ShareThis Privacy Notice

DATED 2024-07-03 · VERSION 20240801_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20240301_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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3	3	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 European, UK and Brazil data protection law and your rights as an EEA, UK, Swiss or Brazil data subject please click [here.]() For information about how ShareThis adheres to applicable U.S. Privacy laws in States such as California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Virginia, and Utah, please click [here]().
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5	5	To access information for Publishers, please visit the Publisher Information page [here](https://www.sharethis.com/publisher/).
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7	7	To access Publisher Terms of Use, please click [here](https://sharethis.com/publisher-terms-of-use/).
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9		Last Updated on: February 21, 2024
	9	Last Updated on: July 3, 2024
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13	13	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").
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15	15	ShareThis also collects pseudonymous data about internet users and how they interact with content, websites, and advertisements while online. Some of the data is collected via our tools such as the ShareThis Icon, and some is collected through third-party data providers. We compile this data and provide it to our Publishers and license it to advertisers, agencies, and other businesses (our "Customers") to facilitate the delivery of relevant, targeted advertising and for a number of other reasons which are listed below.
39	39	In order to offer our products and services, we collect and use data relating to the websites you visit to display personalized advertisements, provide analytics, and data modeling based on social sharing, by us or third parties. This data is pseudonymous personal data in that it may not be used directly by ShareThis to identify an actual person. This data does enable our systems to recognize your computer, device and/or browser over time. In many places, this pseudonymous data is considered personal data and/or personal information under applicable law.
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41	41	We do not intentionally collect identifiable personal information such as your name, postal address, phone number, email address, credit card information, or anything else that can allow us or our customers to contact you directly as part of our products and services. We may collect identifiable personal information and even financial information such as payment or bank details if you are one of our Publishers or if you have a business relationship with ShareThis.
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45		We have set out below the categories of data we process and why we process each category of data.
	45	We have set out below the categories of data we process and why we process each category of data. Note: The categories of data we process under California law includes (a) Personal and Online Identifiers such as: IP address, mobile advertising IDs and similar pseudonymous UIDs and (b) Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an internet website application, or advertisement.
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47	47	1. Usage Data and Profile Information
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49	49	1.1 Usage Data
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51	51	We collect information about how _Internet users_ browse the Internet and interact with online content and advertisements through our ShareThis Icon, the ShareThis Publisher Applications and user interactions with advertisements on the Internet. We call this "Usage Data".
239	239	- the right to correct the data we have about you, your computer or device,
240	240	- the right to delete the data we have about you, your computer or device (i.e., the right to delete), and
241	241	- the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of data about you, your computer or device to certain third parties (i.e., the right to opt-out from sales or sharing of your information) and the right to opt-out of profiling and/or targeted ads.
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243	243	These U.S. state laws define personal information broadly. And as such, almost all of the information we collect is considered personal information under these laws. U.S. data subjects may send an email to [privacy@sharethis.com](mailto:privacy@sharethis.com) to exercise those rights of visit data subject access page. California data subjects may also call us on our toll free CCPA privacy hotline at 1-800-272-1765. Data subjects in Colorado and Virginia have the additional right to appeal in the event that they are unsatisfied with the way that ShareThis has honored one or more of the above rights - and have the further right to appeal to the Attorney General of their state.
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245		We do not treat users that exercise any of the above rights differently. However, we may not be able to honor a right if doing so would violate applicable law. ShareThis does not sell data collected via our Website or the data we use to operate our business. However, we transfer personal information collected via the ShareThis Publisher Applications to third parties and as such are considered to have sold data over the past twelve months under California law, including any of the Usage Data, Profile Information and/or audience segments.
	245	We do not treat users that exercise any of the above rights differently or otherwise discriminate against users exercising privacy rights. However, we may not be able to honor a right if doing so would violate applicable law. ShareThis does not sell data collected via our Website or the data we use to operate our business. However, we transfer personal information collected via the ShareThis Publisher Applications to third parties and as such are considered to have sold data over the past twelve months under California law, including any of the Usage Data, Profile Information and/or audience segments.
