=================================================================== --- 20260101_rev01 +++ 20260801_rev01 @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -**Effective Date: December 16, 2025** +**Effective Date: July 15, 2026** -Squarespace ("Squarespace," "we," "us" or "our") respects your privacy. When it comes to your personal information, we believe in transparency. That's why we've set out here what personal information we collect, what we do with it and your choices and rights. +This Privacy Policy sets out what personal information Squarespace ("Squarespace," "we," "us" or "our") collects, what we do with it and your choices and rights. By using or accessing any of our sites, templates, products, applications, tools, services and features (collectively, the "Services"), you confirm you have agreed to the [Terms of Service](https://www.squarespace.com/terms-of-service) and have read and understood this Privacy Policy and our [Cookie Policy](https://www.squarespace.com/cookie-policy). The Squarespace entity that controls your information depends on where you are located. See [Section 12 below](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/). You can find out about your rights and choices in [Section 6 below](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/). We've also included at the end of this Privacy Policy some region-specific supplemental information if you are located in: (i) [California](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/); or (ii) [a U.S. state (other than California) with an applicable data privacy law](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/). For clarity, we use different defined terms in this Privacy Policy to refer to the different parties who interact with our Services: @@ -15,43 +15,51 @@ - An "End User" is someone who visits, purchases from, makes a booking with or otherwise uses one of our Customer's sites that was created using, and is hosted on, our Services. We also use different terms in this Privacy Policy to differentiate between our roles under global data privacy laws with respect to the personal information we process: - "Squarespace Controlled Information" is personal information for which Squarespace acts as the "data controller" (or similar term under applicable law) and determines the purposes and means of processing. This includes information about our Users and Customers. We also act as an independent data controller for personal information relating to End Users which we automatically receive (including via cookies or similar tracking technology) when an End User visits a site hosted on our Services (such as the End User's IP address) when we process it for our own purposes, including to foster the security and integrity of our Services. -- "Customer Controlled Information" is personal information for which a Customer acts as the "data controller" (or similar term under applicable law) and determines the purposes and means of processing. This includes any personal information included in the content uploaded by a Customer to our Services for display on their site, a Customer's domain registration contact information and all information about a Customer's End Users (including information provided by an End User to a Customer via a webform on the Customer's site as well as information automatically received (including via cookies or similar tracking technology) when an End User visits the Customer's site). +- "Customer Controlled Information" is personal information for which a Customer acts as the "data controller" (or similar term under applicable law) and determines the purposes and means of processing. This includes any personal information included in the content uploaded by a Customer to our Services for display on their site and all information about a Customer's End Users (including information provided by an End User to a Customer via a webform on the Customer's site as well as information automatically received (including via cookies or similar tracking technology) when an End User visits the Customer's site). We explain below how we collect and use Squarespace Controlled Information and your rights. If you are an End User of one of our Customers' sites: (a) read below to learn about how we collect and use your Site Usage Information (as described in [Section 2 below](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/)); and (b) you should read that Customer's site's privacy policy to find out more about how they use and otherwise process Customer Controlled Information about you. **2\. Information we collect** We collect various information regarding you or your device. This includes the following: - **Account Information**: - - **Customer Account Details**: Information you provide to create an account, specifically email address, password, first name and last name. + - **Customer Account Details**: Information you provide to create an account with our Services, specifically email address, password, first name and last name. - - **Payments Services Account Information**: If you use the Payments Services (as defined in the [Squarespace Payments Terms)](https://www.squarespace.com/payments-terms), additional information you provide to set up and manage Payments Services and integrate them with the Processing Services (as defined in the [Squarespace Payments Terms](https://www.squarespace.com/payments-terms)), including information about you and your business, such as bank account details, name, address, phone number, date of birth, government number (such as a social security number, passport number or driver's license number), tax identifier (EIN) and nationality. + - **Financial Solutions Services Account Information**: If you use the Payments Services (as defined in the [Squarespace Payments Terms)](https://www.squarespace.com/payments-terms/), the Balance Services (as defined in the [Squarespace Balance Terms](https://www.squarespace.com/payments-terms/)), the Squarespace Capital Services (as defined in our [Product Specific Terms](https://www.squarespace.com/product-specific-terms/)) or other financial solutions related Services (collectively, the "Financial Solutions Services"), additional information you provide to set up and manage Payments Services and integrate them with the Processing Services (as defined in the [Squarespace Payments Terms](https://www.squarespace.com/payments-terms/)) or set up and manage other Financial Solutions Services, including information about you and your business, such as bank account balance and related details, name, address, phone number, date of birth, government number (such as a social security number, passport number or driver's license number), tax identifier (EIN) and nationality. - - **Payments Services Identity Verification Information**: If you use the Payments Services, you may be required to provide us with additional information to verify your identity, including a photograph of you captured by you during the verification process and a copy of an official government document which includes a different photograph of you. When you're required to provide this additional information, our vendors may create a biometric scan of your facial geometry based on these two photographs in order to compare them and verify that you are the same individual whose photograph is on your government document. However, Squarespace does not create, store or otherwise have access to any such biometric data. Payments Services Identity Verification Information also includes details that are listed on such official government documents. + - **Optional SMS Account Information**: You may optionally provide us with additional account information, such as your phone number, for the purpose of receiving transactional SMS messages from us. We will only send you SMS messages if you opt in to receive them. Examples of use cases include informational notifications or reminders and enabling and utilizing [two factor authentication (2FA)](https://support.squarespace.com/hc/articles/360000044827-Protect-your-account-with-two-factor-authentication) on your account with us. Although 2FA may be required for certain actions or in certain scenarios on our Services, 2FA may be utilized without providing any Optional SMS Account Information. For avoidance of doubt, we will not sell, share or otherwise disclose your Optional SMS Account Information to a third party in a manner that permits such third party to use your phone number and/or opt-in consent to send SMS messages to you for the third party's marketing purposes. More information about 2FA SMS messages may be found [here](https://www.squarespace.com/sms-terms). - - **Optional 2FA Account Information:** You may optionally provide us with additional information, such as your phone number, if you wish to enable [two factor authentication (2FA)](https://support.squarespace.com/hc/articles/360000044827-Protect-your-account-with-two-factor-authentication) on your account with us. Although 2FA may be required for certain actions or in certain scenarios on our Services, 2FA may be utilized without providing any Optional 2FA Account Information. For avoidance of doubt, we will not sell, share or otherwise disclose your Optional 2FA Information to a third party in a manner that permits such third party to use your phone number and/or opt-in consent to send SMS messages to you for the third party's marketing purposes. More information about this 2FA service may be found [here](https://www.squarespace.com/sms-terms). +- **Product Enablement Information**: -- **Account History Information**: Information about your account's use of the Services, including your trials, subscriptions, discount code usage and related details. If you use the Payments Services or other financial products, this would also include information about your account's use of the Payments Services