What you're agreeing to

Twitch, owned by Amazon, grants Twitch a broad license to use your streamed content and can suspend channels without warning. Subscription and Bits payments are non-refundable and your channel can be removed with no recourse.

Privacy in plain English

Twitch collects your viewing habits, chat activity, purchase history, and device information, which is shared with Amazon's advertising platform. Twitch links your activity to your Amazon account if connected, creating a combined consumer and media profile.

Terms of Service: Breakdown

Concerning Clauses

• - Twitch can terminate your account and all associated revenue, including outstanding payouts, at its discretion.
• Twitch grants itself a perpetual license to clip, distribute, and promote your stream content.
• Disputes are handled through binding arbitration, preventing class-action lawsuits in the US.

Data Sharing

• - Your viewing and purchase data flows into Amazon's advertising network and can influence ads you see on Amazon.com.
• Third-party extension developers have access to your Twitch data under their own privacy terms.

Known Incidents

• - 2021: Twitch suffered a major breach exposing source code, creator payout data, and internal security tools; an anonymous hacker published 125GB of data publicly.

Privacy Policy: Breakdown

Privacy Issues

• - Twitch links your viewing and purchasing behavior directly to your Amazon account for advertising purposes.
• Chat messages are stored and can be reviewed by Twitch staff and moderation tools indefinitely.

Who Gets Your Data

• - Amazon's advertising systems receive your Twitch viewing data to improve targeting on Amazon and affiliated sites. - Third-party advertisers running campaigns on Twitch receive behavioral segment data from your activity.

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