Etsy is a website that allows you to buy or sell custom, handcrafted, vintage, or unique items which supports independent creators.
Personal data collected
When you sign up for an Etsy account, you may need to provide your username, email address, shop name, billing address, payment information, mobile number, postal address, name, social security number, tax ID, date of birth, bank account information, credit card information, and other proof of identity. When you set up your profile, you can include gender, location, and birthday.
Information that is publicly available includes your username, date you joined, ratings, reviews, related photos for items you bought or sold, any information provided on your profile, items for sale, shop pages and policies, favorites, followers, people you follow, sold items listing and number of items sold, comments you post in their community spaces, and information shared via social networks.
Etsy also collects information automatically from you, such as your IP address, unique device identifier, which pages you visit, hardware model, operating system, app version, app usage and debugging information, browser information, device identifiers, referral URLs, device information, location information, GPS, information from wireless networks and cell towers near your mobile device, how often you use the apps on your phone, what happens in the apps, performance data, app errors, and where the apps were downloaded from.
Personal data usage
Etsy uses data to:
- Operate and provide their services.
- Prevent fraud and illegal activities.
- Analyze and understand how their services work for users and visitors.
- Provide targeted advertising.
- Allow you to use functions such as their local marketplace, maps, and for in person sales.
- Customize your experiences with their services and websites.
- Allow you to view local content, search results, and recommendations.
- Market to you.
- Give you shipping and mapping services.
- Share with third-parties.
- Comply with legal requirements.
- Prevent fraud and illegal activities.
- Improve and customize their services.
- Keep their services safe and secured.
- Allow you to pay for products and services.
- Offer promotions from third-parties.
Cookies and similar tech
Etsy uses cookies, web beacons, social widgets, UTM codes, SDKs, local stored objects, flash cookies, pixel tags, clear GIFs, and other similar technologies to recognize that you are logged in, understand what purchases users and visitors are interested in, make Etsy’s website function properly, and help customize your browsing experience. If you disable cookies, their website may not work right.
Etsy account
Children between the ages of 13 and 18 are allowed to use Etsy through an account owned by a parent with their consent. Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to use Etsy or their services.
Data shared with Etsy
How to protect your privacy
You can protect your privacy on Etsy by:
- Disabling cookies in your browser.
- Controlling what messages you receive from Etsy by managing your account settings.
- Closing your account.
- Making activities private through account settings.
- Signing up for two-factor authentication.
- Opting out of third party advertisements through the Digital Advertising Alliance or the Network Advertising Initiative.
- Opting out of Google Analytics.
How to contact Etsy about your privacy
You can contact Etsy online, through email, or postal mail at:
In North and South America:
Etsy Support Team – Privacy Policy
117 Adams Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
USA
Outside of North and South America:
Etsy Support Team – Privacy Policy
66/67 Great Strand Street
Dublin 1 Ireland