Do Not Sell My Personal Information

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FIRST SEEN 2026-08-28 · VERSION 20260828_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20260827_rev01

What changed, in plain language

The only change is to the obfuscated email-protection link for The Atlantic's privacy contact address. The wording, opt-out rights, and covered states are all unchanged.

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

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± CHANGEDContact email link updated
The scrambled link behind the privacy contact email address was replaced with a new scrambled version. This is how the site hides the address from spam bots — the visible text and the instructions around it did not change.
https://www.theatlantic.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e0e0c17081f1d073e0a161b1f0a121f100a171d501d1113
https://www.theatlantic.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ff8f8d96899e9c86bf8b979a9e8b939e918b969cd19c9092

Full text changes — 20260827_rev01 to 20260828_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#7e0e0c17081f1d073e0a161b1f0a121f100a171d501d1113).
	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#ff8f8d96899e9c86bf8b979a9e8b939e918b969cd19c9092).
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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.