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Patreon Privacy Policy Last Updated: May 27, 2026 Welcome to Patreon! Patreon is a platform that helps connect fans with creators they love. “Patreon,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to this platform, and the services offered by Patreon, including the Patreon iOS app, the Patreon Android app, Patreon APIs, Patreon embeds, Patreon RSS feeds, www.patreon.com, Patreon’s other websites, including Patreon websites hosted on creator-owned domains, to Patreon, Inc., and, as described in our Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, as applicable, to Patreon DLC Limited and Patreon Ireland Limited, including its branch Patreon Ireland Limited - Sucursal em Portugal (“Patreon Portugal’). This Privacy Policy is a part of our Terms of Use, and describes how we collect, use, and share information. Information You Provide Patreon This is information that you provide to us through text and other input fields, including your name, payment information, and benefits. The information of this type that we require you to provide differs depending on whether you create an account, become a member, purchase a subscription or other offering, otherwise engage with a creator, or become a creator, and typically includes at least: first and last name/surname; email address; phone number; username; password; county and state/province of residence; and/or the topics you’re interested in. You may also have the option to sign up for Patreon using a Facebook, Google, or Apple account. We will ask for permission to access basic information from your Facebook, Google, or Apple account, such as your userID, full name, email address, and profile picture. You can choose to stop sharing that information with us at any time by going to Facebook, Google, or Apple to remove Patreon’s access to that account and your ability to use it to log in to Patreon. In order to use an account with one of these companies to sign up for Patreon, these companies may require you to share personal data with them, including information about your usage of Patreon. As applicable to you, please consult the Facebook, Google, and Apple privacy policies to learn more about that. You may also have the option to add more information to your public profile, such as a location, social media links, and an about section, which we store along with the other information that we collect. Fans and Members A fan is someone who uses Patreon to interact with creators and other fans, for example by posting to a creator community on Patreon, and a member is a fan who subscribes and/or makes a purchase on Patreon, which may come with special benefits from creators they love. As a member, you must provide your payment information to our payment partners. You can see the privacy policy for some of these payment partners on the Adyen, Venmo, Apple, PayPal, Stripe, and Checkout sites. Patreon stores the expiry and postal code associated with your payment card, but does not store your full payment card number. Instead, Patreon uses a service provider to create a token that represents your card’s primary account number, which Patreon then stores. If you choose to pay using a payment partner that requires you to provide to them your personal data like name and email address, such as PayPal, then that payment partner may provide that information to Patreon. We collect and process information about the creators you subscribe to and/or support, the memberships and other offerings you purchase, and what benefits you receive. As a member, if you select a membership or offering with a physical benefit then you will be asked to optionally provide your shipping information, including phone number. We may also derive your location from your self-disclosed country, your IP address, and/or your payment card. Creators A creator is someone who creates a page on Patreon to engage with fans who may purchase memberships or offerings on Patreon to support the creator’s creations. To become a creator, you must create a page that describes what you are creating and any benefits you are offering. To receive payouts, you may have to create an account with one of our payment partners like PayPal, Stripe, or Payoneer. If you choose to receive payouts using a payment partner that requires you to provide to them your personal data like name and email address, such as PayPal, then that payment partner may provide that information to Patreon. You may also be required to provide your bank account information to process payouts. You must also provide us with additional information for tax purposes. Depending on your location and the type of creations that you create, you may have to provide Patreon some combination of the following: email address; phone number; username; password; first and last name/surname; business name; address; social security number and/or employer identification number; country of citizenship; tax identification number, company registration number, and/or VAT number; date of birth; place of birth; your nonprofit registration number, if you are a nonprofit business; bank account information; self identification as an Adult/18+ creator; and/or copies of your ID card and proof of residency. Additional Information We Collect Automatically Collected Information We automatically receive information when you view creations on or otherwise interact with Patreon, even if you have not created an account. For example, when you visit patreon.com, view or interact with a Patreon embed on another website or mobile app, access a Patreon RSS feed, use Patreon’s mobile apps, sign into Patreon’s services, or view or interact with an email or notification from Patreon, we may automatically receive information about you, including: your IP address; your approximate location (typically derived from your IP address); your browser and/or device type; your operating system and version; your screen size; your language settings; the referring web page (including parameters contained therein); your mobile carrier; device information (including device and