Patreon collects message contents and related activity
When you send or receive messages or participate in comments, Patreon collects their contents and related details, including timestamps and who viewed them.
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A platform where fans connect with creators, subscribe to memberships, and buy creator offerings.
patreon.com ↗U.S. adult consumer · plan and state unspecified
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When you send or receive messages or participate in comments, Patreon collects their contents and related details, including timestamps and who viewed them.
Comments, likes, chat messages, and viewing activity can be visible to a creator's community, and activity on a post may become public if the post does.
Patreon states that it never sells your information, while separately describing disclosures to creators, communities, the public, and service providers.
When you view or interact with Patreon, it may collect pages viewed, searches, clicks, viewing time, and other device or browsing details.
This applies when you view or otherwise interact with Patreon, including through an embed, RSS feed, app, email, or notification.
When you send or receive messages or participate in comments, Patreon collects their contents and related details, including timestamps and who viewed them.
This applies when you send or receive messages or post or are mentioned in comments or messages on Patreon.
All users can submit a request to delete information through Patreon’s Privacy Center.
The policy says required information varies by activity and typically includes your name, email, phone number, username, password, and residence details.
The details required depend on what you do on Patreon, and the policy describes the list as typical rather than identical for every user.
When you subscribe to or buy from a creator, Patreon may share your name, email, profile details, and purchase information with that creator.
This applies when you subscribe, purchase a creator's membership or offering, or otherwise become a member of a creator.
Fellow members may see your name, bio, connected accounts, memberships, purchases, and other community-profile details.
This applies when you subscribe to, buy from, or otherwise engage with a creator; the profile information displayed may depend on your settings.
Comments, likes, chat messages, and viewing activity can be visible to a creator's community, and activity on a post may become public if the post does.
This applies if you interact in a community space or with a post or chat message; visibility follows the underlying post or message and can change.
Patreon states that it never sells your information, while separately describing disclosures to creators, communities, the public, and service providers.
Your public profile may show which creators you subscribe to, when you started, and the membership tier or recurring payment for each.
This applies if your full public profile setting is enabled.
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Originally analyzed . The original date marks this service’s first saved analysis, including earlier report formats. This report was generated .
This report was generated from saved policy text and checked in a second automated review. Automated interpretation can still miss or misread terms. The source documents were retrieved on Oct 19, 2026. Policies may have changed since retrieval.