itch.io

itch.io collects account, device, usage, and cookie data, and connects to third-party platforms (Twitch, TikTok, YouTube, GitHub, Steam) to pull profile metadata for its partner program.

From: PRIVACY POLICYWe store OAuth access tokens and connected-account profile data on our servers to maintain these connections... including account identifiers, display names, profile URLs, follower or subscriber counts, verification status, and other profile metadata

Third-party advertising and analytics pixels (Facebook, Twitter) are used by sellers for conversion tracking, and cross-site behavioral advertising by third parties is acknowledged without a clear opt-out mechanism for that specific sharing.

From: COOKIE POLICYFacebook Analytics | Analytics pixel and conversion tracking for sellers that utilize advertisements linking to itch.io pages

Publishers retain ownership but grant itch.io a broad worldwide, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, and distribute their content, and users receive a perpetual license to previously purchased content even after removal.

From: TERMS OF SERVICEa worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the content in connection with the Service, including without limitation for promoting, redistributing in any and all media formats

Accounts may be terminated for policy violations at the company's sole discretion without prior notice, though publisher content removal and payout wind-down processes are described.

From: TERMS OF SERVICEThe posting of content or other actions that, in the Company’s sole discretion, degrades the experience of others may result in account termination without prior notice.

No mandatory arbitration is present; instead there is a court venue clause (San Francisco, California), a class-action waiver, and a one-year claim limitation period.

From: TERMS OF SERVICEYOU AND COMPANY AGREE NOT TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR COLLECTIVE ARBITRATION, EVEN IF ARBITRATION PROCEDURES OR RULES WOULD OTHERWISE ALLOW ONE.

Unclaimed publisher earnings older than 12 months are subject to a monthly 10% maintenance fee debited from the account balance, which can fully deplete unclaimed funds after 10 months.

From: TERMS OF SERVICECompany reserves the right to debit your Publisher account balance per month: Ten percent (10%) of the original revenue earned per purchase older than twelve (12) months