application IDs); your search terms (including those not submitted as queries); the links you click; the pages you visit/the creations you load or request; session length, dwell time, and duration of media experiences (including view time); and/or cookie information (further detailed in our Cookie Policy). Messages and Comments on Patreon When you send or receive messages or when you post or are mentioned in comments or messages on Patreon, we collect the contents of those messages and comments as well as information about related activity, including the timestamp of those messages and comments and who has viewed those messages or comments. Discord We use Discord to host a chat platform for connecting with our community of creators and enabling creators to connect with each other. When you join Patreon’s Discord server, you may connect your Discord account to your Patreon account and thereby share your Discord username and associated information with Patreon. As you use Patreon’s Discord server, we may collect information including the time you joined the server, the time you left the server, profile information you configure, user roles you select, the channels you join, the messages you send, and edits that you make. User Research Studies & Surveys We conduct research about current, former, and prospective creators and fans. From time to time, we may solicit your participation in such a research study and, if you choose to participate, then we may observe how you use Patreon and may record video, audio, and images of you using Patreon and your interview with Patreon researchers. As part of these research studies we may also ask you to answer survey questions, including about how you use Patreon and how you perceive Patreon’s services and brand. When you answer these questions, we will store your responses. Event Information & Surveys From time to time, we may solicit your participation in surveys related to Patreon events. In order to better understand and serve creators and fans, we may ask you for demographic information, including information related to your gender identity, ethnicity, race, age, sexual orientation, earnings, and accessibility, which you may optionally choose to provide. We collect such information to help us better understand the overall population of creators and fans that use Patreon, to develop and market events for creators and fans, and to showcase creators for greater discoverability, including at such events. When you complete these surveys, we store your survey responses, including any such demographic information you choose to provide. We may also request information from you at in-person and online events. This information may include your name, email address, mobile phone number, details about the types of creations you create, and survey or feedback responses. Blogs & Creator Education Sites We may collect and store your email address, your comments, and your profile information from our blog and creator education sites. Creator Audience Imports Patreon may collect from some creators a list of email addresses that those creators have gathered off of Patreon, including from fans who have provided their email addresses to such creators in connection with such creators’ non-Patreon events or offerings, or have signed up for such creators’ non-Patreon newsletters/blogs. Information from Third-Party Accounts After creating a Patreon account, you may be able to connect your social media account(s) (e.g. Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, X, and Twitch) with Patreon and we may collect and store some information related to those accounts, including: profile information, including userID, username, page name, and/or profile picture; follower and/or subscriber counts; relationship graph, including accounts you follow and that follow you; post and/or upload counts; and/or view, like, and/or comment counts. You may also grant Patreon access to these third-party accounts in order for some Patreon features to operate. When you connect such a third-party account to your Patreon account, that third-party service will typically present a page that describes the information that Patreon can access and/or permissions you are granting to Patreon to take actions on your behalf. At any time, you may be able to revoke Patreon’s access to those accounts using the respective third party’s settings page (e.g. here for Google). Patreon uses YouTube API services. By using Patreon in connection with YouTube API Services, you are bound by the YouTube Terms of Service. Industry Peers & Organizations Patreon may collect information from other online platforms, technology companies, and affiliated organizations about your use of other products and services, including about your account details and materials posted, particularly in regard to emergency situations, safety or integrity (especially regarding children), and fraud, abuse, violations of terms and policies, and other harmful, suspicious, or illegal activity. Promotions Patreon may operate, and collect personal data as part of, certain promotions from Patreon-operated accounts on third party platforms such as Instagram, X, TikTok, and Facebook. Consent and Age Verification Information Regarding Adult/18+ Creations To make sure Patreon is a safe place for everyone, Patreon is required to have all creators sharing sexually explicit creations or creations that include nudity verify that they are over the age of 18. When doing so, such creators must, as further explained inline within our product, consent to our service provider collecting and disclosing their personal data pursuant to its privacy policy. Patreon is also required to have all creators sharing sexually explicit creations or creations that include nudity agree to obtain consent from each person depicted in their creations and to verify that each such person is over the age of 18. With respect to non-creators depicted in Adult/18+ creations, Patreon does not collect this information directly and instead provides creators with a consent form template that they may use for this purpose. When it is necessary to do so, however, Patreon may request that creators provide this information to Patreon and creators must comply with such requests. Information Collected By Third Parties Cookies Third parties may use cookies on our website. A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. Please see our Cookie Policy for more information on the use of cookies on Patreon. You can see and adjust your cookie preferences for your current browser for patreon.com here. Social Media Features and Widgets We may use social media and related products and features, including a Discord server, the Facebook Like button, and widgets, such as share buttons or similar interactive mini-programs that run on Patreon. These features may collect your IP address and other personal data, including which page you are visiting on our site, and may set and/or read cookies. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or directly on Patreon. For more information on the technologies used by these third parties, the information they collect, and how that information is used, please refer to their respective privacy policies. Below are links to the privacy policies of the most used such services for easy reference: Discord: https://discord.com/privacy Facebook, including Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ Google, including YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy Snapchat: https://snap.com/en-US/privacy/privacy-policy TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy-us Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/privacy-notice/ X: https://x.com/en/privacy Material Hosted By Third Parties When you use Patreon to access material hosted by third parties, those third parties may be able to collect information about your access to and use of those materials. For example, when you use Patreon to listen to a podcast that is hosted by a third-party hosting platform, your device connects directly to the third-party hosting platform to provide you with the requested material. When this happens, some of your personal data, like your IP address, browser and/or device type, operating system, and the referring web page may be visible to the third-party hosting platform. The handling of your personal data by third-party hosting platforms is governed by the privacy policies of such third parties. How We Use Information As applicable, we use the information we collect to: comply with industry requirements, self-regulatory guidelines, US federal law, US state law, and international laws, including tax reporting requirements; verify your identity to comply with industry requirements, self-regulatory guidelines, US federal law, US state law, and international laws; enable you to sign in to your account; enable you to purchase subscriptions and offerings on Patreon; subject to your settings (learn more), create subscriptions to creators; enable you to follow and interact with other fans, members, and creators on Patreon; process payments and payouts; apply VAT and/or sales tax; deliver membership benefits and other offerings; send physical merchandise to your shipping address; send you messages and notifications, including push notifications, email, and SMS/MMS as controlled by your notification preferences; provide you with information about Patreon, Patreon products, and memberships and offerings on Patreon; provide you with customer support and reply to your questions; promote your Patreon account and/or creator page for greater discoverability, including displaying when one creator on Patreon has recommended another, and, as controlled by your privacy settings as applicable, your memberships, likes, comments, and other activity or reactions; make inferences about you, including demographic information like your age and binary gender and estimating your potential earnings as a creator; personalize the Patreon experience, including recommending posts, creators, subscriptions, promotions, and offerings; market Patreon products and services to you or to audiences similar to you, including via personalized advertising (also referred to as online behavioral advertising or interest-based advertising) as controlled by your marketing preferences; organize and tailor in-person and online events; understand and analyze how you use the service; conduct research and development to improve Patreon and develop our products and features; prevent fraud, abuse, violations of our terms and policies, and other harmful, suspicious, or illegal activities, including using automated processing and manual review; and/or provide you with reasonable accommodation if you notify us of a disability. Information Shared With Creators When you subscribe, purchase a membership or offering on Patreon that is offered by a creator, or otherwise become a member of a creator, you share personal data with that creator that may include: your full name in your Patreon profile; your email address; your other Patreon profile information, including your avatar image; your physical address, city, state/province, and country if you select a membership or offering with a physical benefit and choose to provide your shipping information; your phone number, when you have subscribed to a creator who engages with you via text messages, if you select a membership or offering with a physical benefit and choose to provide your shipping information, or when you have signed up for event notifications via text; your Discord account information, including your Discord account identifier, if you select a membership or offering that includes Discord server access or benefits otherwise delivered via Discord; all information about your purchase, including country-level and/or state/province-level location, amount, and start date, but not your full payment card information; and aggregated data about how you use Patreon, including analytics like post views, video views, and video view duration. You can learn more about your email address being shared with creators and the controls governing whether your email address is shared with creators in our Help Center. We