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title: "Meta (US): what refusing costs you"
url: "https://isitsellingme.com/entity/meta-us/"
grade: "C"
category: "Social"
last_checked: "2026-09-21"
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# Meta (US)

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

Social · US

## The clause

> To exercise the right to opt out of targeted advertising, see the "Data about your activity from partners" section in Ad preferences .

Source: https://www.facebook.com/legal/policy/ccpa, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/meta-us/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.
The way to refuse: The "Data about your activity from partners" section of Ad preferences

> To exercise the right to opt out of targeted advertising, see the "Data about your activity from partners" section in Ad preferences .

Source: https://www.facebook.com/legal/policy/ccpa, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/meta-us/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

### Who receives you

Finding: Categories only.
Categories: Partners offering goods and services on Meta products, Vendors, including measurement and marketing vendors, Service providers, Third parties, including external researchers, The Meta Companies.

> We don't "share" your Personal Information, as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"). We also don't sell any of your Personal Information, and we never will.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/legal/policy/ccpa, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/meta-us/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

### Whether the refusal covers everything

Finding: The document does not address 5 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 profiles inferred about you
- Not stated: Whether it binds a device or your account
- Not stated: Whether it expires

> Right to opt out of targeted advertising: The right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information obtained from your activities on non-affiliated websites or online applications for the purposes of targeted advertising.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/legal/policy/ccpa, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/meta-us/policy/2026-09-21T124206Z.html

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Page: https://isitsellingme.com/entity/meta-us/
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Last checked: 21 September 2026