Incident #5014E6 · 23 JAN 2026notable
Twitch EU privacy notice widens data collected and raises minimum age in some regions
The notice now lists chats and communications and date of birth as data users provide, and adds information users have made publicly available as a source Twitch may obtain. It raises the minimum age to 16 in Australia, or to the local minimum where that is older than 13. It also adds Twitch Interactive Germany GmbH as the representative for EU residents, alongside the existing UK representative.
Taken from you
- Date of birth, chats and communications are now listed as collected user-provided data
- Twitch may obtain information you made publicly available on third-party services
- Twitch now says it 'reserves the right' to obtain information, replacing a plainer statement of what it obtains
- Stricter minimum age (16 in Australia, or higher local minimum) may block some users
Won back
- EU-specific representative (Twitch Interactive Germany GmbH) and contact address added
- The notice now says you may sign up to receive text message notifications.
Evidence · 4 of 4 quotes matched in source
your name, voice, or image, the content you create and upload, your chats and communications, Twitch username, email address, postal mailing address, telephone number, date of birth, credit card number, and billing information.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
or social media networks (such as Discord, Steam, or YouTube) for which you have approved our access, or where you have made such information publicly available.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
IF YOU ARE UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE, OR THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIRED WHERE YOU LIVE IF IT IS OLDER THAN 13, THEN YOU MAY NOT USE OR ACCESS THE TWITCH SERVICES AT ANY TIME OR IN ANY MANNER.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
Twitch Interactive Germany, GmbH has been designated by Twitch Interactive, Inc. as its representative under the EU General Data Protection Directive (GDPR) for residents of the European Union and its member states.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
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