may solicit your participation in surveys related to particular creators on Patreon. For example, when you subscribe and/or make a purchase on Patreon or when you cancel a subscription, you may be asked to optionally take a survey about that choice. If you choose to participate in that survey, then your responses, which may include your personal data like full name and email address, will be shared with the associated creator. When you use Patreon to send a message to another user, including a creator, the contents of that message will be shared with the recipients you select. Patreon maintains a Data Processing Agreement governing how creators are permitted to process the information, including fan personal data, that is shared with them. We refer to this as the Creator Privacy Promise, which details a creator’s promise to protect the privacy of their fans during and beyond their Patreon relationship. You can view the Creator Privacy Promise here. As part of offering and operating a creator page and/or membership on Patreon, a creator may use one or more third-party services. These third parties may, for example, host creations or help deliver benefits, including shipping packages to members. Accordingly, creators may share fan personal data with such third-party services and/or enable fans to elect to share personal data with such third-party services in order to receive offerings or membership benefits or otherwise participate in a membership or related event. Patreon’s app directory provides information about many of these third-party services, though it is not exhaustive as creators may also use other services. You should review the privacy policies of these third-party services in order to understand how they collect, use, and share personal data. If you are a creator and recommend another creator on Patreon, then we may share analytics information with the recommended creator relating to your recommendation, including regarding the number of fans who subscribed to that creator after viewing and/or interacting with your recommendation. Similarly, if you are a creator and collaborate with another creator on Patreon (e.g. by co-publishing a post on Patreon), then we may share analytics data relating to fan interaction with that collaboration with the creators with whom you are collaborating. Information Shared With Communities On Patreon When you subscribe, purchase a membership or offering on Patreon that is offered by a creator, otherwise engage with or become a member of a creator, or by creating a creator page yourself, you are joining a Patreon community associated with that creator. This community is comprised of the creator and people who have subscribed to, purchased a membership or offering on Patreon that is offered by, or otherwise engaged with or become a member of that creator, including those who subscribed to that creator for free. You share personal data with that community that may include: your full name in your Patreon profile for that community; your avatar image in your Patreon profile for that community; your biographical description in your Patreon profile for that community; your connected social media accounts in your Patreon profile for that community; your subscription, membership tier, or other recurring payment related to the creator associated with that community; the offerings you’ve purchased on Patreon related to the creator associated with that community; how long you’ve subscribed to the creator associated with that community, including the date you first purchased an offering and/or started each subscription and/or membership tier related to that creator; the communities on Patreon to which you and the person viewing your community profile both belong; the chat rooms on Patreon in which you and the person viewing your community profile both are or have been present; and your status in that community, including awards and badges you’ve received and any moderator or other roles you have. This personal data may be displayed in your community profile, which may have more information than your public profile and is visible to fellow community members. You can learn more about the personal data that may be shared with communities on Patreon, including in community profiles, and your associated controls over that data in our Help Center. If you disable your community profile in your settings, then your public profile, which is described below, may be displayed to fellow community members. When you comment on a post, like a post or chat message, react to a post or chat message, join a chat room, send a chat message, express interest in an event, join an event experience, and take other community actions you are visible to the associated Patreon communities. When you are typing a message in a chat room or other community space, this may be displayed to the other people in that chat room or community space. Comments, questions, chat messages, likes, and reactions in community spaces and, for some features like live events, whether you viewed or are currently viewing material on Patreon are visible to the associated Patreon community and community members who later join the associated community may be able to see the full history of comments, chat messages, likes, and reactions. For example, chat messages sent to a chat room or event experience are visible to the communities associated with the chat room or event. Similarly, comments, questions, likes, and reactions on a post are visible to the communities associated with that post. And for some features like live events, your comments, questions, chat messages, likes, other reactions, and whether you viewed on Patreon may become incorporated within the post underlying the event and be visible by others when that material is later played back. If the visibility of a post or community space later changes, then the visibility of the associated comments, questions, chat messages, likes, reactions, and, as applicable, viewing activity may also change along with it. For example, if a post or chat message is later made available to a different