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

# Reddit (US)

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

Social · US

## The clause

> For users in states with applicable privacy laws, you may exercise your rights via your Privacy Settings. You can opt out of the sharing of your personal information with third-party partners, used to measure the effectiveness of Reddit's advertisements on other platforms by toggling the "Ads off Reddit" setting to off in your privacy preferences.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy, checked 21 September 2026. Archived copy: https://github.com/jgarpotter/isitsellingme-archive/blob/main/captures/platforms/reddit/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 "Ads off Reddit" toggle in Privacy Settings, and the third-party-data control in the Privacy section of User Settings

> For users in states with applicable privacy laws, you may exercise your rights via your Privacy Settings. You can opt out of the sharing of your personal information with third-party partners, used to measure the effectiveness of Reddit's advertisements on other platforms by toggling the "Ads off Reddit" setting to off in your privacy preferences.

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

### Who receives you

Finding: Categories only.
Categories: Third-party ad serving and measurement providers, Service providers, Third-party partners measuring Reddit's ads on other platforms.

> We may share information with vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work for us.

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

### Whether the refusal covers everything

Finding: The document does not address 4 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 expires

> You may opt out of us using information we collect from third parties, including advertising partners, to personalize the ads you see on and off Reddit.

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

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Last checked: 21 September 2026