Twitch

STREAMING & ENTERTAINMENT

LAST UPDATED 4 AUG 2026

OF 100

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WHAT THE POLICIES SAY

Twitch is a live-streaming platform operated by Twitch Interactive, Inc., an Amazon.com subsidiary since 2014. Its Privacy Notice (last modified 2026-01-15) covers account details, chats and communications, voice or image, payment data, and device and usage data; state disclosures add viewing, browsing, and search history, chat content, and inference data. Data may be shared with and combined across the Amazon corporate family, Amazon systems provide interest-based advertising, and cookie and device identifiers are shared with third-party ad networks for cross-context behavioral advertising. Twitch states it does not sell personal information, honors Global Privacy Control, and publishes semiannual transparency reports. In October 2021 a server misconfiguration exposed source code and creator payout data; Turkey's KVKK fined Twitch 2 million lira over the incident in 2024.

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[2020-06-24] · COLLECTION

As assessed by PrivacySpy on 2020-06-24 (see PrivacySpy's rubric entry for this product for the per-claim citation): Does the service collect personal data from third parties? — Yes.

privacyspy.org ↗

[2025-08-18] · COLLECTION

Twitch's State-Specific Privacy Disclosures (last modified August 18, 2025) list collected categories including viewing history, browsing history, search history, the content of chat messages, generalized IP-based geolocation, audio or visual recordings, and inference data about purchase and viewing preferences.

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[2026-01-15] · COLLECTION

The Twitch Privacy Notice (last modified January 15, 2026) states users may provide information including name, voice or image, uploaded content, chats and communications, email and postal address, telephone number, date of birth, and credit card details; Twitch also automatically collects IP address, a unique user ID, device and browser identifiers, and interaction data, and may obtain additional information from advertisers and connected services such as Discord, Steam, or YouTube.

legal.twitch.com ↗

OWNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY

Twitch publishes semiannual transparency reports on its safety site; the H2 2025 Transparency Report covers content enforcement actions, appeals, and youth safety metrics, with a companion H2 2025 report detailing law enforcement and government requests for user data.

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[2014-08-25] · OWNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY

Amazon's August 25, 2014 press release announced the agreement to acquire Twitch Interactive, Inc. for approximately $970 million in cash, making Twitch's ultimate parent the SEC-reporting public company Amazon.com, Inc.

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[2020-06-24] · OWNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY

As assessed by PrivacySpy on 2020-06-24 (see PrivacySpy's rubric entry for this product for the per-claim citation): Does the policy outline the service's general security practices? — Somewhat.

privacyspy.org ↗

[2026-01-15] · OWNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY

The Twitch Privacy Notice (January 15, 2026) discloses that Twitch Interactive, Inc. and its affiliates are subsidiaries of Amazon.com, Inc., identifies Twitch Interactive, Inc. of 350 Bush Street, San Francisco as the data controller, and names a contactable Data Protection Officer plus designated UK GDPR and EU GDPR representatives (Twitch UK Limited and Twitch Interactive Germany GmbH).

legal.twitch.com ↗

[2020-06-24] · SHARING

As assessed by PrivacySpy on 2020-06-24 (see PrivacySpy's rubric entry for this product for the per-claim citation): Does the policy allow personally-targeted or behavioral marketing? — Yes, but you may opt-out.

privacyspy.org ↗

[2025-08-18] · SHARING

Twitch's State-Specific Privacy Disclosures (August 18, 2025) state that in the prior twelve months Twitch shared identifiers such as cookie IDs, device identifiers, and anonymous advertising IDs with third-party ad networks for cross-context behavioral advertising, that Twitch uses parent company Amazon to provide interest-based advertising, and that Twitch has not sold personal information as defined by the California Privacy Rights Act; users can opt out via account settings or Global Privacy Control, and cross-context behavioral ads are not served to teens under 18 unless they opt in.

legal.twitch.com ↗

[2026-01-15] · SHARING

The Twitch Privacy Notice (January 15, 2026) states Twitch 'is not in the business of selling our users' personal information to others' but permits sharing personal information with parent company Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and states that Twitch data may be combined with personal information about Amazon customers and used by both Twitch and Amazon to operate, develop, and improve both companies' products and services.

legal.twitch.com ↗

[2021-10-15] · TRACK RECORD

In blog updates posted October 6-15, 2021, Twitch disclosed that a server configuration change allowed improper access by an unauthorized third party, exposing documents from Twitch's source code repository and a subset of creator payout data; Twitch stated that passwords, full credit card numbers, and ACH/bank information were not exposed (login credentials are bcrypt-hashed) and reset all stream keys as a precaution.

blog.twitch.tv ↗

[2024-11-18] · TRACK RECORD

In November 2024, Turkey's Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) fined Twitch 2 million lira over the 2021 data breach, which affected 35,274 Turkish nationals — 1.75 million lira for inadequate security measures and 250,000 lira for failing to report the breach.

techradar.com ↗

[2026-01-05] · TRACKING TECH

The Twitch Cookie Notice (last modified January 5, 2026) describes use of cookies, local storage, pixel tags, and web beacons, and lists third-party cookies on Twitch services including Amazon advertising identifiers (ad-id, ad-privacy), Salesforce DMP audience segments (kxsegs, kxuser), comScore ad-measurement cookies, Branch, and Google Analytics; Twitch-originated persistent cookies have a maximum lifespan of thirteen months.

legal.twitch.com ↗

[2026-01-15] · TRACKING TECH

Per the Twitch Privacy Notice (January 15, 2026), Twitch may share a user's email address or resettable device identifier with a specific advertising partner to 'match' information the partner already holds, and the notice states that Twitch does not recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals.

legal.twitch.com ↗

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LAST REVIEWED 2026-08-04 · METHODOLOGY v1.7