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.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Twitch is an Amazon subsidiary and may share and combine personal information with Amazon
Twitch Interactive Inc. and its affiliates are subsidiaries of Amazon.com, Inc. The disclosure section carries the practical consequence: Twitch may share personal information with, and receive it from, its affiliates, including Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and information Twitch collects may be combined with information about Amazon customers and used by both companies to operate, provide, develop and improve their products and services. Those Amazon entities must either be subject to this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective.
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Twitch Interactive Inc. and its affiliates are subsidiaries of Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”).
Twitch may share personal information with, and receive personal information from, our affiliates (meaning entities controlled by, controlling, or under common control with Twitch), including Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries that are either subject to this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Notice.
Personal information collected by Twitch may be combined with personal information about Amazon customers, and that combined information may be used by both Twitch and Amazon to operate, provide, develop, and improve Amazon’s and Twitch’s products and services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Affiliates receiving the data are limited to those either subject to this Privacy Notice or following practices at least as protective as those described in it.
Sharing and combination are stated as things Twitch “may” do, not as a guaranteed practice.
Not stated here
Which Amazon subsidiaries receive Twitch data, and what “at least as protective” practices they follow, is not stated.
“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”)
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
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”.
Not stated here
The notice does not say which laws limit acceptance by use or what applies in their place.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
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.
Sharing & Disclosure · Context
Public actions like broadcasting, chatting, following or subscribing share information others can collect and reuse
You may share personal information while using Twitch, for example during account creation or when you take actions that are public or intended to be public, such as broadcasting content, participating in a chat room, posting profile information, following a channel or subscribing to a channel. Because some Twitch Services are social, information shared this way may be collected, used or disclosed by the other people who are part of that interaction. Twitch encourages you to be mindful of this; the notice does not describe Twitch controlling what those other participants do with it.
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Another is when you take certain actions on the Twitch Services that are public or intended to be public in nature, such as when you broadcast content, participate in a chat room, post profile information, follow a channel, or subscribe to a channel.
Given the social nature of some of the Twitch Services, such information may be collected, used, or disclosed by others who are part of that social interaction.
We encourage you to be mindful of this when considering your activity on the Twitch Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
The examples (broadcasting, chat, profile information, following, subscribing) are illustrative, introduced with “such as”.
Collection or reuse by other participants is stated as possible (“may”), given the social nature of some services.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Some features are built to show others your activity, such as who made a Clip or who subscribes to a channel
Some features of the Twitch Services are designed to provide other people with information about user activity. The notice gives two examples: identifying the user who created a particular Clip, and showing the subscription status of users for a given channel. This is presented as a product design, not a choice you make case by case.
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In addition, some features of the Twitch Services are designed to provide others with information about user activity, such as identifying the user who created a particular Clip or the subscription status of users for a given channel.
Qualifications & exceptions
The two examples are introduced with “such as”; the notice does not list every feature that exposes activity.
Not stated here
Whether any of these activity displays can be turned off is not addressed in this text; the linked Privacy Choices page is not supplied.
Data Access & Collection · Context
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Automatic data serves app updates, remembering you, customized ads, campaign measurement, usage metrics and promotions
Twitch gives six examples of how it uses automatically collected information: to update the Twitch application on your system automatically; to remember your information so you need not re-enter it during a visit or next time; to provide customized advertisements, content and information; to monitor the effectiveness of marketing campaigns; to monitor and store aggregate site usage metrics such as total visitors and pages accessed; and to track your entries, submissions and status in promotions or other activities.
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Examples of how Twitch uses automatically collected information include to: (a) automatically update the Twitch application on your system; (b) remember your information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you access the Twitch Services; (c) provide customized advertisements, content, and information; (d) monitor the effectiveness of marketing campaigns; (e) monitor and store aggregate site usage metrics such as total number of visitors and pages accessed; and (f) track your entries, submissions, and status in any promotions or other activities.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are stated as examples of uses, so other uses described elsewhere in the notice are not excluded.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Letting an exhibitor scan your badge transfers your information to them under their own privacy notice
Exhibitors at Twitch live events may offer to scan your badge when you visit their area or events. By allowing an exhibitor to scan your badge you acknowledge that Twitch may transfer your personal information to that exhibitor, that once transferred the information is subject to the exhibitor’s privacy notice rather than this one, and that the exhibitor may contact you directly afterwards.
