X (Twitter) privacy posture

https://x.com/en/privacy

X is public by design, and since November 2024 its policy has allowed it to hand your information to “third-party collaborators” who may use it to train their own AI models — unless you opt out. X shares your public posts and everything you say to Grok with xAI by default, and its own opt-out page is explicit that opting out does not stop all of it.

22policy revisions
Last reviewed: Aug 5, 2026

Privacy Posture

AI training by outside companies
Opt-out, not opt-in
The policy's “Third-party collaborators” clause states that X may share or disclose your information with third parties, and that “if you do not opt out, in some instances the recipients of the information may use it for their own independent purposes … including, for example, to train their artificial intelligence models, whether generative or otherwise”. The default is that the sharing happens. This clause did not exist before the revision of 15 November 2024; the redline for it is on this page.
X Privacy Policy — Sharing Information
What goes to xAI
Public posts, profile, and your Grok conversations
X states that it “may share with xAI your public X data as well as your user interactions, inputs and results with Grok on X to train and fine-tune Grok and other generative AI models”. Public X data here means public posts and their engagement metadata, public Spaces and public profiles. If you talk to Grok by voice, X says the voice inputs and their transcriptions or translations may be shared as well.
X Help Center — About Grok
What the Grok opt-out does not cover
Deployed models keep learning from normal use
X is unusually direct about the limit of its own control. Opting out “applies to AI model creation and fine-tuning conducted by xAI”, but “when you use an X feature that is powered by Grok (e.g. X recommendations), Grok will learn from your interactions and the opt-out does not prevent a deployed model from learning as a result of its normal use”. Nor does opting out affect anything already used for training. X notes separately that making your account private additionally keeps your posts out of that training.
X Help Center — controlling Grok training and personalisation
X training its own models
Stated since 29 September 2023, with no opt-out named
Separately from the xAI sharing, the policy says X “may use the information we collect and publicly available information to help train our machine learning or artificial intelligence models for the purposes outlined in this policy”. That sentence entered the policy in the revision of 29 September 2023 — the first time X claimed the right — and unlike the third-party sharing, the policy names no setting that turns it off.
X Privacy Policy — How We Use Information
Direct messages
Contents collected; only Encrypted Messages are treated differently
The policy lists, among the information X collects, “when you use Direct Messages, including the contents of the messages, the recipients, and date and time of messages”. Encrypted Messages are named separately and only their metadata is listed. X also warns that if someone you are messaging reaches X through a third-party client, your messages may reach that service too.
X Privacy Policy — Information We Collect
Retention
Specific periods — but suspended accounts are kept indefinitely
X commits to actual numbers, which is rarer than it should be: cookies and data collected via cookies for up to 13 months; ad views and interactions for up to 12 months; data from ad and business partners for up to 12 months; correspondence with X for up to 18 months. The exception is punitive — if your account is suspended for breaking the rules, X “may keep the identifiers you used to create the account (such as your email address or phone number) indefinitely” to stop you signing up again.
X Privacy Policy — How Long We Keep Information
Who controls your data, and the minimum age
X Corp. (Texas) or X Internet Unlimited Company (Dublin); 13
For users in the EU, the EFTA states and the UK the controller is X Internet Unlimited Company in Dublin, whose lead supervisory authority is the Irish Data Protection Commission. For everyone else it is X Corp., now registered in Bastrop, Texas. You may not use X if you are under 13, and X says it does not knowingly collect personal information from children under that age.
X Privacy Policy — How To Contact X, and X's Audience

What should I do?

Concrete steps, and who is actually able to take them.

  1. Opt out of your data training Grok and other xAI models

    Anyone with an X account. There is no equivalent control for someone without one, and none for X's own model training.

    • Open your privacy settings at x.com/settings/privacy_and_safety.
    • De-select the option X labels “Allow your public data as well as your interactions, inputs, and results with Grok and xAI to be used for training and fine-tuning.”
    • If you want your posts out of training altogether, set your account to protected — X states this additionally prevents posts being used.
    • Nothing confirms what was shared before you opted out, so treat the change as forward-looking only.

    X states the opt-out does not stop a deployed model learning from normal use of Grok-powered features such as recommendations, and does not apply to X's own machine-learning models, for which the policy names no control.

    X Help Center — About Grok

  2. Turn off additional data sharing with business partners

    Anyone, but the effect depends on where you live — some of it applies only in the EU, EFTA states and the UK.

    • Open your X settings and find the business-partner sharing control.
    • Switch it off, then re-check it after any major settings redesign — X notes that “changes to this setting may not be immediate”.
    • Note that it covers only the partnerships X lists on its own help page, not service providers or the third-party collaborator sharing above.

    X calls this setting two different things in two of its own documents: the privacy policy calls it “Data sharing with business partners” in Privacy and Safety settings, while the help page calls it “Allow additional information sharing with business partners” in Personalization and Data settings. Expect the label in the app to match one or the other.