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247	247	We generally ask only for the minimum information necessary to help us process a subject access or deletion request and will keep information pertaining to your request for up to two years. If you are a customer of ShareThis with a login and password to the ShareThis platform, we ask that you first direct your request to the person or persons at your organization that administers the relationship with ShareThis. California data subjects may also call us on our toll free CCPA privacy hotline at 1-800-272-1765.
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249	249	CCPA Metrics for 2023
250	250	Pursuant to CCPA Regulation 999.317(g), ShareThis informs you of the following metrics:
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252	252	<table><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Total</td><td>Whole</td><td>Part</td><td>Denied</td></tr><tr><td>a. The number of CCPA requests to know that ShareThis received, complied with whole or part and denied in 2023</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>b. The number of CCPA requests to delete that ShareThis received, complied with whole or part and denied in 2023</td><td>17</td><td>17</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>c. The number of CCPA requests to opt-out that ShareThis received via our email form, complied with whole or part and denied in 2023</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table>
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254		<table><tbody><tr><td>d. The median number of days within which ShareThis substantively responded to requests to know, requests to delete and requests to opt-out</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>Requests to know</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Requests to delete</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>Requests to opt-out</td><td>14.6</td></tr></tbody></table>
	254	<table><tbody><tr><td>d. The median number of days within which ShareThis substantively responded to requests to know, requests to delete and requests to opt-out</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>Requests to know</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Requests to delete</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>Requests to opt-out</td><td>Real Time</td></tr></tbody></table>
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256	256	<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 2023 all of which resulted in the real-time placement of an opt-out cookie by ShareThis as described in this privacy policy.</td><td>7,524,354</td></tr></tbody></table>
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258	258	V. Data Sharing or Disclosure, Recipients of Your Data
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262		We sell and/or share Usage Data, Profile Information and/or audience segments with the following types of businesses, and accept for Publishers, we view each of the below as our Customers:
	262	We sell and/or share Usage Data, Profile Information and/or audience segments with the following types of businesses, and with the exception of Publishers, we view each of the below as our Customers:
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264	264	- Publishers - We provide analytics tools for Publishers based on the data collected via the ShareThis tools.
265	265	- Advertisers and Retailers - companies seeking to better understand their customers so as to more effectively serve those customer's needs
266	266	- Advertising Agencies - companies that purchase advertising on behalf of other companies.
267	267	- Advertising Technology Companies - companies that enable the delivery of advertising, mostly via digital channels, including demand side platforms, supply side platforms, advertising exchanges and ad servers.
268	268	- Marketing Technology Companies - companies that enable the delivery of marketing messages via channels such as email and SMS.
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399	399	To use the "Limit Ad-Tracking" option, follow the instructions provided by Apple here: [Apple Support Center](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074).
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401	401	Please note that this is a device setting and will disable interest-based ads from all providers, and not just for ShareThis.
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403		Do Not Track:
	403	Do Not Track / Opt-out Preference Signals:
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405		You may also stop the collection of your Usage Data by using the do-not-track function or similar privacy controls of your browser. ShareThis recognizes these do-not-track signals from your browser. As required by law, or where we are able to ascertain that such signals are enacted by you and not set by default by your browser, we will consider them to be an indication that you have opted out.
	405	You may also stop the collection of your Usage Data by using the do-not-track function, opt-out preference signals, or similar privacy controls of your browser. ShareThis recognizes these do-not-track signals from your browser. As required by law, or where we are able to ascertain that such signals are enacted by you and not set by default by your browser, we will consider them to be an indication that you have opted out.
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407	407	Onward Transfer/Data Privacy Framework:
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409	409	ShareThis has certified that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF program principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Access, and Recourse, Enforcement and Liability. If there is any conflict between the policies of this privacy policy and the above listed DPF program principles, the DPF program principles shall govern. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program, and to view our certification, please visit [https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/](https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/).
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411	411	In the context of an onward transfer, ShareThis is responsible for the processing of personal data it receives under the DPF and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. ShareThis shall remain liable under the DPF principles if its agent processes such personal data in a manner inconsistent with the DPF principles, unless the ShareThis proves that it is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.