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Exhibitors may offer to scan your badge when you visit their area or events. By allowing exhibitors to scan your badge, you acknowledge that Twitch may transfer your personal information to the exhibitor and that, once transferred, your personal information is subject to the exhibitor’s privacy notice, and the exhibitor may contact you directly afterwards.
Qualifications & exceptions
Triggered only when you allow an exhibitor to scan your badge.
After transfer, Twitch’s notice no longer governs that copy; the exhibitor’s privacy notice does.
Not stated here
Which personal information is transferred to an exhibitor is not specified.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Collected data runs the service, security, payments, recommendations, ads, fraud prevention, analytics and AI testing
Twitch uses the information described in the collection section (user-provided, automatically collected, event and other-source information) to operate, maintain, enhance, provide, create and develop all features and services, new or existing; to provide security for its websites, products, software, applications and live events; to manage relationships with account holders such as Partners and Affiliates, including making or receiving payment; to improve your experience with content recommendations and content Twitch hopes you find relevant, including advertising and marketing messages; to let you comment and take part in online games, contests or rewards programs; to prevent fraud and abuse; to understand usage trends; and to test and improve technology, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, across Amazon’s and Twitch’s products and services.
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How Twitch Uses Personal Information
Twitch uses such information to operate, maintain, enhance, provide, create, and develop all of the features, functionality, and services (new or existing) found on the Twitch Services; provide security for our websites, products, software, applications, or live (in-person) events; manage relationships with Twitch account holders (for example, Partners, Affiliates), including making or receiving payment; improve users’ experience with Twitch by providing content recommendations and by delivering content that we hope users will find relevant and interesting, including advertising and marketing messages; allow you to comment on content, and participate in online games, contests, or rewards programs; prevent fraud and abuse; understand the usage trends of our users; and to test and improve technology, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, to support and enhance the customer experience across our products and services.
User-provided Information:
Information from Other Sources:
Qualifications & exceptions
The technology-improvement purpose reaches “across our products and services”, not only Twitch.
Advertising and marketing messages are included within the “relevant and interesting” content purpose.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Your data may be used to develop or deploy Twitch’s generative AI models and services
Within the technology-improvement purpose, Twitch states that this includes using data to develop or deploy its generative AI models and services. It points to Amazon’s Generative AI Development Disclosure for more information; that disclosure is a separate document and is not supplied here, so any limits or choices it describes are not established by this text.
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This includes using data to develop or deploy our generative AI models and services.
for more information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Stated as part of testing and improving technology, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, across Amazon’s and Twitch’s products and services.
Not stated here
Amazon’s Generative AI Development Disclosure is linked but not supplied; whether any data types are excluded or any opt-out exists is not stated in this notice.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Twitch uses your email or phone number for service updates, customer service and questions about your content
Twitch uses your email address and/or telephone number to communicate with you. The stated purposes are notifying you of Twitch Services updates, customer service, and contacting you about any content you have posted to or downloaded from the Twitch Services.
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We use your email address and/or telephone number to communicate with you, including to notify you of Twitch Services updates, for customer service, or to contact you regarding any content that you have posted or downloaded from the Twitch Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Promotional messages and text notifications have their own rules in the following paragraphs.
Use & Processing · User right or choice
Reply STOP to end text notifications, but Twitch may still send informational or transactional texts
You may sign up to receive text message notifications. To stop receiving notifications by telephone, reply STOP to any text message from Twitch. The notice adds that Twitch may still send additional informational or transactional notifications after you stop, so STOP ends the opted-in notifications rather than all texts.
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You may sign up to receive text message notifications. If you wish to stop receiving notifications by telephone, reply STOP to any text message from us. Note that we may still send you additional informational or transactional notifications.
Qualifications & exceptions
Text notifications are opt-in (“You may sign up”).
After STOP, informational or transactional notifications may still be sent.
Not stated here
The notice does not define which messages count as informational or transactional.
Use & Processing · User right or choice
Stop promotional emails in account settings or by unsubscribing; stop push notifications on your device or in the app
Twitch may periodically send you promotional materials or notifications related to the Twitch Services. To stop promotional materials, you can use your account settings after logging in or follow the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of any Twitch email. If you have a Twitch mobile app installed and want to stop push notifications, you can change the settings on your mobile device or within the app.