    X Help Center — How X shares information with business partners

  3. See what X actually holds about you

    Anyone with an account; X verifies your identity first.

    • Request your archive from your account settings — it includes your posts, and the inferences and ad data X holds.
    • Review “Your X Data” for the interests and inferred identity information X has attached to your account.
    • X warns it may reject a request where you cannot verify your identity.
    X Help Center — How to download your X archive

  4. Deactivate, and understand what survives

    Anyone. Deactivation is reversible for 30 days; the consequences below are not.

    • Deactivate from your account settings — your profile stops being visible immediately and the data is queued for deletion.
    • Do not sign back in during the 30-day window if you intend the deletion to proceed.
    • If your account was suspended for a rules violation, expect X to keep your email address and phone number indefinitely regardless.

    X states plainly that public content can persist elsewhere: “search engines and other third parties may retain copies of your posts longer, based upon their own privacy policies, even after they are deleted”. Anything already licensed through X's API is outside your control too.

    X Privacy Policy — Take Control

Privacy policy change history

X publishes its 22 previous privacy policies, going back to May 2007. It numbers them rather than dating them, so the effective date below is read from each document; one version states only the date it stopped applying, and its start date is taken from the end of the version before it, which the published chain shows without a gap. The newest comparison runs from the last archived version to the live policy page.

38 versions tracked · May 14, 2007 → Jul 16, 2026 · 22 recorded changes

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The revision that introduced “Third-party collaborators” — the clause permitting X to disclose your information to outside companies that may use it for their own purposes, including training their own AI models, unless you opt out. It is the policy basis for the flow of X data to xAI, and it arrived as an opt-out rather than an opt-in.

