ShareThis Privacy Notice

DATED 2025-09-01 · VERSION 20251001_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20250801_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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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]().**
+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, Swiss, 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, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia, 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: September 1, 2025
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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.
 Where the LGPD applies, such data subjects have certain rights, including: a) The right to be informed about the types of data being processed and the legal basis for processing; b) the right to access and see the data being processed; c) the right of rectification, to make corrections to data subject to processing; d) the right to erase data; e) the right to restrict processing of data; f) the right of data portability; g) the right to object to the processing of data and f) the right not to be subject to automated decision-making. Some of these rights apply only in certain circumstances and depend on the legal basis relied upon to process the data. If you are located in Brazil and have questions about how ShareThis implements these rights, please email us at privacy@sharethis.com.
 IV. **The U.S. State Privacy Laws (e.g., CCPA) and Your Rights as a Data Subject**
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+A number of U.S. states (e.g., California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Oregon, Virginia, Utah and Texas) have enacted laws that may provide additional privacy protections for data subjects and users located into those states, including:
+A number of U.S. states (e.g., California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia) have enacted laws that may provide additional privacy protections for data subjects and users located into those states, including:
 - 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.
+- the right to appeal our decision regarding how we have honored any of the above rights (please send those requests to privacy@sharethis.com with the word "appeal" in the subject line).
 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](https://coag.gov/office-sections/consumer-protection/).
 Connecticut - The [Connecticut Attorney General's Office](https://portal.ct.gov/ag/sections/privacy/the-connecticut-data-privacy-act).
 Virginia - For denied appeals, visit the Virginia Attorney General's Office, [Consumer Protection Division](https://www.oag.state.va.us/consumer-protection/files/tips-and-info/Virginia-Consumer-Data-Protection-Act-Summary-2-2-23.pdf).
 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.
+Authorized Agents
+Depending upon where you live, you may also submit a data subject rights request through an authorized agent. If you do so, the agent must present signed written permission to act on your behalf, and you may also be required to independently verify your identity. If you are an agent seeking to make a request to opt-out as authorized by applicable law, please use or direct the data subject to use the general instructions provided in the section of this policy entitled "VII. **User Choices and Opt-out Rights**". For all other authorized agent requests, or for more information please contact us at [privacy@sharethis.com](mailto:privacy@sharethis.com).
 **CCPA Metrics for 2024**
 Pursuant to CCPA Regulation 999.317(g), ShareThis informs you of the following metrics:
 <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 2024</td><td>4</td><td>4</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 2024</td><td>33</td><td>33</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 2024</td><td>3</td><td>3</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>41</td></tr><tr><td>Requests to delete</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>Requests to opt-out</td><td>Real Time</td></tr></tbody></table>
 VII. **User Choices and Opt-out Rights**
 If you do not want to receive advertisements based on Usage Data and Profile Information collected by ShareThis on your current browser, you can change and manage your preferences in relation to the collection and processing of Usage Data and Profile Information by clicking the ShareThis opt-out button available on this privacy policy. When data subjects opt-out, ShareThis will stop profiling, engaging in targeted advertising and/or selling or otherwise transferring data about their browser or device to third parties in accordance with applicable law.
 If you do not want to receive ads based on Usage Data collected by ShareThis whatever device or browser used, you must opt-out from our services for each device and each internet web browser.
+**Hashed Email opt-out**. As noted in this privacy policy, ShareThis may receive a hashed version of your email address and use that as a pseudonymous ad ID. If you want to opt-out from data collection via your email address, you may use the tool available via the NAI located [here](https://optout.networkadvertising.org/optout/email), select "ShareThis" and follow the instructions.
 **Click below to "Limit Ad-Tracking" function on mobile devices:**
 Instructions by Google for most Androids: [Google Play Help](https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/3405269)
 Instructions by Apple for iOS version 6 and above: [Apple Support Center](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074)
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 Furthermore:
+This process does not mean you will stop seeing advertisements, but that the advertisements you do see will not be influenced by the Usage Data collected and Profile Information used by ShareThis.
+This process does not mean you will stop seeing advertisements, but that the advertisements you do see will not be influenced by the Usage Data collected and Profile Information used by ShareThis. It will also tell our systems to stop selling/sharing your personal information, and to stop targeted advertising and profiling with the opted out personal information.
 If you have any questions about your opt-out rights, you can write to us at [privacy@sharethis.com](mailto:privacy@sharethis.com).
 **Browser environment:** (desktop, tablet, and smartphone browsers)
 When you change your consents or opt out, an opt-out cookie will be set on your browser. We must maintain the opt-out cookie on your browser in order to recognize you as having opted out from our service. The ShareThis opt-out cookie is like any other cookie; therefore, if you clear that cookie from your browser, use a different internet browser, or use a new computer to access the internet you must go through the process again.
 **iOS users:** (version 6 and above)
 To use the "Limit Ad-Tracking" option, follow the instructions provided by Apple here: [Apple Support Center](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074).
 Please note that this is a device setting and will disable interest-based ads from all providers, and not just for ShareThis.
+**Do Not Track **/ Opt-out Preference Signals**:**
+**Do Not Track (DNT) **/ 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.
+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 (e.g., [the Global Privacy Control](https://globalprivacycontrol.org/)). Note: not all browsers support DNT, GPC or opt-out preference signals. ShareThis recognizes these signals when sent 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 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).
+## **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.
+## **Opt-out confirmed**
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