Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, but I did write my company's privacy policy with approval by lawyers. A lot of companies' privacy policies have a section explici

Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, but I did write my company's privacy policy with approval by lawyers. A lot of companies' privacy policies have a section explicitly dealing with how data is transferred when company ownership changes. Sometimes this just says that all data will be transferred, but sometimes there are stipulations (for instance, my company doesn't sell or rent user data for marketing purposes, and its privacy policy requires that an acquiring company won't do that either). Of course, there are edge cases (like what happens if the privacy policy changes) that complicate things, but the FTC has a pretty helpful discussion of all of this: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2015/03/mergers-privacy-promises https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2015/03/...