or other financial products. + - **Domain Name Registration Contact Information**: If you purchase a domain name registration from us, you may be required to provide us with certain contact information in order for us to comply with our obligations under ICANN, registry, ccTLD or registrar rules, regulations and policies. + - **Other Product Information**: We are sometimes required to collect other information from you in order to enable you to use or configure certain of our Services. For example, if you purchase certain business partner-provided Services from us, wish to use certain features or request to integrate your use of our Services with certain third party services, you may be required to provide us with information about you or your business, such as your entity name, mailing address, phone number or other contact information. + +- **SMS Marketing Information**: You may provide us with your phone number for the purpose of receiving marketing SMS messages from us. We will only send you marketing SMS messages if you opt in to receive them. More information about marketing SMS messages may be found [here](https://www.squarespace.com/sms-terms). + +- **Identity Verification Information**: At times, you may be required to provide us with additional information to verify your identity, including a photograph of you captured by you during the verification process, a copy of an official government document which includes a different photograph of you and a bank statement. Identity Verification Information is requested in certain scenarios, including when you have lost access to your account, when there is a dispute between you and others regarding ownership of an account, site or other subscription (including domain name registrations), to confirm your identity matches your Financial Solutions Services Account Information and when we suspect or detect suspicious or anomalous activity on your account(s) with our Services. When you're required to provide this additional information, our vendors may create a biometric scan of your facial geometry based on photographs you provide in order to compare them and verify that you are the same individual whose photograph is on your government document. However, Squarespace does not create, store or otherwise have access to any such biometric data. Identity Verification Information also includes details that are listed on such official government documents. + +- **Account History Information**: Information about your account's use of the Services, including your trials, subscriptions, discount code usage and related details. If you use the Financial Solutions Services or integrate your use of our Services with a third party payment processor or other third party service, this would also include information about your account's use of such Services or third party products. + - **Payment Information**: Information you provide if you sign up for Services you have to pay for (e.g., a product subscription). For most paid Services, this will include your billing address as well as a portion of your payment information which is provided to us from our payment processor (such as the last four digits, the country of issuance and the expiration date of the payment card). - **Marketing Preferences**: Your marketing preferences and details, including if you've opted out of all or a portion of our direct marketing messages. - **Communication Information**: The emails and other communications that you send us or otherwise contribute, such as customer support inquiries or posts to our customer message boards or forums. Please be aware that information on public parts of our Services is available to others. - **Site Usage Information**: Technical browsing or other information from your use of the Services or, where you are an End User, from your visits to Customers' sites. This includes IP addresses, preferences, web pages you visited prior to coming to our or our Customers' sites, information about your browser, network or device (such as browser type and version, operating system, internet service provider, preference settings, unique device IDs and language and other regional settings) and information about how you interact with the Services and, if you are an End User, with our Customers' sites (such as timestamps, clicks, scrolling, browsing times, searches, transactions, referral pages, load times, and problems you may encounter, such as loading errors). If you're using one of our mobile applications, Site Usage Information could also include your precise location information if your mobile device settings authorize us to collect this information. -- **Contact Information**: In addition to Customer contact information, we may also collect contact information for others, including people who work for our vendors or partners or other individuals that may include Users and Customers. +- **Other Individuals** **Contact Information**: In addition to Customer contact information, we may also collect contact information for others, including people who work for our vendors or business partners or other individuals that may include Users and Customers. -- **Enterprise Sales Information**: We collect information about companies and their personnel who are perceived to be potential customers for our enterprise services. Such information may include names, email addresses, job titles and phone numbers. If we discuss our enterprise services with such potential enterprise customers, this information may also include recordings of those discussions. +- **Enterprise Sales Information**: We collect information about companies and their personnel who are perceived to be potential customers for our Services. Such information may include names, email addresses, mailing addresses, job titles and phone numbers. If we discuss our services with such potential customers, this information may also include recordings of those discussions. - **Survey and Research Information**: Information you share with us in connection with surveys or research. - **Promotion Information**: Information you share with us in connection with contests, sweepstakes or other promotions. [_Back to top_](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/) @@ -71,16 +79,18 @@ **a. Information you provide** When you use our Services, we collect information from you in a number of ways. For instance, we ask you to provide your Customer Account Details to create and manage your account. We also maintain your Marketing Preferences and your Communication Information that you provide to us. You might also provide us with information in other ways, including by responding to surveys, participating in user research or entering a contest, sweepstakes or other promotion. Sometimes we require you to provide us with information for contractual or legal reasons. For example: -- we may ask you to provide a mailing address and/or select your jurisdiction when you sign up for our paid Services (e.g., purchase a subscription) to determine if, and how much, tax we need to collect from you; or +- we may ask you to provide a mailing address and/or select your jurisdiction when you sign up for our paid Services (e.g., purchase a subscription) to determine if, and how much, tax we need to collect from you; -- if you use the Payments Services through the Services, in accordance with the [Squarespace Payments Terms](https://www.squarespace.com/payments-terms), in order to provide the Payments Services and to comply with our contractual and legal obligations, we collect additional information related to the Payments Services and Processing Services, including Payments Services Account Information and possibly Payments Services Identity Verification Information. +- we may ask you to provide Domain Name Registration Contact Information when you sign up for a domain name registration subscription to comply with ICANN, registry, ccTLD or registrar rules, regulations and policies; or +- if you use the Financial Solutions Services, in accordance with our [Terms of Service](https://www.squarespace.com/terms-of-service), in order to provide the Financial Solutions Services and to comply with our contractual and legal obligations, we collect additional information, including Financial Solutions Services Account Information and possibly Identity Verification Information. + We'll normally let you know when information is required, and the consequences of failing to provide it. If you do not provide requested information, you may not be able to use our Services if that information is necessary to provide you with the service or if we are legally required to collect it. **b. Information obtained from your use of our Services** When you use our Services, we collect Site Usage Information and Account History Information about your activity on and interaction with the Services. If permission has been granted through your device settings, Site Usage Information for our mobile apps may include your precise location information. @@ -89,17 +99,17 @@ Some of this information is collected automatically using cookies and similar technologies when you use our Services or, if you are an End User, when you visit a Customer's site. We let our Customers control what cookies and similar technologies are used through their sites (except those we need to use to properly provide the Services, such as for functionality, performance or security related reasons). You can read more about our use of cookies in our [Cookie Policy](https://www.squarespace.com/cookie-policy). Some of this information is similarly collected automatically through your browser or from your device. **c. Information obtained from other sources** If you use a third party service (such as Apple, Facebook or Google) to register for an account, the third party service may provide us with your Customer Account Details on