Stack Overflow Privacy Policy

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 ## Stack Exchange, Inc. Privacy Policy
+Updated: 12 January, 2022
+Last updated: July 25, 2024
 ABOUT STACK OVERFLOW
 The Stack Overflow Network (also referred to herein as "Stack Overflow" or "Network") is a set of related Internet sites and other applications for asynchronous collaboration and sharing knowledge, owned and operated by Stack Exchange, Inc. ("Stack Overflow", "we" or "us"), a Delaware corporation.
 Stack Overflow welcomes you to the Network, the largest community of developers and technologists in the world, and invites you to participate in the community by sharing knowledge with your peers and colleagues.
 This privacy policy and our related Privacy Notices (see below) describe how we collect, use, protect, share and transfer information about you that we collect when you use any of our products and services, our websites, or apps or otherwise interact with us or with our Network (Services). It also includes information about how we handle information on California residents under the CCPA.
 "Personal data" in this policy, includes "personal information," as it is defined under the CCPA.
 Personal data is any information about you by which you can be identified or be identifiable (either on its own or when combined with other information). This can include information such as: your name, email address and username; information about your device (e.g., IP address); and information relating to how you use and interact with our sites, apps and services.
+We have set out below an overview of how our privacy notices work. Depending on how you interact with us, we will collect and process your personal information as shown below.
+We have set out below an overview of how our privacy notices work. Depending on how you interact with us, we will collect and process your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any applicable other privacy notice(s).
+- This Privacy Notice applies where you interact with us through the Network, or use any of our products and services.
+- If you interact with us through our Collectives on Stack Overflow product, please read the [Collectives Privacy Notice](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/collectives).
+- If you interact with us through your organization's Private Network on Teams Free, Basic, Business or Enterprise, we will only process certain limited information as controller.
+- For Teams Free, Basic, Business: Please read the [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams Free, Basic and Business](https://policies.stackoverflow.co/teams/privacy-notice).
+- For Teams Enterprise: Please read the [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Teams Enterprise](https://policies.stackoverflow.co/teams/privacy-notice).
+- This Privacy Policy applies where you interact with us through the Network, or use any of our products and services.
+- If you interact with us through our Collectives on Stack Overflow, please read the [Privacy Notice for Collectives](https://stackoverflow.com/legal/privacy-policy/collectives).
+- If you interact with us through your organization's Private Network on Stack Overflow for Teams and/or through one of our Stack Overflow for Teams Integrations, we will only process certain information as described in our [Stack Overflow for Teams Privacy Notice](https://policies.stackoverflow.co/teams/privacy-notice) and our [Stack Overflow for Teams Integrations Privacy Notice](https://policies.stackoverflow.co/teams/integrations-privacy-notice), respectively.
+- If you're a job applicant for a position at Stack, our [Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice](https://policies.stackoverflow.co/company/candidate-privacy-policy) will be applicable.
 - If you're an employee, our Employee Privacy Notice will be applicable.
+- Please read the [Privacy Notice for Stack Overflow Talent and Jobs.](https://policies.stackoverflow.co/talent/talent-privacy-notice)
 GENERAL PRIVACY NOTICE FOR STACK EXCHANGE, INC.
 This Privacy Notice is applicable to you, including when you participate in our Public Community Platform for Questions and Answers by interacting with us through Stack Overflow's Public Network ("Public Network"), or when you otherwise interact with us, e.g., when you purchase or use our Advertising or Teams or Collectives or other products ("Products") or when you contact our Customer Service, Sales or other teams for assistance or inquiries ("Services").
 The Public Network allows individual users to engage in a community to share their knowledge and expertise, and to acquire knowledge and expertise. It is community-moderated, and the content in the Public Network is public and therefore visible for anyone to see and is subject to our Public Network Terms of Use.
 This Privacy Notice also tells you about your rights, how you can exercise those rights, and how the law protects you.
 Stack Exchange, Inc. is the Controller responsible for your personal data collected on the Public Network or directly by us for Stack's operational purposes. In connection with certain Products and Services, Stack is the Processor for the organizations who provide your data to us or use our Products and Services.
 If you interact with Stack Overflow through your organization, please refer to the specific privacy notices applicable to those Products.
+If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or the way in which we use your personal data, please contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e0e0c17081f1d073e0d0a1f1d1511081b0c18121109501d1113)
+If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or the way in which we use your personal data, please contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e595978c9384869ca5969184868e8a93809783898a92cb868a88)
 WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
 This section sets out the categories and details of personal information that we collect across our Products and Services.
 We collect and process your personal information in order to offer the Network, and to offer you our Products and Services.
 **Developer Survey**
 As the world's largest developer community, Stack Overflow publishes an annual Developer Survey to provide key insights into the developer community, as well as other surveys from time to time, some of which include demographic (e.g., gender, race, age, etc.) and certain personal information. Your participation in the Developer Survey as well as any other Stack Overflow survey is entirely voluntary. In order to provide meaningful insights into the developer community, Stack Overflow may collect sensitive data about you, including, but not limited to your gender, race, sexual orientation, immigration status, and your location. We consider this data to be among our most sensitive and have taken elevated measures to protect such data as well as to de-identify your name and other personal information from such data. We restrict such data within Stack Overflow on a privileged basis to only those that need to see it and while we may share your personal information with our third party providers for our research, we do so only after imposing contractual obligations of confidentiality on such third parties and only where necessary for limited research purposes.