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Twitch may periodically send promotional materials or notifications to you related to the Twitch Services. If you want to stop receiving promotional materials, you can go to your account settings once you have logged in to the Twitch Services or follow the ‘unsubscribe’ instructions at the bottom of any email from us.
If you have installed a mobile app and you wish to stop receiving push notifications, you can change the settings either on your mobile device or through the app.
Qualifications & exceptions
The opt-out covers promotional materials; service communications under the preceding paragraph are described separately.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice
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”.
Use & Processing · User right or choice
When Twitch asks your consent for a specific purpose, you can withdraw it at any time and that processing stops
Twitch may ask for your consent to process your personal information for a specific purpose that it communicates to you. When you have consented to processing for a specified purpose, you may withdraw that consent at any time, and Twitch will stop processing your data for that purpose. The withdrawal is purpose-specific: it ends the consent-based processing, not processing that rests on other legal grounds in the next paragraph.
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We may also ask for your consent to process your personal information for a specific purpose that we communicate to you. When you consent to our processing your personal information for a specified purpose, you may withdraw your consent at any time and we will stop the processing of your data for that purpose.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to processing based on a consent Twitch requested for a specified purpose.
Stopping is limited to “the processing of your data for that purpose”.
Not stated here
The notice does not say how to withdraw consent here; the rights section points to the Privacy Choices page, which is not supplied.
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.
Not stated here
Which ground applies to which processing activity is not mapped.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Twitch says it does not sell personal information and shares it only as described in the notice and with Amazon
Twitch states that information about its users is an important part of its business, that it is not in the business of selling users’ personal information to others, and that it shares personal data only as described in the disclosure section and with its parent company Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon subsidiaries that are either subject to this notice or follow practices at least as protective. The disclosures that follow (service providers, affiliates, legal requests, protective disclosures) and the advertising section, which describes sharing cookie and mobile ad identifiers and hashed-match data such as email addresses with advertising partners, are the “as described” sharing; the notice does not define “selling”.
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When Twitch Discloses Personal Information
Twitch is not in the business of selling our users’ personal information to others. Twitch shares personal data only as described below and with our parent company, Amazon.com, Inc., and the subsidiaries of Amazon.com, Inc., that are either subject to this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Notice.
Information about Twitch users is an important part of our business and our work to provide the best experience across Twitch services.
Qualifications & exceptions
The commitment is “not in the business of selling”, not a statement that personal information is never disclosed.
Sharing with Amazon.com, Inc. and its qualifying subsidiaries sits outside the “as described below” list.
The advertising section separately describes sharing identifiers and email addresses with ad networks and advertising partners.
Not stated here
“Selling” is not defined, so how this statement relates to state-law definitions of sale or sharing is left to the unsupplied State-Specific Privacy Disclosures.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Service providers get data for hosting, security, orders, analysis and improvements, limited to this notice’s purposes
Twitch discloses information to service providers working on its behalf, for example to provide website hosting, maintenance and security services, fulfill orders, conduct data analysis and create reports, offer certain functionality, or help Twitch improve the Twitch Services and create new services and features. Twitch requires these parties to process the information in compliance with this notice, authorizes them to use it only for the purposes for which it was provided, and requires reasonable confidentiality measures.
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We disclose information to service providers working on our behalf, such as, to: provide website hosting, maintenance, and security services; fulfill orders; conduct data analysis and create reports; offer certain functionality; or assist Twitch in improving the Twitch Services and creating new services and features.
We require that these parties process such information in compliance with this Privacy Notice, we authorize them to use the information only for the purposes for which it is provided to them, and we require them to use reasonable confidentiality measures.
Qualifications & exceptions
Providers are limited to the purposes for which the information is provided and must use reasonable confidentiality measures.
The listed services are examples (“such as”).
Not stated here
Service providers are not named.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Twitch may exchange personal information with affiliates including Amazon and combine it with Amazon customer data
Twitch may share personal information with, and receive it from, its affiliates, meaning entities controlled by, controlling or under common control with Twitch, including Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries that are either subject to this notice or follow practices at least as protective. Information Twitch collects may be combined with information about Amazon customers, and the combined information may be used by both Twitch and Amazon to operate, provide, develop and improve both companies’ products and services.
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Twitch may share personal information with, and receive personal information from, our affiliates (meaning entities controlled by, controlling, or under common control with Twitch), including Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries that are either subject to this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Notice.
