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I can't speak to the implication, but I've yet to read a policy that didn't explicitly outline how it handles business transfers. Some examples from different i

I can't speak to the implication, but I've yet to read a policy that didn't explicitly outline how it handles business transfers. Some examples from different industries (the first 3 random sites I thought of): AirBnB [0] > If Airbnb undertakes or is involved in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or insolvency event, then we may sell, transfer or share some or all of our assets, including your information in connection with such transaction or in contemplation of such transaction (e.g., due diligence). In this event, we will notify you before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. Segment [1] > We may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, in connection with a business deal (or potential business deal) such as a merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy, in which case we will make reasonable efforts to require the recipient to honor this Privacy Policy. Repl.it [2] > We share or disclose information only in the following cases ... - As necessary in the event of a proposed or actual reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, financing, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock. [0] https://www.airbnb.com/terms/privacy_policy https://www.airbnb.com/terms/privacy_policy [1] https://segment.com/legal/privacy/ https://segment.com/legal/privacy/ [2] https://repl.it/site/privacy https://repl.it/site/privacy

luckylion 6y ago
Those are about your data as a customer though. It's obvious that if a company is acquired, the new owner also takes the customer list, and active customers have very different rights regarding data protection than the customer's customers that visit their website and do not know that data is being collected about them. If e.g. Google would sell Google Analytics to Facebook, they cannot use the Analytics data to track users and send them emails, since it wasn't originally agreed upon with the GA-users. They very much can send an email to every GA user and offer them the new FBGA premium service.

luckylion 6y ago

Those are about your data as a customer though. It's obvious that if a company is acquired, the new owner also takes the customer list, and active customers have very different rights regarding data protection than the customer's customers that visit their website and do not know that data is being collected about them. If e.g. Google would sell Google Analytics to Facebook, they cannot use the Analytics data to track users and send them emails, since it wasn't originally agreed upon with the GA-users. They very much can send an email to every GA user and offer them the new FBGA premium service.