In addition to the situations discussed elsewhere in this Privacy Policy or at the point of collection, we may share your personal information with the following entities or persons.
Affiliates and Related Companies. We may share your personal information with Optimism, including our parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, and other companies under common corporate control, for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Service Providers. We may share your personal information with third party companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Services (such as customer support, website hosting, analytics, email delivery, marketing, finances, and database management services). These third parties may use your personal information only as directed or authorized by us and in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy, and are prohibited from using or disclosing your information for any other purpose.
Advertising Partners. We may share your personal information with third parties that we partner with for advertising campaigns or enable them to collect information about your activity on the Services, including through the use of cookies and similar technologies, including for the purposes described in the “To Display Advertisements” section above. These third party advertising companies may collect information about your activity on the Services and other online services to serve you advertisements (including, through interest-based advertising), and/or use hashed customer lists that we share with them to deliver ads to them and similar users on their platforms. For example, we work with LiveIntent to facilitate email communications and other features of the Services. You can view LiveIntent’s privacy policy by clicking
here. We may also work with third parties, including Google and LiveRamp, to deliver advertisements. To learn more about how Google uses data, click
here. To learn more about how LiveRamp uses data, click
here.
Sweepstakes and Joint Marketing Partners. We may also share your personal information with other partners in order to provide you with content and other features through the Services, and such partners may send you promotional materials or otherwise contact you regarding products and services that they offer. When you choose to enter a contest or sign up for a sweepstakes, we may share the personal information you provide as part of the offer with the named co-sponsors or other third parties affiliated with such offer.
Third-Party Platforms and Social Media Networks. If you have enabled features or functionality that connect the Services to a third-party platform or social media network (such as by logging in to the Services using your account with the third-party, providing your API key or similar access token for the Services to a third-party, or otherwise linking your account with the Services to a third party’s services), we may disclose the personal information that you authorized us to share. We do not control the third party’s use of your personal information.
Other Users of the Services and the Public. We may provide functionality that enables you to disclose personal information to other users of the Services or the public. For instance, you may be able to maintain a user profile with information about yourself or your use of the Services that you can make available to other users or the public. You may also be able to submit content to the Services (such as comments, questions, stories, reviews, surveys, blogs, photos, and videos), and we will identify you by displaying information such as your name, username, social media handle, or a link to your user profile along with the content you submit. We do not control how other users or third parties use any personal information that you make available to other users or the public.
Professional Advisors. We may disclose your personal information to professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.
Authorities and Others for Compliance, Fraud Prevention and Safety. We may disclose your personal information for the compliance, fraud prevention, and safety purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation. Under certain circumstances, this may include law enforcement, government authorities, and other parties if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
Business Transaction Participants. We may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, in connection with a business transaction (or potential business transaction) such as a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, joint venture, reorganization or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy or dissolution.