Personal information collected by Twitch may be combined with personal information about Amazon customers, and that combined information may be used by both Twitch and Amazon to operate, provide, develop, and improve Amazon’s and Twitch’s products and services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Recipient affiliates must be subject to this notice or follow practices at least as protective.
Combination with Amazon customer data and joint use are stated as things that “may” happen.
Not stated here
Which Amazon subsidiaries exchange data with Twitch is not stated.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Twitch may disclose your information when it believes in good faith the law or a court or government order requires it
Twitch may disclose user information if it believes in good faith that the disclosure 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.
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Twitch may disclose user information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure 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 disclosure is necessary.
Responses to orders, requests, subpoenas and warrants are “in the manner legally required”.
Not stated here
Whether Twitch notifies users of such requests is not stated.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Twitch reserves the right to disclose information to protect itself, its users or others and to investigate claims
Twitch reserves the right to disclose information that it believes in good faith is appropriate or necessary to protect Twitch from potential liability or from fraudulent, abusive or unlawful uses; to investigate and defend itself against third-party claims or allegations; to protect the security or integrity of the Twitch Services; or to protect the rights, property or safety of Twitch, its users or others. The threshold is Twitch’s good-faith belief that disclosure is “appropriate or necessary”.
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Twitch also reserves the right to disclose information that we believe, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to protect Twitch from potential liability or from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses; investigate and defend ourselves against third-party claims, or allegations; protect the security or integrity of the Twitch Services; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Twitch, our users, or others.
Qualifications & exceptions
Based on Twitch’s good-faith belief; “appropriate” as well as “necessary” disclosures are covered.
Recipients are not limited in the text.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
For sharing not already set out in the notice, you get advance notice and a chance to decline
Other than as set out in this Privacy Notice, Twitch says you will receive notice when personal information about you might be shared with third parties and will have an opportunity to choose not to share it. This commitment applies only to sharing that the notice does not already describe; the service-provider, affiliate, legal, protective, third-party-connection, extension, advertising and merger disclosures elsewhere in the notice are “set out” and so fall outside it.
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Other than as set out in this Privacy Notice, you will receive notice when personal information about you might be shared with third parties and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies only to sharing “other than as set out in this Privacy Notice”.
The form and timing of the notice and the choice mechanism are not described.
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).
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
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.
Not stated here
Which regions’ laws grant which rights is not stated; the State-Specific and Japan disclosures are linked but not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
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.
Not stated here
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.
Not stated here
The Privacy Choices page, which holds the exercise mechanics, is not supplied.
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.
Retention & Deletion · Restriction or exception
After you close your account, Twitch may keep certain information for the notice’s activities or as law permits
If you close your account, Twitch may retain certain information about you for the activities described in this Privacy Notice, or as permitted or required by applicable law. This is an exception to the deletion you request on closure: both “permitted” and “required” by law are grounds, so retention is not limited to legal mandates.
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If you close your account, Twitch may retain certain information about you for the activities described in this Privacy Notice, or as permitted or required by applicable law.
Qualifications & exceptions
Retention is “certain information”, stated as something Twitch “may” do.
Grounds are the activities described in this notice, or anything applicable law permits or requires.
Not stated here
Which information is retained after closure, and for how long, is not stated here; the retention section gives only purpose-based duration.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): After you ask to close your account and delete your profile, Twitch deletes all it is not required or permitted to keep — contrast: Reviewed tension: the account-closure paragraph lets Twitch retain information after closure for the activities described in the notice or as permitted or required by law, while the retention section says that after a closure and deletion request Twitch deletes all information it is not required or permitted to retain by law, which names only the legal ground.
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.
Connecting Discord, Riot, Xbox or similar accounts authorizes Twitch to share your username and activity with them
If you connect to a third-party service such as Discord, Riot Games or Xbox through the Twitch Services, or otherwise link your Twitch account with a third-party service, you are treated as requesting and authorizing Twitch to share or grant access to information on your behalf, such as your username, the fact that your connection came from Twitch, and other relevant usage and diagnostic information. Twitch may also send those third parties information about the content you watch or your activities on Twitch; for example, it may make information available to app developers, game developers and game publishers to facilitate purchases and awards of digital goods such as games and in-game items.
