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discogs.comConsumer appsLast verified 17 Sep 2026
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discogs and GDPR

CertReports found no public GDPR evidence for discogs as of unknown date. This does not mean the vendor is non-compliant. It means CertReports found no public evidence at the last check.

Evidence

VerifiedActive: EU-US Certification, SW-US Certification, UK Extension Certification
as of 17 Sep 2026 · confidence 100%
Kind
listing
Issued or listed
27 Jan 2017
Expires or valid through
7 Aug 2027
Scope
We practice privacy by design and only collect and process that information which is necessary to provide the Service or meet Our legitimate business needs. We conduct risk assessments on Our processing activities to ensure they do not cause undue harm to individuals. Generally, We collect the following categories of personal information from Service users: (1) Identity and Contact Information: (a) To provide the Service, including account registration, buying, selling, contributing, etc. (this information is shared with Operating Systems and platforms; Email service providers; and Parties to a transaction (if using the marketplace)), and (b) When provided with a job application, it is used to consider Your employment with Us or, if employed, to provide benefits or comply with legal reporting obligations (Job application information is not shared; Employee benefit information is shared with benefits providers and regulators, as applicable); (2) Personal and Company Information, Contact Information, Bank Details and Commercial Information of Sellers for legal purposes, to report Your taxpayer information to relevant tax authorities and comply with Our tax obligations (information is shared with Tax authorities and regulators, as applicable, and Seller Verification Service Providers) (3) Commercial Information to provide the Service related to transactions (information is shared with Operating Systems and platforms; Email service providers; and Parties to a transaction (if using the marketplace)); (4) Technical Information to provide the Service, including personalization and performance/ analytics to improve the Service (information is shared with Operating Systems and platforms); (5) Geolocation Information to provide the Service, including personalization and targeted advertising (this information is shared with Operating Systems and platforms, and with analytics and advertising networks if You allow performance, targeting, or social media cookies - this constitutes a “sale” under California Privacy Rights Act); (6) Professional and Educational Information to consider Your employment with Us (this information is not shared outside the company); (7) Inferred Information to provide the Service, including personalization and targeted advertising (this information is shared with Operating Systems and platforms, and with analytics and advertising networks if You allow performance, targeting, or social media cookies - this constitutes a “sale” under California Privacy Rights Act); (8) Browsing Information to personalize targeted advertising (this information is shared with analytics and advertising networks if You allow performance, targeting, or social media cookies - this constitutes a “sale” under California Privacy Rights Act); (9) Contest and Giveaway Contact Information to provide contests and giveaways (this information is not shared unless explicitly disclosed in contest or giveaway terms, in which case information may be shared with disclosed partners supplying the prizes); and (10) Artist Information to provide the Service, including archiving artist information about publicly distributed music releases (information is shared with cloud service providers). Please reference the "Information Collected" <https://support.discogs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009334513-Privacy-Policy#informationcollected> and "Information Sharing and Disclosure" <https://support.discogs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009334513-Privacy-Policy#informationsharing> for detailed charts.
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17 Sep 2026Zink Media, LLC d/b/a Discogs: Active: EU-US Certification, SW-US Certification, UK Extension Certification
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What GDPR means, and what it does not

"GDPR compliant" is a claim, not a certification. The verifiable facts are a public DPA, SCC usage, an EU representative, data residency options and a Data Privacy Framework listing.

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Is discogs GDPR compliant?

There is no GDPR certification in general use. The verifiable facts are a public data processing agreement, standard contractual clauses, an EU representative and a Data Privacy Framework listing. See the legal artefacts and the DPF row on this page, each with its capture date.

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