Stack Overflow Privacy Policy

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11## Stack Exchange, Inc. Privacy Policy
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3Updated 07 February 2020
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55ABOUT STACK OVERFLOW
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77The Stack Overflow Network (also referred to herein as "Stack Overflow" or "Network") is a set of related Internet sites and other applications for questions and answers, owned and operated by Stack Exchange, Inc. ("Stack Overflow", "we" or "us"), a Delaware corporation.
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99Stack Overflow welcomes you to the Network, the largest community of developers in the world, and invites you to participate in the community by sharing knowledge with your peers and colleagues.
1111INTRODUCTION TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
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1313This privacy policy and our related Privacy Notices (see below) describe how we collect, use, protect and share information about you that we collect when you use any of our products and services, our websites, or apps or otherwise interact with us (Services).
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1515We have set out below, an overview of how our privacy policies work. Depending on how you interact with us, we will collect and process your personal information as shown in the table below.
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17This statement should be read together with our related Privacy Notices, in particular our [Privacy Notice for the Public Network](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/public-network), [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams Basic](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-basic), [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams Business](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-business), [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams Enterprise](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-enterprise), [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Talent and Jobs](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/talent) and our Employee Privacy Notice.
17This statement should be read together with our related Privacy Notices, in particular our [Privacy Notice for the Public Network](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/public-network), [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams Free](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-free), [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams Basic](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-basic), [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams Business](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-business), [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams Enterprise](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-enterprise), [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Talent and Jobs](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/talent) and our Employee Privacy Notice.
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19<table><tbody><tr><td>If you interact with us through the Public Network</td><td>In addition, we will collect and process your personal information in accordance with the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/public-network">Stack Overflow Privacy Notice for the Public Network</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are a Stack Overflow for Teams, Basic customer</td><td>In addition, we will collect and process your personal information in accordance with the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-basic">Stack Overflow for Teams Basic Privacy Notice</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are a Stack Overflow for Teams, Business customer</td><td>In addition, we will collect and process your personal information in accordance with the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-business">Stack Overflow for Teams, Business Privacy Notice</a> and any other agreement that we may have with you.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are a Stack Overflow Talent customer</td><td>This statement should be read together with our related Privacy Notices, in particular our <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/talent">Stack Overflow Talent Privacy Notice</a> and any other agreement that we may have with you.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are a Stack Overflow for Teams, Enterprise customer</td><td>In addition, we will collect and process your personal information in accordance with the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-enterprise">Stack Overflow for Teams, Enterprise Privacy Notice</a> and any other agreement that we may have with you.</td></tr><tr><td>If you visit or register with any of our websites</td><td>We will collect and use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the Privacy Notice for the Public website if applicable. In particular, we may see how you use our websites and what content you interact with and for how long. This may involve the use of cookies which is explained in our <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/cookie-policy">Cookie Policy</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are a supplier and you or your company provides us with goods or services</td><td>We may collect your individual contact information in order to communicate with you and may use other information that we need in order to manage our account with your business. We will process such data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other agreement that we may have with you.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are employed by us</td><td>We will process your personal information in accordance with our Employee Privacy Notice. This will be made available to you internally.</td></tr></tbody></table>
19<table><tbody><tr><td>If you interact with us through the Public Network</td><td>In addition, we will collect and process your personal information in accordance with the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/public-network">Stack Overflow Privacy Notice for the Public Network</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are a Stack Overflow for Teams, Free customer</td><td>In addition, we will collect and process your personal information in accordance with the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-free">Stack Overflow for Teams Free Privacy Notice</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are a Stack Overflow for Teams, Basic customer</td><td>In addition, we will collect and process your personal information in accordance with the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-basic">Stack Overflow for Teams Basic Privacy Notice</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are a Stack Overflow for Teams, Business customer</td><td>In addition, we will collect and process your personal information in accordance with the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-business">Stack Overflow for Teams, Business Privacy Notice</a> and any other agreement that we may have with you.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are a Stack Overflow Talent customer</td><td>This statement should be read together with our related Privacy Notices, in particular our <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/talent">Stack Overflow Talent Privacy Notice</a> and any other agreement that we may have with you.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are a Stack Overflow for Teams, Enterprise customer</td><td>In addition, we will collect and process your personal information in accordance with the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-enterprise">Stack Overflow for Teams, Enterprise Privacy Notice</a> and any other agreement that we may have with you.</td></tr><tr><td>If you visit or register with any of our websites</td><td>We will collect and use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the Privacy Notice for the Public website if applicable. In particular, we may see how you use our websites and what content you interact with and for how long. This may involve the use of cookies which is explained in our <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/cookie-policy">Cookie Policy</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are a supplier and you or your company provides us with goods or services</td><td>We may collect your individual contact information in order to communicate with you and may use other information that we need in order to manage our account with your business. We will process such data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other agreement that we may have with you.</td></tr><tr><td>If you are employed by us</td><td>We will process your personal information in accordance with our Employee Privacy Notice. This will be made available to you internally.</td></tr></tbody></table>
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2121HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM YOU
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2323Information that you give to us
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2525In the course of providing you access to the Network, as well as Products and Services, Stack Overflow collects and receives personal information in a few ways, for example, when you set up a Stack Overflow account or register for a product, newsletter or service., e.g. a demo or make comments on our site. Often, you can choose what information to provide, but sometimes we require personal information from you to carry out certain activities such as account verification or registration. This section details the ways in which we collect information from you and how that information is received.
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162162When you register for our services or if you or your organization set up a Private Network, we may collect some additional information in connection with that service or product. This section describes in further detail the information we collect on you and how we use that information broken down by our Products and Services offerings.
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164164Click below for links to the Privacy Notices for each of our Products and Service Offerings:
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166166[Privacy Notice for the Public Network](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/public-network)
167[Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams, Free](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-free)
167168[Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams, Basic](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-basic)
168169[Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams, Business](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-business)
169170[Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams, Enterprise](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/teams-enterprise)
170171[Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Talent and Jobs](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/talent)
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