Privacy policy — Squarespace

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• Squarespace entities Report an error

  “The Squarespace entity that controls your information depends on where you are located. See Section 12 below.”

• Jurisdiction references Report an error

  “These laws include EU Directive 2015/849 (AMLD IV) on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, the EU Digital Services Act, the Irish Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010”

• Ireland tax laws Report an error

  “including the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 and the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (each, as amended)”

• Policy effective date Report an error

  “Effective Date: July 15, 2026”

• DPA available Report an error

  “If you are a Customer looking for contractual provisions about how Squarespace will treat and secure your Customer Controlled Information, please see our Data Processing Addendum.”

• Processor role Report an error

  “For Customer Controlled Information, Squarespace acts as a data processor, service provider or similar term under applicable law.”

• Eea UK legal bases Report an error

  “For our Users in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and the United Kingdom (“UK”) we rely on the legal bases set out in the table below to process your information.”

• Consent biometric Report an error

  “We need your explicit consent to have our vendor verify your identity through biometric means. You may request to have your identity verified in another manner.”

• Biometric data not stored Report an error

  “However, Squarespace does not create, store or otherwise have access to any such biometric data.”

• Payment processors Report an error

  “Currently, the payment processors we use to bill you for paid Services are Stripe and PayPal.”

• Financial solutions vendors Report an error

  “These vendors (including Stripe, Sift, Inscribe and Plaid) enable us to operate and provide the Financial Solutions Services, perform administrative payment functions, perform individual identity or bank verification and prevent or investigate suspected risk, fraud, security threats, illegal and malicious activity or violations of our Terms of Service”

• Deidentified commitment Report an error

  “We commit to not de-aggregating or re-identifying the aggregated and/or anonymized data that we process.”

• Law enforcement policy Report an error

  “Squarespace implements a robust law enforcement request policy which is designed to ensure that all law enforcement, governmental and regulatory requests are valid and made in accordance with applicable legal process. Squarespace does not disclose data to law enforcement, regulatory or governmental bodies unless required by applicable law and objects to unlawful requests.”

• Controller roles defined Report an error

  ““Squarespace Controlled Information” is personal information for which Squarespace acts as the “data controller” (or similar term under applicable law) and determines the purposes and means of processing.”

• Brands covered Report an error

  “A “User” is someone who visits or uses one of our sites, such as www.squarespace.com, www.acuityscheduling.com, www.unfold.com or www.biosites.com or mobile applications.”

• Data privacy frameworks section Report an error

  “Data Privacy Frameworks”

• US state privacy appendices Report an error

  “Appendix I. Specific Information for California Residents Appendix II. Specific Information for Residents of Other US States With An Applicable Data Privacy Law”

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