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If you connect to a third-party service (such as Discord, Riot Games, or Xbox) through the Twitch Services or otherwise link your Twitch account with a third-party service, you are requesting and authorizing Twitch to share or grant access to information on your behalf (such as your username, the fact that your connection originated from the Twitch Services, and other relevant usage and diagnostic information) with such third party.
We may also send information about the content you watch or your activities on the Twitch Services to such third parties. For example, we may make information available to app developers, game developers, and game publishers to facilitate purchases and awards of digital goods, such as games and in-game items.
Qualifications & exceptions
Triggered by connecting to or linking a third-party service through Twitch.
The listed data items are examples (“such as”); the watch-and-activity sharing is stated as something Twitch “may” do.
Not stated here
What a specific linked service receives, and whether unlinking stops the sharing, is not stated.
Sharing & Disclosure · Context
Creators can embed third-party Extensions on their channels; attribution links identify which ones are running
The Twitch Extensions program lets creators embed interactive, custom, third-party content and applications on their channel pages. You can learn which Extensions are operating on a channel by clicking the attribution links or icons Twitch makes available on the channel page, for example on the video player or at the bottom of an Extension’s panel.
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Extensions and Applications
program allows creators to embed interactive, custom, third-party content and applications on their channel pages. You can find out more about the specific Extension(s) operating on a given channel by clicking on the attribution links or icons that Twitch will make available on the channel page, for example, on the Twitch video player or at the bottom of an Extension’s panel.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Interacting with an Extension gives its developer automatic-type data; username or ID only if you grant access
When a viewer interacts with an Extension, or with the channel on which it is activated, the developer operating the Extension receives viewer information of the kind described under Automatically Collected Information (for example IP address, device and browser identifiers, interaction data). Twitch does not give third-party Extension developers access to your username or ID under the Extensions program unless you click “Grant Access” within the Extension or you install an Extension on your own channel. You are responsible for information you give a developer independently, for example through a web form in the Extension or by visiting the developer’s website.
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Interaction by a viewer with an Extension or with the channel on which the Extension is activated will provide the developer that operates the Extension with viewer information of the nature described above in “Automatically Collected Information.”
Twitch does not provide access to your username or ID to third-party Extension developers as part of the Twitch Extensions program unless you click “Grant Access” within the Extension or you install an Extension on your channel. You are responsible for any information you provide to the developer independently, for example, through a web form on the Extension or visiting that developer’s website.
Qualifications & exceptions
Interaction with the channel where an Extension is active, not only with the Extension itself, triggers the data flow.
Username or ID access requires your “Grant Access” click or installing the Extension on your channel.
Not stated here
Exactly which automatically collected items a developer receives is not listed.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Extension and Application developers may process your data only for Developer Services Agreement purposes
Developers may also create Applications that are not on channel pages or on Twitch. Twitch requires Extension and Application developers to process data about you only for the purposes set out in its Developer Services Agreement, a separate document that is linked but not supplied. Twitch encourages you to review any privacy policy the developer posts on the Application’s website or the Extension’s detail page.
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Developers may also create Applications that are not located on channel pages or on Twitch. We require Extension and Application developers to process data about you only for the purposes set forth in our
We encourage you to visit the respective Application’s website or Extension’s detail page to review any privacy policy posted by the developer, which may include additional information on their privacy practices.
Qualifications & exceptions
The purpose limit is imposed through the Developer Services Agreement, whose purposes are not stated in this notice.
Not stated here
The Developer Services Agreement is not supplied, so the permitted developer purposes are unknown here.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Third-party analytics services may receive or directly collect your automatically collected data to evaluate your use
Twitch may use third-party web analytics services in connection with the Twitch Services. These providers use tracking technologies such as cookies to analyze how users use the services. The information collected, of the kind described under Automatically Collected Information, may be shared with or collected directly by these services and processed to evaluate your use of the Twitch Services.
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Advertisers and Analytics Providers
Twitch may use third-party Web analytics services in connection with the Twitch Services. These service providers use a variety of tracking technologies such as cookies to analyze how users use the Twitch Services. The information collected (described above in “Automatically Collected Information”) may be shared with or collected directly by these services and processed to evaluate your use of the Twitch Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Stated as something Twitch “may” do; providers are not named.
