Brave Publishers and Creators Privacy Notice
ARCHIVED 2025-07-02, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20250702_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20250208_rev01
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| 1 | 1 | Read this document to learn how we use data for publishers and content creators. In this policy "we", "us", etc. refers to Brave Software Inc. |
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| 3 | 3 | (To learn how we use data to operate this website and other Brave sites, forums, and communications, see the [Website Privacy Policy](https://brave.com/privacy/website/). To learn how we use data for the Brave Browser, see the [Brave Browser Privacy Policy](https://brave.com/privacy/browser/)). |
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| 5 | 5 | ## Basic Attention Token Contributions |
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| 7 | To collect Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) as a creator, you must [create a Brave Creators account](https://publishers.basicattentiontoken.org/) on this site. This involves providing your name and email address. You will only be eligible to receive contributions from users in your capacity as a Brave creator if you have signed up with Brave Creators and meet all eligibility criteria to count as a "Verified Creator". [Learn more about being a Verified Creator.](https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021408352-How-do-I-become-a-verified-creator-with-Brave-Creators-) Brave does not know which users made contributions to which creators. | |
| 7 | To collect Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) as a creator, you must [create a Brave Creators account](https://publishers.basicattentiontoken.org/) on this site. This involves providing your name and email address. You will only be eligible to receive contributions from users in your capacity as a Brave creator if you have signed up with Brave Creators and meet all eligibility criteria to count as a "Verified Creator". [Learn more about being a Verified Creator.](https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/360021408352-How-do-I-become-a-verified-creator-with-Brave-Creators-) Brave does not know which users made contributions to which creators. | |
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| 9 | 9 | ### Registering sites or channels |
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| 11 | 11 | If you are a creator who has user-generated content platform accounts (including but not limited to YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, X (formerly Twitter)/X, etc.) or owns a website, Brave has a function that allows you to register your account or website with Brave Creators in order to receive contributions of BAT from Brave itself and/or from your visitors. To do so, it is necessary to demonstrate that you are the owner of the site(s) or channel(s) for which you receive BAT. For websites, this is done by providing information from your web server or DNS provider. For user-generated content platform accounts, we will verify your ownership using services provided by the platform that hosts your channel. |
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| 13 | 13 | For example, in order to register a YouTube channel with your Brave Creators account, Brave will use YouTube's Application Programming Interface (API) to authenticate your account and check your ownership of the channel. We do this check once and will save the following information: the channel's title and description; a thumbnail picture of the channel; the current subscriber count; your YouTube User ID and User Name; your YouTube email address. |