ShareThis Privacy Notice

DATED 2022-10-10 · VERSION 20221101_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20221001_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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 ShareThis is committed to processing information in accordance with applicable laws (including where applicable the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation ("**GDPR**") and the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") and as described in this Privacy Notice. For specific information about how ShareThis adheres to the GDPR and your rights as an EEA data subject please click **[here.]()** For information about how ShareThis adheres to the CCPA, please click **[here]().**
 To access information for Publishers, please visit the Publisher Information page [**here**](https://www.sharethis.com/publisher/)**.**
 To access Publisher Terms of Use, please click [**here**](https://sharethis.com/publisher-terms-of-use/).
+Last Updated on: April 5, 2022
+Last Updated on: October 10, 2022
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 ShareThis provides website operators ("Publishers") with customizable social sharing tools, which makes sharing online content simple. Any user of a website can easily share anything on the web with their friends on social sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Email, Digg, Reddit and more through using one of our tools on that website ("**ShareThis Icon**").
 ShareThis also collects data about internet users and how they interact with content, websites and adverts which enables ShareThis and our Publishers, advertisers, customers and data partners to facilitate the delivery of relevant, targeted advertising online to these groups. We also carry out analytics and provide insights to understand internet users' behaviour and improve the effectiveness of online content and advertising, based on such browsing, sharing, and what is considered to be the profile of that group.
 | fpestid | 13 months | Fpestid is a ShareThis cookie ID set in the domain of the website operator. |
 **Pixel tags:** These are small blocks of code on a webpage which read and place cookies. When you visit a webpage, ShareThis' pixel will see if your browser has a ShareThis cookie installed on it. If it doesn't, the pixel will install the cookie. If it does, the pixel will "read" the cookie and will send us information such as the time you viewed a webpage, the type of browser used and your IP address. This is how we learn about your interests and enable our customers to deliver targeted advertising to you.
 **HTTP headers:** These are transmitted whenever a webpage is viewed, and contain technical information required to connect your browser to the webpage. This information may include information about the browser and the requested webpage. ShareThis collects this information.
+**Hashed emails:** Hashing an email is a cryptographic function. Hashing is a way of encrypting a piece of data, like an email address, into a hexadecimal string. By doing this, each email address becomes an unrecognizable jumble of numbers and letters. This technique doesn't allow us to send you an email message or to identify who you are. However, it does allow us to recognize your browser or device in the same way that cookies help us to recognize your browser or device. ShareThis may obtain hashed emails from our advertising partners to help provide our products and services. We may also receive and hash emails you provide to our Publishers.
+**Hashed emails:** Hashing an email is a cryptographic function. Hashing is a way of encrypting a piece of data, like an email address, into a hexadecimal string. By doing this, each email address becomes an unrecognizable jumble of numbers and letters. This technique doesn't allow us to send you an email message or to identify who you are. However, it does allow us to recognize your browser or device in the same way that cookies help us to recognize your browser or device. ShareThis may obtain hashed emails from our advertising partners to help provide our products and services. We may also receive and hash emails you provide to our Publishers. For more information, and to better understand the choices available to you, please visit [https://thenai.org/opt-out/ama-opt-out/](https://thenai.org/opt-out/ama-opt-out/).
+**Other Environments:** (Mobile applications)
+**Mobile Environments:** (Mobile applications)
+To serve ads in mobile applications identifiers may be used, such as Google Advertising ID or Apple IDFA, depending on the operating system of your mobile device. The advertiser identifier identifies your device but not you directly and can be reset by you. See your device manufacturer for more information or visit NAI Mobile opt-out page at [https://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choice/](https://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choice).
+To serve ads in mobile applications identifiers may be used, such as Google Advertising ID or Apple IDFA, depending on the operating system of your mobile device. The advertiser identifier does not identify you directly, but it enables advertisers and their technology partners to recognize your mobile device over time. Many of the mobile operating systems which provide these advertising IDs also provide the functionality to reset them and/or to record your opt-out choice. See your device manufacturer for more information or visit NAI Mobile opt-out page at [https://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choice/](https://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choice).