your behalf, but we don't collect or store passwords you use to access third party services. We do not control what information a third party service provides to us. The third party service you use may give you options on what the service discloses to us if you link your third party service account with the Services. Make sure you are comfortable with what these third party services share by reviewing their privacy policies and, if necessary, modifying your privacy settings directly on the third party service. -If you sign up for our paid Services via a third party service acting as an authorized reseller of our products, the reseller business partner may provide us with information on your behalf which is necessary for us to complete your paid Services sign up, such as your Customer Account Details. +If you sign up for our paid Services via a third party service acting as an authorized reseller of our products, the reseller business partner may provide us with information on your behalf which is necessary for us to complete your paid Services sign up or otherwise manage your relationship with us, such as your Customer Account Details. -If you use third party services which are integrated with the Services, including financial products, we may receive information about your use of such third party services via our integration business partners. +If you use third party services which are integrated with the Services, including Financial Solutions Services, we may receive information about your use of such third party services via our integration business partners. -Currently, our payment processors are Stripe and PayPal. Each payment processor uses and processes your complete payment information in accordance with its applicable privacy policy ([Stripe](https://stripe.com/privacy/) and [PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full)). +Currently, the payment processors we use to bill you for paid Services are Stripe and PayPal. Each payment processor uses and processes your complete payment information in accordance with its applicable privacy policy ([Stripe](https://stripe.com/privacy/) and [PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full)). - If you sign up for paid Services with us using a payment card, we obtain limited information about your payment card from our payment processor, such as the last four digits, the country of issuance and the expiration date. - If you sign up for paid Services with us using PayPal or another non-payment card payment method, we may obtain information about your payment method from our payment processor, such as: (i) for PayPal, the email address associated with your PayPal account; and (ii) for Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), the last four digits of your bank account number, the country of your bank account and your bank's bank code and branch code. The preceding payment processors paragraph is not applicable: @@ -111,43 +121,43 @@ [_Back to top_](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/) **4\. How we use your information** When we process your information pursuant to this Privacy Policy, we do so for the following purposes: -- **Provision of the Services to Customers**. Create and manage your account, configure and update your sites and site settings, register or transfer your domain names, process your payments to us, and receive support for your inquiries. If you use the Payments Services, in accordance with the [Squarespace Payments Terms](https://www.squarespace.com/payments-terms), this also includes the set up, management and provision of the Payments Services to you, the integration of the Payments Services with the Processor Services and the initiation of transactions on your behalf. +- **Provision of the Services to Customers**. Create and manage your account, configure and update your sites and site settings, register or transfer your domain names, process your payments to us, and receive support for your inquiries. If you use the Financial Solutions Services, in accordance with our [Terms of Service](https://www.squarespace.com/terms-of-service), this also includes the set up, management and provision of the Financial Solutions Services and the initiation of transactions on your behalf. - **Communicating with you**. Communicate with you, including by sending you emails about your transactions and Service-related announcements. - **Surveys and research and contests, sweepstakes or other promotions**. Conduct and administer surveys and research, as well as contests, sweepstakes or other promotions. - **Processing your payments**. Receive payment from you for paid Services. -- **Promotion and sales**. Promote and sell our Services and send you tailored marketing communications about products, services, offers, programs and promotions of Squarespace and our partners and measure the success of those campaigns. For example, we may send different marketing communications to you based on your current subscription plan or what we think may interest you based on your Account History Information. +- **Promotion and sales**. Promote and sell our Services and send you tailored marketing communications about products, services, offers, programs and promotions of Squarespace and our business partners and measure the success of those campaigns. For example, we may send different marketing communications to you based on your current subscription plan or what we think may interest you based on your Account History Information. -- **Advertising**. Learn about and analyze your interactions with our Services and third parties' online services so we can tailor our advertising to what we think will interest you. For example, we may decide not to advertise our Services to you on a social media site if you already signed up for paid Services or we may choose to serve you a particular advertisement based on your current subscription plan or what we think may interest you based on your Account History Information. In certain US states, you have the right to opt out of our sharing of your information with such third party online services. See [Appendix I below](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/) and [Appendix II below](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/). +- **Advertising**. Learn about and analyze your interactions with our Services and third parties' online services so we can tailor our advertising to what we think will interest you. For example, we may decide not to advertise our Services to you on a social media site if you already signed up for paid Services or we may choose to serve you a particular advertisement based on your current subscription plan or what we think may interest you based on your Account History Information. In certain US states, you have the right to opt out of our sharing of your information with such third party online services. See [Appendix I below](https://squarespace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/LEG/pages/15656031641/Privacy+Policy) and [Appendix II below](https://squarespace.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/LEG/pages/15656031641/Privacy+Policy). - **Customizing the Services**. Provide you with a customized Services experience. For example, we may use your location information to determine your language preferences or display accurate date and time information. We may also use cookies and similar technologies to help us achieve this purpose, such as remembering which of your sites you most recently edited. - **Improving our Services**. Learn about and analyze how the Services are accessed and used and evaluate and improve our Services (including by developing new products and services and managing our communications). For example, if we learn that most Customers of paid Services use a particular integration or feature, we might wish to expand on that integration or feature. -- **Security**. Foster the safety, security and integrity of our Services. If you use the Payments Services, in accordance with the [Squarespace Payments Terms](https://www.squarespace.com/payments-terms), this also includes fraud and risk monitoring, such as verifying your identity, determining your eligibility for certain Payments Services, detecting and investigating fraud and mitigating financial loss or other harm to you, Squarespace, your End Users or others. +- **Security**. Foster the safety, security and integrity of our Services. If you use the Financial Solutions Services, in accordance with our [Terms of Service](https://www.squarespace.com/terms-of-service), this also includes fraud and risk monitoring, such as verifying your identity, determining your eligibility for certain Financial Solutions Services, detecting and investigating fraud and mitigating financial loss or other harm to you, Squarespace, your End Users or others. -- **Third party relationships**. Manage our vendor, partner and other third party relationships. +- **Third party relationships**. Manage our vendor, business partner and other third party relationships. - **Enforcement**. Enforce our [Terms of Service](https://www.squarespace.com/terms-of-service) and other legal terms and policies. - **Protection**. Protect our and others' interests, rights and property. -- **Complying with law**. Comply with applicable legal requirements, such as tax and other government regulations and industry standards, contracts or law enforcement requests (including ICANN, registry, ccTLD or registrar rules, regulations and policies). If you use the Payments Services, in accordance with the [Squarespace Payments Terms](https://www.squarespace.com/payments-terms), these legal requirements include know your customer, anti-money laundering or anti-terrorism laws. +- **Complying with law**. Comply with applicable legal requirements, such as tax and other government regulations and industry standards, contracts or law enforcement requests (including ICANN, registry, ccTLD or registrar rules, regulations and policies, such as those detailed [here](https://domains.squarespace.com/icann-policies)). If you use the Financial Solutions Services, in accordance with our [Terms of Service](https://www.squarespace.com/terms-of-service), these legal requirements include know your customer, anti-money laundering or anti-terrorism laws. We may de-identify information we collect so the information cannot reasonably identify you or your device, or we may collect information that is already in de-identified form and use such information for purposes such as to conduct research, to improve our Services, for troubleshooting purposes or to help detect and protect against error, fraud or other criminal activity. We commit to not de-aggregating or re-identifying the aggregated and/or anonymized data that we process. Our use and disclosure of de-identified information is not subject to any restrictions under this Privacy Policy, and we may use and disclose it to others for any purpose, without limitation. For our Users in the European Economic Area ("EEA") and the United Kingdom ("UK") we rely on the legal bases set out in the table below to process your information. The legal bases on which we rely for Users from other jurisdictions may differ from those listed below. -

