craigslist Privacy Policy

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3## craigslist Privacy Policy (updated September 15, 2020)
3## craigslist Privacy Policy (updated May 29, 2024)
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55[terms of use](https://www.craigslist.org/about/terms.of.use) | [feedback](https://forums.craigslist.org/)
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77This policy details how data about you is used when you access our websites and services, including via our mobile applications (together, "CL") or interact with us. If we update it, we will revise the date, place notices on CL if changes are material, and/or obtain your consent as required by law.
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99#### 1\. Protecting your privacy
2020- We do not respond to "Do Not Track" signals (see allaboutdnt.com).
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2222#### 2\. Data we collect, use and disclose:
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2424Below is a list of all the types of data we have collected in the last 12 months, where we got it, why we collected it and the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed it. We do not sell your data to third parties. Please note that disclosure to "Payment processors" applies when you pay for a craigslist post using a credit card.
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26<table><tbody><tr><td><b>Data type</b></td><td><b>Where we got it</b></td><td><b>Why collected</b></td><td><b>Disclosed to</b></td></tr><tr><td>First and last name</td><td>User entry</td><td>Facilitating transactions and personalizing your use of CL</td><td>Payment processors</td></tr><tr><td>Email address</td><td>User entry</td><td>Account creation, user-to-user and CL-to-user communications and combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>Phone number</td><td>User entry</td><td>User-to-user communications, combatting fraud/abuse, personalizing your use of CL</td><td>Payment processors and phone verification service providers</td></tr><tr><td>Mailing or street address</td><td>User entry</td><td>Account and post creation, CL communicating with corporate users, facilitating transactions and personalizing your use of CL</td><td>Payment processors</td></tr><tr><td>Credit card data</td><td>User entry</td><td>Facilitating your transactions</td><td>Payment processors</td></tr><tr><td>Geographic location (latitude and longitude)</td><td>User entry, IP/geolocation providers</td><td>Personalizing your use of CL and combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>Photos and other data you voluntarily provide, post on or send via CL</td><td>User entry</td><td>Facilitating and personalizing your use of CL</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>Saved searches, account preferences, favorite/hidden postings</td><td>User entry</td><td>Facilitating and personalizing your use of CL</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>HTTP browser cookie</td><td>User's browser, CL web server</td><td>Facilitating and personalizing your use of CL and combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>Information about your device and browser such as device ID, browser version, operating system, plugins</td><td>User's browser, mobile app</td><td>Facilitating and personalizing your use of CL and combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>IP address</td><td>User's browser, mobile app, IP/geolocation providers</td><td>Combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>Service providers that help us combat fraud/abuse</td></tr><tr><td>Web page views, access times, HTTP headers</td><td>User's browser, mobile app</td><td>Combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>No one</td></tr></tbody></table>
26<table><tbody><tr><td><b>Data type</b></td><td><b>Where we got it</b></td><td><b>Why collected</b></td><td><b>Disclosed to</b></td></tr><tr><td>First and last name</td><td>User entry</td><td>Facilitating transactions and personalizing your use of CL</td><td>Payment processors</td></tr><tr><td>Email</td><td>User entry</td><td>Account creation, user-to-user and CL-to-user communications and combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>Phone number</td><td>User entry</td><td>User-to-user communications, combatting fraud/abuse, personalizing your use of CL</td><td>Payment processors and phone verification service providers</td></tr><tr><td>Mailing or street address</td><td>User entry</td><td>Account and post creation, CL communicating with corporate users, facilitating transactions and personalizing your use of CL</td><td>Payment processors</td></tr><tr><td>Credit card data</td><td>User entry</td><td>Facilitating your transactions</td><td>Payment processors</td></tr><tr><td>Geographic location (latitude and longitude)</td><td>User entry, IP/geolocation providers</td><td>Personalizing your use of CL and combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>Photos and other data you voluntarily provide, post on or send via CL</td><td>User entry</td><td>Facilitating and personalizing your use of CL</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>Saved searches, account preferences, favorite/hidden postings</td><td>User entry</td><td>Facilitating and personalizing your use of CL</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>HTTP browser cookie</td><td>User's browser, CL web server</td><td>Facilitating and personalizing your use of CL and combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>Information about your device and browser such as device ID, browser version, operating system, plugins</td><td>User's browser, mobile app</td><td>Facilitating and personalizing your use of CL and combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>No one</td></tr><tr><td>IP address</td><td>User's browser, mobile app, IP/geolocation providers</td><td>Combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>Service providers that help us combat fraud/abuse</td></tr><tr><td>Web page views, access times, HTTP headers</td><td>User's browser, mobile app</td><td>Combatting fraud/abuse</td><td>No one</td></tr></tbody></table>
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2828We may share some or all of the above listed data in the following circumstances:
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3030- to respond to subpoenas, search warrants, court orders, or other legal process.
3131- to protect the rights, property, or safety of CL users, CL, or the general public.
3232- at your direction (e.g. if you authorize us to share data with other users).