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·This Privacy Notice explains how Databricks, Inc. and its affiliates ("Databricks", "we", "our", and "us") collects, uses, discloses and otherwise processes your personal information (also known as personal data) in connection with the use of Databricks websites and applications, including software, that link to this Privacy Notice (collectively, the "Sites" and individually, "Websites" or "Applications"), our data processing platform products and services (the "Platform Services") and in the usual course of business, such as in connection with our events, sales, and marketing activities (collectively, with Sites and Platform Services, "Services"). It also contains information about your choices and privacy rights.
·If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") requires us to provide you with additional information regarding your rights with respect to your "personal information. This information is described in our Supplemental Privacy Notice to California Residents.
·We provide the Platform Services to our customers and users (collectively, "Customers") under an agreement with them and solely for their benefit and the benefit of their personnel authorized to access and use the Platform Services ("Authorized Users"). Our processing of Authorized User data is governed by our agreement with the relevant Customer. This Privacy Notice does not apply to (i) the data that our Customers and their Authorized Users upload, submit or otherwise make available to the Platform Services and other data that we process on their behalf, as defined in our agreement with the Customer; (ii) any products, services, websites, or content that are offered by third parties or that have their own privacy notice; or (iii) personal information that we collect and process in connection with our recruitment activities, which is covered under our Applicant Privacy Notice.
·We recommend that you read this Privacy Notice in full to ensure that you are informed. However, if you only want to access a particular section of this Privacy Notice, you can click on the link below to go to that section. Information We Collect About You How We Use Your Information How We Disclose Your Information International Users and Transfers Your Choices and Rights Other Important Information Changes to this Notice How to Contact Us
·Information that we collect from or about you includes information you provide, information we collect automatically (e.g., as you use the Services), and information we receive from other sources.
·When using our Services, we may collect certain information, such as:
·Certain features of our Services make it possible for you to post content publicly or viewable by other users, such as through the Databricks Community or through other public forums. Any information you post openly in these ways will be available for viewing and use by other users of these Services, as well as Databricks, and potentially accessible through third-party search engines. Accordingly, please take care when using these features and do not provide personal information that you would not want made available in these ways.
·We use standard automated data collection tools, such as cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, tags, and similar tools, to collect Internet and device activity information about how people use our Sites and interact with our emails.
·For example, when you visit our Sites we (or an authorized third party) may collect certain information from you or your device. This may include information about your computer or device (such as operating system, device identifier, browser language, and Internet Protocol (IP) address), and information about your activities on our Sites (such as how you came to our Sites, access times, the links you click on, browsing behavior, clicks and cursor movements, and other statistical information). We use this information to help us understand how you are using our Sites and how to better provide the Sites to you. We may also use web beacons and pixels in our emails. For example, we may place a pixel in our emails that notifies us when you click on a link in the email. We use these technologies to improve our communications and our overall Services. We may also use your IP address to derive your general location information.
·When you use our Platform Services or other Applications, we automatically collect certain information about how you are using those services ("Usage Data"). While most Usage Data is not personal information, it may include information about your account (such as User ID, email address, or Internet Protocol (IP) address) and information about your computer or device (such as browser type and operating system). It may also include information about your activities in connection with the Platform Services and Applications, such as the pages or features you access or use, the time spent on those pages or features, search terms entered, commands executed, information about the types and size of files analyzed via the Platform Services, and other statistical information relating to your use of the these services. We collect Usage Data to provide, support and operate the Services, for network and information security, to better understand how our Platform Services and Applications are used, and to improve our products and services more generally.
·We may also use the information we collect automatically (for example, IP address, and unique device identifiers) to identify the same unique person across Services to provide a more seamless and personalized experience to you.
·The types of data collection tools we use may change over time as technology evolves. You can learn more about our use of cookies and similar tools, as well as how to opt out of certain data collection, by visiting our Cookie Notice.
