Twitch

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Twitch

Basic information
Founded	2011
Legal structure	Subsidiary
Industry	Video Livestreaming
Official website	https://twitch.tv/

Twitch is an American video live-streaming service popular in video gaming, including broadcasts of e-sports competitions.^{[citation needed]} It also offers music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" (IRL) streams.^{[citation needed]} Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon.^{[citation needed]}

Controversies

Controversy	Year	Background Info	Aftermath	Related Article	Related Video(s)
Twitch Data Breach	2021	Leaked important user data and leaked twitch source code in a 125GB torrent posted to 4chan's imageboard	Turkey fined Amazon $58,000	TechRadar Twitch Response	Brodie Robertson Review CTV News

Collected personal information

Below is a list of all the personal information Twitch collects, which you can find on their legal sub-domain.

Individual Information	Online Information	Consumer Information
Name	Email	Inference Data
Alias	IP Address	Purchase Data
Address	Browsing History
Generalized Geolocation	Search History
Race	Viewing History
Gender/ Gender Identity	Twitch Login
Sexual Orientation	Twitch Messages
	Audio (Creator)
	Video (Creator)