in the manner legally required.
Qualifications & exceptions
Conditioned on Twitch’s good-faith belief that the collection and processing are necessary.
Responses to orders, requests, subpoenas and warrants are “in the manner legally required”.
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Twitch relies on contract, pre-contract steps, legal obligations, consent and legitimate interests to process data
Twitch will rely on legal grounds to process your personal information to the extent permitted by applicable law. The grounds it lists, without limitation, are honoring contractual commitments, taking steps in anticipation of entering into a contract, fulfilling legal obligations, documenting your consent, and supporting Twitch’s legitimate interests. Its examples of legitimate interests are monitoring and analyzing use of Twitch services; communicating with registered users about Twitch products and services; advertising; responding to inquiries or complaints; protecting Twitch from liability or from fraudulent, abusive or unlawful uses; investigating and defending third-party claims; protecting the security or integrity of the services; and protecting the rights, property or safety of Twitch, its users or others.
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Twitch will rely on legal grounds to process your personal information to the extent permitted by applicable law, which may include, without limitation: to honor contractual commitments, to take steps in anticipation of entering into contract, to fulfill legal obligations, to document your consent, and to support Twitch’s legitimate interests.
Some examples of these legitimate interests include: monitoring and analyzing the use of Twitch services, communicating with registered users through notifications or emails regarding Twitch products and services, advertising, responding to inquiries or complaints from potential or actual Twitch users, taking appropriate or necessary actions to protect Twitch from potential liability or from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses; investigating and defending ourselves against third-party claims or allegations; protecting the security or integrity of the Twitch Services; or protecting the rights, property, or safety of Twitch, our users, or others.
Qualifications & exceptions
The list of grounds is “without limitation” and the legitimate interests are “examples”.
Advertising is named as a legitimate interest, so advertising processing is not described as resting on consent.
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Which ground applies to which processing activity is not mapped.
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Where they apply, rights cover access, no direct marketing, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, consent
Twitch will comply with valid requests to exercise your data subject rights in accordance with the applicable laws in your region. Where these rights apply to you, they may let you ask Twitch to: give you access to or a copy of certain personal information it holds; prevent processing of your personal information for direct marketing, including direct marketing based on profiling; update out-of-date or incorrect information; delete certain personal information; restrict how it processes and discloses specific personal information; transfer your personal information to a third-party service provider; and revoke consent you previously gave. Which rights you have depends on your region’s law; the deletion right is also limited by the retention and account-closure rules elsewhere in the notice.
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We will comply with valid requests to exercise your data subject rights in accordance with the applicable laws in your region.
If these rights apply to you, they may permit you to request that we:
Obtain access to or a copy of certain personal information we hold about you.
Prevent the processing of your personal information for direct marketing purposes (including any direct marketing processing based on profiling).
Update personal information that is out of date or incorrect.
Delete certain personal information we hold about you.
Restrict the way that we process and disclose specific personal information about you.
Transfer your personal information to a third-party provider of services.
Revoke consent that you previously provided for the processing of your personal information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Rights apply “in accordance with the applicable laws in your region” and only “if these rights apply to you”.
Access and deletion are of “certain” personal information, not necessarily all of it.
Twitch may need to keep processing for certain legitimate interests or legal obligations, as the next card explains.
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Which regions’ laws grant which rights is not stated; the State-Specific and Japan disclosures are linked but not supplied.
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Even after a rights request, Twitch may keep processing for certain legitimate interests or a legal obligation
Twitch notes that in some circumstances it may need to keep processing your information for certain legitimate interests or to comply with a legal obligation, even when you exercise a data subject right. This limits the rights listed in the same section, including deletion and restriction, without saying which interests or obligations will be invoked.
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Please note that in some circumstances, we may need to keep processing your information for certain legitimate interests or to comply with a legal obligation.
Qualifications & exceptions
Stated as “in some circumstances” and “may need to”, not as a blanket refusal.
The legitimate interests Twitch relies on are listed by example in the legal-grounds paragraph of the use section.
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Which rights requests this exception has been applied to, and how Twitch tells you when it applies, are not stated.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
Rights are exercised via the Privacy Choices page; you may complain to a supervisory authority or go to local courts
For how to exercise the listed rights, the notice sends you to the Privacy Choices page, which is linked but not supplied. If applicable, you may complain to the data protection supervisory authority in the country where you are based, or alternatively seek a remedy through local courts if you believe your rights have been breached.
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For more information on how to exercise these rights, please proceed to our
If applicable, you may make a complaint to the data protection supervisory authority in the country where you are based. Alternatively, you may seek a remedy through local courts if you believe your rights have been breached.
Qualifications & exceptions
The complaint route is “if applicable”, that is, where your country has a supervisory authority with jurisdiction.
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The Privacy Choices page, which holds the exercise mechanics, is not supplied.
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Third-party websites and services linked from Twitch are not covered by this notice
The Twitch Services may link to third-party websites or services. The privacy practices of those third parties are not governed by this Privacy Notice, and Twitch encourages you to review their privacy policies to understand their practices.
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Third-Party Services and Websites
The Twitch Services may link to third-party websites or services. The privacy practices of those third parties are not governed by this Privacy Notice. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party websites and services to understand their practices.
Twitch can change this notice at any time; continuing to use Twitch after changes are posted counts as accepting them
Twitch reserves the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Notice at any time, for example to reflect updates to the services or changes in the law. You are asked to check the notice periodically. Your continued use of the Twitch Services after changes are posted constitutes your binding acceptance of them. The next paragraph limits this for information already collected under an earlier version.
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Changes and Updates to This Privacy Notice
Twitch reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Notice at any time (for example to reflect updates to the Twitch Services or to reflect changes in the law). Please check this Privacy Notice periodically for those changes. Your continued use of the Twitch Services after the posting of changes constitutes your binding acceptance of such changes.
Qualifications & exceptions
Acceptance is by continued use after posting; no separate notification is promised here.
Less-protective changes to previously collected information require consent under the following paragraph.
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How changes are announced beyond posting is not stated.
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Twitch will not make its practices less protective of previously collected information without affected users’ consent
Twitch commits that it will not materially change its policies and practices to make them less protective of personal information collected in the past under a prior version of the Privacy Notice without the consent of the affected individuals. This limits the general right to change the notice at any time: for data already collected, a materially less protective change needs consent rather than continued use.
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We will not materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of personal information collected in the past under a prior version of the Privacy Notice without the consent of affected individuals.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to “materially” less protective changes concerning information collected under a prior version.
Changes that are not less protective, or that concern information collected going forward, are not covered.
Privacy questions go to Twitch’s San Francisco address, Contact Support or privacy@twitch.tv; replies in 30 days
You can contact Twitch with questions or comments about this notice at 350 Bush Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, through the Contact Support page under the “Privacy” category, or by email to privacy@twitch.tv. Twitch’s Data Protection Officer can be reached at the same email address. Twitch says it will respond to your inquiry within 30 days of receiving it.
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Twitch Contact Information
Please contact Twitch with any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice at 350 Bush Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, visit the
page under the “Privacy” category, or send an email to privacy@twitch.tv. Our Data Protection Officer (DPO) can also be contacted at privacy@twitch.tv. We will respond to your inquiry within 30 days of its receipt.
Qualifications & exceptions
The 30-day response commitment runs from receipt of the inquiry.
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California residents can request information by letter and have it emailed to them
If you are a California resident, you may have information emailed to you by sending a letter to Twitch’s San Francisco address containing your email address and your request for information. The notice does not say which information this covers; California-specific disclosures are on the separate State-Specific Privacy Disclosures page, which is not supplied.
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If you are a California resident, you may have information emailed to you by sending a letter to the foregoing address with your email address and your request for information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Available to California residents; the request is made by letter to the San Francisco address.
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What information is provided under this route, and under which California law, is not stated here.
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Twitch UK Limited in London is Twitch’s UK GDPR representative for UK residents
Twitch Interactive, Inc. has designated Twitch UK Limited as its representative under the UK General Data Protection Regulation for residents of the UK. UK residents can contact Twitch UK with questions, including about their rights, or comments about this notice at Twitch UK Limited, 1 New Oxford Street WC1A 1BA, UK, through the Contact Support page under “Privacy Questions”, or by email to privacy@twitch.tv. The representative is a contact point; the controller named earlier remains Twitch Interactive, Inc.
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Twitch UK Limited has been designated by Twitch Interactive, Inc. as its representative under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) for residents of the UK. Please contact Twitch UK with any questions (including questions about your rights) or comments about this Privacy Notice at Twitch UK Limited, 1 New Oxford Street WC1A 1BA, UK, visit the
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to residents of the UK.
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Twitch Interactive Germany GmbH in Munich is Twitch’s GDPR representative for EU residents
Twitch Interactive, Inc. has designated Twitch Interactive Germany, GmbH as its representative under what the notice calls the “EU General Data Protection Directive (GDPR)” for residents of the European Union and its member states. EU residents can contact Twitch Germany with questions, including about their rights, or comments about this notice at Marcel-Breuer-Str. 12, 80807 München, Germany, through the Contact Support page under the “Privacy” category, or by email to privacy@twitch.tv.
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Twitch Interactive Germany, GmbH has been designated by Twitch Interactive, Inc. as its representative under the EU General Data Protection Directive (GDPR) for residents of the European Union and its member states. Please contact Twitch Germany with any questions (including questions about your rights) or comments about this Privacy Notice at Twitch Interactive Germany GmbH, Marcel-Breuer-Str. 12, 80807 München, Germany, visit the
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to residents of the European Union and its member states.
The notice’s own label for the instrument, “EU General Data Protection Directive (GDPR)”, is quoted as written.
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Additional U.S. state-specific privacy disclosures live on a separate page that is not supplied
Under “Additional Information for Certain Jurisdictions”, the notice directs you to a State-Specific Privacy Disclosures page for additional disclosures required under applicable laws. That page is linked but not supplied here, so state-law rights, categories of data sold or shared, and similar disclosures are not established by this text.
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Additional Information for Certain Jurisdictions
Additional State-Specific Privacy Disclosures
page to read additional disclosures required under applicable laws.
Qualifications & exceptions
The disclosures are “required under applicable laws”; which states and laws are covered is left to the linked page.
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The State-Specific Privacy Disclosures page is not supplied.
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Japan disclosures under the Act on Protection of Personal Information are on a separate page not supplied here
The notice directs you to a Japan Privacy Disclosures page for additional disclosures required under the Act on Protection of Personal Information. In this text the reference is plain text without a link, and the page is not supplied, so Japan-specific disclosures are not established here. The Act is named by syntax only; it is not supplied or interpreted.
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Japan Privacy Disclosures
Visit the Japan Privacy Disclosures page to read additional disclosures required under the Act on Protection of Personal Information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to disclosures required under Japan’s Act on Protection of Personal Information.
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The Japan Privacy Disclosures page is not linked in this text and is not supplied.