·We may obtain information about you from third-party sources, including resellers, distributors, business partners, event sponsors, security and fraud detection services, social media platforms, and publicly available sources. Examples of information that we receive from third parties include marketing and sales information (such as name, email address, phone number and similar contact information), and purchase, support and other information about your interactions with our Sites and Platform Services. We may combine such information with the information we receive and collect from and about you in ways consistent with this Privacy Notice.
·We use your personal information to provide, maintain, improve and update our Services. Our purposes for collecting your personal information include:
·To engage in these uses of your information, we may use tools such as large language models and other forms of artificial intelligence in accordance with applicable law.
·De-Identified/Anonymized Information. We may de-identify or anonymize information we collect so the information cannot reasonably identify you or your device, or we may collect information that is already in de-identified or anonymized form. Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law, our use and disclosure of de-identified and anonymized information is not subject to any restrictions under this Privacy Notice, and we may use and disclose it to others for any purpose, without limitation.
·We may disclose your personal information to third parties as follows:
·Databricks may transfer your personal information to countries other than your country of residence. In particular, we may transfer your personal information to the United States and other countries where our affiliates, business partners and services providers are located. These countries may have different data protection laws to the country where you reside.
·Wherever we process your personal information, we take appropriate steps to ensure it is protected in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable data protection laws. The safeguards we use include implementing the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information from the EEA or Switzerland between us and our business partners and service providers, and equivalent measures for transfers of personal information from the United Kingdom and other global jurisdictions with similar transfer requirements. Databricks also offers our Customers the ability to enter into a data processing addendum (DPA) that contains standard contractual clauses, for transfers between us and our Customers. We also make use of supplementary measures to ensure your information is adequately protected.
·Databricks complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Databricks has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF. Databricks has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the Principles shall govern. The following Databricks entities are covered by the DPF certification: Databricks, Inc., Neon, LLC. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/. To learn more, visit our Data Privacy Framework Notice here.
·If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom or Switzerland, the controller of your personal information is Databricks, Inc., 160 Spear Street, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States.
·We only collect your personal information if we have a legal basis for doing so. The legal basis that we rely on depends on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. Generally, we collect and process your personal information where:
·You have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority regarding our data processing activities.
·We offer you choices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information and we will respect the choices you make in accordance with applicable law. Please note that if you decide not to provide us with certain personal information, you may not be able to access certain features of the Sites or use the Platform Services.
·If you want to correct, update or delete your account information, please log on to your Databricks account and update your profile.
·We may periodically send you marketing communications that promote our products and the Services consistent with your choices. You may opt out from receiving such communications, either by following the unsubscribe instructions in the communication you receive or by clicking here. Please note that it may take us some time to process your request in accordance with applicable law, and that we may still send you important service-related communications regarding our products or services, such as communications about your subscription or account, service announcements or security information.
·Depending upon your place of residence, you may have rights in relation to your personal information. For example, residents of certain U.S. states and residents of the EU, UK, and Switzerland can exercise the following rights, depending on the laws of your jurisdiction:
·If you (or an authorized agent acting on your behalf) wish to exercise any of your rights under applicable data protection laws, submit a request online by completing the request form here or by calling +1 833 338 0670, our toll-free hotline. We will respond to requests that we receive in accordance with applicable laws. Databricks may take certain steps to verify your request using information available to us, such as your email address or other information associated with your Databricks account, and if needed we may ask you to provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your request. Any information you provide to us for verification purposes will only be used to process and maintain a record of your request.
·If you have made a request to access, delete, or correct your personal information and we deny your request, depending on your place of residence you may have the ability to appeal our denial. You can exercise this right by contacting us at the contact details provided at the bottom of this Privacy Notice. If an appeal right is applicable to you, we will let you know in our response to you.
·As described above, we may also process personal information that has been submitted by a Customer to our Platform Services. If your personal information has been submitted to the Platform Services by or on behalf of a Databricks Customer and you wish to exercise your privacy rights, please direct your request to the relevant Customer.
