The creator is the client. This document states what LaunchPillow collects, what it does with that data, and the covenant by which the creator's node belongs to the creator — not to the platform.
Before the LaunchPillow covenant, the record. Every major creator platform has a published data policy. The table below is drawn from those primary sources — not interpretation, not paraphrase. What is collected. What it is used for. What the creator surrenders to participate.
| Platform | What They Collect | What They Do With It | Creator Status | Primary Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Instagram · Facebook · Threads |
Every post, like, comment, message, and search. IP addresses, device identifiers, location signals, behavioral patterns across all Meta properties. Since 2024: public posts and captions used to train generative AI models.
Creator Content → AI Training Data |
Meta grants itself a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to host, distribute, and modify creator content. Data is used to serve targeted advertisements, develop internal AI products, and personalize experiences across all linked Meta services. Data sharing with advertising partners may qualify as a "sale" under CCPA even without direct monetary exchange. | Product |
↗ instagram-privacy-and-safety — March 2026 ↗ instagram-privacy-policy — usercentrics.com |
| Google / YouTube | Watch history, search history, device metadata, IP address, GPS and sensor location data. Cross-service data linkage across all Google products. Creator content used to train recommendation algorithms and ad targeting systems. Behavioral data shared with measurement companies and advertising partners via cookies and similar technologies. |
Data used to improve services, provide personalized content recommendations, and serve targeted advertisements. Creators and advertisers are permitted to work with third-party measurement companies to analyze audience data. Ad revenue split: YouTube retains 45%.
Personalized Ads · Third-Party Measurement |
Partner / Subject |
↗ howyoutubeworks/privacy — YouTube official ↗ policies.google.com/privacy ↗ youtube-2026-creator-economy — timescommerce.com |
| TikTok Post-2026 ownership |
2026 policy change: precise GPS location data now collected if location services are enabled. Previously, TikTok's U.S. policy explicitly excluded precise GPS collection. Citizenship data, sensitive personal data, behavioral signals, device fingerprints. Biometric identifiers in some jurisdictions.
Precise Location · Citizenship Data |
Location data classified as sensitive data under the 2026 policy. Used for personalization, ad targeting, and content recommendation. Privacy advocates noted: "If the only choice is to accept the unnecessary collection and use of your location data, your citizenship data and other sensitive data, or not use the app at all — that's not a real choice." | Surveilled | ↗ tiktok-privacy-geolocation — CBS News, January 2026 |
| CreatorIQ | Public data from social platforms via API — posts, engagement metrics, follower demographics. Authenticated data collected on behalf of brand customers with creator consent. AI and machine learning applied to all data types. Third-party data providers supply inferred demographics. |
Data processed to enable brand discovery of creators for campaigns. Customers (brands) are the end client. Creator data builds a queryable corpus for brand targeting. The creator's public output becomes a product sold to the brands that pay CreatorIQ — not to the creator.
Creator Is The Inventory |
Inventory | ↗ creatoriq.com/legal/privacy-policy |
| Patreon | Member data (audience personal data) passed to creators to enable membership fulfillment. Creators process member data under a Data Processing Agreement mandating strict limits — only for the purpose of delivering membership services, not for the creator's own use. |
Upon leaving Patreon, creators must securely destroy all member data — no rights persist. The framework protects audience members from creators, not creators from the platform. The creator's access to their own audience data terminates the moment they leave.
Audience Data Revoked on Exit |
Licensee | ↗ Patreon Data Processing Agreement — May 2026 |
Four clauses. Each is unconditional. Each is structurally enforced by the LaunchPillow architecture — not by policy alone.
launchpillow.com/registry/[handle]/did.json — is cryptographically controlled by the creator, not by the platform. The W3C DID specification is explicit: the controller of a DID proves control without requiring permission from any other party. The mint timestamp is immutable. The platform cannot reassign it, transfer it, or revoke it without the creator's explicit written request.
schema:Person JSON-LD document, ontology pillars, topic authority edges, and provenance record — is published to the open web. Google reads it. Perplexity reads it. Claude reads it. Every AI retrieval system that touches the public web finds it.
Private intake data and public node data are different objects stored in different systems for different purposes. The distinction is architectural, not procedural.
/registry/[handle]/registry/[handle]/did.jsonThese rights are not conditional on tier, subscription status, or account standing. They apply to every creator in the registry.
Every third-party system that touches LaunchPillow creator data is named here. Unnamed parties do not have access.
launchpillow.com/privacy/changelog. Continued use of LaunchPillow after the effective date of any update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. Creators who do not accept a material change may request full node deletion before the effective date at no charge.