Reddit

"We may share information with vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work for us. Their use of personal data will be subject to appropriate confidentiality and security measures. A few examples: (i) payment processors who process transactions on our behalf, (ii) cloud providers who host our data and our services, (iii) third-party ad serving and measurement providers who help us and advertisers serve relevant ads and measure the performance of ads."

Reddit shares personal data with a broad and open-ended list of service providers, advertisers, and measurement partners, with no exhaustive list of recipients provided to users.

"We also may receive information about you, including log and usage data and cookie information, from third-party sites that integrate our Services, including our embeds and advertising technology. For example, when you visit a site that uses Reddit Embeds, we may receive information about the web page you visited. Similarly, if an advertiser incorporates Reddit's ad technology, Reddit may receive limited information about your activity on the advertiser's site or app, such as whether you bought something from the advertiser."

Reddit tracks user activity across third-party websites and apps through its embeds and advertising technology, building a picture of user behavior beyond the Reddit platform itself.

"We automatically collect information about your approximate location based on our Logs Data. We may also receive location information from you when you choose to share such information on our Services, including via the Location Customization setting or by associating your content with a location."

Reddit automatically collects approximate location data from IP addresses and logs without explicit opt-in, though precise location sharing is optional.

"We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do, we will let you know by revising the date at the top of the policy. If the changes, in our sole discretion, are material, we may also notify you by sending an email... By continuing to use our Services after Privacy Policy changes go into effect, you agree to be bound by the revised policy."

Reddit can change its privacy policy at any time, with material changes determined at its sole discretion, and continued use constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

"We store the information we collect for as long as it is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it. We may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes and/or if we believe doing so is in accordance with, or as required by, any applicable law. For example, if you violate our policies and your account is suspended or banned, we may store the identifiers used to create the account (such as phone number) to prevent you from creating new accounts."

Reddit provides no specific retention timelines and uses broad justifications like 'legitimate business purposes' to retain data indefinitely, even after account suspension.

"When you delete your account, your profile is no longer visible to other users and disassociated from content you posted under that account. Please note, however, that the posts, comments, and messages you submitted prior to deleting your account will still be visible to others unless you first delete the specific content. After you submit a request to delete your account, we initiate a deletion process to safely and completely remove your data from our servers or retain it only in anonymized form."

User content (posts, comments, messages) survives account deletion and remains publicly visible unless manually deleted one by one beforehand, creating a burdensome process for users wanting full removal.

"We collect device and network connection information when you access and use the Services. This may include your IP address, user-agent string, browser type, operating system, referral URLs, device information (such as device IDs), device settings, and mobile carrier name."

Reddit collects extensive device identifiers and network information including device IDs, device settings, and mobile carrier data, which goes beyond what is strictly necessary for a discussion forum.