Squarespace Privacy Policy
20210701_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20200901_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT, DATE APPROXIMATE
Full text changes — 20200901_rev01 to 20210701_rev01
| 1 | **Effective Date: August 20, 2020** | |
| 1 | **Effective Date: June 25, 2021** | |
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| 3 | 3 | Thanks for visiting Squarespace! Squarespace ("Squarespace", "we", "us" or "our") respects your privacy. When it comes to your personal information, we believe in transparency, not surprises. That's why we've set out here what personal information we collect, what we do with it and your choices and rights. |
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| 5 | 5 | By using any of Squarespace's Services, you confirm you have agreed to the [Terms of Service](https://www.squarespace.com/terms-of-service) and read and understood this Privacy Policy and our [Cookie Policy](https://www.squarespace.com/cookie-policy). |
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| 7 | 7 | If you are in California, the "[California Residents]()" section below provides additional information in accordance with the CCPA. |
| 13 | 13 | **2\. How does this Privacy Policy apply?** |
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| 15 | 15 | This Privacy Policy describes what we do with personal information that we collect and use for our own purposes (i.e., where we are a controller), such as your account information and information about how you use and interact with our Services, including information you submit to our customer support as well as certain information relating to your End Users. This Privacy Policy does not apply to personal information of our employees or job applicants (except to the extent employees or job applicants are Users). |
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| 17 | 17 | We also host and process User Content on behalf of our Users. Our Users tell us what to do with User Content, and we follow their instructions. This Privacy Policy does not describe what we do with User Content on our Users' instructions (i.e., as their processor or service provider). If you are an End User of one of our User's sites and want to know how a User handles your information, you should check the site's privacy policy, if applicable. If you want to know about what we do for our own purposes, read on. |
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| 19 | If you are a User, see our [Data Processing Addendum](https://www.squarespace.com/dpa/) to learn more about how we process User Content or other personal information on your instructions or with your permission. Please see Section 3.7 of our Terms of Service to learn more about how we act as a "Service Provider" if you are a "Business" under the CCPA with respect to data of your "Consumers" (as defined under the CCPA) which meets the definition of "Personal Information" under the CCPA. | |
| 19 | If you are a User, see our [Data Processing Addendum](https://www.squarespace.com/dpa/) to learn more about how we process User Content or other personal information on your instructions or with your permission. Please see Section 7.5 of our Terms of Service to learn more about how we act as a "Service Provider" if you are a "Business" under the CCPA with respect to data of your "Consumers" (as defined under the CCPA) which meets the definition of "Personal Information" under the CCPA. | |
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| 21 | 21 | **3\. Personal information we collect** |
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| 23 | 23 | We collect various personal information regarding you or your device. This includes the following: |
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| 25 | 25 | - Information you provide to create an Account, specifically email address, first name and last name. If you sign up for Paid Services, we receive a portion of your payment information from our payment processor (such as the last four digits, the country of issuance and the expiration date of the payment card) and we ask you to select your jurisdiction. |