 When we publish our surveys, they are published as a compilation of anonymized data. We may ask for your consent to contact you following completion of the surveys.
+If you have any questions concerning the Developer Survey or other survey and our security measures to protect your sensitive personal data, please contact us at: [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0575776c7364667c45767164666e6a73607763696a722b666a68).
+If you have any questions concerning the Developer Survey or other survey and our security measures to protect your sensitive personal data, please contact us at: [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7202001b0413110b3201061311191d041700141e1d055c111d1f).
 **Advertising on our Network**
 We work with third party advertisers to deliver ads on our Network. This involves tracking, targeting and measuring, using your personal data. We will get consent through our online consent management portal, or via other consent mechanisms before we can use your personal data in this way.
 **Targeting:**
 - You can control the use of your data for interest-based advertising from Microsoft by visiting their [opt-out page.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/)
 - You can opt out of advertising from Google or find out more by visiting [Google's help center.](https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2676774)
 More information and resources on how you can control your ad choices and how to opt out of interest based advertising can be found on [NAI Consumer Opt Out](https://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and [YourAdChoices.com](https://youradchoices.com/).
+If you want to access or control personal data processed by Stack Overflow that is not available via the tools, please refer to [Your Rights]() or contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2353514a5542405a6350574240484c554651454f4c540d404c4e).
+If you want to access or control personal data processed by Stack Overflow that is not available via the tools, please refer to [Your Rights]() or contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d4a4a6bda2b5b7ad94a7a0b5b7bfbba2b1a6b2b8bba3fab7bbb9).
 YOUR RIGHTS
 You have a number of rights in relation to your personal data, and you can contact us if you want to exercise any of these.
 Your rights include:
 If applicable, we will only transfer or share your personal data outside the UK/EEA:
 - to a country, territory or organization that has been assessed as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data 'adequacy decision' by the UK or the EU Commission;
 - By using legally-approved UK or EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCS) or Model Clauses, in addition to implementing appropriate supplementary measures to ensure the protection of the personal data.
+If you are located in the UK or the EU, you may contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a060f0d0b062a191e0b0901051c0f180c06051d44090507) to request a copy of the Standard Contractual Clauses.
+If you are located in the UK or the EU, you may contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87ebe2e0e6ebc7f4f3e6e4ece8f1e2f5e1ebe8f0a9e4e8ea) to request a copy of the Standard Contractual Clauses.
 By accessing the Stack Overflow Network and engaging with our Products and Services, you acknowledge that your personal data may be collected and transferred from your local jurisdiction (including those in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the UK) to the United States or other jurisdictions.
 **Our ongoing commitment to data security**
 Security is important to us and we know it is important to you. Stack Overflow follows generally accepted standards to protect your personal information when processing, transferring, and storing your personal information including Transport Layer Security ("TLS").
 - Inferences we make based on other collected data, for purposes such as recommending content, advertising, and analytics.
 You can find more information about (a) what we collect and sources of that information, (b) the business and commercial purposes for collecting that information, and (c) the categories of third parties with whom we share that information in the sections of our privacy statement above.
 California consumers have additional rights under the CCPA (subject to certain limitations), including the right to request access to or deletion of your personal information, and information about our data practices, as well as the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.
+These rights can be exercised by contacting us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d5d5f445b4c4e546d5e594c4e46425b485f4b41425a034e4240).
+These rights can be exercised by contacting us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5d5d7ccd3c4c6dce5d6d1c4c6cecad3c0d7c3c9cad28bc6cac8).
 We will verify your request using the information associated with your account, including email address. Government identification may be required. Consumers can also designate an authorized agent to exercise these rights on their behalf.
 **Children**
 The Stack Overflow platform is not intended for children. We do not knowingly offer this or any other Product or Service to anyone under the age of 16.
 We may amend or update this policy from time to time and will notify you of any material changes to this policy. Previous versions of this privacy policy are available upon request.
 CONTACT US
 Privacy Officer
+- Privacy Officer, 14 Wall Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10005, [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c7c7e657a6d6f754c7f786d6f67637a697e6a60637b226f6361), phone: 212-232-8280
+- Privacy Officer, 14 Wall Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10005, [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3444465d4255574d74474055575f5b42514652585b431a575b59), phone: 212-232-8280
 UK Representative
+- Privacy Officer, Bentima House, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1V 9BP, [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94e4e6fde2f5f7edd4e7e0f5f7fffbe2f1e6f2f8fbe3baf7fbf9), phone: +44 (0) 20 3349 1000
+- Privacy Officer, Bentima House, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1V 9BP, [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#afdfddc6d9ceccd6efdcdbceccc4c0d9caddc9c3c0d881ccc0c2), phone: +44 (0) 20 3349 1000
 EU Representative
 - The MD Stack Overflow GMBH HRB 234500
 Frieslandstraat, Amsterdam,
+    [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ea9a98839c8b8993aa999e8b8981859c8f988c86859dc4898587), phone: +44 (0) 20 3349 1000
+    [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a0a08130c1b19033a090e1b1911150c1f081c16150d54191517), phone: +44 (0) 20 3349 1000