The data may be collected directly by the analytics service rather than passed on by Twitch.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Twitch may share cookie and mobile ad IDs with ad networks, and your email or device ID to match you for off-Twitch ads
Twitch may work with third-party ad networks, advertisers and advertising analytics providers to target ads to you, and measure their performance, both on and off the Twitch Services. It may share with them, or they may directly collect, data such as cookie and mobile ad identifiers, to engage in advertising activity including understanding how you respond to ads and serving relevant ones. When Twitch works with third parties to serve ads off Twitch, it may share information such as your email address or resettable device identifier with a specific advertising partner to “match” against information that partner already holds about you. The notice elsewhere says Twitch is not in the business of selling personal information; this card describes what is shared for advertising.
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Twitch may also work with third-party ad networks, advertisers, and advertising analytics providers to target (and measure the performance of) ads to you both on and off the Twitch Services. We may share with these third parties (or they may directly collect) data such as cookie and mobile ad identifiers in order to engage in advertising activity (including to understand how you respond to advertisements and to serve relevant ads).
Twitch also works with third parties to serve ads to you off Twitch Services. When we do so, we may share information such as your email address or resettable device identifier for a specific advertising partner to “match” the information that they may have about you.
Qualifications & exceptions
Targeting and measurement cover ads both on and off the Twitch Services.
Matching uses your email address or resettable device identifier with “a specific advertising partner”.
Opt-outs for third-party advertising practices are placed on the unsupplied Privacy Choices page.
Not stated here
Whether the email address is shared hashed or in plain form, and which partners receive it, is not stated.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Twitch says it does not sell personal information and shares it only as described in the notice and with Amazon — contrast: Reviewed tension: the disclosure section says Twitch is not in the business of selling personal information, while the advertising section describes sharing cookie and mobile ad identifiers with ad networks and sharing email addresses or resettable device identifiers with advertising partners to match users. The notice does not define selling, so whether this sharing is a sale under any law is not resolved here.
Advertisers’ own ad technology receives your IP address and sets cookies; this notice does not cover or control it
Advertisers on Twitch, or representatives and service providers acting for them (“Twitch Advertisers”), sometimes use technology to serve ads that appear on Twitch directly to your device. When that happens they automatically receive certain data such as your IP address, and they may use cookies or similar technologies to measure ad effectiveness and personalize ad content. The notice states that it does not apply to, and Twitch cannot control, Twitch Advertisers’ tracking technologies and activities; you are directed to their privacy policies and to Twitch’s Privacy Choices page to learn more and opt out of their advertising practices.
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Advertisers on Twitch, or representatives or service providers working on their behalf (“Twitch Advertisers”), sometimes use technology to serve ads that appear on our services directly to your device. They automatically receive certain data, such as your IP address, when this happens. They may also use cookies (or similar technologies) to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize ad content.
This Privacy Notice does not apply to, and we cannot control, the tracking technologies and activities of Twitch Advertisers, and you should consult their respective privacy policies. For more information about Twitch Advertisers and similar entities that use these technologies, and to opt-out of their advertising practices, please visit our Privacy Choices page.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies when Twitch Advertisers serve ads directly to your device, which the notice says happens “sometimes”.
Opt-out of their practices is routed through the Privacy Choices page, which is not supplied.
Not stated here
Which advertisers serve ads directly, and what their policies allow, is outside this notice.
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.
Security & Safeguards · Company practice
Twitch uses managerial, technical and physical safeguards that vary with the sensitivity of your information
Twitch uses a variety of managerial, technical and physical measures to protect the integrity and security of your information. These measures may vary based on how sensitive the information is. The notice does not name specific controls such as encryption or access rules.
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Data Security
Twitch uses a variety of managerial, technical, and physical measures to protect the integrity and security of your information. These measures may vary based on the sensitivity of your information.
Qualifications & exceptions
The level of protection “may vary based on the sensitivity of your information”.
Not stated here
No specific security controls are described.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Twitch cannot ensure the security of what you send it; you transmit information at your own risk
The notice states that no security precautions or systems can be completely secure. Twitch cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to it, and you do so at your own risk. It cannot guarantee that information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed through a breach of its physical, technical or managerial safeguards.
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However, no security precautions or systems can be completely secure. We cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to Twitch, and you do so at your own risk. We cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
Qualifications & exceptions
This limits the preceding security commitment; it is a disclaimer, not a description of a breach-notification practice.
Not stated here
The notice does not describe what Twitch does if a breach occurs.
