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Canonical Data Privacy Policy

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LAST VERIFIED 2026-10-01

Attention points

12 TO CHECK

Pointers to disclosures this policy may not clearly make, checked against major privacy laws. This is a heuristic — not legal advice, and not a finding that anything is missing or unlawful.

GDPR / UK-GDPR

8/13 ADDRESSED
  • Data Protection Officer contactGDPR Art. 13(1)(b)
  • The legal basis for using your dataGDPR Art. 13(1)(c)
  • Legitimate interests relied on (where that is the basis)GDPR Art. 13(1)(d)
  • Whether providing your data is required, and what happens if you don'tGDPR Art. 13(2)(e)
  • Where your data was obtained, if not collected from you (source)GDPR Art. 14(2)(f)

CCPA / CPRA

3/10 ADDRESSED
  • The categories of sources the data comes fromCCPA §1798.110(c)
  • Categories of third parties data is shared/sold toCCPA §1798.115
  • A 'Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information' option (if it sells/shares)CCPA §1798.135(a)
  • A 'Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information' option (CPRA)CPRA §1798.135(a)
  • Your CCPA rights (know, delete, correct, opt-out, limit, non-discrimination)CCPA §§1798.100–125
  • A non-discrimination promise for exercising your rightsCCPA §1798.125
  • At least two ways to submit a request, plus a contactCCPA §1798.130

Current text

Canonical collects personal information from you in a number of different ways. For example, when you download one of our products, receive services from us or use one of our websites (including www.canonical.com and www.ubuntu.com). Full list of websites › At Canonical, we consider your privacy to be extremely important to us. These are the fundamental principles that we follow in relation to your personal information: - We don't ask you for personal information unless we…

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