a. Performance of a contract. We process your information as necessary for us to provide you with the Services and/or perform our Terms of Service or other relevant contract(s) with you. You cannot use our Services if we cannot process your information for the below purposes.
Purpose	Categories of Personal Information
i. To create and manage your account with Squarespace and provide our Services. For our Customers, we collect certain information so you can login to our Services and manage and use your paid Services, including updating your site, scheduling page or domain name settings and registering or transferring your domain name registrations.	Customer Account Details Optional 2FA Account Information Account History Information
ii. To receive payment for paid Services. We use certain information to receive payment from our Customers who purchase paid Services from us. This involves us sharing information with our payment processors. Such payment processors will process your information in accordance with their own privacy policies.	Customer Account Details Payment Information
iii. To set up and manage your Payments Services account and integrate your Payments Services with the Processing Services. As a Customer, depending on your location, you may use our payments service, Squarespace Payments, to accept various forms of payments on your site. You need to provide certain information and may also be required to verify your identity in order to set up your Payments Services account.	Payments Services Account Information Payments Services Identity Verification Information Account History Information
iv. To send communications about your transactions with us and other Service-related announcements. As a Customer, if you make purchases from the Services or we need to otherwise notify you about our Services or your use of them, we need to communicate with you, including via email and/or by sending you an alert via the Services. You may also send us messages, such as requests for support.	Customer Account Details Payments Services Account Information Account History Information Communication Information
v. To provide support for our Services and resolve issues or disputes. We use certain information to receive, review and respond to User, Customer and other individuals' requests for support or other inquiries. We may also use your information to resolve any issues or disputes between you and a Customer.	Customer Account Details Payments Services Account Information Optional 2FA Account Information Account History Information Communication Information Site Usage Information Other Individuals' Contact Information
vi. To foster the safety, security and integrity of our Services. We use certain information (including in an automated manner) to foster the security and integrity of our Services, including: (A) to detect, investigate and/or prevent suspicious, harmful, unsafe or unlawful activity or behavior, including fraud, spam or other safety or security issues and any other violations or potential violations of our Terms of Service or applicable policies. If you are a Customer who uses the Payments Services, we also use certain information (including in an automated manner) to: (B) conduct fraud and risk monitoring; (C) verify your identity and account; (D) determine if you are eligible for all or any part of the Payments Services or financial products; (E) investigate and prevent fraud; and (F) mitigate financial loss or other harm to you, Squarespace, your End Users or others.	Customer Account Details Payments Services Account Information Optional 2FA Account Information Account History Information Payment Information Communication Information Payments Services Identity Verification Information Site Usage Information
vii. To administer contests, sweepstakes and other promotions. We use certain information about individuals who enter our contests, sweepstakes or other promotions to, as applicable, assess eligibility, manage and operate the promotion, select winners and provide prizes.	Customer Account Details Promotion Information Site Usage Information
b. Where necessary to comply with our legal obligations. We have a legal obligation to process your information for the below purposes.
Purpose	Categories of Personal Information
i. To comply with applicable tax laws. We use certain information about paying Customers, such as their billing address, to comply with our obligations under applicable tax laws, including the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 and the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (each, as amended).	Customer Account Details Payments Services Account Information Account History Information Payment Information
ii. To comply with know your customer and anti-money laundering laws. We are required to obtain certain information about Customers who use the Payments Services to verify their identities and take preventative measures as a result of know your customer, money laundering and/or terrorist financing laws. These laws include EU Directive 2015/849 (AMLD IV) on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, the EU Digital Services Act, the Irish Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010, EU Directive 2018/843 (AMLD V) on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing and EU Member State implementing legislation such as the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010.	Customer Account Details Payments Services Account Information Account History Information Payments Services Identity Verification Information
iii. To respond to a legal request or comply with applicable law where we have a legal or regulatory obligation. We use, retain and disclose information where we have a legal or regulatory obligation to do so. For example: (A) if we receive a valid legal request, such as a court order, preservation order or search warrant, related to your account, we may use, retain and disclose your information to comply with such request (even if you subsequently exercise your rights under Section 6 below); (B) to the extent we have an obligation to detect, investigate and/or prevent suspicious, harmful, unsafe or unlawful activity or behavior, including fraud, spam or other safety or security issues, we may use certain information (including in an automated manner) for such purposes; (C) we may have obligations under ICANN, registry, ccTLD or registrar rules, regulations and policies to use, retain or disclose your information; and (D) in connection with litigation, potential disputes or regulatory matters, we may use, retain and disclose your information related to a legal claim or complaint, such as where we are subject to a regulatory investigation or need to defend ourselves in legal proceedings or respond to a regulatory complaint made by you or others. Such laws may include the European General Data Protection Regulation (including as amended and/or incorporated into UK law, the "GDPR"), the Data Protection Act 1988-2018, Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, the Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065), Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters, Section 10 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 (as amended) and the Criminal Justice Act 2011. Squarespace implements a robust law enforcement request policy which is designed to ensure that all law enforcement, governmental and regulatory requests are valid and made in accordance with applicable legal process. Squarespace does not disclose data to law enforcement, regulatory or governmental bodies unless required by applicable law and objects to unlawful requests.	Customer Account Details Payments Services Account Information Optional 2FA Account Information Marketing Preferences Account History Information Payment Information Communication Information Payments Services Identity Verification Information Site Usage Information Other Individuals' Contact Information Survey and Research Information Promotion Information
c. Where necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party such as our Customers. For example, we have a legitimate interest in operating our business and our Customers have a legitimate interest in having their sites function properly, safely and securely. We won't process your information if your interests or your fundamental rights and freedoms override ours or others' legitimate interests. You have the right to object to this processing at any time.
Purpose	Categories of Personal Information
i. To understand and analyze how you use our Services and improve your experience on the Services. We use certain information to learn about and analyze our Users' and Customers' experience with our Services, including for bug detection and user research. We use these insights and this information to improve our Services. For example, if we learn that most Customers of our paid Services use a particular integration or feature, we might wish to expand on that integration or feature.	Account History Information Communication Information Site Usage Information Survey and Research Information
ii. To customize our Services for our Users and Customers. We use certain information to customize our Services for you and tailor our communications for you. For example: (A) we use your location information to determine your language preferences or display accurate date and time information; and (B) we use information about how you use our Services to communicate relevant information to you. We also use cookies and similar technologies for this purpose, such as remembering, if you're a Customer, which of your sites you most recently edited.	Customer Account Details Account History Information Communication Information Site Usage Information
iii. To tailor our advertising outside of the Services. We use and share certain information with online advertising business partners.	Account History Information Site Usage Information
iv. To identify, respond to and propose solutions for potential enterprise Customers. We use certain information to identify, respond to and propose solutions for potential business Customers in respect of our enterprise services.	Enterprise Sales Information
v. To maintain the safety, security and integrity of our Services. We use certain information (including in an automated manner) to foster the security and integrity of our Services, including: (A) to detect, investigate and/or prevent suspicious, harmful, unsafe or unlawful activity or behavior, including fraud, spam or other safety or security issues and any other violations or potential violations of our Terms of Service or applicable policies; and (B) to maintain the integrity of our Services. If you are a Customer who uses the Payments Services, we also use certain information (including in an automated manner) to: (C) conduct fraud and risk monitoring; (D) verify your identity and account; (E) determine if you are eligible to use all or any part of the Payments Services or financial products; (F) investigate and prevent fraud; and (G) mitigate financial loss or other harm to you, other Customers or your or their End Users.	Customer Account Details Payments Services Account Information Optional 2FA Account Information Account History Information Payment Information Communication Information Payments Services Identity Verification Information Site Usage Information
vi. To protect our legal rights. We may use, retain or share information to protect or exercise our legal rights or defend against actual or potential legal claims, including to address a violation or potential violation of our Terms of Service or policies (including our Acceptable Use Policy).	Customer Account Details Payments Services Account Information Optional 2FA Account Information Marketing Preferences Account History Information Payment Information Communication Information Payments Services Identity Verification Information Site Usage Information Other Individuals' Contact Information Survey and Research Information Promotion Information
vii. To manage our vendor, partner and other third party relationships. We use certain information to manage our relationships with vendors, partners and other third parties.	Other Individuals' Contact Information
viii. In the event of a business transfer. If Squarespace is involved in a reorganization, merger, acquisition, sale of some or all of our assets or other business transaction, depending on the circumstances, we may use or share information as part of the negotiation, consideration or effectuation of such transaction.	Customer Account Details Payments Services Account Information Optional 2FA Account Information Marketing Preferences Account History Information Payment Information Communication Information Payments Services Identity Verification Information Site Usage Information Other Individuals' Contact Information Survey and Research Information Promotion Information
d. Where you provide your consent. In these scenarios, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Purpose	Categories of Personal Information
i. To send you email marketing. We need your consent to send you email marketing messages if you are in the EEA, UK or Switzerland (collectively, the "European Region"). You will be given the opportunity to opt out of each marketing communication that we send.	Customer Account Details Marketing Preferences Account History Information
ii. To tailor our advertising outside of the Services. Where we use cookies and similar technologies for this purpose, we need your consent to use or share your information with our online advertising business partners. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.	Account History Information Site Usage Information
iii. To verify your identity biometrically. We need your explicit consent to have our vendor verify your identity through biometric means. You may request to have your identity verified in another manner.	Payments Services Account Information Payments Services Identity Verification Information (including a biometric scan of your facial geometry from a photo and official government document you provide)
e. To protect your or others' vital interests. In rare circumstances, we process your information to protect your or others' vital interests.
Purpose	Categories of Personal Information
i. To retain, review and share information with law enforcement and others. We may use, retain or share information with law enforcement or others in circumstances where a person's vital interests require protection, such as in the case of emergencies. For example, we may share information to prevent loss of life or personal injury to a Customer, End User or third party, or to prevent crime or fraud.	Customer Account Details Payments Services Account Information Optional 2FA Account Information Marketing Preferences Account History Information Payment Information Communication Information Payments Services Identity Verification Information Site Usage Information Other Individuals' Contact Information Survey and Research Information Promotion Information

a. Performance of a contract. We process your information as necessary for us to provide you with the Services and/or perform our Terms of Service or other relevant contract(s) with you. You cannot use our Services if we cannot process your information for the below purposes.
