Do Not Sell My Personal Information

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FIRST SEEN 2026-08-19 · VERSION 20260819_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20260818_rev01

What changed, in plain language

The only change is an updated obfuscated email-protection link for the contact address. The email itself is the same, just re-encoded by the site's spam-protection tool. Nothing about your privacy rights, opt-out options, or how your data is used changed.

This change appears to be cosmetic (formatting, typos, or contact details).

Changelog

± CHANGEDContact email link re-encoded
The scrambled code in the "contact us" email link was regenerated. This is a routine anti-spam encoding change by the website — the email address and the instructions around it are unchanged.
https://www.theatlantic.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#38484a514e595b41784c505d594c5459564c515b165b5755
https://www.theatlantic.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b5c5c7dcc3d4d6ccf5c1ddd0d4c1d9d4dbc1dcd69bd6dad8

Full text changes — 20260818_rev01 to 20260819_rev01

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1	1	### Do Not Sell My Personal Information or Share it for Targeted Advertising
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3	3	_This notice and the options that follow apply only to residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. If you are from outside of these states, you can learn more about alternative methods available to you, regardless of location, in [Section 5 of our Privacy Policy](https://www.theatlantic.com/privacy-policy/)._
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5	5	Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia may request that we not disclose their personal information to third-parties in certain circumstances. Specifically, these states' laws allow you to opt out of (1) the use of your personal information to serve you interest-based, targeted advertisements (referred to as "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising in California), and (2) the "sale" of your personal information. In this context, "sale" has a broad definition and includes the conventional meaning of disclosing your personal information in exchange for money, as well as disclosing it in exchange for any other thing of value. We do not "sell" your personal information in the conventional sense, but we may disclose data points such as your behavior on our website or app to services that allow us to show you interest-based advertisements, or to our business partners. To learn more about personal information and how we collect, use, and share it, please review our [Privacy Policy](https://www.theatlantic.com/privacy-policy/).
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7		To opt out of the "selling" and/or the use or "sharing" of your personal information for interest-based advertising, please submit the form below. Note that after you opt out we will continue to share your personal information with non-advertising based service providers as described in our [Privacy Policy](https://www.theatlantic.com/privacy-policy/), and you will still see some non-targeted advertisements as you use our website. For your convenience, we have summarized additional steps you can take to opt out of having your online activity and device data collected by third parties in [Section 5 of our Privacy Policy](https://www.theatlantic.com/privacy-policy/). If you have any questions or prefer to make your request over email, please contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://www.theatlantic.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#38484a514e595b41784c505d594c5459564c515b165b5755).
	7	To opt out of the "selling" and/or the use or "sharing" of your personal information for interest-based advertising, please submit the form below. Note that after you opt out we will continue to share your personal information with non-advertising based service providers as described in our [Privacy Policy](https://www.theatlantic.com/privacy-policy/), and you will still see some non-targeted advertisements as you use our website. For your convenience, we have summarized additional steps you can take to opt out of having your online activity and device data collected by third parties in [Section 5 of our Privacy Policy](https://www.theatlantic.com/privacy-policy/). If you have any questions or prefer to make your request over email, please contact us at [\[email protected\]](https://www.theatlantic.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b5c5c7dcc3d4d6ccf5c1ddd0d4c1d9d4dbc1dcd69bd6dad8).
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9	9	### Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information
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11	11	If you have previously provided us with information that is considered sensitive under applicable privacy laws (e.g. your race or ethnicity), you may withdraw your consent to that use or request that we limit the use of such information to only what is necessary to provide you with our products and services by filling out the form below. After receiving a request, if any such data exists, it will be deleted. Please note that you may not receive a response to this request.