+**Connected TV Environments:** (Mobile applications)
+To serve ads onto TV streaming devices and smart TVs, pseudonymous advertising identifiers may be used. The advertiser identifier does not identify you directly, but it enables advertisers and their technology partners to recognize your smart TV and/or streaming device over time. Many streaming devices and smart TVs that provide these advertising IDs also provide the functionality to reset them and/or to record your opt-out choice. See your device manufacturer for more information or visit the NAI SmartTV opt-out page at [https://thenai.org/opt-out/connected-tv-choices/](https://thenai.org/opt-out/connected-tv-choices/).
 **Linking Environments:** (browsers and mobile apps used)
 To serve you personalized advertisements and provide a seamless online experience, third party data partners that we work with may link your identifiers on the different environments you use. We may enable the linking of our Usage Data through cookie syncing. We do not use plain text information that may be used by ShareThis to identify you such as your name or address to operate the linking. Our data partners may use exact linking methods by leveraging the pseudonymous data collected through our technology such as advertising partner identifiers.
 You can manage cookies, change consents or opt out of personalized ads using the mechanisms described in '[User Choices'](https://sharethis.com/privacy/).
 We will fulfill requests we are able to verify so long as we are not prohibited from doing so by applicable law and/or the information is not essential to us for billing, fraud prevention or security purposes. We will share our reason(s) for denying your request in the event that we are unable to fulfill your request. If we are unable to fulfil your deletion request, we may invite you to make a request to opt-out at our privacy policy.
 **Access and Deletion Requests made via Authorized Agents**
 You may make an access or deletion request via an authorized agent by having such agent follow the process below. Please note that we will request any authorized agent demonstrate that they have been authorized by you to make a request on your behalf. And we will verify your request and/or require you to complete an affidavit as described above. We request that any authorized agent provide us with contact details such as an email address and phone number so that we may ensure a timely response to the consumer.
+**CCPA Metrics for 2020**
+**CCPA Metrics for 2021**
 Pursuant to CCPA Regulation 999.317(g), ShareThis informs you of the following metrics:
+a. The number of CCPA requests to know that ShareThis received, complied with whole or part and denied in 2020: 9, 8, 1.
+b. the number of CCPA requests to delete that ShareThis received, complied with whole or part and denied in 2020: 57, 57 and 0
+c. The number of CCPA requests to opt-out that ShareThis received via our email form, complied with whole or part and denied in 2020: 1, 1 and 0.
+d. The median number of days within which ShareThis substantively responded to requests to know, requests to delete and requests to opt-out: 10, 8, and 6
+e. The number of opt-out requests we received via the ShareThis opt-out page or industry opt-out pages worldwide in 2020 was 18,887,357 and all resulted in the real-time placement of an opt-out cookie by ShareThis as described in this privacy policy.
+<table><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Total</td><td>Whole</td><td>Part</td><td>Denied</td></tr><tr><td>a.&nbsp;The number of&nbsp;CCPA&nbsp;requests to know&nbsp;that ShareThis received, complied with whole or part and denied in 2021</td><td>16</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>b. The number of&nbsp;CCPA&nbsp;requests&nbsp;to delete&nbsp;that ShareThis received, complied with whole or part and denied in 2021</td><td>38</td><td>38</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>c. The number of&nbsp;CCPA&nbsp;requests to opt-out&nbsp;that ShareThis received via our email form, complied with whole or part and denied in 2021</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<table><tbody><tr><td>d. The median number of days within which ShareThis substantively responded to requests to know, requests to delete and requests&nbsp;to opt-out</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>Requests to know</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Requests to delete</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Requests to opt-out</td><td>8</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<table><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>e. The number of opt-out requests we received via the ShareThis opt-out page or industry opt-out pages worldwide in 2021 all of which resulted in the real-time placement of an opt-out cookie by ShareThis as described in this privacy policy.</td><td>41,769,347</td></tr></tbody></table>
 V. **Data Sharing or Disclosure, Recipients of Your Data**
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 We share Usage Data, Profile Information and/or audience segments for marketing and advertising purposes with: