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Reddit Privacy Policy

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redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy, crawled 1 Oct 2026
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Do they combine your data across products?Yes

…rving and measurement providers who help us and advertisers serve relevant ads and measure the performance of ads (by disclosing information such as cookie IDs, your IP address, and/or a hashed version of your email; these third parties may combine that information with other information they already have about you to provide services to Reddit), (iv) age verification providers who help us confirm your age, (v) compliance providers who help us determine your eligibility to participate in Reddit Programs, and (vi) LLM providers who help us compile and summarize public content for relevant search results on Reddit. To comply with the law. We may share information if we believe disclosure is in
redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy, lines 2281–2290
In plain wordsThe company shares your information, such as your IP address or email, with third-party partners who may already have your data and can merge it with what they receive from Reddit. This allows these outside companies to build a more complete profile of you.

Do they use your data to target ads?Yes

…o not take any action in response to this signal. Instead, in addition to publicly available third-party tools, we offer you the choices described in this policy to manage the collection and use of information about you. Controlling Promotional Communications You may opt out of receiving some or all categories of promotional communications from us by following the instructions in those communications or by updating your email options in your account preferences here. If you opt out of promotional communications, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as information about your account or your use of the Services. Controlling Mobile Notifications With your consent, we may s…
redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy, lines 2404–2418
In plain wordsYou can choose to stop receiving marketing emails by updating your account settings or using the unsubscribe links in the emails themselves. However, the company may still send you important updates regarding your account.

Can they read your private messages?Partly

…nths, we collected the following categories of personal information from residents, depending on the Services used: Identifiers and account information, like your Reddit username, email address, phone number, IP address, and cookie information. Commercial information, including information about transactions you undertake with us. Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as information about your activity on our Services and limited information about your activity on the services of advertisers who use our advertising technology. Geolocation information based on your IP address. Your messages with other users (for example, private messages, private chats, and modmail).
redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy, lines 2810–2822
In plain wordsThe company collects and processes your private messages, chats, and modmail as part of your personal information. This means your private communications are stored on their systems and are accessible to the company.

Can they hand your data to authorities without telling you?Partly

…Policy Reddit Privacy Policy All User Agreement Reddit Privacy Policy Reddit Rules Moderator Code of Conduct Cookie Notice Econ Terms Previews Terms of Use Creator Terms Developer Terms Data API Terms Embeds Terms of Use Responsible Disclosure / Bug Bounty Program Trademark Use Policy Transparency Guidelines for Law Enforcement Reddit's Anti-Slavery And Human Trafficking Statement Earn Policy Earn Terms English (US) العربية Български Čeština Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά English (US) Español (ES) Español (MX) فارسی Suomi Magyar Français (FR) עברית Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Dutch (NL) Norsk bokmål Italiano 日本語 한국어 Polski Português (BR) Português (PT) Русский Slovenčina Svenska (SE) हिंदी বাংলা Filip…
redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy, lines 1917–1982
In plain wordsReddit may share your information with law enforcement or government agencies when they believe they have a legal right to do so. The policy does not promise to notify you when these requests are made, and in some cases, they may even be legally forbidden from telling you.

Checked, nothing hostile

selling or sharing your data, refusing to let you delete your account, giving up the right to sue in court, using what you do to train AI, tracking you across sites and apps.

Not covered by these documents

rights over the things you post or upload, changing the terms without asking you, locking you in for a year or more, refusing responsibility when things go wrong, closing your account at any time, keeping your data after you leave, keeping rights to your content after you leave, using your name or photo in ads, passing your data on if the company is sold, denying responsibility if your data leaks, renewing your subscription automatically, making you pay their legal costs, forcing disputes into their home courts, taking ownership of your ideas and feedback. These usually live in a document we haven’t read yet.