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X Privacy Policy
Effective until November 15, 2024
Effective until July 28, 2025
Before you scroll, read this
It’s really hard to make everyone happy with a Privacy Policy. Most people who use X want something short and easy to understand. While we wish we could fit everything you need to know into a post, our regulators ask us to meet our legal obligations by describing them all in a lot of detail.
With that in mind, we’ve written our Privacy Policy as simply as possible to empower you to make informed decisions when you use X by making sure you understand and have control over the information we collect, how it’s used, and when it’s shared.
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Biometric Information.
Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes.
Job Applications / Recommendations.
We may collect and use your personal information (such as your employment history, educational history, employment preferences, skills and abilities, job search activity and engagement, and so on) to recommend potential jobs for you, to share with potential employers when you apply for a job, to enable employers to find potential candidates, and to show you more relevant advertising.
We may collect and use your personal information (such as your biographical information, employment history, educational history, employment preferences, skills and abilities, and job search activity and engagement, in addition to the information we already collect as disclosed in the “Information we collect when you use X” section of our Privacy Policy below) to recommend potential jobs to you, to share with potential employers when you apply for a job, to enable connections for professional opportunities, and to show you more relevant advertising.
1.2 Information we collect when you use X.
When you use our services, we collect information about how you use our products and services. We use that information to provide you with products and services, to help keep X more secure and respectful for everyone, and more relevant to you.
Usage Information.
We collect information about your activity on X, including:
Posts and other content you post (including the date, application, and version of X) and information about your broadcast activity (e.g., Spaces), including broadcasts you’ve created and when you created them, your lists, bookmarks, and communities you are a part of.
Your interactions with other users’ content, such as reposts, likes, bookmarks, shares, replies, if other users mention or tag you in content or if you mention or tag them, and broadcasts you’ve participated in (including your viewing history, listening, commenting, speaking, and reacting).
Posts and other content you post (including the date, application, and version of X) and information about your broadcast activity (e.g., Spaces), including broadcasts you’ve created and when you created them, your lists, bookmarks, and Communities you are a part of.
Your interactions with other users’ content, such as reposts, likes, bookmarks, shares, downloads, replies, if other users mention or tag you in content or if you mention or tag them, and broadcasts you’ve participated in (including your viewing history, listening, commenting, speaking, and reacting).
How you interact with others on the platform, such as people you follow and people who follow you, metadata related to
Encrypted Messages
, and when you use
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here
.
Interactions with our content on third-party sites.
When you view our content on third-party websites that integrate X content such as embedded timelines or post buttons, we may receive log information that includes the web page you visited.
When you view our content on third-party websites that integrate X content, such as embedded timelines or post buttons, we may receive log information that includes the web page you visited.
1.3 Information we receive from third parties.
When you use other online products and services, they may share information about that usage with us.
Ad Partners, Developers, Publishers.
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We use the information we collect to provide and operate X products and services. We also use the information we collect to improve and personalize our products and services so that you have a better experience on X, including by showing you more relevant content and ads, suggesting people and topics to follow, enabling and helping you discover
affiliates
, third-party apps, and services. We may use the information we collect and publicly available information to help train our machine learning or artificial intelligence models for the purposes outlined in this policy.
We may use the information we collect from accounts of other services that you choose to connect your X account to provide you features like cross-posting or cross-service authentication, and to operate our services.
We may use the information we collect from accounts of other services that you choose to connect to your X account to provide you features like cross-posting or cross-service authentication, and to operate our services.
We use your contact information to help others find your account if your settings permit, including through third-party services and client applications.
We use your information to provide our advertising and sponsored content services subject to your
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You should know the ways we share your information, why we share it, and how you can control it. There are five general ways we share your information.
3.1 When you post and share.
With the general public
. You are directing us to disclose that information as broadly as possible. X content, including your profile information (e.g., name/pseudonym, username, profile pictures), is available for viewing by the general public. The public does not need to be signed in to view some content on X. They may also find X content off of X, for example from search query results on Internet search engines.
. You are directing us to disclose that information as broadly as possible. X content, including your profile information (e.g., name/pseudonym, username, profile pictures), is available for viewing by the general public. The public does not need to be signed in to view some content on X. They may also find X content off of X: for example, from search query results on Internet search engines or videos downloaded and reshared elsewhere (depending on your
settings
).
With other X users.
Depending on your
settings
, and based on the X products and services you use, we share:
Your interactions with X content of other users, such as likes, and people you follow.
Your interactions with X content of other users, such as replies, and people you follow.
Content you send to a specific X user, such as through
Direct Messages
. Please keep in mind that if you’ve shared information like Direct Messages or protected posts with someone else who accesses X through a third-party service, the information may be shared with the third-party service.
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, we also provide certain third parties with information to help us offer or operate our products and services. You can learn more about these partnerships in our
. You can control whether X shares your personal information with these partners by using the “Data sharing with business partners” option in your
Privacy & Safety settings
. (This setting does not control sharing described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, such as when we share information with our service providers, or through partnerships other than as described in this
. (This setting does not control sharing described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, such as when we share information with our service providers, or through partnerships other than as described in this
article.)
3.2 With third parties & third-party integrations.
With service providers.
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to access your account or when you direct us to share your feedback with a business. Similarly, to improve your experience, we work with third-party partners to display their video content on X or to allow cross-platform sharing. When you watch or otherwise interact with content from our video or cross-platform sharing partners, they may receive and process your personal information as described in their privacy policies. For video content, you can adjust your
autoplay settings
if you prefer that content not to play automatically.
Third-party collaborators.
Depending on your
settings
, or if you decide to share your data, we may share or disclose your information with third parties. If you do not opt out, in some instances the recipients of the information may use it for their own independent purposes in addition to those stated in X’s Privacy Policy, including, for example, to train their artificial intelligence models, whether generative or otherwise.
Through our APIs.
We use technology like
APIs
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;
protect the safety of any person, protect the safety or integrity of our platform, including to help prevent spam, abuse, or malicious actors on our services;
explain why we have removed content or accounts from our services (e.g., for a violation of
Our Rules
our Rules
);
address fraud, security, or technical issues; or
protect our rights or property, or the rights or property of those who use our services.
We may also use different signals and your data to infer, preserve, use, share, or disclose your age and identity information in order to comply with regulatory requirements as well as for safety, security, fraud, know-your-customer, know-your-business, and identity verification, as the case may be. We may also share or disclose your age and identity information with our partners, service providers, and others for these purposes.
3.4 With our Affiliates.
We may share information amongst our
affiliates
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3.5 As a result of a change in ownership.
We may share, sell, or transfer information about you in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or bankruptcy. This Privacy Policy will apply to your personal information that is shared with (before and after the close of any transaction) or transferred to the new entity.
4. How Long We Keep Information
We keep different types of information for different periods of time:
We keep your profile information and content for the duration of your account.
We generally keep other personally identifiable data we collect when you use our products and services for a maximum of 18 months.
Remember public content can exist elsewhere even after you remove it from X. For example, search engines and other third parties may retain copies of your posts longer, based upon their own privacy policies, even after they are deleted or expire on X. You can read more about search visibility
here
.
Where you violate our Rules and your account is suspended, we may keep the identifiers you used to create the account (i.e., email address or phone number) indefinitely to prevent repeat policy offenders from creating new accounts.
We may keep certain information longer than our policies specify in order to comply with legal requirements and for safety and security reasons.
We keep different types of information for different periods of time, depending on how long we need to retain it in order to provide you with our products and services, to comply with our legal requirements and for safety and security reasons. For example:
We keep your profile information, such as your display name, user name, password and email address for the duration of your account. We cannot provide you with our products and services without retaining this information.
We keep your usage information, such as the content you post, your interactions with other users’ content and how you interact with others on the platform for the duration of your account or until such content is removed.
We keep your payment information, including your credit or debit card number and billing address for the duration you use our paid products and services. Records of transactions will be kept for longer, in accordance with applicable law.
If you communicate with us, such as through email, we will keep information about the communication and its content for up to 18 months, unless it is necessary for us to retain it for a longer period to comply with our legal obligations or to exercise or defend our legal rights.
We generally collect device information, location information, inferred identity information and log information using cookies. We keep cookies and information collected using cookies for up to 13 months. You can learn more about how we use cookies and similar technologies
here
.
We keep information about your views or interactions with ads on or off X, as well as how you interact with our content on third-party sites for up to 90 days.
We keep information shared by ad and business partners for up to 90 days.
Where you violate our Rules and your account is suspended, we may keep the identifiers you used to create the account (such as your email address or phone number) indefinitely to prevent repeat policy offenders from creating new accounts.
We may need to keep certain information longer than our policies specify in order to comply with legal requirements and for safety and security reasons. For example:
To comply with a law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
Including in order to adhere to a legally appropriate preservation request made by law enforcement. You can read more about law enforcement access
here
.
In connection with legal claims, litigation and regulatory matters.
Including where it is reasonably necessary to retain information relating to your account in order to defend X against legal claims.
To maintain the safety and security of our products and services.
Including where it is necessary to store your information longer in order to investigate and fight abuse on our products and services.
Remember public content can exist elsewhere even after it is removed from X. For example, search engines and other third parties may retain copies of your posts longer, based upon their own privacy policies, even after they are deleted or expire on X. You can read more about search visibility
here
.
5. Take Control
5.1 Access, Correction, Portability.
You can access, correct, or modify the information you provided to us by editing your profile and adjusting your account
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is recorded, or whether
videos you upload
are downloadable by others.
X adheres to the Digital Advertising Alliance Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising (also referred to as “interest-based advertising”) and respects the DAA’s consumer choice tool for you to opt out of interest-based advertising at
https://optout.aboutads.info/
5.4 Authorized Agent Requests.
To submit a request related to access, modification, or deletion of your information, or someone else’s information if you are their authorized agent, you may also contact us as specified in the How To Contact X section of our Privacy Policy below. We may require you to provide additional information for verification.
6. Your Rights and Ours