·If you are a U.S. resident and depending on the state in which you live, you may have the right to opt out of the "sale" of your personal information or the disclosure of your personal information for purposes of online targeted advertising (our online advertising activities are explained further in our Cookie Notice). We do not "sell" personal information in the traditional sense of exchanging information for monetary payment. However, because the definitions of "sale" and "targeted advertising" under applicable law may include the disclosure of your information (which includes your Identifiers and Internet and device activity) to certain types of advertising and marketing partners, we provide the right to opt out of these activities. You may opt out of these activities based on cookies and similar online identifiers by visiting our "Your Privacy Choices" link on our website footer or by enabling a browser-based opt-out signal, which we will also comply with where legally required. You may opt out of these activities based on other identifiers (such as your email address) by clicking here to submit a request.
·If you are a California resident, for detailed information about our practices under California law, please click here.
·Our Platform Services are intended to be used by organizations. Where the Platform Services are made available to you through an organization (e.g., your employer), that organization is the administrator of the Platform Services and responsible for the accounts and/or services over which it has control. For example, administrators can access and change information in your account or restrict and terminate your access to the Platform Services. We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of an administrator's organization, which may be different from the practices reflected in this Privacy Notice. Please contact your organization or refer to your organization's policies for more information.
·Databricks retains the personal information described in this Privacy Notice for as long as you use our Services, as may be required by law (for example, to comply with applicable legal tax or accounting requirements), as necessary for other legitimate business or commercial purposes described in this Privacy Notice (for example, to resolve disputes or enforce our agreements), or as otherwise communicated to you.
·We are committed to protecting your information. We use a variety of technical, physical, and organizational security measures designed to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of information. However, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. As such, we cannot guarantee the security of your information.
·Our Services may contain links to third-party websites, applications, services, or social networks (including co-branded websites or products that are maintained by one of our business partners). We may also make available certain features that allow you to sign into our Sites using third-party login credentials (such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google+) or access third-party services from our Platform Services (such as Github). Any information that you choose to submit to third-party services is not covered by this Privacy Notice. We encourage you to read the terms of use and privacy notices of use of such third-party services before disclosing your information with them to understand how your information may be collected and used.
·The Sites and Platform Services are not directed to children under 18 years of age and Databricks does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn that we have collected any personal information from children under an age for which consent or other legal obligations are required, we will take steps to delete such information. If you are aware that a child has submitted us such information, please contact us using the details provided below.
·Databricks may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and, if we make material changes, provide a more prominent notice (for example, by adding a statement to the website landing page, providing notice through the Platform Services login screen, or by emailing you). You can see the date on which the latest version of this Privacy Notice was posted below. If you disagree with any changes to this Privacy Notice, you should stop using the Services and deactivate your Databricks account.
·Please contact us at privacy@databricks.com if you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Notice. You can also write to us at Databricks Inc., 160 Spear Street, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94105 Attn: Privacy.
·If you interact with Databricks through or on behalf of your organization, then your personal information may also be subject to your organization's privacy practices and you should direct any questions to that organization. Last updated: January 9, 2026
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·Last updated: January 9, 2026
·We provide the following information to California residents pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act ("CCPA"). This information supplements our general Privacy Notice. For a description of all of our data collection, use and disclosure practices, please read our Privacy Notice in its entirety. Terms that are capitalized but not defined below have the meanings set forth in our Privacy Notice.
·Below, we describe the categories of Personal Information (as defined in the CCPA), that we have collected within the preceding 12 months and may collect on a going-forward basis: Identifiers
·Within these categories of Personal Information, we may also collect the following categories of Sensitive Personal Information (as defined in the CCPA): Account log-in, financial account, debit card, or credit card number, in combination with any required security or access codes, password, or credentials allowing access to the account
·For each category of Personal Information (including Sensitive Personal Information) listed above, we disclose this information as described in the "How We Disclose Your Information" section of our Privacy Notice (which also contains information about the categories of service providers to which we may disclose your Personal Information). In addition, we disclose Identifiers and Internet or other similar network activity to advertising providers that tailor online ads to your interests based on information they collect about your online activity (known as interest-based advertising).
