ShareThis Privacy Notice

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 ShareThis is a division of [Predactiv, Inc.](https://www.predactiv.com/Privacy), a data company. ShareThis takes privacy seriously. This Privacy Notice sets out what data we collect, how we collect it, why we process it, who we may share it with and, where the data we collect is personal data, your rights with respect to such personal data. ShareThis may change this Notice from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are up to date with any changes.
 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, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington, 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: July 3, 2024
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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 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 via our parent company Predactiv. Certain data collected from each publisher related to the activity we observe on that publisher's site is provided back to that Publisher. We also may license a larger data set (including the data collected via Predactiv) 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.
 We do this by using technology such as cookies and pixels (including the pixels and cookies of our customers) ("**ShareThis Publisher Applications**") to gather information regarding the browsing and sharing activities of Internet users, both on websites that have the ShareThis Icon and similar tools installed on them. We also receive data from others who operate in the data analytics and advertising industries. We analyze and aggregate the data we collect to create groups of data (called audience segments) based on defined criteria. For example, we segment into groups internet users who we believe have similar characteristics, interests, needs or behavioral patterns. Where we are able to infer that two or more browsers or devices are the same user or household, we may use that information to bolster our audience segments. We compile this data to provide analytics to our Publishers and license it to our Customers for a number of purposes as described below, including targeted advertising.
 - the right to see what data we have about you, your computer or device (i.e., the right to know),
 - the right to correct the data we have about you, your computer or device, or to port that data to a different provider (subject to limitations),
 - the right to delete the data we have about you, your computer or device (i.e., the right to delete), and
 - 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.
+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 certain U.S. states (e.g., Colorado, Texas 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.
+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. Some U.S. states provide you with the right to further appeal our determination to a consumer protection agency located in that state. For example:
+Colorado - The Colorado Attorney General's Office.
+Maryland - Maryland Attorney General Consumer Protection Division.
+Nebraska - Nebraska Attorney General's Office.
+New Hampshire - Data Privacy Unit of the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau of the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office.
+New Jersey - Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety of New Jersey.
+Texas - For denied appeals, visit the Texas Attorney General's Office, Consumer Protection Division.
+Virginia - For denied appeals, visit the Virginia Attorney General's Office, Consumer Protection Division.
 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.
 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.
 **CCPA Metrics for 2023**
 Pursuant to CCPA Regulation 999.317(g), ShareThis informs you of the following metrics:
 The security of your information is a high priority to ShareThis. We have implemented industry-standard security measures.
 While no transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be completely secure, we strive to protect your data. It may be possible for third parties not under the control of ShareThis to unlawfully intercept or access transmissions of private communications. ShareThis cannot ensure or warrant the security of information you transmit to us.
 VI. **Commitments to Privacy Standards**
+ShareThis promotes transparency and control for users as members of various self-regulatory programs. ShareThis also participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss U.S. DPF.
+ShareThis promotes transparency and control for users as members of various self-regulatory programs. Some U.S. states provide you with the right to further appeal our determination to a consumer protection agency located in that state. For example:
+Colorado - The Colorado Attorney General's Office.
+Maryland - Maryland Attorney General Consumer Protection Division.
+Nebraska - Nebraska Attorney General's Office.
+New Hampshire - Data Privacy Unit of the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau of the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office.
+New Jersey - Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety of New Jersey.
+Texas - For denied appeals, visit the Texas Attorney General's Office, Consumer Protection Division.
+Virginia - For denied appeals, visit the Virginia Attorney General's Office, Consumer Protection Division.
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 ShareThis is a member of the following self-regulatory programs:
 **Network Advertising Initiative (NAI):**
 **Do Not Track **/ Opt-out Preference Signals**:**
 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.
 **Onward Transfer/Data Privacy Framework:**
+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/).
+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.
+In compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, ShareThis commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collecting or use of your personal information. European Union, UK, or Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding this privacy notice should first contact ShareThis directly at [privacy@sharethis.com](mailto:privacy@sharethis.com). We will respond to your complaint within 30 days of receipt.
+For complaints that cannot be resolved between ShareThis and the individual concerned, ShareThis has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF to the BBB Data Privacy Framework Program, a non-profit alternative dispute resolution provider located in the United States and operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. If you are an EU, UK, or Swiss individual and you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit https://bbbprograms.org/programs/all-programs/dpf-consumers/ProcessForConsumers for more information and to file a complaint.
+If your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, you may have your complaint considered by an independent recourse mechanism: for EU/EEA Data Subjects, a panel established by the EU data protection authorities ("DPA Panel"). To do so, you should contact the state or national data protection or labor authority in the jurisdiction where you work. Other jurisdictions such as Switzerland and the UK may have similar panels and data protection regulators that may receive your complaint ShareThis agrees to cooperate with the relevant national DPAs and to comply with the decisions of the DPA Panel.
+Should your complaint remain fully or partially unresolved after a review by ShareThis, BBB Data Privacy Framework Program and the relevant DPA, you may be able to, under certain conditions, seek binding arbitration before the Data Privacy Framework Panel. For more information, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/european-individuals.
+The Federal Trade Commission has investigation and enforcement authority over our compliance with the Data Privacy Framework.
+If you believe we have not respected your rights or otherwise not handled data correctly, then we encourage you to contact us directly and we will do everything possible to help.
+However, where you still have a complaint, then you have the right to raise the matter with the Supervisory Authority (or data protection agency) in your country for resolution.
+## **Contact Information**
+ShareThis, Inc.
+El Camino Real
+Building 4, Suite 200
+Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
+privacy@sharethis.com
+We have appointed a data protection officer to supervise our personal data
+processing-related activities, and to respond to requests as required. Our DPO can be contacted as follows:
+Vincent Potier (ShareThis DPO): dpo@sharethis.com
+ShareThis' representative in the UK is: ShareThis UK Limited of 10 John Street, LondonWC1N 2EB, UK
+VeraSafe has been appointed as ShareThis's representative in the European Union for data protection matters, pursuant to Article 27 of the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union. If you are in the European Economic Area, VeraSafe can be contacted in addition to representative@sharethis.com, only on matters related to the processing of personal data. To make such an inquiry, please contact VeraSafe using this contact form: https://verasafe.com/public-resources/contact-data-protection-representative or via telephone at: +420 228 881 031.
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+ShareThis is a division of Predactiv, Inc. As such, ShareThis is a U.S.-based covered entity of Predactiv and participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss U.S. DPF. To read more about our compliance with DPF, please review Predactiv's privacy policy [here](https://www.predactiv.com/privacy).