Specific Privacy Notices

Effective Date: June 29, 2023

This specific privacy notices page is an extension to and forms part of the Squarespace Privacy Policy. Capitalized terms used on this page shall have the meanings in the Squarespace Privacy Policy or Squarespace Terms of Service.

Table of Contents

I. Additional Information for California Residents

II. Additional Information for Residents of Other Specified States

I. Additional Information for California Residents

This Section I is only applicable to you if you are a resident of the state of California in the US (“California Residents”) and only applies to Squarespace Controlled PI for which Squarespace is a “Business” (as defined in the CCPA). “CCPA” means the California Consumer Privacy Act (Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100 - 1798.199), as may be modified from time to time. This Section I covers Squarespace Controlled PI we collect about California Residents on or through our Services and through other means (such as information collected offline or in person). 

If you are a California Resident who is a User and uses the Services to store User Controlled PI for which you are a “Business” and Squarespace is a “Service Provider” (as defined in the CCPA), please see our Data Processing Addendum for information about how we process User Controlled PI.

a. Categories, business and commercial purposes, sources and third parties 

California law requires us to disclose certain information regarding the personal information we collect. Below is a table showing: (i) all categories of personal information which Squarespace collects, or has collected, about California Residents, in the twelve (12) months prior to the effective date of this privacy specific notices page; (ii) the purposes for which we use that information; and (iii) the categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information for a business purpose or to whom we "Share" personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising (as described below).

For more information about each category, purpose of use, and the third parties to whom we disclose or share information, please see Section 7 (“Your rights and choices”) of our Privacy Policy.

For information on how we retain your personal information, please see Section 9 (“How we retain your personal information”) of our Privacy Policy.

b. Your requests

Subject to certain exceptions and restrictions, the CCPA provides California Residents the right to submit requests to a business which has collected their personal information: (i) to provide them with access to the specific pieces and categories of personal information collected by the business about such California Resident, the categories of sources for such information, the business or commercial purposes for collecting such information, and the categories of third parties with which such information was shared; (ii) to request correction of their inaccurate personal information; and (iii) to delete their personal information (each, a “California Request”). We need certain types of information so that we can provide our Services to you. If you ask us to delete some or all of your information, you may no longer be able to access or use the Services.

If you are a California Resident, please follow the instructions in the “Your rights and choices” section in our Privacy Policy to submit California Requests and please make sure you note that you are a California Resident when you do so. California Residents may designate an authorized agent to make California Requests on their behalf. In order to designate an authorized agent to make a California Request on your behalf, you or your agent must provide proof that the agent has been authorized by you to act on your behalf, such as written authorization signed by you authorizing that agent to act on your behalf. We reserve the right to request additional information from you and/or individuals purporting to be authorized agents, such as when we suspect fraud.

c. Do not sell or share my personal information

 California residents may opt out of the "Sale" or “Sharing” of their personal information. The CCPA’s definition of "Sale" includes “Sharing” for purposes of “cross-context behavioral advertising,” which is defined as targeting of advertising to a consumer based on that consumer’s personal information obtained from the consumer’s activity across websites. We only mean this CCPA definition when “share” or “sharing” are capitalized on this page or in our Privacy Policy. We Share information to provide more relevant and tailored advertising to you regarding our Services. Depending on how you use the Services, we may Share the following categories of information for such purposes: (i) identification and demographics; (ii) device information and identifiers, such as IP address and unique advertising identifiers and cookies; (iii) connection and usage information, such as browsing history or app usage; and (iv) inference data. We do not otherwise “Sell” (as defined in the CCPA) your personal information, and have not engaged in such activity in the twelve (12) months prior to the effective date of this specific privacy notices page.

If you would like to opt out of Squarespace's Sharing of your information with third parties for such purposes, you may do so by clicking on the “Your Privacy Choices” link in the footer of this page. 

The CCPA also allows you to limit the use or disclosure of your “sensitive personal information” (as defined in the CCPA) if your sensitive personal information is used for certain purposes.  Please note that we do not use or disclose sensitive personal information other than for purposes for which you cannot opt out under the CCPA.

We do not currently recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals. Please note that Do Not Track is a different privacy mechanism than the “Global Privacy Control,” which is a browser-based control that indicates whether you would like to opt out of processing of your personal information for online behavioral advertising purposes. We respond to the Global Privacy Control in California. To opt out of Sharing, turn on the Global Privacy Control signal in your browser. Please note that the opt out will only apply to the browser and device you use to send the Global Privacy Control signal.

We do not knowingly “Sell” or Share the personal information of children under 16.

d. We do not discriminate against you

You also have the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising certain of your rights. Squarespace does not discriminate against California Residents for exercising their rights.

II. Additional Information for Residents of Other Specified States

This Section II is only applicable to you if you are a resident of the state of Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut or Utah in the US (“Specified State Residents”) and only applies to Squarespace Controlled PI for which Squarespace is a “Controller” (as defined in Applicable Specified State law). “Applicable Specified State Law” means the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) and the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA). It does not apply to personal information we collect about you where you are acting as an employee, owner, director, officer or contractor of a company, partnership, sole proprietorship, non-profit or government agency. This Section II applies to personal information we collect about Specified State Residents on or through our Services and through other means (such as information collected offline or in person).

In addition to your rights in Section 7 of our Privacy Policy, you can: 

• ask us to confirm we are processing your personal information; and 

• opt out of processing or sharing of your personal information for online targeted advertising purposes. If you would like to opt out of Squarespace's use of your information for such purposes, you may do so by clicking on the “Your Privacy Choices” link in the footer of this page.

Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. Depending on where you live, if we deny your request to exercise your rights in whole or in part, you may have the right to appeal the decision. In such circumstances, you may contact us at privacy@squarespace.com with the subject “Data Privacy Request Appeal” to provide us with details about why you are appealing the decision.  

Residents of the state of Colorado may review the table in Section I(a) above for additional details on how we process Squarespace Controlled PI about you.

If you are a Specified State Resident who is a User and uses the Services to store User Controlled PI for which you are a “Controller” and Squarespace is your “Processor” (as defined in Applicable Specified State Law), please see our Data Processing Addendum for information about how we process User Controlled PI.