Stack Overflow Privacy Policy

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5050This Privacy Notice also tells you about your rights, how you can exercise those rights, and how the law protects you.
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5252Stack Exchange, Inc. is the Controller responsible for your personal data collected on the Public Network or directly by us for Stack's operational purposes. In connection with certain Products and Services, Stack is the Processor for the organizations who provide your data to us or use our Products and Services.
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5454If you interact with Stack Overflow through your organization, please refer to the specific privacy notices applicable to those Products.
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56If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or the way in which we use your personal data, please contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7303011a0512100a3300071210181c051601151f1c045d101c1e)
56If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or the way in which we use your personal data, please contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4d3d3f243b2c2e340d3e392c2e26223b283f2b21223a632e2220)
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5858WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
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6060This section sets out the categories and details of personal information that we collect across our Products and Services.
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6262We collect and process your personal information in order to offer the Network, and to offer you our Products and Services.
197197**Developer Survey**
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199199As the world's largest developer community, Stack Overflow publishes an annual Developer Survey to provide key insights into the developer community, as well as other surveys from time to time, some of which include demographic (e.g., gender, race, age, etc.) and certain personal information. Your participation in the Developer Survey as well as any other Stack Overflow survey is entirely voluntary. In order to provide meaningful insights into the developer community, Stack Overflow may collect sensitive data about you, including, but not limited to your gender, race, sexual orientation, immigration status, and your location. We consider this data to be among our most sensitive and have taken elevated measures to protect such data as well as to de-identify your name and other personal information from such data. We restrict such data within Stack Overflow on a privileged basis to only those that need to see it and while we may share your personal information with our third party providers for our research, we do so only after imposing contractual obligations of confidentiality on such third parties and only where necessary for limited research purposes.
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201201When we publish our surveys, they are published as a compilation of anonymized data. We may ask for your consent to contact you following completion of the surveys.
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203If you have any questions concerning the Developer Survey or other survey and our security measures to protect your sensitive personal data, please contact us at: [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9eeeecf7e8fffde7deedeafffdf5f1e8fbecf8f2f1e9b0fdf1f3).
203If you have any questions concerning the Developer Survey or other survey and our security measures to protect your sensitive personal data, please contact us at: [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b6b69726d7a78625b686f7a7870746d7e697d77746c35787476).
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205205**Advertising on our Network**
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207207We work with third party advertisers to deliver ads on our Network. This involves tracking, targeting and measuring, using your personal data. We will get consent through our online consent management portal, or via other consent mechanisms before we can use your personal data in this way.
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209209**Targeting:**
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291291- You can control the use of your data for interest-based advertising from Microsoft by visiting their [opt-out page.](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/)
292292- You can opt out of advertising from Google or find out more by visiting [Google's help center.](https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2676774)
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294294More information and resources on how you can control your ad choices and how to opt out of interest based advertising can be found on [NAI Consumer Opt Out](https://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and [YourAdChoices.com](https://youradchoices.com/).
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296If you want to access or control personal data processed by Stack Overflow that is not available via the tools, please refer to [Your Rights]() or contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3646445f4057554f76454257555d59405344505a59411855595b).
296If you want to access or control personal data processed by Stack Overflow that is not available via the tools, please refer to [Your Rights]() or contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9aeae8f3ecfbf9e3dae9eefbf9f1f5ecffe8fcf6f5edb4f9f5f7).
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298298YOUR RIGHTS
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300300You have a number of rights in relation to your personal data, and you can contact us if you want to exercise any of these.
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302302Your rights include:
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327327If applicable, we will only transfer or share your personal data outside the UK/EEA:
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329329- to a country, territory or organization that has been assessed as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data 'adequacy decision' by the UK or the EU Commission;
330330- By using legally-approved UK or EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCS) or Model Clauses, in addition to implementing appropriate supplementary measures to ensure the protection of the personal data.
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332If you are located in the UK or the EU, you may contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d71787a7c715d6e697c7e76726b786f7b71726a337e7270) to request a copy of the Standard Contractual Clauses.
332If you are located in the UK or the EU, you may contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d41484a4c416d5e594c4e46425b485f4b41425a034e4240) to request a copy of the Standard Contractual Clauses.
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334334By accessing the Stack Overflow Network and engaging with our Products and Services, you acknowledge that your personal data may be collected and transferred from your local jurisdiction (including those in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the UK) to the United States or other jurisdictions.
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336336**Our ongoing commitment to data security**
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338338Security is important to us and we know it is important to you. Stack Overflow follows generally accepted standards to protect your personal information when processing, transferring, and storing your personal information including Transport Layer Security ("TLS").
372372- Inferences we make based on other collected data, for purposes such as recommending content, advertising, and analytics.
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374374You can find more information about (a) what we collect and sources of that information, (b) the business and commercial purposes for collecting that information, and (c) the categories of third parties with whom we share that information in the sections of our privacy statement above.
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376376California consumers have additional rights under the CCPA (subject to certain limitations), including the right to request access to or deletion of your personal information, and information about our data practices, as well as the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.
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378These rights can be exercised by contacting us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5424263d2235372d14272035373f3b22312632383b237a373b39).
378These rights can be exercised by contacting us at [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ffffde6f9eeecf6cffcfbeeece4e0f9eafde9e3e0f8a1ece0e2).
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380380We will verify your request using the information associated with your account, including email address. Government identification may be required. Consumers can also designate an authorized agent to exercise these rights on their behalf.
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382382**Children**
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384384The Stack Overflow platform is not intended for children. We do not knowingly offer this or any other Product or Service to anyone under the age of 16.
388388We may amend or update this policy from time to time and will notify you of any material changes to this policy. Previous versions of this privacy policy are available upon request.
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390390CONTACT US
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392392Privacy Officer
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394- Privacy Officer, 14 Wall Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10005, [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f2f2d36293e3c261f2c2b3e3c3430293a2d39333028713c3032), phone: 212-232-8280
394- Privacy Officer, 14 Wall Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10005, [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96e6e4ffe0f7f5efd6e5e2f7f5fdf9e0f3e4f0faf9e1b8f5f9fb), phone: 212-232-8280
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396396UK Representative
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398- Privacy Officer, Bentima House, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1V 9BP, [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e0e0c17081f1d073e0d0a1f1d1511081b0c18121109501d1113), phone: +44 (0) 20 3349 1000
398- Privacy Officer, Bentima House, 168-172 Old Street, London EC1V 9BP, [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ef9f9d86998e8c96af9c9b8e8c8480998a9d89838098c18c8082), phone: +44 (0) 20 3349 1000
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400400EU Representative
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402402- The MD Stack Overflow GMBH HRB 234500
403403 3 Frieslandstraat, Amsterdam,
404 [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1c1c3d8c7d0d2c8f1c2c5d0d2dadec7d4c3d7dddec69fd2dedc), phone: +44 (0) 20 3349 1000
404 [\[email protected\]](https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbaba9b2adbab8a29ba8afbab8b0b4adbea9bdb7b4acf5b8b4b6), phone: +44 (0) 20 3349 1000