Purpose	Categories of Personal Information
i. To create and manage your account with Squarespace and provide our Services. For our Customers, we collect certain information so you can login to our Services and manage and use your paid Services, including updating your site, scheduling page or domain name settings and registering or transferring your domain name registrations.	Customer Account Details Optional SMS Account Information Domain Name Registration Contact Information Other Product Information Identity Verification Information Account History Information
ii. To receive payment for paid Services. We use certain information to receive payment from our Customers who purchase paid Services from us. This involves us sharing information with our payment processors. Such payment processors will process your information in accordance with their own privacy policies.	Account History Information Payment Information
iii. To set up and manage your Financial Solutions Services account(s), integrate your Payments Services with the Processing Services and otherwise set up and manage other Financial Solutions Services. As a Customer, depending on your location, you may use our Financial Solutions Services to accept various forms of payments on your site and manage your business. You need to provide certain information and may also be required to verify your identity in order to set up your Financial Solutions Services account(s).	Financial Solutions Services Account Information Identity Verification Information Account History Information
iv. To send communications about your transactions with us and other Service-related announcements. As a Customer, if you make purchases from the Services or we need to otherwise notify you about our Services or your use of them, we need to communicate with you, including via email and/or by sending you an alert via the Services.	Customer Account Details Financial Solutions Services Account Information Optional SMS Account Information Domain Name Registration Contact Information Other Product Information Account History Information
v. To provide support for our Services and resolve issues or disputes. We use certain information to receive, review and respond to User, Customer and other individuals' requests for support or other inquiries. We may also use your information to resolve any issues or disputes between you and a Customer.	Customer Account Details Financial Solutions Services Account Information Optional SMS Account Information Domain Name Registration Contact Information Other Product Information Account History Information Payment Information Communication Information Site Usage Information Other Individuals Contact Information
vi. To foster the safety, security and integrity of our Services. We use certain information (including in an automated manner) to foster the security and integrity of our Services, including: (A) to detect, investigate and/or prevent suspicious, harmful, unsafe or unlawful activity or behavior, including fraud, spam or other safety or security issues and any other violations or potential violations of our Terms of Service or applicable policies. If you are a Customer who uses the Financial Solutions Services, we also use certain information (including in an automated manner) to: (B) conduct fraud and risk monitoring; (C) verify your identity and account; (D) determine if you are eligible for all or any part of the Financial Solutions Services; (E) investigate and prevent fraud; and (F) mitigate financial loss or other harm to you, Squarespace, your End Users or others.	Customer Account Details Financial Solutions Services Account Information Optional SMS Account Information Domain Name Registration Contact Information Other Product Information Identity Verification Information Account History Information Payment Information Communication Information Site Usage Information
vii. To administer contests, sweepstakes and other promotions. We use certain information about individuals who enter our contests, sweepstakes or other promotions to, as applicable, assess eligibility, manage and operate the promotion, select winners and provide prizes.	Customer Account Details Site Usage Information Promotion Information
b. Where necessary to comply with our legal obligations. We have a legal obligation to process your information for the below purposes.
Purpose	Categories of Personal Information
i. To comply with applicable tax laws. We use certain information about paying Customers, such as their billing address, to comply with our obligations under applicable tax laws, including the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 and the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (each, as amended).	Customer Account Details Financial Solutions Services Account Information Account History Information Payment Information Enterprise Sales Information
ii. To comply with know your customer and anti-money laundering laws. We are required to obtain certain information about Customers who use the Financial Solutions Services to verify their identities and take preventative measures as a result of know your customer, money laundering and/or terrorist financing laws. These laws include EU Directive 2015/849 (AMLD IV) on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, the EU Digital Services Act, the Irish Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010, EU Directive 2018/843 (AMLD V) on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing and EU Member State implementing legislation such as the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010.	Customer Account Details Financial Solutions Services Account Information Identity Verification Information Account History Information
iii. To respond to a legal request or comply with applicable law where we have a legal or regulatory obligation. We use, retain and disclose information where we have a legal or regulatory obligation to do so. For example: (A) if we receive a valid legal request, such as a court order, preservation order or search warrant, related to your account, we may use, retain and disclose your information to comply with such request (even if you subsequently exercise your rights under Section 6 below); (B) to the extent we have an obligation to detect, investigate and/or prevent suspicious, harmful, unsafe or unlawful activity or behavior, including fraud, spam or other safety or security issues, we may use certain information (including in an automated manner) for such purposes; (C) we may have obligations under ICANN, registry, ccTLD or registrar rules, regulations and policies to use, retain or disclose your information; and (D) in connection with litigation, potential disputes or regulatory matters, we may use, retain and disclose your information related to a legal claim or complaint, such as where we are subject to a regulatory investigation or need to defend ourselves in legal proceedings or respond to a regulatory complaint made by you or others. Such laws may include the European General Data Protection Regulation (including as amended and/or incorporated into UK law, the "GDPR"), the Data Protection Act 1988-2018, Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, the Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065), Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters, Section 10 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 (as amended) and the Criminal Justice Act 2011. Squarespace implements a robust law enforcement request policy which is designed to ensure that all law enforcement, governmental and regulatory requests are valid and made in accordance with applicable legal process. Squarespace does not disclose data to law enforcement, regulatory or governmental bodies unless required by applicable law and objects to unlawful requests.	All categories listed in Section 2 above
c. Where necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party such as our Customers. For example, we have a legitimate interest in operating our business and our Customers have a legitimate interest in having their sites function properly, safely and securely. We won't process your information if your interests or your fundamental rights and freedoms override ours or others' legitimate interests. You have the right to object to this processing at any time.