·We obtain the categories of Personal Information listed above directly from you or from devices on which you use our Databricks Services, as well as from the following categories of sources: our corporate affiliates, publicly-available databases, third-party business partners, social media sites, and other third-party sources, and as described in our "Information We Collect About You" section of the Privacy Notice.
·We use Personal Information for a variety of business and commercial purposes, as described in the "How We Use Your Information" section of our Privacy Notice, which is linked above.
·Databricks retains the Personal Information described above for as long as you use our Databricks Services, as may be required by law (for example, to comply with applicable legal tax or accounting requirements), as necessary for other legitimate business or commercial purposes described in our Privacy Notice (for example, to resolve disputes or enforce our agreements), or as otherwise communicated to you.
·You may make the following types of requests under the CCPA with respect to Personal Information that we process on our own behalf. Note: If you wish to make a CCPA request with respect to Personal Information submitted through or otherwise made available to the Platform Services, please direct your request to the relevant Customer directly, as that data is governed by the terms of our agreement with our Customer.
·Requests to Know, Correct, and Delete: You may request:
·(i) Access to a copy of the specific pieces of Personal Information that we have collected about you;
·(ii) Correction of Personal Information that we maintain about you, if it is inaccurate; and/or
·(iii) Deletion of Personal Information, subject to certain exceptions.
·You can submit a request online by filling out a request form here or emailing us at dsr@databricks.com. We will respond to your request consistent with the CCPA, and subject to any exceptions that may apply under the CCPA. We may need to request additional Personal Information from you, such as email address, state of residency, or mailing address, in order to verify your identity and protect against fraudulent requests. If you maintain a password-protected account with us, we may verify your identity through our existing authentication practices for your account and require you to re-authenticate yourself before disclosing or deleting your Personal Information.
·Requests to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: You also may opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of your Personal Information, as "sale" and "sharing" are defined under CCPA.
·We do not sell Personal Information in the traditional sense of exchanging information for monetary payment. However, because the definitions of "sale" and "sharing" under the CCPA may include the disclosure of your information to certain types of advertising and marketing partners, we provide California residents with the right to opt-out of any such sale or sharing of their Personal Information. As noted above, we may disclose or make available Identifiers or Internet or other similar activity to advertising partners. We allow you to opt out of such disclosures, as they may constitute "sale" or "sharing" as defined under the CCPA. We do not knowingly "sell" or "share" the Personal Information of individuals under 16 years of age.
·You may opt-out of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information (such as for purposes of online analytics and advertising). To opt out based on cookies and similar online identifiers, visit the "Your Privacy Choices" link in our website footer or enable an opt-out preference signal (such as the Global Privacy Control), which we also recognize as required by the CCPA. To opt out based on other identifiers (such as your email address), click here to submit a request.
·To make a request as an authorized agent on behalf of a California resident, you may use the submission methods noted above. As part of our verification process, we may request that you provide, as applicable, proof concerning your status as an authorized agent.
·If you are making a Request to Know, Correct, or Delete on behalf of a California resident and have not provided us with a qualifying power of attorney from the resident, we may also require the resident to verify their own identity directly with us; or directly confirm with us that they provided you permission to submit the request.
·You have the right to be free from unlawful discriminatory/retaliatory treatment for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
·The California "Shine the Light" law gives residents of California the right under certain circumstances to request, on a yearly basis, information about our disclosure of certain categories of "personal information" (as defined in the Shine the Light law) with third parties for their "direct marketing purposes" (as defined in the Shine the Light law), or in the alternative, that we maintain a policy of providing a cost-free means for consumers to opt out of any such disclosure. We do not currently disclose your personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. If you want to opt out of activities that are considered "sales" or "sharing" under the California CCPA, please see the "Requests to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing" section above, which provides a cost-free mechanism for doing so.