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X Privacy Policy
Effective until January 15, 2026
Effective: January 15, 2026
Before you scroll, read this
It’s really hard to make everyone happy with a Privacy Policy. Most people who use X want something short and easy to understand. While we wish we could fit everything you need to know into a post, our regulators ask us to meet our legal obligations by describing them all in a lot of detail.
With that in mind, we’ve written our Privacy Policy as simply as possible to empower you to make informed decisions when you use X by making sure you understand and have control over the information we collect, how it’s used, and when it’s shared.
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3. Sharing Information
4. How Long We Keep Information
5. Take Control
6. Your Rights and Ours
7. X's Audience
8. Changes To This Privacy Policy
9. General

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X Privacy Policy
Effective until July 28, 2025
Effective until January 15, 2026
Before you scroll, read this
It’s really hard to make everyone happy with a Privacy Policy. Most people who use X want something short and easy to understand. While we wish we could fit everything you need to know into a post, our regulators ask us to meet our legal obligations by describing them all in a lot of detail.
With that in mind, we’ve written our Privacy Policy as simply as possible to empower you to make informed decisions when you use X by making sure you understand and have control over the information we collect, how it’s used, and when it’s shared.
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We generally collect device information, location information, inferred identity information and log information using cookies. We keep cookies and information collected using cookies for up to 13 months. You can learn more about how we use cookies and similar technologies
here
.
We keep information about your views or interactions with ads on or off X, as well as how you interact with our content on third-party sites for up to 90 days.
Where you violate our Rules and your account is suspended, we may keep the identifiers you used to create the account (such as your email address or phone number) indefinitely to prevent repeat policy offenders from creating new accounts.
We may need to keep certain information longer than our policies specify in order to comply with legal requirements and for safety and security reasons. For example:
To comply with a law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.

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Twitter Privacy Policy
Effective until September 29, 2023
Before you scroll, read this
So if you skip reading every word of the Privacy Policy, at least know this:
Learn what’s viewable & searchable
We collect some data
about you
Learn what we collect & how
Affiliate services may have their own policies
Learn about affiliates
Learn how we make your info work
You can control your experience
Learn how to update your settings
If you have questions about how we use data, just ask
Learn how to contact us
1. Information We Collect
To use some of our products and services you need to have an account, and to create an account, you need to provide us certain information. Likewise, if you use our paid products and services, we cannot provide them to you without getting payment information. Basically, certain information is necessary if you want to use many of our products and services.
Personal Accounts.
Professional Accounts.
If you create a
professional account

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Privacy Policy
Effective until May 18, 2023
Twitter Privacy Policy
Before you scroll, read this
It’s really hard to make everyone happy with a Privacy Policy. Most people who use Twitter want something short and easy to understand. While we wish we could fit everything you need to know into a Tweet, our regulators ask us to meet our legal obligations by describing them all in a lot of detail.
With that in mind, we’ve written our Privacy Policy as simply as possible to empower you to make informed decisions when you use Twitter by making sure you understand and have control over the information we collect, how it’s used, and when it’s shared.