Purpose	Categories of Personal Information
i. To understand and analyze how you use our Services and improve your experience on the Services. We use certain information to learn about and analyze our Users' and Customers' experience with our Services, including for bug detection and user research. We use these insights and this information to improve our Services. For example, if we learn that most Customers of our paid Services use a particular integration or feature, we might wish to expand on that integration or feature.	Financial Solutions Services Account Information Domain Name Registration Contact Information Other Product Information Account History Information Payment Information Marketing Preferences Communication Information Site Usage Information Enterprise Sales Information Survey and Research Information Promotion Information
ii. To customize our Services for our Users and Customers. We use certain information to customize our Services for you and tailor our communications for you. For example: (A) we use your location information to determine your language preferences or display accurate date and time information; and (B) we use information about how you use our Services to communicate relevant information to you. We also use cookies and similar technologies for this purpose, such as remembering, if you're a Customer, which of your sites you most recently edited.	Customer Account Details Financial Solutions Services Account Information Account History Information Payment Information Marketing Preferences Communication Information Site Usage Information Enterprise Sales Information Survey and Research Information
iii. To tailor our advertising outside of the Services. We use and share certain information with online advertising business partners.	Account History Information Site Usage Information
iv. To identify, respond to and propose solutions for actual or potential business Customers. We use certain information to identify, respond to and propose solutions for actual or potential business Customers in respect of our Services.	Enterprise Sales Information
v. To maintain the safety, security and integrity of our Services. We use certain information (including in an automated manner) to foster the security and integrity of our Services, including: (A) to detect, investigate and/or prevent suspicious, harmful, unsafe or unlawful activity or behavior, including fraud, spam or other safety or security issues and any other violations or potential violations of our Terms of Service or applicable policies; and (B) to maintain the integrity of our Services. If you are a Customer who uses the Financial Solutions Services, we also use certain information (including in an automated manner) to: (C) conduct fraud and risk monitoring; (D) verify your identity and account; (E) determine if you are eligible to use all or any part of the Financial Solutions Services; (F) investigate and prevent fraud; and (G) mitigate financial loss or other harm to you, other Customers or your or their End Users.	Customer Account Details Financial Solutions Services Account Information Optional SMS Account Information Domain Name Registration Contact Information Other Product Information Identity Verification Information Account History Information Payment Information Communication Information Site Usage Information Enterprise Sales Information
vi. To protect our legal rights. We may use, retain or share information to protect or exercise our legal rights or defend against actual or potential legal claims, including to address a violation or potential violation of our Terms of Service or policies (including our Acceptable Use Policy).	All categories listed in Section 2 above
vii. To manage our vendor, business partner and other third party relationships. We use certain information to manage our relationships with vendors, business partners and other third parties.	Other Individuals Contact Information Enterprise Sales Information
viii. In the event of a business transfer. If Squarespace is involved in a reorganization, merger, acquisition, sale of some or all of our assets or other business transaction, depending on the circumstances, we may use or share information as part of the negotiation, consideration or effectuation of such transaction.	All categories listed in Section 2 above
d. Where you provide your consent. In these scenarios, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Purpose	Categories of Personal Information
i. To send you marketing. We need your consent to send you email, SMS or other marketing messages if you are in the EEA, UK or Switzerland (collectively, the "European Region"). You will be given the opportunity to opt out of each marketing communication that we send.	Customer Account Details SMS Marketing Information Account History Information Marketing Preferences Enterprise Sales Information
ii. To tailor our advertising outside of the Services. Where we use cookies and similar technologies for this purpose, we need your consent to use or share your information with our online advertising business partners. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.	Account History Information Marketing Preferences Site Usage Information
iii. To verify your identity biometrically. We need your explicit consent to have our vendor verify your identity through biometric means. You may request to have your identity verified in another manner.	Identity Verification Information (including a biometric scan by our vendor of your facial geometry from a photo and official government document you provide)
e. To protect your or others' vital interests. In rare circumstances, we process your information to protect your or others' vital interests.
Purpose	Categories of Personal Information
i. To retain, review and share information with law enforcement and others. We may use, retain or share information with law enforcement or others in circumstances where a person's vital interests require protection, such as in the case of emergencies. For example, we may share information to prevent loss of life or personal injury to a Customer, End User or third party, or to prevent crime or fraud.	All categories listed in Section 2 above

**6\. Your rights and choices** Where applicable law requires (and subject to any relevant exceptions or obligations under law), you may have the right to access, port, update, change or delete personal information. You may have the right to restrict or object to the processing of your personal information or to exercise a right to data portability under applicable law. @@ -155,13 +165,13 @@ You can access, update, change or delete personal information (or that of your End Users) in your account. You can also delete your account by following the instructions in [this support guide](https://support.squarespace.com/hc/articles/228036268-Deleting-your-account). Please note that we may need to verify your identity in connection with your requests, and such verification process may, if you do not have access to your account, require you to provide us with additional information we maintain about you to verify your identity. Even if you have access to your account, we may request additional information if we believe it's necessary to verify your identity. If we are unable to verify your identity or request, we may not, in accordance with applicable law, be able to fulfill your request. You may also contact us by email at [privacy@squarespace.com](mailto:privacy@squarespace.com) to submit a request. Please note that, for technical reasons, there will likely be a delay in deleting your personal information from our systems when you ask us to delete it. To the extent permitted under applicable law, we may also retain personal information in order to comply with the law, protect our or others' rights, resolve disputes or enforce our legal terms or policies. Additionally, if we rely on consent for the processing of your personal information, you have the right to withdraw it at any time and free of charge. When you do so, this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent withdrawal. -In some jurisdictions, applicable laws provide individuals the right to object to or opt out of a significant decision affecting them if the decision resulted from automated processing. While Squarespace may, in some limited cases as described in this Privacy Policy, process your personal information in an automated manner, it is unlikely that an objection or opt out right would apply to such processing. This is because: (a) a human being may be involved in the process (so the processing is not fully automated); (b) no such right applies because the process relates to an exempted purpose, such as performing our contract with you or the detection or prevention of fraud or illegal activity; or (c) the processing does not actually result in a significant decision affecting you as a Customer or End User. If you believe automated processing by our Services has resulted in a significant decision affecting you, you may contact us by email at [privacy@squarespace.com](mailto:privacy@squarespace.com) to request more information and/or request that a human review such decision. +In some jurisdictions, applicable laws provide individuals the right to object to or opt out of a significant decision affecting them if the decision resulted from automated processing. While Squarespace may, in some limited cases as described in this Privacy Policy, process your personal information in an automated manner, it is unlikely that an objection or opt out right would apply to such processing. This is because: (a) a human being may be involved in the process (so the processing is not fully automated); (b) no such right applies because the process relates to an exempted purpose, such as performing our contract with you or the detection or prevention of fraud or illegal activity; (c) the applicable decision is not made by us but by a business partner that enables us to provide certain Services subject to their terms and policies; or (d) the processing does not actually result in a significant decision affecting you as a Customer or End User. If you believe automated processing by our Services has resulted in a significant decision affecting you, you may contact us by email at [privacy@squarespace.com](mailto:privacy@squarespace.com) to request more information and/or request that a human review such decision. You can also elect not to receive marketing communications by changing your preferences in your Account or by following the unsubscribe instructions in such communications. Our [Cookie Policy](https://www.squarespace.com/cookie-policy) explains how you can manage cookies and similar technologies. You have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority, subject to applicable law. See [Section 12 below](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/). @@ -227,13 +237,13 @@ Any dispute resolution demand or counterclaim, including arbitration demand or counterclaim, asserted by either party must contain sufficient information to provide fair notice to the other party of the asserting party's identity, the claims being asserted and the factual allegations on which those claims are based, and must include proof that the claimant's data is subject to this Privacy Policy. ICDR-AAA may require amendment of any demand or counterclaim that does not satisfy these requirements. ICDR-AAA has the right to impose sanctions for any claims it determines to be frivolous or improper (under the standard set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 and any similar standards in other jurisdictions), including for any claim filed on behalf of a claimant whose data is not subject to this Privacy Policy. Nothing in the Data Privacy Frameworks affects your rights as a data subject to the extent we use any European Commission approved standard data protection clauses for transfers to the US. If there is any conflict between the terms in this Privacy Policy and applicable DPF Principles, the applicable DPF Principles shall govern. [_Back to top_](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/) -The only categories of personal information for which we "Share" or "Sell" personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising (as described in subsection c. below) are non-directly identifying identifiers (e.g., "hashed" email address), commercial transactions, and Internet activity data. +The only categories of personal information for which we "Share" or "Sell" personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising (as described in subsection c. below) are non-sensitive identifiers (e.g., "hashed" email address), commercial transactions, and Internet activity data. For more information about each category, purpose of use, and the parties to whom we disclose or share information, please see [Section 5 above](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/). For information on how we retain your personal information, please see [Section 8 above](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/). **b. Your requests** @@ -247,31 +257,35 @@ California residents may opt out of the "Sale" or "Sharing" of their personal information. The CCPA's definition of "Sale" includes "Sharing" for purposes of "cross-context behavioral advertising," which is defined as targeting of advertising to a consumer based on that consumer's personal information obtained from the consumer's activity across websites. We only mean this CCPA definition when "share" or "sharing" are capitalized in this Appendix I or otherwise in this Privacy Policy. We Share information to provide more relevant and tailored advertising to you regarding our Services. Depending on how you use the Services, we may Share device information and identifiers, such as IP address and unique advertising identifiers and cookies, for such purposes. We do not otherwise "Sell" (as defined in the CCPA) your personal information, and have not engaged in such activity in the twelve (12) months prior to the effective date of this Privacy Policy. If you would like to opt out of Squarespace's Sale or Sharing of your information with third parties for such purposes, you may do so by clicking on the "Your Privacy Choices" link in the footer of this page. Please note that the opt out will only apply to the browser and device you use to opt out. The CCPA also allows you to limit the use or disclosure of your "sensitive personal information" (as defined in the CCPA) if your sensitive personal information is used for certain purposes. We collect the following categories of "sensitive personal information": (i) account log-in and password or other credentials that allow access to your account; and (ii) geolocation information. Please note that we do not use or disclose sensitive personal information other than for purposes for which you cannot opt out under the CCPA. -We do not currently recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals. Please note that Do Not Track is a different privacy mechanism than the "Global Privacy Control," which is a browser-based control that indicates whether you would like to opt out of processing of your personal information for online behavioral advertising purposes. We respond to the Global Privacy Control in California. To opt out of Sale or Sharing, turn on the Global Privacy Control signal in your browser. Please note that the opt out will only apply to the browser and device you use to send the Global Privacy Control signal. +We do not currently recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals. Please note that Do Not Track is a different privacy mechanism than the "Global Privacy Control" ("GPC"), which is a browser-based control that indicates whether you would like to opt out of processing of your personal information for online behavioral advertising purposes. Our Services respond to the GPC signal in California. To opt out of Sale or Sharing, turn on the GPC signal in your browser when you visit our Services. Please note that the opt out may only apply to the browser and device you use to send the GPC signal. We do not knowingly Sell or Share the personal information of children under 16. **d. We do not discriminate against you** You also have the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising certain of your rights. Squarespace does not discriminate against California Residents for exercising their rights. +**e. Shine the Light requests** + +California's "Shine the Light" law (California Civil Code § 1798.83) allows California residents with whom a business has an established business relationship to request a list of "third parties" to whom we have disclosed certain "personal information" in the preceding calendar year where the business knows or reasonably should know that the third parties used the personal information for their own "direct marketing purposes" (as each of those terms is defined under such California law). Direct marketing purposes means "the use of personal information to solicit or induce a purchase, rental, lease, or exchange of products, goods, property, or services directly to individuals by means of the mail, telephone, or electronic mail for their personal, family, or household purposes." However, a business like Squarespace is not required to provide this information where it adopts and discloses, in its privacy policy, a policy of not disclosing "personal information" to third parties for their "direct marketing purposes": (i) unless the resident first affirmatively agrees; or (ii) if the resident has exercised an option that prevents that information from being disclosed. Squarespace maintains such a policy and provides California residents with a cost-free means to exercise that option, and thus is not required to provide this information. Please see the opt-out method described above in subsection (c) ("Do not sell or share my personal information") of this [Appendix I](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/) of this Privacy Policy. + [_Back to top_](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/) **Appendix II. Specific Information for Residents of Other US States With An Applicable Data Privacy Law** This Appendix II is only applicable to you if you are a resident of a state other than California with an applicable data privacy law such as Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, and Texas ("Applicable State Residents") and only applies to Squarespace Controlled Information for which Squarespace is a "Controller" (as defined in an applicable state data privacy law). It does not apply to personal information we collect about you where you are acting as an employee, owner, director, officer or contractor of a company, partnership, sole proprietorship, non-profit or government agency. This Appendix II applies to personal information we collect about Applicable State Residents on or through our Services and through other means (such as information collected offline or in person). In addition to your rights in [Section 6 above](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/), you can: - ask us to confirm we are processing your personal information; and -- opt out of processing or sharing of your personal information for online targeted advertising purposes. If you would like to opt out of Squarespace's use of your information for such purposes, you may do so by clicking on the "Your Privacy Choices" link in the footer of this page. +- opt out of processing or sharing of your personal information for online targeted advertising purposes. If you would like to opt out of Squarespace's use of your information for such purposes, you may do so by clicking on the "Your Privacy Choices" link in the footer of this page. Additionally, our Services respond to the GPC signal. To opt out of such processing or sharing for online targeted advertising purposes, turn on the GPC signal in your browser when you visit our Services. Please note that the opt out may only apply to the browser and device you use to send the GPC signal Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable state data privacy law. Depending on where you live, if we deny your request to exercise your rights in whole or in part, you may have the right to appeal the decision. In such circumstances, you may contact us at [privacy@squarespace.com](mailto:privacy@squarespace.com) with the subject "Data Privacy Request Appeal" to provide us with details about why you are appealing the decision. Residents of the state of Colorado may review the table in [Appendix I(a) above](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/) for additional details on how we process Squarespace Controlled Information about you. If you are an Applicable State Resident who is a Customer and uses the Services to store Customer Controlled Information for which you are a "Controller" and Squarespace is your "Processor" (as defined under an applicable state data privacy law), please see our [Data Processing Addendum](https://www.squarespace.com/dpa) for information about how we process Customer Controlled Information.

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