Bluesky is a microblogging app run by Bluesky Social, PBC, a Delaware-registered Public Benefit Corporation, built on the open AT Protocol. Its own privacy policy states the platform is public-by-design -- posts, profiles, likes, follows and blocks are visible by default -- and that direct messages are stored unencrypted and can be accessed for Trust & Safety purposes. The company states it does not sell Personal Data or share it for targeted/cross-context behavioral advertising, but is VC-funded (a 2025 $100M Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto) and reserves broad routine-sharing categories (service providers, business partners, legal process, M&A). No breach or regulatory action was found; the company publishes an annual Trust & Safety transparency report with concrete moderation metrics, which is a genuine but narrower artifact than a law-enforcement-request disclosure.
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Bluesky's privacy policy states it collects email address, phone number, profile images, birth date and username at account creation, and separately states it stores and processes users' direct messages, which are unencrypted and can be accessed for Trust & Safety purposes.
Bluesky's Terms of Service state in the site footer that Bluesky is a Public Benefit Corporation, and the Terms' dispute-resolution clause designates Delaware law and Delaware courts as governing, consistent with a Delaware-incorporated entity.
Bluesky's privacy policy identifies the operating entity as Bluesky Social, PBC, which the policy states acts as the data controller deciding why and how Personal Data is processed.
Bluesky's own company blog states that in April 2025 it raised a $100 million Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Crypto, with participation from Alumni Ventures, Anthos Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Knight Foundation and True Ventures, following a Series A announced in October 2024.
Bluesky's privacy policy states that because it is a decentralized, public-by-design microblogging service, most activity -- posts, profile, likes, following and blocks -- is public, and separately states the company does not sell Personal Data or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising; the same policy reserves routine sharing with service providers, business partners, legal process and in M&A transactions.
Bluesky's company blog published a 2025 Trust & Safety transparency report overview stating that a reply-filtering product change reduced user reports of anti-social behavior by 79% by October, and that the company built jurisdiction-specific age-assurance systems for the UK, Australia and multiple US states during 2025; no breach or regulatory enforcement action appears in the drafted record.
Bluesky's privacy policy discloses use of strictly-necessary cookies plus analytics cookies, stating these may be the company's own or provided by unnamed third-party analytics providers.