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Privacy Policy
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APIs
standard terms
https://developer.twitter.com
.
legal process, or governmental request
Your Twitter Data
and request access to additional information
here
here
(or for Periscope
here
), your account will be deactivated. When deactivated, your Twitter account, including your display name, username, and public profile, will no longer be viewable on Twitter.com, Twitter for iOS, and Twitter for Android. For up to 30 days after deactivation it is still possible to restore your Twitter account if it was accidentally or wrongfully deactivated.
If you live in the United States or any other country outside of the European Union, EFTA States, or the United Kingdom, the data controller responsible for your personal data is Twitter, Inc. with an address of:
Twitter, Inc.
Attn: Privacy Policy Inquiry
1355 Market Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, CA 94103
Attn: Data Protection Officer
One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street
Dublin 2, D02 AX07 IRELAND

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Basic Account Information
Public Information
Contact Information and Address Books
Direct Messages and Non-Public Communications
Direct Messages & Communications
Payment Information
How You Control the Information You Share With Us
Basic Account Information
Public Information
Contact Information and Address Books
Direct Messages and Non-Public Communications
Payment Information
How You Control the Information You Share With Us
1.1
Basic Account Information
1
, for example to express different parts of your identity.
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How You Control the Information You Share With Us
1.1
Basic Account Information
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Content:
You don’t have to create an account to use some of our service features, such as searching and viewing public Twitter profiles or watching a broadcast on Periscope’s website. If you do choose to create an account, you must provide us with some personal data so that we can provide our services to you. On Twitter this includes a display name (for example, “Twitter Moments”), a username (for example, @TwitterMoments), a password, and an email address or phone number. Your display name and username are always public, but you can use either your real name or a pseudonym. You can also
create and manage multiple Twitter accounts
1
, for example to express different parts of your identity.
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1.2
Public Information
Most activity on Twitter is public, including your
profile information
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Changes to This Privacy Policy
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Twitter Privacy Policy
We believe you should always know what data we collect from you and how we use it, and that you should have meaningful control over both. We want to empower you to make the best decisions about the information that you share with us.
That’s the basic purpose of this Privacy Policy.
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You should read this policy in full, but here are a few key things we hope you take away from it:
Twitter is public and Tweets are immediately viewable and searchable by anyone around the world. We give you non-public ways to communicate on Twitter too, through protected Tweets and Direct Messages. You can also use Twitter under a pseudonym if you prefer not to use your name.
When you use Twitter, even if you’re just looking at Tweets, we receive some personal information from you like the type of device you’re using and your IP address. You can choose to share additional information with us like your email address, phone number, address book contacts, and a public profile. We use this information for things like keeping your account secure and showing you more relevant Tweets, people to follow, events, and ads.
We give you control through your
settings
to limit the data we collect from you and how we use it, and to control things like account security, marketing preferences, apps that can access your account, and address book contacts you’ve uploaded to Twitter. You can also always
In addition to information you share with us, we use your Tweets, content you’ve read, Liked, or Retweeted, and other information to determine what topics you’re interested in, your age, the languages you speak, and other signals to show you more relevant content. We give you
transparency
into that information, and you can modify or correct it at any time.

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Privacy Policy
Download PDF
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Twitter Privacy Policy
login verification
or
Twitter via SMS
email
and
mobile notifications
settings
corporate affiliates
account settings
Your Twitter Data
and request access to additional information
here
.
If you have a Privacy Shield-related complaint, please contact us
here
. As part of our participation in Privacy Shield, if you have a dispute with us about our adherence to the Principles, we will seek to resolve it through our internal complaint resolution process, alternatively through the independent dispute resolution body

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Twitter Privacy Policy
Our Services instantly connect people everywhere to what’s most meaningful to them. For example, any registered user of Twitter can send a Tweet, which is public by default, and can include a message of 140 characters or less and content like photos, videos, and links to other websites.
What you share on Twitter may be viewed all around the world instantly. You are what you Tweet!
This Privacy Policy describes how and when we collect, use and share your information across our websites, SMS, APIs, email notifications, applications, buttons, widgets, ads, commerce services, and
This Privacy Policy describes how and when we collect, use, and share your information across our websites, SMS, APIs, email notifications, applications, buttons, embeds, ads, and
our other covered services
that link to this Policy (collectively, the “Services”), and from our partners and other third parties. For example, you send us information when you use our Services on the web, via SMS, or from an application such as Twitter for Mac, Twitter for Android or TweetDeck. When using any of our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, storage, disclosure, and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. This includes any information you choose to provide that is deemed sensitive under applicable law.
and
Twitter Rules
.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please submit a request through our form, available at
https://support.twitter.com/forms/privacy
.
Information Collection and Use
We collect and use your information below to provide, understand, and improve our Services.
Basic Account Information:
Digits by Twitter
Contact Information:
You may use your contact information, such as your email address or phone number, to customize your account or enable certain account features, for example, for
login verification

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Twitter Privacy Policy
Our Services instantly connect people everywhere to what’s most meaningful to them. Any registered user of the Twitter Services can send a Tweet, which is a message of 140 characters or less that is public by default and can include other content like photos, videos, and links to other websites.
Tip
: What you say on the Twitter Services may be viewed all around the world instantly. You are what you Tweet!
our other covered services
and
Twitter Rules
.
.
Information Collection and Use
login verification
Twitter via SMS
email
and
privacy settings
settings
or features, like
language
and
time zone
here
, and how to set your location preferences
here
.
http://t.co
here
.
.
account settings
here
and about how ads work on our Services
here
corporate affiliates
in order to help provide, understand, and improve our Services and our affiliates’ services, including the delivery of ads.
Accessing and Modifying Your Personal Information
If you are a registered user of our Services, we provide you with tools and
account settings

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Twitter Privacy Policy
Our Services instantly connect people everywhere to what’s most meaningful to them. Any registered user of the Twitter Services can send a Tweet, which is a message of 140 characters or less that is public by default and can include other content like photos, videos, and links to other websites.
Tip
: What you say on the Twitter Services may be viewed all around the world instantly. You are what you Tweet!
: What you say on the Twitter Services may be viewed all around the world instantly. You are what you Tweet!
This Privacy Policy (“
Policy
”) describes how and when Twitter collects, uses and shares your information when you use our Services. Twitter receives your information through our various websites, SMS, APIs, email notifications, applications, buttons, widgets, ads, commerce services (the “
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
that link to this Policy (collectively, the “
Services
”) and from our partners and other third parties. For example, you send us information when you use our Services on the web, via SMS, or from an application such as Twitter for Mac, Twitter for Android or TweetDeck. When using any of our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, storage, disclosure, and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
If you live in the United States, your information is controlled by Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103 U.S.A. If you live outside the United States, the data controller responsible for your information is Twitter International Company, an Irish company with its registered office at The Academy, 42 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Irrespective of which country you reside in or supply information from, you authorize Twitter to use your information in the United States, Ireland, and any other country where Twitter operates.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us
here
or at

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Twitter Privacy Policy
Twitter instantly connects people everywhere to what’s most meaningful to them. Any registered user can send a Tweet, which is a message of 140 characters or less that is public by default and can include other content like photos, videos, and links to other websites.
Our Services instantly connect people everywhere to what’s most meaningful to them. Any registered user of the Twitter Services can send a Tweet, which is a message of 140 characters or less that is public by default and can include other content like photos, videos, and links to other websites.
Tip
What you say on Twitter may be viewed all around the world instantly.
Services
[email protected]
.
Information Collection and Use
Tip
privacy settings
here
. Providing the additional information described in this section is entirely optional.
settings
here
, and how to set your location preferences
here
.
here
.
Log Data
Widget Data
here
. For Tweets, Log Data, and other information that we receive from interactions with Twitter buttons or widgets, please see the other sections of this Privacy Policy.
Payment Information
account settings
Transaction Data
Registered Card Data
”). Transaction Data and Registered Card Data may include the merchant’s name and the date, time and amount of the transaction. Twitter uses Registered Card Data to verify eligibility for card-linked services, and may also use Registered Card Data to limit the number of offers available to you and keep track of your offers.
privacy settings
here
here
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Tip
If you are a registered user of our Services, we provide you with tools and
account settings
You can also permanently delete your Twitter account. If you follow the instructions
here
Our Policy Towards Children
. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we take steps to remove such information and terminate the child’s account. You can find additional resources for parents and teens
here
.

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Previous Twitter Privacy Policy
Please Note: This document is NOT current. Please read the
current privacy policy
Twitter Privacy Policy
Twitter instantly connects people everywhere to what’s most meaningful to them. Any registered user can send a Tweet, which is a message of 140 characters or less that is public by default and can include other content like photos, videos, and links to other websites.
Tip
What you say on Twitter may be viewed all around the world instantly.
Services
” or “
Twitter

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Twitter instantly connects people everywhere to what’s most meaningful to them. Any registered user can send a Tweet, which is a message of 140 characters or less that is public by default and can include other content like photos, videos, and links to other websites.
Tip
What you say on Twitter may be viewed all around the world instantly.
This Privacy Policy describes how and when Twitter collects, uses and shares your information when you use our Services. Twitter receives your information through our various websites, SMS, APIs, email notifications, applications, buttons, and widgets (the “
This Privacy Policy describes how and when Twitter collects, uses and shares your information when you use our Services. Twitter receives your information through our various websites, SMS, APIs, email notifications, applications, buttons, widgets, and ads (the “
Services
” or “
Twitter
”). For example, you send us information when you use Twitter from our website, post or receive Tweets via SMS, or access Twitter from an application such as Twitter for Mac, Twitter for Android or TweetDeck. When using any of our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, manipulation, storage, disclosure and other uses of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Irrespective of which country you reside in or supply information from, you authorize Twitter to use your information in the United States and any other country where Twitter operates.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at
[email protected]
or

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Please Note: This document is NOT current. Please read the
current privacy policy
.
Version 6
Twitter Privacy Policy
Twitter instantly connects people everywhere to what’s most meaningful to them. Any registered user can send a Tweet, which is a message of 140 characters or less that is public by default and can include other content like photos, videos, and links to other websites.
Tip
What you say on Twitter may be viewed all around the world instantly.
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”). After a maximum of 10 days, we start the process of deleting or aggregating Widget Data, which is usually instantaneous but in some cases may take up to a week. While we have the Widget Data, we may use it to tailor content for you, such as suggestions for people to follow on Twitter. Tailored content is stored with only your browser cookie ID and is separated from other Widget Data such as page-visit information. This feature is optional and not yet available to all users. If you want, you can suspend it or turn it off, which removes from your browser the unique cookie that enables the feature. Learn more about the feature
here
. For Tweets, Log Data, and other information that we receive from interactions with Twitter buttons or widgets, please see the other sections of this Privacy Policy.
Third-Party Service Providers: Twitter uses a variety of third-party services to help provide our Services, such as hosting our various blogs and wikis, and to help us understand the use of our Services, such as Google Analytics. These third-party service providers may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, such as cookies or your IP address.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Tip
We do not disclose your private personal information except in the limited circumstances described here.

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Please Note: This document is NOT current. Please read the
current privacy policy
.
Version 5
This Privacy Policy describes Twitter’s policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information. Twitter receives your information through our various web sites, SMS, APIs, applications, services and third-parties (“Services”). For example, you send us information when you use Twitter from our web site, post or receive Tweets via SMS, add a Twitter widget to your website, or access Twitter from an application such as Twitter for Mac, Twitter for Android or TweetDeck. When using any of our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, manipulation, storage, disclosure and other uses of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Irrespective of which country that you reside in or create information from, your information may be used by Twitter in the United States or any other country where Twitter operates.
Version 6
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at
[email protected]
.
Information Collection and Use
Tip
Information Collected Upon Registration: When you create or reconfigure a Twitter account, you provide some personal information, such as your name, username, password, and email address. Some of this information, for example, your name and username, is listed publicly on our Services, including on your profile page and in search results. Some Services, such as search, public user profiles and viewing lists, do not require registration.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Tip
Modifying Your Personal Information
You can also permanently delete your Twitter account. If you follow the instructions
Our Policy Towards Children
[email protected]
Changes to this Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of the policy will govern our use of your information and will always be at
https://twitter.com/privacy
. If we make a change to this policy that, in our sole discretion, is material, we will notify you via an
@Twitter