Patreon community, then the comments, questions, likes, and reactions on that post or chat message, and, as applicable, viewing activity of that post or chat message may also become available to that Patreon community. Information Shared With The Public The following information may be publicly accessible or otherwise shared with members of the public and you can learn more in our Help Center: Aggregated and otherwise non-personal data, including aggregated usage data in blog posts, press releases, or other ways to share information about Patreon’s usage and business. Comments, questions, likes, other reactions, and, for some features like live events, whether you viewed or are currently viewing the material inherit the visibility of the associated post or chat message. And for some features like live events, your comments, questions, chat messages, likes, other reactions, and whether you viewed the material may become incorporated within the post underlying the event and be visible by others when that material is later played back. Accordingly, comments, questions, likes, reactions, and, as applicable, viewing activity on and reshares of public posts or chat messages are public. If a non-public post or chat message is later made public, then the comments, likes, questions, and other reactions on or reshares of that post or chat message and, as applicable, whether you viewed that post or chat message may also become public. For fans: your public Patreon profile, including your user name, avatar image, and the date you created your Patreon account; social media accounts you’ve connected to your Patreon account; your public biographical description if you’ve added one to your Patreon account; and if your full public profile setting is enabled: the creators you subscribe to and the date you started subscribing to them; the subscription, membership tier, or other recurring payment for each creator you subscribe to; the posts you’ve liked; and the comments you’ve made. For creators: details about the memberships and offerings associated with your creator page, including descriptions of all of your membership tiers, the titles of all of your posts, the descriptions and previews of all of your posts, goals you’ve set for your creator page, whether your creator page has a shop, and information about any offerings you’ve added to that shop, including the title, description, previews, and characteristics of those offerings; the contents of your creator page, including a description of your creator page and public biographical description, your user name, your creator page vanity, avatar image, the date you created your Patreon account, location information you’ve added, and social media accounts you’ve connected to your Patreon account; the creators on Patreon that you recommend and have recommended you; subject to your membership visibility settings (learn more): the creators you subscribe to on Patreon; the date you started subscribing to them; and the subscription, membership tier, or other recurring payment for each creator you subscribe to. comments, questions, chat messages, likes, and reactions in community spaces and, for some features like live events, whether you viewed or are currently viewing material on Patreon are visible to the audience of users to whom the author has made the underlying post or chat message available and, in addition, subject to your activity visibility settings (learn more), this information may be highlighted in other users’ feeds and appear in the activity tab on your creator page; the contents of your posts are made available to the audience you’ve selected – for example, public posts are public and posts limited to a selected membership tier are visible to anyone who subscribes to that tier; when you like or react to a comment on one of the posts on your creator page this fact may be displayed to the audience that can view the post based on the post’s visibility configuration; if your member count visibility setting is enabled, the number of members who have subscribed to your creator page; and if your earnings visibility setting is enabled, the amount of money earned on Patreon from your creator page. Information Shared With Third Parties We never sell your information to third parties. Other than information that is shared with creators, shared with communities on Patreon, or shared publicly, we will only share data with third parties under the following circumstances: Patreon’s service providers: these are companies that are contractually engaged with us to provide us with services, including cloud hosting, content distribution, security, order fulfillment, email and document management, internal communication/chat, analytics, credit card processing, and multi-currency settlement solutions. We may share your personal data with such service providers subject to obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures, and on the condition that these third parties use your personal data only on Patreon’s behalf and pursuant to our instructions (service providers may use other non-personal data for their own benefit). Government and law enforcement agencies Tax reporting: to satisfy obligations to report information to tax authorities, including reporting information about creators’ earnings on Patreon, tax identification information, and information related to transactional taxes such as Valued Added Tax, Goods and Services Tax, other local service or sales taxes in non-US locations, and state sales tax in the United States. Legal process and law enforcement: to protect the security or integrity of Patreon, as well as to protect the rights, property, and safety of Patreon, its employees, fans, creators, or others, or if we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, or other valid legal process (e.g. subpoenas or warrants served on Patreon). When legally permitted to do so, and under appropriate circumstances, Patreon will attempt to notify you by contacting you at the e-mail address and/or phone number you provided when creating your Patreon account when we intend to release