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Hugging Face Privacy Policy

🗓 Effective Date: March 28, 2023

We have implemented this Privacy Policy because your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes the type of information that Hugging Face, Inc. (the “Company”) gathers from users of the Hugging Face services (the “Services”), and how the Company uses that information.

The Policy is part of the Company Terms of Use. The Policy applies to all users of the Services (“Users”).

The Company occasionally collects Personal Information from Users. “Personal Information” means any information that can, alone or associated with other information, be used to identify an individual, for instance by reference of a name, a username, an email address, an IP address, a photograph or others.

By using the Services, you consent to the terms of the Policy and to our processing of Personal Information in the manner and for the purposes set forth herein. If you do not agree with the Policy, please do not use the Services.

The Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change the Policy at any time, which change will be effective 10 days following posting the revision to the Policy on the Hugging Face website (the “Website”). Your continued use of the Services 10 days following such posting means you accept those changes.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The Company collects the following information, some of which might be Personal Information.

A. Information you provide directly

The Company collects information directly provided by Users as part of using the Services, such as:

• information provided as part of setting up an account on the Website: email address, password, username, full name, and other optional information such as an avatar, your interests, or usernames to your third-party social networks,

• payment information provided, if you decide to upgrade your user or organization account: credit card information,

• other information and materials that you decide to post on the Website (e.g., the discussion forum, or other),

• communications between you and the Company, as part of using the Services.

At any time during your use of the Services, you may decide to share some information or content publicly or privately.

If you decide to share your information or content publicly, and if you decide to include Personal Information, you understand that anyone may view this information.

If you decide to keep your information private and control the access to it, you understand that only the users that you authorize will view this information. The Company also reserves the right to access this information with your consent, or without your consent only for the purposes of pursuing legitimate interests such as maintaining security on its Services or complying with any legal or regulatory obligations.

B. Information we collect from third parties

We may collect Information from third parties that help us deliver the Services or process information.

C. Information we automatically collect from your use of the Services

The Company automatically records information from your use of the Services such as:

• information about your Use of the Services, your session (date, location), your IP address,

• information from cookies, especially your login information, your preferences,

• information about your device: type, model, version, operating system, browser

D. Cookies

We use cookies only for the purposes of delivering, updating, monitoring, improving the Services, and maintaining security on our Services by detecting, preventing and responding to any type of threats or incidents.