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Please Note: This document is NOT current. Please read the
current privacy policy
.
Version 4
This Privacy Policy describes Twitter’s policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information. Twitter receives your information through our various web sites, SMS, APIs, services and third-parties (“Services”). When using any of our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, manipulation, storage, disclosure and other uses of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Irrespective of which country that you reside in or create information from, your information may be used by Twitter in the United States or any other country where Twitter operates.
Version 5
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at
[email protected]
.
Information Collection and Use
Tip
Information Collected Upon Registration: When you create or reconfigure a Twitter account, you provide some personal information, such as your name, username, password, and email address. Some of this information, for example, your name and username, is listed publicly on our Services, including on your profile page and in search results. Some Services, such as search, public user profiles and viewing lists, do not require registration.
Additional Information: You may provide us with additional information to make public, such as a short biography, your location, or a picture. You may customize your account with information such as a cell phone number for the delivery of SMS messages or your address book so that we can help you find Twitter users you know. We may use your contact information to send you information about our Services or to market to you. You may unsubscribe from these messages by following the instructions contained within the messages or the instructions on our web site. If you email us, we may keep your message, email address and contact information to respond to your request. Providing the additional information described in this section is entirely optional.
Tweets, Following, Lists and other Public Information: Our Services are primarily designed to help you share information with the world. Most of the information you provide to us is information you are asking us to make public. This includes not only the messages you Tweet and the metadata provided with Tweets, such as when you Tweeted, but also the lists you create, the people you follow, the Tweets you mark as favorites or Retweet and many other bits of information. Our default is almost always to make the information you provide public but we generally give you
to make the information more private if you want. Your public information is broadly and instantly disseminated. For example, your public Tweets are searchable by many search engines and are immediately delivered via SMS and our
to a wide range of users and services. You should be careful about all information that will be made public by Twitter, not just your Tweets.
Tip
What you say on Twitter may be viewed all around the world instantly.
Location Information: You may choose to note your location in your Tweets and in your Twitter profile. If you turn on Tweeting with your location, we may also save exact coordinates to help improve our service. You can control your location information settings in your
.
Cookies: Like many websites, we use “cookie” technology to collect additional website usage data and to improve our Services, but we do not require cookies for many parts of our Services such as searching and looking at public user profiles or lists. A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your computer’s hard disk. Twitter may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with our Services, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on our Services, and to improve our Services. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. You can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit.
Third Party Services: Twitter uses a variety of services hosted by third parties to help provide our Services, such as hosting our various blogs and wikis, and to help us understand the use of our Services, such as Google Analytics. These services may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, such as cookies or your IP request.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Tip
We do not disclose your private information except in the limited circumstances described here.
Service Providers: We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to us. We may share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these functions and provide such services, and only pursuant to obligations mirroring the protections of this privacy policy.
Business Transfers: In the event that Twitter is involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, your information may be sold or transferred as part of that transaction. The promises in this privacy policy will apply to your information as transferred to the new entity.
Non-Private or Non-Personal Information: We may share or disclose your non-private, aggregated or otherwise non-personal information, such as your public Tweets or the number of users who clicked on a particular link (even if only one did).
Modifying Your Personal Information
If you are a registered user of our Services, we provide you with tools to access or modify the personal information you provided to us and associated with your account.
Our Policy Towards Children
Our Services are not directed to people under 13. If you become aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us at
[email protected]
. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we take steps to remove such information and terminate the child’s account.
Changes to this Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of the policy will govern our use of your information and will always be at
. If we make a change to this policy that, in our sole discretion, is material, we will notify you via an
@Twitter
update or e-mail to the email associated with your account. By continuing to access or use the Services after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

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current privacy policy
.
Version 3
Version 4
This Privacy Policy describes Twitter’s policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information. Twitter receives your information through our various web sites, SMS, APIs, services and third-parties (“Services”). When using any of our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, manipulation, storage, disclosure and other uses of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Irrespective of which country that you reside in or create information from, your information may be used by Twitter in the United States or any other country where Twitter operates.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at
[email protected]
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Tip
What you say on Twitter may be viewed all around the world instantly.
Location Information: You may choose to note your location in your Tweets and in your Twitter profile. If you turn on Tweeting with your location, we may also save exact coordinates to help improve our service. You can control your location information settings in your
settings
.
Log Data: Our servers automatically record information (“Log Data”) created by your use of the Services. Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, the referring domain, pages visited, and search terms. Other actions, such as interactions with advertisements, may also be included in Log Data.
Cookies: Like many websites, we use “cookie” technology to collect additional website usage data and to improve our Services, but we do not require cookies for many parts of our Services such as searching and looking at public user profiles or lists. A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your computer’s hard disk. Twitter may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with our Services, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on our Services, and to improve our Services. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. You can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit.
Third Party Services: Twitter uses a variety of services hosted by third parties to help provide our Services, such as hosting our various blogs and wikis, and to help us understand the use of our Services, such as Google Analytics. These services may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, such as cookies or your IP request.
Information Sharing and Disclosure

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Please Note: This document is NOT current. Please read the
current privacy policy
.
Version 2
Version 3
This Privacy Policy describes Twitter’s policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information. Twitter receives your information through our various web sites, SMS, APIs, services and third-parties (“Services”). When using any of our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, manipulation, storage, disclosure and other uses of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Irrespective of which country that you reside in or create information from, your information may be used by Twitter in the United States or any other country where Twitter operates.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at
[email protected]
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settings
.
Log Data: Our servers automatically record information (“Log Data”) created by your use of the Services. Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, the referring domain, pages visited, and search terms. Other actions, such as interactions with advertisements, may also be included in Log Data.
Links: Twitter may keep track of how you interact with links in Tweets by redirecting clicks or through other means. We do this to help improve our Services, including advertising, and to be able to share aggregate click statistics such as how many times a particular link was clicked on.
Cookies: Like many websites, we use “cookie” technology to collect additional website usage data and to improve our Services, but we do not require cookies for many parts of our Services such as searching and looking at public user profiles or lists. A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your computer’s hard disk. Twitter may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with our Services, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on our Services, and to improve our Services. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. You can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Tip
We do not disclose your private information except in the limited circumstances described here.

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Version 1
This Privacy Policy is effective as of May 14, 2007.
Twitter provides this Privacy Policy to inform users of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information received from users of this website, located at
.
Information Collection and Use
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Our Policy Towards Children

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