your data pursuant to a valid government request, law-enforcement request, or other legal process. Any third parties connected with the sale, merger, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or reorganization of our company: in such a circumstance the promises in this Privacy Policy apply to any data transferred to a new entity. Payment and fraud prevention partners Payouts: to enable you to pay out or otherwise disburse funds from your Patreon account, including to accounts serviced or maintained by Patreon’s payment partners. Fraud prevention: to enable Patreon, Patreon’s payment partners, Patreon’s fraud prevention partners, and industry peers who also work with Patreon’s payment or fraud prevention partners to detect, identify, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse, and other harmful, suspicious, or illegal activity. Payment dispute resolution: to enable Patreon, Patreon’s payment partners, and platforms through which purchases may be made (like the App Store) to evaluate, address, and resolve payments issues such as refunds, chargebacks, and resolution of other payments disputes, including by determining whether purchased material was accessed or otherwise consumed prior to a refund request or chargeback. Age verification: to make sure Patreon is a safe community for everyone, Patreon is required to have all creators sharing sexually explicit creations or creations that include nudity verify that they are over the age of 18, agree to obtain consent from each person depicted in their creations, and agree to verify that each such person is over the age of 18. Upon request from a payment partner, Patreon may share the information used to verify that such an Adult/18+ creator is over the age of 18 with the requesting payment partner in order to demonstrate compliance with their rules. With respect to non-creators depicted in Adult/18+ creations, Patreon does not collect this age verification or consent information directly and instead provides creators with a consent form template that they may use for this purpose. When it is necessary to do so, however, Patreon may request that creators provide this information to Patreon and creators must comply with such requests. Upon request from a payment partner, Patreon may thereafter share this information with the requesting payment partner in order to demonstrate compliance with their rules. Industry peers and organizations: to help Patreon and Patreon’s industry peers address emergency situations, to protect the safety or integrity of any person (especially children), and detect, identify, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse, violations of terms and policies, and other harmful, suspicious, or illegal activity. Individuals to whom you’ve granted teammate permissions: team accounts is a feature that Patreon makes available to some creators to help them use a team of people to manage their creator page. Team accounts are comprised of a single team lead role and a number of teammate roles. The team lead is the primary owner of the account and can add and remove teammates who have access to perform a subset of actions with respect to the applicable creator page and manage a subset of the information about that creator page. Please review our Help Center for more information about the scope of permissions that are granted with the teammate role. If you choose to grant anyone teammate access to a creator page, then Patreon will follow your instructions and grant the access or permission that you’ve selected. Third-party services to which you’ve connected your Patreon account: when you connect your Patreon account to other websites, apps, or services, you may be asked to give those websites, apps, or services access to information about your Patreon account and/or permission to perform actions within your Patreon account on your behalf. If you choose to take such an authorization action, then Patreon will follow your instructions and grant the access or permission that you’ve selected. Your Preferences and Control Over Your Data Choosing Your Preferences On www.patreon.com, you may find your settings in the left navigation panel after you log in to your Patreon account. On Patreon’s mobile apps, you may find your settings by clicking on your avatar or profile. Settings let you see and adjust your account preferences, including privacy preferences. You can separately see and adjust your cookie preferences for your current browser for patreon.com here. Opting out of Marketing You may opt out of marketing at any time in every marketing communication as applicable. You may also adjust your preferences in your settings. Opting out will stop marketing emails and SMS/MMS as applicable. Please allow up to 30 days for your opt-out request to be processed. If you have an account with Patreon, you will continue to receive service-related emails and/or, as applicable, texts. You will also continue to receive service-related shipments of benefits to the designated delivery address. We may work with third-party advertising partners to market our services. You can opt your current browser out of interest-based advertising from partners that adhere to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising at https://optout.aboutads.info. On Android, depending on your version of Android, you can delete the advertising ID for your current device in your Android phone’s settings or you can opt your current device out of interest-based advertising by enabling “Opt out of Ads Personalization” in your Android phone’s settings (precise directions and setting name may be different on different Android versions). On iOS 13 and previous versions only, you can opt your current device out of interest-based advertising by enabling the “Limit Ad Tracking” setting in your iOS phone’s settings (precise directions may be different on different iOS versions). On iOS 14 and later versions only, if you don't want to allow apps to access your current device’s iOS Identifier for Advertising, you can disable the “Allow Apps to Request to Track” setting in your iOS settings (precise directions may be different on different iOS versions). Turning Off Email Notifications You can change your email notifications in your email settings. While this allows you to stop many notification emails, we will still send other service-related emails. Turning Off Mobile Push Notifications If you download the Patreon iOS or Android app you may also receive notifications on your mobile device. These can be disabled in the App settings. Controlling Your Data We enable individuals to: access their personal data that Patreon has collected; correct or rectify any such personal data that they believe is inaccurate; restrict or oppose the processing of their personal data; delete their personal data; and transport their personal data. You can do this on Patreon in the following ways: access, review, modify, and update your data by logging in to your account at Patreon and going to your account settings; access your personal data, port it, or delete it data by clicking on the "Make a Privacy Request" button at the Patreon Privacy Center; delete a previously-disabled account by emailing Patreon at privacy@patreon.com; and exercising preferences as described above. If you are unable to log in to your account, and are unable to recover your account with a password reset in order to lodge your privacy request, then you may reach out to privacy@patreon.com. We reserve the right to refuse access to or recovery of an account, at our sole discretion, in order to prevent an unauthorized takeover of your account or unauthorized access to your personal data. Verification of Requests Users typically maintain password-protected accounts with Patreon. If you submit a request to exercise your privacy rights, you will be asked to verify the request by logging in to your Patreon account, or to verify your identity in another manner. If we are unable to adequately verify your request at our sole discretion then, in order to protect against unauthorized access to personal data, we reserve the right to deny the request. Do Not Track Signals Your browser may be configured to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to websites that you visit. There is no industry-standard approach to what this signal means. Accordingly, Patreon does not monitor or otherwise respond to these “Do Not Track” signals. California Privacy Laws Patreon’s headquarters are located in California, USA. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) allows California residents to request access to the specific pieces and categories of personal information that the business has collected about the consumer, the categories of sources for that information, the business or commercial purposes for collecting the information, and the categories of third parties with which the information was shared. Patreon provides California residents and all users with the right to view, access, or transport their information at the Patreon Privacy Center. All users also have the right to submit a request to delete information by going to the Patreon Privacy Center, clicking on the "Make a Privacy Request" button and requesting "Erase." We do not discriminate against users who exercise their privacy rights. Under California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code section 1798.83), California residents have certain rights regarding the disclosure of their information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. Patreon’s policy is not to share your information with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes if you have exercised your option to prevent that. If you wish to not have your personal information shared for those purposes, you may adjust your preferences or request that we delete your personal information by following the steps outlined above and/or contacting Patreon as described below. EU Privacy Laws and Data Transfers Patreon is a global company. When you use Patreon, your personal data may be transferred to and stored in the United States, and handled as described in this Privacy Policy. Patreon acts as a data controller, as defined under applicable law. If you reside in the European Union (including EFTA States) or Switzerland, Patreon Portugal acts as a controller of your personal data. If you reside in the United Kingdom (“UK”), Patreon, Inc. acts as a controller of your personal data and Patreon DLC Limited is Patreon’s UK GDPR Article 27 Representative. If you reside anywhere else, Patreon, Inc. acts as a controller of your personal data. Patreon processes personal data based on different legal grounds depending on the circumstances. This includes performance of a contract, legitimate interest, legal obligation, and consent where appropriate. Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw such consent at any time. Contractual Protections Covering Transfers Where appropriate, Patreon transfers of personal data of individuals in the European Union (including EFTA States) and the UK outside of those locations are performed based on contractual obligations placed on the recipient of the personal data. Data Privacy Framework and Principles Patreon complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Patreon has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union and the United Kingdom in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF. Patreon has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this Privacy Policy and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the applicable DPF Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/. Please note, however, that, as applicable and appropriate, we do not rely solely on the EU-U.S. DPF or the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF as our lawful basis to transfer personal data from the European Union or the United Kingdom. With respect to the choice principle articulated under the DPF, Patreon offers individuals the opportunity to choose whether their personal information is disclosed to a third party as described above in this Privacy Policy. Moreover, Patreon does not (i) use personal information for purpose(s) materially