Patreon

Patreon collects standard account, payment, tax, and usage data along with analytics and marketing cookies, with no indication of unusual sensitive data collection.

From: COOKIE POLICYThese cookies and similar technologies help us learn, measure, and improve how our websites are used and how they perform, including measuring and understanding user behavior and usage patterns.

The document references sharing information in accordance with a separate Privacy Policy and mentions marketing cookies used to define advertising audiences, but does not explicitly describe sale of personal data.

From: COOKIE POLICYThese cookies may, for example, be used to measure the performance of such marketing campaigns and define the audience for such marketing campaigns, including marketing Patreon’s products and services to you or audiences similar to you via personalized advertising

Creators and fans retain ownership of their content, but grant Patreon a perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable worldwide license to use their creations across all formats and channels, including recognizing Patreon's 'legitimate interest' in any personal data contained within content.

From: TERMS OF SERVICEyou grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sublicensable, worldwide license covering your imports, creations, and what you post in all formats and channels now known or later developed anywhere in the world to use, copy, reproduce, store, translate, transmit, distribute, perform, prepare derivative works, publicly display, and display in connection with any name, username, voice, or likeness provided in connection with it.

Patreon may terminate or suspend accounts, remove content, and block or withhold creator funds at its sole discretion, with no described appeal process and users barred from bringing claims over enforcement actions against others.

From: TERMS OF SERVICEWe can terminate or suspend your account at any time at our sole discretion. We can also cancel any membership subscriptions and remove any descriptions, posts, offerings, benefits, and other material at our sole discretion.

Disputes are resolved exclusively in San Francisco courts under California law rather than through arbitration; no arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury waiver language is present.

From: TERMS OF SERVICEIf a dispute does arise out of these Terms or in relation to your use of Patreon, then the dispute will be resolved in the federal or state courts located in San Francisco, California.

Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled and refunds are generally not provided, including for unredeemed or expired gift memberships, with prices that can increase with notice and taxes that may increase without notice.

From: TERMS OF SERVICEOur policy is not to provide refunds, including if you lose access to offerings and/or membership subscription benefits as described above, though we may allow for some exceptions where refunds are granted at our sole discretion.