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title: "Google (US): what refusing costs you"
url: "https://isitsellingme.com/entity/google-us/"
grade: "C"
category: "Search"
last_checked: "2026-09-21"
---

# Google (US)

**Grade C.** What refusing costs you: A setting, depth unverified.

Search · US

## The clause

> You can also control what information we use to show you ads, or turn off personalized ads, by visiting My Ad Center.

Source: https://policies.google.com/privacy, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/google/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

## How this grade was reached

- Base grade B, from what refusing costs you.
- −1: Recipients are sold to, or described only by category rather than named.
- Final grade C.

## The three axes

### What refusing costs you

Finding: A setting, depth unverified.

> You can also control what information we use to show you ads, or turn off personalized ads, by visiting My Ad Center.

Source: https://policies.google.com/privacy, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/google/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

### Who receives you

Finding: Categories only.
Categories: Affiliates and other trusted businesses, Service providers, Advertisers (non-identifying).

> Google does not sell your personal information. Google also does not "share" your personal information as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Source: https://policies.google.com/privacy, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/google/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

### Whether the refusal covers everything

Finding: The document does not address 6 points about what the refusal covers.
- Not stated: Whether it applies to data already collected
- Not stated: Whether it covers in-store purchases
- Not stated: Whether it covers data bought about you
- Not stated: Whether it covers profiles inferred about you
- Not stated: Whether it binds a device or your account
- Not stated: Whether it expires

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Page: https://isitsellingme.com/entity/google-us/
How grades work: https://isitsellingme.com/methodology/
Last checked: 21 September 2026