different from the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by individuals without appropriate mechanisms to exercise choice, (ii) disclose “sensitive information” to a third party without affirmative express consent, or (iii) use “sensitive information” for a purpose other than those for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by the individuals through the exercise of opt-in choice. With respect to the personal data received or transferred pursuant to the DPF, Patreon, Inc. is subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the US Federal Trade Commission. DPF participants like Patreon may be found liable under the applicable DPF Principles for the transfer of personal data from the EU, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland to third-party agents outside the EU, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland if they are found to have engaged such third-party agents to process personal data on their behalf in a manner inconsistent with the applicable DPF Principles. If you have a dispute with us about our DPF compliance, we ask that you first submit any such complaints directly to us at privacy@patreon.com. If you aren’t satisfied with our response, you may contact JAMS – the US-based independent alternative dispute resolution provider responsible for reviewing and resolving complaints about our DPF compliance free of charge to you – via https://www.jamsadr.com/DPF-Dispute-Resolution. In the event your concern still isn’t addressed by JAMS, you may be entitled to a binding arbitration under the DPF and the applicable DPF Principles. More Information about this arbitration process can be found here. Contacting Our Data Protection Officer If you have privacy concerns or questions, you can contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) via email at privacy@patreon.com with “FAO DPO” in the subject title. You may also post a letter to the DPO with your questions. For users residing outside of the European Union (including EFTA States) and Switzerland, including users in the United States, post should be sent to: Patreon Privacy Team Patreon 600 Townsend Street Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94103 For users residing in the United Kingdom, post may also be sent to Patreon Privacy Team Patreon DLC Limited 27 Old Gloucester Street London WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom For users residing in the the European Union (including EFTA States) or Switzerland, post should be sent to: Patreon Privacy Team Patreon Portugal Rua Augusto Rosa nº 79 4000-098 Porto, Portugal Complaints We take your privacy queries seriously, and are committed to resolving any complaints that may arise about our collection or use of your data. If you believe your privacy rights have been infringed, we encourage you to contact our DPO at privacy@patreon.com. You may also have the right to complain to the appropriate data protection supervisory authority. Establishing An Authorized Agent You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. In order to designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, you must provide a valid power of attorney, the requester’s valid government ID, and the authorized agent’s valid government ID. Please contact privacy@patreon.com with your request. In order to prevent an unauthorized takeover of your account or unauthorized access to your personal data, we may decline deletion of, access to, or recovery of your account via an authorized agent at our sole discretion. Our Data Retention Period Patreon stores your personal data until it is no longer necessary to provide our services, or until you ask us to delete it. We may continue to retain some information even after you delete your account if we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws. Security The security of your personal data is important to us and we follow industry standards to protect it. You can learn more on our Security Policy page. Children Patreon is not directed to children, and you may not use Patreon if you are under the age of 13. You must also be old enough to consent to the processing of your personal data in your country (in some countries we may allow your parent or legal guardian to do so on your behalf). You must be at least 18 years old or have your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to have a creator page on Patreon or to purchase an offering or subscription on Patreon. You must be at least 18 years old to subscribe to an Adult/18+ creator or purchase an offering related to such a creator. Changes We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time, in our sole discretion. When we do, we will post the updated Privacy Policy on the Patreon website, and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of the terms. If we make material changes, as determined in our sole discretion, we will attempt to notify you by contacting you at the e-mail address and/or phone number you provided when creating your Patreon account. You must keep your contact information up to date to enable us to contact you for this purpose. For creators and fans who create accounts after the “Last Updated” date, the updated Privacy Policy will be effective immediately. For existing creators and fans, the updated terms will become effective on the earlier of (a) sixty (60) days after the “Last Updated” date or (b) your consent to, and acceptance of, the updated Privacy Policy if we provide a mechanism for your immediate acceptance in a specified manner (such as within Patreon), which we may require before further use of Patreon or a particular Patreon feature is permitted. If you do not agree to the updated Privacy Policy, you must stop using Patreon before they take effect. Your continued use of Patreon after the effective date constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy, and our continued provision of Patreon is sufficient consideration for the change. You can find the prior version of this Privacy Policy here. Terms of Use Community Guidelines Help Center and FAQs App Directory Creator Blog