Retention & Deletion · Company practice
Usage data is kept as long as needed for the notice’s purposes, as law requires or permits, or as otherwise told to you
Twitch maintains data related to your usage of Twitch for as long as required to fulfill the relevant purposes described in this Privacy Notice, as may be required or permitted by law, for example for tax and accounting purposes, or as otherwise communicated to you. No fixed retention periods are given.
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Retention of Your Information
Twitch maintains data related to your usage of Twitch for as long as it is required to fulfill the relevant purposes described in this Privacy Notice, as may be required (or permitted) by law such as for tax and accounting purposes, or as otherwise communicated to you.
Qualifications & exceptions
Three alternative grounds: the notice’s purposes, legal requirement or permission, or a period otherwise communicated to you.
“Permitted” by law is a ground alongside “required”, so retention may exceed legal minimums.
After you ask to close your account and delete your profile, Twitch deletes all it is not required or permitted to keep
Once you have asked Twitch to close your account and delete your profile information, Twitch will delete all information that it is not required or permitted to retain by law. Because “permitted” is included, information the law allows Twitch to keep may be retained even though nothing obliges it. The account-closure section states a wider retention ground, the activities described in the notice, which this sentence does not repeat.
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Once you have asked us to close your account and delete your profile information, we will delete all information that we are not required or permitted to retain by law.
Qualifications & exceptions
Triggered by your request to close the account and delete profile information.
Retention of information the law requires or permits Twitch to keep is excluded from the deletion.
Not stated here
How long post-closure deletion takes is not stated.
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.
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.
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.
Use & Processing · Company commitment
Where processing rests on consent, Twitch will not knowingly process data of users under the local age of consent
For residents of countries and regions where processing of personal information is based on consent, Twitch will not knowingly engage in that processing for users under the age of consent set by applicable data protection law. If it learns that it is doing so, it will halt the processing and take reasonable measures to promptly remove the applicable information from its records.
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For residents of countries and regions where the processing of personal information is based on consent, Twitch will not knowingly engage in that processing for users under the age of consent established by applicable data protection law. If we learn that we are engaged in that processing with such users, we will halt such processing and will take reasonable measures to promptly remove applicable information from our records.
Qualifications & exceptions
Limited to regions where processing is based on consent and to the consent-based processing itself.
The commitment is “not knowingly”; removal follows Twitch learning of the processing.
Not stated here
The applicable ages of consent are not listed.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
In a merger, acquisition, sale or change of control, Twitch may transfer your information, including in diligence
If Twitch, or some or all assets related to the Twitch Services, is acquired by or merged with a third party, or in connection with a contemplated change-of-ownership transaction, Twitch reserves the right to transfer or assign the information it has collected from users as part of that merger, acquisition, sale or other change-of-control event, including in the course of diligence. Transfer can therefore happen before a deal closes.
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Merger or Sale
In the event that Twitch, or some or all assets related to the Twitch Services, are acquired by or merged with a third-party entity or in connection with a contemplated change-of-ownership transaction, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information that we have collected from users as part of that merger, acquisition, sale, or other change-of-control event, including in the course of diligence.
Qualifications & exceptions
Covers contemplated transactions and diligence, not only completed deals.
Stated as a reserved right (“we reserve the right”).
Not stated here
Whether the acquirer is bound by this notice is not stated.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Your data may be stored and processed in your region, the United States or any country where Twitch or partners operate
Information collected by Twitch may be stored and processed in your region, in the United States, for instance in Twitch’s major data centers, or in any other country where Twitch or its affiliates, subsidiaries, partners or service providers are located or maintain facilities. If Twitch provides information about you to any of those entities, it will take appropriate measures to ensure they protect it adequately in accordance with this notice and applicable law.
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International Data Transfers
Information collected by Twitch may be stored and processed in your region, in the United States (for instance in our major data centers), or in any other country where Twitch or its affiliates, subsidiaries, partners, or service providers are located or maintain facilities. If we provide any information about you to any such entities, we will take appropriate measures to ensure such companies protect your information adequately in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable law.
Qualifications & exceptions
The safeguard is “appropriate measures” to ensure adequate protection under this notice and applicable law; no specific transfer mechanism is named.
Not stated here
The countries involved beyond the United States are not listed.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice
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.
Not stated here
How changes are announced beyond posting is not stated.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment
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.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
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.
Not stated here
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.
Not stated here
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.
Not stated here
The Japan Privacy Disclosures page is not linked in this text and is not supplied.